The reboot highlights a dire problem for the country's nuclear program. Japan is running out of space to store spent nuclear fuel and lacks plans for radioactive waste disposal. (Image credit: Toru Hanai)
The reboot highlights a dire problem for the country's nuclear program. Japan is running out of space to store spent nuclear fuel and lacks plans for radioactive waste disposal. (Image credit: Toru Hanai)
Prairie Operating ( PROP ) announced on Thursday that its lending group, led by Citibank, reaffirmed the company’s $475M borrowing base. The company signed a new agreement with Hudson Bay PH XIX and affiliates to address the remaining Series F Preferred Stock and simplify its capital structure. Prairie Operating extended the warrant issuance deadline to Aug. 7, 2026, from July 8, 2026, giving it m...
Prairie Operating ( PROP ) announced on Thursday that its lending group, led by Citibank, reaffirmed the company’s $475M borrowing base. The company signed a new agreement with Hudson Bay PH XIX and affiliates to address the remaining Series F Preferred Stock and simplify its capital structure. Prairie Operating extended the warrant issuance deadline to Aug. 7, 2026, from July 8, 2026, giving it more time to deal with the remaining Series F balance. The deal reduced the potential shareholder dilution risk by lowering the warrant formula to 65% from 75%. For the remaining 78K Series F shares, conversions will be capped at 98M common shares, providing more certainty on future share issuance. Source: Press Release More on Prairie Operating Co. Prairie Operating Co. 2026 Q1 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Prairie Operating Co. (PROP) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Prairie Operating: Reported A Loss For The Fiscal Year, Avoid Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Prairie Operating Co. Historical earnings data for Prairie Operating Co.
RWE and Meta today announced a new long-term corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) for the electricity generated by the 298-megawatt (MWac) Rabbit's Foot Solar project in northeast Texas.
RWE and Meta today announced a new long-term corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) for the electricity generated by the 298-megawatt (MWac) Rabbit's Foot Solar project in northeast Texas.
Welcome to Next Africa, a daily newsletter on where the continent stands now — and where it’s headed. Sign up here to have it delivered to your email. In today’s edition, we look at how sentiment toward South Africa has changed on the continent. And: Dangote seeks to boost funding for refinery expansion Abiy’s party extends its lead in Ethiopia’s election A zombie stock is among Nigeria’s best per...
Welcome to Next Africa, a daily newsletter on where the continent stands now — and where it’s headed. Sign up here to have it delivered to your email. In today’s edition, we look at how sentiment toward South Africa has changed on the continent. And: Dangote seeks to boost funding for refinery expansion Abiy’s party extends its lead in Ethiopia’s election A zombie stock is among Nigeria’s best performers Fleeing Support The opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Mexico City offers many parallels to a momentous night exactly 16 years ago. When the football extravaganza kicked off in 2010, South Africa was celebrated as the first nation on the continent to host the sport’s showpiece event. The roar following Siphiwe Tshabalala’s left-footed rocket — the first goal of the tournament — reverberated far beyond the cacophony of the vuvuzela trumpets in the Johannesburg arena to rooms and bars from Lilongwe to Libreville and Lagos. Judging by the tone on social media, that sentiment ahead of Thursday’s spectacle against the very same opponents is long gone. Many fans across the continent — outside of South Africa, of course — are throwing their support behind Mexico, angered by anti-migrant demonstrations in the region’s biggest economy. While some of that may be the usual competitive banter that animates national football rivalries, the public spurning of Bafana Bafana — as the South African team is known — underscores the deep resentment about the treatment of migrants. There’s a sense that a country that once welcomed other African nations to share in its relative wealth following the end of apartheid three decades ago has become increasingly hostile to those seeking legitimate work opportunities. The 2010 World Cup unfolded at a moment when the mood in South Africa was buoyed by sporting fervor and its economy by the construction of new stadiums and upgrades to public infrastructure. Today’s South Africa is weighed down by high unemployment, failing logistics and ...
Welcome to the Brussels Edition. I’m Oliver Crook , chief Europe correspondent for Bloomberg Television, bringing you the latest from the EU. Make sure you’re signed up . A special Brussels Edition today from Frankfurt, where the European Central Bank just raised interest rates for the first time since September 2023. With fear of stagflation coursing through Europe, the ECB sent a clear message: ...
Welcome to the Brussels Edition. I’m Oliver Crook , chief Europe correspondent for Bloomberg Television, bringing you the latest from the EU. Make sure you’re signed up . A special Brussels Edition today from Frankfurt, where the European Central Bank just raised interest rates for the first time since September 2023. With fear of stagflation coursing through Europe, the ECB sent a clear message: they’re more worried about price stability than economic momentum right now. After prices in the euro zone rose by 3.2% in May, fears that inflation is broadening are reflected in fresh quarterly projections showing consumer prices advancing more quickly this year than previously envisaged, before easing back to the 2% target in 2028. While the focus in Brussels tends to be on fiscal rather than monetary policy, the move will have a more immediate impact across the euro zone than many of the slow-burning actions from the Commission. The 25-basis-point “Hormuz hike” was well telegraphed by policymakers and widely anticipated by the market, but there is less consensus among observers on whether this was actually a good idea , with prices driven by supply shocks rather than runaway demand. While growth stayed relatively resilient in the first quarter (after you strip out an Irish anomaly ), the outlook looks less robust and the ECB today trimmed its 2026 growth forecast to 0.8% (from previously 0.9%). Under any circumstances, tightening financial conditions invariably slows economic activity. But in Europe, much of the thesis for growth is dependent on big government fiscal outlays. Now that spending, much of it financed by debt, just got more expensive. Already, Italy has called for the EU to ease fiscal rules to dampen the blow of the energy price shock. And as borrowing costs rise, the conversation about European debt levels will become more and more prevalent. That brings us back to a familiar question: how can Europe afford its ample welfare spending and the ever-increasi...
Ashi Sae Yang/iStock via Getty Images Inst: BLDIX A: BLADX C: BMICX K: BLDRX Commentary as of 03/31/26 The fund posted returns of -0.47% (Institutional shares)( BLDIX ) and -0.53% (Investor A shares, without sales charge)( BLADX ) for the first quarter of 2026. The fund's marginal underperformance of its benchmark was largely due to equity security selection and positioning. At quarter-end, the fu...
Ashi Sae Yang/iStock via Getty Images Inst: BLDIX A: BLADX C: BMICX K: BLDRX Commentary as of 03/31/26 The fund posted returns of -0.47% (Institutional shares)( BLDIX ) and -0.53% (Investor A shares, without sales charge)( BLADX ) for the first quarter of 2026. The fund's marginal underperformance of its benchmark was largely due to equity security selection and positioning. At quarter-end, the fund's 30-day SEC yield was 5.49% subsidized and 5.28% unsubsidized for institutional shares. The fund rotated out of loans into high yield and structured credit while it closed its short duration (low interest rate sensitivity) position and reallocated exposure from German bunds into U.S. Treasuries. Equities were actively repositioned, with international exposure initially increased before it was reduced in favor of U.S. dividend, defense, and infrastructure software positions. Emerging market positioning was also trimmed. Foreign exchange exposures were neutralized. Contributors Defensive fixed income selection, particularly high-quality collateralized loan obligations and non-agency mortgages, was the largest contributor to performance. Investment grade corporate bond selection was also additive. Detractors The main detractor was equity selection versus the fund's high dividend benchmark component. In particular, a growth tilt within U.S. dividend equities and covered calls was unhelpful as concerns about valuations and artificial intelligence (AI) disruption fueled an equity market rotation into more defensive high dividend sectors. Further insight Though the Iran conflict has added near-term uncertainty, we remain constructive on U.S. equities, where valuations are no longer at historical extremes, the labor market remains resilient, and earnings trends remain strong. International markets present a more mixed picture, with improving fiscal policy support but weaker fundamentals relative to the United States and potentially more hawkish monetary policy, given greater en...
(RTTNews) - Dentsply Sirona Inc. (XRAY), a manufacturer of dental products and technologies, Thursday announced that it has appointed John Fortson as its Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, effective July 20.
(RTTNews) - Dentsply Sirona Inc. (XRAY), a manufacturer of dental products and technologies, Thursday announced that it has appointed John Fortson as its Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, effective July 20.
US companies plan to charge more for employee health plans next year, as soaring drug prices drive up insurance costs. Two thirds of large companies expect to raise monthly premiums for employee health coverage through paycheck deductions in 2027, according to a survey of businesses with at least 500 employees by benefits consultancy Mercer. And about half (48%) of employers say they will make oth...
US companies plan to charge more for employee health plans next year, as soaring drug prices drive up insurance costs. Two thirds of large companies expect to raise monthly premiums for employee health coverage through paycheck deductions in 2027, according to a survey of businesses with at least 500 employees by benefits consultancy Mercer. And about half (48%) of employers say they will make other changes, such as raising deductibles and copays, that will increase how much workers pay out of pocket for care. It isn’t just employees who will be paying more. Health insurers are raising costs for employers, too, with the cost of group plans set to increase by more than 6% for the fourth year in a row, said Beth Umland, Mercer’s director of research. Annual increases previously hovered around 3% for more than a decade. Although employers initially tried to absorb those higher costs, they are beginning to pass them onto workers, Umland said. This year, employers expect to pay more than $18,500 per employee for health care benefits, a 6.7% increase from 2025 and the biggest jump in 15 years. Companies are also looking for ways to cut workers’ costs by offering plans that charge workers less but restrict them to a narrower group of providers. “Employers are under intense pressure to manage another year of elevated health benefit cost growth, but they also know that affordability matters,” said Simon Camaj, US health leader at Mercer. How acutely workers feel the price increases will depend on how they use their benefits. Those who utilize robust Preferred Provider Organization plans to frequently visit doctors and fill prescriptions could see their costs rise by as much as 8%, Umland estimates, while those who switch to non-traditional plans might not notice a substantial difference. In addition to raising premium costs, some companies are also reconsidering their coverage of pricey GLP-1 medications for weight loss. Some 27% of employers tightened the criteria to cover ...
Rob Key says ECB need time to consider future ECB chiefs were in ‘shock’ after nightclub incident The England and Wales Cricket Board is considering imposing a complete ban on alcohol while players are on international duty as they ponder the best response to the incident at a Chelsea nightclub that led to Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson being dropped for next week’s second Test against New Zealand, a...
Rob Key says ECB need time to consider future ECB chiefs were in ‘shock’ after nightclub incident The England and Wales Cricket Board is considering imposing a complete ban on alcohol while players are on international duty as they ponder the best response to the incident at a Chelsea nightclub that led to Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson being dropped for next week’s second Test against New Zealand, and to the stream of embarrassing stories over the past eight months. Rob Key, the ECB’s managing director of men’s cricket, admitted on Thursday that it is now hard to say the players can show they are to be trusted to behave responsibly. The two players broke a midnight curfew and were then allegedly involved in a fight that broke out in the early hours of Monday morning, though there is no suggestion that either were active participants. “Everything we’ve looked at so far, everything we’ve found out, it looks like they were in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Key said. “They weren’t aggressive or anything, and actually it looks like they were on the receiving end of some pretty poor behaviour from other people.” Continue reading...
DoorDash Inc. introduced an in-app artificial intelligence chatbot to help customers make restaurant and grocery orders, and suggested the technology could also be used to unlock new enterprise revenue streams. Users can launch the new Ask DoorDash tool via the “Ask” button in the app’s search bar, where they can interact with the chatbot using voice, written prompts or visual inputs. In addition ...
DoorDash Inc. introduced an in-app artificial intelligence chatbot to help customers make restaurant and grocery orders, and suggested the technology could also be used to unlock new enterprise revenue streams. Users can launch the new Ask DoorDash tool via the “Ask” button in the app’s search bar, where they can interact with the chatbot using voice, written prompts or visual inputs. In addition to text responses, the answers include buttons that let users directly add items to their cart. Recommendations are based on DoorDash customers’ past purchase behavior, as well as internet sources like social media reviews and blog posts. For grocery-related inquiries, the chatbot confirms with the user what pantry staples they already have before adding ingredients to the cart. It works on Apple Inc. ’s iOS and is available in select markets. Initially, Ask DoorDash will be set up for restaurant search and grocery shopping. In the coming weeks, the assistant will expand to more users in the US and gain the ability to make restaurant reservations. Early user tests of the chatbot point to tangible business gains, according to co-founder Andy Fang . “We’re seeing customers trying out new restaurants much more frequently through this experience than anything else we’ve tried to do in the app when it comes to ordering from restaurants,” he said in an interview. Nearly half of all takeout orders made with the tool were from a place the customer had never ordered from before, the company said. “On the grocery side, we’re seeing significant increases in subtotals and that customers are actually able to build their cart five times faster using this experience than through the app,” Fang added. Grocery baskets built with the tool are more than 35% larger than typical grocery orders, DoorDash said. Fang suggested the company is ready to sell its AI technology, including the chatbot, for corporate customers to use under their own brands. That sets up DoorDash for further competition w...
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O2 Apollo Manchester The Messy hitmaker is back after taking time away from live performance, and this charming, relatable set shows why she is such a gen Z icon The rollercoaster ride towards international pop stardom seldom runs smooth, but few rising stars have been flung through its loops and freefalls as publicly as south London singer-songwriter Lola Young. In 2024, gen Z anthem Messy became...
O2 Apollo Manchester The Messy hitmaker is back after taking time away from live performance, and this charming, relatable set shows why she is such a gen Z icon The rollercoaster ride towards international pop stardom seldom runs smooth, but few rising stars have been flung through its loops and freefalls as publicly as south London singer-songwriter Lola Young. In 2024, gen Z anthem Messy became her breakthrough moment, but social media scrutiny surrounding her open struggles with addiction and a stage collapse in New York last year brought live performances to a halt. When the 25-year-old musician strolls on stage in a baggy black hoodie, she seems relieved to be here. Casual though the look may be, she is worshipped as a Y2K style guru, as evidenced by the young crowd: a blur of bleached mullets and denim jorts cry every word of her single Sad Sob Story! . Continue reading...
As protests in Tirana extend into a second week, they have escalated from opposition to two €5 billion (US$5.7 billion) planned resorts in ecologically sensitive areas linked to Jared Kushner into demands for the entire Albanian political establishment to step aside. Anger erupted on the coast on May 30 when bulldozers moved into one of the sites, spreading to the capital two days later. Every eve...
As protests in Tirana extend into a second week, they have escalated from opposition to two €5 billion (US$5.7 billion) planned resorts in ecologically sensitive areas linked to Jared Kushner into demands for the entire Albanian political establishment to step aside. Anger erupted on the coast on May 30 when bulldozers moved into one of the sites, spreading to the capital two days later. Every evening at 6pm since then, thousands of people have been gathering in a central square and marching...
China holds an edge over the US when it comes to getting artificial intelligence applications into the hands of everyday users, according to tech executives and investors, though they warn that Chinese AI firms are looking increasingly overvalued. China still lagged in computing power but was only “100 days behind” the US in frontier AI model capabilities, according to Chi Zhang, general manager o...
China holds an edge over the US when it comes to getting artificial intelligence applications into the hands of everyday users, according to tech executives and investors, though they warn that Chinese AI firms are looking increasingly overvalued. China still lagged in computing power but was only “100 days behind” the US in frontier AI model capabilities, according to Chi Zhang, general manager of finance industry at the Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group, speaking on Thursday at the 2026 HKEX...
China’s most profitable brokerage, and until recently its largest by assets, has become the first mainland securities firm to enter the A-category under Fitch Ratings’ framework, a milestone in China’s efforts to build globally competitive investment banks. Fitch, one of the world’s three major ratings agencies, assigned an A-minus long-term issuer default rating with a “stable” outlook to both Ci...
China’s most profitable brokerage, and until recently its largest by assets, has become the first mainland securities firm to enter the A-category under Fitch Ratings’ framework, a milestone in China’s efforts to build globally competitive investment banks. Fitch, one of the world’s three major ratings agencies, assigned an A-minus long-term issuer default rating with a “stable” outlook to both Citic Securities and its Hong Kong-based subsidiary Citic Securities International on Tuesday. Fitch’s...
Cava (CAVA) has received quite a bit of attention from Zacks.com users lately. Therefore, it is wise to be aware of the facts that can impact the stock's prospects.
Cava (CAVA) has received quite a bit of attention from Zacks.com users lately. Therefore, it is wise to be aware of the facts that can impact the stock's prospects.