Jewelry has long been viewed as a one-size-fits-all indulgence. But as precious metal prices surge, fine jewelry has begun to test consumers’ credit card limits and retailers’ margins. The good news for shoppers on a budget is that more jewelry companies are increasingly redefining affordable …
The fake goods crisis cuts two ways. Luxury brands lose more than $30 billion a year to counterfeits, while buyers in the booming $210 billion second-hand market have no reliable way to verify that what they’re purchasing is genuine. Veritas wants to solve both problems with a solution that combines custom hardware and software. The…
Topline Binance holds about 87% of USD1, the stablecoin issued by a Trump family crypto venture—a greater concentration than any other major stablecoin has at a single exchange—underscoring the depth of the financial relationship between Binance, whose founder Trump pardoned in October, and World Liberty Financial, which already has added an estimated $1 billion to
Japan finance minister says surplus from FX reserves may be discussed as funding option
Senior Chinese official calls for ’resolutely’ cracking down on ’Taiwan independence’ separatists
Singapore raises 2026 growth forecast on global economic momentum and AI demand
Topline A photo of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk at an intimate dinner—possibly with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein—appeared in the Epstein files released by the Justice Department, further highlighting the accused sex trafficker’s ability to gain access to elite circles in the tech and business worlds. Key Facts The photo, which
What do humans have that AI can’t replicate? In some ways, this seems like the million-dollar question, especially for a young careerist trying to find a way to make a living, or anyone who cares about general human welfare in a hypercapitalist, hypertechnical world that seems to be changing too slowly, given the leaps and
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Bank of America thinks that the stock market’s “easy” leadership era is buckling, and it’s not because the economy is suddenly falling apart. In a Friday note reported by Business Insider, Michael Hartnett’s team argued that the early-2020s era, when Big Tech (and the Magnificent 7) could do no …
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