English News Archive — Business
February 2026
Markets — Finance — Retail Traders Flock to NVIDIA as Record Intraday Buying Fails to Lift Close
Economy — Global Giants Slash Over Half a Million Jobs as Technology Reshapes Workforce
Finance — Global Debt Hits Record \$348 Trillion as Governments, Corporates Fuel Surge in 2025
Economy — China bucks Engel’s law as rising incomes widen appetite for higher-quality sustenance
Markets — PPI Surges: January Inflation Beats Expectations as Core Rises to 3.6% (Highest Since July 2025)
Finance — U.S. Precarity Under a Gaming Threshold: Chinese Netizens Highlight Americans’ Fragile Economic Line <span style="display:none">[^1][^10][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Real Estate — China’s Property Crisis Sparks Nationwide Reckoning Over Growth Model
Markets — U.S. Margin Debt Hits Record \$1.28 Trillion in January as Leverage Surges to Pre-Bubble Levels
Economy — Wages Gentle But Inflation Steals Growth: Real U.S. Pay Still Struggling Since 2020
Mergers & Acquisitions — Netflix exits Warner Bros. Discovery deal as Paramount Skydance makes superior all-cash bid, walks away with \$2.8B breakup fee
Finance — Mega-Cap Tech Shifts From Leaders to Laggards as Equal-Weight S\&P Outpaces Cap-Weighted by Record Margin
Finance — Block to Trim Workforce 40% as AI Push Spurs 2026 Profit Outlook, Restructuring Charges Hit in Q1
Real Estate — Target Pays \$110 Million to Exit Downtown Minneapolis Office Lease, Paving Way for Tower Sale
Markets — Surge in VLCC Freight Rates Pushes Global Tanker Market to Pandemic-High Levels, Middle East–China Route Hits \$300,000/Day
Energy — Iran Boosts Oil Exports as Regional Tensions with U.S. Escalate
Markets — Paypal Slumps Through 11am Dip to Break \$45, Ends Day Near \$45.19 as Volume Spikes <span style="display:none">[^1][^10][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Markets — Nvidia Shares Suffer Biggest Drop Since Last Spring Despite Record \$68.1 Billion Quarter and Upbeat Outlook <span style="display:none">[^1][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Finance — Nvidia Shares Slip Despite Record \$68.1 Billion Quarter and Soaring AI Data Center Growth <span style="display:none">[^1][^10][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Economy — Xi Jinping meets “nongchaoer” as new wealth-builders shape the era of transformation before lunar holiday
Markets — NVIDIA Surges to \$201.59 as Intraday Rally Lifts Shares in Final Hour <span style="display:none">[^1][^10][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Energy — Tech Giants to Partner With Trump Administration on Independent Power Plans for AI Data Centers
Economy — Global Money Supply Hits Record \$144 Trillion After \$13.6 Trillion Surge in 2025
Real Estate — Chinese property crisis deepens as unfinished “rotten tail” projects trap buyers and drain households of wealth
Markets — Kospi Surges Over 40%, Breaks Above 6000 on Broad Rally Led by Semiconductors
Investing — Private Credit Rout Deepens as Blue Owl Redemption Freeze Sends BDC Index to Lowest Level Since 2022 <span style="display:none">[^1][^10][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Markets — Global Alcohol Giants Lose \$830 Billion as Gen Z Drives Historic Decline in Drinking
Markets — China Boosts Gold Holdings to Record \$369.6 Billion as Central Bank Keeps Buying for 15th Straight Month
Investing — Record Inflows into International Equity Funds as South Korea Leads Surge, Four-Week Avg Hits \$65B
Economy — China’s “Tide Riders” Prosper Amid Slowing Growth and Widening Inequality
Markets — Hedge Funds Dump Global Stocks at Fastest Rate Since 2025 Tariff Turmoil
Markets — Korean Exports Surge: AI Chip Demand Drives 47% Daily Gain in Early February, Surpassing \$43.5 Billion
Markets — Gold and Silver Prices Plunge as AI Speculation Triggers \$1.1 Trillion Market Wipeout
Markets — Meta and AMD Strike \$100B AI-Chip Deal, Meta Could Own Up to 10% of AMD <span style="display:none">[^1][^10][^11][^12][^13][^14][^15][^16][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Markets — Bitcoin Slides Below \$63,000 as Steep Selloff Deepens, Wiping Over Half Its Value Since Peak <span style="display:none">[^1][^10][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Markets — Brent Crude Call Option Volumes Surge to Record High, January Peaks and February Holds Steady as 2025–26 Heatwave Drives Demand
Finance — Terraform Labs examiner sues Jane Street, alleges insider trading accelerated \$40B collapse
Finance — FedEx Sues for Full Tariff Refunds After Supreme Court Ruling as Businesses Brace for Mass Claims
Markets — CrowdStrike Slumps After Claude's Code Security Reveal Triggers \$20B Drain, Stock Falls to \$349.08
Finance — Fairness Means Opportunity, Not Forced Equality
Markets — Wall Street Tumbles as Trump’s 15% Tariff Gambit Reignites Trade War Fears <span style="display:none">[^1][^10][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Economy — Pause on Minimum Wage Hikes: Study Warns of Instability and Hidden Costs, Urges Targeted Poverty Solutions
Markets — Bitcoin slides below \$65k as \$230M levered longs liquidated in 60 minutes, sparking cascade across derivatives markets
Markets — US Stock Futures Slip as Trump’s Global Tariff Hike to 15% Triggers Broad Market Pullback <span style="display:none">[^1][^10][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Real Estate — U.S. Home Building Permits Drop to Lowest Level Since 2019 as Housing Slowdown Deepens
Finance — Aging Demographics Drive Federal Deficit to New Highs as Social Security Faces Imminent Benefit Shortfalls by 2032
Finance — Global Investors’ U.S. Holdings Hit Record \$64.1 Trillion, Doubling Since 2018
Markets — Global Copper Inventories on Three Exchanges Hit 1.02 Million Tons, Highest in 23 Years <span style="display:none">[^1][^10][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Markets — Markets Roar, Then React: 15% Global Tariff, Nvidia Results, Inflation Metrics Driving Volatility Amid Fed Commentaries This Week
Real Estate — US Pending Home Sales Hit Record Low as Mortgage Rates, Affordability Freeze U.S. Housing Market <span style="display:none">[^1][^10][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Economy — US Job Market Shifts: Breakeven Growth Slashes to 50,000 Monthly Jobs as Immigration Decline Stabilizes Unemployment
Markets — Freight Slump Deepens: Cass Index Down 7.1% YoY in January to New Cycle Low as Expenditures Dip and Truckload Rates Edge Higher
Mergers & Acquisitions — Latham \& Watkins Bolsters M\&A Team with Two Senior Partners from Rival Firm
Finance — Japanese Life Insurers’ Bond Losses Soar to Record ¥13.2 Trillion as Yields Climb
Markets — Global Commodities Boom: Tariffs and Stockpiles Forge Volatile, Fragmented Markets Across Copper, Silver, Aluminum and Oil
Markets — Institutional Investors Net Sellers Lead U.S. Equity Outflows; Hedge Funds Turn Net Buyers as Retail Supports Markets
Economy — Undervalued Yuan Drives China’s Export Boom, Stirring Global Trade Tensions
Markets — Foreign Investors Flock to Brazil as Stock Inflows Hit \$6.6 Billion, EWZ Surges 17%
Markets — Semiconductor Rally Leaves Software in the Dust as 89% of Chip Stocks Trade Above 200-Day Average While Software Plunges to 0%[^1][^2] <span style="display:none">[^10][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Markets — Supreme Court Rules IEEPA Tariffs Illegal; Refunds Loom as Markets React and Congress Weighs New Legislation
Markets — Trump Unveils Backup Tariff Plan After Supreme Court Strikes Down Policy, Markets on Edge
Finance — SBA Suspends Over 111,000 California Borrowers Tied to \$8.6 Billion in PPP and EIDL Fraud Amid New Ownership Rules for Lending Programs
Finance — Inflation Surges: PCE Price Index Climbs to 2.9%, Core at 3.0% in December—Raising Policy Backing Risks for Fed
Finance — Stocks Flash Buy/Sell Frenzy: 54% Overbought and 27% Oversold, Rare Divergence Signals Broad Price Chaos
Energy — WTI Crude Surges 11.7% to \$66.35 on US-Iran Tensions, Hits 6-Month High[^1][^2] <span style="display:none">[^10][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Finance — US ETF Inflows Jump to Record \$245 Billion in First Six Weeks, Surging 94% YoY as 500+ Funds Hit \$100M+ Flows
Finance — Retail Investors Surge into Software: Record Inflows and Seven-Week Buy Frenzy Drive 2026 Peak Demand
Markets — Crypto Funds See \$1.7 Billion Weekly Exodus as US-Led Bitcoin and Ethereum Outflows Flip 2026 Flows Negative[^1][^2] <span style="display:none">[^10][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>
Markets — Amazon tops Walmart to become world's biggest company by revenue with \$716.9B in 2025 growth surge highlighted
Finance — Older Americans Drive Spending Boom as Wealth Gap Grows, Redrawing U.S. Economic Landscape
Finance — Global Bonds Rally: About 87% Trade Below 5% Yield, Near 90% Threshold Across All Markets
Finance — Subprime Auto Delinquency Surges to Record High as Overall Auto Debt Reaches \$1.67 Trillion
Real Estate — All-Cash Home Purchases Drop to Five-Year December Low at 29%
Markets — Gold Breaks \$5,000 Barrier as Geopolitical Tensions Spark Global Safe-Haven Surge
Markets — U.S. Cattle Inventories Fall to 1951 Low as Beef Cows, Calves Dip and Feedlot cattle Ease in 2025
Markets — Dollar Sentiment Hits Deepest Bearish Level Since 2012
Finance — Mamdani Pushes \$127B NYC Budget, Threatens 9.5% Property Tax Hike on Wealthy if State Won’t Tax the Rich
Finance — US Unveils Global Critical Minerals Pricing Floor as 50+ Nations Align on Secure Supply Chains
Investing — Hedge Funds Push Magnificent 7 to Record 22% of US Net Exposure as AI Infrastructure Bets Surge
Finance — Stocks Surge as S\&P 500 Rebounds to Green, Adds \$600 Billion in Minutes
Mergers & Acquisitions — Trump family-backed merger aims to take Israeli drone maker Xtend public in \$1.5B deal with Florida contractor JFB Construction
Markets — Eric Trump Leads \$1.5 Billion Investment to Take Israeli Drone Maker Xtend Public
Markets — Republicans Hold 60% Chance to Control Senate as Odds Shift with Democrats Rising Ahead of 2026 Elections
Finance — Goldman Sachs Drops DEI Criteria for Director Picks as Banks Reassess Diversity Push Amid Regulatory Pressure
Finance — Presidential Progeny and Ties to Crypto Boom Spark Billion-Dollar Windfall Amid Market Slump
Markets — Tech CDS surge: Oracle leads with \$6B as overall tech CDS hits \$10B—a 400% jump in 13 months
Finance — U.S. Public Debt Set to Skyrocket to \$64 Trillion by 2036, Averages \$2.4 Trillion Annual Increase
Taxes — Tax Refunds Surge as Welfare Measures, Corporate Reforms, and Tariff Rulings Reshape U.S. Wallets
Markets — Cocoa Glut Forces Ivorian Farmers to Hoard Beans at Home as Prices Collapse
Retail — Wendy’s Plans a “Rebuilding Year” as It Shuts Hundreds of Restaurants in 2026 under Interim CEO Ken Cook
Retail — Minneapolis Faces \$200 Million Hit After Month of Anti-ICE Protests; Officials Urge Federal Aid and a Rapid Recovery Plan
Economy — White-Collar Hiring Slump Deepens: Openings Plunge to 11-Year Low as Recession Signals Mount
Finance — Dubai Emerges as Preferred Tax-Smart Playground for China's Wealthy, Outshining Singapore on Safety and Sunshine
Taxes — Tax The Rich? Data Questions the Assumed Gap Between Perception and Reality
Finance — Rising tariffs, wages, and healthcare costs push businesses to hike prices across the board
Markets — Generation Gap: Young Adults Turn to Markets as Homeownership Slips, Shifting Wealth Toward Investments
Economy — China Faces Deepening Deflation as Weak Demand and Overcapacity Stall Recovery
Finance — U.S. Budget Deficit Narrows 26% in January as Revenues Surge on Tariff Boom
Finance — China’s U.S. Treasury Holdings Sink to 25-Year Low as Gold Reserves Hit Record
Finance — Student Loan Delinquencies Soar to Record 16.4% in Late 2025 as Borrower Distress Deepens