Zimbabwe imposes an immediate ban on the export of raw minerals and lithium

Zimbabwe has imposed an immediate ban on the export of all raw minerals and lithium concentrates, halting shipments already in transit as the government tightens control over the country’s mining sector. Minister of Mines and Mining Development Polite Kambamura announced on Wednesday that the suspension would take effect immediately and remain in effect until further […]

Pipe Network launches SolanaCDN: a free, open source validator client with built-in acceleration for Solana

San Francisco, CA, February 26, 2026, Chainwire SolanaCDN delivers 3.8x faster fragmentation propagation across a global network of 35,000+ nodes, offered as a public good to the Solana Network Pipe network today announced the launch of SolanaCDNa free, open-source Solana validator client with an integrated CDN acceleration layer. Built as a fork of Anza’s Agave, […]

Why countries are now competing for your digital DNA

The opinions of contributing entrepreneurs are their own. </p><div> Key Takeaways Data has shifted from commercial assets to national resources, reshaping power, policy and competition. AI-driven predictions, and not just privacy, are why governments are regaining control of data. For a long time, data lived quietly in the background of business. It was something that […]

Dollars for Bedrooms: Milk Subsidy for Maximum Value

Forget “location, location, location.” Real estate is basically ‘location, bedrooms and bathrooms’. When I bought a condo unit in Brooklyn in a converted single-family home, I noticed that the developer had placed the bathrooms back to back in the middle of each floor. Why? Having two baths is good for marketing. But we were left […]

US Stocks: US weekly jobless claims rise marginally as the labor market stabilizes

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased marginally over the past week, and the unemployment rate appeared to hold steady in February amid a stable labor market.Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose by 4,000 to 212,000 seasonally in the week ending Feb. 21, the Department of Labor said Thursday. Economists […]

NSE CEO pitches for minimum qualification criteria for derivatives trading

NSE’s Managing Director and CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan on Thursday advocated ‘minimum qualification criteria’ for those participating in derivatives trading to prevent people from lower sections of society from wasting their money on speculation.In light of capital markets regulator Sebi’s finding that more than 90 percent of traders lose money in derivatives trading, the head of […]

Sebi directs market intermediaries to make registration details public on social media from May 1

In a move aimed at strengthening investor protection and increasing transparency in digital communications, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has directed all regulated entities and their agents to prominently display their registered names and registration numbers on social media platforms.The circular, issued on February 26, 2026, requires intermediaries registered under Section 12 […]

US stocks today US stock futures are muted as Nvidia’s blockbuster results remain flat

U.S. stock index futures were flat on Thursday as Nvidia’s stellar profits received a lukewarm response from investors and dismal results from software company Salesforce weighed on sentiment.Nvidia rose 1.2% in premarket trading after the chipmaker posted better-than-expected results for the January quarter and forecast revenue for the current quarter above market estimates. “The needle […]

NGPF Podcast: The Power of Gratitude, Walter Green of the Say It Now Movement

According to Walter Green, one of the most powerful life skills you can learn costs nothing, takes twenty minutes, and can change a relationship forever. In this episode, the founder of the Say It Now movement talks about the impact of expressing specific, heartfelt gratitude to people who have shaped our lives. For his 70th […]