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Sector Overview: Mixed Movements Across Key SectorsToday’s stock market heatmap reveals a mixed picture across sectors, with distinct movements shaping the day’s trading landscape. The technology sector demonstrates resilience, while semiconductors experience notable declines. Let’s delve into the details.📈 Technology Sector: A Bright SpotThe technology sector shines brightly today. Microsoft (MSFT) gains 0.86% and Oracle (ORCL) increases by 0.75%, reflecting robust investor confidence. This upward trend suggests strengthening fundamentals and positive market sentiment towards tech infrastructure stocks.📉 Semiconductor SetbackIn contrast, semiconductors encounter challenges. Broadcom (AVGO) slides by 2.15% and Nvidia (NVDA) drops by 1.31%, painting a picture of investor caution…

In a dramatic step, the U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday said it’s proposing to sever a Swiss bank from the U.S. financial system over its alleged illicit ties to Russia and Iran.

Plans to pedestrianise London’s Oxford Street have been given the official go-ahead, with the mayor, Sadiq Khan, promising to create a “world-leading urban space”.The remaining traffic – buses and taxis but also bikes, e-scooters and pedicabs – should be removed this summer, after a second public consultation on reshaping a central stretch of the capital’s famous shopping street.Work will start in the coming months until late 2027 to transform the street west of Oxford Circus after the decision on Thursday.Khan is expected to set out more details of his plans for the area next week but the mayor has championed…

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Douglas Herrington sold 6,835 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.82, for a total value of $1,406,779.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 522,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $107,512,341.02. The trade was a 1.29% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Amazon.com Stock Performance AMZN opened at $210.64 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average…

[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, February 26th, 2026] Stablecoins have become a foundational layer for settlement, moving value across payments, remittances, and treasury operations worldwide. As these flows grow, the infrastructure behind dollar-denominated stablecoins matters as much as the assets themselves. USDC and Circle Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) will be launching on Morph, bringing payment stablecoins and standardized cross-chain settlement to infrastructure built for payments. USDC on Morph USDC will be issued on Morph by Circle’s regulated affiliates, establishing it as a settlement asset across the network. Issuance provides a consistent foundation for dollar-denominated activity. USDC on Morph will be canonical, with…

The mining industry is dominated by major players with the capital and geographic reach to produce on a massive scale. Still, despite a recent cooling of the red-hot and rally, a major boost in recent months to the price of many precious metals may have opened up areas of potential for smaller companies as well. One such firm is . With a market capitalization of just $3.5 billion, Hycroft is just a fraction the size of $100-billion-plus rivals like Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. and Newmont Corp. A potential growth catalyst for the company is a recent technical report with an…

Cuban coast guard ships docked at the port of Havana on February 25, 2026. Cuba’s coast guard said on February 25, 2026, it shot dead four people and wounded six others traveling in a US-registered speedboat during an exchange of fire near Cuba’s shores that came amid heightened tensions with Washington.Adalberto Roque | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Kremlin on Thursday said that the situation in fuel-starved Cuba is intensifying after a deadly incident with a U.S.-registered speedboat off the coast of the Caribbean island. “We see that the situation around Cuba is escalating,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters, according…

Factbox-What is Trump’s plan to boost retirement savings?

The “low-fire, low-hire” labor market appears here to stay — at least in 2026. Most CEOs of U.S. companies say they no plans to increase the size of their workforce this year.

Key PointsWalmart is performing more like a tech stock than a retail stock, beating the Nasdaq-100 index for the past year. The retailing giant says its new agentic AI shopping assistant is driving 35% higher sales by average order volume.10 stocks we like better than Walmart ›Tech stocks are going through unsteady times. In the past year, the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index has barely outperformed the S&P 500 index. Investors are anxious about the skyrocketing costs of capital expenditures by big AI companies, while also worried that AI could drastically disrupt the business models of software companies. The iShares Extended Tech-Software…