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Heritage Foundation National Security Vice President Victoria Coates discusses Iran’s increasing isolation from its regional neighbors, concerns over the U.S.’ stockpile and the impact on the Strait of Hormuz on ‘Varney & Co.’ Unrest in the Middle East is crippling global air travel and disrupting flight schedules for many carriers, leaving passengers stranded at airports abroad. Airlines across the world canceled flights after Israel and the U.S. launched a joint attack on Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury.Emirates temporarily suspended operations to and from Dubai due to the unrest in the region. It said it will resume operations of…

JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of Garrett Motion Inc. (NYSE:GTX – Free Report) by 45.1% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,705,484 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 529,949 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. owned about 0.88% of Garrett Motion worth $23,229,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of GTX. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC acquired a new position…

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is starting to look like a financial back end that traditional finance can adopt without changing itself too much.This is because tokenized funds can sit on the ledger, and stablecoins can move across it. At the same time, protocol upgrades keep landing, including features designed for institutions that want on-chain settlement without open access to every counterparty.However, the awkward part for XRP holders is that a thriving XRPL does not automatically translate into proportional demand for XRP.That is the real story in 2026. XRPL can generate significant economic activity, while XRP captures only a thin utility…

delivered fourth-quarter 2025 revenue of about $1.41 billion, up roughly 70% year-on-year, with adjusted EPS at $0.25, almost 79% higher than a year earlier. Operating income was around $575 million, implying an operating margin close to 41%, on gross margins near 85%, which is top-tier software economics. Cash generation is even stronger than the income statement suggests. Net income came in near $608 million, while cash from operations reached roughly $773 million. Capex was only about $13.3 million, around 1.7% of operating cash, leaving roughly $760 million of free cash flow. Free cash flow therefore runs at about 1.25x reported…

A passenger Mohd Umardaraz from Bijnor Uttar Pradesh stranded at Terminal-3 Delhi airport after his flight for Kuwait is cancelled due to airspace restrictions over Iran and parts of the Middle East on March 1, 2026 in New Delhi, India. Arvind Yadav | Hindustan Times | Getty ImagesThe first Emirates flight out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran took off Monday night bound for Mumbai, India, flight data showed, hours after the airline got the green light from local authorities to resume a “limited number” of flights. It’s a sign of how airlines are…

US manufacturing activity steady, factory gate inflation surges

Australia’s biggest pension funds have had to revisit their currency playbook as a sustained rally in the local dollar threatens to erode portfolio returns in the A$4.5 trillion ($3.2 trillion) retirement industry.

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK26) today is up +116 (+4.02%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK26) is up +60 (+2.92%).Cocoa prices recovered from early losses and are sharply higher today amid concerns that higher shipping costs will curb cocoa exports and limit supplies.  The war in Iran has halted most shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, boosting global shipping rates, insurance, and fuel costs, which will raise cocoa importers’ costs. Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to coffee, sign up free for Barchart’s best-in-class commodity analysis.   Slowing cocoa deliveries to ports in the Ivory Coast is…

WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of February 1, 2026, through February 28, 2026. Under the CRA, the OCC assesses an institution’s record of meeting the credit needs of its entire community, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, consistent with the safe and sound operation of such institution. The list includes the national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received CRA ratings. Possible ratings assigned are outstanding, satisfactory, needs to improve, and substantial noncompliance.…

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs added 21,000 BTC worth $1.45 billion, marking the first major accumulation wave since mid-October 2025. Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded one of their best days for weeks in terms of inflows on February 25, marking their first meaningful increase in holdings since mid-October 2025. The shift comes as analysts point to falling retail flows and heavy unrealized losses among newer buyers as signs that market structure could be turning. The Institutional Signal vs. Retail Exit In a March 2 market update, analyst Amr Taha tracked two key data points that suggest a major shift…