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Someone May Have Hacked France's Weather Service to Win a Prediction Market Bet

France's national meteorology agency has filed a police complaint after two Polymarket users won big on a Paris temperature reading that authorities suspect was tampered with. The alleged scheme exposes a脆弱 point in the prediction market model.

Maynard Keys April 23, 2026

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SpaceX Goes Public at $1.75 Trillion, Musk Keeps the Keys

Musk owns 42% of SpaceX but controls 79% of the votes. The largest IPO in history comes with governance to match — and a $4.94 billion loss baked into the numbers.

Maynard Keys April 23, 2026

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20,000 Flights Gone: Lufthansa Grounds a Summer of Travel as Fuel Crisis Deepens

Lufthansa Group is axing 20,000 flights across all six hubs this summer — the largest seasonal cut by a European carrier since COVID. The Strait of Hormuz is closed for business, and the bill just arrived at every departure gate in Frankfurt.

Maynard Keys April 23, 2026

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Gates Foundation Orders External Epstein Review as It Slashes 20% of Staff

The Gates Foundation hired outside investigators to examine its own Epstein ties and told 500 staff their jobs are being eliminated. Warren Buffett, who has donated $43 billion, says he hasn't spoken to Gates since the documents came out.

Maynard Keys April 22, 2026

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The War Tax Nobody Voted For: Fed Delays Rate Cuts as Conflict Inflation Enters the Calendar

The Strait of Hormuz is 7,000 miles from the nearest American strip mall. The oil not flowing through it just decided when you'll be able to refinance your house. Not this year. Possibly not until 2027.

Maynard Keys April 22, 2026

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Switzerland Tells UBS to Hold $20 Billion More Capital. UBS Says That's Extreme.

The Swiss government wants UBS to fully back its foreign subsidiaries with top-tier capital — a $20 billion requirement born directly from the Credit Suisse collapse. UBS calls the proposal 'extreme' and warns of CHF 34 billion in lost GDP.

Maynard Keys April 22, 2026

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United Slashes Profit Forecast as Jet Fuel Crisis Grounds Airlines Worldwide

United Airlines slashed its 2026 profit forecast as surging jet fuel costs from the Iran war threaten to add $11 billion in annual expenses. Nineteen of the world's 20 largest airlines are now cutting flights, and Europe may have six weeks of fuel left.

Maynard Keys April 22, 2026

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SpaceX's $60 Billion Cursor Option: What Musk Is Building

SpaceX can acquire Cursor for $60 billion — or pay $10 billion and walk away with the work. The gap between those two numbers tells you what Musk is really buying.

Maynard Keys April 22, 2026

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The Fed's Would-Be Reformer Calls for 'Regime Change' — and Loses a Republican Vote

The only Republican opposing Kevin Warsh's Fed nomination is enough to block it in committee. Meanwhile, Warsh wants to tear up how the central bank communicates, meets, and measures inflation — and won't say what he'd replace any of it with.

Maynard Keys April 21, 2026

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A Trillion Dollars of Sky: SpaceX Opens, Musk Keeps the Keys

SpaceX is targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation in what would be the largest IPO in history. Investors buying in will get a stake in the business — but Musk keeps 79 percent of the votes.

Maynard Keys April 21, 2026

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Energy, Fertiliser, Food: How Hormuz Is Choking Southeast Asia

Petrol up 76% in Manila. Fertiliser prices up 50% region-wide. Sultan Nazrin Shah says an 'economic crisis is looming' — and ASEAN has no seat at the table to stop it.

Maynard Keys April 21, 2026

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The $100 Billion Loop: Amazon and Anthropic's Circular Bet on AI Infrastructure

Amazon puts up to $25 billion into Anthropic. Anthropic pledges $100 billion right back to AWS. The money leaves one pocket and lands in the other — and both sides call it a partnership.

Maynard Keys April 20, 2026

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No Customers, No Leadership: Fermi's AI-Energy Thesis Collapses

CEO gone. CFO gone. Zero anchor tenants signed. Fermi Inc.'s $6.8 billion bet that nuclear power would fuel the AI boom just lost the two executives responsible for raising the money to pay for it.

Maynard Keys April 20, 2026

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California Says Amazon Strong-Armed Levi's and Hanes Into Raising Prices Everywhere Else

Unredacted emails show Levi's, Hanes, and Allergan all complied when Amazon told them to hike prices on Walmart, Target, and other rivals. California says that's textbook price fixing.

Maynard Keys April 20, 2026

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Fed Nominee Warsh: Independent on Rates, Lighter on Regulation

Kevin Warsh, Trump's pick for Fed chair, says the central bank should be absolutely independent on interest rates but stop wading into climate policy and inequality. A $2 trillion MBS selloff could reshape mortgage markets in the process.

Maynard Keys April 20, 2026

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The World's Safest Asset Just Got a Warning Label From the IMF

The IMF doesn't write footnotes when it's alarmed. Its latest warning on US debt is a flashing red signal that the foundation of global finance is developing cracks — and your mortgage rate is sitting on top of it.

Maynard Keys April 20, 2026

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Meta Walked Away. Over 1,000 Kenyan Workers Lost Everything Overnight.

Meta terminated its contract with Nairobi-based Sama after a smart-glasses privacy scandal. More than 1,000 workers were sacked with six days' notice. The risk, as ever, flowed downward.

Maynard Keys April 19, 2026

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8,000 Jobs Gone in May. Meta's AI Bill Comes Due.

Meta plans to eliminate 8,000 jobs starting May 20 while pouring tens of billions into AI infrastructure. Prediction-market traders are betting the rest of tech follows suit.

Maynard Keys April 19, 2026

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United's CEO Wanted to Merge. His Old Partner Said No.

Scott Kirby and Robert Isom once ran American Airlines' strategy together. This week, Kirby — now running United — came asking for a merger. Isom's answer was brief.

Maynard Keys April 18, 2026

$Washington Vowed to Squeeze Russian Oil. The Iran War Changed the Math.$

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Washington Vowed to Squeeze Russian Oil. The Iran War Changed the Math.

Forty-eight hours after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said no more Russian oil waivers, Treasury issued one anyway. The Iran war had made the price of principle too high.

Maynard Keys April 18, 2026