PLA warships transited sensitive international waterways off southwestern Japan twice this week, a rare move seen as a clear warning to Tokyo over its recent actions relating to Taiwan. The transits marked the start and end of exercises in the western Pacific, outbound through the Yokoate Channel on Sunday and back via the Yonaguni-Iriomote Waterway on Wednesday. In a statement on Wednesday, the E...
PLA warships transited sensitive international waterways off southwestern Japan twice this week, a rare move seen as a clear warning to Tokyo over its recent actions relating to Taiwan. The transits marked the start and end of exercises in the western Pacific, outbound through the Yokoate Channel on Sunday and back via the Yonaguni-Iriomote Waterway on Wednesday. In a statement on Wednesday, the Eastern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army said: “[We] have organised the 133rd Fleet to...
Former Moldovan strongman Vladimir Plahotniuc was sentenced to 19 years in prison for his involvement in a $1 billion banking fraud that left the nation on the verge of bankruptcy over a decade ago. A court in the capital Chisinau on Wednesday found Plahotniuc guilty on all charges, including creating and leading a criminal organization, fraud and money laundering. He denied any wrongdoing. Plahot...
Former Moldovan strongman Vladimir Plahotniuc was sentenced to 19 years in prison for his involvement in a $1 billion banking fraud that left the nation on the verge of bankruptcy over a decade ago. A court in the capital Chisinau on Wednesday found Plahotniuc guilty on all charges, including creating and leading a criminal organization, fraud and money laundering. He denied any wrongdoing. Plahotniuc’s lawyer Lucian Rogac told reporters on Wednesday that the tycoon plans to appeal the court’s decision, claiming fundamental rights have been reached and that the entire trial is politically motivated. Moldova, now led by the pro-European Union administration of President Maia Sandu , has been struggling for years to clean up its judiciary and recover investor trust after the 2014 banking fraud that involved Moldova’s three major banks as well as high-ranking politicians. Plahotniuc was long regarded as the most powerful man — and once the richest — in the small eastern European nation wedged between Ukraine and Romania. However, his dominance was cut short when Sandu allied with her opponents to topple him in 2019. Following his extradition from Greece in September last year, Plahotniuc was placed in detention in Chisinau. He remains controversial in Moldova as politicians from across the spectrum have claimed over the years that he orchestrated massive corruption schemes, which he’s denied.
hapabapa Alphabet's ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ) unit Google Cloud and McKinsey have launched the McKinsey Google Transformation Group to scale enterprise impact in the AI era. The new group combines McKinsey's strategy and industry expertise and technology delivery capabilities with Google Cloud's AI stack — including compute accelerators, multimodal Gemini models, and Gemini Enterprise — to help clients t...
hapabapa Alphabet's ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ) unit Google Cloud and McKinsey have launched the McKinsey Google Transformation Group to scale enterprise impact in the AI era. The new group combines McKinsey's strategy and industry expertise and technology delivery capabilities with Google Cloud's AI stack — including compute accelerators, multimodal Gemini models, and Gemini Enterprise — to help clients turn AI ambition into sustained business value. The companies said they will deliver this value through joint teams, co-funded value assessments, and outcome-based models, creating an end-to-end experience while reducing upfront investment and aligning to measurable results. The companies added that Google and McKinsey teams will work together to develop AI-powered client solutions built on Google Cloud, using McKinsey's industry insights to create reusable proprietary assets that speed time to value and support scaled adoption. "By bringing together McKinsey's strategic guidance with Google Cloud's AI platform, we're helping organizations reimagine entire value chains and build the agentic enterprises that will define the next era of global industry," said Thomas Kurian, CEO, Google Cloud. Underpinning this effort, McKinsey is investing to scale its Google Cloud expertise and delivery capabilities across infrastructure and AI, the companies added. More on Alphabet Alphabet: Insane Performance, With Future Strength Alphabet: A Powerful Earnings Beat Likely Coming Again (Earnings Preview) Alphabet: AI-Powered Google Finance Is A Masterstroke Google Cloud gets major win as Mars taps Gemini Enterprise for workforce The earnings tightrope: Will Mag 7 bulls pivot to bottom fishing?
HJBC/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Arcelor Mittal ( MT ) is preparing to take over a steel distribution joint venture with an Italian auto supplier for Stellantis as part of a debt restructuring, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The JV between two of Italy’s largest steel distributors - ArcelorMittal ( MT ) and Stellantis supplier CLN-Coils Lamiere Nastri – was established in 2015. CLN controls 5...
HJBC/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Arcelor Mittal ( MT ) is preparing to take over a steel distribution joint venture with an Italian auto supplier for Stellantis as part of a debt restructuring, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The JV between two of Italy’s largest steel distributors - ArcelorMittal ( MT ) and Stellantis supplier CLN-Coils Lamiere Nastri – was established in 2015. CLN controls 51% of the firm's shares, while ArcelorMittal ( MT ) owns 49%, but the steel company also is one of the venture's largest creditors, ahead of banks and other suppliers. ArcelorMittal ( MT ) has launched the process to obtain approval for the takeover from antitrust authorities and could inject new capital after the deal to further strengthen the company's balance sheet, according to the report . The JV posted revenues of €526M in 2023, while debt totaled €186M, according to its 2023 annual report, the latest available. More on ArcelorMittal ArcelorMittal: Missed Out On 'A Bit' Of The Upside, But Not Much ArcelorMittal Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript ArcelorMittal Q4 2025 Earnings Call Presentation
Rogers Communication (RCI) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +1.37% and +1.39%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Rogers Communication (RCI) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +1.37% and +1.39%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?