Following a sharp collapse of Iran’s currency in late December, protests erupted by shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar.
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Hamid Kashani,
Twin Cities,
5 Feb. 2026
On January 8th, the twelfth day of mass protests in Iran, which began when shopkeepers, responding to runaway inflation, closed Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, the Iranian government shut down public access to the internet, further shrouding an already largely closed society.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2026
The neighborhood is home to hundreds of merchants selling everything from neckties to quinceañera dresses to bright swaths of fabric.
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Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
Also, businesses suffer from the fees Visa and Mastercard charge merchants on customer payments; those have climbed steadily as well because the two dominant processors use a variety of techniques to keep their grip on that market.
Still, federal lawmakers have introduced anti-price gouging legislation in response to worries that retailers could use electronic shelf labels to squeeze customers during high-demand periods.
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Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
The results reveal the country’s luckiest states, cities, stores and lottery retailers in that span.
Walmart's site serves as a marketplace where many sellers list their offerings.
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Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
Basant's return for three days in early February saw a more regulated version of the traditional spring festival — with strict rules for kite sellers, banned items for buyers and a set window for when kites were allowed in the sky.
For mean reversion traders, this post-volatility environment is a goldmine.
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Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
To put it in perspective, $2 trillion was wiped off the market cap of software companies last week, which traders thought might be decimated by AI companies replacing them.
My key priorities include prosecuting violent offenders, gangs, traffickers, fentanyl dealers, and cartels; supporting local law enforcement; pursuing lawsuits to defend Texas; and aggressively investigating and prosecuting fraud.
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Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
Kristersson is one of the hundreds of politicians, diplomats, security officials, and arms dealers gathering at the Munich Security Conference this weekend to consider the end of a period of unrivaled American power.
—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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