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(Bloomberg) -- The surge that sent US Treasury yields to the highest in decades is threatening carry trades that had become the go-to strategy for emerging-market investors this year. Citigroup Inc. closed its carry basket that included long positions in the South African rand, M

'It has broken us as a family,' mother of poison seller victim tells hearing - Published The mother of a British victim of poison seller Kenneth Law has said his death and the way that he died had "destroyed" their family. Tanya Whitaker broke down at the start of her video state

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Published September 24, 2026 Alphabet's Google said on Thursday it will launch a prototype satellite next week in its first in-orbit test of Project Suncatcher, a research effort to explore whether space could potentially host large-scale AI computing infrastructure. Companies in

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The dollar hit a fresh two-month high on Thursday as Treasury yields rose and expectations of further Federal Reserve interest rate hikes strengthened after hawkish remarks from several central bank officials and solid economic d

New York sued Polymarket today, alleging that it runs an “illegal gambling operation” through its prediction market. “By running an unlicensed gambling operation, Polymarket has done more than just knowingly violate state law, they have put New Yorkers at risk, especially those u

AI - Google's TPUs to catch some rays in orbit next weekPart of Project Suncatcher, the proof of concept aims to see how well lightly modified compute fares in orbit - Meta

Inflation “remains stubbornly elevated,” Paulson said in remarks at a regional Fed bank event. “Returning inflation to 2% is a top priority, and I will support the policy path that gets us there while carefully weighing risks to the labour market along the way.” Paulson, who is a

The AI Lab PrismML — founded by Caltech researchers and advised by UC Berkeley’s Ion Stoica — has created a version of its tiny language models for smart glasses running on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips. On Wednesday, at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit, the chipmaker showcased PrismML

Google is a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management Mark Lohmeyer VP and GM, AI and Computing Infrastructure Drew Bradstock Sr. Director, Product, Orchestration & Kubernetes We’re excited and proud to share that Gartner has recognized Google as a Leader

If there is one thing robotics founders and investors agree on, it’s that the “ChatGPT moment” where a general-purpose robot can seamlessly adapt to any environment has not arrived. Opinions vary on whether the breakthrough is just around the corner or a decade away. Feather Robo

Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney has never been one to shy away from controversy. His latest feature, Musk, has stirred up plenty even before its release, drawing the ire of its subject, Elon Musk, and threats of a defamation lawsuit. After the film debuted two wee

Liz’s view Experts are debating the existential risks of AI, but the financial risks are already here. Financial Jenga towers that hinge on construction schedules are now being scrambled by local opposition to data centers. The latest wobble, reported this morning by Bloomberg an

DETROIT — Hyundai Motor is expected to outsell Ford Motor in quarterly sales for the first time ever, according to a new forecast released Thursday by Cox Automotive. The South Korean automaker is expected to report a 6.5% increase in year-over-year sales from July through Septem

US Treasury yields hit their highest level since 2007, topping 5% on the 10-year, sending home mortgage rates to more than 7%. The rout stems from ballooning government deficits, worsening tensions between the US and Iran, skyrocketing oil prices, hawkish commentary out of the Fe

Chris Ruddy is proving you don’t need Fox News’ scale to make trouble for Fox News. The Newsmax chief’s antitrust suit against his far larger rival — alleging Fox used exclusionary carriage deals to strangle Newsmax’s reach on streaming platforms — got tossed last year, but Ruddy

The compromises and power struggles that shaped Fury-Joshua - Published After a decade of stalled negotiations, public squabbling and false starts, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will finally meet in the ring on 11 December at Cardiff's Principality Stadium. BBC Sport understands

Ukraine’s military robots are dropping from heavy drones in airborne assaults behind Russian lines as other robots clear mines ahead of advancing Ukrainian infantry. The wheeled ground robots are supporting Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi counterattack that has crushed a Russian mili

The jump in Treasury yields this week is delivering a reality check about a strong economy, stubborn inflation and the growing cost of the national debt. That will put the squeeze on the debt-heavy Trump administration as it tries to find a path forward for the economy. It also h

After forming an inside candle on Wednesday, the Nifty witnessed a breakdown from the inside candle pattern on Thursday, opening with a gap down. Selling pressure increased as the session progressed, with the index slipping below the low of the long bearish candle formed on Septe

“Relief or regret?” That is the question Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown uses to test consequential decisions. In a candid conversation with Penny Pritzker and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Brown explains how nearly two decades of reinvention, activist pressure and private-equity

While the S&P 500 powers through rising bond yields and higher crude oil prices, one section of the U.S. stock market is falling behind: small caps. At the start of the month, the Russel 2000 was up 20% year to date, beating both the S&P 500's 13% gain and the Nasdaq-100's 17% ad

This week, New Jersey ordered the operator of one of the East Coast’s largest planned data centers to pay a $1.1 million fine for secretly installing and operating gas generators in violation of the state’s Air Pollution Control Act. DataOne got hit with the fine after an investi

The U.S. Department of Education opened the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, on Wednesday, ahead of its anticipated Oct. 1 launch. The earlier rollout of the key college aid form could give more students a head start on securing much-needed financial assistance

"I never wanted to be in manufacturing, but I think now this (proposal) has almost forced us to (do that)," PB Fintech cofounder and group chairman Yashish Dahiya said during an investor call on Thursday. Also Read: PB Fintech forced to rethink business plan as India insurance co

Adani Airport alone is set to raise ₹1,000 crore on Friday for three years at a rate of 8.96%. The rush to raise debt is being driven by surplus liquidity in the banking system, with companies looking to tap the available funds ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy

The RBI's concessional forex swap programme has provided India with significant near-term room to manage external pressures, but it should not be viewed as a permanent solution, Nageswaran said at the State Bank of India (SBI) Banking and Economics Conclave in Mumbai. Inflows thr

Oracle has sent a force majeure notice to the developer of Project Jupiter, a Stargate data center campus in New Mexico, Bloomberg first reported Thursday. Force majeure clauses, common in energy and commodities contracts, excuse a party from contractual obligations when events o

The Solidigm D5-P5430 is the mainstream tier of Solidigm’s QLC data center line. It’s the drive that sits below the capacity-maximizing D5-P5336 and carries a smaller indirection unit for the mixed and small-block write workloads a 16KB-IU drive handles poorly. We reviewed the 15

PB Fintech, parent of online insurance distributor PolicyBazaar, plunged 36%, its worst single-day decline since its November 2021 debut. Among insurers, Max Financial Services fell 9.8%, HDFC Life Insurance declined 6.1%, and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance fell 4.2%. Also Read:

Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack - Published Australia made a dramatic revelation on Wednesday during the United Nations General Assembly. Rogue AI agents had hacked one of its government bodies - the first known incident of its kind i

Banks added 1.19 million credit cards during August, down 5.6% from 1.26 million cards in July, taking the total credit card tally to 124.1 million at the end of August from 122.9 million a month earlier, the data showed. The card base was 10.3% higher than 112.5 million a year e

As Jensen Huang puts it, AI can help fight climate change — but only if it inflicts “an enormous amount of pain and suffering” first. Jensen Huang talks about AI and climate change like a supervillain With AI, he says, ‘in order to save you, they’ve got to hurt you first.‘ The Nv

Rapper Macklemore announces 'Free Palestine' tour after Ed Sheeran fallout - Published Rapper Macklemore is launching a "Free Palestine" tour, days after being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour following pro-Palestinian comments he made onstage earlier this month. "So, as you a

Meta has a new plan to get people to make games for its Horizon social platform. The company today announced two new development tools that will let you create games with AI prompts: Horizon Create, a mobile app, and Horizon Studio, a browser app that offers more granular control

Zerodha founder and CEO Nithin Kamath has renewed his warning that regulatory risk remains the biggest threat for any regulated financial business after the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) proposed sweeping changes to insurance commission rules. On