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The Trade Desk and Publicis settled a fee dispute that had blocked Publicis from recommending the ad platform. Shares rose. The next catalyst is Q1 earnings in May.
Mistral AI seeks €3B at €20B valuation, doubling since September. ASML leads strategic investment as European governments push for sovereign AI infrastructure.
SpaceX's blockbuster IPO gives retail investors their first chance to own shares in Elon Musk's rocket company. The CEO's net worth crosses $1 trillion.
JPMorgan hosted a lavish party with a SpaceX-branded steak carving station to win over employees who became millionaires after the company’s liquidity event. The move heats up competition among banks for newly minted tech wealth.
Air Canada ratified a four-year deal with Unifor covering 6,000 customer service employees, the third labor agreement this year. Cost terms were not disclosed, but labor stability reduces execution risk for investors.
A Seeking Alpha contributor sees the tech rally lasting to November, with sentiment still supportive. Alpha Score 44 on QQQ flags weak fundamental backing despite momentum.
Colombia hosts 2.8M Venezuelans; Haiti's IDP count jumps 38% to 1.4M. The displacement wave alters labor supply across five economies. Watch regularization renewal rates.
Dapple closes $30M seed round from Raptor Group and Ion Pacific for its single-tenant AI infrastructure OS, with enterprise customers already live.
QVC sells the Sharper Image Portable Cold Plunge Ice Bath for $49.98. New customers save $20 with code WELCOME20, making it $37.48 shipped today only.
Meta's $10B Louisiana data center drives a sales-tax surge that funds teacher bonuses of up to $50,935 in Richland Parish. The payouts can exceed some teachers' annual salaries and have become a flashpoint in the national debate over AI infrastructure.
Flux, a code-first engineering intelligence platform, raised $5M led by Calibrate Ventures. The funding will accelerate product development and go-to-market as AI reshapes software.
Tim Ferriss's five bestsellers sold 57% fewer print copies in Q1 2026. He blames LLMs. The same pressure is hitting the NYT and every prescriptive nonfiction publisher.
Former CFTC chair Gary Gensler says sports-betting contracts on prediction markets are not swaps. He filed an amicus brief in the Kalshi case, arguing the agency overstepped. The appeals court will decide who regulates these contracts.
JD Vance and Usha Vance have moved into the vice president's official residence at Number One Observatory Circle. The 9,000-square-foot home on the US Naval Observatory grounds includes a tennis court, pool, and bowling alley.
Kevin O'Leary wants to build a $30-40 billion data center in the U.S., calling compute power a national security issue. He says China is building faster.
SpaceX began trading under ticker SPCX at $150, hitting $176 a share by Friday afternoon. The IPO gives Elon Musk two top-10 companies by market value.
At CHF BC's Spring Forum, co-op members discussed rising costs, expiring operating agreements, and the push for federal capital grants ahead of the 2026 National Housing Strategy.
MBX's once-weekly canvuparatide normalized bone turnover at one year in a Phase II extension. The data support a Phase III start in H2 2026. Alpha Score 54.
John Hancock's 529 portfolio beat its benchmark in Q1 as real assets outperformed. The T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund lagged on sector underweights. The real-asset overweight signals conviction on inflation risk near the 2027 target date.
Citi finalized the sale of its Polish consumer banking franchise to Velobank, transferring 1,600 employees. The exit is the 10th of 14 as CEO Fraser simplifies. A Banamex IPO is the next catalyst.
Epiroc's investor day slides target high single-digit growth through 2028, with aftermarket services and automation as the core earnings drivers. The deck shows a pipeline of copper and gold mine orders, plus a gradual shift to battery-electric underground vehicles.
SpaceX could triple revenue by 2027 on Starlink growth, Starship launches, and AI infrastructure demand, Renaissance Capital's Matt Kennedy said.
Canada and France signed a classified data-sharing deal covering defense, space, AI and aerospace. The agreement puts Lockheed's F-35 order and Canadian LNG exports in play as Carney deepens European ties.
AstroKick folded after burning $4.2M on astrology-based football analytics. Investors say the failure won't stop sports-tech bets, but due diligence is tightening.
India's generic anti-obesity drug market surged tenfold in a year, driven by diabetes patients and cosmetic users. Regulators are cracking down on ads and sales, threatening pharma companies' investments in GLP-1 generics.
MoneySense and Surviscor rank the 2026 best online brokers in Canada by client experience. Questrade leads, followed by Wealthsimple and TD Direct Investing.
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb invited us to see his city after I warned Seattle risked the same decline. The gap in hustle and leadership runs the wrong direction.
Contracts worth $2.4M go to MDA Space, Calian, and Kepler for ground-segment concepts. The RADARSAT+ system is central to Canada's $1B earth observation push.
Dickey's Barbecue Pit debuts at West Edmonton Mall food court on June 26. First 50 guests get free sliders and a year-long 20% discount on orders up to $250 per week.
Anthropic reversed AI model restrictions after developer backlash. The policy targeted open-source competition as much as safety, developers say. Short-term relief, but uncertainty about future restrictions remains.