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The U.N. atomic agency circulated a confidential report to member states that shows minimal change in its evaluation of Iran’s nuclear programme since late February, despite months of U.S.-Israeli military action. The IAEA repeated calls for Tehran to explain the whereabouts of previously declared low- and highly enriched uranium, including materia…
The New York Federal Reserve's Global Supply Chain Pressure Index fell slightly in May to 1.77 from 1.82 in April, but remains at levels comparable to the latter part of 2022. The Fed bank ties ongoing supply disruptions to the U.S.-backed war with Iran and the effective shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, which has constrained flows of oil and other…
Meta is reported to be building a highly personalized, agentic AI assistant using its Muse Spark model and is testing internal prototypes. The initiative includes work inspired by the OpenClaw open-source project and a separate internal agent codenamed "Hatch," with a planned Instagram shopping integration before the fourth quarter. The moves come …
The International Monetary Fund is holding discussions with Venezuelan authorities about launching an Article IV consultation, IMF communications director Julie Kozack said at a Washington press briefing. The fund has not carried out its regular annual review of Venezuela's economy since 2004. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva recently met…
ChangeNOW, a non-custodial digital asset platform founded in 2017, was awarded Best Digital Assets Fintech in the Retail to Crypto Bridge category at the BeInCrypto x Proof of Talk Institutional 100 Awards 2026. The recognition highlights the platform’s combination of retail services and B2B infrastructure, which supports over eight million users a…
Denmark's main index closed sharply higher on Thursday, driven by strong gains in select healthcare and shipping names. The OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 2.09% at the close, with Zealand Pharma and both share classes of AP Moeller - Maersk among the session's top performers. Energy and renewable-related names weighed on the downside as commodities and cur…
Blue Owl Capital shares rose sharply in morning trading after the firm participated in a $300 million private credit facility for Perk and as reports surfaced that its data center unit, Stack Infrastructure, is weighing a sale of its Asia operations for more than $30 billion. The move came as markets rotated into financial and value names, helping …
Goldman Sachs provided a set of revenue projections for SpaceX that envision rapid expansion of the company's artificial intelligence business to $322 billion by 2030, up from $3.2 billion in 2025. The bank also projects total SpaceX revenue of $474 billion in 2030 versus $18.7 billion last year, and expects near-term AI revenue to climb sharply in…
The federal government unveiled a national artificial intelligence strategy designed to add 250,000 jobs by 2031 and lift GDP through wider AI adoption. The plan includes a C$500 million Canadian Tech Growth Fund, C$500 million in Business Development Bank of Canada support for SMEs, and C$50 million for AI risk monitoring, alongside proposed consu…
The International Monetary Fund recommended a cautious approach to U.S. interest-rate policy ahead of the Federal Reserve’s first policy meeting chaired by Kevin Warsh, saying persistent upside inflation risks from energy price shocks and growing pass-through of higher tariff costs have prompted a further delay in its forecast for inflation to retu…
The Bipartisan Policy Center projects the U.S. Treasury could need to employ extraordinary accounting steps as early as next year to prevent a default. The report estimates the statutory debt limit will be reached between late winter and mid-summer of 2027, after which the Treasury may have an additional six to nine months of flexibility before a d…
Mastercard is trading near the low end of its 52-week range after a pullback. A DuPont-style breakdown shows exceptionally high returns on assets and equity driven by razor-thin capital requirements and expanding value-added services. With $17.78B in free cash flow and an EV roughly equal to market cap, the equity looks positioned to re-rate if rev…
Goldman Sachs' internal forecasts, circulated to a potential investor, predict a dramatic expansion in revenue from SpaceX's artificial intelligence division - from $3.2 billion in 2025 to $322 billion by 2030 - and project total company revenue rising to $474 billion in 2030 from $18.7 billion in the prior year. The projections include intermediat…
Snap Inc. has acquired Illumix, a spatial augmented reality firm founded in 2017, and will fold the company's technology and most employees into its operations to advance development of its updated Specs glasses. Financial terms were not disclosed. Illumix is known for bridging digital and physical spaces and for co-developing an AR version of the …
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC, an investment advisor to RENN Fund, Inc., recently enhanced its ownership stake in the company. The firm acquired 756 shares of RENN Fund common stock on June 3, 2026, for $2,079. This transaction raises Horizon Kinetics' direct holdings to 914,520 shares. The analysis provides context regarding RENN Fund's cu…
Jefferies downgraded CMS Energy from Buy to Hold and cut its price target to $74 from $88, pointing to growing uncertainty after the sudden retirement of CFO Rejji Hayes, slow progress on data center contracts relative to peers, and an unclear strategic path for the NorthStar unregulated business. The firm says core regulated utility fundamentals r…
Manus has integrated Shopify into its conversational commerce platform, enabling users to instantiate and manage e-commerce storefronts through chat. Manus handles storefront generation - including products, branding and layout - while Shopify manages checkout, payments and fulfillment. The connection uses Shopify APIs to synchronize products, pric…
The Pennant Group (NASDAQ: PNTG) and Hartford HealthCare announced an expansion of their strategic collaboration to strengthen and grow home-based care services in Connecticut. Building on successful joint efforts since May 2024, including improved clinical outcomes and expanded patient access, the partnership will evolve into a unified operating e…
Elizabeth A. Vorsheck, a director and minority owner at ERIE INDEMNITY CO (NASDAQ:ERIE), recently acquired a substantial amount of the company's Class A Common Stock. This buying activity occurred while the stock was trading significantly below its 52-week high. The transaction details reveal multiple trusts and limited partnerships involved in the…
Moroccan equities closed the trading day lower, with weakness centered in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors. The Moroccan All Shares index ended effectively unchanged, while individual movers included gains for Stokvis Nord Afrique, Alliances and LafargeHolcim Maroc and declines for Fenie Brossette, Managem and Mutandis. Commodity markets s…
Meta Platforms has introduced Creator Assistant, an AI-driven feature integrated into Facebook's creator dashboard that offers personalized recommendations based on a creator's content style, performance metrics, and community. The assistant responds conversationally to questions about content outcomes and adapts to creators' goals over time. Separ…
I nearly trimmed my Whitecap position after a choppy run, then built a projection model that showed a clear risk-reward for a mid-term swing. The plan: buy at $7.20, stop at $5.80, target $9.50 over the next 45 trading days, with a backup longer-term target of $12 if free cash flow and the payout normalize.
Keel Infrastructure (KEEL) is a small-cap developer building AI-focused data centers with a 2.2 GW pipeline and $533M in liquidity. The stock has momentum but remains attractively priced relative to the growth runway if management converts leases. This trade targets a measured long with a clear entry, stop and $8.00 upside target over a multi-month…
Franklin Resources shares climbed about 4.5% in morning trading after the firm reported preliminary assets under management of $1.78 trillion at the end of May 2026, up from $1.75 trillion at the end of April. The monthly increase reflected market gains and long-term net inflows of $4 billion, including $1 billion at Western Asset Management. Stron…
Goldman Sachs maintains an overweight view on equities over the next 12 months while warning that returns are likely to moderate after a concentrated rally led by technology and AI-related investment. The firm’s Risk Appetite Indicator has climbed above 1.2 - its highest mark since 2021 - prompting recommendations to buy dips selectively and to use…
