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UK public inflation expectations fall in January, Citi/YouGov survey shows

Trade escalation can contribute to a slowdown in economic growth and weaken silver demand, but silver’s a “dual-natured metal” that benefits from both investment and industrial uses. That’s a key reason why it has been more of a go-to hedge than gold lately.

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Consumer Products stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 1.4% loss. Within that group, Brown-Forman Corp (Symbol: BF.B) and Molson Coors Beverage Co (Symbol: TAP) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 8.9% and 5.0%, respectively. Among consumer products ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF (Symbol: IYK), which is down 0.6% on the day, and up 14.22% year-to-date. Brown-Forman Corp, meanwhile, is up 6.29% year-to-date, and Molson Coors Beverage Co is up 1.51% year-to-date. TAP makes up approximately 0.3% of the underlying holdings…

Now available on your favorite food delivery app: restaurant reservations. The still-simmering reservation wars of the last decade could fully reignite this year, as a shifting tech landscape pits some of the biggest players against each other to capture businesses and users alike. Reservation incumbents, delivery app newcomers and premium credit card partnerships are all ramping up the fight for a shrinking pool of diners. Delivery giant DoorDash announced in June its $1.2 billion acquisition of SevenRooms, a reservation platform focused on direct bookings through a restaurant’s own website. Several months earlier, UberEats and Booking Holdings’ OpenTable announced a partnership…

Check out some of the companies making headlines in midday trading. Coinbase — The cryptocurrency exchange’s stock jumped 12% as it launched stock trading on its platform. The move is part of Coinbase’s strategy to become the place for investors to trade not only cryptocurrency but also stocks, exchange-traded funds and place prediction market bets. Paramount Skydance — Shares of the entertainment giant crept slightly higher after Paramount Skydance lifted its Warner Bros. Discovery takeover offer to $31 per share . That’s up from $30 a share. Warner Bros. said its board would review the proposal. Netflix , which already…

Regulated US crypto bank Anchorage Digital has officially confirmed it holds Strategy’s STRC perpetual preferred stock on its balance sheet. Conviction compounds.Institutions don’t just talk about Bitcoin, they structure around it.Today, @Anchorage Digital has announced it holds $STRC, @Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock, on our balance sheet.When the company that operationalizes Bitcoin infrastructure puts…— Nathan McCauley (@nathanmccauley) February 25, 2026 CEO Nathan McCauley disclosed the position on X today, framing it as a major strategic alignment between the sector’s largest digital asset treasury and its critical banking infrastructure. This move validates the use of high yield Bitcoin proxies even as ETF…

Amid a more than six-month consolidation among major AI infrastructure players like Nvidia (NVDA) and Broadcom, leadership within the broader ecosystem has begun to rotate toward smaller, specialized suppliers as infrastructure needs evlove. One standout example has been Lumentum (LITE), which has emerged as a major winner during this period, leading the industry in optical networking technology, a critical solution for the high-speed data transmission required by AI compute and data center workloads.Lumentum shares have surged several hundred percent over the past several months, and while I’m not one to shy away from momentum stocks, as readers know from when…

Free NewsletterGet the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your InboxMambu has expanded its Payments Hub platform into Southeast Asia, making it available in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore for the first time.The rollout follows adoption of the hub by banks and fintech firms operating across multiple payment schemes and jurisdictions, as the company strengthens its payments offering in the region.The cloud-native, API-first platform enables financial institutions to manage multiple payment rails through a single system.It supports processing, liquidity management and reconciliations across markets while maintaining compliance.Mambu said institutions can connect to new schemes and onboard banking…

A biotech downturn and pulled federal funds have stymied the university’s property bet in Boston’s Allston neighborhood — while nearby MIT has thrived. Harvard had little room for growth in Cambridge, its home since the 1600s. But just across the Charles River sat Allston, a working-class Boston neighborhood where the university had assembled hundreds of acres of land. There, Summers envisioned developing a sort of Silicon Valley of the East — a worthy competitor to California’s Stanford University and the nearby Massachusetts Institute of Technology for high-tech innovation. Bloomberg’s Janet Lorin joins to discuss.

Key PointsMichigan usually isn’t considered a top retirement state like Florida. Instead, the Great Lakes State is often associated with harsh winters, aging infrastructure, and urban blight in struggling cities like Detroit. But according to The Motley Fool’s 2026 Best Places to Retire, Michigan is the fourth-best state to retire in after Florida, California, and Texas. Image source: Getty Images.Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » One of Michigan’s core strengths is its low cost…