Ecuador Tightens Mining Regulations With New Decree

Ecuador’s government issued new mining regulations adjusting royalty calculations and strengthening regulatory oversight, adding pressure on an industry already required to generate its own electricity amid the country’s ongoing energy crisis. President Daniel Noboa signed Executive Decree 273 on December 31, 2025, modifying mining regulations that have governed the sector since 2009. The decree strengthens […]

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 […]

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 […]