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Asian equity markets traded mostly lower as markets balanced temporary relief from delayed U.S. strikes on Iranian infrastructure against ongoing regional hostilities and fresh concerns about long-term AI demand for memory chips. South Korea's KOSPI was the weakest market after steep losses among memory chip makers, while other major bourses regist…
A U.S. district judge has issued a temporary block preventing the Pentagon from enforcing a national security designation that would have barred Anthropic from federal contracts. The ruling - handed down on Thursday by Judge Rita Lin - flagged concerns that the administration's action may have been intended to penalize the company for its public st…
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is monitoring an unusual rise in detentions of Panama-registered vessels in China following a Panamanian court decision that voided the 1997 concession allowing CK Hutchison to operate key Panama Canal terminals. Panama has named Maersk APM Terminals and MSC’s Terminal Investment Limited as interim operators, wh…
U.S. equity futures edged higher late Thursday after President Donald Trump extended a conditional deadline to strike Iran's energy infrastructure, offering a momentary lift to risk assets. Gains were pared after a report that the Pentagon is weighing the deployment of 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East, while a rebound in oil and heavy te…
Two senior officials from the Donald Trump administration told reporters on Thursday that Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) supplied chipmaking tools to Iran’s military beginning about a year ago, and there was no sign the transfers had stopped. One official said the cooperation likely involved technical training. It remains unc…
David Sacks said he is stepping down from his White House role as artificial intelligence and crypto czar after reaching the limit on special government employee service. He will join President Donald Trump’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology as a co-chair, a role he said will let him weigh in on a wider set of technology matters beyond…
President Trump announced he will sign an executive order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, to ensure Transportation Security Administration employees are paid, a move framed as addressing an "emergency situation" tied to airport security lapses and rising travel demand. The action comes as Senate negotiations over D…
Two senior U.S. officials told the U.S. government has information that Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) shipped chipmaking equipment to elements of Iran’s military beginning about a year ago, and that the assistance likely included technical training. The officials, speaking anonymously, said there is no reason to believe the…
Brown-Forman (NYSE:BFa) and Pernod Ricard (EPA:PERP) announced on Thursday that they are in discussions about a potential 'merger of equals.' Both firms issued separate statements confirming talks and said that, if approved, the arrangement would resemble a merger of equals and produce 'significant' operational synergies. Market reactions were mixe…
Anthropic executives have discussed taking the AI startup public as soon as the fourth quarter of 2026, with bankers pitching plans that could raise more than $60 billion. The potential IPO arrives amid a broader push by large AI developers to access public capital, and against a backdrop of market liquidity worries tied to persistent inflation and…
OpenAI said its U.S. advertising pilot for ChatGPT reached an annualized revenue run-rate above $100 million within six weeks of launch. The company reported broad user eligibility, growing advertiser interest and plans to roll the test out to additional countries, while emphasizing that ads are kept separate from model outputs and user conversatio…
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident in which a United Airlines Boeing 737-800 on final approach to John Wayne Airport was passed in front of by an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Authorities are reviewing vertical separation data and whether recent FAA restrictions on visual separation for helicopters near major airports we…
Mexico's main equity gauge closed lower on Thursday, with the S&P/BMV IPC down 1.65% as losses in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples drove the market lower. Advancers were outnumbered by decliners and commodity and currency moves showed mixed signals during the session, with oil rising and gold retreating sharply.
Boeing has been awarded a $326,050,000 firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Department of War to supply six remanufactured CH-47F Block II cargo helicopters. The award was issued to Boeing’s Ridley Park, Pennsylvania facility, with work locations and funding to be determined per order and an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2031. The Army Con…
The Pentagon has confirmed that uncrewed drone speedboats have been deployed to conduct patrols in the U.S. campaign against Iran. The vessels, identified as BlackSea’s Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC), have accumulated substantial underway hours and miles, and are being used for surveillance within Operation Epic Fury. The deployment …
The Federal Reserve Board announced it has made the joint findings with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) necessary for the OCC to approve Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.'s request for an exemption under section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act. The exemption would permit Morgan Stanley Bank to acquire Morgan Stanley Europe SE and its who…
Fitch Ratings downgraded Whirlpool Corporation’s long-term credit standing to BB from BB+, lowered unsecured debt ratings to BB with a Recovery Rating of RR4 from BB+/RR4, and maintained a Negative Rating Outlook. The agency cited a slower-than-expected margin rebound that will keep leverage elevated despite recent equity issuances. Fitch also left…
OpenAI has surpassed $100 million in annualized revenue from ads served within ChatGPT, achieved roughly six weeks after the start of a pilot advertising program. Revenue was produced by fewer than 20% of U.S.-based ChatGPT Free and Go users who see ads daily; about 85% of those users are eligible to view ads. The company has grown its advertiser b…
Fitch Ratings has shifted FMC Corporation's outlook to Negative from Stable while maintaining the company's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating at 'BB+'. The agency flagged rising EBITDA leverage - potentially exceeding a 4.5x downgrade threshold by 2025 - driven by weaker earnings, negative free cash flow after dividends and intensified generic compet…
Moody's Ratings affirmed Option Care Health, Inc.'s key credit ratings and moved the outlook from stable to positive, citing projected revenue expansion and robust free cash flow that should reduce leverage over the coming 12 to 18 months. The ratings agency left the company's speculative grade liquidity rating intact, pointing to available cash an…
The Nasdaq Composite fell into correction territory Thursday, dropping more than 10% from its October 29 peak as U.S. stock indices posted broad losses. Rising oil prices tied to the war in the Middle East and a substantial decline in Meta Platforms after adverse court rulings weighed on sentiment, leaving the S&P 500 headed for a fifth straight we…
S&P Global Ratings has shifted its outlook on Cenovus Energy to stable from negative while maintaining a BBB credit rating. The agency highlighted improved financial ratios and progress across the company’s growth program, expects a funds-from-operations-to-debt ratio of 70%-80% over the next two years, and noted debt-reduction measures funded part…
Apple issued out-of-cycle stock awards this week to numerous members of its iPhone Product Design team, offering compensation that vests over four years and is intended to reduce departures of engineers to AI startups such as OpenAI. The awards generally total in the low hundreds of thousands of dollars and require continued employment to realize t…
Google has introduced an import feature for its Gemini AI assistant that allows users, both free and paying, to upload zipped files containing conversation history and contextual details from other AI applications. The company published a prompt template users can run in their other chat apps to extract demographic and preference data, relationship…
JPMorgan Chase has filed to launch a private credit fund that would permit investors to redeem 7.5% of shares each quarter and has requested an exemption to repurchase at least 2% of outstanding shares monthly. The prospectus details that the fund will generally allocate at least 80% of net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, to cr…
