imaginima/E+ via Getty Images Exxon Mobil ( XOM ) and Chevron ( CVX ) offered insights into their perspectives about Venezuela during earnings conference calls on Friday, even as neither company announced long-term investment commitments despite President Trump's push to convince U.S. oil companies to pump $100B into the country's energy sector. Exxon ( XOM ) CEO Darren Woods touted his company'...
imaginima/E+ via Getty Images Exxon Mobil ( XOM ) and Chevron ( CVX ) offered insights into their perspectives about Venezuela during earnings conference calls on Friday, even as neither company announced long-term investment commitments despite President Trump's push to convince U.S. oil companies to pump $100B into the country's energy sector. Exxon ( XOM ) CEO Darren Woods touted his company's technological capability to potentially extract Venezuela's expensive heavy crude for a lower cost, while Chevron ( CVX ) CEO Mike Wirth said his company would process more Venezuelan crude through its refineries in the U.S., and both bosses said they wanted to see strong legal frameworks and a stable political environment before making decisions about long-term projects. Woods, who called Venezuela "uninvestable" at a White House meeting earlier this month, said he believes the Trump administration is working to stabilize the country, boost its economy and transition into a democratic government, and said Exxon ( XOM ) offers technological capabilities to pump Venezuela's heavy crude, because it produces similar crude in Canada. "We think we bring an advantaged approach that will lead to lower-cost production [and] higher recovery, Woods said on Exxon's ( XOM ) earnings call . "That's the opportunity set for us that will play out, maybe over time," adding that the company still plans to send a technical team to assess the situation in Venezuela. Chevron ( CVX ) could increase Venezuelan heavy crude flows in its U.S. refining system, but that it is too early to determine the company's long-term outlook on the country, CEO Mike Wirth said on his company's earnings call , noting the company currently processes ~50K bbl/day at its Pascagoula refinery in Mississippi and could run an additional 100K bbl/day across its Gulf Coast refineries and on the West Coast at El Segundo in California. "There will be a number of signposts that we'll be watching," Wirth said. "It will have ...
OpenClaw , the open-source AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot and then Moltbot , crossed 180,000 GitHub stars and drew 2 million visitors in a single week , according to creator Peter Steinberger. Security researchers scanning the internet found over 1,800 exposed instances leaking API keys, chat histories, and account credentials. The project has been rebranded twice in recent weeks due to t...
OpenClaw , the open-source AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot and then Moltbot , crossed 180,000 GitHub stars and drew 2 million visitors in a single week , according to creator Peter Steinberger. Security researchers scanning the internet found over 1,800 exposed instances leaking API keys, chat histories, and account credentials. The project has been rebranded twice in recent weeks due to trademark disputes. The grassroots agentic AI movement is also the biggest unmanaged attack surface that most security tools can't see. Enterprise security teams didn't deploy this tool. Neither did their firewalls, EDR, or SIEM. When agents run on BYOD hardware, security stacks go blind. That's the gap. Why traditional perimeters can't see agentic AI threats Most enterprise defenses treat agentic AI as another development tool requiring standard access controls. OpenClaw proves that the assumption is architecturally wrong. Agents operate within authorized permissions, pull context from attacker-influenceable sources, and execute actions autonomously. Your perimeter sees none of it. A wrong threat model means wrong controls, which means blind spots. "AI runtime attacks are semantic rather than syntactic," Carter Rees, VP of Artificial Intelligence at Reputation , told VentureBeat. "A phrase as innocuous as 'Ignore previous instructions' can carry a payload as devastating as a buffer overflow, yet it shares no commonality with known malware signatures." Simon Willison, the software developer and AI researcher who coined the term "prompt injection," describes what he calls the "lethal trifecta" for AI agents . They include access to private data, exposure to untrusted content, and the ability to communicate externally. When these three capabilities combine, attackers can trick the agent into accessing private information and sending it to them. Willison warns that all this can happen without a single alert being sent. OpenClaw has all three. It reads emails and documents, pull...
Reigning world champion Luke Littler survived a major scare as he progressed to the second round of the World Masters in Milton Keynes. Despite winning the opening set, the 19-year-old faced defeat as Mike de Decker levelled the contest by hitting a bullseye to complete a 121 checkout. The Belgian then took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five set contest and he had a match dart after hitting two treble...
Reigning world champion Luke Littler survived a major scare as he progressed to the second round of the World Masters in Milton Keynes. Despite winning the opening set, the 19-year-old faced defeat as Mike de Decker levelled the contest by hitting a bullseye to complete a 121 checkout. The Belgian then took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five set contest and he had a match dart after hitting two treble 20s when attempting a 142 check-out but he missed double 11 with his third arrow. World number one Littler hit double 16 with his next dart to level the match and then opened with 180 on his way to taking the deciding set. Little called it a "tough" night, adding on ITV: "I didn't get going. "In the second and third set, Mike deserved to win them. "I had to fight back and that's what I did. I got over the line, found a bit of form and got the win."
Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran, City University of New York’s Paul Krugman, Starbucks’ Brian Niccol, Wolfe Research’s Darrin Peller, TCW’s Bryan Whalen, University of Pennsylvania’s Peter Conti-Brown, Apollo’s Trosten ...
Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran, City University of New York’s Paul Krugman, Starbucks’ Brian Niccol, Wolfe Research’s Darrin Peller, TCW’s Bryan Whalen, University of Pennsylvania’s Peter Conti-Brown, Apollo’s Trosten Slok, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), Former World Bank’s Paul Romer, Goldman Sachs’ Eric Sheridan. (Source: Bloomberg)
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razihusin/iStock via Getty Images General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD ) reported its fourth quarter and full-year results, which included pressure in the aerospace business and variable growth in other segments. The stock price has lost around 1% of its value since my last report , after a significant surge in months prior. In this report, I analyze the full year, analyze guidance and update my...
razihusin/iStock via Getty Images General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD ) reported its fourth quarter and full-year results, which included pressure in the aerospace business and variable growth in other segments. The stock price has lost around 1% of its value since my last report , after a significant surge in months prior. In this report, I analyze the full year, analyze guidance and update my price target for GD stock. General Dynamics Grows By Double Digits In 2025 General Dynamics General Dynamics sales increased by 10.1% to $52.6 billion, with operating earnings growing 11.7% to $5.36 billion. This indicates a 10 basis points margin step up to 10.2%. Net earnings grew 11.3% to $4.2 billion, with 13.4% growth in EPS to $15.45. Total backlog surged to $118 billion, with an additional $60.9 billion in contract potential. The $118 billion backlog covers 2.2x 2025 revenues. General Dynamics The Aerospace segment grew revenues by 17% to $13.1 billion. This included 21% growth in new aircraft sales driven by the G700 and G800 and 7% growth in aircraft services sales. Operating income increased 19% to $1.75 billion, with margins expanding 30 basis points to 13.3%. This was despite some margin pressure on the G600 business jet program due to lower favorable liquidated damages settlement, fewer deliveries, higher overhead costs, and tariff impacts. Backlog grew 11% to $21.8 billion, with a book-to-bill ratio of 1.2x. Going forward, tariff pressures are expected to remain present, but margins on the G700 and G800 business jet programs should improve as the company is currently going through the learning curve, which should result in higher margins. General Dynamics Combat System sales grew 2.8% to $9.25 billion, with operating profits increasing 4.3% to $1.33 billion, aided by a 20-basis point expansion in margin. Ground vehicles are not the high-growth area in defense spending; at least that's currently not the case. We do note that the backlog increased by more than ...
The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new name — again. After a legal challenge from Claude’s maker, Anthropic, it had briefly rebranded as Moltbot, but has now settled on OpenClaw as its new name. The latest name change wasn’t prompted by Anthropic, which declined to comment. But this time, Clawdbot’s original creator Peter Steinberger made sure to avoid copyright issue...
The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new name — again. After a legal challenge from Claude’s maker, Anthropic, it had briefly rebranded as Moltbot, but has now settled on OpenClaw as its new name. The latest name change wasn’t prompted by Anthropic, which declined to comment. But this time, Clawdbot’s original creator Peter Steinberger made sure to avoid copyright issues from the start. “I got someone to help with researching trademarks for OpenClaw and also asked OpenAI for permission just to be sure,” the Austrian developer told TechCrunch via email. “The lobster has molted into its final form,” Steinberger wrote in a blog post. Molting — the process through which lobsters grow — had also inspired OpenClaw’s previous name, but Steinberger confessed on X that the short-lived moniker “never grew” on him, and others agreed. This quick name change highlights the project’s youth, even as it has attracted over 100,000 GitHub stars (a measure of popularity on the software development platform) in just two months. According to Steinberger, OpenClaw’s new name is a nod to its roots and community. “This project has grown far beyond what I could maintain alone,” he wrote. The OpenClaw community has already spawned creative offshoots, including Moltbook — a social network where AI assistants can interact with each other. The platform has attracted significant attention from AI researchers and developers. Andrej Karpathy, Tesla’s former AI director, called the phenomenon “genuinely the most incredible sci-fi takeoff-adjacent thing I have seen recently,” noting that “People’s Clawdbots (moltbots, now OpenClaw) are self-organizing on a Reddit-like site for AIs, discussing various topics, e.g. even how to speak privately.” British programmer Simon Willison described Moltbook as “the most interesting place on the internet right now” in a blog post on Friday. On the platform, AI agents share information on topics ranging from automating Android phones vi...
Jordi Salas/iStock via Getty Images Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.'s ( GO ) stock has seen a broadly downward trajectory since it IPO'ed in June 2019 after a period of private equity ownership. However, it's now attractively valued with a relatively new external CEO and several catalysts for growth and potential re-rating. The business model appears robust, somewhat capital-light compared to peers, ...
Jordi Salas/iStock via Getty Images Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.'s ( GO ) stock has seen a broadly downward trajectory since it IPO'ed in June 2019 after a period of private equity ownership. However, it's now attractively valued with a relatively new external CEO and several catalysts for growth and potential re-rating. The business model appears robust, somewhat capital-light compared to peers, and seems to be differentiated. Data by YCharts Reasons to Consider Grocery Outlet The company is differentiated due to its "treasure hunt" value proposition and its "Independent Operator" (IO) model, which has some (but not all) of the positive aspects of franchising. These attributes should enable superior shareholder returns over time. The new CEO, Jason Potter, joined the company in Feb 2025, and he has a lot of "low-hanging fruit" ideas that are being implemented. The company is now likely putting a period of restructuring costs and a drawn-out and apparently disruptive ERP implementation behind it, leading to less operational disruption and improved cash flow. The recent closure of Amazon ( AMZN ) Fresh's somewhat competitive offering may help comps in calendar 2026 (store closures in February/March 2026) The company has the ability to scale its current model with a market cap of just over $900M and 563 stores as of September 2025. Currently, Grocery Outlet may be considered attractively valued: est. $260M 2025 fiscal EBITDA and 2025 est. $0.75 EPS implies 5.2x EV/EBITDA and 12.5x price to earnings. Differentiation of Grocery Outlet U.S. grocery is a tough market, but Grocery Outlet has two things that differentiate them. A treasure hunt experience that helps bring down costs and create a unique customer experience and an IO model that creates very strong financial incentives for store managers. The Treasure Hunt Experience The first is their "treasure hunt" model. This means that the Grocery Outlet procurement team is very happy to buy unusual or unwanted products at...
By Chris Kirkham and Ross Kerber Jan 30 (Reuters) - Elon Musk fans and the man himself have long mused about Musk Inc, a merger of companies owned by the world's richest man. But with SpaceX expected to go public later this year, and Tesla facing a challenging transition from human-driven EVs to robotaxis and robots, even some proponents of a sprawling Musk conglomerate want to start smaller. Reu...
By Chris Kirkham and Ross Kerber Jan 30 (Reuters) - Elon Musk fans and the man himself have long mused about Musk Inc, a merger of companies owned by the world's richest man. But with SpaceX expected to go public later this year, and Tesla facing a challenging transition from human-driven EVs to robotaxis and robots, even some proponents of a sprawling Musk conglomerate want to start smaller. Reuters reported on Thursday that SpaceX is close to a deal to buy xAI, a move that would pave the way for Musk's plans to launch data centers in space, which he calls the best place for the power-hungry machines. As two private Musk-owned entities, the path to that merger could be much smoother than a possible tie-up of SpaceX and Tesla, which some investors believe also could happen eventually. Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the matter, reported on Thursday that SpaceX was considering a merger with Tesla, along with the alternative of a combination with xAI. Mergers involving a company the size of Tesla would typically require shareholder approval through a vote or the tendering of shares. Sometimes these can be thorny contests, such as the ongoing battle for control of Warner Bros Discovery, although Musk has demonstrated an ability to keep Tesla investors on board with his vision. The logic of such a deal rests in the soaring artificial-intelligence ambitions of both firms. Tesla has staked its future on AI-driven autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots, while SpaceX plans the orbiting data centers that might supply the immense computing power needed to drive Tesla’s AI-powered machines. "If you're trying to build robots, and build autonomous cars, and build rockets, these things all fit together," said Arthur Laffer Jr., president of Laffer Tengler Investments, a Tesla investor. Laffer believes an eventual tie-up between Tesla and SpaceX makes sense because "every single company he owns he sees as an integrated solution." Tesla is still in the early stages o...
By Chris Kirkham and Ross Kerber Jan 30 (Reuters) - Elon Musk fans and the man himself have long mused about Musk Inc, a merger of companies owned by the world's richest man. But with SpaceX expected to go public later this year, and Tesla facing a challenging transition from human-driven EVs to robotaxis and robots, even some proponents of a sprawling Musk conglomerate want to start smaller. Reu...
By Chris Kirkham and Ross Kerber Jan 30 (Reuters) - Elon Musk fans and the man himself have long mused about Musk Inc, a merger of companies owned by the world's richest man. But with SpaceX expected to go public later this year, and Tesla facing a challenging transition from human-driven EVs to robotaxis and robots, even some proponents of a sprawling Musk conglomerate want to start smaller. Reuters reported on Thursday that SpaceX is close to a deal to buy xAI, a move that would pave the way for Musk's plans to launch data centers in space, which he calls the best place for the power-hungry machines. As two private Musk-owned entities, the path to that merger could be much smoother than a possible tie-up of SpaceX and Tesla, which some investors believe also could happen eventually. Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the matter, reported on Thursday that SpaceX was considering a merger with Tesla, along with the alternative of a combination with xAI. Mergers involving a company the size of Tesla would typically require shareholder approval through a vote or the tendering of shares. Sometimes these can be thorny contests, such as the ongoing battle for control of Warner Bros Discovery, although Musk has demonstrated an ability to keep Tesla investors on board with his vision. The logic of such a deal rests in the soaring artificial-intelligence ambitions of both firms. Tesla has staked its future on AI-driven autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots, while SpaceX plans the orbiting data centers that might supply the immense computing power needed to drive Tesla’s AI-powered machines. "If you're trying to build robots, and build autonomous cars, and build rockets, these things all fit together," said Arthur Laffer Jr., president of Laffer Tengler Investments, a Tesla investor. Laffer believes an eventual tie-up between Tesla and SpaceX makes sense because "every single company he owns he sees as an integrated solution." Tesla is still in the early stages o...
Following the 2018 death of Microsoft co-founder and team owner Paul Allen, people familiar with the matter expect a sale process to begin shortly after the season ends.
Following the 2018 death of Microsoft co-founder and team owner Paul Allen, people familiar with the matter expect a sale process to begin shortly after the season ends.