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Logan Paul sold a Pokémon card for more than $16 million. Here’s why investors are watching
Pokémon cards aren’t just childhood collectibles anymore. Some owners are increasingly treating the popular 1990s and 2000s trading cards like alternative assets, with some of the rarest cards outperforming traditional benchmarks like the S&P 500 in recent years. During key periods like the pandemic boom and another surge in 2025, trading card indexes tracking Pokémon […]
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Meta’s court losses spell potential trouble for AI research, consumer safety
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves the Federal Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles after defending the company in a landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, United States, on February 19, 2026. Jon Putman | Anadolu | Getty Images Over a decade ago, Meta – then known as Facebook – hired researchers in the social […]
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WTO talks near deal on reform roadmap amid U.S.-India e-commerce deadlock: Reuters
The Ocean Network Express (ONE) container vessel ONE OWL, originally from Japan, floats under the Talmadge Memorial Bridge on the Savannah River while arriving at the Port of Savannah on February 12, 2026 in Savannah, Georgia. Al Drago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Trade ministers are close to agreeing a reform plan for […]
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Bahrain aluminum giant says Iranian attack targeted its facility
BAHRAIN – APRIL 17: Aluminium ingots seen at the Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C plant in Bahrain, Tuesday, April 18, 2006. (Photo by Phil Weymouth/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Aluminium Bahrain, which hosts the world’s largest smelter of the metal, said on Sunday its facility was subjected to an Iranian attack as […]
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Global week ahead: Why emergency G7 meetings are not working
G7 Foreign Ministers pose for a family picture during a meeting at the Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey in Cernay-la-Ville outside Paris, on March 27, 2026. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP via Getty Images) Alain Jocard | Afp | Getty Images Another Monday, another emergency meeting. This time it’s between G7 finance ministers, energy ministers and central […]
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Yungblud has 23 million fans — how the rock star built a business around them
Grammy-winning rock star Dom Harrison, better known as Yungblud, shows Tania Bryer the London spot that fueled his ambition and discusses how he’s using his fame to launch a fashion brand. Dom Harrison, better known as Yungblud, is a Grammy-winning rock star with a social media following of 23 million — which he’s now leveraging to launch a range […]
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France opens terror probe after attack attempt at Bank of America’s Paris headquarters
Police officials stand alongside police and private security vehicles outside The Bank of America building in the 8th arrondissement of Paris on March 28, 2026, following an apparent bomb attack attempt. French police stopped an apparent bomb attack outside a U.S. bank in Paris early March 28, 2026, when they arrested a man about to […]
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Yemen’s Houthis launch Israel strike, the first time since the U.S.-Israel war began
Protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, demonstrate in solidarity with Palestinians, in Sanaa, Yemen on Aug. 1, 2025. Khaled Abdullah | Reuters Yemen’s Houthis launched a missile strike against Israel, the group said Saturday. It was the first time the Tehran-backed militia had intervened in the U.S.-Israeli-led war against Iran, which has entered its second month. “The […]
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How the big oil and gas CEOs think the Iran war supply disruption will play out
HOUSTON — The CEOs of the world’s most influential oil and gas companies delivered a sobering message this week about the impact of the Iran war on energy supplies and the long-term consequences for the global economy. The executives gathered in Houston, Texas, for S&P Global’s annual CERAWeek energy conference to take stock of the […]
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Worried about Strait of Hormuz inflation to come? The world economy has one word for you: Plastics
Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images The price of naphtha may not keep you up at night when you think about the inflation yet to hit the economy from the U.S.-Iran war and Strait of Hormuz closure, but perhaps it should. As gas prices continue to rise alongside crude oil, costs of petroleum derivatives […]
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