J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images AI infrastructure company Cerebras Systems ( CBRS ) is significantly expanding its presence in Europe with plans to launch its first regional data center capacity by the end of 2026. According to a statement from the company cited by AFP , Cerebras plans to invest several billion dollars in Europe as part of the expansion. The company said it will rapidly b...
J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images AI infrastructure company Cerebras Systems ( CBRS ) is significantly expanding its presence in Europe with plans to launch its first regional data center capacity by the end of 2026. According to a statement from the company cited by AFP , Cerebras plans to invest several billion dollars in Europe as part of the expansion. The company said it will rapidly build out infrastructure across France and the Nordic region, targeting 200 megawatts of total capacity by the end of 2027. A portion of that capacity is expected to support OpenAI ( OPENAI ) workloads under the companies' existing partnership. "We are contracting significant capacity for 2027, with data centers slated for Norway and Finland as we actively build across Europe," said Cerebras co-founder and CEO Andrew Feldman. “These deployments will enable us to move decisively on what our customers have been asking for: fast, high-performance AI compute located in Europe." Cerebras made a blockbuster Nasdaq debut in May, with shares opening at $350 after pricing its IPO at $185, marking one of the highest IPO prices on record. Sunnyvale, California-based Cerebras, which develops AI chips and AI infrastructure systems, sold 30M shares in the offering. The company claims its flagship Wafer-Scale Engine 3 (WSE-3) is the world's fastest commercially available AI processor. The company claims the chip is 58 times larger than the leading GPU and delivers AI inference up to 15 times faster than Nvidia's ( NVDA ) GPU-based systems while using a fraction of the power per unit of compute. Its current customers include many of the top AI companies in the world, such as OpenAI ( OPENAI ), Amazon Web Services ( AMZN ), Meta Platforms ( META ), and IBM ( IBM ). CBRS shares were up nearly +4% premarket. More on Cerebras Systems Inc. Cerebras Systems: OpenAI, AWS And The Case For A Buy Rating Cerebras: The Technology Is Real, But So Are The Risks Cerebras: Gets Appealing Below IPO Price Ce...
Local media in Hengzhou report king ratsnakes and cobras among hundreds in flood waters caused by typhoon Maysak Hundreds of snakes, including cobras, have escaped from flooded breeding farms in southern China as severe storms continue to batter parts of the country. State media reported that a snake farm in Hengzhou, in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, was hit by flood waters after days of heavy...
Local media in Hengzhou report king ratsnakes and cobras among hundreds in flood waters caused by typhoon Maysak Hundreds of snakes, including cobras, have escaped from flooded breeding farms in southern China as severe storms continue to batter parts of the country. State media reported that a snake farm in Hengzhou, in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, was hit by flood waters after days of heavy rainfall caused by typhoon Maysak , prompting warnings for nearby residents. Continue reading...
gonin Columbus Circle Capital III ( CCCT ) priced its IPO of 20M units at $10.00 per unit, raising gross proceeds of $200M. Columbus Circle Capital III is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that intends to pursue business combinations across North America, EMEA, and Latin America, focusing on sectors including AI and digital infrastructure, sports, media and entertainment, energy transit...
gonin Columbus Circle Capital III ( CCCT ) priced its IPO of 20M units at $10.00 per unit, raising gross proceeds of $200M. Columbus Circle Capital III is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that intends to pursue business combinations across North America, EMEA, and Latin America, focusing on sectors including AI and digital infrastructure, sports, media and entertainment, energy transition, mining, and cryptocurrency. The units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker CCCTU. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-third of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50. T he Class A ordinary shares and warrants are expected to be listed on Nasdaq under the symbols "CCCT" and "CCCTW," respectively. The underwriters have a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 3M units. The closing of the offering is anticipated to take place on or about July 10, 2026. More on Columbus Circle Capital Corp III Financial information for Columbus Circle Capital Corp III
Arbitrage desks looking to trade SK Hynix Inc. ’s new American depository receipts are dusting off playbooks from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. But many say the comparison only goes so far. Unlike TSMC, whose ADRs have decades of trading history that provide investors with a sense of where the premium to local shares tends to settle, SK Hynix’s ADRs begin trading for the first time on Fri...
Arbitrage desks looking to trade SK Hynix Inc. ’s new American depository receipts are dusting off playbooks from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. But many say the comparison only goes so far. Unlike TSMC, whose ADRs have decades of trading history that provide investors with a sense of where the premium to local shares tends to settle, SK Hynix’s ADRs begin trading for the first time on Friday. That leaves arbitrage investors without a historical benchmark for what constitutes a normal premium, making it far harder to judge when a spread is attractive or stretched. The challenge extends beyond the lack of price history. SK Hynix has become one of Asia’s most volatile large-cap stocks, regularly posting outsize daily swings as investors pile into AI-linked memory names and leveraged products tied to the shares. Those sharp moves increase the gap risk — the danger that the ADR and Seoul-listed stock diverge significantly from the trend the arbitragers were betting on. “With SK Hynix’s volatility, the gap risk is much higher,” said Alex Au , managing director at Alphalex Capital Management HK Ltd., who traded TSMC’s ADR spread for years. “So for someone putting on this trade to capture the premium, you’d demand higher returns.” Another uncertainty is the extent to which Seoul-listed shares can be converted into American depository receipts. According to a July 6 filing, holders of the US instruments will be able to cancel them and receive the corresponding number of Seoul-traded shares. But investors may not be able to later exchange the common stock for ADRs as such a transaction could require approvals such as permission from Korean regulators. Read more: SK Hynix ADR Plans Leave Arb Traders Waiting on One Key Answer By comparison, traders have years of experience with TSMC’s partially fungible shares. Even though the spread has widened during the AI boom, investors have historical patterns to help assess when premiums become excessive and are likely to mean-r...
In this article .KS11 Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Currency dealers monitor exchange rates as an electronic screen (top) shows South Korea's benchmark stock index (KOSPI) in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on June 23, 2026. Jade Gao | AFP | Getty Images South Korea's stock benchmark, Kospi , has gone from being the world's hottest equity ma...
In this article .KS11 Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Currency dealers monitor exchange rates as an electronic screen (top) shows South Korea's benchmark stock index (KOSPI) in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on June 23, 2026. Jade Gao | AFP | Getty Images South Korea's stock benchmark, Kospi , has gone from being the world's hottest equity market to entering bear territory within a few weeks, highlighting how investors have soured on artificial intelligence plays and underscoring concentration risks. The Kospi fell more than 5% on Wednesday, which brought it 20% below its June 19 record high, according to LSEG data. It closed slightly higher on Thursday in choppy trading. "South Korea's recent drawdown has been driven by heightened AI skepticism on the part of global investors, coupled with extreme market concentration," said Manishi Raychaudhuri, CEO of Emmer Capital. The speed of the reversal brings to light a central feature of this year's rally: South Korea's outsized dependence on the AI trade. Chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix accounted for more than half of the Kospi's weighting as of June, data provided by Emmer Capital showed. That extreme reliance has both lifted and sunk the index. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Kospi performance year-to-date "The correction has been driven more by positioning than by a deterioration in fundamentals," said Jung In Yun, founder of Fibonacci Asset Management Global. Korean equities had become "one of the most crowded AI trades globally after a very strong rally, so it did not take much to trigger profit taking," he added. Rising global uncertainty and concerns that earnings upgrades could moderate have also made investors more cautious, although he described the drop in Kospi as "a healthy reset rather than a fundamental change in the outlook." Peter Kim, head of research at KB Securities, argued that the move also reflects a broader shift in how modern ma...
Next Labour leader, who is set to be elected unopposed, outlines foreign policy principles largely in line with Starmer Burnham promises he will not use party discipline to stifle debate Good morning. Andy Burnham is due to become Labour leader a week tomorrow and, as nominations open for a leadership election that will not happen because Burnham is set to be elected unopposed, we are learning a b...
Next Labour leader, who is set to be elected unopposed, outlines foreign policy principles largely in line with Starmer Burnham promises he will not use party discipline to stifle debate Good morning. Andy Burnham is due to become Labour leader a week tomorrow and, as nominations open for a leadership election that will not happen because Burnham is set to be elected unopposed, we are learning a bit more about how he intends to lead his party and his country. Yesterday, in a letter to Labour MPs, Burnham told them he would never use party discipline to “stifle debate” and says they should raise problems and policy ideas “without fear or favour”. Jessica Elgot has the story here. Burnham says he wants a “more open” public debate and scrutiny of defence spending. He says: Doing politics differently means levelling with the public, engaging them in decisions and ensuring more social value in return for increased government spending. I want to be more open with the public about how and where defence funding is spent. For our biggest defence and infrastructure projects, I want to see more detailed, public progress updates, with more transparency and accountability to tackle cost overruns or delays before they spiral out of control. Our increased investment must be combined with an increase in scrutiny. Burnham confirms he will keep Jonathan Powell in place as national security adviser. He says national security will be his “first priority if I become prime minister”. He says he wants to use higher defence investment to boost economic growth. In response to the evolving threats we face, and as we meet our Nato commitments, it is right that we rebuild our hard power for a new era that is very different to the one in which much of our current military equipment was first designed. Crucially, as we do so, I want to ensure we back British workers and businesses. This means we must go much further than ever before through the defence investment plan in backing British resilien...
This has been a year of history-making moments for Wall Street. We've watched the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) , S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) , and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) vault to record highs, witnessed the largest initial public offering in history, and saw an ultra-rare changing of the guard at the Federal Reserve. On May 22, President Trump's handpicked successor ...
This has been a year of history-making moments for Wall Street. We've watched the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) , S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) , and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) vault to record highs, witnessed the largest initial public offering in history, and saw an ultra-rare changing of the guard at the Federal Reserve. On May 22, President Trump's handpicked successor to Jerome Powell, Kevin Warsh, was officially sworn in as Fed chair. He's only the 17th head of the central bank since its founding in December 1913. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh at his White House swearing-in ceremony. Image source: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok. Continue reading
Indonesia imported Russian crude oil for the first time since a deal struck between the two nations in April, a sign of how Moscow has taken advantage of the Iran conflict to grow its customers. Just under 770,000 barrels was delivered to Indonesia’s Balikpapan port on June 29, valued at about $75 million, according to customs data compiled by Big Trade Data. The port of loading listed was Kozmino...
Indonesia imported Russian crude oil for the first time since a deal struck between the two nations in April, a sign of how Moscow has taken advantage of the Iran conflict to grow its customers. Just under 770,000 barrels was delivered to Indonesia’s Balikpapan port on June 29, valued at about $75 million, according to customs data compiled by Big Trade Data. The port of loading listed was Kozmino in Russia, and the oil was carried on the tanker Sierra . Purchases of Russian crude have drawn scrutiny ever since the invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, which prompted countries from Europe to the US to impose restrictions in a bid to curb Moscow’s revenues and bring the war to an end. The surge in prices due to the Iran war has been a boon to Russia in that regard. The shipment to the Southeast Asian nation is the first since a supply deal for up to 150 million barrels was agreed following a visit to Moscow by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. Indonesia has imported Russian crude in the past. Tanker tracking data shows sporadic flows earlier this year and last. These have tended to come from the country’s eastern coast, which produces grades like Sakhalin and ESPO Blend. Major Importer The country is a major oil importer and has faced a steep rise in fuel costs since the Iran conflict snarled shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. The hefty procurement bill helped drive the rupiah to a record low against the dollar last month, while increases in local gasoline and diesel prices have galvanized protests against the government. Unusually, the Russian cargo was bought by a government entity known as Lemigas, whose primary responsibility is fuel testing. Indonesia’s energy imports are mostly handled by PT Pertamina, the national oil company. Indonesia’s energy ministry, which administers Lemigas, didn’t respond to request for comment. The exporter of the shipment was a Singapore-based company, Silkroute Shipping & Chartering Pte, according to the customs data. The com...
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Dmitry Vinogradov Stock index futures were higher before the opening bell on Thursday as investors shrugged off rising tensions in the Middle East. Nasdaq 100 futures ( US100:IND ) rose 0.43%, S&P 500 futures ( SPX ) gained 0.29%, and Dow Jones Industrial Average futures ( INDU ) edged up 0.10%. The U.S. military began launching fresh strikes on Iran hours after President Donald Trump declared the...
Dmitry Vinogradov Stock index futures were higher before the opening bell on Thursday as investors shrugged off rising tensions in the Middle East. Nasdaq 100 futures ( US100:IND ) rose 0.43%, S&P 500 futures ( SPX ) gained 0.29%, and Dow Jones Industrial Average futures ( INDU ) edged up 0.10%. The U.S. military began launching fresh strikes on Iran hours after President Donald Trump declared the eight-week ceasefire was "over." The latest attacks, the second round in 24 hours, signaled that efforts to secure a lasting peace agreement were breaking down. Investors also looked ahead to initial jobless claims data and the Federal Reserve's balance sheet release. U.S. Treasury yields eased as demand for government bonds increased. The 10-year Treasury yield ( US10Y ) slipped 1 basis point to 4.57%, while the 2-year yield ( US2Y ) fell about 3 basis points to 4.20%. The 30-year Treasury yield ( US30Y ) edged down to 5.07%. Top gainers in premarket trading included Leidos ( LDOS ) +3.56%, Mid-America Apartment Communities ( MAA ) +1.98%, and CRH ( CRH ) +1.97%. Decliners included Regions Financial ( RF ) -3.42%, Cincinnati Financial ( CINF ) -2.69%, and United Rentals ( URI ) -1.72%. More on markets Summer Rally Signals: Why NDX Outperformance Points To Options Opportunities The 9,500 S&P 500 Dream Is Dead 'A Waste Of Time': Trump Declares Iran MoU Over - What This Means For Investors At a glance: stocks gapping up premarket AM Need to Know: OpenAI stake talks, Google antitrust setback & more
Investors say that another bout of political uncertainty will force the UK to scale back planned sales of long-dated debt. Following the resignation of Keir Starmer, Royal London Asset Management Ltd, Insight Investments and Barclays Plc. do not expect the government to sell this year’s full slate of £22.4 billion ($30 billion) of long-dated debt. Three months into the fiscal year, the Debt Manage...
Investors say that another bout of political uncertainty will force the UK to scale back planned sales of long-dated debt. Following the resignation of Keir Starmer, Royal London Asset Management Ltd, Insight Investments and Barclays Plc. do not expect the government to sell this year’s full slate of £22.4 billion ($30 billion) of long-dated debt. Three months into the fiscal year, the Debt Management Office has not attempted to sell any bonds that mature in 15 or more years. Investors contend there won’t be enough policy certainty to start sales until the new prime minister and chancellor lay out their budget in the autumn. “The DMO have got no choice but to change what they’re planning with longer dated syndications,” said Ben Nicholl , senior fund manager at Royal London Asset Management Ltd. The risk is that if there are no changes to the agency’s remit, investors may demand higher premiums in return for absorbing a wave of issuance. That would make borrowing more expensive for the cash-strapped government, and it could drive already-elevated yields on outstanding bonds higher. “The long end of the gilt market has been very much in focus because yields are really high,” said April LaRusse , head of investment specialists at Insight Investments. “If it does go ahead and there are three long syndications, the market could struggle to take that down very easily.” The DMO said that it does not comment on any changes to its remit until they are announced. The remit states that the agency may vary “both the split of issuance and the mix of distribution methods,” and that it takes market feedback into account. Yields on 30-year UK government bonds, among the most sensitive to fiscal policy, started the year around 5.2% before reaching a 28-year peak of 5.86% in May. Yields have come down since, but remain volatile, jumping to 5.7% on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said the US truce with Iran was “over.” Read more: Investors Warm to Burnham But Say Long-End Gilt...