India Raises Fuel Prices For The First Time In Four Years

Lights Out For Sleep Number, Shares Crash On Potential Bankruptcy Filing Sleep Number Corporation shares crashed after multiple outlets, including The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, reported that the mattress and bedding retailer is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. WSJ said that Sleep Number is "expected to use the Chapter 11 process to restructure its balance sheet while continuing operations. The reorganization could also include a potential sale of the business." As of late 2024, Sleep Number had 640 retail stores across the US, with a footprint actively shrinking in...

FBI Arrests CIA Official With $40 Million in Gold Bars, $2 Million In Cash Stashed in His Home In what may be the most bizarre story of the week, if not all of 2026, the NYTimes reports that a senior CIA official was arrested last week after investigators found hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million stashed in his Virginia residence, a non-fiat fortune that he apparently brought home from work, according to court papers. The CIA official, David Rush, is being held in jail while he awaits a detention...

President Donald Trump threatened a “very bad” future for NATO if its members do not provide the US with support in the war with Iran.  “It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait [of Hormuz] will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there,” Trump told The Financial Times on […]