Markets & Trading
Ex-Facebook security exec slams Meta $17bn no-trial pay-off
The controversial settlement with US states effectively prevented the court from assessing widely-held accusations that Facebook and Instagram were designed to addict minors
US Looks To Revive 'Prize Courts' For Iranian Oil Seizures
The Justice Department is preparing to use a dormant wartime maritime system to handle ships and cargo captured under the Iran blockade...
Federal Court Dismisses Musk's X Lawsuit Against New York Law Forcing Platforms To Define Speech
"[T]he First Amendment poses no obstacle to New York’s law," the judge wrote...
Trump Complained About Big Oil Profits, But Dumped Exxon Stock On Ceasefire Day
President Trump’s investment accounts sold between $500,000 and $1 million of ExxonMobil stock on April 7, the same day Trump announced a ceasefire in the Iran war and hours before Exxon shares opened 6.5% lower...
Meta Settles With US States For $16.7 Billion Over Social Media Harms To Children
The company faced a theoretical $1.4 trillion in penalties...
USA probably buys some gold from Russia
"US Air Force C-17 Makes Mysterious Visit To Moscow"
VW job cuts could reach 140,000 as capacity falls further
Volkswagen’s original agreement to cut 50,000 jobs was unprecedented at the time, but now comes across as a moderate option.
Norway Takes Oilfield Climate Battle To Supreme Court
The Norwegian government is asking the country’s Supreme Court to overturn lower-court rulings that invalidated the development permits of three new oilfields in Norway’s North Sea...
Spain's Great Replacement: Half Of Unskilled Construction Workers Are Now Foreign Laborers
While Spain chooses mass immigration to combat labor shortages, Asian countries like South Korea are choosing automation and robotics...
How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs
Alain Pannetrat, August 24, 2026
Lectronz is a marketplace for open-source hardware makers and DIY electronics. Most of our sellers are not factories or well-funded start-ups. They are engineers, independent designers, and hardware enthusiasts working from spare rooms, garages, and tiny workshops.
Wealth Exodus: Australians Flock To Property Investment Over Business
The proportion of working-age Australians who run a business which employs people fell from 13.8 percent in 2002 to just 9.8 percent in 2022, according to CEDA. Fewer Australians are putting their capital into businesses, with the drop most acute among the wealthy, new data from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) shows. Instead, more wealth is flowing into property.
Pennsylvania Dangles Permitting Carrot For Data Centers That Bring Their Own Power
Under a new permitting framework for loads over 25 MW, applicants that commit to abide by the state’s recently introduced infrastructure standards for data centers will receive preferential treatment.
"Doom Loop" Engaged: US Debt Hits $40 Trillion As Treasury Enters The Endgame
It took the US 200 years to reach its first $1 trillion in debt. It took 95 days to add its last.
Parents Are Paying Thousands For Sorority Rush Coaches
What was once largely advice passed among relatives, alumnae and friends is increasingly being sold as a professional service
Sensitive Information Keeps Going To 'No Reply' Emails, And One Man Gets It All
Security researchers bought “noreply” domains and discovered a firehose of private corporate and customer data...