Once again last week, investors put their faith in new reports that peace talks between the U.S. and Iran were being planned.
Category: 28 April 2026
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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies, known informally as SpaceX, has paid $60 billion for the right to buy AI coding startup Cursor at a future time.
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SPOTLIGHT: CLEAN ENERGY IS BACK IN FOCUS
In 2025, renewable energy systems generated more electricity than coal-fired generating stations, research organization Ember reported.
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SPOTLIGHT: PRIVATE CREDIT’S MISERY
With the markets focused on the geopolitical and socioeconomic effects of the Iran War, it has been forgotten that the equity markets were in decline before the Iran War was launched by the U.S. and Israel on 28 February.
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STELLANTIS TARGETS FOUR EUROPEAN FACTORIES FOR CHINA DEAL
Stellantis, the Dutch auto conglomerate that owns Alfa Romeo, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and 10 other vehicle brands, has chosen four European factories that it may sell to Chinese EV makers or use in partnerships with them.
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DOLLAR STABLECOINS THREATEN EMERGING NATIONS, BIS CHIEF WARNS
Stablecoins denominated in U.S. dollars are increasingly being used as the medium of exchange in international trade – a shift that risks the “dollarization” of emerging economies, weakens their ability to control their money flows, and leaves them vulnerable to criminal activity, Pierre Hernandex de Cos, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), said in a 20 April speech.
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GAZA/LEBANON DEATH TOLL
Israel has killed at least 72,504 Palestinians inside Gaza since the genocidal war started in October 2023. Another 172,404 people inside the enclave have been injured.
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THE TRUMP SURVEILLANCE STATE
The Fourth Amendment protects all persons from warrantless government searches and seizures of their persons, houses, papers and effects.
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DONALD TRUMP GOES TO WAR – USING AMERICA’S SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO DEVASTATE THE WORLD
Sometimes a seemingly insignificant story tells one more about what is going on than the attempts being made to perceive the larger reality.
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U.S. BASES POUNDED BY IRAN IN EARLY STAGES OF THE WAR, COSTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE
The Iranian military managed to pound U.S. bases in several Middle Eastern countries during the first few weeks of the war, which resulted in far more damage than was initially reported and the targets ranged from radar systems to other specialized equipment, according to a report.