Due to heightened geopolitical risks and uncertainties surrounding US trade policy, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem has warned that the Canadian economy faces an exceptionally high risk of a new shock. In an interview with Reuters on Wednesday, Macklem stated that more variables than usual could affect the central bank’s economic projections. Macklem stated,
Comcast’s latest earnings underline how the company’s business mix is changing as pressure builds on its traditional cable operations. While the group beat expectations on earnings in the fourth quarter, a small revenue miss and continued broadband customer losses highlighted the competitive strain facing US cable providers. At the same time, steady growth in mobile,
While Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) draws attention with government support and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) dominates the AI headlines, another semiconductor giant has been quietly building scale in the background. Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) has returned 61% over the past year as of January 28, 2026, comfortably beating Nvidia over the same stretch. Behind that performance, AI-related revenue
Gold and other traditional safe-haven assets are surging amid a softening US dollar, yet Bitcoin continues to falter. This week, gold pushed past the $5,000 mark, setting fresh all-time highs and building on its strong momentum. Silver also joined the rally, climbing above $120 per ounce. However, and in stark contrast, Bitcoin continued to struggle.
Teladoc stock price crashed to a record low as demand for its services waned after the pandemic. It plunged to a low of $5.74, down sharply from the all-time high of $308, with its market capitalization falling from a high of $46 billion to the current $1 billion. This crash may continue as the stock
Shell and BP are actively pursuing US licenses to begin extracting natural gas from shared fields in Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, the Caribbean country’s energy minister Roodal Moonilal announced on Wednesday, according to a Reuters report. As Latin America’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas and a major global supplier of ammonia and methanol,
Amazon.com Inc. said on Wednesday it plans to cut about 16,000 corporate jobs, marking a second major round of layoffs in three months as the company moves to streamline management layers and accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence across its operations. The latest reductions deepen a restructuring effort that began last year and underscore how
“I was doing Dry January for the trend and health benefits, but now that I have been laid off, I think this is more of a financial necessity,” joked London-based Callum Hill, recently cut by one of the UK’s fintech majors. The line lands lightly, but it captures a deeper shift rippling through labour markets:
US stock index futures climbed on Wednesday as investors positioned ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision and a closely watched slate of earnings from major technology companies, with artificial intelligence-linked stocks driving early momentum. Futures tied to the S&P 500 rose about 0.3%, while Nasdaq 100 futures gained roughly 0.9%, putting the tech-heavy
Silver has been in an unusually strong uptrend in recent weeks – rallying more than 60% since the start of this year, effectively compressing a multi-year move into less than 30 days. Speaking this morning with CNBC, Tom Sosnoff – the cofounder of LossDog – agreed this massive rally in silver is unlike anything he’s