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A confrontation between the Pentagon and AI developer Anthropic is approaching a 5:01 p.m. (2201 GMT) Friday deadline, centering on whether the company will remove usage restrictions that limit military uses of its Claude models. The disagreement pits the Pentagon's demand for an all-lawful use clause against Anthropic's red lines on autonomous wea…
Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to provide private testimony to a House oversight panel concerning his past association with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The session follows testimony from Hillary Clinton and takes place amid partisan disputes over the scope and motives of the inquiry, calls to subpoena former Preside…
President Donald Trump will visit Corpus Christi, Texas, to highlight his economic record and fossil fuel policies days before contested Republican primaries in the state. The trip places him near several competitive U.S. House districts with significant Hispanic populations, underscores southern Texas’ role as the top U.S. liquefied natural gas ex…
As Texas holds a closely watched primary, the Republican contest between incumbent Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton has shifted what was viewed as a secure GOP Senate seat into a potentially competitive race. With public polls showing Paxton ahead and Cornyn warning that a Paxton nomination would imperil Republican prospects nati…
Spain's proposal to fast-track legal status for hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants is generating pressure on immigration offices and uncertainty among prospective applicants. With limited detail on eligibility documentation, no additional budget announced, and existing backlogs still unresolved, unions, lawyers and migrants warn the rol…
India's economy expanded by 7.8% in the October-December quarter compared with the same period a year earlier, the government reported, following the launch of a revised national output series. For the fiscal year ending March, the National Statistics Office now expects growth of 7.6%, higher than the 7.4% forecast under the previous data series. T…
Analysts at BCA Research, including strategist Peter Berezin, argue that the rise of artificial intelligence threatens the traditional sources of monopoly power enjoyed by large technology companies. They say AI could raise variable infrastructure costs for hyperscalers while compressing software pricing, weaken platform network effects through age…
Joby sits at a make-or-break moment in 2026. With confirmed Uber-backed vertiports in Dubai, reported final FAA certification stages, and a new autonomy tie-up with Nvidia, upside is concentrated around successful certification and initial commercial flights. The trade below isolates a disciplined long exposure to capture that binary upside while a…
Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV) has the ingredients for a buyback-fueled rerating: a $4.0B market cap, improving technicals, modest free cash flow, and analyst upside to an average $62 target. With shares trading near $46.84 and a tight float, a disciplined repurchase program would likely boost EPS and ROE while compressing shares outstanding. This tr…
Indian stock indices finished lower on Friday, with the Nifty 50 falling 1.25% and the BSE Sensex declining 1.17%. Losses were concentrated in Real Estate, Auto and Metals sectors. Market breadth was negative on both exchanges and volatility, as measured by the India VIX, rose 4.75% to 13.68. Commodity and currency moves included a small dip in gol…
CPP Investments and Equinix have agreed to jointly purchase Nordic data-center operator atNorth for $4 billion including debt. CPP will invest $1.6 billion for a 60% stake while Equinix will acquire 40%. Partners Group, the current owner, has committed to reinvest and may repurchase up to 10% post-sale. atNorth operates facilities across five Nordi…
Morgan Stanley says its weighted China A-share sentiment gauge improved in the two weeks after the Lunar New Year, driven by stronger turnover and positioning ahead of the National People’s Congress. The firm recorded a 14 percentage-point rise in its MSASI to 59% from the February 11 cutoff, with equity trading and futures volumes climbing sharply…
Bank of America strategists, led by Michael Hartnett, forecast that international stocks will outpace U.S. equities through the second half of the 2020s. The team cites a combination of fiscal excess, rising populism, the end of deflation, and potentially uneven effects from AI disruption as factors likely to narrow the U.S. share of the global equ…
Ericsson American Depositary Shares ($11.47) looks like a pragmatic mid-term long: a $38B telecom-equipment franchise trading at a modest P/E with a healthy yield and improving technicals. Recent partnerships and 5G market tailwinds support upside, while elevated short interest and geopolitical risk argue for a disciplined entry and a conservative …
Netflix withdrew from the extended auction for Warner Bros Discovery assets, sending its stock higher in premarket trading while Paramount's consortium clinched the top bid. The conclusion of the bidding war shifts investor attention to potential antitrust reviews in the United States and Europe, even as Warner Bros Discovery shares finished margin…
UBS has reaffirmed a neutral stance on UK equities even after the market’s strong start to 2026, arguing that fundamental improvements remain modest and that a substantial portion of the expected earnings rebound is priced in. The bank set a central FTSE 100 target of 10,500 for December 2026 and highlighted both upside and downside scenarios tied …
Micron has become the key memory supplier for the AI infrastructure buildout. Strong sales prints, expanding gross margins and sellouts of high-bandwidth memory position the company to extend its 2025-2026 rally. This trade idea outlines a precise entry at $416, stop at $360 and a $520 target across a structured time horizon.
The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has authorized non-emergency government employees and their family members to depart Israel voluntarily, citing safety risks. The move falls short of an ordered evacuation and comes as Washington sustains a large military deployment in the Middle East while diplomatic talks with Iran show no immediate progress.
Bybit Kazakhstan has launched a discretionary Private Wealth Management (PWM) service aimed at high-net-worth individuals, corporate clients and family investment structures. The service, operating within the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) framework and licensed by the Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA), provides tailored cryp…
UBS has increased its copper price forecasts by $500 per metric ton across all time frames and now sees copper reaching $15,000 per metric ton by the end of March 2027. The bank remains constructive on the metal, citing a widened 2026 supply deficit and recommending investors hold long positions. Near-term momentum has slowed, with seasonal factors…
Rubric Capital, a $3 billion hedge fund founded by a former Point72 manager, told investors in a Feb. 18 letter that some business development companies (BDCs) are moving borrowings off their balance sheets around quarter end to make leverage look lower, then returning the debt days later. The letter alleges use of repo-like loans from a single inv…
Goldman Sachs economists warned in February that faster adoption of artificial intelligence could lift U.S. unemployment this year. They estimated AI was linked to 5,000-10,000 net job losses per month last year in the most exposed U.S. industries and said AI accounted for 7% of planned layoffs in January. Since October, a range of global firms hav…
A Tunisian court on Friday handed former prime minister Ali Larayedh a 24-year prison sentence for allegedly facilitating the travel of Tunisian jihadists to Syria over the past decade. Larayedh, detained since 2022, denies the charges and can appeal. The Islamist opposition party Ennahda says the prosecution forms part of a politically motivated c…
This week brings several high‑impact data points and policy events that will shape market sentiment ahead of a critical central bank meeting. Key items include the U.S. February payrolls report, an OPEC+ production review, China’s National People’s Congress, Japanese bond auctions, and a contentious Mexican reform bill — all unfolding amid heighten…
China's currency has strengthened sharply against the U.S. dollar, driven by robust exports and a softer dollar environment. The People’s Bank of China has begun to adjust policy levers - including removing risk reserve requirements for forex forwards - and can use several other instruments to slow appreciation and manage market expectations.
