Funtay/iStock via Getty Images Oklahoma's attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block Emirates Global Aluminum and Century Aluminum ( CENX ) from building the largest U.S. aluminum smelter, warning the $4B project would cause significant pollution, strain the electric grid, and threaten nearby communities and agriculture. The suit was filed in state court by AG Gentner Drummond, who...
Funtay/iStock via Getty Images Oklahoma's attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block Emirates Global Aluminum and Century Aluminum ( CENX ) from building the largest U.S. aluminum smelter, warning the $4B project would cause significant pollution, strain the electric grid, and threaten nearby communities and agriculture. The suit was filed in state court by AG Gentner Drummond, who is running for governor; the project is backed by President Trump, who has endorsed Drummond's opponent, former state Senator Mike Mazzei, in the Republican primary. The proposed smelter would be the largest primary aluminum production plant ever constructed in the U.S., with a planned capacity exceeding 750K metric tons/year of aluminum , and be the first of its kind built in the country since 1980. Drummond alleges in the lawsuit that the smelter in the town of Inola would leach air and water pollutants that would "injure the health, comfort, repose, and safety of the people" of the region. The U.S. Department of Energy last year selected Century Aluminum ( CENX ) for a grant of up to $500M to underwrite construction, and the state of Oklahoma added subsidies, including a $255M incentive package. More on Century Aluminum Century Aluminum: The Rally Still Has Plenty Fuel Century Aluminum: Transformative Earnings Cycle Century Aluminum Q1 2026 Earnings Call Presentation
The Republican-led House voted on Wednesday to halt the war with Iran, breaking with US President Donald Trump on an unpopular foreign conflict that is taking an escalating economic toll on Americans. The 215-208 vote showed worries over the war spreading in the president’s own party five months before congressional elections. Last month, a Senate resolution to end the war also advanced past a pro...
The Republican-led House voted on Wednesday to halt the war with Iran, breaking with US President Donald Trump on an unpopular foreign conflict that is taking an escalating economic toll on Americans. The 215-208 vote showed worries over the war spreading in the president’s own party five months before congressional elections. Last month, a Senate resolution to end the war also advanced past a procedural hurdle for the first time, though that legislation has not yet come to a formal vote. The...
Gary Gensler, former chair of both the CFTC and SEC, discusses the capital markets and the regulatory challenges they face. The discussion highlights the anticipated surge in IPO activity in 2026, with reported estimates of capital raised reaching up to $75 billion. He speaks with Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
Gary Gensler, former chair of both the CFTC and SEC, discusses the capital markets and the regulatory challenges they face. The discussion highlights the anticipated surge in IPO activity in 2026, with reported estimates of capital raised reaching up to $75 billion. He speaks with Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
Bitmine Immersion Technologies ( BMNR ) announced on Wednesday that it plans to issue 3M shares of its 9.50% Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock, with a $100 face value per share. The stock will pay a 9.5% annual cash dividend, with weekly payouts and unpaid dividends compounding at a gradually increasing rate, capped up to about 15% per year. The net proceeds will be used for general corporate nee...
Bitmine Immersion Technologies ( BMNR ) announced on Wednesday that it plans to issue 3M shares of its 9.50% Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock, with a $100 face value per share. The stock will pay a 9.5% annual cash dividend, with weekly payouts and unpaid dividends compounding at a gradually increasing rate, capped up to about 15% per year. The net proceeds will be used for general corporate needs, including buying more Ethereum ( ETH-USD ), expanding staking/validator infrastructure, working capital, digital asset investments, and share buybacks. The company can redeem the shares at 110% (first 18 months), 105% (up to 3 years), and 100% thereafter, plus unpaid dividends. The preferred stock is expected to be listed on the NYSE under the ticker “BMNP,” with trading likely to begin within ~30 days after issuance. Source: Press Release More on Bitmine Immersion Technologies Bitmine Immersion: An Ethereum Treasury Trading Below Its Own Assets Bitmine Immersion: Ethereum Pivot Driving Hidden Upside Bitmine Immersion: Unlocking Staking Rewards 5 of 7 proxy stocks trail BTC's 12% fall: Investors piled into these 6 miner stocks Bitmine's 26.5K Ethereum purchase vs. bearish chart: Is market not convinced?
Descartes Systems (DSGX) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +3.77% and +1.01%, respectively, for the quarter ended April 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Descartes Systems (DSGX) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +3.77% and +1.01%, respectively, for the quarter ended April 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
With dozens of companies, from small startups to tech giants, pursuing quantum computing, there's a steady flow of results as they try to find a path to utility. We typically focus on new technologies and major landmarks, which can obscure the fact that any big success will inevitably have been built on a lot of incremental progress. The past few weeks have seen a number of companies release progr...
With dozens of companies, from small startups to tech giants, pursuing quantum computing, there's a steady flow of results as they try to find a path to utility. We typically focus on new technologies and major landmarks, which can obscure the fact that any big success will inevitably have been built on a lot of incremental progress. The past few weeks have seen a number of companies release progress reports on how they're trying to get the technologies closer to general use. None of these represents a major breakthrough, but all are absolutely necessary for the technology to advance. The idea here is to convey the hard work required to move us closer to something useful. Microsoft does material science Microsoft is one of the few companies working on topological qubits, based on the distinct physics that occurs when particles are confined. Microsoft's system relies on a thin superconducting wire placed on top of a semiconductor. In superconductors, groups of two electrons form Cooper pairs. But if the wire contains an odd number of conducting electrons—meaning there's a single unpaired electron—it will end up delocalized to both ends of the wire. (Because quantum mechanics is weird.) Read full article Comments
Asian stocks were poised for losses on Thursday as renewed clashes between the US and Iran added strain to a fragile ceasefire, while pushing oil prices higher. Equity-index futures for Japan and Hong Kong pointed to losses at the open, with a regional stock gauge set to end four days of gains. US share futures fell around 0.4% after the underlying benchmarks pulled back from record highs, with th...
Asian stocks were poised for losses on Thursday as renewed clashes between the US and Iran added strain to a fragile ceasefire, while pushing oil prices higher. Equity-index futures for Japan and Hong Kong pointed to losses at the open, with a regional stock gauge set to end four days of gains. US share futures fell around 0.4% after the underlying benchmarks pulled back from record highs, with the S&P 500 snapping a nine-day winning streak. After the close, Broadcom Inc. shares tumbled in post-market action as its outlook failed to impress investors. US crude steadied after gaining 2.4% in the previous session after the US and Iran exchanged fire overnight, drawing Kuwait and Bahrain into one of the most serious flare-ups since a ceasefire took effect in early April. Rising oil prices and signs of resilience in the US labor market sent Treasuries lower, as traders increased bets that the Federal Reserve’s next move will be to raise interest rates. The moves followed days of rising tensions in the Middle East, including Israeli operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, that risk derailing US-Iran talks and undermining a fragile ceasefire. While the AI-driven rally has propelled equities to record highs, a fresh wave of geopolitical risks is testing investors’ willingness to look past higher oil prices. “We are no longer watching a delicate ceasefire, instead what is occurring is more akin to a low-intensity conflict,” said Chris Beauchamp , chief market analyst at IG. “This simply leaves the vital issue of oil supplies unresolved, and the clock continues to tick down towards doomsday for oil inventories and the global economy.” In Asia, the yen hovered near the 160-per-dollar level after Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda reiterated that policymakers need to keep raising interest rates in line with economic and inflation developments. While the comments reinforced expectations for a rate hike on June 16, they were less explicit than remarks that preceded the BOJ’s pre...
Five Below's Earnings Blowout Has Wall Street Scrambling to Raise TargetsFive Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) reported a sharply stronger first quarter than management expected, with executives pointing to broad traffic gains, social-media-driven merchandising, new store growth and higher ta
Five Below's Earnings Blowout Has Wall Street Scrambling to Raise TargetsFive Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) reported a sharply stronger first quarter than management expected, with executives pointing to broad traffic gains, social-media-driven merchandising, new store growth and higher ta
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed on Wednesday that China is “very interested” in additional Boeing plane purchases, an issue the Trump administration plans to press when President Xi Jinping visits the United States in September. “They agreed to 200 aeroplanes during the visit. We will see if they commit to a larger number when Xi Jinping arrives in Washington,” Bessent said in his budg...
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed on Wednesday that China is “very interested” in additional Boeing plane purchases, an issue the Trump administration plans to press when President Xi Jinping visits the United States in September. “They agreed to 200 aeroplanes during the visit. We will see if they commit to a larger number when Xi Jinping arrives in Washington,” Bessent said in his budget request testimony to the Senate Finance Committee. China’s commitment to buy 200 Boeing aircraft...