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(Bloomberg) -- Oil steadied after a choppy session on Tuesday that saw traders parse conflicting headlines on efforts to end the US-Iran war. West Texas Intermediate traded near $98 a barrel, while Brent closed below $109 on Tuesday after trading in a range of more than $6. While

The boards of SpaceX and Tesla have each formed special committees to review a possible merger. The special committees, which consist of independent directors, were created at the request of shareholders, according to Elon Musk, CEO and the largest individual shareholder of both

AI - Tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs sit idle in Meta's Prometheus supercluster, just waiting for a failure And other fun facts about how Zuckercorp aims to keep a million GPUs running long enough to train a model - HPE to launch AI straight to the Moon Mystery silicon and mirro

The night 'ruthless' Ngumoha came of age for Liverpool - Published In a game of seven goals, none were scored by Rio Ngumoha - but this was his night. The 18-year-old was simply a class apart from the rest in Liverpool's 4-3 win over Villarreal. It is over a year since Ngumoha bu

Search fieldHome page Seeking Alpha - Power to InvestorsSearch for Symbols, analysts, keywordsAbout PremiumCreate free accountLog in Earnings Call InsightsFinancials BOK Financial outlines 2026 net interest income of $1.43B-$1.44B with loan growth over 10% Oct 20, 2026, 6:55 P

Search fieldHome page Seeking Alpha - Power to InvestorsSearch for Symbols, analysts, keywordsAbout PremiumCreate free accountLog in Earnings Call InsightsFinancials Atlantic Union forecasts 2026 FTE NIM at low end of 3.90%-3.95% while continuing buybacks through May 2027 Oct

Europe’s airfares will see their “biggest increase in history” next year, Ryanair’s boss warned Tuesday, as a global fuel squeeze puts pressure on a commercial aviation industry that’s so far proven resilient to supply shocks. Ticket prices could jump as much as 20%, Michael O’Le

Alibaba, ByteDance, and Tencent have together ordered more than $35 billion worth of Nvidia chips, Reuters reported Tuesday, as China’s compute-hungry tech giants turn to the US. The deals illustrate the continuing entanglement of the US and Chinese tech ecosystems, despite inten

The UK said Tuesday it will send fighter jets to protect Saudi Arabia’s cities and critical infrastructure from escalating aerial attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis. Saudi Arabia on Monday postponed its flagship investment conference, as the Houthis mount intensifying — and deadl

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed India as a “refining superpower” during his visit to the country, as Washington seeks ways to ease the turmoil in global energy markets ahead of midterm elections. Rubio on Wednesday is expected to tour Reliance’s oil refinery — the world’

(Bloomberg) -- The shares of AI-related companies rallied in after-hours trading on Tuesday after strong preliminary results from server-maker Super Micro Computer Inc. spurred relief about the outlook for spending on the technology.Dell Technologies Inc. and Hewlett Packard Ente

President Emmanuel Macron announced France would receive an additional 200,000 tonnes in monthly diesel deliveries from the Gulf during his tour of the region Tuesday, as the Élysée attempts to quell spiraling cost-of-living protests. Grievances fueled by high gas prices exploded

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No Haaland, no problem - can Foden be Man City's alternative goalscorer? - Published Phil Foden's magnificent man-of-the-match display in the Champions League against AEK Athens served as a reminder of the prodigious talent that the player still possesses. After two disappointing

Elon Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown that hindered Kyiv’s defense last week, US officials told The Wall Street Journal, an episode that punctuated a stunning breakdown in US-Ukraine ties. Kyiv said Tuesday that Washington had resumed intelligence sharing, which had become anot

Netflix on Tuesday reported third-quarter earnings that topped analyst estimates and revenue that was in line as Wall Street eyes the company's engagement and advertising metrics. Here's how Netflix performed for the period ended Sept. 30, compared with projections from analysts

Tory MP questions government advisor's position after wife's Palestine Action post - Published Conservative MP Alicia Kearns has raised concerns over whether Jonathan Powell, the National Security Advisor, can remain in his post following his wife's references to Palestine Action

Before you share the Netflix documentary “AI Gone Rogue” with family or friends to help them understand why the AI industry freaked out so badly that leaders called for a slowdown, take note: Clem Delangue, co-founder and CEO of the AI platform Hugging Face, says the film isn’t a

Oct 20th, 2026 Detavio Samuels Says Creators Can Build Media Empires Beyond YouTube Detavio Samuels, CEO of Offscript Worldwide, says YouTube is a powerful discovery and audience-building platform, but creators can expand into other businesses and distribution channels. He says m

Engineers write tests for the logic that worries them and let the small details slide. One of our commerce engineering teams now has a scheduled agent that finds the thinly tested files, writes the missing tests, and opens a pull request for review. Nobody decides to skip a unit

Nextdc Shares Plunge 44% After Public Backlash Hits Data Center Takeaways by Bloomberg AI Nextdc Ltd.’s shares plummeted after the data center operator said it was considering force majeure options and cut earnings guidance by more than a third as community opposition delayed pow

Americans likely to associate tech CEOs, even fake ones, with GOP: Poll Americans are more likely to assume the executives heading up the largest technology firms are Republican, marking a drastic shift in perception of what was once known as a liberal Silicon Valley, according t

Google is bringing Personal Intelligence to Gemini AI in your car. With this update, Gemini in Android Auto and cars with Google built-in can tap into your information across Google apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Maps, Photos, YouTube, and Search. Google’s more personalized Gem

Spanberger pushes for 6-year rate-hike freeze if Dominion-Next Era merger approved Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) is pushing for a six-year pause on electricity rate hikes in the commonwealth as part of a merger between NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy. Spanberger on Mond

Ohio governor’s race takes ugly turn with viral video featuring Acton’s mother A new viral video targeting Amy Acton is roiling the increasingly ugly Ohio governor’s race, where the Democrat is running against GOP nominee Vivek Ramaswamy. The clip features Acton’s estranged mothe

Elon Musk said Tuesday that he would like to see the consolidation of his business empire by formally merging his two largest companies, SpaceX and Tesla. “Do I think it would be a good idea? Yes,” Musk said of a potential merger. He was speaking during a question-and-answer peri

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday signed off on the Boeing 737 Max 10 after years of delays, a major win for the manufacturer and the last in Boeing's best-selling family of jets to get government approval. The green light comes weeks after federal officials reviewed

AI - Tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs sit idle in Meta's Prometheus supercluster, just waiting for a failure And other fun facts about how Zuckercorp aims to keep a million GPUs running long enough to train a model - HPE to launch AI straight to the Moon Mystery silicon and mirro

Oct 20th, 2026 Ken Griffin Says AI 'Almost Certainly' in a Bubble Right Now Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin says investors are “almost certainly” in the midst of an artificial intelligence bubble during an interview with Bloomberg's Dani Burger at Citadel's annual Future of

Musk Gave Order to Slow Down Ukraine’s Starlink, WSJ Reports Takeaways by Bloomberg AI A recent slowdown of the SpaceX’s Starlink satellite system that enables Ukraine to fend off deadly Russian aerial assaults came from an order by Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive office

Imagine a RAG agent that retrieves four policy documents and drafts a cited customer reply. The answer is ready, but the final tool call needs human approval. By the time approval arrives (that could take a few hours), the Python process would be gone, and the container may be go

60 years on: The Aberfan disaster through the eyes of those who survived - Published Few events have left a deeper mark on Wales than the Aberfan disaster. Sixty years on, the tragedy remains woven into the nation's collective memory, a day of unimaginable loss that reshaped a co

Ocasio-Cortez, Garcia latest Democrats to report receiving suspicious letter Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) are the latest among several officials across the country who have reported receiving suspicious packages at their offices ahead of th

Ken Griffin Says AI ‘Almost Certainly’ in a Bubble Right Now Takeaways by Bloomberg AI Billionaire Ken Griffin said investors are “almost certainly” in the midst of an artificial intelligence bubble as many companies are still grappling with just how much they’ll spend on the tec

Musk Says ASML and Others Are Expediting Chipmaking Gear for Terafab ASML Holding NV and other key providers of chipmaking machines have expedited supplies for Tesla Inc. and SpaceX’s Terafab, Elon Musk said, signaling that the billionaire is making fast progress on an ambitious

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Police in Guinea-Bissau raided the offices of Danish researchers on Monday, seizing doses of hepatitis B vaccine intended for a vaccine trial for newborns. International health experts have called the trial “unethical,” but anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has

North Carolina mail-in ballot restrictions to remain through midterms, judge rules A federal judge ruled Monday that North Carolina is permitted to keep its strict mail-in ballot rules in place for November’s election, which were changed just before ballots were mailed in Septemb

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter{beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story How bond yields are slowing AI-fueled stock rally Bond yields in the U.S. have risen this year, slowing down a stock market that has risen for years on the back of the

DES MOINES, Iowa — Two more Republicans are calling on President Donald Trump to use a bipartisan law to impose penalties on Russia, joining a growing chorus who disagree with his decision to waive sanctions meant to force Moscow to end its war in Ukraine. “It is my belief that w

Trump bets existing laws can police AI. Will they be enough? The Trump administration is taking the position that existing criminal and civil laws will be enough to hold artificial intelligence developers accountable in an age of unpredictable AI agents, even as legal experts que