Find your next quality investment with Simply Wall St's easy and powerful screener, trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Blackstone (NYSE:BX) has formed a joint venture with Google to create a new U.S. company focused on supplying advanced data center capacity. The venture will offer Google Cloud TPUs as a compute-as-a-service product to support accelerating AI workloads from enterprises. An experienced Google executive is set to lead the new platform, combining Blackstone's capital and infrastructure reach with Google's AI technology. At a share price of $116.14, Blackstone is adding a fresh digital infrastructure angle to its existing investment platform. The stock is down 26.9% year to date and down 13.3% over the past year, while still up 49.2% over five years, so this move arrives against a mixed return profile. For investors tracking NYSE:BX, the joint venture marks a clear step into AI-oriented assets that sit closer to core enterprise technology demand. This new business line introduces exposure to data centers and AI compute capacity that extends beyond Blackstone's traditional real estate and private equity activities. The scale of the partnership and leadership from a Google executive could make this venture an important reference point when you assess how Blackstone is positioning around AI infrastructure over the long term. Stay updated on the most important news stories for Blackstone by adding it to your watchlist or portfolio. Alternatively, explore our Community to discover new perspectives on Blackstone. NYSE:BX Earnings & Revenue Growth as at May 2026 📰 Beyond the headline: 3 risks and 3 things going right for Blackstone that every investor should see. Quick Assessment ✅ Price vs Analyst Target : At US$116.14, Blackstone trades about 23.6% below the US$143.65 analyst consensus target. ⚖️ Simply Wall St Valuation : Shares are described as trading close to estimated fair value, so there is no clear valuation gap here. ❌ Recent M...

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Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher after yet another winning day for Wall Street, as all major indices finished the day higher after starting the session lower. Once again, all four indices we track for readers posted all-time highs as the AI/Data Center, Memory Chip rally continues to roll on. Healthcare and consumer stocks ... Here Are Friday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Best Buy, Cogent Communications, Dell Technologies, EPAM Systems, Federal Realty, Gap, Snowfl

The former Chair of Société Générale, Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, has stepped down after more than a decade at the helm. Bini Smaghi says he leaves the lender with 'best in class' governance and a share price 60% higher than when he joined. But he added that the restructuring is not fully over and there are big deals to come. Bini Smaghi joined Lizzy Burden on 'The Pulse'. (Source: Bloomberg)

Germany’s consumer price inflation fell to 2.6% year-over-year in May 2026, down from an over two-year high of 2.9% touched in April and slightly below market expectations of 2.9%, according to preliminary data. Still, inflation remains comfortably above the European Central Bank's midpoint target of 2%. Core inflation, excluding food and energy, rose to 2.5%, up from a five-year low. Meanwhile, the EU-harmonized annual inflation rate also eased to 2.7% from 2.9%. XtockImages/iStock via Getty Images Separate data showed, Germany’s unemployment rate fell to 6.3% in May 2026 from 6.4% in April, slightly surpassing expectations. The Federal Employment Agency cited a one-off effect for the decline. Unemployment decreased by 12,000 to 2.987 million, while non-adjusted figures fell to 2.95 million. However, expectations for rising unemployment persist amid ongoing geopolitical tensions. More on Germany: EWG: A Cautiously Optimistic Stance On German Equities Seems Sensible EWQ: France An Excellent Diversifier, Here's Why EUR/USD, GBP/USD And Dollar Index Overview - The U.S. Dollar Rallies Back After CPI, Is The Correction Over? Norway to join France's nuclear deterrence initiative European stocks fall; French PPI jumps and Spanish retail sales rise

Plus, Nicola Sturgeon’s marital relations, the hell of burnout, Tony Blair’s saviour complex and Spurs I was at Chequers for Donald Trump’s and Keir Starmer’s joint press conference last September and remember being open-mouthed when the US president declared he had personally ended eight global conflicts.Trump followed this by claiming one of the wars he had ended was between Azerbaijan and Albania. My eyes switched to Starmer who just nodded as if to say: “Yes. He did that.” Either the war between Azerbaijan and Albania is the least reported war in modern history, or it was a total fiction. Just as much as Trump’s later claim to have never met Peter Mandelson, just days after footage of him sharing a joke with the Prince of Darkness in the Oval Office led many of the news bulletins. Keir didn’t bat an eyelid at that either. But maybe I am being pedantic because it seems the US president is now getting round to ending a war that is actually taking place. It’s surely a bit churlish to point out the war he is ending is the one he started. Continue reading...

Baron Fifth Avenue Growth Fund lagged the broader market in Q1 2026, declining 10.4% compared with a 9.8% fall for the Russell 1000 Growth Index and a 4.3% decline for the S&P 500 Index. In Q1 2026, the fund added Amphenol (NYSE: APH ) as a new portfolio holding. The fund exited Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM ) and four additional positions during Q1 2026. Source . More on Baron Fifth Avenue Growth Fund: Retail Baron Fifth Avenue Growth Fund Q1 2026 Shareholder Letter

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Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the former DUP leader, is on trial for 18 sex abuse charges, including one count of rape, all of which he denies.

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On Tuesday, a federal judge unsealed records showing that the Department of Justice tried and failed to get search warrants targeting journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, as well as three protesters involved in the Cities church demonstration in St Paul, Minnesota, last winter. A court rejected the search warrants – twice. In strikingly blunt opinions, magistrate judge John Docherty said officials didn’t meet basic legal standards and chastised them for failing to mention a federal law that may have made some of the warrants illegal. The Department of Justice later withdrew the requests. The justice department’s blatant disregard for the constitution and attempt to hide the law is disturbing, even if the department’s recent track record means it’s no longer shocking. With government attacks on freedom of speech increasing and the justice department’s independence declining, it’s more important than ever for judges to aggressively scrutinize government requests, for prosecutors to face real consequences when they abuse their power, and for Congress to pass strong laws protecting first amendment rights. The search warrant records that were recently unsealed in the Cities church protest case show how the justice department is using the prosecution of protesters and journalists to directly threaten freedom of speech. The first set of applications sought information about YouTube channels used by Lemon and Fort, and a third channel that allegedly belongs to a protester, William Scott Kelly. But in addition to information about Lemon, Fort and Kelly, the government also wanted information about their subscribers – the names, address and emails of people who simply watched their channels. double quotation mark What other abuses are flying under the radar in still sealed court records around the country? Why would the government need that information? Watching a YouTube channel isn’t a crime. It’s clearly protected by the first amendment. The obvious effect of demanding ...

Don’t be put off by the name, because this isn’t blow-your-head-off hot – the scotch bonnet infusion is quick, so the flavour is subtle and aromatic, rather than aggressive. The chilli-infused base would also work in other classic tequila cocktails, especially a spicy vampiro. Scotch bonnet margarita Serves 1 For the infusion ¼ scotch bonnet, thinly sliced 350ml blanco tequila – your favourite brand (mine is Don Juilo) For the drink 40ml scotch bonnet-infused blanco tequila (see above and method) 20ml triple sec 25ml fresh lime juice 10ml agave syrup Tajín, to rim the glass (optional) 1 lime wheel, to garnish (optional) First infuse the tequila. Drop the sliced chilli into the tequila, leave to infuse for half an hour (and no more than an hour max), then strain and discard the solids. Decant the tequila into a clean jar, seal and store in the fridge for up to a month. To build the drink, measure all the liquids into a shaker, fill with ice and shake hard for 10–12 seconds. Double strain into a chilled coupe, rimmed with Tajín first, if you like (alternatively, strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice), then garnish and serve with the optional lime wheel.

The former Mash Report star’s latest show takes aim at his manosphere-courting, Saudi comedy festival-attending peers. Could he be the angry progressive standup we need right now? Nish Kumar – mop of curly hair, Jimi Hendrix T-shirt, fancy coffee shop cookie in hand – is sitting centimetres away from me in a meeting room in his publicist’s offices in Soho, central London. Nevertheless, another comedian is drawing the eye. On the wall is a massive poster promoting Prime Video’s Last One Laughing UK – and looming over us from the centre of the frame is the show’s host, Jimmy Carr. This feels, let’s just say, a tad ironic. In Kumar’s last standup show, he recalled the time he furiously confronted Carr about his decision to appear on manosphere influencer Jordan Peterson’s podcast. (“This is a radicalisation event that’s happening on an unprecedented scale,” he told Carr.) Then there’s the blurb for his upcoming tour, Angry Humour from a Really Nice Guy, in which Kumar expresses concern that comedy has been “co-opted by charlatans in service of autocrats” – partly a reference to last autumn’s Riyadh comedy festival, where Carr performed. Continue reading...

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After a slow start to the year, Amazon stock has come roaring back to a near $3 trillion market capitalization. While AI remains the top focus for investors, the company's massive retail business has a big test coming up: Prime Day. Amazon's retail business has held up against a "bifurcated consumer market," Sergei Pliutsinski, an analyst at investment management firm Harding Loevner, told Investor's Business Daily.

行云科技：全资子公司拟出资800万元设立合资公司 杭州智冷成为公司控股孙公司并纳入并表 2026-05-29 20:00:28 来源： 同花顺7x24快讯 分享 行云科技公告，公司全资子公司行云智冷(深圳)科技有限公司拟出资800万元与关联方深圳市行云智冷资本投资合伙企业(有限合伙)、江苏亦驰科技有限公司共同出资设立合资公司杭州行云科技智冷有限公司。本次设立后，杭州智冷将成为公司控股孙公司并纳入公司合并报表范围。

OpenAI and Anthropic are expected to launch IPOs, perhaps in 2026. Google stock could be pressured as its AI rivals build bigger war chests.

投资人张明（化名）2024年见到智元机器人创始人邓泰华时，智元的年收入约6000万元，对方告诉他，智元2025年的营收能达到10亿元。他完全不相信，甚至觉得有些可笑，“没什么人用机器人”。但他觉得哪怕只完成了十分之一，做到1亿元年收入，也是一家值得投资的公司。 邓泰华兑现了承诺，他在今年4月表示智元2025年营收10.5亿元。张明了解的情况是，2026年，智元的目标是年收入40亿元，2026年一季度，智元收入已经超过10亿元。另一家具身智能领域第一梯队的公司宇树科技今年一季度营收约4.2亿元。 智元创新（上海）科技股份有限公司成立于2023年2月，是一家通用AI机器人公司。在这个行业里，智元的速度惊人。因春晚爆火的宇树成立十多年做到十几亿元年收入。智元做到这个成绩，用了不到三年。 几乎所有接受《财经》采访的智元相关人士都提到，智元是一家擅长资本运作的公司。能在机器人还未成熟商业应用时就做到可观收入，主要是通过资本运作建立生态网络，网络里的每一环既是合作伙伴，也是客户，又是销售渠道，且环环相扣。这个生态网络还在扩张。 在智元的生态里，一台机器人可以变成几份收入。卖机器人给合作伙伴赚一笔钱，机器人到数采厂，采集出来的数据卖出去可以赚一笔钱，合作伙伴把机器人放到租赁平台，租给城市合伙人可以赚一笔钱。 具身智能是近两年来最热门的创业融资方向之一，据36氪具身万象统计，今年前三个月，中国具身智能领域共融资超过200亿元，到4月，这个数字变成了550亿元，已经超过2025年全年。 高热度的融资催生了一批新兴独角兽公司和准上市公司，智元是其中的代表。智元股东称，该公司最新估值超200亿元，计划今年港股上市。“智元模式”已经成为业内不少公司学习、模仿的对象。 《财经》采访了70余位与智元相关的人士，包括智元员工、子公司、股东、合资公司、供应链、合作伙伴、代理商等，试图拆解“智元模式”：一家创业公司如何拉起一张复杂的利益网络，让所有参与其中的人都深信自己是获益方。在热门行业里有一家这样的头部公司，意味着什么？ 生态环环相扣 智元通过资本、供应链、政府合作、孵化子公司等方式，铺开一张生态网络，让生态中的每一环都能拿到参与具身智能浪潮的新机会，智元也因此拿到更多订单和收入 智元生态合作伙伴，拍摄/唐敏安 智元早期因创始人之一是B站百大UP主“稚晖君”而获得关注。“稚晖君”原名彭志辉，曾于...

Elon Musk is photographed at SpaceX in Brownsville, Texas. Marvin Joseph | The Washington Post | Getty Images SpaceX filed for an IPO a week ago, and Elon Musk is already creating confusion. Days before the reusable rocket maker is slated to start pitching its story to investors, Musk took to social network X (which is owned by SpaceX) late Wednesday to explain details of the company's recent partnership with competing AI startup Anthropic. His comment included a potentially material aspect about their deal that wasn't included in SpaceX's 300-plus page IPO filing . Earlier this month, SpaceX said it was leasing unused compute capacity at its Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee to Anthropic. Last week's prospectus said that Anthropic agreed to pay SpaceX "$1.25 billion per month through May 2029, with capacity ramping in May and June 2026 at a reduced fee." The filing also noted, "The agreement may be terminated by either party upon 90 days' notice." In his X post Wednesday night, Musk wrote, "SpaceX has not committed to leasing Colossus for years," and called the pact a "180 day lease with 90 day notice mutual cancellation thereafter." The prospectus, however, said nothing about the deal potentially ending in a matter of months. Whether Anthropic is slated to pay SpaceX $15 billion a year for the next three years or will be spending substantially less over a much shorter period represents a major consideration for prospective investors. SpaceX's total revenue in 2025 was just $18.7 billion, and selling compute capacity out of its data center adds an entirely new revenue stream, while putting SpaceX i n competition with so-called neocloud providers like Nebius and CoreWeave . watch now VIDEO 8:43 08:43 SpaceX targets June 12 IPO listing: Former Nasdaq CEO Robert Greifeld on what to expect Squawk Box Some investors are already leery of buying into the largest IPO on record, and backing a company that's valued at over $1 trillion while burning billions of dol...

00:00 Speaker A You look at sort of just the the fever around memory chip names, right? The moves they have made. We're talking about trillion dollar names now, right, Andrew? Do you look at that broadly and say, that makes sense or no, we've gone off the rails. What do you think? 00:20 Andrew We've never seen this kind of spending ever occur. We've always talked about over the last decade or so how the large cap tech stocks, whether it be Meta or Microsoft or Apple, that if if you recall, the argument was that, man, these stocks have so these companies have so much cash on hand, what are they going to do with that cash? Of course, in the case of Apple, they reinvested it by buying their own stock. It did turn out from a share price perspective to be a good move, but now these other large cap tech companies, the hyperscalers and the the Mag 7, they're spending this on AI and really the only thing I could compare it to, uh, from a money perspective, it's probably more is the railroad buildout or the World War II build out to kind of arm our our military. Uh from a GDP perspective, this is really the only thing that that comes close. So that's what we're seeing, that's what's driving the tech and the AI trade and it's not just going into a handful of companies, it's reverberating out. You're going to need the data center, within the data center, you're of course going to need the Nvidia GPUs. There's a reason Nvidia is the world's uh highest market cap company. And then it it just trickles on from there. You need the energy for the data center. So that's what's driving tech and the AI trade is these companies are seeing returns already from a fundamental perspective and they don't want to fall behind in this race. So they they'd rather go for it and and lose the race than than sit on the sidelines. At least that's what the spending is telling us so far.

is features writer with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools. Wikipedia is one of the last bastions of trust on the internet. But last week, volunteer editors and contributors were alarmed to hear that a small but important team of engineers at the nonprofit that supports it had been laid off. The layoffs didn’t just threaten to sever an important link between the Wikimedia Foundation and its community — they also raised concerns that the WMF was engaging in union-busting. After days of heated discussion, some Wikipedians are ready to support a strike. What that even looks like on a platform where creators mostly aren’t being paid is a different question. On May 20th, the WMF said it was disbanding the Community Tech team, a group of five engineers and one manager who are among WMF’s paid staff. The team was a bridge between the foundation and Wikipedia’s army of volunteers. The team developed tools and features that contributors use every day: things like plagiarism detectors, dark mode, or chart and graph tools. Editors and former foundation employees describe it as an approachable group — somewhere volunteers could turn if they needed help, or to have their voice heard. Even so, this system could get backlogged. The WMF acknowledged that the process of responding to community requests for features and tools was not working perfectly, and said that having a centralized team was “leading to frequent bottlenecks and delays.” So going forward, that work would be distributed among multiple teams instead of through a centralized Community Tech team. “Why aren’t you backtracking like hell right now?” The reaction from the community was immediate and negative. Longtime contributors demanded the reinstatement of team and changes to the way the wishlist, a log of new features and tools the community requests, was run. Others suspected an ulterior motive. In recent months, Wikimedia staff had announced thei...

SINGAPORE, May 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HomesToLife Ltd (Nasdaq: HTLM) (“HomesToLife” or the “Company”), a Singapore-based home furniture company with sales across Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America, today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 (“Q1 2026”). Key Financial Highlights Q1 2025 Q1 2026 Change US$’000 US$’000 (%) Net revenue 79,486 92,530 16 % Export 74,488 87,132 17 % Retail 1,442 2,484 72 % Leather 3,556 2,914 (18 )% By geographical 79,486 92,530 16 % Asia Pacific 23,030 22,666 (2 )% Europe 45,790 57,731 26 % North America 10,666 12,133 14 % Gross profit 20,056 26,859 34 % Gross margin (%) 25.2 % 29.0 % 3.8 pp Operating expenses 17,938 22,009 23 % Selling expenses 13,190 17,376 32 % General and Administrative 4,412 4,356 (1 )% Listing expenses 336 277 (18 )% Income from operations 2,117 4,850 129 % Net income 2,381 3,243 36 % Earnings per share (Basic and diluted) 0.027 0.036 36 % Financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 (“Q1 2025”) and Q1 2026, unless otherwise stated, reflect the inclusion of HTL Marketing Pte. Ltd. (“HTL Marketing”) because of the acquisition of 100% of equity interests in HTL Marketing completed on May 19, 2025. Q1 2026 Performance The Company reported net revenue of $92.5 million in Q1 2026, a 16% increase from $79.5 million in Q1 2025. Growth was primarily driven by a $12.6 million increase in export sales. By region, the net revenue from Europe and North America increased by 26% and 14% respectively, partially offset by a slight decline of 2% in Asia Pacific. Retail sales contributed the increase of $1.0 million in Q1 2026, attributable to the expansion of the retail stores and retail sales growth in Korea. Gross profit rose 34% to $26.9 million, with gross margin expanding 3.8 percentage points to 29.0%, supported by a more favourable sales mix. Operating expenses increased by $4.1 million mainly due to higher selling expenses in line with increased sales volume, as w...

Demand accelerating in Aerospace, Defense & Government markets Successfully completed an upsized IPO, raising $125.5 million in net proceeds in Q2 Revenue increased nearly 21%, with over 250 basis points of gross profit margin expansion driving adjusted EBITDA increase of 106% Backlog increased by nearly 52% to record level of $113 million PORTLAND, Maine, May 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Elmet Group Co . (“Elmet,” the “Company,” “we,” or “our”) (NASDAQ: ELMT), a U.S.-based provider of precision-engineered components and advanced high-power systems, today reported financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended April 3, 2026. First Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Highlights Revenue increased 20.7% to approximately $56.0 million compared to approximately $46.4 million in Q1 2025. Revenue from our Critical Materials & Components (“CMC”) division increased approximately $9.1 million compared to Q1 2025 primarily from growth within the Aerospace, Defense & Government (“ADG”) end market. Gross profit margin improved 260 basis points to 21.2% of revenue compared to 18.6% of revenue Q1 2025. Net income (loss) for Q1 2026 was $(0.3) million, or $(0.02) per share, compared to $1.2 million, or $0.06 per share, in Q1 2025. Adjusted net income (loss) for Q1 2026 was $4.7 million, or $0.24 per share, compared to $1.9 million, or $0.10 per share, in Q1 2025. Adjusted EBITDA increased to approximately $9.2 million, or 16.4% of revenue, compared to approximately $4.5 million, or 9.6% of revenue, in Q1 2025. Open order backlog increased to approximately $113.3 million, up from approximately $96.3 million at the end of Q4 2025 and approximately $74.7 million at the end of Q1 2025. Recorded approximately $3.7 million in income related to a change in fair value and mark to market of the Company’s strategic investment in tungsten mining company EQ Resources Limited. Trailing Twelve Months Highlights Revenue increased 4.8% to approximately $211.2 million compared to 2025 fiscal year re...

Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, your request triggers a data relay race. Information leaves memory, passes through a CPU for preprocessing, travels to a GPU for heavy computation, and then makes its way back — and that entire journey repeats for every single word the AI generates. The bottleneck is structural — it means routing through some of the most expensive and power-intensive chips in the industry on every single request. That inefficiency is exactly what XCENA, a startup with offices in South Korea and the U.S., is trying to solve. The four-year-old startup has designed a chip that places compute capabilities much closer to DRAM — the fast, short-term memory chips that store data a processor is actively using — allowing routine data operations to be handled near memory, without the costly round trips between CPUs, GPUs, and memory. If it works at scale, the implications for AI infrastructure costs could be significant, which largely explains investor enthusiasm around the country. Indeed, XCENA just raised $135 million in a Series B at a valuation of $570 million, bringing its total raised to $185 million. XCENA CEO Jin Kim co-founded the startup in 2022 alongside CTO Dohun Kim and CPO Harry Juhyun Kim, all veterans of Samsung and SK Hynix, the memory giants that supply chips powering Nvidia’s GPUs. “CPUs and GPUs have both gotten smarter over the decades. Memory never did. XCENA wants to change that,” Kim said in an interview with TechCrunch. “The recent rise in memory prices and related stocks points to a broader shift in AI infrastructure toward memory-centric architectures,” he added. (This month, the three companies that dominate the global memory chip market — Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron — each crossed a trillion-dollar valuation for the first time.) XCENA is betting its business on the thesis that “inference isn’t just a compute problem; it’s increasingly a memory scaling problem,” said Kim. XCENA’s chip, the MX1, connects to the CPU through C...

lcva2/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Co-authored by Kody's Dividends What happens when a growth company is no longer burning through a ton of capital and is actually cash flow positive? Does this mean that they no longer rapidly grow, or does it mean that they've aged into a period of time when aggressive growth is still possible but must be more meaningful to be able to affect shareholders? The answer to this question can be seen when we look at legacy growth companies like Amazon ( AMZN ), Microsoft, or Apple ( AAPL ). These companies are now extremely cash flow positive and have massive sums of cash to reinvest into their business, as well as simultaneously reward shareholders. Management at this point is no longer desperately trying to grow to a size where their cash flow is positive, and they can manage both their debt and future growth. Management is instead at a point where they must be careful and diligent stewards of the money the company is producing to ensure it continues to grow effectively, but not grow at any cost. Some companies, when they reach this stage, start to foolishly expand into regions and sectors that are outside their primary focus, and I describe this as "empire building." AT&T ( T ) went through a long phase of empire building, which they were forced to unwind as they got rid of assets that were not really tied to their original focus. Management teams reward and succeed in benefiting shareholders the best when they are focused on the areas in which their company has an advantage and the ability to continue to thrive. Today, I want to look at a company that I think is not only undervalued but also falls into this "elder growth" zone, able to not only reward shareholders but also continue to grow from the cash flow that it is strongly producing. Let's dive in! Strong Dividend A nd EPS Growth Still Coming Microsoft Q3 2026 Earnings Presentation Microsoft ( MSFT ) is the backbone of modern-day productivity and the workplace, as well as a...

A multitude of suits against social media companies like Alphabet, ByteDance, Meta and Snap accusing them of causing addiction and other harms lead this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts podcast. Matt Schettenhelm previews a trial against Meta by over 30 state attorneys general set to start Aug. 17, with tens of billions in damages and penalties at stake, creating major pressure to settle. Justin Teresi discusses a Justice Department probe of exclusionary conduct in the corn

MengHoong Intelligent Investment Academy SAN FRANCISCO, May 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MengHoong Intelligent Investment Academy announced that its founder, Lim Meng Hoong, was invited to attend the Science x AI Summit 2026 held in Silicon Valley, where he joined global scientists, AI researchers, industry leaders, and investment institutions to discuss the development direction of next-generation artificial intelligence. During the summit, a number of technology institutions released new perspectives on AI-driven scientific research automation, autonomous reasoning systems, and intelligent computing, signaling that the AI industry is entering an important new cycle. Lim Meng Hoong The Science x AI Summit 2026 brought together key representatives from companies including Google, Microsoft, and a16z. The conference focused on the evolutionary path of AI as large-model Scaling Laws approach computational and physical limits. Topics covered breakthroughs in the application of AI across scientific research fields such as mathematics, life sciences, drug discovery, and physical simulation, as well as frontier directions including AI Agents and scientific computing. During the event, Lim Meng Hoong participated in discussions on AI infrastructure and industrial application trends, paying close attention to the progress of AI applications in finance, intelligent decision-making, and scientific research scenarios. As competition in the AI industry continues to intensify, many institutions are strengthening investment in computing resources, data systems, and research efficiency. The AI industry is shifting toward ecosystem-based collaborative competition. MengHoong Intelligent Investment Academy is an AI fund company focused on artificial intelligence and frontier technologies, with long-term attention to AI-driven industrial investment and technology collaboration. In recent years, the institution has actively promoted the development of AI technology ecosystems and coope...

You have more than six months to take your 2026 required minimum distributions (RMDs) if you're 73 or older, so you may not see a reason to worry about them now. There's nothing legally wrong with putting them off until December, but it might not always be your best financial move. If you're worried about potential market volatility in the latter half of 2026, now might be a good time to take your RMDs. If your portfolio dips later, you'll be glad you did. How RMDs work You must take 2026 RMDs from all tax-deferred retirement accounts, except your current employer's 401(k), if you're still working and own less than 5% of the company. The amount you must withdraw depends on your age and your account balance as of Dec. 31, 2025. You take the account balance and divide it by the applicable denominator next to your age in the IRS' Uniform Lifetime Table. The result is your RMD. For example, if you have $500,000 in a traditional IRA and you'll be 75 by the end of the year, your RMD would be $500,000 divided by the 24.6 applicable denominator for 75-year-olds, or about $20,325. If you've already withdrawn some money from the account this year, subtract these withdrawals to figure out how much you still have to take out to satisfy your RMD. Remember, failure to take your RMD results in a 25% penalty on the amount you should have withdrawn. Why you may want to take your 2026 RMD now Your 2026 RMD amount is fixed by your age and your account balance, as described above, but the value of your portfolio isn't. If your investments decrease in value, you'll have to sell more of them to fulfill your RMD. That leaves less money in your accounts to cover future costs. That's why taking your RMD early can be a smarter play if you're worried about market volatility. Taking a withdrawal while your investments are doing well lets more of your nest egg remain invested until you actually need it. You can also spread your RMD out over several months. For example, if you had to take the $2...