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Investment gold retailers move into vacant Hong Kong high-street shops
The surge in gold prices has brought a wave of new investment-focused bullion retailers to Hong Kong 's prime shopping areas, adding a distinct segment alongside traditional jewellery merchants. These retailers – which sell gold coins and…
How AI is helping retail traders exploit prediction market 'glitches' to make easy money
A fully automated trading bot executed 8,894 trades on short-term crypto prediction contracts and reportedly generated nearly $150,000 without human intervention. The strategy, described in a recent post circulating on X, exploited brief moments…
End of the road for iconic 123-year-old retailer as mall store to close in HOURS
A LONGSTANDING department store giant will see its store count drop this weekend as a popular location gets the axe. The JCPenney closure will take place in just hours due to a lease complication, with shoppers waving goodbye to the mall spot. Your…
Intel Bartlett Lake-S CPUs reportedly wield 12 blazing P-cores and 5.8 GHz boost - turbocharged chips that will not make it to retail
Jaykihn, a blogger who tends to have accurate information about Intel's plans, this week revealed details about the company's codenamed Bartlett Lake CPUs, which feature only P-cores and come in an LGA1700 form factor. As it turns out, these CPUs…
Retail Watch: After 85 years, religious bookstore to close in Quakertown
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A religious book store in Quakertown is holding a closing sale as it prepares to say goodbye after roughly 85 years of business. Friendly Book Store announced the sale in January at 300 W. Broad St.…
Fred Segal Has a New Owner. This Time It's Aritzia.
|Fred Segal Has a New Owner. Again. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/style/fred-segal-has-a-new-owner-again.html Will the third time be the charm? Fred Segal, the Los Angeles retailer that was once synonymous with pop culture and celebrity, but…
Traveling This Weekend? Here's What to Know About the Snowstorm.
|Traveling This Weekend? Here's What to Know About the Snowstorm. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/travel/flight-cancellations-blizzard.html A major winter storm, possibly bringing blizzard conditions, is expected to cause travel disruptions…
Murky outlook for businesses after tariff ruling prompts countermoves by Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — Businesses face a new wave of uncertainty after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under an emergency powers law and Trump vowed to work around the ruling to keep his tariffs in place. The…
Six Questions on the Future of Trump's Tariffs
Good morning. Andrew here. We've spent the past 24 hours speaking with policymakers, business leaders, economists and legal experts to parse the implications of the Supreme Court's landmark 6-3 ruling that overturned most of President Trump's…
Despite tariff ruling, this U.S. coffee company doesn't expect to ever get a refund. 'It's like a nightmare we just want to wake up from'
Businesses face a new wave of uncertainty after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under an emergency powers law and Trump vowed to work around the ruling to keep his tariffs in place. The Trump administration…
Blue Owl caught out as market savages private credit
If Australian private credit funds felt they were misunderstood victims of a witch hunt, Blue Owl would like to tell them what that's really like. Last week, the $US300 billion ($424 billion) private lender was smashed by the sharemarket, and…
UBS Lowers its Price Target on Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (SFM) to $75 and Maintains a Neutral Rating
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFM) is among the 11 Best High Growth Consumer Stocks to Buy Right Now. On February 18, 2026, UBS lowered its price target on Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) to $75 from $108 previously and maintained…
One of the Most Important Small-Town Papers of the Industrial Age Closing
OIL CITY, Pennsylvania -- The Derrick will be no more. Derrick Publishing Company, publisher of The Derrick and The News-Herald, announced on Feb. 5 that it will cease publication. Employees were told the decision was driven by the long-term…
Market hall, light rail and cable cars: How the City of Perth could shed the 'dull' tag
A new report presented to Perth city council recommends making the central business district home to light rail, a market hall, more bikes lanes and introducing a cable car to bring tourists down from Kings Park. The report Shaping Perth city…
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