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Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco cited at Live Nation antitrust trial

The Department of Justice's antitrust trial over a proposed split of Live Nation and Ticketmaster opened in Manhattan, and prosecutors put the 2022 Taylor Swift ticketing meltdown front and center. Assistant US Attorney David Dahlquist told jurors Ticketmaster's systems were "held together by duct tape.

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Trump's Friday night strike pattern is a repeatable 60-hour market signal

Six major geopolitical and economic actions under President Donald Trump since mid-2025 all took place on Friday nights after equity markets closed, creating a repeatable 60-hour window from Friday close to Monday open that traders can map. That consistent timing across military strikes, tariff moves and corporate pressure campaigns has

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On-Chain Trader Nets $2M Shorting Silver as Jane Street Stokes Debate

An anonymous on-chain trader known as 0x007 made $2.04 million by shorting silver near its recent top, a move that came just days before a sharp selloff. Silver had surged past $96 per ounce before collapsing, a swing that wiped value from precious metals and rippled through equities and

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Paramount Deal Brings Harry Potter and Taylor Sheridan Under One Streamer

Paramount has agreed to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal estimated at $110 billion, a move that will bring the companies' libraries together and combine Paramount+ and HBO Max into a single streaming service. The merger pairs HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series with Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone

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US economy risks worst-case stagflation scenario amid oil price spikes

Stagflation has re-entered the conversation as investors worry that sustained higher oil prices could both stoke inflation and slow growth. Last weeks inflation and GDP data had already raised concern, and the Iran war has intensified those fears. Brent crude climbed as high as $84 a barrel Tuesday morning,

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Silver Price: Road to $100 Remains Open as Macro Headwinds Build

Silver posted its sharpest single-day reversal in weeks after rallying more than 50% from early-February crash lows to touch $96 on March 2, then giving back over 14%. The daily chart still shows a developing cup-and-handle pattern with an upsloping neckline near $96; a close above that level would raise

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Tom Lee: March Could Be the Market's Turning Point

Tom Lee of Fundstrat says March could mark a decisive rebound across equities and crypto. He argues markets are once again reacting to headlines rather than fundamentals and told television viewers, "I think March is going to likely be an up month." Lee points to a recurring pattern:

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Credit markets flash warning signs that could spill into crypto

The Kobeissi Letter says put option open interest across four large US credit ETFs has reached a record 11.5 million contracts, doubling over the past 12 months and topping the 10 million seen in the 2022 bear market. The ETFs include HYG, JNK, LQD and BKLN, and the pace

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BOJ Tests Blockchain for Bank Reserve Settlement

The Bank of Japan will run technical experiments using blockchain to settle deposits that financial institutions hold at the central bank, Governor Kazuo Ueda said in a speech titled “The New Financial Ecosystem and the Role of Central Banks.” A sandbox project will test settlement using central bank money "

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Nevada ruling puts prediction-market trading at risk

A federal judge has sent a dispute involving Polymarket’s parent company Blockratize back to Nevada state court, increasing the likelihood that state regulators could try to halt prediction-market trading. In a Monday order the judge rejected arguments that the Commodity Exchange Act and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission fully

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Save on TurboTax Expert Assist for Business — federal and state filing for $150

Small business owners, including self-employed individuals and sole proprietors, can hand off federal and state taxes to a TurboTax expert for $150, with a 100% accurate, expert-approved guarantee. Deals are also available for S-corps and partnerships. If you used a TurboTax expert to file last year, this $150 offer does

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Ubisoft Is Having A Pretty Enormous Sale Right Now

The massive discounts on Ubisoft games on Steam this week feel like a fire sale. The company’s stock plunged on January 22 after its latest botched attempt at restructuring, and shares remain at the same level as that crash, leaving Ubisoft worth less than a twentieth of its 2018

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Eleven ways to progress at work and avoid a 'dry promotion'

There is nothing worse than feeling stuck in a job. Sow the seeds early and build to a promotion: nail your current role by meeting deadlines and targets, and be brave enough to push back if targets are unachievable. “You need to become the leader before you get the promotion,

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Prolonged Mideast crisis could shut oil output itself

Commercial ships are anchoring off the coast of the United Arab Emirates amid navigation disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. US-Israel strikes on Iran threaten the waterway that carries about one-fifth of the worlds oil, and a prolonged closure could fill storage tanks and force Gulf producers to stop

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Paramount changes 2025 bonus formula, sets individual multiplier at 100%

Paramount Skydance told employees their year-end bonuses for 2025 and changed how those payouts will be calculated. The company said individual performance will not factor into next year’s Short Term Incentive Plan (STIP), a move that could reduce payouts for high performers. Previously, STIP awards were based on base

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What market and economics experts say about the US-Iran conflict

US and Israeli strikes against Iran roiled financial markets on Monday: oil prices surged, stocks were rattled, and safe havens moved as the conflict entered its third day. Top analysts warned the fallout could spill into the broader economy if the war drags on, though some see the overall economic

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Nasdaq Files to Offer Binary Options on Nasdaq-100

Nasdaq MRX has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to offer cash-settled, binary-style contracts tied to the Nasdaq-100 Index. The proposed “Outcome Related Options” would let traders place yes-or-no bets priced between 1 cent and $1, and would reference the Nasdaq-100 and Nasdaq-100 Micro indexes only — not events

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Strait of Hormuz Shutdown Shakes Asian Energy Markets

Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has effectively halted after US-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered retaliatory attacks, creating an unprecedented energy supply crisis that has hit Asian economies hardest. Japan and South Korea face the greatest risk because most of their fossil fuel imports transit the chokepoint. The cost

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Halfbrick lays off staff amid challenging period for games industry

Brisbane-based Halfbrick Studios, the Australian developer behind Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, has announced layoffs. The studio confirmed on LinkedIn last week that it was making changes to its team structure, including role redundancies in Australia and the conclusion of a number of engagements internationally. Halfbrick said the decision was

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Wall Street’s Inflation Alarm From Iran — What It Means for Crypto

Wall Street is warning that US-Israeli strikes on Iran have raised inflation risks, pushing Treasury yields to their biggest daily jump since October. Ten-year yields surged 10 basis points to 4.03% as oil spiked more than 6% after a near-total halt of tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

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NYSE Tokenized Stocks Draw Attention From TD Securities

TD Securities says tokenization may be nearing an institutional turning point following the New York Stock Exchange’s push into tokenized equities. Reid Noch, the bank’s vice president for electronic trading, pointed to the NYSE’s proposed tokenized equities alternative trading system as a key development with real implications

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Dimon: 'I'd be angry, too,' but Trump's debanking suit has no merit

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said he can see why President Donald Trump is upset about having his bank accounts closed, a central issue in the president's $5 billion lawsuit against the bank and Dimon himself. "I agree with them. They have the right to be angry. I&

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Spiking oil prices could weigh on stocks and the economy

Oil prices jumped after US strikes on Iran and subsequent retaliatory missile attacks, sending Brent up roughly 7% and triggering volatile trading in US markets as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq swung from losses to gains. Goldman Sachs analysts called the energy-market impact the primary influence the conflict

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More memory price hikes may be coming as Samsung and SK Hynix notify customers

South Korean outlet SEDaily says both Samsung and SK Hynix have notified their customers of another second-quarter DRAM price increase and are entering price negotiations. Smaller customers are "expected to accept significant price increases to secure DRAM supply". An "industry insider" told SEDaily: "Samsung Electronics’

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Best things I buy at Dollar Tree after shopping there for 20 years

I’ve been shopping at Dollar Tree for about 20 years and stick to the basics. The chain has raised prices to as much as $1.50 and added higher-priced premium items, which I rarely browse. I focus on low-cost essentials that still deliver value. I buy period products, gift