War and an historic energy shock are tough financial stability risks to compete with. Yet Anthropic’s as-yet unreleased AI model Mythos added a layer of dread to conversations among policymakers gathered in Washington at two institutions created eight decades ago to help foster global economic harmony. At the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, the military confl...
War and an historic energy shock are tough financial stability risks to compete with. Yet Anthropic’s as-yet unreleased AI model Mythos added a layer of dread to conversations among policymakers gathered in Washington at two institutions created eight decades ago to help foster global economic harmony. At the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, the military conflict in the Middle East dominated the talks and forced governments to dust off crisis response plans, pledge cooperation where possible, and bolster consumption with fiscal and monetary tools. With Mythos, there were far more questions than answers. “If it falls in the wrong hands, it could be really bad,” European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told Bloomberg Television on Tuesday. She was referring to Mythos’ destructive potential, echoing other central bankers, finance ministers, regulators and investment chiefs hunting for information on potential threats and safeguards. The broad outlines of the issue were thrust into the public domain by a Bloomberg News report revealing that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had gathered Wall Street leaders to warn on an imminent AI model that could herald a new era of cyber attacks launched autonomously by bots. “I feel confident that everyone is now on board, rowing in the same direction to build up resiliency,” Bessent told CNBC on Wednesday. Outside the US, though, the seeming urgency of that meeting helped fuel a state of high alert among senior officials and bankers. Some of them fretted over a technology that could breach traditional cyber defenses, leaving the financial system open to untold threats. “It would be reasonable to think that the events in the Gulf are the most recent challenge to us in this world,” Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said at an event at Columbia University in New York earlier this week. That is, until “you wake up to find that Anthropic may have found a way to crack the whole cyber ris...
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HOUSTON, April 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PrimeEnergy Resources (the “Company”) today reported financial and operating results for the year ended December 31, 2025, highlighting strong operational performance in natural gas and natural gas liquids (“NGL”), continued balance sheet strength, and disciplined capital allocation.
HOUSTON, April 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PrimeEnergy Resources (the “Company”) today reported financial and operating results for the year ended December 31, 2025, highlighting strong operational performance in natural gas and natural gas liquids (“NGL”), continued balance sheet strength, and disciplined capital allocation.
Trump Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program As Some Lawmakers Push For US Privacy Protections Via Headline USA , Congress is set to take up the reauthorization of a divisive program that lets U.S. spy agencies pore over foreigners’ calls, texts and emails, with supporters like President Donald Trump saying it has saved lives while critics point to longstanding concerns about warrantless sur...
Trump Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program As Some Lawmakers Push For US Privacy Protections Via Headline USA , Congress is set to take up the reauthorization of a divisive program that lets U.S. spy agencies pore over foreigners’ calls, texts and emails, with supporters like President Donald Trump saying it has saved lives while critics point to longstanding concerns about warrantless surveillance of Americans . (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin) A key provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act permits the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI and other agencies to collect and analyze vast amounts of overseas communications without a warrant. It incidentally sweeps up the conversations of any Americans who interact with those foreigners targeted for surveillance. The program expires Monday, and critics want changes, including a requirement for warrants before authorities can access the emails, phone calls or text messages of Americans. They also want limits on the government’s use of internet data brokers, who sell large volumes of personal information gleaned online, offering the government what critics say amounts to an end-run around the Constitution. Despite bipartisan criticism, the chances of significant reforms dropped when Trump announced his support for the program’s renewal, saying it had proven its worth in supplying information vital to recent U.S. actions in Venezuela and Iran . “ The fact is, whether you like FISA or not, it is extremely important to our military, ” Trump said on Truth Social Tuesday. U.S. authorities say the program, known as Section 702 of the law, is vital to national security and has saved lives by uncovering terror plots. Critics question what they call a dangerous infringement on civil liberties and privacy. In a Truth Social post, Trump said a different FISA provision was used to spy on his 2016 campaign but that he supported Section 702’s renewal despite misgivings that political adversaries could use parts of the...
Gins Wang Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ( TSM ) raised its revenue outlook for 2026, driven by AI chip demand, after the global foundry's first quarter net income surged 58% year-over-year. Shares of TSM fell about 3% on Thursday. Q1 Metrics TSMC — which produces chips for some of the world's largest tech companies, including Apple ( AAPL ), Nvidia ( NVDA ) and AMD ( AMD ) — saw first quarter...
Gins Wang Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ( TSM ) raised its revenue outlook for 2026, driven by AI chip demand, after the global foundry's first quarter net income surged 58% year-over-year. Shares of TSM fell about 3% on Thursday. Q1 Metrics TSMC — which produces chips for some of the world's largest tech companies, including Apple ( AAPL ), Nvidia ( NVDA ) and AMD ( AMD ) — saw first quarter 2026 net revenue grow 40.6% year-over-year to $35.9B (NT$1.134T, +35.1% Y/Y). “Our business in the first quarter was supported by strong demand for our leading-edge process technologies,” said Wendell Huang, senior vice president and CFO of TSM. The company's net income attributable to shareholders of the company soared 58.3% year-over-year to NT$572.48B, beating analysts estimates of NT$542.4B, according to a report from Bloomberg News. "AI-related demand continues to be extremely robust," said TSM's CEO C.C. Wei on the earnings call. TSM noted that its capital spending this year would be at the high end of earlier guidance of $52B to $56B. Huang said on the call that TSM's first quarter capital expenditures totaled $11.1B. "At TSMC, a higher level of capital expenditures is always correlated with higher growth opportunities in the following years. With our strong technology leadership and differentiation, we are well-positioned to capture the multi-year structural demand from the industry megatrends of 5G, AI, and HPC," said Huang on the call. Fabs and Capacity TSM said it is stepping up capex investment to increase its 3 nm technology capacity, which is used by smartphone, high-performance computing AI, automotive, and IoT customers. Wei said on the call that in Taiwan, TSM is adding a new 3 nm fab to its GIGAFAB cluster in Tainan Science Park, and volume production is scheduled for the first half of 2027. In Arizona, TSM's second fab will also use 3 nm technologies. Construction is already complete, and volume production will begin in the second half of 2027, accordi...
In this article HIMS Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Piotr Swat | Lightrocket | Getty Images As its high-margin compounded GLP-1 business evolves, Hims & Hers Health may be finding a new opportunity in peptides. Shares of the telehealth company jumped Thursday after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday that the FDA plans to convene a Pharmacy Compounding Advisory...
In this article HIMS Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Piotr Swat | Lightrocket | Getty Images As its high-margin compounded GLP-1 business evolves, Hims & Hers Health may be finding a new opportunity in peptides. Shares of the telehealth company jumped Thursday after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday that the FDA plans to convene a Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee meeting to review peptides for potential inclusion on the 503A bulk list, a designation that allows drugs to be compounded on an individual prescribed basis rather than mass producing. For Hims, the bigger story is how expanding compounding for peptides could unlock new revenue streams as it directs members toward branded rather than more profitable compounded GLP-1 drugs. The telehealth company has been building toward a peptide business for years. Peptides are short chains of amino acids — think of them as small building blocks of proteins — that are being explored for a wide range of health and wellness uses. They're controversial because scientific evidence on their long-term safety and effectiveness is limited, and their production remains largely unregulated. Hims & Hers made a significant move into the space in February 2025 when it acquired a California-based peptide facility. At the time, CEO Andrew Dudum called peptide demand "future-facing innovation." "Many use cases have yet to be launched," said Dudum. "Peptide innovation is at the forefront of so many categories we're excited to start offering." Following Kennedy's announcement on Wednesday, Hims Chief Medical Officer Dr. Patrick Carroll applauded the news as a move away from the "gray market," saying the goal is to bring peptide therapy into regulated, physician-led care. "Our medical team believes certain peptide therapies hold meaningful potential in helping Americans live healthier lives, and we are actively exploring how to expand access in a way that will be aligned with FDA guidance," Carrol...
Bics fix accepts nose-bleed energy bills are a structural problem but pretends they are an issue for a narrow section of industry It is “bold action” to boost UK competitiveness, claimed the government. Not everybody shared that assessment of the British industrial competitiveness scheme (Bics) , the long-awaited plan to cut electricity bills for UK manufacturers by up to 25% – or, at least, to cu...
Bics fix accepts nose-bleed energy bills are a structural problem but pretends they are an issue for a narrow section of industry It is “bold action” to boost UK competitiveness, claimed the government. Not everybody shared that assessment of the British industrial competitiveness scheme (Bics) , the long-awaited plan to cut electricity bills for UK manufacturers by up to 25% – or, at least, to cut them for a subset of firms that are aligned with the eight chosen sectors of the “modern” industrial strategy. “Gas intensive industries in the UK have been shamefully ignored by the government in this announcement – it’s a total disgrace,” said Gary Smith, the general secretary of the GMB union, banging the drum for the likes of ceramics-makers and brickmakers that aren’t deemed modern enough for support. Employer bodies mostly did the polite thing of welcoming government assistance of any form before using phases such as “drop in the ocean”. Continue reading...
May ICE NY cocoa (CCK26 ) today is down -116 (-3.34%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK26 ) is down -62 (-2.43%). Cocoa prices are sliding today amid concerns about global demand. The European Cocoa Association reported today that Q1 European cocoa grindings fell -7.8% y/y to 325,895 MT,...
May ICE NY cocoa (CCK26 ) today is down -116 (-3.34%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK26 ) is down -62 (-2.43%). Cocoa prices are sliding today amid concerns about global demand. The European Cocoa Association reported today that Q1 European cocoa grindings fell -7.8% y/y to 325,895 MT,...
Mpower Financing ’s bet on the American Dream — bundling the future earnings of international students into bonds for Wall Street — is now being squeezed by America First . The firm, which counts asset managers Tilden Park Capital Management and King Street Capital Management among its backers, provides loans to global students mostly studying STEM and business programs. It’s expanded using a clas...
Mpower Financing ’s bet on the American Dream — bundling the future earnings of international students into bonds for Wall Street — is now being squeezed by America First . The firm, which counts asset managers Tilden Park Capital Management and King Street Capital Management among its backers, provides loans to global students mostly studying STEM and business programs. It’s expanded using a classic Wall Street playbook: securitizing those loans into bonds, betting the high earnings power of its graduates will guarantee investor returns. That model is now under scrutiny as President Donald Trump ’s immigration policies stifle student arrivals from regions like China, India and Africa. Late last month, the firm postponed an effort to sell asset-backed securities being led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc . on muted demand and concerns about the deal’s underlying loans, which included thousands of Zimbabwean borrowers, according to people familiar with the matter. Mpower’s borrower pipeline has shrunk amid the immigration crackdown, some of the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private information. About 92% of Mpower’s students come from the global south, it said in a 2024 report , a region encompassing Africa and Asia that’s been impacted by the restrictive mandates. Representatives for Washington DC-based Mpower, Tilden and Goldman Sachs declined to comment. Representatives for King Street didn’t respond to requests for comment. Securitization Strategy Mpower had made securitization a recent funding cornerstone , helping grow its lending to more than 25,000 borrowers from 150 plus countries, according to its website . At the end of last year, it had facilitated more than $900 million of loans since its 2014 inception, according to a report from ratings firm Morningstar DBRS. But its plan to sell nearly $250 million of bonds hit a hurdle after some potential investors spooked by Trump’s policy shifts balked during the effort’s early pitches. The downfal...
Capital’s schools hardest hit in England and Wales by rising housing costs and falling birthrate, with further falls predicted in coming years Schools in London continue to be hardest hit by housing costs and the falling birthrate. Further closures and mergers of primary schools are expected after a sharp fall in the number of children entering reception classes in the capital. London’s boroughs w...
Capital’s schools hardest hit in England and Wales by rising housing costs and falling birthrate, with further falls predicted in coming years Schools in London continue to be hardest hit by housing costs and the falling birthrate. Further closures and mergers of primary schools are expected after a sharp fall in the number of children entering reception classes in the capital. London’s boroughs will have nearly 3,000 fewer infants aged four enrolling at the start of the next school year in September, according to school place offers announced by local authorities across England. Continue reading...
John Gosden’s three-year-old was among those catching the eye at the Craven meeting, which has been attracting dreamers and optimists since 1771 Captain Cook was a few months away from landfall after his first circumnavigation of the earth when the first Craven meeting was held on Newmarket heath in the spring of 1771. It is older than any of the Classics, and old enough too to have the great Poto...
John Gosden’s three-year-old was among those catching the eye at the Craven meeting, which has been attracting dreamers and optimists since 1771 Captain Cook was a few months away from landfall after his first circumnavigation of the earth when the first Craven meeting was held on Newmarket heath in the spring of 1771. It is older than any of the Classics, and old enough too to have the great Potoooooooo – who got his name when a stable lad was unsure how to spell potatoes – on the Craven Stakes’s roll of honour in 1782. For a quarter of a millennium, the first meeting of the year on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket has been Flat racing’s first rite of spring. “It’s what keeps everybody going,” Jason Singh, the marketing director of the famous bloodstock auction house Tattersalls said here on Thursday, “and I speak as a breeder and racehorse owner myself as well as a sales company employee. Continue reading...