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An anonymous email to TMZ offers video evidence of Nancy Guthrie's kidnappers for one Bitcoin, ignoring FBI theory that sender is a woman.
US strikes on Iran after a cargo ship attack in the Strait of Hormuz slowed the reopening of the waterway. Daily vessel transits fell from 78 to 43. The IMO halted evacuations of stranded ships. Tankers reversed course. The interim ceasefire faces its first real test.
Mark Twain's quote on fooling people applies directly to commodity trading, where traders resist admitting they were wrong, prolonging losses and missing new trends.
The U.S. government granted Anthropic permission to release its Mythos 5 model to roughly 100 companies and federal agencies, ending a two-week standoff.
BMW's 24.5M connected vehicles generate 16.6B daily AI requests across 600 use cases. The infrastructure play shows where auto sector demand is real.
NVDA fell to $192.53, Alpha Score 65. The easy gains are gone. A break below $185 opens $170; above $200 targets highs. Earnings due late May.
DRDGOLD analyst day slides show tailings retreatment strategy, cost pressures from electricity and labor, and gold price near $2,400. Stock page tracks filings.
Senate calendar tightens before midterms, pressuring leaders to schedule CLARITY Act vote. Law enforcement opposition and 50-50 passage odds add risk.
Shoney's slices strawberry pie to $2.50 for July to mark America's 250th. The promotion signals margin sacrifice and potential pricing pressure at Cracker Barrel and Denny's.
Cartesian Growth IV closed a $275M SPAC IPO at $10/unit. Each unit contains one share and a one-third warrant. Ticker CGCFU. The blank-check company now has up to 24 months to find a target.
TRM Labs found $3.84B in traceable crypto flows between CoinEx and sanctioned Iranian entities, with Nobitex accounting for $2.7B. CoinEx already under U.S. sanctions since Nov 2023.
GigSafe integrates U.S. Bank's embedded payments to let delivery operators push instant payouts to drivers' cards, closing the loop between compliance and payroll.
Citi raised PPG to $125, BMO to $140 on aerospace strength. Morgan Stanley expects TROW Q2 beat. These dividend stocks offer income with analyst backing.
Anthropic accused Alibaba of running 28.8 million queries to steal Claude's capabilities. The campaign dwarfed prior efforts. Policymakers are seeking sanctions.
Nearly 27% of Euro Sun shareholders voted against auditor reappointment at the June 25 AGM, with turnout at just 14.65%. The result is unusually high for a Canadian junior miner.
Canada published draft open banking rules Friday, covering data banks must share with FinTechs and a streamlined accreditation path. Former czar Abraham Tachjian said he was pleasantly surprised by the scope.
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund trades at a deep discount while activist investors hold significant stakes. The setup resembles past closed-end fund catalysts: tender offers or liquidation.
Euro Sun Mining AGM drew 14.65% turnout. Auditor approval passed with 73% in favour, 27% withheld. The Rovina Valley Project remains the key catalyst.
Sunoco LP (SUN) carries an 'Unscored' label from AlphaScala, meaning no quantitative rating is available. We explain the implications for energy traders and link to our detailed Sunoco coverage.
Daily tokenized stock volume on DEXs hit $565M on June 24. Solana handled 97.8% of trades. The record reflects growing demand for 24/7 equity trading onchain.
dLocal joins the Russell 2000 on June 29, 2026. Passive funds must buy. The liquidity boost is real but temporary. Watch the post-rebalance float for active manager accumulation.
GameStop forecasts $600M+ EBITDA for FY2027, a twelvefold jump from $50M in FY2024. eBay buys PSA parent's grading business to capture collectibles fees. Alpha Scores: GME 36, EBAY 51.
Fairholme Focused Income Fund (FOCIX) declares a $0.05824 quarterly dividend, yielding 1.5%. The payout from Bruce Berkowitz's fund comes as the Fed holds rates steady.
Premium Income Corp's net assets rose $69.8M in H1, driven by Canadian bank dividends and price gains. The fund paid $0.52 per Class A share in cash distributions.
dLocal joins Russell 2000 and 3000 on June 29. With $12.2 trillion benchmarked to Russell indexes, inclusion could boost liquidity and broaden the shareholder base.
Shareholders approved the full director slate, EY as auditor, and a share issuance to Chairman Rob McEwen. The gold and copper producer is targeting 250,000-300,000 gold-equivalent ounces by 2030.
Goldman Sachs Alpha Score 50 — no strong directional signal from insider trades, options, or institutional flows. Q2 earnings on July 15 are the next catalyst.
The greenback slipped versus the euro and sterling but posted a weekly gain. Kashkari flagged a possible rate hike. Next week's jobs report looms.
Micron's call flagged a bandwidth shift in AI. Credo (CRDO) addresses the memory interface bottleneck. Alpha Score 61. Design win pace is the key catalyst for the next two quarters.
U.S. retaliatory strikes hit Iran after Trump accused Tehran of breaking a ceasefire. Oil prices hold near $72 as Strait of Hormuz risk returns. The next catalyst is Wednesday's inventory report.