February 2, 2026
Alphabet providing $13 billion
Alphabet unit Waymo is aiming to raise about $16 billion in a financing round that would value it at nearly $110 billion. Alphabet would provide about $13 billion to the autonomous driving firm while the rest would come from other investors.
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February 2, 2026
Heavy earnings week, jobs data to test US stocks after Microsoft swoon
Another huge batch of corporate earnings including from megacaps Alphabet and Amazon will test the U.S. stock market in the coming week after a disappointing report from heavyweight Microsoft weighed on equity indexes.
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January 30, 2026
Trump plans to announce his Fed chief nominee next week
President Donald Trump said he intends to announce his pick to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell next week, as speculation intensifies over who will lead the U.S. central bank after Powell steps aside from the job in May.
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January 30, 2026
Adidas achieves record sales in 2025, plans 1.2 billion euros share buyback
Adidas said it would launch a share buyback of up to 1 billion euros on the back of record 2025 sales that the German sportswear maker said benefited from stable prices in the face of U.S. tariffs.
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January 30, 2026
Bitcoin falls below $84k as gold bugs take profit
Bitcoin’s strong start to the year has been fully erased, with its price slipping to a new yearly low below $84,000. Analysts viewed this move as part of a broader corrective phase rather than a structural market breakdown, driven by aggressive futures deleveraging rather than sustained selling in spot markets.
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January 29, 2026
Oil prices hover around four-month high
Oil prices rose to their highest since late September on looming Iran concerns while a weak U.S. dollar lent further support. Both benchmarks are headed for their biggest monthly rises in percentage terms since July 2023
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