sharply_done/E+ via Getty Images ConocoPhillips ( COP ) said Thursday it has sent a team to Venezuela to evaluate the prospects for a return to oil and gas drilling in the country nearly two decades after billions of dollars in assets there were nationalized. The effort makes ConocoPhillips ( COP ) just the second major U.S. oil producer to publicly disclose an on-the-ground inspection in Venezuel...
sharply_done/E+ via Getty Images ConocoPhillips ( COP ) said Thursday it has sent a team to Venezuela to evaluate the prospects for a return to oil and gas drilling in the country nearly two decades after billions of dollars in assets there were nationalized. The effort makes ConocoPhillips ( COP ) just the second major U.S. oil producer to publicly disclose an on-the-ground inspection in Venezuela, after Exxon Mobil, which also left the country after its assets were seized, said last month it dispatched a team to assess opportunities there. "We will evaluate Venezuela against other international opportunities as part of our disciplined investment framework," ConocoPhillips ( COP ) said. CEO Ryan Lance has been telling investors his main priority is recouping ~$12B it is owed with interest following arbitration awards stemming from the expropriations in 2007. "We're trying to be constructive and help the administration think through what's needed to incentivize the investments that will go into Venezuela," Lance said last month at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston. "We have to see what's the pathway to starting to recover some of what's owed us." More on ConocoPhillips ConocoPhillips: Regional Constraints May Impact Long-Term Plan, Growth Remains Ahead ConocoPhillips: Oman Pleas Highlight Industry Uncertainty ConocoPhillips: Cash-First Upstream Investing Has A Case
The average one-year price target for New Pacific Metals (NYSEAM:NEWP) has been revised to $5.17 / share. This is an increase of 15.80% from the prior estimate of $4.47 dated February 23, 2026. The price target is an average of many targets provided by analyst
The average one-year price target for New Pacific Metals (NYSEAM:NEWP) has been revised to $5.17 / share. This is an increase of 15.80% from the prior estimate of $4.47 dated February 23, 2026. The price target is an average of many targets provided by analyst
Vladimir Putin paints Easter pause in fighting as Russia’s idea, but Ukraine’s president made repeated offers. What we know on day 1,507 Ukraine and Russia appeared to be on the brink of what could be their first official theatre-wide ceasefire since the February 2022 full-scale invasion after Vladimir Putin acquiesced to concerted offers by Volodymyr Zelenskyy of a pause in hostilities to mark Or...
Vladimir Putin paints Easter pause in fighting as Russia’s idea, but Ukraine’s president made repeated offers. What we know on day 1,507 Ukraine and Russia appeared to be on the brink of what could be their first official theatre-wide ceasefire since the February 2022 full-scale invasion after Vladimir Putin acquiesced to concerted offers by Volodymyr Zelenskyy of a pause in hostilities to mark Orthodox Easter, which is observed this weekend. The 32-hour ceasefire would start on Saturday afternoon. Zelenskyy responded early on Friday : “Ukraine has repeatedly stated that we are ready for reciprocal steps. We proposed a ceasefire during the Easter holiday this year and will act accordingly … People need an Easter without threats and a real move towards peace, and Russia has a chance not to return to attacks even after Easter .” The Kremlin attempted to portray the initiative as its own : “We assume that the Ukrainian side will follow the example of the Russian Federation,” said a statement. “Orders have been issued for this period to cease hostilities in all directions.” Russia left itself an opening , though, for continuing armed action: “Troops are to be prepared to counter any possible provocations by the enemy, as well as any aggressive actions,” said the Kremlin statement. Previously in the full-scale war there have only been unofficial, ill-defined and patchily observed truces; or localised halts to allow for surrenders, the exchange of prisoners, handing over the dead or letting civilians flee the frontline. There was a limited “energy truce” declared in March 2025 that was supposed to halt strikes on oil, gas and electrical facilities as well as sea targets. Moscow – while rejecting numerous previous ceasefire initiatives that were accepted by Ukraine – has also tried to unilaterally declare ceasefires , for example to allow Russia to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Soviet victory in the second world war. Considering the Trump administration’s repeated and ...
Hong Kong bus company boss Martin Lau feels overwhelmed as he attempts every option possible to minimise mounting losses wrought by runaway fuel prices. He has done everything he can think of, from trying to reduce services to doing his own repairs on his fleet of more than 20 coaches. Lau, managing director of ABC Touring Car Company, told the South China Morning Post that he and his team had no ...
Hong Kong bus company boss Martin Lau feels overwhelmed as he attempts every option possible to minimise mounting losses wrought by runaway fuel prices. He has done everything he can think of, from trying to reduce services to doing his own repairs on his fleet of more than 20 coaches. Lau, managing director of ABC Touring Car Company, told the South China Morning Post that he and his team had no choice for now but to absorb the losses as there was no help he could access. “The reality is cruel,...
At Bengaluru-based Mossant Craft Kombucha , co-founder Shishir Sathyan has been scrambling to source glass flasks for their premium fermented drinks over the past month. “There's nothing out there for us to buy right now,” he said, as India's glass-making industries, built on gas-fired furnaces, are struggling to sustain production in the wake of the Middle East conflict. “It’s the worst time of t...
At Bengaluru-based Mossant Craft Kombucha , co-founder Shishir Sathyan has been scrambling to source glass flasks for their premium fermented drinks over the past month. “There's nothing out there for us to buy right now,” he said, as India's glass-making industries, built on gas-fired furnaces, are struggling to sustain production in the wake of the Middle East conflict. “It’s the worst time of the year to have this problem,” Sathyan said, noting demand for beverages typically surges during the summer months. He said his start-up is now looking to tighten its budget for marketing and discounts to offset the rising procurement costs. From milk bottles to jam jars and medicine vials, glass is getting harder to find in India. Supply chains for at least half a dozen glass-using sectors have been impacted by severe energy shortages at the country’s glass factories. The Indian government has abruptly diverted liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) away from factories to households after Middle East tensions disrupted fuel imports. While Iran and the US are in a two-week ceasefire , Indian manufacturers say any easing of gas shortages is still at least several weeks away. Some worry the halt in Gulf hostilities may be short-lived. The epicenter of India’s glass supply shock is in Firozabad -- the country’s four-century-old glassmaking hub in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh — but the repercussions are winding their way throughout the broader economy. Glass manufacturers in the town depend on cleaner-burning natural gas as higher-emission fuels are banned due to the proximity of the Taj Mahal, one of India’s most popular tourist attractions. Firozabad’s economy revolves around furnaces that feed a supply chain that extends around the world. The molten glass factories must run day and night at temperatures approaching 1,500 degrees Celsius to avoid seizing up. If they cool, restarting the equipment would cost billions of rupees and weeks of downtim...
Getty Images By Antón Chamberlin Low layoffs and low hiring have created a fragile equilibrium. The underlying picture points to drift, not true growth. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell recently emphasized that the US economy remains resilient, in large part due to a labor market holding steady, despite growing uncertainty. The direct words Powell used to describe the current situation were a k...
Getty Images By Antón Chamberlin Low layoffs and low hiring have created a fragile equilibrium. The underlying picture points to drift, not true growth. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell recently emphasized that the US economy remains resilient, in large part due to a labor market holding steady, despite growing uncertainty. The direct words Powell used to describe the current situation were a kind of “zero employment growth equilibrium.” There is limited hiring, yes, but also limited layoffs. When combined with persistently low jobless claims, policymakers seem to be of the opinion that conditions remain stable, even strong, in toto . On paper, we are very near full employment. Unfortunately, this is only part of the story . Upon digging, the labor market shows signs of strain. Hiring has markedly slowed , and recent data and surveys point to noticeably weaker hiring conditions compared with the last decade. Some reports show outright job losses along with rising unemployment, challenging the notion of continued strength. Yet layoffs remain subdued , and even jobless claims are staying low, signaling that firms are holding onto their workers. This “low-hire, low-fire” labor market appears stable, but it lacks forward momentum. What we appear to have is an economy that is neither collapsing nor improving - drifting, not growing. And so we reach this strange purported equilibrium. Labor markets are not collapsing, but they are not advancing with any force, either. This stability is stagnant. Powell did add that this stagnation “does have a feel of downside risk, and it’s not kind of a really comfortable balance,” but alarm bells are not ringing in DC yet. When looking at employment data, this strange picture emerges. Here, then, we see the limits of employment data, like the concept of full employment. Investopedia explains full employment like this: “Full employment exists when all willing and available skilled and unskilled labor is being used.” This is not to sa...
War On The Shore: Maryland Dem Officials Freak Out At Journalists Ahead Of Exposé On Governor The Democratic kings and queens in the one-party–ruled state of Maryland are absolutely panicking, something that should not be happening in a deep-blue state, as their crown jewel, left-wing Gov. Wes Moore, a prospective Democratic presidential candidate, has seen polling data implode . High taxes, surgi...
War On The Shore: Maryland Dem Officials Freak Out At Journalists Ahead Of Exposé On Governor The Democratic kings and queens in the one-party–ruled state of Maryland are absolutely panicking, something that should not be happening in a deep-blue state, as their crown jewel, left-wing Gov. Wes Moore, a prospective Democratic presidential candidate, has seen polling data implode . High taxes, surging power bills, a state budget crisis, poor leadership, and even questions about honesty have sparked voter backlash on both sides of the political aisle. In the battle for narrative control, Moore's office and the Democratic Party's propaganda machine have launched a preemptive campaign against The Baltimore Sun' s forthcoming investigative series, which is expected to release an exposé on Moore. "The Baltimore Sun used to be our paper of record," Moore recently told MS NOW host Jen Psaki, a former White House press secretary who made a career at covering up Biden's mental decline. "It's now become the paper of the right wing." Democrats have been upset that, in deep-blue Baltimore and across the state, right-leaning Sinclair executive chairman David Smith now owns the paper. As a result, The Sun has shifted from promoting left-wing conspiracies and all things DEI to more balanced, center-right content. The loss of narrative power at The Sun is what truly irritates Democratic leadership in the state, as their inability to control the narrative has caused Moore's polling numbers to drop significantly. " Democrats sure are putting in a lot of work to discredit a series before it's even started running . That alone should raise a question: why? " Candy Woodall, former national political reporter at USA Today, now managing editor of Spotlight on Maryland, a local investigative reporting collaboration of WBFF45 (owned by Sinclair), wrote on X. Woodall Continued: In January, I was warned directly that if Spotlight continued its investigation into Gov. Wes Moore's military record...
A number of stocks fell in the morning session after reports of a ceasefire breach in the Middle East spiked market volatility as fears grew that a fragile U.S.-Iran truce would unravel.
A number of stocks fell in the morning session after reports of a ceasefire breach in the Middle East spiked market volatility as fears grew that a fragile U.S.-Iran truce would unravel.
起床之后,你一定会看到朋友圈铺天盖地的“发疯人格”。 看到有人发"我是SHIT(狗屎人)",或者"I'm a 死者(DEAD)",别慌,他们没有被盗号,只是在参与一场新型互联网行为艺术。 SBTI,全称可能是"Scientific Bullshit Type Indicator"(我瞎编的),是一款在今天突然爆火的人格测试。 它的界面写着一句挑衅式的slogan:"MBTI已经过时,SBTI来了。...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street leaders to an urgent meeting on concerns that the latest artificial intelligence model from Anthropic PBC will usher in an era of greater cyber risk. Bessent and Powell assembled the group at Treasury’s headquarters in Washington on Tuesday to make sure banks are aware of possible future risks raised by A...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street leaders to an urgent meeting on concerns that the latest artificial intelligence model from Anthropic PBC will usher in an era of greater cyber risk. Bessent and Powell assembled the group at Treasury’s headquarters in Washington on Tuesday to make sure banks are aware of possible future risks raised by Anthropic’s Mythos and potential similar models, and are taking precautions to defend their systems, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified citing the private discussions. A representative for the Treasury didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for the Fed declined to comment. The previously unreported meeting, arranged on short notice, is another sign that regulators consider the possibility of a new breed of cyber attacks as one of the biggest risks facing the financial industry. All the banks summoned to the meeting are classified as systemically important by top regulators, meaning their stability is a priority for the global financial system. Anthropic’s Mythos is a more powerful system that the AI firm has said is capable of identifying and then exploiting vulnerabilities in every major operating system and web browser when directed by a user to do so. Regulators’ caution about the power of the model in hackers’ hands echoes Anthropic’s own prudence. Anthropic has limited the release of it to just a few major technology and finance firms at first. Those companies, which include Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. as well as JPMorgan Chase & Co. , are part of “Project Glasswing,” which will work to secure the most important systems before other similar AI models become available. Anthropic has said that it has been in discussions prior to its recent release with US officials about Mythos and its “offensive and defensive cyber capabilities.” Read More: Anthropic’s Mythos Model Heralds New Era for AI Releases: Q...
财联社4月10日讯(记者 吴雨其) 近日,诺安基金发布《中国科技—燃!2026年科技投资报告》,并结合投研团队观点,对AI、算力基础设施、半导体以及未来产业等方向进行了集中阐述。与去年以“敢”为关键词相比,这一次市场讨论的重点,已经不再只是技术突破本身,而是中国科技产业在经历一轮高强度迭代后,哪些方向开始从概念演绎走向产业兑现,哪些环节能够真正承接业绩、订单与资本开支的验证。 这一变化背后,是科技投资叙事正在发生细微切换。过去一年,围绕AI、国产算力、创新药、人形机器人、太空经济等领域市场关注度持续抬升,科技板块也反复成为资金交易焦点。一边是算力链条持续扩张、应用端加快落地,另一边则是估值分歧、泡沫争议与交易拥挤同步出现。科技投资并未降温,只是进入了更讲究兑现节奏和产业排序的新阶段。 从此次报告和发布会释放的信息看,诺安基金试图强调的是一套更完整的科技投资框架:AI不再只是模型竞赛,而是逐步沿着应用、基础设施和自主可控三条线向下展开;未来产业也不仅停留在“远景叙事”,而是在创新药、机器人、脑机接口、太空经济、可控核聚变等方向上,开始出现更具体的产业路径。对于公募机构而言,这种从主题追逐走向主线筛选的变化,也在重新定义科技投资的表达方式。 AI从技术展示走向商业检验,算力与应用开始同步提速 这一轮科技投资中,AI仍然是最强的牵引线索,但其内部逻辑已经明显发生变化。早期市场更多围绕模型能力、参数规模和想象空间展开交易,而现在,AI正被越来越多地放回商业现实中重新审视。 围绕这一变化,诺安基金科技组对AI应用的判断明显更偏实际落地方向。诺安基金科技组研究员范钧毅把关注点放在AI for Business、AI for Science、智能助手和自动驾驶四条线索上。 尤其是AI for Business和AI for Science,前者对应的是专业劳动门槛下降,后者对应的是研发范式变化,这两类方向共同指向一个更现实的命题,即AI能否真正进入企业流程、研发流程和生产流程,并没有停留在展示层。报告中提及,已有中国科技企业将临床前研发周期缩短约70%。 自动驾驶和智能助手的变化也类似。自动驾驶不再只是概念股轮动里的老题材,而是随着高速NOA渗透率超过40%、城市NOA突破10%,开始进入更密集的产业验证期。智能助手则随着Agent架构和RAG技术演进,从简单问答逐步走向任务拆解...
An earnings beat by Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. next week may set the stage for a short squeeze, after a surge in the battery maker’s shares on bets tied to soaring energy prices. Some 29.3 million of CATL’s Hong Kong-listed stock have been sold short, near the highest since its listing last May, according to data from S3 Partners. That’s even as it’s surged 27% since the start of the...
An earnings beat by Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. next week may set the stage for a short squeeze, after a surge in the battery maker’s shares on bets tied to soaring energy prices. Some 29.3 million of CATL’s Hong Kong-listed stock have been sold short, near the highest since its listing last May, according to data from S3 Partners. That’s even as it’s surged 27% since the start of the Iran war, helped by better-than-expected results for the December quarter. The stock could get a further lift with CATL’s report due April 15. Recognition of upside surprise risk is growing, with analyst earnings-per-share estimates for the first three months of the year rising over the past four weeks. “Should first-quarter earnings exceed expectations once again — especially against the backdrop of global energy price volatility — it would underscore how deeply the trend toward intelligent electrification is taking hold,” said Zhai Jingyong, managing director at Banyan Investment Management Co. in Shenzhen. “A short squeeze in Hong Kong cannot be ruled out in that case.” Read more: Markets Bet on Faster Energy Transition After Iran: China Today Short sellers are already looking at $506 million in paper losses on CATL from March 4 through April 8, according to S3. The stock carries the highest short‑squeeze risk score among Hang Seng Index constituents tracked by the financial analytics firm. Meanwhile investors have been snapping up shares of energy storage makers on an outlook for strong demand due to the shift away from fossil fuels. While gains driven by the Iran war oil spike may fade, the longer term global trend of green energy transition is seen intact. That’s helped CATL offset disappointing demand for electric-vehicle batteries. Its first-quarter revenue is expected to have risen 35% from a year ago to 114 billion yuan ($17 billion), with net income up about 30%. Brokerages that recently raised their estimates for CATL cited higher energy storage assumptions and...