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Edwin Shadeo takes over Teck's investor relations. The miner is pushing copper expansion projects. The shift comes during tight supply for key base metals in the commodity cycle.
Leeuwin Metals found historical intercepts of 66m at 1.12 g/t gold and 24m at 1.79 g/t at Red Boomerang and Deception Hill, both outside the 342,300-ounce Marda resource. Drilling is set for H2 2026.
Michael Pascoe scores Albanese's performance across AUKUS, the Voice, housing, tax, and gas as five failures. The political risk for Labor is mounting.
DTCC plans to tokenize Russell 1000 stocks and Treasuries on Stellar and Canton by H2 2026. XLM surged 51.9% on the news; the valuation story is more complex than the price move suggests.
CNH Industrial Capital prices $600M senior notes at 4.95% due 2031. Proceeds for working capital, receivables, and debt repayment. Equipment finance sensitivity to rates in focus.
Fed Governor Waller opened the central bank's dollar conference by acknowledging private-sector tokenization is reshaping how dollars move across borders. Stablecoins and tokenized Treasuries create new demand channels outside the banking system.
Allunity's SEKAU stablecoin, backed 1:1 by Swedish krona reserves, launches on five blockchains as the first SEK token under MiCA for institutional settlement.
PepsiCo's beverage president detailed a renovation strategy built on need-state segmentation. The moves pressure Coca-Cola, sports drink rivals, and the functional soda category.
Three crypto advocacy groups urged Congress to pass H.R. 9175, allowing miners and stakers to defer taxes on new tokens until sale, easing phantom income burden.
Japan's Katayama held online talks with US Treasury's Bessent on Monday to discuss the yen's sharp decline, TBS reported. The meeting signals concern over yen weakness.
Franklin Templeton, one of the worlds largest asset managers with approximately $1.78 trillion in assets under management (AUM), has officially completed its acquisition of digital asset investment fi
Baldwin Insurance trades at 9x EBITDA while peers fetch 12-14x in take-privates. A 30% premium would still leave room for a sponsor.
Green Arrow Resources extended its private placement deadline to July 15 as it seeks C$1M at C$0.05/share post-consolidation. The junior miner now has until mid-July to close the funding round.
NHTSA opened a special crash investigation into a Tesla after a Model 3 slammed into a Texas home, killing a 76-year-old. The driver said he was using Autopilot.
Ophelia Snyder says tokenization's real bottleneck is not trading but the back-office systems banks rely on. Two paths exist: build new or retrofit old.
A California class-action alleges Marathon, BP, 7-Eleven used AI to inflate gas prices by up to 33 cents a gallon. The case tests whether shared pricing algorithms constitute illegal collusion, with implications for any industry using similar tools.
MoonPay's acquisition of Entendre brings AI-driven reconciliation and treasury tools to its institutional platform, signaling a push beyond payments into back-office infrastructure for crypto firms.
A pair trade between Nuveen's AMT-free fund (NVG) and standard muni fund (NZF) isolates the AMT premium. Risks include legislative change and fund discount divergence.
Trump warned Iran he will 'do what I have to do' if the interim deal collapses. Oil spiked 1.8% as defense stocks rose. The next round of talks is unscheduled.
Upscale AI raised $190M Series A-1 at a $2B valuation, with Premji Invest leading and NVIDIA, Salesforce, and Temasek joining existing backers.
Jeanine Pirro charged 14 defendants with operating a cocaine trafficking network near a Washington, D.C. elementary school. Over 500 officers from FBI, DEA, and MPD participated in the bust.
Del Taco returns slow-cooked pork carnitas with five new creations, plus Independence Poppers and $2.50 Funnel Cake Fries for America's 250th birthday. Limited-time summer menu now available.
Franklin Templeton closes its acquisition of 250 Digital, forming Franklin Crypto. The firm's tokenized assets have tripled to $2.5B, signaling institutional demand.
Securitize filed a declaratory judgment suit against tZERO after a cease-and-desist letter over patents covering compliance and trading infrastructure for tokenized securities.
Asian and European stocks rose on Middle East peace talk optimism while tech and rate jitters hit Wall Street. The pound fell after Starmer resigned. Greenspan's death had no market impact.
Apple's first foldable phone faces a hinge delay that could push launch from September to October. Samsung Display wins exclusive panel deal.
Sterling held near $1.33 after Starmer's exit. Pantheon Macroeconomics said political noise still offsets oil tailwinds. Next data point: March CPI on Apr 17.
Ric Edelman says investor sentiment and fundamentals are diverging, with Wall Street deepening involvement and RWA perpetual futures hitting a new all-time high in May.
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart steps down after seven years. CRED founder Kunal Shah takes over as Meta's messaging app faces regulatory pressure in Europe and India.
The Bank of England removed individual holding limits for systemic sterling stablecoins, replacing them with a £40bn issuance cap. Reserve rules now allow 70% short-term gilts. Consultation runs until September.