The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has awarded Oracle a $395.8 million Federal HRIT Modernization Core Human Capital Management (HCM) contract to deliver the federal government's first governmentwide HR platform. Powered by Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM), the new platform will replace more than 100 separate systems and serve as the single, governmentwide system of re...
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has awarded Oracle a $395.8 million Federal HRIT Modernization Core Human Capital Management (HCM) contract to deliver the federal government's first governmentwide HR platform. Powered by Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM), the new platform will replace more than 100 separate systems and serve as the single, governmentwide system of record for workforce management under OPM's Federal HR 2.0 initiative.
In this article SPCX Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT watch now VIDEO 8:36 08:36 Why Wall Street has never seen a company like SpaceX Tech The SpaceX initial public offering is about to test whether Wall Street needs a new playbook. The company, which starts trading on Friday , has a business that doesn't cleanly fit into the categories investors usually use. Elon Musk' s space firm...
In this article SPCX Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT watch now VIDEO 8:36 08:36 Why Wall Street has never seen a company like SpaceX Tech The SpaceX initial public offering is about to test whether Wall Street needs a new playbook. The company, which starts trading on Friday , has a business that doesn't cleanly fit into the categories investors usually use. Elon Musk' s space firm isn't just a rocket company, or satellite internet company, or traditional defense contractor. The better way to understand SpaceX may be as private geopolitical infrastructure: A company with products that are embedded in how governments, militaries, airlines, remote communities and AI workloads operate. That is the core of the "strategic tech" premium. The combination of hyper growth, national importance and light regulation is rarely seen in the same company at the same time. In its IPO filing, SpaceX said it was the primary launch provider for the U.S. government in 2025, launching 11 of 12 National Security Space Launch medium and heavy-lift missions and all five U.S. crew and cargo missions to the International Space Station for NASA. Roughly one-fifth of its 2025 revenue came from U.S. federal government agencies. A traditional valuation can miss that kind of essential role in government operations. A normal tech company is valuable because customers choose it. A strategic tech company becomes more valuable because customers may have trouble replacing it. SpaceX already operates 10,000 Starlink broadband and mobile satellites in low-Earth orbit, which it says accounted for about 75% of all active maneuverable satellites in orbit as of March 31. Starlink had 10.3 million subscribers at that point, more than double the 5 million it had a year earlier. The bull case is not just that SpaceX can sell more satellite internet subscriptions. It's that more of the world's communications, defense, disaster response, aviation, maritime and space infrastructure could start to d...
SpaceX is poised to make history with the biggest-ever IPO, launching it into the top ranks of the largest public companies and putting founder Elon Musk on the verge of becoming the world’s first trillionaire. The company, known officially as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., and bankers from 23 firms were putting the finishing touches on the expected $75 billion initial public offering and p...
SpaceX is poised to make history with the biggest-ever IPO, launching it into the top ranks of the largest public companies and putting founder Elon Musk on the verge of becoming the world’s first trillionaire. The company, known officially as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., and bankers from 23 firms were putting the finishing touches on the expected $75 billion initial public offering and preparing for the stock to start trading on Friday with a market capitalization of about $1.8 trillion. Musk’s fan base in the retail trading community is a crucial component of the deal. They have placed more than $100 billion in orders for the stock, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday, far more than the 20% of shares that had been reserved for them. Not everyone is so excited. Veteran short-seller James Chanos on Wednesday called it “a hopes-and-dreams IPO” driven by enthusiasm for Musk and artificial intelligence rather than the fundamentals of a company that has yet to post a profit. Still, coupled with rule changes that could fast track the stock into benchmark gauges like the Nasdaq-100 Index, demand from passive funds and retail investors unable to buy at the IPO price should set the stage for a solid cohort of buyers for shares of the rocket, satellite and AI company once they start trading. “It’s probably the most hopeful IPO,” said Kim Forrest , chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners, adding that she doesn’t buy IPOs. Buyers of SpaceX “want to be part of the future,” she said. “And I think that’s oddly hopeful in this time when we’re moving between the poles of greed and fear.” SpaceX is the first of three major IPOs expected to capitalize on stock investors’ appetite for the leading AI companies, a seemingly insatiable demand that has propelled benchmark US indexes to records this year despite the acceleration in inflation and economic disruption caused by the war in Iran. Anthropic PBC and OpenAI , two of the company’s AI competitors, ar...
The merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery has been met with resistance from many in Hollywood — but the real threat will come from additional costs Paramount could incur if regulators slow down the deal.
The merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery has been met with resistance from many in Hollywood — but the real threat will come from additional costs Paramount could incur if regulators slow down the deal.
Rising memory costs, in-house solutions, and shifting capital returns are reshaping expectations for vendors' total cost of ownership, margin durability, and growth prospects. Watch the video below to see how this might affect Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and investor valuation assumptions. *This video was published on May 29, 2026. Continue reading
Rising memory costs, in-house solutions, and shifting capital returns are reshaping expectations for vendors' total cost of ownership, margin durability, and growth prospects. Watch the video below to see how this might affect Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and investor valuation assumptions. *This video was published on May 29, 2026. Continue reading
63-year-old leaves Benfica to move back to the Bernabéu Marco Silva agrees deal to replace him at Portuguese club José Mourinho’s blockbuster return as Real Madrid manager has been confirmed. The 63-year-old, who was in the dugout at the Bernabéu from 2010 until 2013, joins the 15-times European champions from Benfica on a three-year contract. Mourinho’s appointment comes after a torrid season at ...
63-year-old leaves Benfica to move back to the Bernabéu Marco Silva agrees deal to replace him at Portuguese club José Mourinho’s blockbuster return as Real Madrid manager has been confirmed. The 63-year-old, who was in the dugout at the Bernabéu from 2010 until 2013, joins the 15-times European champions from Benfica on a three-year contract. Mourinho’s appointment comes after a torrid season at Real Madrid, with Xabi Alonso sacked in January amid player unrest. Álvaro Arbeloa came in as interim head coach, but failed to turn around the campaign as Real exited the Champions League to Bayern Munich at the quarter-final stage and Barcelona cantered to the La Liga title. Disharmony within the squad also continued, with Fede Valverde taken to hospital to have stitches after a confrontation with his teammate Aurélien Tchouaméni. Continue reading...
Soybeans are trading with 5 to 9 1/4 cent weakness across most contracts on Thursday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 9 1/4 cents at $10.59 1/4. Soymeal futures are $1.00 to $1.40 higher on the day, with Soy Oil futures 30 to 33 points lower. USDA...
Soybeans are trading with 5 to 9 1/4 cent weakness across most contracts on Thursday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 9 1/4 cents at $10.59 1/4. Soymeal futures are $1.00 to $1.40 higher on the day, with Soy Oil futures 30 to 33 points lower. USDA...
Corn futures are trading with Thursday losses of 5 to 6 cents across most contracts, as the world competition has grown in USDA’s balance sheet. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 5 cents at $3.81 1/4. Export Sales data from this morning indicated 1.00 MMT of old...
Corn futures are trading with Thursday losses of 5 to 6 cents across most contracts, as the world competition has grown in USDA’s balance sheet. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 5 cents at $3.81 1/4. Export Sales data from this morning indicated 1.00 MMT of old...
The wheat complex is showing marginally mixed trade on Thursday, with the hard red contracts higher. Chicago SRW is the weak spot, with fractional Thursday losses. KC HRW futures are leading the way higher, up 1 to 3 3/4 cents. MPLS spring wheat contracts are up 1 to 3 cents...
The wheat complex is showing marginally mixed trade on Thursday, with the hard red contracts higher. Chicago SRW is the weak spot, with fractional Thursday losses. KC HRW futures are leading the way higher, up 1 to 3 3/4 cents. MPLS spring wheat contracts are up 1 to 3 cents...
Cotton futures are trading with triple digit gains across most contracts on Thursday, with gains of 101 to 133 points. Crude oil is up $1.23 to $91.30/barrel. The US dollar index is up $0.316 at $100.260. USDA’s Export Sales report from Thursday morning showed 207,032 RB of cotton sold for...
Cotton futures are trading with triple digit gains across most contracts on Thursday, with gains of 101 to 133 points. Crude oil is up $1.23 to $91.30/barrel. The US dollar index is up $0.316 at $100.260. USDA’s Export Sales report from Thursday morning showed 207,032 RB of cotton sold for...
The condition of the Belfast stabbing victim is “improving” and he could be awoken from a coma within the next 48 hours, pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Gavin Robinson said on Thursday. Stephen Ogilvie lost his left eye and suffered deep cuts to his head, face and back in a stabbing attack on Monday night which preceded two nights of disorder in Northern Ireland. Twelve police o...
The condition of the Belfast stabbing victim is “improving” and he could be awoken from a coma within the next 48 hours, pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Gavin Robinson said on Thursday. Stephen Ogilvie lost his left eye and suffered deep cuts to his head, face and back in a stabbing attack on Monday night which preceded two nights of disorder in Northern Ireland. Twelve police officers were injured, 16 arrests were made and two people were charged following Wednesday night’s...
Representative Greg Landsman, an Ohio Democrat, said the lapse of a law permitting foreign surveillance will make it harder for law enforcement to keep the country safe. Landsman said that during the world cup and ongoing conflict with Iran, concerns about US safety are 'very serious' and said that someone in the intelligence community or congress should stand up and 'be the adult in the room.' (S...
Representative Greg Landsman, an Ohio Democrat, said the lapse of a law permitting foreign surveillance will make it harder for law enforcement to keep the country safe. Landsman said that during the world cup and ongoing conflict with Iran, concerns about US safety are 'very serious' and said that someone in the intelligence community or congress should stand up and 'be the adult in the room.' (Source: Bloomberg)
The Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (NYSEMKT:VEA) offers lower costs and broader geographic reach including Canada, while iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEMKT:IEFA) concentrates strictly on overseas developed markets with a higher trailing distribution yield. These two funds are among the most popular vehicles for investors seeking growth outside the United States. While they both focus on esta...
The Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (NYSEMKT:VEA) offers lower costs and broader geographic reach including Canada, while iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEMKT:IEFA) concentrates strictly on overseas developed markets with a higher trailing distribution yield. These two funds are among the most popular vehicles for investors seeking growth outside the United States. While they both focus on established international markets, subtle differences in their index construction -- specifically regarding Canadian exposure and the inclusion of smaller companies -- can lead to divergent performance outcomes over the long term. Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year monthly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. Dividend yield is the trailing-12-month distribution yield. Continue reading
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) is in the middle of its biggest reinvention in a generation, leaning on the Seagen oncology platform and the freshly closed Metsera obesity assets to offset a COVID revenue cliff and looming patent losses. With shares at $25.60 and yielding nearly 7%, the only question that matters for income investors is whether that ... This $25 Billion Acquisition Just Unlocked a New Era of Gr...
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) is in the middle of its biggest reinvention in a generation, leaning on the Seagen oncology platform and the freshly closed Metsera obesity assets to offset a COVID revenue cliff and looming patent losses. With shares at $25.60 and yielding nearly 7%, the only question that matters for income investors is whether that ... This $25 Billion Acquisition Just Unlocked a New Era of Growth for Pfizer — and Why It’s a Flawless Safe-Haven for Retirees
(RTTNews) - The Treasury Department finished off this week's series of announcements of the results of its long-term securities auctions on Thursday, revealing this month's auction of $22 billion worth of thirty-year bonds attracted below average demand.
(RTTNews) - The Treasury Department finished off this week's series of announcements of the results of its long-term securities auctions on Thursday, revealing this month's auction of $22 billion worth of thirty-year bonds attracted below average demand.
Maryna Andriianova/iStock via Getty Images European Central Bank governors see keeping interest rates on hold at the July meeting as the more likely scenario, assuming energy prices stay near current levels, according to a media report on Thursday. The policymakers raised the ECB's key interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, their first hike in almost three years, as the Iran war fueled a r...
Maryna Andriianova/iStock via Getty Images European Central Bank governors see keeping interest rates on hold at the July meeting as the more likely scenario, assuming energy prices stay near current levels, according to a media report on Thursday. The policymakers raised the ECB's key interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, their first hike in almost three years, as the Iran war fueled a resurgence in inflation. Two sources told Reuters that a pause at the July meeting was the more likely scenario, barring any sudden and wide swings in energy prices. One person said the price of Brent oil would have to exceed $100 a barrel for ECB governors to consider another hike. A second said an unexpected jump in core inflation could trigger action. An ECB spokesperson declined to comment to Reuters. Relevant ETFs: ( IEV ), ( IEUR ), ( EWG ), ( GF ), ( EWI ), ( EWQ ), ( FGM ), ( DAX ), ( FXE ). The euro ( EUR:USD ) rose 0.2% against the U.S. dollar in Thursday trading. More on iShares Europe ETF Potential Iran De-Escalation Offers Upside For European Equities French telecom rivals strike $23.5B deal to acquire SFR from Altice EU enlargement: Finnish president pitches Canada as bloc's 28th state Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on iShares Europe ETF Dividend scorecard for iShares Europe ETF