Can Trump’s Project Freedom work in the Strait of Hormuz? Bloomberg Opinion columnist explains using the high-risk, high-reward plan. (Source: Bloomberg)
Can Trump’s Project Freedom work in the Strait of Hormuz? Bloomberg Opinion columnist explains using the high-risk, high-reward plan. (Source: Bloomberg)
Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ: STRL) stock is having a banner day in Tuesday's trading. The company's share price was up 51.9% as of 3:45 p.m. ET. After the market closed yesterday, Sterling published its first-quarter results and reported performance that beat Wall Street's forecast. Sweetening the pot, the company issued very strong forward guidance. Image source: Getty Images. Continue readin...
Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ: STRL) stock is having a banner day in Tuesday's trading. The company's share price was up 51.9% as of 3:45 p.m. ET. After the market closed yesterday, Sterling published its first-quarter results and reported performance that beat Wall Street's forecast. Sweetening the pot, the company issued very strong forward guidance. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Daemon Tools, a widely used app for mounting disk images, has been backdoored in a monthlong compromise that has pushed malicious updates from the servers of its developer, researchers said Tuesday. Kaspersky, the security firm reporting the supply-chain attack, said it began on April 8 and remained active as of the time its post went live. Installers that are signed by the developer’s official di...
Daemon Tools, a widely used app for mounting disk images, has been backdoored in a monthlong compromise that has pushed malicious updates from the servers of its developer, researchers said Tuesday. Kaspersky, the security firm reporting the supply-chain attack, said it began on April 8 and remained active as of the time its post went live. Installers that are signed by the developer’s official digital certificate and downloaded from its website infect Daemon Tools executables, causing the malware to run at boot time. Kaspersky didn’t explicitly say so, but based on technical details, the infected versions appear to be only those that run on Windows. Versions 12.5.0.2421 through 12.5.0.2434 are affected. Neither Kaspersky nor developer AVB could be contacted immediately for additional details. Hard to defend against Infected versions contain an initial payload that collects MAC addresses, hostnames, DNS domain names, running processes, installed software, and system locales. The malware sends them to an attacker-controlled server. Thousands of machines in more than 100 countries were targeted. Out of the many machines infected, about 12 of them, belonging to retail, scientific, government and manufacturing organizations, have received a follow-on payload—an indication the supply-chain attack targets select groups. Read full article Comments
Michael Derrer Fuchs/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Textron Aviation, a unit of Textron Inc. ( TXT ), delivered the first three Cessna Citation Ascend business jets to NetJets, marking the initial entry of the new midsize aircraft into commercial service. Cessna Citation Ascend business jet (Textron Aviation) NetJets, a major operator of fractional private aviation fleets, is the first customer...
Michael Derrer Fuchs/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Textron Aviation, a unit of Textron Inc. ( TXT ), delivered the first three Cessna Citation Ascend business jets to NetJets, marking the initial entry of the new midsize aircraft into commercial service. Cessna Citation Ascend business jet (Textron Aviation) NetJets, a major operator of fractional private aviation fleets, is the first customer to receive and operate the Citation Ascend. The aircraft will begin flying immediately, with additional deliveries expected in the coming months as the fleet expands. The Citation Ascend is the latest addition to Textron Aviation’s Citation lineup of business jets, which have been used by NetJets for years. The new model includes updated avionics based on Garmin G5000 systems, along with autothrottle capability. It is powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada ( RTX ) PW545D engines and has a range of about 1,940 nautical miles with four passengers. Textron Aviation said the aircraft is designed to offer improvements in efficiency and passenger comfort compared with earlier midsize jets. The cabin includes seating for up to eight passengers, a flat floor layout and expanded baggage capacity. NetJets said the new aircraft reflects continued demand among its customers for midsize jets, which it already operates through models such as the Citation Latitude and Longitude. More on Textron Textron Inc. 2026 Q1 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Textron Inc. (TXT) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Textron: Quietly Lining Up A Q1 Beat Textron outlines Industrial separation within 12 to 18 months as it positions New Textron around $12B revenue Textron to separate industrial unit in shift to aerospace focus
The next update to Apple's operating systems could allow users to choose their preferred AI model for running Apple Intelligence. According to Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to allow third-party chatbots to power its AI features system-wide in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, all expected for this fall. In addition to running Siri , compatible third-party AI models, called "Extensions...
The next update to Apple's operating systems could allow users to choose their preferred AI model for running Apple Intelligence. According to Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to allow third-party chatbots to power its AI features system-wide in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, all expected for this fall. In addition to running Siri , compatible third-party AI models, called "Extensions," will also now be able to run other Apple Intelligence features like Writing Tools and Image Playground. According to Gurman, Apple will also allow users to choose different Siri voices for different AI models - Siri responses from one of Apple's … Read the full story at The Verge.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected suggestions that China has challenged his administration over the Iran war, highlighting his “very good relationship” with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ahead of their planned summit next week. Speaking at a White House fitness event, Trump told reporters that when it comes to Iran, “we haven’t been challenged by China. They don’t challenge us,” addin...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected suggestions that China has challenged his administration over the Iran war, highlighting his “very good relationship” with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ahead of their planned summit next week. Speaking at a White House fitness event, Trump told reporters that when it comes to Iran, “we haven’t been challenged by China. They don’t challenge us,” adding that Xi “wouldn’t do that – I don’t think he’d do that because of me.” Iran is set to be on the...
natatravel/iStock via Getty Images Thesis Exactly a year ago, in April 2025, we penned a bullish platinum article entitled ' PPLT: Gold Has Been On Fire This Year, Platinum Might Be Next .' In the respective article, we explored structural aspects for the fund, the historic correlations with other precious metals, and our bullish view on the name. As per our disclosure in the article, we were also...
natatravel/iStock via Getty Images Thesis Exactly a year ago, in April 2025, we penned a bullish platinum article entitled ' PPLT: Gold Has Been On Fire This Year, Platinum Might Be Next .' In the respective article, we explored structural aspects for the fund, the historic correlations with other precious metals, and our bullish view on the name. As per our disclosure in the article, we were also going to put our money where our article suggested, namely a long position. And boy, did that trade perform: Prior Rating (Seeking Alpha) Many articles regarding financial instruments might be interesting, but if they ultimately do not make you money, then they might not be as useful. We deliver. An informed investor can look us up on third-party aggregator websites where we are benchmarked based on our calls (buy/sell/neutral) versus other analysts in the market: we rank in the top 10% globally, with a high 71% success rate. In today's article regarding the abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF ( PPLT ), we are going to see how the market has changed a year after and why we no longer find today's prices to represent an appealing entry point into PPLT. State of the Precious Metals Markets After a massive run-up in prices, metals have cooled off as the Iran war has percolated through the markets: Data by YCharts In fact, a very interesting trend has developed: although higher oil prices have brought about inflation fears, metals have stopped being a hedge for inflation and started to trade like risk-on assets. Let us explore further. As the Iran war has spiked oil prices, inflation fears have moved inflation expectations much higher: 10-Year Breakeven Rate (Bloomberg) The above chart shows the US 10-Year breakeven rate, one of the most followed indicators for the average annual inflation rate expectations. Note how the line spikes up in 2026. U.S. yields have also moved higher this year, with the 30-year rate now back above 5%: Treasury Curve (UsTreasuryCurve) The blue line re...