- February 1, 2026
Top energy expert says probability the U.S. will attack Iran soon is 75% as risk of major disruption to oil supply is priced in — ‘this one is real’
Oil markets could be in for a major shock as President Donald Trump mulls a military strike on Iran, according to a top energy analyst.
The saga of the billion-dollar sock: The Muppets’ 50th birthday marks a long and profitable run
A variety show that’s still revered for its absurdist, slapstick humor debuted 50 years ago. It starred an irreverent band of characters made of foam
Billionaire Tom Steyer says he’d vote for California wealth tax
Billionaire Tom Steyer came out in favor of a proposed tax on California’s wealthiest residents, adding a prominent voice to a debate that has divided
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A sprawling winter storm is expected to snarl travel and disrupt daily life for hundreds of millions of Americans all the way from the Midwest
At Davos, AI hype gives way to focus on ROI
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this edition….a dispatch from Davos…OpenAI ‘on track’ for device launch in 2026…Anthropic CEO on China chip sales…and
EU and Mercosur bloc of South American nations sign trade deal to end quarter-century of talks
The European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries formally signed a long-sought landmark free trade agreement on Saturday, capping more than a quarter-century of
If your phone is on SOS (and you can see this), yes, Verizon is having a major outage across the U.S.
Many Verizon customers encountered a widespread outage on Wednesday, disrupting calling and other cellular services across the U.S. The carrier acknowledged that there was an “issue impacting
Hundreds more federal agents heading to Minnesota, Noem says
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem signaled that hundreds more federal agents are being deployed to Minneapolis, where the fatal shooting of a woman has inflamed
Former ICE director warns ‘wartime recruitment’ tactics are dangerous
The Department of Homeland Security’s deployment of more than 2,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents—the largest such enforcement action in U.S. history—turned fatal
Why Wall Street permabull Tom Lee thinks we’re in the third great labor shortage era
Investors can be forgiven for feeling nervous after navigating what Fundstrat Global Advisors’ head of research Tom Lee calls a series of “extinction events” over