U.S. Air Force pilot Tyler Lucas won $5 million on Season 2 of Beast Games, prompting MrBeast to confirm the payout as the Amazon Prime Video series moves forward despite an ongoing lawsuit and amid weakness in Amazon's stock. Importance Rank: 1 read more
Trump admin halts Medicaid funding to MN, citing fraud risks. VP Vance & CMS head Oz urge state to tighten oversight. No harm expected for residents. Importance Rank: 1 read more
Meta Platforms has reportedly signed a multi-billion-dollar deal to lease AI chips from Google, expanding beyond Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices as it accelerates spending on AI infrastructure and data centers. Importance Rank: 1 read more
Leading cryptocurrencies cooled down on Thursday amid uncertainty over potential market bottoms. Importance Rank: 1 read more
Retail sales are still rising, but record household savings, stepped-up gold buying and reined-in income expectations suggest the population of the world’s second largest economy is now prioritizing security over splurges — with consequences for global brands and investors.
ARK Invest's Cathie Wood bought $12M in Baidu and $800K in Amazon on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. Importance Rank: 1 read more
The real estate investment trust of Boustead Singapore Ltd. has started taking investor orders for an initial public offering that may raise as much as S$973.6 million ($770 million million), kicking off what is slated to be one of the city-state’s largest offerings in recent years.
Palm oil producer First Resources Ltd. paid $5.6 million in connection with land it was required to hand to the Indonesian government, the latest sign of how commodities companies are being affected by a sweeping crackdown that’s brought vast areas under state control.
Paramount Skydance Corp.’s winning $111 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is a coup for the half-dozen advisory firms that helped technology heir David Ellison top Netflix Inc.
NFLX, XYZ, CRWV, RKLB, DELL were among the stocks seen trending among investors on Thursday, Feb.26, 2026. Importance Rank: 1 read more
Oval Office gathering signals growing partnership between democratic socialist mayor of New York and Republican president
US and Iranian officials agreed to re-convene nuclear talks as soon as next week after the latest round of discussions in Geneva ended on Thursday. Bloomberg's Michael Heath has more. (Source: Bloomberg)
Generate Biomedicines Inc. raised $400 million in an initial public offering, pricing its shares at the midpoint of the marketed range.
China stepped up efforts to temper the yuan’s advance by removing the additional charge for betting against the currency in the derivatives market.
Paramount Skydance is now poised to control a huge swath of streaming, studio, and TV assets, after Netflix declined to raise its offer
BYD surpasses Tesla as top EV seller in 2025, launches new deals in China to combat sales decline. Tesla fights back with low interest rates. Importance Rank: 1 read more
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