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Fidelity Freedom 2045 Fund boosted stocks and commodities in Q1, betting on non-U.S. outperformance and dollar weakness. The tilt paid off versus its benchmark.
Equinor bought back 414,792 shares at NOK 353.25 each in the second tranche of its 2026 programme. The buy-back runs through July 20, with weekly disclosures on Oslo Børs.
Endeavour Mining bought back shares last week under its March buy-back programme. Stifel Nicolaus Europe executed the purchases. The gold producer has room for buy-backs at current gold prices above USD 2,300 an ounce.
Wellingborough by-election tests whether Labour's 18-point lead is real. A heavy loss could trigger a leadership challenge and move sterling. Result due Thursday.
Turtlemint Fintech's Rs 883 crore IPO opens June 19 at a price band of Rs 144-152 per share. Subscription closes June 21; listing on June 27 is the next catalyst.
AI lets candidates fake resumes and interviews. Companies like Apple must adapt or lose talent. Here is the structural shift investors should track.
Union Electric Co. priced $500 million in first mortgage bonds at 5.75%. The coupon is above the utility sector average, locking in long-term debt ahead of potential Fed rate cuts.
GAO urges the FDIC to coordinate with other regulators on blockchain risks as stablecoin rules and bank supervision expand. The letter highlights gaps in oversight.
Speedioo raises ₹10 crore seed led by Atomic Capital to build an AI-native platform for India's used two-wheeler market, which is 1.5x the size of new bike sales.
India blocks Telegram until June 22 to curb NEET exam fraud, disables message editing through June 30. The restriction targets fraudulent channels, affecting lakhs of legitimate users temporarily.
Bellevue Gold's April-May production hit 28.1K oz at 4.6 g/t, supporting a guidance beat. Underground drilling at Tribune South found visible gold in three holes.
The Bank of Ghana ordered banks to stop supporting unauthorized foreign-currency wallet services tied to crypto platforms. The directive targets banking connections, not crypto ownership. Banks must report compliance by month-end.
Koppers (KOP) presented at Singular Research's Las Vegas conference. The slide deck covers key business segments. Investors await details on carbon black and utility pole demand.
Aussie dips 0.3% after RBA holds at 4.35% with mildly hawkish tone. ASX 200 flips positive. Rate path unchanged, focus shifts to July CPI and China stimulus.
The weekend U.S.-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz sent Brent lower and boosted Indian benchmarks. The deal's missing details create execution risk ahead of Friday's signing.
Socrates' push for independent thought applies directly to investing. Following the crowd rarely works. Build your own analysis.
Hungary's transport ministry blocked a 1.2 billion forint bus replacement contract for Tiborcz-linked companies, ordering MÁV to cancel the tender. The firms remain well-positioned for future bids.
Swiss digital wealth manager True Wealth passed CHF 3 billion in assets under management, adding its third billion in just 10 months. The firm runs 45,000 client accounts.
India's health ministry bans OTC sales of cough syrups and all syrup-based medicines. The Drugs Rules amendment requires a doctor's prescription for any syrup formulation, closing a regulatory gap exposed by contamination-linked child deaths abroad.
Red Cat's Q1 revenue surged 849% YoY, but gross margins remain thin and cash burn raises the question of dilution. Near-term focus is on the Black Widow FAA waiver and cash flow inflection.
SpaceX-linked crypto derivatives hit $11.9B in first 24 hours. Binance took 26% of the flow. Tokenized stock SPCX trades above Oppenheimer's $190 target.
Kevin Warsh is hawkish, says less, and owns no crypto. His first Fed meeting on June 16 could affect how digital assets trade and what traders expect from rate policy.
Standard Chartered projects DeFi TVL at $2.7 trillion by 2030, a 37x increase. Geoff Kendrick sees tokenized assets driving the shift, but critics flag liquidity fragmentation as a hurdle.
The US-Iran peace deal sent crude tumbling and Indian stocks rallying. Here's what changed for FII flows, input costs, and the Friday signing ceremony.
Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas shared two pieces of advice from Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Tesla's Elon Musk on the "20VC" podcast. The lessons signal a line of sight into scale-up tactics for the AI search startup, which is fundraising at a $3 billion valuation.
Gina Rinehart's SpaceX stake positions her mining empire for asteroid extraction. Starship's falling launch costs change the economics of space mining.
Ukraine's new mid-range attack drones carry warheads comparable to a 155mm shell but can loiter for hours, hitting Russian command posts that HIMARS could not reach.
Turtlemint's ₹883 crore IPO opens June 19 at ₹144-152. The OFS was cut 49% to 1.46 crore shares, reducing the listing-day overhang from existing investors.
Dubai VARA's June 12 AML guidance forces crypto firms to update FATF blacklist assessments every three months and immediately on product changes. Raises compliance bar for 100+ licensees.
Binance Research: $13B left DeFi in April, leverage ratio hit 38%. May losses down 90%; Aave still carries $230M bad debt from KelpDAO exploit.