Trump Orders Push to Block Institutions From Single Family Home Ownership
President Donald Trump said he is “immediately taking steps” to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes and will ask Congress to codify it, framing the move as a response to housing affordability pressures and stating. “People live in homes, not corporations,” he wrote. The baseline housing stock is large and only partly […]
Trump Targets Defense Contractors Over Buybacks
President Donald Trump escalated pressure on US defense contractors by tying capital return policies and executive compensation to production speed, maintenance performance, and new factory investment, including a stated intent to block dividends and stock buybacks until operational targets are met. In a statement, Trump said defense contractors are issuing “massive dividends and stock buybacks” […]
Scotiabank CEO Embraces ‘Trump Doctrine’ As Catalyst For Latin American Growth
In a bold assessment of the shifting geopolitical landscape, Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX: BNS) CEO Scott Thomson has characterized the emerging “Trump Doctrine” and a rightward political tilt in Latin America as significant tailwinds for the bank’s international growth. Speaking at the Royal Bank of Canada’s annual CEO conference on Tuesday, Thomson argued that […]
Discord Submits Confidential IPO Filing, Sources Say
Discord has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, positioning the private chat platform inside a growing pipeline of venture capital-backed tech listings. The report pegs the filing as a confidential submission rather than a public launch, keeping the offering’s size, timing, and pricing out of view in […]
Mayfair Gold Outlines $1.37 Billion NPV For Fenn-Gibb Project At Spot Prices In Pre-Feasibility Study
Mayfair Gold (TSXV: MFG) has finally delivered a pre-feasibility for their Fenn-Gib gold project in the Timmins region of Ontario, which was previously guided to be released last year. The new study has outlined a net present value (5%) of C$652 million for the project alongside an IRR of 24% and a payback of 2.7 […]
Endeavour Silver Produces 11.2 Million Ounces Of Silver Equivalent In 2025 But Misses Guidance
Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR) has released production results for the first full quarter with Terronera in commercial production, with the company posting Q4 production results of 3.8 million ounces of silver equivalent. That silver equivalent figure is comprised of 2.0 million ounces of silver and 13,785 ounces of gold. Silver production was 146% higher on […]
Justice Department Quietly Drops Drug Cartel Claim That Justified Venezuela Operation
The Justice Department backed away from a central claim it used to justify removing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — that he led a drug cartel called Cartel de los Soles — according to a revised indictment unsealed Saturday as US forces captured him. The new indictment still accuses Maduro of drug trafficking but abandons language […]
Trump Orders to Execute Venezuela “Sanctioned Oil” Transfer
President Donald Trump announced that Venezuela’s interim authorities will turn over 30–50 million barrels of “high quality, sanctioned oil” to the US, to be sold at market price with the proceeds controlled by him as president for uses he said would “benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States.” The plan, as described, is […]
Justice Department Continues to Delay Full Release of the Epstein Files
The Justice Department has released fewer than 13,000 documents from its Jeffrey Epstein investigation, representing less than 1% of the total files, 19 days after missing a legal deadline to disclose all records. The department reported Monday that 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review. A team of 400 […]
Venezuela’s Oil Terminals Go Dark as Blockade Drives Production Toward Catastrophic Collapse
Venezuela’s main oil export terminals have delivered virtually no crude for shipment in five days, except to the lone American company still permitted to operate in the country, as a US naval blockade drives the OPEC member toward economic catastrophe. The state oil company PDVSA has stopped authorizing exports since Nicolás Maduro’s capture on Saturday. […]