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当地时间1月7日，美国总统特朗普与哥伦比亚总统佩特罗通电话。特朗普在社交媒体上表示，与佩特罗通话讨论了毒品问题以及存在的其他分歧。特朗普还说，期待在不久的将来与佩特罗会面。美国务卿卢比奥和哥伦比亚外交部长正在安排会晤事宜。会晤将在华盛顿特区的白宫举行。本次通话是自两国外交关系紧张以来两人首次通话，也是两人之间的首次通话。据哥伦比亚外交部证实，两人的通话持续了大约15分钟。（央视新闻）

You would have thought things could not have got much worse for Thomas Frank after watching his Tottenham side fall to an agonising 3-2 defeat by Bournemouth. It was another damaging result in a season that has brought plenty of frustration for the Spurs faithful, with their club now 14th in the Premier League after only two wins in 12 matches. But then came the image that added to the pressure on Frank. Before kick‑off on Wednesday night, he was photographed strolling around the Vitality Stadium with a coffee cup emblazoned with Arsenal branding - a strange choice if you are the manager of a club that shares a fierce rivalry with the Gunners and current league leaders. With the Dane already struggling to win over unhappy Spurs supporters since replacing Europa League-winning Ange Postecoglou in the summer, it was an incident that invited ridicule and left him under more scrutiny. "I definitely did not notice it," said Frank afterwards. "It would be completely stupid of me to take it if I knew. "It's a little bit sad in football that I need to be asked about it. I would never do something that stupid. "I think we're definitely going in the wrong direction if we need to worry about me having a cup with a logo of another club." BBC Sport understands Frank was handed his customary coffee on his arrival at the stadium by a staff member in the cup which was brought by Arsenal, who played at Bournemouth only four days earlier. Neither Frank nor a staff member spotted the Arsenal crest on the cup until it was too late. But the unfortunate turn of events at Bournemouth was too easy for fans and critics to latch on to after Spurs failed to build on another positive start - just like they did against Sunderland at the weekend where they were held to a 1-1 draw. Mathys Tel scored inside five minutes to give Frank's side a dream start, but Bournemouth hit back to lead through Evanilson and Eli Junior Kroupi. Joao Palhinha made it 2-2 with 12 minutes left, however, it was the Ch...

Fintel reports that on January 7, 2026, Barclays upgraded their outlook for Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) from Equal-Weight to Overweight. Analyst Price Forecast Suggests 12.82% Upside As of December 21, 2025, the average one-year price target for Lowe's Companies is $278.09/share. The forecasts range from a low of $221.19 to a high of $331.80. The average price target represents an increase of 12.82% from its latest reported closing price of $246.49 / share. See our leaderboard of companies with the largest price target upside. The projected annual revenue for Lowe's Companies is 94,713MM, an increase of 12.41%. The projected annual non-GAAP EPS is 16.26, a decrease of 9.12% from the prior forecast. What is the Fund Sentiment? There are 3,736 funds or institutions reporting positions in Lowe's Companies. This is an decrease of 2 owner(s) or 0.05% in the last quarter. Average portfolio weight of all funds dedicated to LOW is 0.45%, an increase of 0.41%. Total shares owned by institutions decreased in the last three months by 1.31% to 495,993K shares. The put/call ratio of LOW is 0.98, indicating a bullish outlook. What are Other Shareholders Doing? Jpmorgan Chase holds 37,607K shares representing 6.70% ownership of the company. In its prior filing, the firm reported owning 31,520K shares , representing an increase of 16.19%. The firm decreased its portfolio allocation in LOW by 86.92% over the last quarter. VTSMX - Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares holds 17,991K shares representing 3.21% ownership of the company. In its prior filing, the firm reported owning 17,837K shares , representing an increase of 0.85%. The firm decreased its portfolio allocation in LOW by 14.39% over the last quarter. VFINX - Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares holds 15,887K shares representing 2.83% ownership of the company. In its prior filing, the firm reported owning 15,689K shares , representing an increase of 1.24%. The firm decreased its portfolio allocation in L...

Inside the sub-zero lair of the world's most powerful computer 40 minutes ago Share Save Faisal Islam Economics editor Share Save Inside the secretive lab which stores the world's most powerful computer It looks like a golden chandelier and contains the coldest place in the universe. What I am looking at is not just the most powerful computer in the world, but technology pivotal to financial security, Bitcoin, government secrets, the world economy and more. Quantum computing holds the key to which companies and countries win - and lose - the rest of the 21st Century. In front of me suspended a metre in the air, in a Google facility in Santa Barbara California, is Willow. Frankly, it was not what I expected. There are no screens or keyboards, let alone holographic head cams or brain-reading chips. Willow is an oil barrel-sized series of round discs connected by hundreds of black control wires descending into a bronze liquid helium bath refrigerator keeping the Quantum microchip a thousandth of a degree above absolute zero. It looks, and feels, very eighties, but if quantum's potential is realised, the metal and wire jellyfish structure in front of me will transform the world, in many ways. "Welcome to our Quantum AI lab," says Hartmut Neven, Google's Quantum chief, as we go through the high security door. Neven is something of a legendary figure, part technological genius, part techno music enthusiast, who dresses like he has snowboarded here straight from the Burning Man music festival – for which he designs art. Perhaps he has, in a parallel universe - more on that later. His mission is to turn theoretical physics into functional quantum computers "to solve otherwise unsolvable problems" and he admits he's biased but says these chandeliers are the best performing in the world. Faisal Islam was shown around a Google facility in Santa Barbara. Secret temple of high science Much of our conversation is about what we are not allowed to film in this restricted lab. This ...

中国科学院地球环境研究所联合国内外学者，开发出一种半自动显微分析方法，首次实现了对环境样品中微至纳米级塑料颗粒的有效定量。该方法基于计算机控制的扫描电子显微技术，能够逐颗粒定位并测量其粒径、形貌与元素组成等微观理化参数。研究团队通过该方法，系统揭示了西安、广州等地大气气溶胶、降水、降尘和扬尘中微塑料与纳米塑料的丰度。研究发现，道路扬尘与降雨过程主导着大气塑料的跨介质传输，并观测到微纳塑料在大气中与矿物尘、黑碳等颗粒物发生了异质混合。该成果今天发表于国际学术期刊《科学进展》。（央视新闻）

由特朗普家族支持的加密企业世界自由金融公司（World Liberty Financial）周三表示，其子公司WLTC控股已向 美国银行 业监管机构提交申请，拟建立一家专注于稳定币业务的国家信托银行。 几家主要的加密货币公司最近获得了银行监管机构的初步批准，以建立国家信托银行，这标志着将数字资产整合到受监管的银行体系中迈出了重要一步。 WLTC控股向美国货币监理署提交了一份新的申请，要求获得发行和托管USD1的银行执照，这是世界自由金融公司去年推出的一种以美元为基础的稳定币。 加密平台Anchorage Digital是目前唯一一家拥有国家信托银行牌照的数字资产公司。美国货币监理署总共监管着大约60家全国性信托银行。 世界自由金融公司表示，USD1在第一年的流通量已超过33亿美元。拟议中的信托银行将提供稳定币的发行和赎回，以及数字资产的托管服务。 该公司表示，信托银行的结构将按照遵守最近通过的《天才法案》（GENIUS Act），该法案为稳定币建立了联邦监管框架。 责任编辑：于健 SF069

格隆汇1月8日｜据期货日报，昨日，焦煤、焦炭期货多个合约涨停。有知情人士称：“7号上午有市场消息称，陕西省榆林市政府在相关会议上通报称，根据国家发展改革委等六部委联合印发的文件，因2024—2025年电煤保供落实不到位，核增产能的52处煤矿中，有26处煤矿被调出保供名单并核减产能1900万吨；剩余26处煤矿核增产能暂予保留，后续将根据2026年度电煤中长期合同签订和履约情况进一步调整保供名单并核减产能。”对此，记者求证了多位产业和行业人士。有煤矿人士告诉记者，上述消息属实，但对市场的实际影响不大。“即使消息为真，单从减产规模上看，实际影响也较为有限。但该消息引发了市场对煤炭产能、产量缩减的预期。当前市场对利多消息较为敏感，暂时忽略了基本面的不利因素。”银河期货煤焦研究员郭超说。

1月7日晚间，小米集团创始人、董事长、CEO雷军开启直播。 谈到新一代SU7涨价，雷军表示：“新一代SU7从里到外都有大的进步，在今天整个成本大涨的情况下很难做到加量不加价，而且我们加了好几万的配置，所以肯定做不到，也请朋友们能够谅解，当然我看到更多的评论是觉得这个预售价非常非常厚道。” 雷军再次谈及小字营销：“我被小字营销搞怕了，所以我现在要求他们力求准确。网友们觉得哪里不对就立刻投诉，督促去改。” 对于“营销大师”的标签，雷军回忆称，“营销大师”这个标签源于2013年或2014年一档娱乐节目，节目中两个团队PK，一个由他领队，另一个由刘强东领队。对方小组商量千万别跟雷军比营销，理由是他能卖出几十万台手机，后来这一说法就被放大了。 “现在我一听到‘营销’这两个字，都有点恶心。要是友商说小米营销做得好，那多半是污蔑，或者带有恶意。”雷军坦言，当初在节目里那样说只是为了制造效果，本就是开玩笑，没想到被友商和竞争对手加以利用。 “实话实说，我觉得营销是个中性词，其实营销做得好，显然在正常的情况下是一种夸奖。但对我这样一个工程师，对小米这样一个技术公司说只靠营销，各位你细品。” 雷军还调侃称，“很多人说不是小米产品好，是小米营销好，各位你买的是小米的产品还是小米的营销？所以我下次见到东哥，我一定要跟东哥请教一下，请东哥帮忙辟个谣，东哥营销也很好。所以难道我们要一起把营销这个词污名化吗？你看全世界，咱们中国有多少人在从事营销行业，我觉得营销行业的朋友们肯定不答应。所有营销行业的同事们和朋友们，能不能帮帮我。” 对于一个月掉粉20多万，雷军回应：确实是掉了，但其实也只是0.6%。过去半年被诋毁得很惨，状态不好。也没怎么拍视频，掉点粉丝也很正常。 此外，雷军表示，“我的微博基本上都是我自己写的，我往往是早晨起来写一堆在那搁着，在某个会议中间就发出去了。”雷军称，“可能给大家误解，我好像每天都活在微博、抖音上，其实我每天的日程安排特别忙，我往往是在休息或者开会无聊摸鱼的时候发一条。”随后雷军补充道，“摸鱼不对，还是比较少发生的。” 图片来源：直播截图 小米公关部负责人徐洁云现身雷军直播。针对此前引发热议的KOL事件，雷军回应称：“整个小米做了非常认真的调查，也经过管理层认真地商量并做了处理。 这件事公关部确实做得不好，但也想为他们说句公道话，过去八九个月小米一直在高强度的负面之中...

JPMorgan Chase has reached a deal to take over the Apple credit-card program from Goldman Sachs further cementing JPMorgan’s status as a behemoth in the credit-card sector and marking the final chapter of Goldman’s failed experiment in consumer lending. The biggest bank in the country will become the new issuer of the tech-giant’s credit card, one of the largest co-branded programs with some $20 billion in balances. The sides, which had been negotiating for more than a year, announced the deal Wednesday confirming an earlier report in The Wall Street Journal.

今日热点导览 内存条单价逼近5万元，一盒价格堪比上海一套房 字节跳动辟谣“造车传闻” 平台不得大数据“杀熟”，《网络交易平台规则监督管理办法》发布 长安汽车辟谣，否认取消年终奖 雷军官宣：新一代小米SU7预计4月份上市 伯克希尔为新任CEO阿贝尔涨薪至2500万美元，是巴菲特的250倍 TOP3大新闻 和府捞面回应被指预制：中央厨房统一制作，不属于预制菜 近日，有多位消费者反映“客单价在三四十元的和府捞面，浇头、汤底均是袋装，相当于花高价吃预制面”，并称“在门店能看到后厨堆满塑料袋”。1月7日，蓝鲸新闻记者联系到和府捞面官方客服热线，工作人员称餐品是由中央厨房制作后，配送到各门店，不属于预制菜的范围。垂媒数据显示，和府捞面成立于2012年，在营门店583家，人均消费32.97元，超过50%的门店开在一线及新一线城市。（蓝鲸新闻） 雷军首谈米黑KOL事件：攻击、贬低和诅咒用户不能容忍 1月7日晚，小米创办人、董事长兼CEO雷军在直播中谈及“团队与相关KOL接触一事”的处罚。雷军表示，这件事情为什么这么严重，不是因为这个KOL批评了小米，也不是因为这个KOL得罪了米粉，是因为这个KOL一直在贬低，甚至诅咒小米用户，“作为企业我们肯定不能容忍”。 “我们的底线是什么？我们要坚定地站出来保护我们的用户，保护我们的车主，绝对不能容忍任何诋毁车主、诅咒车主的KOL，不能和这样的人合作。这就是我们的底线。我们的公关部确实做得不好，所以公司决定对他们进行批评和处罚。”雷军表示，过去八、九个月，小米一直处在长期持续高烈度的负面舆情之中，让公关部团队疲惫不堪。他们的动作确实有些变形，他也希望米粉朋友们给他们一个改过的机会。（界面新闻） 乔布斯私人物品被拍卖：Apple I原型机5万美元起拍 拍卖平台RR Auction近日开启了一场线上拍卖会，拍品涵盖苹果公司诞生车库使用过的办公桌、苹果创始人史蒂夫・乔布斯高中时期戴过的领结等物品，部分产品起拍价低至100美元。据介绍，本次拍卖将于1月30日结束，其中最引人注目的产品有已知最早的Apple I原型机，起拍价5万美元（现汇率约合35万元人民币），估值超50万美元（现汇率约合350万元人民币）。（新浪科技） 大公司/大事件 内存条单价逼近5万元，一盒价格堪比上海一套房 据界面新闻，内存条价格持续暴涨，“1盒内存条价格堪比上海1套房”等相关话...

智通财经获悉，特朗普要求美国在2027年将年度国防开支增加50%以上，达到1.5万亿美元，这是一项前所未有的增幅。他表示，这笔开支将由去年征收的关税带来的收入来支付。这项要求将标志着美国军费开支有史以来最大的一次增长，而本财年的美国国家安全支出已获批准9010亿美元。 特朗普在社交媒体上写道：“这将使我们能够打造我们长期以来应得的‘梦想 军队 ’，更重要的是，无论敌人是谁，它都能保障我们的安全。”他表示，关税带来的“巨额收入”将用于支付这笔开支，同时偿还国债，并为“中等收入的爱国者”带来“丰厚的红利”。 鉴于白宫此前曾试图削减五角大楼的部分开支——作为埃隆·马斯克削减成本计划的一部分，这项要求也与特朗普政府的其他优先事项相悖。根据Peter G. Peterson基金会的数据，美国的国防开支已经超过了排名其后九个国家的总和。 不过，关税收入也不太可能弥补这部分增长。据美国财政部统计，截至今年9月30日，关税收入约为1950亿美元。特朗普还表示，他希望国会利用增加的关税收入，向大多数美国人发放2000美元的关税退税支票。 特朗普的请求需要国会批准。特朗普称，他是在与参议员、众议员、部长和其他政治代表进行了“漫长而艰难的谈判”后做出这一决定的。 在提议增加预算之前，特朗普先在社交媒体上严厉批评国防承包商生产缓慢，并威胁要禁止股票回购、取消分红及限制高管薪酬。受此打击，常规交易时段国防股集体下挫：诺斯罗普·格鲁曼(NOC.US)收盘 下跌 5.5%，洛克希德·马丁收盘(LMT.US)收盘 下跌 4.8%，雷神技术(RTX)收盘 下跌 2.5%，通用动力(GD.US)收盘 下跌 4.2%。 随后，特朗普宣布将2027年国防预算提至1.5万亿美元后，股价随即反转。截至发稿，洛克希德·马丁在盘后交易中飙升6.4%，诺斯罗普·格鲁曼涨5.7%，雷神技术上涨3.4%，通用动力上涨4.4%。

格隆汇1月8日｜日经225指数开盘下跌175.29点，跌幅0.34%，报51786.69点。

Patients are collapsing in hospitals unseen by staff because overcrowding means they are stranded out of sight on corridors, the NHS’s safety watchdog has revealed. Using corridors, storerooms and gyms as extra care areas poses serious risks to patients, including falls, infections and a lack of oxygen, the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) said. NHS staff told investigators that some patients who end up on a trolley or bed in overflow areas have not been assessed or started treatment “and so may be at increased risk of deterioration, which may go unnoticed or be detected late in a temporary care environment,” HSSIB’s report said. It highlighted that patients in these areas are at risk of not getting prompt attention if they deteriorate and suffer a medical emergency. “Several nurses shared a patient safety concern around calling for help and responding to a medical emergency in temporary care environments,” the report said. “They said this was because the patient may be at the end of a corridor and in many cases out of the line of sight of the central part of the emergency department. “A few incidents where patients had collapsed in a temporary care environment were reported to the investigation,” said HSSIB. While their presence in an overflow area did not affect their outcome, “there were concerns about the impact it had on the timeliness of the emergency response.” The Royal College of Nursing, which warned last year that patients on corridors were dying, said the report was “a damning indictment” of what HSSIB says is increasingly routine use of corridor care. Some hospitals are so worried about the potential for harm that they have installed emergency call bells in overflow areas so patients and staff can raise the alarm in an emergency, HSSIB said. Installing call bells, plug sockets to power medical equipment and mini nursing stations in overflow areas makes them “calmer” and more organised for patients and staff, HSSIB said. But other hospi...

Serial rapists including David Carrick were left in the ranks of the Metropolitan police because of a failure to carry out necessary vetting on thousands of officers and staff, it has been revealed. An internal review by the force found it had lowered vetting checks into the backgrounds of prospective and existing police officers and staff between 2013 and 2023. The Home Office said the Met estimated that more than 5,000 officers and staff were recruited without the right checks. It has been unable to confirm if pre-employment checks were carried out on around 17,000 officers and staff. The Guardian revealed last September that approximately 300 new recruits may have had substandard or no vetting. But the Met’s report found that 1,400 officers who should have been flagged by vetting were left in the force with police powers. The Met found evidence that 131 officers committed criminal or misconduct offences, ranging from rape to drug offences, hate crimes and lower levels infractions such as being intoxicated on duty. Among those who joined or stayed in the force because of defective vetting was Cliff Mitchell, hired despite an unproven child rape allegation and later convicted of 10 counts of rape, including three of raping a child under the age of 13. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, commissioned HM chief inspector of constabulary to inspect the Met’s recruitment and vetting practices. “Abandoning vetting checks on officers was a dereliction of the Met’s duty to keep London safe,” she said. “Londoners rightly expect officers to undergo robust checks so that the brightest and best – not criminals – are policing our streets.” The defective vetting allowed some to join the Met who should not have, while others who were revetted were allowed to stay in when they should have been removed. Most prominent among those is Carrick, one of the worst sex offenders in modern history, who in 2023 was jailed for committing 48 rapes. He used his status as a Met officer to sile...

A zombie fungus that springs from a trapdoor and a flame-like shrub named after the fire demon in the Studio Ghibli film Howl’s Moving Castle are among the species of plant and fungi named by scientists in 2025. A list of 10 “weird and wonderful” new species was compiled by scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew and their international partners, who together named 125 new plants last year. The list also includes an orchid whose flowers look bloodstained and attract sexually aroused flies, and a beautiful snowdrop that had been hiding in plain sight in UK gardens. Among further new species named is a fruit that grows on the forest floor of Papua New Guinea and tastes like banana mixed with guava , and an elegant new Christmas palm from the Philippines. View image in fullscreen Adonidia zibabaoa is a red-fruited palm from the Philippines that can grow up to 15 metres tall and is a close relative of the Christmas palm. Photograph: Jiro Adorador/see caption There are estimated to be as many as 100,000 plant species globally that are yet to be discovered by scientists and 2-3 million species of fungi. Researchers name about 2,500 new plants each year on average. However, it is a race against time to find and describe new species before they are driven to extinction by humanity’s destruction of nature. As many as three-in-four undescribed plants are already threatened with extinction. The loss of habitats to farming, building and mining are key drivers along with pollution and the climate crisis. “Wherever we look, human activities are eroding nature to the point of extinction, and we simply cannot keep up with the pace of destruction,” said Dr Martin Cheek, at RBG in Kew. “Describing new plant and fungal species is essential at a time when the impacts of biodiversity loss and climate change accelerate before our eyes: it is difficult to protect what we do not know, understand and have a scientific name for. “If we fail to invest in taxonomy, conservation and ...

格隆汇1月8日｜韩国KOSPI指数开盘下跌15.48点，跌幅0.34%，报4535.58点。

(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has moved higher in two straight sessions, advancing more than 35 points or 0.9 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just above the 3,910-point plateau although the rally may stall on Thursday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is soft amid continued uncertainty over U.S. trade policies. The European and U.S. markets were down and the Asian bourses figure to open in similar fashion. The STI finished modestly higher on Wednesday following gains from the financial shares and a mixed picture from the property sector. For the day, the index gained 15.83 points or 0.41 percent to finish at 3,911.92 after trading between 3,901.29 and 3,919.03. Among the actives, CapitaLand Investment sank 0.39 percent, while City Developments added 0.63 percent, Comfort DelGro stumbled 2.07 percent, DBS Group jumped 1.39 percent, DFI Retail plummeted 2.58 percent, Mapletree Industrial Trust gained 0.52 percent, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation collected 0.12 percent, SATS slumped 0.96 percent, Seatrium Limited rose 0.49 percent, SembCorp Industries retreated 1.04 percent, Singapore Technologies Engineering dropped 0.77 percent, SingTel fell 0.26 percent, Thai Beverage rallied 2.17 percent, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding gathered 0.48 percent and Emperador, Genting Singapore, Hongkong Land, Keppel DC REIT, Keppel Ltd, Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust, Wilmar International, Yangzijiang Financial, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust, Mapletree Logistics Trust and Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust were unchanged. The lead from Wall Street is soft as the major averages shook off a mildly positive open and headed south through the balance of the session, ending at daily lows. The Dow dropped 244.95 points or 0.58 percent to finish at 42,098.70, while the NASDAQ sank 98.23 points or 0.51 percent to close at 19,100.94 and the S&P 500 slumped 32.99 points or 0.56 percent to end at 5,888.55. The choppy trading came as traders s...

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 Meredith Whitney Advisory Group's Meredith Whitney, RiverFront Investment Group's Kevin Nicholson, Atlantic Council's Joseph Webster, Union Square Advisors' Ted Smith, Raymond James' Larry Adam, Amherst's Sean Dobson, Southern Bancorp’s Darrin Williams, Anduril’s Palmer Luckey, Bain & Co’s Suzanne Kumar, FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary. (Source: Bloomberg)

This start-up with a trillion-dollar idea could be a big winner. Helicopters are one of transportation's most versatile inventions. They can take off and land vertically, they can hover in place, they can operate without runways, and they can reach remote areas, all of which make them indispensable for medical, military, and rescue purposes. They're also noisy, expensive, and not very fuel-efficient. Now, if only we had an aircraft like a helicopter that ran electrically and was a skosh more practical for everyday purposes. Well, that, in a sense, is what aviation start-up Archer Aviation (ACHR 4.54%) is trying to accomplish. Its flagship craft, Midnight, is a pilot-plus-four-passenger electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, which can taxi passengers on short hops in urban settings. The company's main selling proposition isn't to replace helicopters, but to give travelers a quicker route through the air when other forms of transportation, like cars or buses, are moving too slowly. The company may also sell its aircraft for commercial and defense purposes. Advertisement Expand NYSE : ACHR Archer Aviation Today's Change ( -4.54 %) $ -0.40 Current Price $ 8.42 Key Data Points Market Cap $6.5B Day's Range $ 8.40 - $ 8.80 52wk Range $ 5.48 - $ 14.62 Volume 28M Avg Vol 55M Archer Aviation, which currently trades around $9, does not yet have FAA certification for its Midnight design. Without that approval, it cannot operate the craft commercially. Recent federal initiatives could help it progress substantially, though it's not clear when, if ever, the FAA will sign off. As a result, Archer isn't making revenue yet and is burning through its cash. And despite a flurry of good news in 2025 -- including being named the official air taxi provider of the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles -- the stock is still trading about 25% lower year over year as I write this. For investors with a long time horizon, who believe, as Morgan Stanley estimates, that the eVTOL market ...

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 26: An aerial view of the Shenzhen skyline on August 26, 2020 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China. (Photo by He Shaoping/VCG via Getty Images) Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower Thursday after Wall Street closed in the red on growing geopolitical tensions and comments from U.S. President Donald Trump. U.S. defense stocks fell after the president said he " will not permit " defense companies to issue dividends or stock buybacks until they address his complaints about the industry, including executive pay packages and production issues. Oil prices also dropped overnight after Trump said that Venezuela's interim authorities would turn over as much as 50 million barrels of crude to the U.S., raising concerns about an increase in global supply. Brent crude futures fell 0.51% to $60.39 a barrel, while the U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude added 0.61% to $56.33 per barrel, as of 7.30 a.m. Singapore time (Wednesday 6.30 p.m. EST). Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index was set for a lower open, with its futures contract in Chicago trading at 51,935, and its counterpart in Osaka at 51,850, against the index's last close of 51,961.98. Australia's ASX/S&P 200 was flat. Shares of BlueScope Steel fell 2.54% early Thursday, after the company rejected a $9 billion takeover bid from Australian conglomerate SGH and U.S.-based Steel Dynamics . Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was set to open lower, with its futures contract trading at 26,348, against the index's previous close of 26,458.95. U.S. equity futures were little changed in early Asian hours, after the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average snapped a three-day winning streak. Overnight, the broad market index shed about 0.3% while the Dow fell 466 points, or roughly 0.9%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained nearly 0.2%, aided by a 2.4% jump in Google parent Alphabet that led the company's market cap to surpass Apple's for the first time since 201...

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The annual Consumer Electronics Show is currently raging in Las Vegas, and as has become traditional over the past decade, automakers and their suppliers now use the conference to announce their technology plans. Tonight it was Ford's turn, and it is very on-trend for 2026. If you guessed that means AI is coming to the Ford in-car experience, congratulations, you guessed right. Even though the company owes everything to mass-producing identical vehicles, it says that it wants AI to personalize your car to you. "Our vision for the customer is simple, but not elementary: a seamless layer of intelligence that travels with you between your phone and your vehicle," said Doug Field, Ford's chief EV, design, and digital officer. "Not generic intelligence—many people can do that better than we can. What customers need is intelligence that understands where you are, what you’re doing, and what your vehicle is capable of, and then makes the next decision simpler," Field wrote in a blog post Ford shared ahead of time with Ars. Read full article Comments

Philippine bonds look well-placed to beat Asian peers in early 2026 as they offer attractive yields, with the debt expected to jump in value on the prospect of further interest-rate cuts, according to a Bloomberg analysis. The study of six key emerging Asian debt markets across seven metrics shows peso-denominated sovereign bonds offer appealing yield spreads over US Treasuries and substantial inflation-adjusted returns. Indonesian bonds on the other hand are scoring the lowest in the analysis after outperforming peers last year. Philippine bonds started the year strong after Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Eli Remolona said this week that a rate cut is on the table in February. Inflation data continues to undershoot the central bank’s 2%-4% target, further supporting bonds. “Recent gains in the Philippine bond market could extend amid relatively benign inflation, healthy bond spreads relative to US Treasuries and further rate cuts especially if economic recovery is delayed,” said Michael Ricafort , chief economist at Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. in Manila. For now Philippine bonds are offering more value relative to their own historical trend. The 10-year government yield is currently around 6%, which is 0.3 standard deviations above the five-year average. Only South Korea offers more value based on this metric. Moreover, the 10-year peso inflation-adjusted yield is around 4.20%, which is 1.3 standard deviations above the five-year mean. Philippine bonds also offer a yield spread of around 190 basis points over US Treasuries. Citigroup Inc. initiated a long currency-hedged position into five-year Philippine bonds with a target of 5.3%-5.4%, strategists including Rohit Garg wrote in a note on Tuesday. The 5-year yield is currently at around 5.78%, according to Bloomberg data. Bloomberg’s EM Asia scorecard suggests that there is greater downside for Philippine bond yields relative to regional peers. Foreign investors who FX-hedge this position would be insulat...

This tech-enabled Medicare Advantage provider for seniors reported notable insider selling following a year of strong stock performance. On Dec. 29, Alignment Healthcare (ALHC 1.78%) Chief Information Officer Robert L. Scavo executed an open-market sale of 69,541 shares for a total consideration of approximately $1.3 million, as disclosed in a SEC Form 4 filing. Transaction Summary Metric Value Shares sold (direct) 69,541 Transaction value $1.3 million Post-transaction shares (direct) 503,014 Post-transaction value (direct ownership) $9.53 million The transaction value is based on the SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($18.74), and the post-transaction value is based on Dec. 29 holdings. Key Questions How significant was this sale compared to Scavo's previous transactions? This 69,541-share sale was materially larger than Scavo’s historical median for sell-only events (8,235 shares), though not the largest in his record; recent dispositions have included a 100,863-share sale in June 2025. This 69,541-share sale was materially larger than Scavo’s historical median for sell-only events (8,235 shares), though not the largest in his record; recent dispositions have included a 100,863-share sale in June 2025. What proportion of his available shares did Scavo sell in this transaction? The transaction accounted for 12.2% of his direct holdings, which is above his recent-period median of 4.91% per sale, but reflects a pattern of larger transactions as his available share balance declines. The transaction accounted for 12.2% of his direct holdings, which is above his recent-period median of 4.91% per sale, but reflects a pattern of larger transactions as his available share balance declines. Did the sale involve any indirect holdings or derivative securities? No; all shares involved were directly held common stock, with post-transaction indirect holdings reported as zero and no options or other derivative mechanisms exercised or settled in connection with this event...

财联社1月8日讯（记者 闫军） “巨无霸”ETF官宣更名。 1月7日，华泰柏瑞基金公告称，旗下沪深300ETF的场内扩位简称调整为“沪深300ETF华泰柏瑞”，该变更将于1月9日生效。 沪深300ETF华泰柏瑞最新规模该ETF最新规模为4394.4亿元，是全市场规模最大的股票ETF。此次更名是响应沪深交易所2025年11月发布的基金业务指南修订要求，根据要求，所有存量ETF须在2026年3月31日前完成场内简称规范化调整，简称中必须包含基金管理人信息。 近期，包括易方达、富国、华宝等多家基金公司已密集发布旗下ETF更名公告，存量产品标识规范化进程加快，其中，易方达成为行业首家率先完成旗下全部ETF简称调整的基金公司。ETF新名称均要遵循“核心投资标的+ETF+管理人”格式，此举将有助于投资者在产品同质化背景下更清晰地进行识别与选择。 境内规模最大ETF即将更名 华泰柏瑞官宣了旗下沪深300ETF更名的时间表，这只成立14年的“巨无霸”ETF自1月9日起，将启用“沪深300ETF华泰柏瑞”新场内扩位简称。 更名主要原因在于响应监管要求，2025年11月，沪深交易所同步修订发布基金业务指南，明确要求存量ETF须在2026年3月31日前完成扩位简称规范化调整，必须包含基金管理人简称。从监管制度层面终结命名乱象，提升市场透明度和投资便利性。 与此同时，有辨识度的更名也有利于投资者进行产品选择。截至1月6日，我国ETF市场总规模已近6.2万亿元，场内ETF数量达1387只。同质化产品背景下，ETF命名不规范给投资者带来选择困惑。 过往ETF命名上存在两大问题，一方面是同一指数不同名称，以跟踪沪深300指数的ETF为例，不含增强型，目前全市场沪深300ETF已达25只，同时2只“沪深300ETF”“300ETF”“300指数ETF”等多种名称；另一方面是不同指数共用一名称。比如场内有两只卫星ETF，跟踪的却分别是中证卫星产业指数、国证商用卫星通信产业指数，两只指数的成分股权重重合度仅60%。 命名规范后，投资者可以仅从ETF的扩位简称上就能快速区分、识别标的指数和管理机构，提高了决策效率。 华泰柏瑞基金相关人士指出，市场在经历快速发展后，基础制度的完善与生态的优化已成为高质量发展的关键。产品命名标准化作为一项基础性工作，有助于构建更清晰、公平的市场环境，降低投资者选择成本，引导...

Unions accuse McDonald's of 'repeated harassment' against 'mostly teenage' staff 3 hours ago Share Save Noor Nanji & Zoe Conway BBC News Share Save Getty Images A group of trade unions has alleged McDonald's has violated international labour standards by failing to tackle sexual harassment in its UK restaurants and franchises. It comes after a BBC investigation exposed a toxic culture at the fast-food chain in which workers, some as young as 17, were being groped and harassed. Last year, McDonald's staff told us they still faced sexual abuse and harassment. The unions complained to an independent unit within government which has now offered to intervene by mediating between the unions and McDonald's. The fast-food chain said it was "reviewing the information and considering next steps". The complaint from trade unions was referred to the UK National Contact Point (NCP) - an independent unit which sits with the Department for Business and Trade, run by a mix of civil servants and external advisors. After conducting an initial assessment, the UK NCP has decided the complaint merits further consideration and will now offer mediation to both parties. McDonald's - A toxic workplace for teenagers? The group of five trade unions, including the Bakers Union and the TUC, alongside the Corporate Justice Coalition, state that their complaint - which was lodged in February 2024 - was prompted by the BBC's investigation. The complaint said there had been "further evidence of persistent, deeply rooted gender-based discrimination" in McDonald's restaurants, in breach of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidelines. It described "repeated episodes" of harassment against McDonald's workers, "most of them teenagers". It also accuses managers of failing to stop such behaviour. The Department of Business and Trade said its decision to accept the complaint is not a finding against McDonald's. It also said it does not mean that it considers that the company ha...