Money, Wealth & Power—A Daily Look at the Financial World
The global food system is being squeezed from three directions at once: escalating conflict, a destabilized climate, and a relentless cost-of-living crunch. Together, these forces are turning local emergencies into a structural crisis that is pushing global food security to the brink. Hundreds of millions of people are already caught in this squeeze, and the…
Comcast is throwing almost everything it has at one problem: customers are walking away from its cable and broadband bundles faster than it can replace them. The company is now leaning on a long-term price lock, revamped loyalty perks, and simpler bills in what amounts to a high-stakes attempt to calm years of anger over…
Foreign money has quietly poured into a Trump family cryptocurrency venture, tying the president’s business interests to a powerful security chief from the United Arab Emirates. The scale and secrecy of the investment have raised urgent questions about whether a sitting president is now financially entangled with a foreign government’s national security apparatus. At stake…
The electric vehicle boom that once looked unstoppable has slammed into a wall of consumer hesitation, policy whiplash and corporate missteps. Instead of a smooth glide path to mass adoption, the market has lurched into a painful reset that is hitting automakers, suppliers and buyers harder than many expected. The crash in demand is not…
The French technology group Capgemini is moving to sell a U.S. subsidiary that helped Immigration and Customs Enforcement track migrants in real time, a divestment that lands at the intersection of European corporate ethics and American immigration enforcement. The decision follows mounting scrutiny of how commercial data brokers and analytics firms quietly power the federal…
Prosecutors in Upstate New York say a trusted finance executive turned a family electrical business into his personal bank account, siphoning off more than $4 million over five years. The former Chief Financial Officer of an Albany firm is now accused of orchestrating a sprawling embezzlement scheme that allegedly touched everything from company checks to…
Political risk is no longer a background worry for global markets, it is the story. As President Donald Trump settles into his second term, the swirl of tariffs, personnel shocks and foreign policy gambits is already eroding the sense that U.S. assets are the world’s safest default. The result is not a sudden stampede out…
Nvidia has turned the AI boom into a structural shift in the global economy, positioning itself as the indispensable supplier of the chips and systems that power modern machine learning. Its market value, revenue growth and deal-making now shape how quickly companies, and even countries, can build advanced AI. As its power explodes, the central…
Silver’s spectacular boom and sudden collapse have turned a supposed safe haven into a trap for late‑arriving buyers. After sprinting to record levels earlier this year, the metal has given back a chunk of those gains in a matter of days, inflicting heavy losses on investors who believed the rally was bulletproof. The violence of…
The federal government is borrowing less each year but still adding to a mountain of obligations that has never been higher. The annual deficit narrowed in 2025 even as total U.S. debt surged past $38 trillion, a combination that signals short term improvement but deep structural strain. I see a fiscal picture where headline progress…