Cuba tells exiles ‘doors are open’ to invest in businesses in the country

Cuba will allow nationals living abroad to invest in and own businesses on the island, economic czar tells NBC News - NBC News

Cuba says it has opened talks with US amid oil blockade - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxPUGZsY2VDcnhRVGVJU1o1RWQxajN4UlJUeG43ZkwyalhqOWw0LWtjY0FONnVSWEN0YlBHaTNhbnl0YmMzS20yMGV1MHdGMWdYOXdaMzN1T1NSZFQzc0lHMmNYWXZLYjRYWFE4SHFlWm8taDBXQ3pjYmhuVkVQMXc2T3lQUGpQWjRkQUZQZi16NDc2LXNoTlNQVG4tVVYtbHlSUE9HdXhGb0RfOXYzcDAwQ25ncTZ4YWIz?oc=5" target="_blank">Cuba says it has opened talks with US amid oil blockade</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

Panel awards $3.8m to ‘mom and pop’ investors whose risky investments tanked

<p>Florida investors featured in Guardian investigation claimed they lost most of their life savings after a financial adviser put their money into ‘alternative’ assets</p><p>In a victory for everyday investors, arbitrators have awarded $3.8m to 13 Florida seniors who claimed a financial adviser squandered their retirement money by plowing it into risky investments.</p><p>The award comes after the Guardian highlighted these investors’ losses as part of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/17/trump-wall-street-plan-mom-and-pop-investors-risks">an investigation</a> into dangers that so-called “mom and pop” investors face at a time when the Trump administration has thrown its support behind Wall Street’s efforts to sell them more higher-risk “alternative investments”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/mom-pop-investors-risky-investments">Continue reading...</a>

World shares are mixed as investors watch for release of oil reserves and crude heads higher - AP News

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikwFBVV95cUxOaUtKTFhnN0lka1hsbXpJWVBVZEZJRm5mSlZiQTBvRm14SlpuT2FhWGxqYkFnSGFQcEZMUEdURG1hdkNWbG9DdG9acEQzNHRMelJaZjE1a3dpYmo2ZkNiREpyajBialVDTE94QTI4X2I4TmZXOGdhd21tekM2VnR4VGxfeTdScFNXVm9GMV8yTzc1QWc?oc=5" target="_blank">World shares are mixed as investors watch for release of oil reserves and crude heads higher</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">AP News</font>

Cuba reports island-wide blackout as country struggles with energy crisis

President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday warned that the island had not received oil shipments in more than three months and that it was operating on solar power, natural gas and thermoelectric plants.

OpenAI, Anthropic feud could prop up Google

<p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/14/wall-street-alphabet-gemini-google-ai-apple" target="_blank">Google</a> is quietly expanding its Pentagon work — and growing users faster than its rivals — while Anthropic and OpenAI publicly spar over conditions for Defense Department work.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Winning the AI race may depend on knowing when to stay out of scuffles.</p><hr><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>"When you have two major companies fighting each other, it is a good distraction for another company to come in and learn from their mistakes and just go all the way to the top," PitchBook's Harrison Rolfes tells Axios.</p><p><strong>State of play: </strong>Google is set to provide AI agents to the Pentagon's 3-million-person workforce for unclassified work, Bloomberg <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-pentagon-ai-agents-unclassified-140000306.html" target="_blank">reported Tuesday</a>.</p><ul><li>The news came just one day after riv...