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Nuclear Heavyweight Holtec Files For IPO
ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2026 6:25pm ESTNuclear Heavyweight Holtec Files For IPO Submitted by Steffan Szumowski from The Nuclear Review Holtec International filed confidentially for an IPO recently with the SEC. The company alluded to the possibility of going public in 2026 earlier last year, as the nuclear renaissance has reignited investor interest in the almost forgotten nuclear industry. While the […]
“Largest Act Of Deregulation In US History”: Trump Admin To Repeal Obama-Era Greenhouse Gas Finding
ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2026 5:20pm EST“Largest Act Of Deregulation In US History”: Trump Admin To Repeal Obama-Era Greenhouse Gas Finding The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is about to pull the rug from underneath climate regulation… The EPA, under Lee Zeldin, plans to revoke the 2009 “endangerment finding”, an Obama-era determination that six greenhouse gases “threaten the public health and welfare […]
Vitalik Buterin Calls For Ethereum-Led Alternative To The ‘Race For AGI’
ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2026 3:25pm ESTVitalik Buterin Calls For Ethereum-Led Alternative To The ‘Race For AGI’ Authored by Vismaya V via Decrypt.co, The Ethereum co-founder has outlined a four-quadrant Ethereum-AI buildout spanning private AI use, agent markets, and governance. In brief Vitalik Buterin said Monday the very frame of “work on AGI” is flawed and called for AI development guided […]
Goldman Says Off-Price Retailers “Structurally Well-Positioned” To Benefit As Trade-Down Behavior Persists
ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2026 2:25pm ESTGoldman Says Off-Price Retailers “Structurally Well-Positioned” To Benefit As Trade-Down Behavior Persists Building on Goldman analyst Scott Feiler’s note last week that consumer trends remain resilient despite ongoing K-shaped concerns, Brooke Roach, a Managing Director in Equity Research at Goldman covering the U.S. retail sector, published a consumer note on Tuesday analyzing recent store-traffic trends […]
Goldman Says Off-Price Retailers “Structurally Well-Positioned” To Benefit As Trade-Down Behavior Persists
ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2026 2:25pm ESTGoldman Says Off-Price Retailers “Structurally Well-Positioned” To Benefit As Trade-Down Behavior Persists Building on Goldman analyst Scott Feiler’s note last week that consumer trends remain resilient despite ongoing K-shaped concerns, Brooke Roach, a Managing Director in Equity Research at Goldman covering the U.S. retail sector, published a consumer note on Tuesday analyzing recent store-traffic trends […]
‘Off The Charts’: Retail Is Buying-The-Dip In Software Stocks Like Never Before
ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2026 12:43pm EST‘Off The Charts’: Retail Is Buying-The-Dip In Software Stocks Like Never Before Starting on Friday, we have seen a sudden reversal from panic-selling to panic-buying in tech stocks, which has lifted Nasdaq back above its 100DMA… The headline-grabbing culprit for much of the pain to the downside was Software stocks (IGV as an example of […]
Winter Storm Triggers $15 Billion Power Surge On Key U.S. Grid
ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2026 10:40am ESTWinter Storm Triggers $15 Billion Power Surge On Key U.S. Grid A brutal January cold snap sent electricity prices soaring across the largest U.S. power grid, as operators scrambled to meet surging heating demand and prevent outages, according to Bloomberg. On the PJM Interconnection system — which supplies power to roughly one-fifth of Americans — […]
Harley-Davidson Shares Plunge As Bike Demand Stalls
ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2026 8:50am ESTHarley-Davidson Shares Plunge As Bike Demand Stalls Harley-Davidson shares plunged in premarket trading after the company reported an unexpected decline in motorcycle shipments and a far deeper-than-expected sales miss in the fourth quarter. The results suggest the company is still battling soft demand, with the brand having peaked with boomers and struggling to connect with […]
Ukraine Launching Arms Exports At Centers Across Europe
ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2026 6:55am ESTUkraine Launching Arms Exports At Centers Across Europe Ukraine has another money-making idea – instead of begging for urgently needed funds from Western partners, it plans to start exporting weapons, instead of only buying them. But there is a big and unexpected catch to the whole scheme. Flush with external funding connected to the war […]
“Today, We Are Preparing For War”: French Defense Chief Says Europe Has Until 2030, Cites Russia As Biggest Threat
ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2026 5:00am EST“Today, We Are Preparing For War”: French Defense Chief Says Europe Has Until 2030, Cites Russia As Biggest Threat Via Remix News, France and Europe have four years to prepare for war, said Fabien Mandon, chief of the defense staff of the French Armed Forces, who cited Russia as Europe’s biggest threat. His speech at […]
Germany’s “Recovery” Is Just Debt-Fueled Military Orders
ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2026 3:30am ESTGermany’s “Recovery” Is Just Debt-Fueled Military Orders Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Friedrich Merz finally has a positive headline. In December, industrial orders surged. But behind the costly statistical recovery lies nothing more than the buildup of a debt-financed defense sector. It took some lead time, but the Chancellor now finally has a success story. For […]
Israel Imposes ‘De Facto Annexation’ With Sweeping West Bank Policy Change
ZeroHedge - Feb 9th 2026 11:25pm ESTIsrael Imposes ‘De Facto Annexation’ With Sweeping West Bank Policy Change Via Middle East Eye The Israeli government on Sunday approved sweeping changes to land registration and civil control in the occupied West Bank, a move Palestinians say breaches the Oslo Accords and advances de facto annexation. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Defense Minister Israel Katz said the changes […]
Israel Imposes ‘De Facto Annexation’ With Sweeping West Bank Policy Change
ZeroHedge - Feb 9th 2026 11:25pm ESTIsrael Imposes ‘De Facto Annexation’ With Sweeping West Bank Policy Change Via Middle East Eye The Israeli government on Sunday approved sweeping changes to land registration and civil control in the occupied West Bank, a move Palestinians say breaches the Oslo Accords and advances de facto annexation. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Defense Minister Israel Katz said the changes […]
Gun Owner Denied Firearm By ATF For Claiming “God Given Rights”
ZeroHedge - Feb 9th 2026 8:05pm ESTGun Owner Denied Firearm By ATF For Claiming “God Given Rights” Via Gun Owners of America, A member of Gun Owners of America was recently denied a firearm by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for writing “exercise my God given right” as their reason for manufacturing the firearm. Our member wasn’t doing […]
Leftists Lose It As Pro-ICE Ad Plays During Super Bowl
ZeroHedge - Feb 9th 2026 6:25pm ESTLeftists Lose It As Pro-ICE Ad Plays During Super Bowl Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A powerful pro-ICE advertisement aired during Super Bowl 60, spotlighting the everyday heroes in Immigration and Customs Enforcement who risk their lives to protect communities from violent criminals. The spot, which ran right after Bad Bunny’s trash halftime performance, portrayed ICE […]
“Italian Job” Style Armored Truck Heist Caught On Video In Italy
ZeroHedge - Feb 9th 2026 5:20pm EST“Italian Job” Style Armored Truck Heist Caught On Video In Italy In a scene straight out of The Italian Job movie, local Italian broadcaster Sky TG24 posted a dramatic video on X on Monday that appears to show at least one “armed commando” carrying out a brazen armored truck heist in broad daylight on an […]
Who’s Next… What’s Next…?
ZeroHedge - Feb 9th 2026 4:20pm ESTWho’s Next… What’s Next…? Authored by James Howard Kunstler, It’s all backstage now. This fraught moment, the power-centers locked in the coldest cold of the year, the Spanish language lessons of Bad Bunny behind us, all the real action in the battle to save the country is out of sight, moiling and churning in the […]
Not Clear Whether Vaccines Cause Autism, Needs More Research; NIH Director Says
ZeroHedge - Feb 9th 2026 3:20pm ESTNot Clear Whether Vaccines Cause Autism, Needs More Research; NIH Director Says Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The director of the National Institutes of Health said in a new interview that there’s a dearth of high-quality research into vaccines and autism and that the health agency is funding research that will determine […]
The Inevitable Reversal: When Speculative Narratives Don’t Hold
ZeroHedge - Feb 9th 2026 2:00pm ESTThe Inevitable Reversal: When Speculative Narratives Don’t Hold Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, For nearly two years, markets were driven by the same speculative narrative that “this time is different.” Bitcoin, precious metals, and AI-linked equities rose not only because of robust fundamentals, but also because investors clung to powerful narratives about inflation, disruption, and […]
Inflation Expectations Tumble To 6-Month Lows, Labor Market Optimism Rebounds; NYFed
ZeroHedge - Feb 9th 2026 11:35am ESTInflation Expectations Tumble To 6-Month Lows, Labor Market Optimism Rebounds; NYFed Despite the ongoing partisan panic over ‘Trump-driven inflation’ or whatever narrative-du-jour the mainstream media chooses, inflation expectations tracked by the NY Fed survey of Consumer Expectations dropped to six-month lows. inflation expectations tracked by the NY Fed survey of Consumer Expectations Median inflation expectations […]
Key Events This Week: Payrolls, CPI And Retail Sales
ZeroHedge - Feb 9th 2026 9:55am ESTKey Events This Week: Payrolls, CPI And Retail Sales The next five days will feature an unusual pairing of major US data releases: the January employment report on Wednesday and the January CPI report on Friday, two reports which usually never appear in the same week. Ahead of those, markets will digest December retail sales and […]
Futures Flat, Erase Overnight Losses As Nervous Traders Brace For Key Week
ZeroHedge - Feb 9th 2026 8:34am ESTFutures Flat, Erase Overnight Losses As Nervous Traders Brace For Key Week S&P futures are unchanged, erasing all overnight losses, extending last week’s choppy price action focused on AI repercussions; Nasdaq 100 futures underperform slightly ahead of an important week that has both the January jobs and CPI report on deck (at least the firehose […]
Visualizing The Changing Political Affiliation By Generation In The US
ZeroHedge - Feb 9th 2026 4:15am ESTVisualizing The Changing Political Affiliation By Generation In The US Political identity in the U.S. is changing, and the divide is increasingly generational. Younger Americans are stepping away from traditional party labels, while older generations remain more closely tied to the two-party system. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte, shows how political affiliation varies […]
Epstein’s Gates To Pandemonium
ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2026 11:20pm ESTEpstein’s Gates To Pandemonium Authored by Jordi Pigem via the Brownstone Institute, “We are going to have fun,” writes Jeffrey Epstein on December 7, 2009. This phrase is his reply to an email by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Science Advisor (and Scientific Advisor to Bill Gates), Boris Nikolic, who is making a list […]
1Loeffler: SBA Suspends Over 100,000 California Borrowers In Pandemic-Loan Fraud Sweep
ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2026 9:35pm ESTLoeffler: SBA Suspends Over 100,000 California Borrowers In Pandemic-Loan Fraud Sweep The U.S. Small Business Administration said Friday it has suspended more than 100,000 California borrowers amid suspected fraud tied to pandemic-era relief programs, a move the agency said represents one of the largest enforcement actions since Covid-19 aid was rolled out. Kelly Loeffler, administrator […]