Space Exploration Technologies (NasdaqGS:SPCX), via its SpaceXAI unit, has launched Grok 4.5, a next generation AI model and coding agent. The release is described as the company’s most advanced AI system so far and is immediately available for developers. Grok 4.5 is trained on Nvidia GPUs and is designed to handle complex, agentic coding tasks for enterprise and developer use cases. Space Explor...
Space Exploration Technologies (NasdaqGS:SPCX), via its SpaceXAI unit, has launched Grok 4.5, a next generation AI model and coding agent. The release is described as the company’s most advanced AI system so far and is immediately available for developers. Grok 4.5 is trained on Nvidia GPUs and is designed to handle complex, agentic coding tasks for enterprise and developer use cases. Space Exploration Technologies is adding a new angle to its story with Grok 4.5, as the company’s AI push...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) has gone from a legacy hardware vendor to an artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure player in a matter of months. The stock is up 81% year to date, and management recently raised full-year earnings guidance by over 40% after the company blew past expectations in the second quarter. While the first wave of AI infrastructure spending was dominated by hyper...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) has gone from a legacy hardware vendor to an artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure player in a matter of months. The stock is up 81% year to date, and management recently raised full-year earnings guidance by over 40% after the company blew past expectations in the second quarter. While the first wave of AI infrastructure spending was dominated by hyperscalers building massive cloud data centers, the second phase is being driven by enterprises building their own on-premises AI capabilities. Running AI workloads with a variety of models on your own hardware is cheaper, and allows companies to protect their intellectual property, data, and competitive advantages. HPE's timely acquisition of Juniper Networks last year positioned it to benefit from this spending. Businesses are drawn to Hewlett Packard Enterprise's integrated approach, which combines servers, storage, and high-performance networking gear, allowing its customers to build AI factories they control. Continue reading
European natural gas prices edged lower as traders evaluate the region’s supply picture after fresh hostilities between the US and Iran. Benchmark futures declined as much as 2.3% after rising during the previous two sessions. Prices are still near the highest in about a month as uncertainty lingers around the resumption of liquefied natural gas supplies from the Middle East. The war that began mo...
European natural gas prices edged lower as traders evaluate the region’s supply picture after fresh hostilities between the US and Iran. Benchmark futures declined as much as 2.3% after rising during the previous two sessions. Prices are still near the highest in about a month as uncertainty lingers around the resumption of liquefied natural gas supplies from the Middle East. The war that began more than four months ago has curbed flows that previously made up about a fifth of global LNG trade. For Europe, the tighter supplies mean it has to compete more with other global buyers for cargoes as it stockpiles fuel for next winter and contends with spells of hot weather . The region’s gas storages are much emptier than they usually are this time of year, with sites across the European Union only 51% full, compared with a seasonal average of 65%. In Germany they’re just over 43% full. Two empty LNG tankers recently entered the Gulf of Oman and are heading toward the eastern entrance of the Strait of Hormuz, which could indicate they may try to collect cargoes from within the Persian Gulf. Still, it’s unclear how quickly flows from the Middle East will be able to recover after US forces conducted a second day of strikes against targets in Iran. The risks lingering in the market are also playing out in the options space, with more traders hedging against winter price spikes. Implied volatility — a measure of the cost of underlying options contracts — has edged higher this week to the highest in a month. Dutch front-month futures, Europe’s gas benchmark, traded 0.9% lower at € 48.58 a megawatt-hour as of 9:12 a.m. in Amsterdam. EUROPE GAS OUTAGES: More Unplanned Cuts at Norway’s Oseberg Pakistan Seeks Urgent LNG Cargo as Hormuz Attacks Disrupt Supply EUROPE WEATHER: France Swelters as Temperatures Breach 40C
North American Construction Group ( NOA ) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, ML Northern Services Ltd., has secured a milestone $135M five-year heavy equipment services contract with a major Canadian oil sands operator. Under the agreement, ML Northern will provide mobile fuel services across multiple mine sites to service the customer’s fleet of ultra-class and large mining equipment. Sc...
North American Construction Group ( NOA ) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, ML Northern Services Ltd., has secured a milestone $135M five-year heavy equipment services contract with a major Canadian oil sands operator. Under the agreement, ML Northern will provide mobile fuel services across multiple mine sites to service the customer’s fleet of ultra-class and large mining equipment. Scheduled to commence on September 30, 2026, the contract is expected to reach full operational capacity in late Q4 2026 and run through July 5, 2031. The agreement represents the largest award in ML Northern’s history and the largest fuel-services-focused contract in NACG’s history. It is projected to add approximately $135 million to the company’s contractual backlog, successfully converting a previously identified opportunity from NACG’s active tender pipeline into a long-duration contract. NACG will fulfill the contract scope using a combination of its existing fleet and roughly $5 million in growth capital allocated for twenty-five on-highway units and supporting equipment. More on North American Construction Group Ltd. North American Construction Group Ltd. 2026 Q1 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation North American Construction Group Ltd. (NOA:CA) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript North American Construction Group raises $200M through 7.0% senior notes due 2031 Historical earnings data for North American Construction Group Ltd. Dividend scorecard for North American Construction Group Ltd.
The United States is turning to South Korea’s world-leading shipbuilding industry as it seeks to refresh its ageing naval fleet, a move set to expand the bilateral alliance beyond security into defence manufacturing, technology and industrial production. According to analysts, the bid reflects Washington’s efforts to address long-standing problems in its own industry – such as chronic construction...
The United States is turning to South Korea’s world-leading shipbuilding industry as it seeks to refresh its ageing naval fleet, a move set to expand the bilateral alliance beyond security into defence manufacturing, technology and industrial production. According to analysts, the bid reflects Washington’s efforts to address long-standing problems in its own industry – such as chronic construction delays, cost overruns, shortages of skilled workers and supply chain constraints. It also marks a...
⚽ All the latest as we look ahead to the quarter-finals ⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email us Fifa refereeing chief Pierluigi Collina defended the officiating in Argentina’s 3-2 victory over Egypt in the World Cup round of 16, dismissing allegations of bias and saying match officials operated with complete independence. In an interview published on inside.fifa.com on Thursday, Co...
⚽ All the latest as we look ahead to the quarter-finals ⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email us Fifa refereeing chief Pierluigi Collina defended the officiating in Argentina’s 3-2 victory over Egypt in the World Cup round of 16, dismissing allegations of bias and saying match officials operated with complete independence. In an interview published on inside.fifa.com on Thursday, Collina said criticism of referees was part of football but he condemned the questioning of the officials’ integrity after Egypt complained about the officiating following the defeat. Continue reading...
The Taiwan dollar fell to its weakest level since April 2025, erasing gains from last year’s historic rally as dollar strength and record dividend payouts weighed on sentiment. The currency dropped as much as 0.6% to 32.210 per US dollar on Thursday. The move wiped out the sharp gains from May last year, when the currency soared by the most since the 1980s on easing trade tensions and upbeat tech ...
The Taiwan dollar fell to its weakest level since April 2025, erasing gains from last year’s historic rally as dollar strength and record dividend payouts weighed on sentiment. The currency dropped as much as 0.6% to 32.210 per US dollar on Thursday. The move wiped out the sharp gains from May last year, when the currency soared by the most since the 1980s on easing trade tensions and upbeat tech earnings. The local dollar now faces a key test as Taiwan enters its peak dividend season in July, with heavy foreign ownership in the semiconductor sector likely amplifying US dollar conversions. Domestic firms are set to pay out more than NT$2.5 trillion ($77.7 billion) in cash dividends this year, according to data from the Taiwan Stock Exchange, the largest amount in Bloomberg-compiled data going back to 1990. The risk of outflows is heightened by a less supportive global environment. The greenback’s strength on expectations that US interest rates will stay elevated for longer is adding to headwinds for Taiwan’s currency. “TWD weakness today is likely due to dividend payment repatriation,” said Khoon Goh , head of Asia research at Australia & New Zealand Banking Corp. “Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. paid out their quarterly dividend today, and given the large foreign holdings, those flows are weighing on TWD.” He sees the currency facing near-term pressure and falling to 32.5 per US dollar on further dividend payments later this month. Taiwan’s ‘Big Boss’ Central Bank Is Stamping Out Currency Swings Taiwan Dollar Set to Face Pressure From Record Dividend Payouts Taiwan Central Bank Net Selling USD to Intervene FX in June