The long-range weather forecast for Hong Kong may seem like good news at first. The city’s weather experts have predicted four to seven typhoons between the months of June and October, or fewer than half the record-breaking 14 recorded last year. However, complacency could be dangerous. The Hong Kong Observatory also projects above normal temperatures under the influence of the warming El Nino wea...
The long-range weather forecast for Hong Kong may seem like good news at first. The city’s weather experts have predicted four to seven typhoons between the months of June and October, or fewer than half the record-breaking 14 recorded last year. However, complacency could be dangerous. The Hong Kong Observatory also projects above normal temperatures under the influence of the warming El Nino weather phenomenon amid intensifying global climate challenges. Hong Kong Observatory director Chan...
BROSSARD, Quebec, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- G Mining Ventures Corp. (“ GMIN ” or the “ Corporation ”) (TSX:GMIN, OTCQX:GMINF) today reported its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025. Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts are in U.S. dollars.
BROSSARD, Quebec, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- G Mining Ventures Corp. (“ GMIN ” or the “ Corporation ”) (TSX:GMIN, OTCQX:GMINF) today reported its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025. Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts are in U.S. dollars.
A private credit fund managed by Ares Management Corp. posted its steepest monthly loss on record in February, providing further evidence of deteriorating performance in the $1.8 trillion private credit market. The Ares Strategic Income Fund , a non-traded business development company created in December 2022, lost 0.68% in February, according to Bloomberg calculations based on the fund’s regulato...
A private credit fund managed by Ares Management Corp. posted its steepest monthly loss on record in February, providing further evidence of deteriorating performance in the $1.8 trillion private credit market. The Ares Strategic Income Fund , a non-traded business development company created in December 2022, lost 0.68% in February, according to Bloomberg calculations based on the fund’s regulatory filings. February was the worst month for the broader leveraged loan market since September 2022. Including a small loss in January, the fund, which manages nearly $23 billion of assets, is down 0.7% so far this year. The fund’s decline reflects the broader selloff in public debt markets, which Ares uses to assign prices to its assets, rather than losses on any specific investments, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. A spokesperson for Ares declined to comment. Ares officially launched ASIF on its wealth management platform and through investment advisers in April 2023 as part of a move to broaden its reach among individual investors. The Ares performance is not an isolated case. A rival fund managed by Blackstone Inc. similarly recorded its worst monthly performance in over three years in February, which Blackstone attributed to wider spreads across public and private markets, as well as unrealized losses on individual names. Both funds are still outperforming the leveraged loan market, which has delivered returns of -0.82% in February and -1.08% for the year through February, according to the S&P UBS Leveraged Loan Index . Private credit managers have come under increasing pressure over the past several months, as individual investors yanked cash from some of their funds amid concerns over valuations and AI’s disruptive effect on the software businesses where many managers have focused. Following in the footsteps of many of its rivals, Ares last week decided to cap withdrawals from ASIF at 5% of the fund’s net assets, after investors asked to pull out ...
Asian and European buyers of liquefied natural gas are chasing the limited number of cargoes still available from US suppliers after the world’s largest LNG plant in Qatar was shut out of the market by the war in Iran. Importers from Japan and Germany are among those in discussions with US LNG companies to buy more of the fuel, particularly for short-term delivery, according to people familiar wit...
Asian and European buyers of liquefied natural gas are chasing the limited number of cargoes still available from US suppliers after the world’s largest LNG plant in Qatar was shut out of the market by the war in Iran. Importers from Japan and Germany are among those in discussions with US LNG companies to buy more of the fuel, particularly for short-term delivery, according to people familiar with the situation who asked not to be because the information is private. The early-stage talks, happening during the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, highlight how the attacks on the Ras Laffan plant that knocked about a fifth of global supply offline have stretched worldwide LNG supplies like never before. That presents US LNG producers who were already well positioned with a chance to take some long-term market share from their biggest rival: Qatar. Yet there isn’t much spare US LNG to go around. The majority of producers on the Gulf Coast are running their plants at near capacity, and much of their supply is already under long-term contract. “The incremental LNG supply in a very constrained market is going to be bid up between Asia and Europe,” said Balaji Krishnamurthy, Chevron’s Australia upstream chief during a panel Tuesday. The US is the world’s largest LNG exporter, producing more than 116 million metric tons a year in 2025, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Qatar was the third-largest exporter before the start of the war. The United Arab Emirates also produces about 4.5 million tons a year. With the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, much of the Mideast LNG supply is now cutoff from the market. And because buyers can only hold a limited amount of the fuel, importing countries such as Japan depend on a steady stream of delivered cargoes. Japan holds just 21 days’ worth of gas inventories, compared with 250 days of oil stockpiled, said Takehiko Matsuo, vice minister for Japan’s ministry of economy, trade and industry known as METI, during ...
Earnings Call Insights: GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. (GCTS) Q4 2025 Management View John Schlaefer, President, CEO & Director, noted that 2025 was a pivotal year as the company transitioned from development to commercialization of its 5G chipset: "After the launch of sampling with lead customers in June, in the fourth quarter, we shipped more than 1,900 5G chipsets for commercial use. These shi...
Earnings Call Insights: GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. (GCTS) Q4 2025 Management View John Schlaefer, President, CEO & Director, noted that 2025 was a pivotal year as the company transitioned from development to commercialization of its 5G chipset: "After the launch of sampling with lead customers in June, in the fourth quarter, we shipped more than 1,900 5G chipsets for commercial use. These shipments represent early commercial volumes that support initial deployments and/or customer testing programs and mark the continued progress toward our broader production ramp." Schlaefer highlighted the live network launch by Gogo, powered by GCT’s 5G chipset, as a significant milestone: "This milestone validates the performance and reliability of our 5G platform in one of the most demanding wireless connectivity environments." A major new licensing agreement was signed with a leading satellite communications provider, enabling GCT’s 4G and 5G chipsets to integrate into user equipment for global satellite and terrestrial connectivity, with shipments for this program expected to begin in the second half of 2026. GCT announced a partnership with Skylo for chipset and module certification aimed at expanding global satellite connectivity for IoT devices. The company entered into a $20 million convertible note facility, with an initial $1 million advance, to support working capital, production readiness, and strategic growth initiatives. Fong Cheng, Chief Financial Officer, stated, "total revenue in the fourth quarter increased 76% sequentially from the third quarter, demonstrating early momentum as our 5G programs begin contributing to the top line." Cheng added, "Our gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2025, was negative. This primarily reflects the current level of product revenue, which is not yet sufficient to fully absorb our production overhead costs." Outlook Schlaefer emphasized, "We expect this momentum to continue generating sequential growth in 5G chipset sh...
Ivan Pantic/iStock via Getty Images In May 2024, the old Lions Gate Entertainment sold a ~12% stake in Lionsgate Studios Corp. ( LION ) to a SPAC for $10/share. In May 2025, Lions Gate distributed to shareholders one share of LION for every share of Lions Gate Entertainment they held. LION owns the movie and television production studios as well as the over 20,000-title film and television library...
Ivan Pantic/iStock via Getty Images In May 2024, the old Lions Gate Entertainment sold a ~12% stake in Lionsgate Studios Corp. ( LION ) to a SPAC for $10/share. In May 2025, Lions Gate distributed to shareholders one share of LION for every share of Lions Gate Entertainment they held. LION owns the movie and television production studios as well as the over 20,000-title film and television library, which includes John Wick, Hunger Games, Twilight, Now You See Me, Knives Out, Mad Men, Ghosts, etc. Since the spin, LION has traded as low as $5.55 and as high as $11.02 recently, but generally below that $10 investment by the SPAC. Importantly, after the May 2025 spin, Liberty Strategic Capital (led by former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin) increased its stake to 12.6% via open-market purchases. I believe these actions were one reason the company adopted a poison pill that expires in May of this year. Liberty bought more shares in Q3 to bring his stake to 12.94%, and in January, he entered into a standstill arrangement whereby he would not buy more than 17.5% of the company for one year, and Mnuchin was named to the Board of Directors . MHR, run by former Lions Gate Chairman Mark Rachevsky, owns 12.97%. Rachevsky is no longer on the board. I first started looking at LION during the split from STRZ. (I wrote about STRZ for subscribers of my Investing Group service.) The Warner Brothers ( WBD ) saga refocused my attention on LION, specifically the value of its library . In my opinion, while Netflix ( NFLX ) and Paramount ( PSKY ) found WBD's production assets and the HBO Max streaming service valuable, a major draw was the purported 8,500 title movie and 50,000 television titles (over 5,000 separate series) in the television library. These include Warner Bros., HBO, Turner Entertainment (including pre-1986 MGM and other classics), New Line, Castle Rock, Hanna-Barbera, and others. In an age where content is king, this library is a huge prize, one PSKY is willing to pay ov...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liberty Gold Corp. (TSX:LGD; OTCQX:LGDTF) ("Liberty Gold" or the “Company”), is pleased to announce its financial and operating results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. All amounts are presented in United States dollars unless otherwise stated.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liberty Gold Corp. (TSX:LGD; OTCQX:LGDTF) ("Liberty Gold" or the “Company”), is pleased to announce its financial and operating results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. All amounts are presented in United States dollars unless otherwise stated.