Posts by Swedan Margen
IMF urges Japan to keep raising rates, avoid reducing sales tax
With inflation exceeding its 2% target for nearly four years, the BOJ has signalled its readiness to keep hiking rates Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 09:26 AM [TOKYO] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged Japan to keep raising interest rates and avoid loosening fiscal policy further, warning that trimming the consumption tax would erode…
Read MorePrivate software companies release earnings early to calm AI nerves
The software industry has faced a seismic shift as the rapid advance of AI threatens to turn swaths of corporate debt into a burden Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 09:11 AM [NEW YORK] A handful of software firms, including McAfee, have released their earnings ahead of schedule in a bid to convince lenders of…
Read MoreUS agencies have developed critical minerals price floor system
It’s the latest update to progress being made by the US and its allies to ringfence Western companies from China’s pressure on those markets Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 09:01 AM [NEW YORK] The US has developed a critical minerals price floor system that it’s pitching to allies as the Trump administration and more…
Read MoreNational Australia Bank’s shares hit record high on robust first-quarter cash profit
Australia’s top business lender has posted cash earnings of A$2 billion for the quarter ended Dec 31 Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 08:46 AM [BENGALURU] National Australia Bank’s (NAB) shares shot to a record high after the top business lender reported a 16 per cent growth in its first-quarter cash earnings on Wednesday (Feb…
Read MoreNvidia to sell Meta millions of chips in multiyear deal
It also includes standalone installations of its Grace and Vera central processors Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 07:37 AM [SAN FRANCISCO] Nvidia on Tuesday (Feb 17) said that it has signed a multiyear deal to sell Meta Platforms millions of its current and future artificial intelligence (AI) chips, including central processing units that compete…
Read MoreWhy Frederick Wiseman Was the Greatest Documentary Filmmaker Ever
His work depended on access. He filmed in hospital rooms where patients and families faced incommensurable agonies with the aid of the medical staff (“Near Death”); he filmed in administrative offices (“At Berkeley,” “Ex Libris”), in businesses (“The Store,” “Model”), in government buildings (“City Hall”). Yet people tended to speak uninhibitedly in his presence. He…
Read MoreOil prices slide 2% to two-week low on talk of progress in US-Iran talks
Investors are closely watching US-Iran relations as any escalation or conflict could lead to Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 06:47 AM [NEW YORK] Oil prices fell about 2 per cent to a two-week low on Tuesday (Feb 17) on hopes tensions between the United States and Iran were…
Read MoreEquities close with slight gains as tech shares recover
Traders are pricing in a chance of roughly 63% for a rate cut of at least 25 basis points at the Fed’s June meeting, the first with odds above 50% Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 06:39 AM [BENGALURU] US stocks managed to eke out slight gains on Tuesday (Feb 17) after struggling in the…
Read MoreEuropean shares rise as banks, healthcare rally; investors weigh geopolitics, AI impact
Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 06:30 AM [BENGALURU] European shares closed higher on Tuesday (Feb 17) as financials and healthcare stocks led the market rally, while investors tracked geopolitical negotiations and assessed how AI disruptions could reshape business models. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.5 per cent to 621.29 points. Switzerland’s SMI gauge…
Read MoreNancy Guthrie: DNA Found on Glove Near Savannah Guthrie’s Mom’s Home Does Not Match DNA Found at Her Home
The unidentified DNA found on a key glove found near the Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie — along with other genetic material collected inside the house — does not match any profiles in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) database. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said Tuesday that the glove offered…
Read MoreWas Robert Dorgan White Supremacist? Trans Pawtucket Gunman Who Killed Ex-Wife and One of His Sons Had Neo-Nazi Tattoos Inked to His Biceps
The transgender Rhode Island maniac, who carried out the deadly shooting at a high school hockey game, killing his ex-wife and one of their sons, had disturbing neo-Nazi tattoos inked on his bicep. Photos reveal that Robert Dorgan, 56 — who also used the name Roberta Esposito — had a large SS emblem tattooed on…
Read MoreHow Jesse Jackson Carried Martin Luther King Jr’s Movement Far Beyond Civil Rights?
Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was the fiery civil rights icon, Baptist preacher, and also a two-time Democratic presidential hopeful, and virtually picked up the torch of the American Civil Rights Movement after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, passed away on Tuesday. He was 84. The family shared like a short statement, saying he died…
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