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OECD warns U.S. inflation could top 4% as energy shock spreads
Americans who lived through the price surges of 2022 may be bracing for a repeat. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development warned in late...
Intuit shares slide to a 52-week low as “SaaSpocalypse” fears grow
Intuit Inc. dropped to a 52-week low in April 2026, dragged down not by its own results but by a market-wide panic over the future...
Consumer sentiment sinks to record low as inflation view hits 4.8%
Americans are more pessimistic about the economy than at any point in the 72-year history of the University of Michigan’s consumer survey. The preliminary Index...
March CPI climbs to 3.3% 2-year high as Iran war drives energy spike
Americans paid more for gasoline in March 2026 than in any single month on record, and the shock rippled through nearly every corner of household...
Q4 GDP cut to 0.5% growth, reviving Wall Street stagflation worries
The U.S. economy grew at just 0.5% in the final quarter of 2025, the Bureau of Economic Analysis confirmed in its third and final GDP...
Bitcoin stuck in extreme fear for 46 days, longest stretch since LUNA
Forty-six days. That’s how long the Crypto Fear & Greed Index has been stuck in “Extreme Fear” territory for Bitcoin, a streak that began in...
Cybersecurity stocks sink over 7% on AI disruption fears after Anthropic
Traders dumped cybersecurity stocks in early April 2026, sending shares of CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Zscaler down sharply in a single session. The...
AI investment surge coincides with tech job cuts across sector
In the opening months of 2026, the tech industry is sending two signals at once: record sums of money are flowing into artificial intelligence, and...
CPI rises 0.9% in March as energy prices jump 10.9%, BLS says
Gasoline prices jumped 21.2% in a single month, and that one category alone accounted for roughly three-quarters of the overall Consumer Price Index increase in...
University of Michigan: consumer sentiment falls to record low
A gallon of regular gasoline averaged $4.87 nationally last week, grocery bills keep climbing, and Americans just registered the darkest economic mood in the eight...
Oil tops $100 after U.S. announces Strait of Hormuz blockade
Brent crude blew past $100 a barrel in the last week of April 2026 after the United States announced it would blockade Iranian ports along...
Japan tightens crypto rules under tougher financial law overhaul
Japan’s cabinet approved a bill in April 2026 that would reclassify cryptocurrencies as financial instruments, subjecting digital tokens to the same legal framework that governs...
Tesla heads for 8th straight weekly loss, now down 23% since January
Tesla shares are sliding toward an eighth straight weekly loss, a streak that has carved roughly 23% off the stock’s value since the start of...
Goldman Sachs opens bank earnings season April 13 under heavy scrutiny
When Goldman Sachs reports first-quarter 2026 earnings on April 13, it will do more than kick off bank earnings season. It will deliver the first...
UBS and 5 Swiss banks launch CHF stablecoin sandbox for 2026
Six of Switzerland’s largest banks, with UBS at the center, are reportedly building a sandbox to test a Swiss franc stablecoin, targeting a 2026 launch....
Bitcoin hits $72,229 as risk-on rally lifts major cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin broke above $72,000 on April 28, 2026, reaching $72,229 on the Coinbase exchange during a sharp, broad-based rally that sent altcoins surging by even...
Andy Jassy defends Amazon’s $200B push into AI and cloud
Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, has a $200 billion answer to anyone who questions whether the company is falling behind in artificial intelligence (AI). When...
MetaMask adds trading for 264 tokenized stocks and ETFs via Ondo
MetaMask users can now buy and sell tokenized versions of U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds directly inside their wallets, following a new integration with Ondo...
Bybit says it blocked a $1B theft attempt after 2025 mega-hack
In an April 2026 public disclosure, cryptocurrency exchange Bybit revealed that it detected and stopped a second attack targeting roughly $1 billion in digital assets...
Intel stock extends rally after Musk Terafab partnership disclosure
Intel hasn’t had a week like this in years. Shares of the chipmaker surged roughly 4% on Tuesday, April 8, then climbed again on Wednesday...