Ibragimova/Tiberghien (BIS) Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien, on period instruments, offer zest-filled and elegant readings of four Beethoven sonatas Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien get their Beethoven cycle off to a flying start with zesty accounts of the Op 12 set alongside the evergreen Spring Sonata. They perform on period instruments – she, a 1570 Amati violin; he, a replica 1794 Walter fortepiano – but there’s nothing academic about these fresh-as-a-daisy interpretations. Among the Op 12, the D major sonata crackles with an almost capricious theatricality. One moment they are teasing, the next goading each other into greater feats of athleticism. Ibragimova explores the widest of dynamic ranges, accompanied by Tiberghien, whose quicksilver right hand is matched by a percussive left that would give a timpanist a run for his money. Continue reading...

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Global trading house Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. has reached a deal to acquire one of Argentina’s biggest refineries and a network of hundreds of gas stations from Brazil’s struggling Raizen SA . The acquisition , valued at $1.42 billion, comes after fierce competition from rival trader Vitol Group and caps drawn-out negotiations that involved Mercuria’s minority partner in Argentina, business magnate Jose Luis Manzano , and Raizen’s creditors including BTG Pactual Holding SA . “Mercuria believes Argentina represents an important energy market with strong long-term fundamentals and significant opportunities for operational growth and investment,” the company said in a statement Thursday. The deal is a triumph for President Javier Milei , who is up for re-election next year and is keen to show that his free-market reforms can lure foreign direct investment. Mercuria’s bet on Argentina comes as commodity trading houses increasingly look to downstream oil facilities as a way to keep up the windfall profits they booked during an energy crisis earlier this decade. Mercuria, via its subsidiaries Latam Downstream Holdings Ltd. and Silver Projects I S.A.U, takes control of the Dock Sud refinery on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, the third biggest in Argentina, and about 700 gas stations accounting for roughly one fifth of nationwide fuel sales. It’s expected to close in the current crop year, pending regulatory approvals, according to a statement Thursday. The deal creates a third integrated oil producer in Argentina — those that both drill for crude and refine it. State-run YPF SA is the biggest, followed by Pan American Energy Group , which is half-owned by British oil major BP Plc. Mercuria, via its subsidiary Phoenix Global Resources Plc , where businessman Manzano is also a partner, produces much less crude than YPF or Pan American. But it is set to invest billions of dollars over the coming years to ramp up output in Argentina’s burgeoning Vaca Muerta shale patch. Found...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 04, 2026--Financial organizations are navigating a risk landscape that grows more complex by the day. Ncontracts, the leading provider of integrated compliance, risk, and vendor management solutions to the financial industry, is moving to meet that moment, today announcing the appointment of Dr. Maureen Schumacher as Chief Marketing Officer.

A Nomatic Travel Pack filled with so much cool tech that its main compartment barely zips shut. | Image: Cameron Faulkner / The Verge We’re always testing out new products here The Verge , which presents a bit of a problem for our inventory closet in New York City. It’s literally overflowing with gadgets, new and old, so we’re restoring order by giving some of it away to one lucky person. We’ve stuffed over $800 worth of tech into a Nomatic Travel Pack that could be yours if you’re randomly chosen as the winner of our sweepstakes, which runs through 10AM ET on June 30th. Our giveaway kicks off ahead of Amazon’s upcoming Prime Day sale , which starts on Tuesday, June 23rd, and lasts through June 26th. We’ll select a winner from the entrants on June 30th, and they’ll be notified via email. All you need to do is take a few seconds to enter the sweepstakes. It’s as easy as filling in the fields below within the Viralsweep embed. Once you enter, you’ll become a subscriber to our Verge Shopping newsletter, which contains the latest deals, plus links to recent buying guides, reviews, and other relevant articles we think you’ll like. It’ll be especially useful with Prime Day coming up, keeping you in the know of the biggest deals of the sale. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Sweepstakes begins at 10:00am ET on 06/04/2026 and ends at 10:00am ET on 06/30/2026. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states and Washington D.C., of legal age of majority and have access to the internet, and a valid email address. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. Governed by and subject to the Official Rules , additional eligibility restrictions apply. Vox Media Privacy Policy Sponsor: Vox Media, LLC, 1701 Rhode Island Ave., Washington DC 20036.

Today on Decoder , I’m talking to Ryan Mac, a technology reporter at The New York Times and coauthor of the excellent book Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter , which came out in 2024 . I can’t recommend it enough. I wanted to have Ryan on the show because we’re on the cusp of the SpaceX IPO, which promises to be one of the most consequential public offerings in history for a variety of reasons — its biggest-ever size, of course, at nearly $2 trillion dollars , but also because all kinds of rules that keep our markets fair are being bent, if not outright broken, along the way . I also wanted to talk to Ryan because buried somewhere inside SpaceX is X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, which Musk purchased in 2022. That’s what Ryan cowrote that book about. I was very confident that Musk would come to regret buying Twitter back then. I wrote a piece called “Welcome To hell, Elon,” which is probably the single most-read thing I’ve ever written. My thesis was that there would be no way to grow Twitter users and revenue without moderating the platform well and, ultimately, that Elon buying Twitter would destroy his reputation and cause damage to his other companies. Now, we have the numbers from the SpaceX IPO filing to see how right my prediction was. X is shrinking by every major metric, but it may not matter, as Ryan points out. Take a listen, and let me know what you think. Ryan and I also got into all those rules being broken to land the SpaceX IPO — rules about shareholder control, inclusion in the major index funds, and all the other levers of market accountability that usually serve to keep companies in check. You’re going to hear us say “corporate governance” a lot in this episode, and while it may sound boring, it won’t be if you take a shot every time it comes up. Okay, don’t do that. But do consider what it means that Elon has become so rich, so powerful, and so detached from the levers of accountability that he can apparently get aw...

CHARLESTON, S.C., June 04, 2026--Red Metals, a next-generation copper manufacturer, today announced $10 million in Seed funding and plans to build a $70 million facility in Charleston, South Carolina, expected to create at least 45 jobs in its initial phase of operations. The company has developed a novel copper refining process designed to reshore the manufacturing of finished copper products to the United States.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) today announced a new partnership with Zoox, the Amazon-owned autonomous ride hailing company building a safer, cleaner, more enjoyable future on the road with its purpose-built robotaxi.

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道指涨超1.5%，刷新盘中历史高位至51467点上方。成分股中，联合健康涨5.7%、Merck涨4.4%，美国运通涨4%、Visa涨3.5%、波音涨2.6%、高盛涨2.4%。 费城半导体指数跌超6.29%，刷新日低、逼近1.3万点关口，撤离6月3日所创历史最高位。博通维持超过15%的跌幅，持稳于日低403.01美元附近；Arm控股跌7.3%，美光科技跌7.2%，高意公司Coherent跌5.9%，Lumentum跌5.8%，日月光半导体跌5.1%，联电跌5%，Rambus跌4.8%，AMD跌4.7%，慧荣科技跌4.1%，意法半导体ADR跌4.2%，高通跌4%，半导体板块ETF跌3.9%，半导体ETF跌3.3%，亚德诺跌2.8%。

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Jamie Smith chooses to leave the wrong delivery as he is bowled by Kyle Jamieson for one, to leave England 55-5 on the day one of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's.

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网约车巨头 优步 正在显著扩大其在自动驾驶出租车领域的布局。据知情人士透露，优步对自动驾驶初创公司Nuro的总承诺投资额已接近5亿美元，这一举措是其打造商业化自动驾驶出租车业务的重要一步。 这笔近5亿美元的融资并非一次性到账，而是采用了与业绩挂钩的分阶段注资模式。据悉，Nuro每完成一个关键的开发或商业里程碑，优步便会释放一部分资金。这些关键点包括：今年晚些时候启动无安全员的道路测试，年底前在优步应用上搭载乘客进行试运行，以及在2027年全面扩大服务规模。据悉，Nuro已按期完成前几阶段的考核指标，并获得了首笔资金。 此次大手笔投资是优步、Nuro与美国电动车企Lucid三方战略合作的核心组成部分。该合作的目标是共同部署一支由多达35，000辆自动驾驶出租车组成的车队。车队将主要使用Lucid的Gravity SUV及其计划推出的中型汽车，搭载Nuro的L4级自动驾驶软件，并通过优步的全球出行网络进行运营。 分析人士指出，优步此举是其战略转型的体现，即从一个自行研发自动驾驶技术的公司，转变为一家中立的“自动驾驶出行聚合平台”。通过与多家领先的技术公司合作，优步旨在将自身打造成自动驾驶出租车服务的“超级应用”。与此同时，优步还采取了审慎的“期权式”投资策略，将资金与具体的技术和商业化成果挂钩，从而有效管理投资风险。 对于Nuro而言，这笔资金将为其技术商业化落地提供关键支持。这家最初以小型无人配送车闻名的公司，在2024年经历了重大战略转型，从制造整车转向将其自研的自动驾驶软件授权给汽车制造商和出行服务商。目前，Nuro已获得在加州部分地区进行无安全员测试及载人测试的许可。 责任编辑：张俊 SF065

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Elen11/iStock Editorial via Getty Images There's a very good reason to watch the stock price of PVH Corp. ( PVH ), the owner of premium fashion brands Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, when it reports its results. Investors tend to be exceptionally responsive to its financial updates. Consider the following: After it released the numbers for its 2025 financial year (year ending on the Sunday closest to January 31) post-market, the stock popped by no less than 10% in the following trading session. When I had last checked on PVH a little over a year ago, following its 2024 earnings report, the stock had jumped by 18%. The company reported its Q1 2026 earnings yesterday. Can the stock pop again? There are certainly pockets that encourage a positive perspective. But there are reasons for concern, too. These are discussed in three key takeaways from the report, as below. #1. Revenues exceed expectations, but remain weak First, a look at the revenues. Reported revenues came in at USD 2 billion, a 2% YoY increase and a surprise of 1.3% compared with analysts' estimates. Growth was also bigger compared to 1.6% YoY in Q1 2025. That said, revenue growth still looks weak. For context, PVH's 5-year revenue CAGR is at 2.7%. Also, the rise was only due to favorable currency movements. On a constant currency basis, the figure dropped by 2% YoY, however. This is disappointing on its own anyway, but even more so when compared with a 2% YoY increase in Q1 2025. If it's any consolation, the constant currency revenue decline was in line with the company's guidance of a "low single-digits" drop. #2. Encouraging pickup in APAC growth, Americas lag Notably, the company saw 10% YoY growth in reported revenues in the APAC market and a 6% YoY rise in constant currency terms due to the timing of the Lunar New Year. It's too bad, though, that the region's impact on the overall result is limited, since it brings in only under 20% of the revenues. Nevertheless, it's somewhat encouraging that PVH'...

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Broadcom (AVGO) stock sinks further in Thursday trading despite topping estimates for fiscal second quarter earnings and revenue, while also outpacing forecasts on third quarter guidance. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company CIO Brent Schutte joins Yahoo Finance Senior Reporters Ines Ferré and Brooke DiPalma in assessing Broadcom's post-earnings stock reaction compared to other AI players.

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World Acceptance ( WRLD ) announced in a Form 8-K filing that Interim President and CEO Janet L. Matricciani stepped down on June 3, 2026, with no operational disagreements. Under a separation agreement, she will receive a $350K cash payment, biweekly severance payments of about $38.5K through April 12, 2027, 592 vested restricted shares, and a lump-sum payment for COBRA premiums. According to the SEC filing, the company appointed EVP and COO J. Tobin Turner as Principal Executive Officer. Source: Press Release More on World Acceptance World Acceptance Corporation (WRLD) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript World Acceptance outlines $47M-$49M personnel expense plan for first three quarters of fiscal 2027 amid 5% field headcount reduction World Acceptance CEO Prashad resigns, Janet Matricciani appointed to the role on interim basis Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on World Acceptance Historical earnings data for World Acceptance