Russia Calls Speedboat Shooting Incident Off Cuba An 'Aggressive US Provocation' The deadly US-registered speedboat shooting incident in Cuba carries the potential to ignite a serious conflict between Cuba and the United States, amid an ongoing investigation into exactly what happened overseen by the White House. Russia has reacted, on Thursday laying quick blame on the US side for a 'deliberate' ...
Russia Calls Speedboat Shooting Incident Off Cuba An 'Aggressive US Provocation' The deadly US-registered speedboat shooting incident in Cuba carries the potential to ignite a serious conflict between Cuba and the United States, amid an ongoing investigation into exactly what happened overseen by the White House. Russia has reacted, on Thursday laying quick blame on the US side for a 'deliberate' act of 'provocation' in order to keep up the pressure on Havana and escalate the situation. Russian MFA file Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS, "It is an aggressive US provocation, aimed at escalating the situation and triggering conflict." Moscow has always been a close powerful ally of Cuba, and so it's expected that the Kremlin quickly come to Cuba's side, also after Russian officials vehemently condemned the US raid on Venezuela and Maduro's capture. The Cuban version of events is that a speedboat out of Florida entered its sovereign waters and that when a Cuban patrol boat approached, people on board opened fire. The Cuban soldiers then fired back, killing four people and wounding six aboard the US vessel. Notably, Havana has said the commander of the Cuban border patrol boat was injured. The Cuban government described the incident as a "foiled armed infiltration" of the island-nation. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has vowed to quickly get to the bottom of what happened, also as some US politicians have demanded that Cuba be crushed because of the assault. "What I’m telling you is we’re going to find out exactly what happened and who was involved," Rubio said. " We’re not going to just take what somebody else tells us . I’m very confident we will be able to know the story independently." The Trump administration's current posture toward Cuba is geared toward increasing pressure on Havana and ridding the island of communism, for which grinding sanctions have long been in place - which have by and large hurt the common people. Rub...
The Defense Department has been feuding with Anthropic over military uses of its artificial intelligence tools. At stake are hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts and access to some of the most advanced AI on the planet. (Image credit: Patrick Sison)
The Defense Department has been feuding with Anthropic over military uses of its artificial intelligence tools. At stake are hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts and access to some of the most advanced AI on the planet. (Image credit: Patrick Sison)
Earnings Call Insights: Biodesix, Inc. (BDSX) Q4 2025 Management View CEO Scott Hutton indicated that Biodesix is prioritizing revenue growth, operational leverage, and pipeline advancement in 2025 and 2026. The company achieved a 41% revenue increase in Q4, improved gross margins to 83%, and reached adjusted EBITDA positivity for the first time. Hutton outlined a 3-tiered commercial strategy for ...
Earnings Call Insights: Biodesix, Inc. (BDSX) Q4 2025 Management View CEO Scott Hutton indicated that Biodesix is prioritizing revenue growth, operational leverage, and pipeline advancement in 2025 and 2026. The company achieved a 41% revenue increase in Q4, improved gross margins to 83%, and reached adjusted EBITDA positivity for the first time. Hutton outlined a 3-tiered commercial strategy for lung nodule management, noting that "volumes from primary care accounted for 12% of the total Nodify test, growing 67% over the fourth quarter of 2024 and volumes from pulmonology growing 26%." He highlighted the expansion of the sales force to 97 representatives, delivering 18,000 tests, which was 23% growth over the prior year. Strategic partnerships with Thermo Fisher Scientific and Bio-Rad Laboratories were announced, enhancing the company’s development services and product pipeline. CFO Robin Cowie stated, "Total revenue was $28.8 million and $88.5 million for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2025, an increase of 41% and 24% over the respective prior year period." Cowie also emphasized improvements in gross margin and the company's strengthened cash position, ending the quarter with $19.0 million in unrestricted cash and $33.7 million pro forma including subsequent proceeds. Outlook Biodesix expects to deliver $106 million to $112 million in annual revenue for 2026, representing 23% growth at the midpoint over 2025. The guidance includes consideration of recent weather events and historical seasonality in Q1. Management expects "continued improvement towards sustained adjusted EBITDA positivity." Revenue growth is projected to be driven by expanded and maturing sales force, average revenue per test increases, more clinical data supporting Nodify lung test adoption, and expansion in development services. Financial Results Q4 revenue reached $28.8 million, with lung diagnostics contributing $25.1 million and development services $3.6 million. Fiscal year revenue was $88.5 m...
Over the past year, a double whammy of headwinds has hit Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ: ADP) , better known as ADP. First, concerns about the sluggish employment market have continued to pressure the payroll processor and HR software provider's shares. More recently, ADP has sold off due to fears that generative artificial intelligence (AI) will hurt the business. Much as with enterprise softw...
Over the past year, a double whammy of headwinds has hit Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ: ADP) , better known as ADP. First, concerns about the sluggish employment market have continued to pressure the payroll processor and HR software provider's shares. More recently, ADP has sold off due to fears that generative artificial intelligence (AI) will hurt the business. Much as with enterprise software stocks, investors are worried that mass adoption of AI will bode poorly for ADP's business model. Add in additional concerns, and it's easy to see why shares are down by more than 35% from their 52-week high. Continue reading
Hong Kong stocks headed for a monthly decline as jitters about artificial intelligence’s potential disruption to traditional industries continued to weigh on investor sentiment. The Hang Seng Index rose 0.6 per cent to 26,545.09 as of 9.45am on Friday. For the month, the benchmark has dropped 3.2 per cent, the steepest since October. The Hang Seng Tech Index gained 0.9 per cent. On the mainland, t...
Hong Kong stocks headed for a monthly decline as jitters about artificial intelligence’s potential disruption to traditional industries continued to weigh on investor sentiment. The Hang Seng Index rose 0.6 per cent to 26,545.09 as of 9.45am on Friday. For the month, the benchmark has dropped 3.2 per cent, the steepest since October. The Hang Seng Tech Index gained 0.9 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index slipped 0.4 per cent and the Shanghai Composite Index retreated 0.1 per cent. Sun...