10am: Nasdaq up 0.9% at the open US stocks have opened higher, extending the rally from overnight, as Donald Trump said Iran’s new president asked for a casefire. The Nasdaq is up 0.9%, while both Dow Jones and S&P 500 are up 0.5%. Chip stocks are the main engine for the Nasdaq...
10am: Nasdaq up 0.9% at the open US stocks have opened higher, extending the rally from overnight, as Donald Trump said Iran’s new president asked for a casefire. The Nasdaq is up 0.9%, while both Dow Jones and S&P 500 are up 0.5%. Chip stocks are the main engine for the Nasdaq...
US manufacturing activity expanded in March by the most since 2022, while input prices continued to surge amid the war with Iran. The Institute for Supply Management’s gauge of prices paid for manufacturing inputs climbed another 7.8 points to 78.3, remaining at the highest since mid-2022. Over the past two months, the index has advanced 19.3 points, the most in nearly a decade. The Strait of Horm...
US manufacturing activity expanded in March by the most since 2022, while input prices continued to surge amid the war with Iran. The Institute for Supply Management’s gauge of prices paid for manufacturing inputs climbed another 7.8 points to 78.3, remaining at the highest since mid-2022. Over the past two months, the index has advanced 19.3 points, the most in nearly a decade. The Strait of Hormuz has effectively been closed due to the war with Iran, preventing the transportation of oil and other products critical to manufacturing. That’s fueled a surge in oil prices. Still, ISM’s measure of factory activity edged up to 52.7, boosted by firmer production growth and flattered by an increase in a gauge of supplier deliveries. The pickup in prices paid and longer lead times likely reflect the impact of trade disruptions related to the conflict. “In March, 64% of comments overall were negative,” Susan Spence , chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, said in a statement. “Among the negative comments, about 20% cited tariffs and about 40% the war in the Middle East.” Thirteen manufacturing industries reported growth last month, including primary metals and transportation equipment, while three noted contraction. The supplier deliveries index rose to the highest since May 2022. Beyond energy, the Strait of Hormuz is a choke point for products including aluminum, fertilizer, and even helium, which is used in the production of semiconductors. Higher input costs may put pressure on US manufacturers to raise prices, suggesting that overall inflation will run hotter through the year. Economists in a recent Bloomberg survey revised up their forecasts for inflation. The ISM report also showed new orders and backlogs grew at a solid, yet slower pace in March. Meanwhile, the group’s factory employment index was little changed. While it remains near the highest level in over a year, the measure signaled factory headcount continued to shrink in March. The Bureau o...
The PlayStation 5's curvy design is divisive. The Verge 's Andrew Webster called it a "robotic clam" in his 2020 review , which is actually kind of endearing. Personally, I kind of got over hating it sometime during the past almost-six years of its existence. Small form factor PC enthusiast Devyn Johnston is someone who did not get over it. He was so not over it that he made and is now selling Box...
The PlayStation 5's curvy design is divisive. The Verge 's Andrew Webster called it a "robotic clam" in his 2020 review , which is actually kind of endearing. Personally, I kind of got over hating it sometime during the past almost-six years of its existence. Small form factor PC enthusiast Devyn Johnston is someone who did not get over it. He was so not over it that he made and is now selling BoxPlates , $89.99 snap-on console covers that fundamentally change how the PS5 looks. With the BoxPlates on, the PS5's design goes from curvy to flat. There's an unmistakable infusion of the Xbox One S / X design language in the plates. About 60 percent … Read the full story at The Verge.
After Tuesday’s playoff matches decided the final six spots, the tournament field is set. We answered 48 questions as the countdown to 11 June begins After Tuesday’s playoff matches decided the final six spots, the World Cup field is set. Forty-eight teams will come to North America this summer for the 23rd edition of the biggest sporting event on the planet. The tournament kicks off 11 June in Me...
After Tuesday’s playoff matches decided the final six spots, the tournament field is set. We answered 48 questions as the countdown to 11 June begins After Tuesday’s playoff matches decided the final six spots, the World Cup field is set. Forty-eight teams will come to North America this summer for the 23rd edition of the biggest sporting event on the planet. The tournament kicks off 11 June in Mexico City and runs until the final on 19 July in New Jersey, comprising 104 matches across the United States, Mexico and Canada. To mark the completion of the field of 48, Guardian writers answered 48 questions on topics from World Cup history and the US men’s national team to Messi, Ronaldo and mascots. Continue reading...
Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) may be building something far more powerful than another AI narrative. This quiet Navy contract could deepen its moat, strengthen long-term growth, and show why the recent pullback might be masking a much bigger opportunity for patient investors. Stock prices used were the market prices of March 23, 2026. The video was published on March 28, 2026. Continue reading
Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) may be building something far more powerful than another AI narrative. This quiet Navy contract could deepen its moat, strengthen long-term growth, and show why the recent pullback might be masking a much bigger opportunity for patient investors. Stock prices used were the market prices of March 23, 2026. The video was published on March 28, 2026. Continue reading
As generative AI matures from a novelty into a workplace staple, a new friction point has emerged: the "shadow AI" or "Bring Your Own AI (BYOAI)" crisis. Much like the unsanctioned use of personal devices in years past, developers and knowledge workers are increasingly deploying autonomous agents on personal infrastructure to manage their professional workflows. "Our journey with Kilo Claw has bee...
As generative AI matures from a novelty into a workplace staple, a new friction point has emerged: the "shadow AI" or "Bring Your Own AI (BYOAI)" crisis. Much like the unsanctioned use of personal devices in years past, developers and knowledge workers are increasingly deploying autonomous agents on personal infrastructure to manage their professional workflows. "Our journey with Kilo Claw has been to make it easier and easier and more accessible to folks," says Kilo co-founder Scott Breitenother. Today, the company dedicated to providing a portable, multi-model, cloud-based AI coding environment is moving to formalize this "shadow AI" layer: it's launching KiloClaw for Organizations and KiloClaw Chat, a suite of tools designed to provide enterprise-grade governance over personal AI agents. The announcement comes at a period of high velocity for the company. Since making its securely hosted, one-click OpenClaw product for individuals, KiloClaw, generally available last month, more than 25,000 users have integrated the platform into their daily workflows. Simultaneously, Kilo’s proprietary agent benchmark, PinchBench, has logged over 250,000 interactions and recently gained significant industry validation when it was referenced by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during his keynote at the 2026 Nvidia GTC conference in San Jose, California. The shadow AI crisis: Addressing the BYOAI problem The impetus for KiloClaw for Organizations stems from a growing visibility gap within large enterprises. In a recent interview with VentureBeat, Kilo leadership detailed conversations with high-level AI directors at government contractors who found their developers running OpenClaw agents on random VPS instances to manage calendars and monitor repositories. "What we’re announcing on Tuesday is Kilo Claw for organizations, where a company can buy an organization-level package of Kilo Claws and give every team member access," explained Kilo co-founder and head of product and engineering Emili...
Italy fail to qualify for third World Cup in a row ‘We are a population of failures. End of story’ “Let’s just leave it be,” said Valentino del Duca. The restaurant worker from Rome was in no mood to talk about football after the Italian national team delivered another agonising blow, missing out on qualification for the World Cup finals for the third time in a row. Corriere della Sera called the ...
Italy fail to qualify for third World Cup in a row ‘We are a population of failures. End of story’ “Let’s just leave it be,” said Valentino del Duca. The restaurant worker from Rome was in no mood to talk about football after the Italian national team delivered another agonising blow, missing out on qualification for the World Cup finals for the third time in a row. Corriere della Sera called the elimination, which came after Italy suffered a 4-1 penalty shootout defeat to Bosnia in a playoff, the “World Cup curse” while Gazzetta dello Sport marked it the “Third apocalypse”. Continue reading...
Hi, it’s Fareed Sahloul in London, wrapping up the first quarter with a sense of déjà vu. Also today, OpenAI secures its largest funding round to date and the French government keeps it eyes on a spirits tie-up. Today’s top stories OpenAI valued at $852 billion after mega $122 billion round. KNDS starts investor meetings for €5 billion IPO. KKR plans to take Japan’s Taiyo private in $3.2 billion d...
Hi, it’s Fareed Sahloul in London, wrapping up the first quarter with a sense of déjà vu. Also today, OpenAI secures its largest funding round to date and the French government keeps it eyes on a spirits tie-up. Today’s top stories OpenAI valued at $852 billion after mega $122 billion round. KNDS starts investor meetings for €5 billion IPO. KKR plans to take Japan’s Taiyo private in $3.2 billion deal. France is watching Pernod, Brown-Forman talks ‘closely.’ Intel to pay $14 billion to buy back Apollo Ireland plant stake. Fastest start The year really has felt like a near carbon copy of 2025 for this member of the Bloomberg Deals team—and I assume for more than a few of our readers too. For those not already familiar with the narrative arc of this dealmaking chapter, it goes like this: start full of optimism, get tossed about in an unexpected geopolitical maelstrom, somehow emerge primed to break records. It happened a year ago with the Liberation Day tariffs. It happened again in the first quarter, when dealmakers notched their best start to a year despite an ongoing war that, until as recently as last week, looked to be weighing on the numbers. As it turned out, a flurry of late multibillion-dollar tie-ups involving the likes of Unilever , combined with others announced earlier in Q1, saw Wall Street finish with $1.3 trillion of transaction value through March 31. Within that haul was one of the highest number of deals valued at $10 billion or more ever announced in a quarter, Bloomberg-compiled data show. Geopolitics under Donald Trump is probably never going to provide businesses with a super-settled economic environment in which to strategize, and companies have had many years to acclimatize to this reality. Whether speaking to our reporters, at Bloomberg events or on Bloomberg TV, advisers have been quick to point out that their clients are now very comfortable transacting through volatility. What you might get is a brief pause for breath and thought before buy...
STORY: BYD posted a seventh straight monthly sales decline in March, according to Reuters calculations. That’s as the Chinese electric vehicle maker struggles with growing competition in the world's largest auto market. BYD's sales plunged over a fifth last month from a year earlier, Reuters found. However, this had eased from a 41% year-on-year decline in February, based on a post from an executi...
STORY: BYD posted a seventh straight monthly sales decline in March, according to Reuters calculations. That’s as the Chinese electric vehicle maker struggles with growing competition in the world's largest auto market. BYD's sales plunged over a fifth last month from a year earlier, Reuters found. However, this had eased from a 41% year-on-year decline in February, based on a post from an executive at the automaker. Calculations also showed Q1 sales were down 30% from the same period in 2025. BYD's sales in its home market have been squeezed by growing competition from rivals including Geely and Leapmotor. It prompted the EV market leader last month to roll out its first major battery upgrade in six years. The new lineup is priced above $21,700 - a key threshold in China's hyper-competitive EV market. And it’s raised doubts about BYD’s ability to boost sales as buyers continue to favor cheaper models. Overseas sales remain a bright spot, totaling over 45% of all vehicles sold last year. BYD is "highly confident" of hitting its 2026 overseas sales target of 1.5 million vehicles, Reuters reported on Monday.
The BBC defended on Wednesday its handling of a DJ sacked years after he was the subject of a police investigation into allegations of sexual offences against a teenage boy. The controversy surrounding former radio host Scott Mills, 53, is the latest involving a high-profile presenter to roil the publicly funded broadcaster. London’s Metropolitan Police said this week that it questioned Mills in 2...
The BBC defended on Wednesday its handling of a DJ sacked years after he was the subject of a police investigation into allegations of sexual offences against a teenage boy. The controversy surrounding former radio host Scott Mills, 53, is the latest involving a high-profile presenter to roil the publicly funded broadcaster. London’s Metropolitan Police said this week that it questioned Mills in 2018 over allegations of “serious sexual offences” against a boy under the age of 16. The case was...
USA Rare Earths seeks to generate billions in revenue one day. As countries seek diversification from China's grip, USAR is a high-potential, high-risk play.
USA Rare Earths seeks to generate billions in revenue one day. As countries seek diversification from China's grip, USAR is a high-potential, high-risk play.