US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that after talks with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, the US and NATO have agreed to form a framework for Arctic cooperation centered on Greenland. In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, Trump mentioned that he will pause the 10% tariffs scheduled to take effect on February 1 on eight
Micron stock (NASDAQ: MU) jumped roughly 7% on Wednesday, driven by major Wall Street price-target hikes and a strategic $1.8 billion acquisition of a chip fabrication facility in Taiwan. The combination gave institutional investors reason to believe the memory-chip maker has locked in years of pricing power amid surging demand in the global memory market.
PAVmed Inc (NASDAQ: PAVM) shares more than quadrupled on Wednesday after the company’s subsidiary – Lucid Diagnostics – secured a major contract from the US government. According to PAVM’s press release, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has joined forces with Lucid to widen access to its EsoGuard Esophageal DNA Test across the VA
Bitcoin rose alongside US equities on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he hopes to sign market structure legislation for digital assets “very soon” during a World Economic Forum speech in Davos. The remarks helped lift sentiment across risk assets. Data from TradingView showed daily Bitcoin gains of about 1.7% around the time of the
The Senate’s push to set new rules for digital assets has hit a pause, with lawmakers redirecting attention to housing policy and Coinbase withdrawing its backing for the legislation. According to reports by Bloomberg and CoinDesk, the Senate Banking Committee will not return to the crypto bill immediately after postponing a planned markup hearing last
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Japan has restarted a nuclear reactor at the world’s largest atomic power plant for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, marking a significant milestone in the country’s long and cautious return to nuclear energy. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) began restarting Unit No. 6 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata prefecture
Chocolate and cocoa giant Barry Callebaut announced Wednesday that it has named former Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher as its new chief executive officer, even as the company reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter results showing a decline in the sales volume of its cocoa products. The chocolate maker announced that its CEO, Peter Feld, will be stepping down
If tensions continue to escalate and the dollar remains weak, gold prices could soon hit the coveted $5,000 per ounce level, according to experts. On Wednesday, gold prices on COMEX hit a new record high of $4,890.35 per ounce, breaching the $4,800 mark for the first time ever. Safe-haven demand, fueled by increasing tension between
The “Sell America” trade gained a lot of steam back in April 2025, following Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs. Global markets were rattled and recorded some of the worst trading days since the pandemic. 2026 began with a lot of geopolitical tension, with Donald Trump once again being at the center of it all. In particular,