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Polygon price forecast: POL surges 12% on ERC-8004 standard adoption

Polygon’s POL is one of the best performers among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap. The coin takes a breather above $0.11 after adding 11% to its value in the last 24 hours. The rally comes as Polygon recorded its largest monthly burn of more than 25 million POL tokens in January. This latest

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Economy

TIM Brasil in talks to reacquire fibre unit stake in $170M deal

Brazilian telecoms operator TIM SA is negotiating to repurchase a 51% interest in a fibre-network company it once controlled in a deal that could be worth about $170 million, two people familiar with the matter said. If institutional investors win out, the move would represent a strategic about-face for the company, which sold the stake four

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Economy

SCHD ETF stock is beating the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 this year

The Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) is doing well this year and is constantly beating the broader market, including the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 indices.  SCHD has jumped by 8.50% this year and is now hovering at its all-time high, while the S&P 500 has risen by just 1%. This article explores

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Economy

China to bet on services to make consumers spend again, will it be enough?

China is turning to services and experiences as a new lever to revive domestic demand, as weak household confidence, a prolonged property slump, and slowing exports weigh on the world’s second-largest economy. On Thursday, the State Council released a work plan aimed at boosting services consumption over the coming years, spanning cruise and yacht tourism,

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Economy

ExxonMobil’s full-year profit dips on crude prices despite Q4 refining strength

Exxon Mobil Corp achieved fourth-quarter 2025 earnings that narrowly surpassed Wall Street expectations, largely fueled by robust results in its refining segment and all-time high output from significant growth assets. Despite this strong quarter, the energy behemoth’s overall profit for the full year decreased compared to 2024, primarily due to the adverse effects of depressed

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Economy

Teladoc hits all-time low as a risky pattern points to a deeper dive

Teladoc stock price crashed to a record low as demand for its services waned after the pandemic. It plunged to a low of $5.74, down sharply from the all-time high of $308, with its market capitalization falling from a high of $46 billion to the current $1 billion. This crash may continue as the stock

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Economy

ASML stock: buybacks and dividends grab attention, but real signal lies elsewhere

ASML stock surged 6% on Wednesday, after the Dutch semiconductor equipment maker posted record results and announced a €12 billion three-year buyback program alongside a 17% dividend hike. While the investors focused on the capital returns, the company’s earnings revealed a much deeper story. A backlog loaded with high-margin products and multi-year customer commitments that

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Economy

Rystad forecasts 20 Bcfd US gas loss and oil output hit as winter storm Fern wreaks havoc

Winter Storm Fern hammered the US this weekend, and Rystad Energy has warned that the deep freeze will continue to wreak havoc on US onshore oil and gas production. “Natural gas supply outages have emerged across the US in the wake of Winter Storm Fern, with an initial loss of 2 billion cubic feet per

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Economy

CoreWeave shares jump as Nvidia buys $2B stake, deepens AI partnership

Shares of cloud infrastructure provider CoreWeave jumped in early trading on Monday after Nvidia said it would buy $2 billion worth of the company’s stock and deepen a partnership aimed at building large-scale artificial intelligence infrastructure over the next decade. Nvidia said it had acquired the stake at $87.20 a share, underscoring what it described

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Economy

Top catalysts for S&P 500 Index, VOO, and SPY ETFs this week

The S&P 500 Index and its top ETFs, like the VOO and SPY, remained in a tight range near their all-time high last week. It was trading at $6,915, a few points below its all-time high of $6,980. This article explores some of the top catalysts for the index next week. S&P 500 Index to

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