IREN Ltd. (NASDAQ:IREN) is one of the 10 Stocks Making Huge Moves Today. IREN climbed by 10.13 percent on Wednesday to finish at $41.98 apiece, as investor optimism was fueled by Nvidia Corp.’s ramped up investments in data center companies, strengthening its confidence for the artificial intelligence sector. In an announcement on the same day, Nvidia said that it invested $2 billion in Nebius Gro...
IREN Ltd. (NASDAQ:IREN) is one of the 10 Stocks Making Huge Moves Today. IREN climbed by 10.13 percent on Wednesday to finish at $41.98 apiece, as investor optimism was fueled by Nvidia Corp.’s ramped up investments in data center companies, strengthening its confidence for the artificial intelligence sector. In an announcement on the same day, Nvidia said that it invested $2 billion in Nebius Group and inked a deal with the latter for the development and deployment of next generation of hyperscale cloud for the AI market, deepening relationship across the full AI technology stack, from AI factory architecture to production software. iren Photo from IREN website Sitting at the center of the rapidly growing AI industry, investors have long been watching Nvidia’s investments as it often signals which companies could become important in the AI boom. For IREN Ltd. (NASDAQ:IREN), on the other hand, Nvidia’s investment in the industry opens further room for business growth, as it gradually transitions to AI servicing from purely Bitcoin mining. In other news, IREN Ltd. (NASDAQ:IREN) earlier announced targets of $3.7 billion in annualized run-rate revenues by the end of the year, to be supported by its successful expansion of Nvidia B300 GPU fleet to a total of 150,000 units, with the recent purchase of 50,000 earlier this month. The additional GPUs are targeted to be deployed in phases across its existing data centers in Mackenzie, British Columbia, and Childress, Texas through the second half of the year. While we acknowledge the potential of IREN as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an extremely cheap AI stock that is also a major beneficiary of Trump tariffs and onshoring, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 30 Stocks That Should Double in 3 Years and 11 Hidden AI Stocks to Buy Right Now. Disclosure: No...
Hong Kong should step up education on Chinese history and culture while highlighting security threats to cultivate public awareness about the need to defend the country, experts have said, as the nation’s legislature is set to pass a law promoting ethnic unity. The expert’s comments came ahead of the closing session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) on Thursday, which is due to pass the...
Hong Kong should step up education on Chinese history and culture while highlighting security threats to cultivate public awareness about the need to defend the country, experts have said, as the nation’s legislature is set to pass a law promoting ethnic unity. The expert’s comments came ahead of the closing session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) on Thursday, which is due to pass the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress. The law aims to forge a strong “sense of community for the Chinese nation” and advance “common prosperity” among the country’s 56 ethnic groups. Advertisement Among the draft law’s 64 clauses, Article 21 stipulates the role of Hong Kong. Article 21 states Beijing’s support for Hong Kong in introducing education on the history of the country, its culture and other national studies to guide residents to “consciously safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests”. Advertisement Professor Lau Siu-kai, a consultant to the semi-official Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macau Studies think tank, said the Hong Kong government should cover ethnic unity in its national education curriculum, regardless of whether the law was included in Annex III of the Basic Law, the city’s mini-constitution.
(RTTNews) - The Taiwan stock market has finished lower in two of three trading days since the end of the four-day winning streak in which it had surged more than 1,000 points or 4.3 percent. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now rests just above the 23,125-point plateau and it's looking at another soft start again on Wednesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is negative, with weakness expected ...
(RTTNews) - The Taiwan stock market has finished lower in two of three trading days since the end of the four-day winning streak in which it had surged more than 1,000 points or 4.3 percent. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now rests just above the 23,125-point plateau and it's looking at another soft start again on Wednesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is negative, with weakness expected from the computer, semiconductor and housing sectors. The European and U.S. markets were down and the Asian bourses are expected to follow that lead. The TSE finished modestly lower on Tuesday following losses from the financial shares and technology stocks. For the day, the index dropped 148.17 points or 0.64 percent to finish at 23,125.08 after trading between 23,071.43 and 23,329.01. Among the actives, Cathay Financial dropped 0.87 percent, while Mega Financial shed 0.63 percent, CTBC Financial eased 0.16 percent, Fubon Financial collected 0.55 percent, E Sun Financial dipped 0.18 percent, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company slumped 0.93 percent, United Microelectronics Corporation sank 0.79 percent, Hon Hai Precision retreated 1.54 percent, Largan Precision rose 0.20 percent, Catcher Technology plunged 4.85 percent, MediaTek jumped 1.89 percent, Delta Electronics lost 0.49 percent, Novatek Microelectronics added 0.21 percent, Formosa Plastics rallied 1.24 percent, Nan Ya Plastics fell 0.54 percent, Asia Cement was down 0.47 percent and First Financial was unchanged. The lead from Wall Street is soft as the major averages opened flat on Tuesday and hugged the line for most of the session before sinking firmly into the red late in the day. The Dow dropped 154.10 points or 0.35 percent to finish at 44,247.83, while the NASDAQ sank 49.45 points or 0.25 percent to close at 19,687.24 and the S&P 500 fell 17.94 points or 0.30 percent to end at 6,034.91. The weakness that emerged on Wall Street came as traders continued to cash in on recent strength in the markets ahead ...
Budapest said it had dispatched a delegation for talks, only for Kyiv to deny the group had official status; Ukraine drone experts work in the Gulf. What we know on day 1,477 See all our Ukraine coverage A row between Ukraine and Hungary over a pipeline carrying Russian oil appeared to deepen on Wednesday, after Budapest said it had dispatched a delegation for talks, only for Kyiv to deny the grou...
Budapest said it had dispatched a delegation for talks, only for Kyiv to deny the group had official status; Ukraine drone experts work in the Gulf. What we know on day 1,477 See all our Ukraine coverage A row between Ukraine and Hungary over a pipeline carrying Russian oil appeared to deepen on Wednesday, after Budapest said it had dispatched a delegation for talks, only for Kyiv to deny the group had any official status. Hungary and neighbouring Slovakia accuse Kyiv of deliberately delaying reopening the Druzhba pipeline pumping Russian oil to the two landlocked states. Ukraine says the pipeline was damaged by Russian strikes in January. Hungary’s Energy Minister Gabor Czepek said the group, including representatives from Slovakia, would aim to hold talks on reopening Druzhba. Ukrainian anti-drone experts have begun working in three Gulf states targeted by Iranian attacks, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday. Kyiv has sought to leverage its expertise in downing Russian drones to help the Gulf nations, which are being attacked with the same Iranian-designed Shahed drones that Russia fires on Ukraine. G7 nations Wednesday rejected easing punitive measures against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine as the Middle East war wreaks havoc on global oil markets , France’s President Emmanuel Macron said. Russian forces were attacking an oil pumping station in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region with drones for the second day in a row , the CEO of Ukrainian state oil and gas firm Naftogaz said on Wednesday. In a statement, Serhiy Koretskyi said the attacks are aimed at preventing the alternative supply of non-Russian oil to Europe, adding that Russia has attacked Naftogaz infrastructure more than 30 times this year. Russia’s foreign ministry on Wednesday condemned a deadly Ukrainian strike on the western Russian city of Bryansk as a “terrorist attack” and accused Britain, whose missiles it said were used, of overstepping international legal norms. In a statement, th...
LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - Britain's media and privacy regulators on Thursday demanded that major social media platforms do more to keep children off their services, warning that companies were failing to enforce their own minimum age rules. Britain has been weighing tougher curbs on children's access to social media, with the government considering barring under 16s from such platforms - mir...
LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - Britain's media and privacy regulators on Thursday demanded that major social media platforms do more to keep children off their services, warning that companies were failing to enforce their own minimum age rules. Britain has been weighing tougher curbs on children's access to social media, with the government considering barring under 16s from such platforms - mirroring a move by Australia. Ofcom and the Information Commissioner's Office said they had grown increasingly concerned about algorithmic feeds that expose children to harmful or addictive content. "These online services are household names, but they're failing to put children's safety at the heart of their products," Melanie Dawes, Ofcom's chief executive, said. "That must now change quickly, or Ofcom will act." USE 'MODERN' TECH, COMPANIES TOLD In the latest implementation phase of Britain's Online Safety Act, Ofcom told Facebook and Instagram - both owned by Meta - as well as Roblox, Snapchat, ByteDance's TikTok and Alphabet's YouTube to show by April 30 how they would tighten age checks, restrict strangers from contacting children, make feeds safer and stop testing new products on minors. The ICO separately issued an open letter to the same platforms, calling on them to adopt "modern, viable" age-assurance tools to stop those under 13 accessing services not designed for them. "There's now modern technology at your fingertips, so there is no excuse," Paul Arnold, ICO's chief executive, said. Ofcom can fine companies up to 10% of their qualifying global revenue, while the ICO can issue fines of up to 4% of a company's global annual turnover. The privacy watchdog last month fined Reddit nearly 14.5 million pounds for failing to introduce meaningful age checks and for processing children's data unlawfully. ($1 = 0.7439 pounds) (Reporting by Sam TabahritiEditing by Paul Sandle and Tomasz Janowski)
The rapper has gone through an epic downfall over the last few years over his racist and anti-Semitic tirades online, leaving many brands and companies cutting ties with him. He was blocked last year from entering Australia over his song that glorified Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
The rapper has gone through an epic downfall over the last few years over his racist and anti-Semitic tirades online, leaving many brands and companies cutting ties with him. He was blocked last year from entering Australia over his song that glorified Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
iamporpla/iStock via Getty Images Mosaic ( MOS ) and CF Industries ( CF ) ranked as two of the top three gainers on the S&P 500 on Wednesday, +10.1% and +9.1%, respectively, as the Middle East war continues to disrupt fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz; also, Nutrien ( NTR ) +4.2%, with all three stocks hitting multi-year highs. More than a third of global fertilizer trade moves thr...
iamporpla/iStock via Getty Images Mosaic ( MOS ) and CF Industries ( CF ) ranked as two of the top three gainers on the S&P 500 on Wednesday, +10.1% and +9.1%, respectively, as the Middle East war continues to disrupt fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz; also, Nutrien ( NTR ) +4.2%, with all three stocks hitting multi-year highs. More than a third of global fertilizer trade moves through the waterway, and disruptions are hitting during the spring planting season. "Beyond energy, another risk receiving less attention is the potential knock-on effect on food prices, as fertilizer shortages push agricultural costs higher," Wolfe Research chief economist Stephanie Roth said in a note. Commercial traffic through the strait has largely been halted since the war started, disrupting shipments just as farmers across the Northern Hemisphere prepare fields for spring planting. "If fertilizer supply tightens during this window, farmers may reduce application rates," Roth wrote, which could reduce yields for crops such as corn, soybeans, wheat, and rice while increasing agricultural costs. Between the weeks ending February 27 and March 6 - which include the start of the war - the price per short ton of urea fertilizer imports in the U.S. jumped 30%, according to data collected by The Fertilizer Institute ( UFB:COM ). ETFs: ( VEGI ), ( DBA ) More on CF Industries and Mosaic CF Industries: Fertilizer Politics Cuts Both Ways Mosaic Company On My Investment Watchlist For Post-Iran War Recovery Fertilizers In The Spotlight: Mosaic Is A Leading U.S. Fertilizer Producer
YurolaitsAlbert/iStock via Getty Images Market Overview The US Convertible market advanced 1.97% in the fourth quarter as measured by the ICE BofA All US Convertible Index, capping off a strong 2025 calendar year (+17.98%). During the quarter, convertibles captured most of the equity market's upside, with the S&P 500 Index returning 2.66%. The convertible and equity markets displayed resilience de...
YurolaitsAlbert/iStock via Getty Images Market Overview The US Convertible market advanced 1.97% in the fourth quarter as measured by the ICE BofA All US Convertible Index, capping off a strong 2025 calendar year (+17.98%). During the quarter, convertibles captured most of the equity market's upside, with the S&P 500 Index returning 2.66%. The convertible and equity markets displayed resilience despite a record-long government shutdown, supported by enthusiasm over Artificial Intelligence, strong quarterly earnings, 2.8% reported GDP growth, declining inflation, and the Federal Reserve's two rate cuts. Global convertible issuance remained strong in the fourth quarter, with $40.6 billion coming to market, including $36.2 billion issued in the United States. This brought the year-to-date total to $166.5 billion—with $118.8 billion raised in the US, marking the highest annual US convertible issuance on record. This continued strength in issuance reflects companies' strategic use of convertibles as a cost-effective way to fund growth initiatives and refinance existing debt. We expect this favorable issuance environment to continue. Against this backdrop, convertibles with the most equity sensitivity (+9.9%) outperformed those with the most bond sensitivity (+0.1%) and those with total-return attributes (-1.9%). At the end of the quarter, convertibles with total-return attributes (38% of the market) and convertibles with the most bond sensitivity (38%) exceeded those with equity-sensitive attributes (23%). Results across economic sectors were mixed in the US convertible index during the fourth quarter. The leading sectors included industrials (+11.4%), consumer staples (+8.6%), and materials (+8.6%). The sectors that lagged the index included energy (-4.3%), financials (-3.5%), and consumer discretionary (-3.5%). Speculative-grade convertibles (+11.0%) outperformed unrated issues (+2.0%) and investment-grade issues (+0.7%). On average, roughly 74% of the US convertible m...