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The federal government has launched a nationwide initiative to encourage long-term saving for minors through recently created Trump accounts, and dozens of private-sector organizations are already pledging matching contributions. The program provides a one-time deposit of $1,000 from the U.S. Treasury for every child born between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2028, who opens an account. […]
Investigators in Pima County, Arizona, spent Monday weighing an alleged kidnapper’s 5 p.m. PT deadline to receive bitcoin in exchange for the safe return of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie. With no proof that the demand originated from the individual or group responsible for Guthrie’s disappearance, law-enforcement officials and former federal […]
NEW YORK—Procter & Gamble Co. is emerging as one of the main beneficiaries of a powerful shift in market sentiment that has propelled consumer-staples shares to their strongest opening to a year in nearly three decades. The maker of Tide detergent and Gillette razors has climbed roughly 10% since January, recouping last year’s 13% decline […]
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has launched an investigation into cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb after an internal bookkeeping error last week credited user accounts with roughly $43 billion worth of Bitcoin. The incident, which did not involve any on-chain transfers, briefly disrupted trading on the platform and has prompted authorities to tighten oversight of digital-asset […]
WASHINGTON — Puerto Rican recording artist Bad Bunny took center stage during the Super Bowl halftime show on 9 February 2026, delivering a performance highlighted by themes and imagery from his home island. The appearance was featured in a 3-minute-41-second video segment titled “Bad Bunny brings Puerto Rico to Super Bowl halftime show,” aired by […]
New York — Monday.com’s market value dropped sharply at the opening of the week as investors reacted to a revenue forecast that fell short of Wall Street projections and to broader unease about how artificial intelligence may reshape the traditional software-subscription model. Stock falls more than one-fifth in a single session Shares of the Tel […]
New data comparing insurance coverage and federal safety records indicate that a small group of insurance companies is disproportionately backing motor carriers with poor performance histories, shifting accident costs onto the wider industry and the motoring public. The analysis measures how often motor carriers insured by each company fall into the two riskiest safety categories—designated […]
Authorities in southern Arizona have reached the ninth day of their search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, whose abduction from her Tucson-area home on February 1 triggered a multijurisdictional investigation and a public plea by her children to meet a bitcoin ransom demand. The case began in the early hours […]
International airlines will no longer be able to refuel at Cuban airports after the government in Havana confirmed a severe shortage of jet kerosene, a situation officials attribute to tightened U.S. economic pressure. The suspension, announced on Sunday through sources cited by the Spanish news agency EFE, takes effect on Monday and is expected to […]
The U.S. software industry staged a broad recovery on Monday, February 9, 2026, after a series of analyst reports challenged the notion that generative artificial intelligence could soon dismantle traditional enterprise-software business models. Oracle Leads Gains After Upgrade Oracle shares surged 10% in New York trading following an upgrade from DA Davidson. Analyst Gil Luria raised […]
Hong Kong media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, a prominent critic of Beijing’s policies, was sentenced on 9 February 2026 to 20 years in prison for national security offenses, marking the longest punishment handed down under the sweeping security legislation Beijing introduced in 2020. The 78-year-old founder of the now-closed Apple Daily newspaper was found guilty of […]
Hong Kong’s High Court on Monday imposed a 20-year prison sentence on Jimmy Lai, the 78-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper. The penalty, delivered under the city’s China-imposed National Security Law, is the lengthiest punishment issued since the legislation took effect in 2020. The court concluded that Lai’s activities constituted “serious and grave […]