The United Nations expressed “grave concern” on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan’s Taliban government on separation in marriage which includes provisions on child marriage, saying the code further entrenches discrimination against women and girls. The government rejected the accusations, saying the decree follows Islamic law and insisting the country has already banned the forced marriage of girls. Afghanistan’s justice ministry published Decree No 18 “on judicial separation of spouses” last week, which sets out rules for separation of a married couple. Advertisement Among its most controversial provisions, it says the silence of a girl reaching puberty can be interpreted as consent to marriage. It also includes a section on the separation of girls who reach puberty and are married, which “implies that child marriage is permitted”, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a statement. “This undermines the principle of free and full consent and failing to safeguard the best interests of the child,” it said. Advertisement The decree stipulates that a marriage can be ruled invalid “if a father or grandfather has given a minor girl or boy without any dowry, not enough dowry or obscene embezzlement”. It also says that a girl given away in marriage by her father or grandfather to a man who “has not treated her with kindness or is well known for his bad choices … has the right to approach the court to cancel the marriage contract upon reaching puberty”.

格隆汇5月22日｜一名巴基斯坦参议员在接受媒体采访时表示，伊朗与巴基斯坦之间以及巴基斯坦与美国之间的谈判仍在进行中，巴基斯坦尽一切努力促使各方回到谈判桌前，减少分歧，达成协议，结束战争。他还表示，美伊谈判正朝着正确的方向发展。伊朗和美国之间的谈判已经取得进展，并对此持乐观态度。

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Promoter Eddie Hearn described Rico Verhoeven as "not a normal man" before the boxing novice's world title shot against heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in Egypt on Saturday. Ukrainian Usyk - widely considered the greatest heavyweight of his era - will put his WBC title on the line against kickboxing legend Verhoeven. The bout, which will take place at the foot of the pyramids of Giza, is widely viewed as a major mismatch - with critics questioning why a world title is at stake. "The fight on paper is an impossible mountain to climb for Rico Verhoeven," Matchroom promoter Hearn said. "No, I'll rephrase that. For the normal man. But the reason he has accomplished what he's accomplished, and the reason he's done what he's done, is because he's not a normal man."

伊朗表示，美国提出的最新方案已在一定程度上缩小交战方之间的分歧。然而，伊朗最高领袖保留铀库存的言论以及围绕霍尔木兹海峡收费系统的争执，阻碍了局势取得突破的前景。 据媒体周四报道，德黑兰正处于回应美国一份文本的过程中。报道称该文本“在一定程度上缩小了分歧”，“要进一步缩小分歧，就需要华盛顿方面终结战争的冲动。”该报道未说明消息来源。 尽管这一表态显示出一定进展，但据报道，伊朗最高领袖已下达指示，不得将接近武器级的铀运往国外，此消息推动油价上涨。随后，美国总统特朗普表示，他反对伊朗与阿曼就霍尔木兹海峡通航建立某种永久性收费体系的举措。 “我们希望它开放，我们希望它免费，我们不希望有通行费，”特朗普周四在白宫对记者表示，“这是一条国际水道。他们目前没有收取通行费。” 责任编辑：何云

Bordinthorn Loyrat/iStock via Getty Images Equities continue to hover near record levels, even as geopolitical and policy uncertainty builds beneath the surface. Jing Roy, Vice President, Director and Portfolio Manager, Asset Allocation at TD Asset Management, discusses the outlook for markets and highlights three key short-term catalysts investors should keep an eye on: U.S.-China relations, tensions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, and new leadership at the U.S. Fed. Transcript Greg Bonnell: Despite plenty of risks, equities are still sitting near record highs, which naturally raises questions about the strength of this rally. Well, our guest today says that investors need to be keeping an eye on three potential catalysts. Joining us now to discuss, TD Asset Management's Jing Roy. Jing, always good to have you on the show. Welcome back. Jing Roy: Thanks for having me. Greg Bonnell: You got three catalysts for us. Let's start going through them now. Jing Roy: OK. Let's start with the US-China summit that started overnight. The objective of the summit was really to normalize the relationship between the two countries and extend the trade truce reached last October. Economically, for the US to manage the trade deficit with China, US would like to export more planes, beans, chips, and energy. For China, I think there might be an agreement on mutual market access for some nonsensitive industries, so that's a positive. Geopolitically, I think President Trump scored his first win. President Xi stated his opposition against a militarized Strait of Hormuz and the tolling system that's put in place. So, that's positive. For China, the top prize is really to shift US stance on Taiwan. So, we don't know how that's going to pan out. But for investors in general, a successful summit is very good for risk appetite and really derisks the global growth outlook. So, it's good for equities. Greg Bonnell: That is number one. Number two, and it sort of came up in number one, the Stra...

Watch out, Suno. Spotify on Thursday announced it has partnered with Universal Music Group (UMG) to allow fans to use generative AI technology to create covers and remixes of their favorite songs. The tool will launch as a paid add-on available only to Spotify’s Premium subscribers and will offer a revenue share with participating artists for the AI-generated music based on their work. The company did not share pricing or a launch date for the new tool, only that the two companies had come to a licensing agreement. However, Spotify had teased its plans last year, noting that it was working with Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group, Warner Music Group, Merlin, and Believe to develop artist-first AI products. The AI tools would be created through “upfront agreements, not by asking for forgiveness later,” Spotify said at the time, an obvious swipe at other players in the space, like Suno. Among the principles Spotify outlined: artists and rightsholders should be able to choose if and how they participate in AI tools, and if they do, they should be fairly compensated. “Solving hard problems for music is what Spotify does, and fan-made covers and remixes are next. What we’re building is grounded in consent, credit, and compensation for the artists and songwriters that take part,” said Spotify co-CEO Alex Norström, in a statement about the UMG agreement. “Through each technological transformation, we have worked together with Sir Lucian [Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Group] and his team to evolve the music ecosystem into a richer, more beneficial experience for fans and a more rewarding outcome for artists and songwriters.” UMG Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge, meanwhile, touted the development as a way for artists to deepen their fan relationships while also creating additional revenue opportunities. There’s no word yet on which UMG artists have agreed to participate. While services like Suno and Udio have been pioneers in the AI music space, they moved forward o...

00:00 Speaker A Pras, let's start here because what we're seeing is the company believes that it's leaning into a 28.5 trillion dollar market. And when people think of SpaceX, they may only think of that rocket business, but there's actually so many more parts of this business as well. 00:26 Pras Yeah, I mean, look, it's a really interesting nugget here that has really caught a lot of people's eyes, right? So, in that prospectus filed yesterday, they said that they have a the the largest total addressable market ever claimed by a public company in an offering, saying it's 28.5 trillion, right? trillion. Um, largest actual market opportunity in human history. Well, what does that mean exactly? So, in the filing itself, they say that about 370 billion of that is going to be the launch and space enabled business, right? Uh, 1.6 trillion of that is the Starlink-based connectivity, and we saw that that's a very profitable business for Star for Star SpaceX. The remaining amount, which is the vast majority of it, is AI, right? So, how does that how does how does that model generate 20 over 20 trillion dollars in addressable market value? So, you know, they kind of see it as as a flywheel effect, right? So, Starlink generates the cash to bankroll the next generation Starships, and then Starships, uh, when they launch, they can slash costs to to launch stuff into into the market, and that'll ultimately expand the market and support new AI businesses, right? So, I mean, that's a lot. That that's a big sort of pie in the sky, theoretical thing. But hey, look, if you look in the filing also, you see that they have a business called Colossus, right? That's their big data center, that's their big, uh, GPU kind of compute center. And Anthropic has a 1.25 billion dollar a month, uh, contract with with with SpaceX to to offer them services. So, so you can see a little bit of that where that could come from just from a compute element alone. 02:08 Speaker A What sort of opportunity i...

Soybeans are trading with 2 to 4 cent losses in most contracts on Thursday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 3 1/4 cents at $11.34 1/2. Soymeal futures are down 80 cents to $1.30 on the day, with Soy Oil futures 2 to 12 points lower. Export sales data from USDA this morning showed 351,423 MT of 2025/26 soybean sales, which was on the higher side of the 150,000 MT to 450,000 MT estimates. That was a 4-week high and 14.12% larger than the same week last year. New crop sales were tallied at 172,729 MT, within estimates of 0-200,000 MT. That was a marketing year high for new crop, with total new crop sales at 509,642 MT still half of the same point last year. Don’t Miss a Day: Soybean meal sales were at 492,229 MT, which was within expectations at 200,000 to 600,000 MT. Bean oil sales were 1,042 MT, which was in the middle of the expected range of net reductions of 5,000 MT to sales of 12,000 MT. Jul 26 Soybeans are at $11.97 1/2, down 2 1/4 cents, Nearby Cash is at $11.34 1/2, down 3 1/4 cents, Aug 26 Soybeans are at $11.97, down 2 1/4 cents, Nov 26 Soybeans are at $11.89 1/2, down 4 cents, New Crop Cash is at $11.27 3/4, down 5 3/4 cents, On the date of publication, Austin Schroeder did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. For more information please view the Barchart Disclosure Policy here. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

Corn futures are holding near steady so far on Thursday with some contracts fractionally higher. The CmdtyView national averageCash Corn price is steady at $4.09. Export Sales data from this morning showed just 377,598 MT of corn sold in the week ending on January 1, shy of the 0.7-1.5 MMT estimates for 2025/26. That was a marketing year low and 15.1% below the same week last year. Sales for 2026/27 were tallied at 11,860 MT, between the 0-100,000 MT expectations. Don’t Miss a Day: Census data showed a delayed update for October exports, with a record 6.564 MMT (248.5 mbu) of corn shipped during the month. That was a drop of 5.93% from September but up 63.38% from the same month in 2024. Distillers exports were just shy of last year’s October record at 1.067 MMT. Ethanol shipments were back at a record pace of the month at 185 million gallons. USDA will release a slew of data on Monday, with the Crop Production report expected to show US corn production at 16.553 bbu, as yield is estimated at 184 bpa according to a Bloomberg survey of analysts. Mar 26 Corn is at $4.46 3/4, unch, Nearby Cash is at $4.08, unch, May 26 Corn is at $4.54 1/2, up 1/2 cent, Jul 26 Corn is at $4.60 1/2, up 3/4 cent, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

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WhatsApp is able to access user’s encrypted messages, Texas said in a lawsuit that accuses Meta Platforms Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg of lying to the US Senate in 2018 about the company’s steps to make them inaccessible. The lawsuit brought in Texas state court says WhatsApp, the chat service Meta has owned since 2014, maintains access to communications from 3 billion users that it purports to be private. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced the lawsuit Thursday, accusing WhatsApp of marketing its services as secure but failing to “deliver on those promises.” A Meta spokesperson denied Paxton’s claims in a statement: “WhatsApp cannot access people’s encrypted communications and any suggestion to the contrary is false. We will fight this suit as we continue defending our strong record on protecting people’s messages.” The case comes months after the Commerce Department abruptly closed an investigation into Meta over the same privacy concerns Paxton raised in the lawsuit. The probe was shut down after an investigator with the agency contacted other federal officials early this year to share his preliminary conclusions that Meta stores and is able to view WhatsApp messages. “There is no limit to the type of WhatsApp message that can be viewed by Meta,” an agent with the Office of Export Enforcement inside the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security wrote. Not long after the note, the agency closed the investigation, two people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News last month. One of them said it was done at the direction of senior agency leaders. Meta has consistently maintained its employees are unable to access WhatsApp encrypted messages. Zuckerberg reinforced that claim to the US Senate in 2018, insisting “Facebook systems do not see the content of messages being transferred over WhatsApp,” Paxton’s lawsuit said. The Texas petition asserting deceptive trade practices violations follows privacy related suits Paxton’s brought against ...

Welcome back to Soundbite. After sweltering in New York the past few days, I’m personally thrilled for some brisker weather. Today, I ventured out to Spotify Technology SA’s investor day, its first in four years, and wrote up the immediate headlines . The stock rose by as much as 18% in response to all the news. Still, there’s much more to discuss. We’ll get into that below along with news from ElevenLabs. If you appreciate this kind of work, please support it and subscribe . Reach me through email . Up first, here’s what I’m reading and writing this week. Amazon.com Inc. is letting Prime users generate artificial intelligence-hosted podcasts on any topic through its Alexa assistant. To get some of the underlying information, Amazon says it’s partnered with news organizations. Spotify launched a “verified” badge for musicians and podcasters . Instead of identifying AI-generated content, of which there is tons, it’s pointing out the humans. When will audiobooks’ (sanctioned) AI moment arrive? In recent years, along with everyone else, the publishing industry has been looking for ways to incorporate AI into its workflow. Most obviously: maybe AI could be used to voice audiobooks? In the time since those efforts kicked off, AI-voiced titles have inundated the market. More than 50,000 books on Audible now feature Amazon’s “virtual voice.” The New York Times just published a story about fraudulent AI-voiced titles overwhelming YouTube. Melania Trump used AI to record her memoir as an audiobook, and a slew of new competitors are entering the fray. Today, ElevenLabs, an AI-voice company valued at $11 billion , announced its intention to compete head-on in the field against Spotify and Audible. The company announced that it has licensed 200,000 human-voiced audiobooks from publishers, including HarperCollins, Blackstone Publishing and Vinci Books. The audiobooks will live in the company’s reader app, ElevenReader, which already allows people to upload any document or webpag...

In trading on Thursday, shares of Public Storage's 4.625% Dep Shares of Cumulative Preferred Share Series L (Symbol: PSA.PRL) were yielding above the 6.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.1564), with shares changing hands as low as $17.75 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 8.06% in the "Real Estate" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel . As of last close, PSA.PRL was trading at a 28.24% discount to its liquidation preference amount, versus the average discount of 14.07% in the "Real Estate" category. The chart below shows the one year performance of PSA.PRL shares, versus PSA: Below is a dividend history chart for PSA.PRL, showing historical dividend payments on Public Storage's 4.625% Dep Shares of Cumulative Preferred Share Series L: In Thursday trading, Public Storage's 4.625% Dep Shares of Cumulative Preferred Share Series L (Symbol: PSA.PRL) is currently off about 0.2% on the day, while the common shares (Symbol: PSA) are up about 0.4%. Also see: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in HCA Healthcare Inc (Symbol: HCA), where a total of 12,784 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.3 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 85.5% of HCA's average daily trading volume over the past month of 1.5 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $525 strike put option expiring September 18, 2026 , with 5,204 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 520,400 underlying shares of HCA. Below is a chart showing HCA's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $525 strike highlighted in orange: Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc (Symbol: HRTG) saw options trading volume of 4,396 contracts, representing approximately 439,600 underlying shares or approximately 82.4% of HRTG's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 533,505 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $30 strike call option expiring July 17, 2026, with 4,072 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 407,200 underlying shares of HRTG. Below is a chart showing HRTG's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $30 strike highlighted in orange: And Zoom Communications Inc (Symbol: ZM) options are showing a volume of 40,748 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 4.1 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 79.7% of ZM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 5.1 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $90 strike put option expiring May 22, 2026, with 3,290 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 329,000 underlying shares of ZM. Below is a chart showing ZM's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $90 strike highlighted in orange: For the various different available expirations for HCA options, HRTG options, or ZM options, visit StockOptionsChannel.com. Today's Most Active Call & Put Options of...

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Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Rigetti Computing Inc (Symbol: RGTI), where a total of 257,501 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 25.8 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 95.6% of RGTI's average daily trading volume over the past month of 26.9 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $22 strike call option expiring May 22, 2026 , with 18,460 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.8 million underlying shares of RGTI. Below is a chart showing RGTI's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $22 strike highlighted in orange: Cummins, Inc. (Symbol: CMI) saw options trading volume of 8,078 contracts, representing approximately 807,800 underlying shares or approximately 91.3% of CMI's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 884,610 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $730 strike call option expiring June 18, 2026, with 1,724 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 172,400 underlying shares of CMI. Below is a chart showing CMI's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $730 strike highlighted in orange: And D-Wave Quantum Inc (Symbol: QBTS) saw options trading volume of 233,826 contracts, representing approximately 23.4 million underlying shares or approximately 90.6% of QBTS's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 25.8 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $25 strike call option expiring May 22, 2026, with 18,947 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.9 million underlying shares of QBTS. Below is a chart showing QBTS's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $25 strike highlighted in orange: For the various different available expirations for RGTI options, CMI options, or QBTS options, visit StockOptionsChannel.com. Today's Most Active Call & Put Options of the S&P 500 » Also see: The views and opinions ...

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Etsy Inc (Symbol: ETSY), where a total of 22,900 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 2.3 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 66.2% of ETSY's average daily trading volume over the past month of 3.5 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $55 strike put option expiring June 18, 2026 , with 8,085 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 808,500 underlying shares of ETSY. Below is a chart showing ETSY's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $55 strike highlighted in orange: McDonald's Corp (Symbol: MCD) saw options trading volume of 27,579 contracts, representing approximately 2.8 million underlying shares or approximately 64.4% of MCD's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 4.3 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $295 strike call option expiring May 22, 2026, with 13,126 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.3 million underlying shares of MCD. Below is a chart showing MCD's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $295 strike highlighted in orange: And Qualcomm Inc (Symbol: QCOM) saw options trading volume of 183,086 contracts, representing approximately 18.3 million underlying shares or approximately 58.9% of QCOM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 31.1 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $220 strike call option expiring May 22, 2026, with 16,063 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.6 million underlying shares of QCOM. Below is a chart showing QCOM's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $220 strike highlighted in orange: For the various different available expirations for ETSY options, MCD options, or QCOM options, visit StockOptionsChannel.com. Today's Most Active Call & Put Options of the S&P 500 » Also see: The views and opinions expressed he...

Rickards: Investing In A World In Turmoil Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, To say that the world is in turmoil to an extent not seen since the 1960s is an understatement. The war in Ukraine is now in its fifth year. The war in Iran continues with no end in sight, despite Trump’s optimistic talk. NATO may be nearing the break-up stage as Trump pulls U.S. troops out of Germany. Energy prices are soaring, inflation has accelerated sharply again, consumer confidence has fallen sharply, debt is at an all-time high and supply chains are breaking down. Yet the major U.S. stock indices are at or near all-time highs. What accounts for record stock prices amid almost unprecedented turmoil? There are a number of key factors supporting stocks. The most obvious is the AI frenzy. This has two aspects. The first is that AI applications can improve productivity. The second is that the build-out of data centers with the most advanced semiconductors has led to a $1 trillion capital investment tsunami as Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI providers build their server farms. The next factor is related to the first and is often called the picks-and-shovels trade. The idea is that those who benefit in a gold rush are not the gold miners but the merchants who sell tools, clothes, supplies and other goods the miners need. In the AI gold rush, the winners are electricity suppliers, builders, hardware manufacturers (semiconductors and servers) and small towns where the server farms are located. These suppliers will do well today whether AI lives up to its promise or not. Passive Aggression Another major factor is passive investing. An enormous amount of U.S. wealth is held in 401(k)s, IRAs and assets under management by wealth managers. Relatively few of the account holders (or, for that matter, wealth managers) really understand active stock investing or risk management. Instead, they buy index funds, ETFs or other equity basket products that t...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introduces Vera Rubin, a next-generation AI data center platform, and Rubin Ultra, a next-generation AI GPU architecture, during the keynote address at the company's annual GTC developers conference in San Jose, California, on March 16, 2026. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is way ahead of estimates on the amount of spending that's coming for AI – even the most optimistic ones. During Wednesday evening's earnings call, Huang said he thought AI capital expenditures could get up to $4 trillion. "The capex is at a trillion dollars, and it's growing toward the three to four [trillion-dollar mark]," he said, speaking only of capex for hyperscalers like Alphabet and Amazon , which excludes other segments of the supercomputing market such as neoclouds. Nvidia's chief financial officer Colette Kress was even more specific on the call. "With analysts now forecasting hyperscale capex to exceed $1 trillion in 2027 and agentic AI beginning to proliferate [across] all industries, AI infrastructure spending is on track to reach $3 to $4 trillion annually by the end of this decade," she said. There's just one thing: That's way ahead of Wall Street's estimate trajectories. One analysis by Laura Martin at Needham shows the consensus estimate of hyperscaler capex hitting $1.03 trillion in 2028 – a third to a quarter of what it will be just two years later, if Huang's prediction is correct. "If Jensen Huang's prediction is correct … then the consensus estimates included in the chart below will be revised upwards, we believe," she wrote on Thursday with her colleague Dan Medina. "[His] vision for the hyperscalers is different from what the hyperscalers are saying on their earnings calls, and more interesting." Some on Wall Street have been predicting capex to hit $1 trillion by the end of next year, faster than the consensus, but they're still substantially behind Huang's forecast, which would see the number quadruple over the subsequen...

In trading on Thursday, shares of OAK's 6.550% Series B Preferred Units (Symbol: OAK.PRB) were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.6375), with shares changing hands as low as $20.28 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 7.93% in the "Asset Management" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel . As of last close, OAK.PRB was trading at a 17.52% discount to its liquidation preference amount, versus the average discount of 16.98% in the "Asset Management" category. Investors should keep in mind that the shares are not, meaning that in the event of a missed payment, the company does not have to pay the balance of missed dividends to preferred shareholders before resuming a common dividend. Looking at the chart above, OAK.PRB's low point in its 52 week range is $19.99 per share, with $22.84 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $20.54. Below is a dividend history chart for OAK.PRB, showing historical dividend payments on OAK's 6.550% Series B Preferred Units : In Thursday trading, OAK's 6.550% Series B Preferred Units (Symbol: OAK.PRB) is currently down about 1.3% on the day. Click here to find out the 50 highest yielding preferreds » Also see: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

Spotify announces a host of AI partnerships and features during its 2026 Investor Day. In this photo illustration, the Spotify logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Launches a new desktop app named Studio by Spotify Labs. Collaborates with AI voice startup ElevenLabs for AI-powered audiobooks. Enters into a licensing agreement with Universal Music Group. Spotify Technology (SPOT) share price surged 13% on Thursday, marking its best day in over three months after the audio streaming platform unveiled a sweeping suite of artificial intelligence features and a music industry partnership during its 2026 Investor Day, signaling a major push into AI-driven content creation and monetization. The audio streaming giant introduced software to compete directly with tech giants in the productivity space, rolled out an AI-assisted audiobook publishing tool, and struck a first-of-its-kind licensing agreement to legalize fan-made music derivatives. Read Next Loading... Loading... Spotify’s Answer To Google’s NotebookLM Aiming to capture a share of the growing market for interactive audio-based AI tools, Spotify debuted a new desktop application named Studio by Spotify Labs, designed to generate personalized podcasts from user-uploaded materials. The move positions Spotify as a competitor to Google’s popular NotebookLM. The software lets consumers convert documents, articles, notes, and other written files into fully realized audio discussions. The desktop program processes the textual information and synthesizes conversational audio scripts, which are then read aloud by realistic digital voices. The app includes customizable controls, enabling users to generate tailored daily or weekly summaries based on specific instruct...

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onimate/iStock via Getty Images Listen below or on the go on Apple Podcasts and Spotify U.S. government backs quantum firms with funding and equity stakes. (0:14) Walmart issues cautious guidance as higher gas prices pressure consumers. (1:10) OpenAI could launch history’s biggest IPO, raising $60B . (1:59) This is an abridged transcript of the podcast: Our top story so far, the U.S. government is stepping directly into the quantum race, committing billions in incentives — and taking equity stakes in the companies it’s backing. The Department of Commerce signed nine letters of intent to provide more than $2B in funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. IBM ( IBM ) said it signed a letter of intent to launch Anderson, a standalone quantum chip manufacturing company that would operate what it described as America’s first pure-play quantum foundry. Separately, GlobalFoundries ( GFS ) said it received a letter of intent for $375M to accelerate the build-out of its new quantum unit, Quantum Technology Solutions. In addition to funding, the government will take minority, non-controlling stakes in seven quantum computing firms: Atom Computing — $100M Diraq — up to $38M D-Wave ( QBTS ) — $100M Infleqtion — $100M PsiQuantum — $100M Quantinuum — $100M Rigetti ( RGTI ) — up to $100M IBM, D-Wave, Rigetti, GlobalFoundries and Infleqtion are all rallying. Among active stocks, Walmart ( WMT ) is under pressure after it issued cautious guidance amid the high-gas-price environment. For Q2, Walmart forecast EPS of $0.70 to $0.74, below the $0.75 consensus. The full year was also shy, with a range of $2.75 to $2.85 vs. expectations for $2.92. Ralph Lauren ( RL ) is jumping after the apparel giant posted a stronger-than-expected Q4 earnings report and issued strong guidance. CEO Patrice Louvet note a “healthy quality of sales” with balanced contributions across lifestyle categories, geographies and channels. And Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) and AvalonBay Communities (NYSE: AVB) agreed...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Triumph Financial Inc (Symbol: TFIN), where a total volume of 2,186 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 218,600 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 76.7% of TFIN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 284,950 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $80 strike call option expiring August 21, 2026 , with 1,093 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 109,300 underlying shares of TFIN. Below is a chart showing TFIN's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $80 strike highlighted in orange: Peabody Energy Corp (Symbol: BTU) saw options trading volume of 22,139 contracts, representing approximately 2.2 million underlying shares or approximately 75% of BTU's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.0 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $24 strike call option expiring June 18, 2026, with 17,633 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.8 million underlying shares of BTU. Below is a chart showing BTU's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $24 strike highlighted in orange: And Solstice Advanced Materials Inc (Symbol: SOLS) saw options trading volume of 16,788 contracts, representing approximately 1.7 million underlying shares or approximately 74.7% of SOLS's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.2 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $65 strike put option expiring June 18, 2026, with 15,857 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.6 million underlying shares of SOLS. Below is a chart showing SOLS's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $65 strike highlighted in orange: For the various different available expirations for TFIN options, BTU options...

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Rivian Automotive Inc (Symbol: RIVN), where a total of 220,407 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 22.0 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 73.2% of RIVN's average daily trading volume over the past month of 30.1 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $15 strike call option expiring May 22, 2026 , with 41,979 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 4.2 million underlying shares of RIVN. Below is a chart showing RIVN's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $15 strike highlighted in orange: SiriusXM Holdings Inc (Symbol: SIRI) options are showing a volume of 35,612 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 3.6 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 69.7% of SIRI's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 5.1 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $30 strike call option expiring June 18, 2026, with 11,912 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.2 million underlying shares of SIRI. Below is a chart showing SIRI's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $30 strike highlighted in orange: And MP Materials Corp (Symbol: MP) saw options trading volume of 45,451 contracts, representing approximately 4.5 million underlying shares or approximately 67.5% of MP's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 6.7 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $61 strike put option expiring May 22, 2026, with 5,185 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 518,500 underlying shares of MP. Below is a chart showing MP's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $61 strike highlighted in orange: For the various different available expirations for RIVN options, SIRI options, or MP options, visit StockOptionsChannel.com. Today's Most Active Call & Put Opt...