格隆汇4月2日｜美国稀土公司涨超10%，领涨美股稀土概念股，United States Antimony、American Resources涨近7%，Rare Element Resources涨超6%，MP Materials、Critical Metals涨超2%。 消息面上，美国稀土公司宣布，其位于俄克拉荷马州斯蒂尔沃特的首条稀土磁体生产线已投入运行，将于4月开始商业发货，预计12月底前达...
格隆汇4月2日｜美国稀土公司涨超10%，领涨美股稀土概念股，United States Antimony、American Resources涨近7%，Rare Element Resources涨超6%，MP Materials、Critical Metals涨超2%。 消息面上，美国稀土公司宣布，其位于俄克拉荷马州斯蒂尔沃特的首条稀土磁体生产线已投入运行，将于4月开始商业发货，预计12月底前达到年产600吨的满负荷产能。公司表示，到2027年该工厂产能将提升至1200吨/年。今年1月，美国稀土公司与美国商务部签署16亿美元资金支持的非约束性协议，用于建设矿场为磁体生产提供原料。(格隆汇)
Within the communications services sector ( XLC ), media stocks remain the most shorted ones as of end-March, with Sphere Entertainment ( SPHR ) taking the lead. Sphere Entertainment has a short interest of 24.60%, while EchoStar ( SATS ) at 19.96%, is the second highest-shorted company among all communications services stocks with a market capitalization of over $2B. Seeking Alpha’s Quant rating ...
Within the communications services sector ( XLC ), media stocks remain the most shorted ones as of end-March, with Sphere Entertainment ( SPHR ) taking the lead. Sphere Entertainment has a short interest of 24.60%, while EchoStar ( SATS ) at 19.96%, is the second highest-shorted company among all communications services stocks with a market capitalization of over $2B. Seeking Alpha’s Quant rating has a Strong Buy for Sphere Entertainment, with a score of 4.96. EchoStar also received a cautious Hold . On the other hand, both stocks got a Buy rating from Wall Street analysts. The S&P 500’s communications services sector ( XLC ), which comprises companies involved in industries including Wireless Telecommunication Services, Interactive Media and Services as well as Entertainment, has fallen over 6% so far this year, compared to the nearly 4% fall in the broader market. At the other end of the spectrum, Alphabet ( GOOG ) and T-Mobile US ( TMUS ) were among the least shorted communication services stocks, with short interest of 0.64% and 1.09%, respectively. Here are the top 5 most shorted communications services stocks, all with a market capitalization above $2 billion (as a % of shares outstanding): Sphere Entertainment ( SPHR ) 24.60% short interest. EchoStar ( SATS ) 19.96% short interest. AST SpaceMobile ( ASTS ) 15.65% short interest. Pinterest ( PINS ) 15.39% short interest. Fox ( FOXA ) 15.25% short interest. Here are the least shorted communications services stocks, with a market capitalization above $2 billion: Alphabet ( GOOG ) 0.64% short interest. T-Mobile US ( TMUS ) 1.09% short interest. Meta Platforms ( META ) 1.11% short interest. Walt Disney ( DIS ) 1.13% short interest. Millicom International Cellular ( TIGO ) 1.16% short interest. More on Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund XLC: Further TMT Downside Possible, Here's Where To Buy (Rating Downgrade) Communication Services posts weak performance in Q1; VZ tops chart and TTD, DIS among losers S...
An employee of the property management firm at Hong Kong’s inferno-ravaged Wang Fuk Court housing estate has admitted the company failed in its contractual obligations to identify and follow up on fire hazards, while none of its top management testified at an evidential hearing into the disaster. The eighth day of the hearing by the independent committee investigating the November 26 blaze that cl...
An employee of the property management firm at Hong Kong’s inferno-ravaged Wang Fuk Court housing estate has admitted the company failed in its contractual obligations to identify and follow up on fire hazards, while none of its top management testified at an evidential hearing into the disaster. The eighth day of the hearing by the independent committee investigating the November 26 blaze that claimed 168 lives centred on Cheng Tsz-ying, a property officer at ISS EastPoint, the property...
A satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway between Iran and Oman that links the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea. Gallo Images | Getty Images Iran and Oman are drafting a protocol to "monitor transit" through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported Thursday morning, citing an official. Tanker traffic through the key oil-shipping route "should be supervised ...
A satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway between Iran and Oman that links the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea. Gallo Images | Getty Images Iran and Oman are drafting a protocol to "monitor transit" through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported Thursday morning, citing an official. Tanker traffic through the key oil-shipping route "should be supervised and coordinated" with the two countries, said Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's deputy minister of legal and international affairs, according to a translation of IRNA's report. "Of course, these requirements will not mean restrictions, but rather to facilitate and ensure safe passage and provide better services to ships that pass through this route," Gharibabadi reportedly said. U.S. stock indexes, which were trading sharply lower Thursday morning after President Donald Trump signaled that the Iran war will continue for weeks to come, suddenly turned higher following IRNA's report. Oil prices, which likewise had surged overnight, eased from their highs of the day on the Oman news. The Strait of Hormuz, the vital artery for much of the world's oil transit, has been effectively closed since the war started on Feb. 28 with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. This is breaking news. Please refresh for updates. Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.
Colleen Michaels Microsoft ( MSFT ) released a trio of new artificial intelligence models built in-house, which are available at competitive pricing, pushing them into direct competition with offerings from Google ( GOOG )( GOOGL ), OpenAI ( OPENAI ), and a range of AI startups. "We're bringing our growing MAI model family to every developer in Foundry, including MAI-Transcribe-1, the most accurat...
Colleen Michaels Microsoft ( MSFT ) released a trio of new artificial intelligence models built in-house, which are available at competitive pricing, pushing them into direct competition with offerings from Google ( GOOG )( GOOGL ), OpenAI ( OPENAI ), and a range of AI startups. "We're bringing our growing MAI model family to every developer in Foundry, including MAI-Transcribe-1, the most accurate transcription model in the world across 25 languages; MAI-Voice-1, natural, expressive speech generation; and MAI-Image-2, our most capable image model yet," said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in a post on X. Users can access these new models through Microsoft Foundry and the MAI Playground. Prices for MAI-Transcribe-1 start at $0.36 per hour, MAI-Voice-1 starts at $22 per 1M characters, and MAI-Image-2 starts at $5 per 1M tokens for text input and $33 per 1M tokens for image output. In comparison, Google's Gemini 3 Pro Image generation model runs $120 per 1M tokens, and Gemini 3.1 Flash Image costs $60 per 1M tokens. Microsoft said its MAI-Transcribe-1 is the most accurate transcription model on the market. Across all languages, it produced a mean word error rate of 3.9%. OpenAI's GPT-Transcribe had a 4.2% error rate, Gemini 3.1 Flash had a 4.9% error rate, and OpenAI's Whisper-large-v3 had a 7.6% error rate. "At Microsoft AI, we're building Humanist AI," said Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI. "We have a distinct view when creating our AI models—putting humans at the center, optimizing for how people actually communicate, training for practical use. You'll see more models from us soon in Foundry and directly in Microsoft products and experiences." More on Microsoft and Alphabet Microsoft's AI Reset Created A Rare Bargain Microsoft: A Gift At 22x P/E (Rating Upgrade) Microsoft: Value Investor's Dream Stocks to watch after market on Wednesday: EL, SHAK, CVX Utah man files class action lawsuit against Perplexity for sharing search data with Google, Meta
Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) , a developer of hydrogen charging technologies, trades at about $2 today. That's a 99% decline from its reverse split-adjusted IPO price of $150 in 1999. At first glance, Plug might seem like one of the many companies that never recovered from the dot-com crash. It might also seem like a risky stock to buy in this turbulent market. However, it could be well-positioned to...
Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) , a developer of hydrogen charging technologies, trades at about $2 today. That's a 99% decline from its reverse split-adjusted IPO price of $150 in 1999. At first glance, Plug might seem like one of the many companies that never recovered from the dot-com crash. It might also seem like a risky stock to buy in this turbulent market. However, it could be well-positioned to deliver multibagger gains over the next few years. Image source: Getty Images. Plug Power mainly sells hydrogen fuel cells, electrolyzers, and storage systems. It's deployed over 74,000 fuel cell systems across five continents, and its top customers include Amazon and Walmart . It's ramping up its production of green hydrogen in the U.S. while aggressively cutting costs with its "Project Quantum Leap" initiative. Continue reading
sezer ozger/iStock via Getty Images Sweden plans to acquire air defense and counter-drone capabilities valued at about 8.7 billion Swedish crowns, or roughly $916 million, as part of a broader effort to strengthen national security, Defense Minister Pal Jonson said Thursday. The procurement will involve multiple suppliers, including Saab ( SAABF ) ( SAABY ) and BAE Systems ( BAESF ) ( BAESY ) . It...
sezer ozger/iStock via Getty Images Sweden plans to acquire air defense and counter-drone capabilities valued at about 8.7 billion Swedish crowns, or roughly $916 million, as part of a broader effort to strengthen national security, Defense Minister Pal Jonson said Thursday. The procurement will involve multiple suppliers, including Saab ( SAABF ) ( SAABY ) and BAE Systems ( BAESF ) ( BAESY ) . It comes as Sweden, alongside other European nations, continues to increase defense spending following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Military expenditures are projected to reach 2.8% of gross domestic product by 2026, with further increases expected later in the decade. According to Jonson, the new systems are intended to expand Sweden’s current air defense coverage, which has primarily focused on protecting military forces. The additional capabilities are expected to improve protection for civilian areas and key infrastructure, including transportation hubs and energy facilities. The package includes the Gute II system, a counter-drone platform that combines radar detection with cannon-based interception. The system can be deployed either on the ground or mounted on vehicles. Jonson said similar technologies have been used in Ukraine and have demonstrated effectiveness against drone threats such as the Iranian-designed Shahed drone . In a separate statement, Saab said its portion of the contract is valued at approximately 2.6 billion crowns and will focus on systems designed to identify and neutralize low-flying drones. The broader procurement also covers ammunition and military vehicles, including infantry mobility platforms produced by Finnish manufacturer Sisu Auto . Deliveries of the systems are expected to take place between 2027 and 2028. More on Saab AB (publ), BAE Systems plc Saab: Revitalized War Environment Extends Growth And Supports Upgrade BAE Systems: Europe's Defense Boom Still Isn't Fully Priced In BAE Systems: Dangerous Valuation In 2026E, Despite Geopolitic...
In 2025, all three of the U.S. stock market's major indexes -- the S&P 500 , Nasdaq Composite , and Dow Jones Industrial Average -- finished the year in the green, increasing 16.4%, 20.4%, and 13%, respectively. So far this year, it has been a completely different story. All of them are in the negative through March. Investors don't like it, but right now the market is doing what it tends to do: G...
In 2025, all three of the U.S. stock market's major indexes -- the S&P 500 , Nasdaq Composite , and Dow Jones Industrial Average -- finished the year in the green, increasing 16.4%, 20.4%, and 13%, respectively. So far this year, it has been a completely different story. All of them are in the negative through March. Investors don't like it, but right now the market is doing what it tends to do: Go through ups and downs. These cycles aren't spread out evenly, though. Some sectors have started the year on a much more positive path than others. With the broader market down, here are five sectors (based on S&P 500 companies) that are holding up strong. Continue reading
April Fools And The Last Supper By Benjamin Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank Wednesday saw the unusual occurrence of three Anglosphere heads of government delivering televised addresses to their respective nations within 24 hours of each other. When news broke that Australia’s PM Albanese, Britain’s PM Starmer and US President Trump would all be interrupting regular programming to spea...
April Fools And The Last Supper By Benjamin Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank Wednesday saw the unusual occurrence of three Anglosphere heads of government delivering televised addresses to their respective nations within 24 hours of each other. When news broke that Australia’s PM Albanese, Britain’s PM Starmer and US President Trump would all be interrupting regular programming to speak to their people, reactions ranged from jubilant speculation that the war is about to end all the way through to nervousness that Operation Iranian Freedom was about to be announced. Judging by the price action in markets, the latter was certainly seen as the less likely of the two as stocks rose sharply across Asia, EMEA and the Americas, while Brent crude briefly dipped below the $100/bbl mark. Singapore gasoil spot prices fell by 22.7% - it’s largest daily move (up or down) of the war so far. Those moves are now revealed as an April Fool’s rally as Donald Trump’s address to the nation has sent oil bid, bond yields surging, high-beta FX lower and early rallies in Asian stocks have now turned deeply negative. Trump declined to announce that the USA is packing up and going home, instead declaring that “we are going to finish the job.” He said that the US owed it to 13 soldiers who have died in the conflict to complete the mission by ensuring that Iran would not have the capability to obtain a nuclear weapon, that it would no longer have the ability to project power beyond its borders, and by severely degrading its drone and missile stocks and the industrial base used to produce those conventional weapons. Trump says there is still time for Iran to make a deal to end the war but that the US is willing to leave without a deal and will eliminate key targets on their way out, pointing specifically to Iran’s electricity plants. He reiterated his previously expressed timeline of 2-3 weeks to conclude operations in Iran, but markets will be nervous about that as those timelines h...
Four children were stabbed to death on Thursday at a kindergarten in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, police said. The male suspect, in his thirties, gained access by posing as a parent before attacking children aged around two and three with a knife, police said. “We confirm a tragic incident at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program school in Makindye Division, Kampala City, where a male suspec...
Four children were stabbed to death on Thursday at a kindergarten in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, police said. The male suspect, in his thirties, gained access by posing as a parent before attacking children aged around two and three with a knife, police said. “We confirm a tragic incident at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program school in Makindye Division, Kampala City, where a male suspect brutally stabbed and killed four juveniles,” police spokeswoman Racheal Kawala said. The suspect...