Bulgaria’s Euro Day 3: Currency Switch Proceeds Smoothly Despite Deep Public Skepticism
Bulgaria’s euro adoption enters day 3 with smooth technical transition but deep public skepticism. 57% opposed adoption, 63% wanted referendum.
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Bulgaria Adopts Euro But Half the Country Didn’t Want It — Here’s What It Means for Working People
So Bulgaria ditched the lev at midnight on New Year’s Day and officially became the 21st member of the eurozone.
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8,200 Stores Gone in 2025 and Nobody in a Corner Office is Losing Sleep
Over 8,200 US stores closed in 2025, a 12% jump from last year. Forever 21, Party City, Rite Aid, and Joann all shuttered as retail continues its painful transformation.
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Santa Claus Rally Pushes S&P 500 Near Records as Wall Street Eyes 2026
The holiday week was good to investors. Real good. The S&P 500 climbed about 2.3% for the shortened trading week.
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Nvidia Just Spent $20 Billion on Groq and Nobody Can Figure Out Why
Nvidia acquires AI chip startup Groq for $20 billion in unusual asset deal that lets GroqCloud stay independent while founders join the GPU giant.
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Trump Just Killed 5 Offshore Wind Projects and Thousands of Jobs With One Move
The Trump administration suspended leases for five major offshore wind projects citing national security concerns two weeks after a federal judge blocked his previous attempt to stop them.
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Ryanair Just Got Slapped With a 255 Million Euro Fine for Being Ryanair
Italy fines Ryanair 255 million euros for abusing market dominance by blocking travel agencies from selling tickets through systematic anti-competitive practices.
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Tesla Stock Inches Toward $500 as Wall Street Argues About What Tesla Even Is
Tesla stock approaches $500 as Wall Street remains deeply divided with price targets ranging from $247 to $600 amid robotaxi optimism and declining delivery forecasts.
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TikTok Finally Signs the Damn Divestment Deal and Nobody Knows if It Actually Solves Anything
After literally years of this back-and-forth nonsense TikTok CEO Shou Chew sent out an internal memo Thursday saying they signed
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Meme Stock Rally Rescues AMC Theaters From 600M Debt
I have seen a lot of strange things in my years covering financial markets. What happened last week might be
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