This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas was a far cry from last year’s, which was young, optimistic, and energetic – and held shortly after President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
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TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS TO TAKE THE OIL IN IRAN
President Donald Trump said in an interview Sunday that he would like to take Iran’s oil, comparing a potential outcome of the war to Venezuela after the U.S. kidnapped its president, Nicolás Maduro, earlier in the year.
SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
3M and Bain Capital have partnered to buy Madison Fire & Rescue, a division of Madison Industries, one of the world’s largest privately owned companies.
STABLECOIN ADOPTION MADE POSSIBLE BY TRUMP, WHOSE FAMILY STANDS TO BENEFIT
Stablecoins are having their moment in the U.S. as they become more intertwined in everyday life – supported by the stability that comes with being directly tied to the USD, and President Donald Trump, a one-time critic of cryptocurrencies, has been a major supporter of the integration.
ARE TOKENS THE AI ECONOMY’S CURRENCY OF THE FUTURE?
Tokens are the standard of value in the AI’s data center industry and eventually will fill the same role for all businesses using AI, Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, the world’s leading AI chipmaker, said at Nvidia’s annual conference last week.
GERMAN INVESTORS’ CONFIDENCE PLUMMETS
Confidence among Germany’s investors and financial analysts plunged in a new survey by the country’s ZEW research institute.
U.K. BORROWING COST RISES TO HIGHEST LEVEL IN 18 YEARS
The interest rate, or yield, on Britain’s bellwether 10-year government bonds has reached 5 percent, its highest since the Great Recession in 2008.
GOLD TAKES THUMPING, LOSES NEARLY 10 PERCENT IN WORST WEEK IN 15 YEARS
Gold, the safe-haven that normally booms during times of crises and upheaval, took a thumping last week, despite the Iran War escalating with no end in sight.
ECB LEAVES INTEREST RATES ON HOLD – FOR NOW
The European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) governing council left interest rates unchanged at its meeting last week, even as many brokerages began warning clients that rate hikes are likely, perhaps as soon as next month.









