Supermicro, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for AI/ML, HPC, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, today announced a family of compact, high-efficiency platforms powered by AMD EPYC™ 4005 series processors. The edge-optimized systems are designed to accelerate AI inferencing and general-purpose workloads in space and power-constrained environments, including retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and enterprise branch locations.

ROSLYN, N.Y., April 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EmPRO Insurance Company (EmPRO), a licensed medical professional liability insurance carrier serving physicians and healthcare facilities, today announced strong financial results for the year ended December 31, 2025, highlighting a fourth consecutive year of continued growth, disciplined underwriting, and operational excellence.

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特斯拉 公司已获得其全自动驾驶（FSD）监督系统在欧洲的首个监管批准。这是该公司在欧洲发展的重大一步。 荷兰官员表示，该技术可在有人监督的情况下在高速公路和城市街道上使用。这是经过近18个月的测试后，他们作出的结论。荷兰车辆安全机构裁定，这些车辆可以使用，因为它们能够提高道路安全性。 FSD监督系统可让车辆自行转向、制动和加速，但驾驶员必须监控车辆。官员们强调，欧洲的法规比美国的法规更为严格，且获批的版本有所不同。 特斯拉计划在荷兰采用该技术，并寻求欧盟的批准。该公司预计，软件和机器人出租车将从自动驾驶汽车中产生大量收入。 随着销量下降和竞争加剧，特斯拉希望在欧洲维持需求。投资者想知道该公司何时能够推出FSD，并通过推进法规来获得更多收入。 责任编辑：张俊 SF065

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index sold off on President Trump's plan to blockade the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices surged.

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MIDLAND, Texas, April 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) (the “ Company ” or “ Diamondback ”) today announced the expiration and results of its tender offers to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 4.400% Senior Notes due 2051 (the “ 2051 Notes ”) and 4.250% Senior Notes due 2052 (the “ 2052 Notes ” and together with the 2051 Notes, the “ Notes ”). The tender offers (the “Offers”) were made under the Offer to Purchase, dated April 6, 2026 (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “ Offer to Purchase ”), and its accompanying notice of guaranteed delivery (the “ Notice of Guaranteed Delivery ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this press release have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase. The Offers expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 10, 2026 (the “ Expiration Date ”).

solarseven/iStock via Getty Images As Q1 2026 earnings season gets underway, the Information Technology sector enters reporting season as one of the most closely watched, and highest-expectation, areas of the market. The following list highlights small-cap IT stocks that have earned a Seeking Alpha EPS Revision Grade of A or higher spanning semiconductors, security technology, software, and data analytics, covering companies with market capitalizations between approximately $338 million and $2 billion. The list is led by CTS Corporation ( CTS ), Intapp, Inc. ( INTA ), and MaxLinear, Inc. ( MXL ), all of which hold the highest possible EPS revision grade of A+. Netlist, Inc. ( NLST ) and Progress Software Corporation ( PRGS ) round out the top five, also earning A+ grades. The list spans various IT sub-sectors, including Application Software, Semiconductors, Electronic Manufacturing Services, and Systems Software. Companies with grades ranging from A to A- include names like Appian Corporation ( APPN ), Penguin Solutions, Inc. ( PENG ), Ichor Holdings, Ltd. ( ICHR ), and Weave Communications, Inc. ( WEAV ). CTS Corporation ( CTS ) - A+ Intapp, Inc. ( INTA ) - A+ MaxLinear, Inc. ( MXL ) - A+ Netlist, Inc. ( NLST ) - A+ Progress Software Corporation ( PRGS ) - A+ Appian Corporation ( APPN ) - A Digital Turbine, Inc. ( APPS ) - A Blackbaud, Inc. ( BLKB ) - A Napco Security Technologies, Inc. ( NSSC ) - A Penguin Solutions, Inc. ( PENG ) - A Ichor Holdings, Ltd. ( ICHR ) - A- Ouster, Inc. ( OUST ) - A- Red Violet, Inc. ( RDVT ) - A- Weave Communications, Inc. ( WEAV ) - A- Tech ETFs: ( VGT ), ( XLK ), ( IYW ), ( FTEC ), ( IXN ), and ( RSPT ) More on IT stocks 6 Themes For Earning Season IXN: Global Tech Leadership Remains, Eyeing A New Record High The Software Narrative Is Leaking Badly Again Thanks To Anthropic Mythos Is software due for a snapback against semis? Ichor Holdings tops Seeking Alpha's quant rankings among small-cap tech stocks ahead of Q1 earnings

财联社4月13日讯（编辑 冯轶） 今日港股跟随海外市场走低。截至收盘，恒生指数跌0.9%，国企指数、恒生科技指数分别下跌0.61%及0.79%。 【恒指弱势震荡再现“极限缩量” 沽空资金占比高位徘徊】 盘面上，今日大型科网股表现低迷，反映市场风偏走弱。腾讯跌近3%，阿里巴巴跌近2%，美团、百度、快手跌超1%，京东飘红。 其他方向上，航空股跌幅居前。此外，机械、餐饮、消费电子、保险股纷纷下行，医药、家电、有色等行业表现疲软。 上涨的板块中，汽车股短线活跃，储能、锂电等景气度较高的板块走强，AI主线两级分化。 整体上看，地缘局势反复导致行情停滞。今日恒指全天弱势震荡，成交额进一步收缩，全天成交2079.09亿港元，为近6周以来的新低。 沽空方面，总沽空金额为274.51亿港元，相当于恒指成交额的13.20%，沽空占比位于短线相对高位。 比亚迪股份、阿里巴巴-W、小米集团-W沽空金额位居前三，分别为15.8亿港元、11.36亿港元、9.53亿港元。 【场内热点涨跌不一 高景气与红利板块短线吸金】 行情层面，各大板块涨跌分化，且下跌的板块跌幅更为明显。 上涨的板块中存储、储能、半导体等受益AI景气拉动的板块短线活跃。此外，部分高息红利板块作为防御选项也获得了资金一定关注。 宏观层面，由于周末美伊谈判未果，市场重新权衡地缘风险。今日亚太市场低开，日韩股市齐跌，港股也随即承压。 据媒体报道，4月12日，美伊在伊斯兰堡历经约21小时的马拉松式谈判后仍未达成协议，双方在铀浓缩、霍尔木兹海峡控制权及黎巴嫩停火三大核心议题上分歧尖锐。 谈判结束后，美国宣布将对伊朗实施海上封锁，这一举措加剧了美伊对峙局势。值得关注的是，法国总统马克龙表示，法国和英国将在未来几天组织霍尔木兹海峡会议，旨在恢复霍尔木兹海峡的航行自由。这也使得目前市场关注焦点重回霍尔木兹海峡。 此外，还有不少投资者开始担忧美国是否会再次对伊朗发动袭击，及对能源供应链的冲击影响。据以色列方面13日消息，以总理内塔尼亚胡说，与伊朗的停火可能很快结束。 截至发稿，欧美交易时段，国际原油价格日内上涨。WTI原油涨7.82%，报104.119美元/桶；布伦特原油涨7.17%，报102.026美元/桶。 【A股创业板阶段新高略显强势 机构关注一季报高景气方向】 但有意思的是，今日A股略显强势，三大指数震荡拉升，创业板指盘中涨超1%，续创...

关于人工智能泡沫的警告声可能越来越大，但流入这一技术背后基础设施的资金增长同样迅速，而这正体现在亚洲最富有家族的财富上。纵观整个地区，许多家族控制的企业集团并非通过自己构建人工智能模型受益，而是通过供应支持该技术扩张所需的金属、芯片、能源和实体基础设施。在这一背景下，即便在全球股市因美伊冲突冲击市场而陷入回调之际，亚洲最富有20个家族的总财富仍增长了16%，达到6470亿美元，这是自2019年彭博亿万富翁指数开始编制该排名以来的最高总额和最大年度增幅。 瑞士IMD商学院教授玛琳·迪勒曼表示，各国政府正变得更加民族主义，希望数据中心和生产能力能够设在本国——在这一背景下，随着资本持续流向人工智能基础设施和国内工业产能，这些家族控制的企业帝国将处于有利位置。 责任编辑：张俊 SF065

在OpenAI创始人那篇著名的博文「温和的奇点」里，他畅想了一个能由机器人制造更多机器人的未来，全球的生产力终将脱离人口上限，进入指数级的增长时代。 在物理层面，受制于材料、资源等因素，这种想象或许还是充满了科幻成分，但在软件层面，AI「复制」AI的行为，早已启动。 就在上个月，AI编程产品TRAE，把IDE内置的SOLO模式做成了独立的客户端，包括桌面和网页两大形态。 这么做的好处显而易见，摆脱了传统的IDE环境之后，那些非专业用户——产品、设计、运营、数据等从业者——都能在他们更熟悉的对话场景，「使唤」一个任劳任怨的AI工程师。 不过这也不是重点，重点在于，这个SOLO独立端，基本上可以说是，SOLO自己开发的⋯⋯ 整体来看， AI始终是最核心的代码产出者，程序员们也是全程通过SOLO模式编写SOLO独立端，在超过100万行代码的总量里，来自AI的贡献率高达93%，「吃进去的是草，挤出来的是奶。」 这一年来，信号已经强烈得不能再强烈了，整个软件工业的作业范式，正在发生巨大的改变甚至动荡，而什么值钱、什么不值钱的标准，也在被反复修订和打脸。 是的，「你已经是一个成熟的AI了，要学会自己养家糊口了」，这早就不是一个段子了。 唯一不变的，是变化本身。 1 把时钟拨回到更早一些，麦当劳的CEO克里斯·肯普钦斯基被骂惨了，这并非是因为他做了什么伤天害理的事情，只是在一次试吃新品的直播里，他对自家汉堡的品尝过程，堪称「灾难」。 就像是在啃一节电池，他只咬下了汉堡边缘，随即就开始拿纸擦嘴，甚至连吞咽动作都看不到，这种假惺惺的作态，让他顷刻间成为众矢之的，也为竞争对手献上了助攻，汉堡王、Wendy's的CEO纷纷出镜表现对自家汉堡大快朵颐的画面⋯⋯ 公允地说，克里斯·肯普钦斯基只不过是让身体本能战胜了职业精神——作为一个长期注重饮食管理的精英白男，汉堡这种加工碳水确实会让他无法下咽，但连高管都不热爱公司产品的违和感，自然无法让消费者投出的信任票。 之所以想到这个事情，是因为在看到TRAE团队对于「SOLO开发SOLO」这个选择的解释里，就提到了这么做的基本逻辑： 如果真的相信AI Codibg，那就不应该只把它当成销售话术，自己有没有投身其中并取得结果，是最有说服力的广告。 于是就有了TRAE团队把最重要的项目当成试验田的最佳实践，通过「口喷」的方式，SOLO成功复制了自己。 ...

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格隆汇4月13日｜英国知名航空发动机制造商罗尔斯-罗伊斯公司(罗罗公司)正式启动英国首批小型模块化核反应堆(SMR)设计工作，并已从英国国家财富基金获得最高5.99亿英镑资金。英国国家财富基金表示，首批SMR项目预计将在建设高峰期创造约3000个就业岗位。

在华盛顿与德黑兰之间的外交讨论未能达成协议后，美国股指期货周一指向低开。 这一进展发生的同时，美国还下达了开始对进出伊朗港口的船只实施海上封锁的指令。这项封锁行动定于美国东部时间2026年4月13日上午10时生效。 纳斯达克 100指数期货在早盘交易中下跌约0.5%。标普500指数期货也出现类似幅度的下跌， 道琼斯 指数期货同样小幅走低。 在周末未能提供任何关于局势降级的明确信号之后，新的地缘政治摩擦打压了市场情绪。交易员似乎在常规交易时段前削减了风险敞口，反映出对潜在供应链或能源市场中断的谨慎态度。 由于封锁消息引发了对通过该地区关键咽喉要道的原油流动的担忧，电子交易中油价攀升。整体市场可能仍将对美国政府就此次海上封锁行动的范围或持续时间发出的任何进一步信号保持敏感。 责任编辑：张俊 SF065

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images News Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz. - President Donald Trump Written by Sam Kovacs Introduction You've read the news. Following 21-hour-long negotiations between VP JD Vance and Iran in Islamabad, which ultimately collapsed, Trump announced a full naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. This, of course, is bullish for oil and bearish for the rest, as it significantly increases risk in the region and would lock in ALL Middle Eastern oil behind the strait. The questions I have and will address in this article are: Can the US physically blockade the strait? What are the real challenges to a blockade? Will Trump actually follow through? And how to position as a consequence. The US has the force to block the strait. Look, let's get this out of the way. The US can absolutely physically block the Strait of Hormuz. Hormuz is a 6-mile-wide funnel. The US has more than enough force in theater to get this done: 3 carrier strike groups: USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, USS Gerald R. Ford, and USS George H.W. Bush en route. It has 6 independent destroyers in the Arabian Sea, of which 2 transited the strait on Saturday. This was the first time since the beginning of this conflict that US warships have passed the strait. It has marine teams that can board non-compliant vessels. It has submarines that have already sunk an Iranian warship. It has 200+ aircraft total and 30+ warships in all. This is the largest US naval presence in the Middle East since 2003. A single destroyer can track the entire width of the strait. Shipping lanes are no more than a couple miles wide each, and with traffic close to zero, there is nothing preventing the US Navy from doing this today. If there is one area where you will not compete with the U.S. of A is conventional warfare. So can the US physically blockade Hormuz? Yes. ...

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hapabapa/iStock Editorial via Getty Images While the S&P 500 has recovered to its pre-Iran conflict peaks, the vast majority of software stocks remains in deep bear market territory, with investors fearing the coming impacts of a "SaaSpocalypse" that will disrupt incumbent software companies. Small and mid-cap stocks have been hit even harder, which is creating many value-buying opportunities in the space. Telos ( TLS ), a little-known software company that provides security software to the federal government and is a core partner of TSA Precheck, has become particularly compelling. Down ~20% since the start of the year, Telos is planning for significant growth this year as its federal programs scale. Data by YCharts I last wrote a buy article on Telos in January, when the stock was trading in the mid-$5s. Needless to say, my initial buy call was ill-timed, and I wasn't able to predict the SaaSpocalypse nor the sharp correction in tech stocks, particularly among SMID-caps. That said, I view Telos to be largely insulated from the threats that the rest of the software sector potentially faces, and amid a cheaper valuation I am reiterating my buy rating on this name. To me, these are the core reasons to be long on Telos: Expansion of Telos ID within TSA Precheck is driving substantial growth. The company works as an enrollment provider on behalf of the TSA Precheck program, which is quickly becoming its dominant business. The company is expected to drive high teens revenue growth in FY26 alongside significant margin expansion. Scalability toward enterprise. I view Telos' business model to be very similar to Palantir's ( PLTR ), albeit at a much smaller scale. Telos built Telos ID with a large government client in mind: but the same technology, which includes criminal history scanning and fingerprint identification, has broader use cases beyond government and into enterprise (for example, for hiring purposes). Especially with a high-profile customer like TSA, Telos has ...

Participants reported enjoying the human connection regardless of whether they thought the topic was dull The human aversion to dull experiences was nailed by the author Paulo Coelho when he declared: “I can stand defeats, pain, anger. But I can’t stand boredom.” But the natural desire to avoid boring conversations comes at a cost, according to researchers, who found that people enjoyed chatting about tedious topics far more than they expected. Continue reading...

Developing countries face possible shelving of crucial green action plan at IMF and World Bank spring meetings Governments desperate for cash to protect their citizens from the growing impacts of the climate crisis are being put in a “beyond absurd” situation this week at global finance talks: they are being urged not to mention the climate, even as they address the current oil crisis. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) spring meetings take place this week amid a fragile ceasefire in Iran and upended geopolitics. One of the priorities was to forge a new “climate change action plan” (CCAP) for the world’s biggest provider of funds to developing countries, to replace the current strategy, which expires in June. Continue reading...

在北京，中共中央政治局委員、外長王毅，會見阿聯酋總統中國事務特使哈勒敦。王毅指，封鎖霍爾木茲海峽，不符合國際社會共同利益，通過政治外交手段，實現全面持久停火，才是解決問題的根本之道。 外長王毅在人民大會堂，會見陪同阿聯酋阿布扎比王儲哈立德訪華的總統中國事務特使哈勒敦，兩人握手問好。 王毅指，在兩國元首戰略引領下，中阿關係保持良好發展勢頭。哈立德王儲今次到訪，是兩國關係的一件大事，相信通過雙方共同努力，訪問將取得圓滿成功，進一步增進中阿戰略互信，深化兩國務實合作，這在當前國際和地區形勢背景下尤為重要。 王毅闡述中方對當前中東局勢原則立場，表示中方完全理解海灣阿拉伯國家合理安全關切，支持阿聯酋維護國家主權、安全和正當權益。又指封鎖霍爾木茲海峽，不符合國際社會共同利益，通過政治外交手段實現全面持久停火，才是解决問題的根本之道。中國一直積極致力促和止戰，願同包括阿聯酋在內的國際社會共同努力，推動中東局勢儘早重回和平安寧。 哈勒敦表示，阿方視中國為「第二故鄉」和特殊友好的全面戰略夥伴，相信此訪將有力促進阿中各領域合作，更好造福兩國人民，也讚賞中方為推動中東局勢緩和所作的積極努力，期待中方發揮更重要作用。 王毅與哈勒敦上次會面是今年三月中，是一個月內第二次。

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jetcityimage/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Fastenal ( FAST ) reported first-quarter results that largely met Wall Street expectations, though its shares slipped 1.4% in premarket trading Monday. Fastenal ( FAST ) posted revenue of $2.2 billion for the quarter ended March 31, in line with the consensus estimate and up 12.4% from a year earlier, driven by broad-based demand and customer share gains. Daily sales also rose 12.4% year over year, reflecting strength across manufacturing and non-residential construction end markets, as well as continued momentum with key account customers. Earnings hold steady, margins improve Fastenal ( FAST ) reported earnings of $0.30 a share, matching analysts’ expectations, as net income rose to $339.8 million, or $0.30 a share, from $298.7 million, or $0.26 a share, a year earlier. Operating income increased 13.6% to $447.6 million, with operating margin expanding modestly to 20.3% from 20.1%, supported by cost discipline and productivity gains. Gross margin, however, slipped to 44.6% from 45.1%, reflecting pricing pressures, transportation costs and a shift toward larger customers with lower margins. Technology, customer strategy drive growth Fastenal ( FAST ) continued to benefit from its investments in digital and onsite service capabilities, including its FASTBin and FASTVend inventory management systems. Sales through these technology-enabled channels grew at a double-digit pace and accounted for nearly 45% of total revenue. The company also reported strong growth in contract customers, which now represent more than 75% of sales, underscoring the effectiveness of its strategy to deepen relationships with larger, multi-site clients. In the earnings release, Chief Executive Dan Florness said, “Our sales performance reflects the contribution from improved customer contract signings since the first quarter of 2024.” Cash flow, shareholder returns Fastenal ( FAST ) generated operating cash flow of $378 million in the quarter, rep...

Shortly after the opening bell, we will sell 100 shares of Broadcom at roughly $367. Following the trade, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust will own 415 shares of Broadcom, decreasing its weight in the portfolio to about 4.3% from 5.3%. We laid out our plan on Friday to trim our position when we were no longer restricted from trading it. Shares are coming off a strong week, headlined by the chipmaker securing a long-term custom accelerator and networking supply agreement with Alphabet through 2031. The company also expanded its supply agreement with Anthropic to 3.5 GW TPU capacity beginning in 2027. The stock's 18% rally last week made Broadcom our largest position in the portfolio. Historically, we have managed the Charitable Trust to prevent any single position from becoming too large, using a 5%+ threshold as the general guideline for taking action to right-size. It's the same discipline we used last week when we trimmed Goldman Sachs. Despite reporting better-than-expected revenue and earnings per share in the first quarter, Goldman fell in pre-market trading after missing on closely watched fixed-income trading revenue. We'll have more on Goldman later. We still have a positive long-term view on Broadcom, but after its recent run, we are downgrading our rating to a 2. From this sale, we will realize a gain of about 319% on Broadcom shares purchased in September 2023. (Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust is long AVGO. See here for a full list of the stocks.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS...

Dougal Waters Stock index futures fell on Monday after U.S.-Iran talks collapsed and Washington announced it will begin a blockade of Iranian ports. Here are the four stocks to watch on the day: Revolution Medicines ( RVMD ) surged 30.66% in premarket trading after a potential cancer drug, daraxonrasib, helped patients with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer than those on standard chemotherapy in a late-stage trial. Median overall survival was 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months, a notable improvement in a disease with few effective treatments. The company said it plans to seek regulatory approval based on the results. Goldman Sachs ( GS ) slipped 3.5% before the opening bell after the Wall Street bank’s fourth-quarter net interest income fell short and its provision for credit losses came in higher than consensus estimates. The bottom line exceeded expectations, helped by strong top-line results in its Global Banking & Markets division, which offset a quarter-over-quarter dip in Wealth Management revenue. Baker Hughes ( BKR ) gained 1.67% in premarket trade after the oilfield services firm announced an agreement to sell its Waygate Technologies business to Hexagon in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.45 billion. The sale encompasses Waygate Technologies’ remote visual inspection, ultrasound, radiography, and imaging solutions portfolios, along with all assets of the business, including intellectual property and resources. McDonald’s ( MCD ) is planning to offer new energy drinks and specialty sodas at its U.S. restaurants this year, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter and company documents. The new beverages include Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer, Dirty Dr Pepper, and Mango Pineapple Refresher. The specialty sodas are slated to launch next month, while the new energy drinks will be rolled out starting in August. More related stories S&P 500 Earnings: Financial Sector Looking At 'Average' Quarter; A Quick Lo...

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