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The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has uncovered two major fraud rackets involving fake share market investments, cryptocurrency, and forex schemes, officials announced on Thursday.Rupesh Bhardwaj, residing in Ghaziabad, was arrested in Gurugram after allegedly duping investors with false promises of high returns in the stock market, according to complaints from SEBI. Bhardwaj operated X Traders Enterprises, which used counterfeit share certificates to build investor trust.In a separate operation, the STF apprehended Jatindra Ram of Haryana for his role in a widespread cryptocurrency and forex investment fraud, using a firm named ‘Sea Prime Capital’ to fleece investors and…

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.FCX ended 2025 with strong liquidity, including $3.8 billion in cash and cash equivalents, $3 billion in availability under the FCX revolving credit facility, and $1.5 billion in availability under the PT-FI credit facility. It also generated solid operating cash flows of $5.6 billion in 2025.FCX’s strong liquidity profile and substantial cash flows provide it with ample flexibility to fund expansion projects, reduce debt and enhance shareholder returns. The company remains focused on strong execution while progressing its organic growth initiatives, including expansion projects in Chile, Arizona and Indonesia geared toward increasing production capacity, supported by a robust financial…

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Tracking inventories held by US businesses as a gauge of economic health can provide helpful signals for the direction of growth in the economy. A change in inventory levels can inform us about changes in demand for key inputs, finished goods, and the broader demand backdrop. Importantly, they can also serve as an indicator of supply conditions—inventories can fluctuate due to policy shocks, shipping disruptions, and labor disputes at ports. We explain how inventories are measured, what changes in inventories can signal, and what these mean for GDP growth. Inventories as measured by BEA in the national accounts Net changes…

For years, tokenisation was a buzzword that never quite had much to show for it. That’s changing. The market for tokenised real-world assets on public blockchains has marched past $26bn, nearly quadrupling over the past year, and funds — particularly those backed by Treasuries and money market instruments — now represent the single largest category, accounting for around $10.5bn of the total. For fund managers and allocators, the question is no longer whether blockchain infrastructure will make any waves, but now how soon, and in what form. Large institutions leading the charge Large fund and asset managers have been experimenting…

Jim Wyckoff has spent over 25 years involved with the stock, financial and commodity markets. He was a financial journalist with the FWN newswire service for many years, including stints as a reporter on the rough-and-tumble commodity futures trading floors in Chicago and New York. As a journalist, he has covered every futures market traded in the U.S., at one time or another. Jim is the proprietor of the “Jim Wyckoff on the Markets” analytical, educational and trading advisory service. Jim also worked as a technical analyst for Dow Jones Newswires and as the senior market analyst with TraderPlanet.com. Jim…

After one of the least snowy winters on record, many in the recreation-heavy economy of Grand County have endured what appears to be, according to the CEO of Vail Resorts’ sentiment, a “worst-case weather scenario.” Echoes of it being one of the weirdest winters weather-wise are being shouted across kitchen tables in Grand County by both long-time residents and business owners alike. With snowmobile businesses in Grand Lake struggling to consistently open access trails due to low valley snowpack, and a 16% increase in lodging cancellations as compared to last year, a pessimistic view of economic performance can easily be…

Energy Minister Eli Cohen and Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria District Council in the West Bank, have established a professional working group to advance the construction of water and electricity infrastructure for new settlements recently approved by the current government, Dagan’s office announces. Both Cohen and Dagan state that the new development is part of a program initiated by Dagan in 2022 to bring a million Israelis to live in the Samaria district of the northern West Bank by 2025. There are just 49,000 Israeli residents of the Samaria district settlements at present. In a recent meeting, Cohen and…

The outdated frame For years, EM was boxed as a commodity proxy, a levered play on China, or a diversifier in a DM‑centric portfolio. The economic architecture has shifted: EM and developing economies now account for the majority of global GDP on a PPP basis and growth projections expect that gap to persist. But more important than growth differentials is what’s powering them: stronger balance sheets in many markets and faster‑moving policy frameworks. The new EM reality: Bigger, faster, more flexible With a handful of exceptions, the public and private debt burdens across large parts of EM remain meaningfully lower…

WHY THIS MATTERS RealFi’s launch of USDr highlights a growing shift in how stablecoins are being positioned—not just as a store of value, but as yield-generating financial instruments. With hundreds of billions in stablecoins sitting idle globally, the push to make these assets productive reflects increasing demand for capital efficiency in both retail and institutional crypto markets. By linking stablecoin yields to real-world assets like money market funds and corporate bonds, RealFi is aligning with a broader trend of bringing traditional finance (TradFi) yield mechanisms on-chain. This also signals continued momentum in the real-world asset (RWA) space, where blockchain platforms…