Investors expecting an aggressive Fed cut are getting too ‘ahead of the curve,’ UBS CEO says

Investors expecting an aggressive Fed cut are getting too ‘ahead of the curve,’ UBS CEO says

UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEO of Swiss banking giant UBS said Thursday that the fight against inflation isn’t over yet, and some investors seem to be getting too ahead of themselves in expecting that the U.S. Federal Reserve could pull an aggressive rate … Read more

Bill Gates-backed startup on the global gold rush for buried hydrogen

Bill Gates-backed startup on the global gold rush for buried hydrogen

The team from the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) took samples of natural hydrogen gas found in One Pute Jaya Village, Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, 23 October 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Koloma, a U.S.-based clean fuel startup backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, says it … Read more

China tech companies AI models vs OpenAI, Google, Meta

China tech companies AI models vs OpenAI, Google, Meta

China is looking to challenge the U.S. in artificial intelligence. China’s tech giants have launched their own AI models.  Niphon | Istock | Getty Images Global attention around generative artificial intelligence has been focused on big U.S. companies like OpenAI, Alphabet‘s Google and Meta. But some of China’s giants, from Alibaba to Tencent, have launched … Read more

Biden administration did not fast-track student loan plan

Biden administration did not fast-track student loan plan

A senior Biden administration official says the U.S. Department of Education did not plan to begin forgiving up to $147 billion in student debt for as many as 25 million Americans before publishing a final rule on the program — despite claims to the contrary by seven Republican state attorneys general. Those AGs last week … Read more

Trump trade policies will fuel freight rates and consumers pay price

Trump trade policies will fuel freight rates and consumers pay price

A cargo ship is sailing towards the docking of a foreign trade container terminal in Qingdao Port, Shandong province, in Qingdao, China, on June 7, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Trade analysts are warning that new tariffs threatened by former President Donald Trump, which he doubled down on during Tuesday night’s presidential debate, … Read more

Bitcoin may soon hit six figures regardless of election, investors say

Bitcoin may soon hit six figures regardless of election, investors say

Despite the increasingly partisan sentiment in the cryptocurrency industry, bitcoin will thrive over the long term regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential election in November. That’s a view many crypto investors are coming to accept, as the wave of optimism spurred by former President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto overtures this summer starts to recede. “Do … Read more

WTI rebounds above $67 per barrel

WTI rebounds above  per barrel

U.S. crude oil rebounded more than 2% on Wednesday, regaining some ground after prices closed at the lowest level in nearly three years in the previous session. Here are Wednesday’s energy prices: West Texas Intermediate October contract: $67.44 per barrel, up $1.69, or 2.6%. Year to date, U.S. crude oil has fallen 5.9%. Brent November contract: … Read more

Seven & i Holdings’ shares slide on likely U.S. probe into a potential M&A deal with Couche-Tard

Seven & i Holdings’ shares slide on likely U.S. probe into a potential M&A deal with Couche-Tard

A 7-Eleven convenience store, operated by Seven & i Holdings Co., in Kawasaki, Japan, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Seven & i Holdings fell on Wednesday following a report that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has informed the Japanese retail giant about a potential investigation into a … Read more

Amazon makes £8 billion UK investment to build cloud and AI infrastructure

Amazon makes £8 billion UK investment to build cloud and AI infrastructure

Amazon’s computing unit AWS is in talks with Italy to invest billions of euros in the expansion of its data center business in the country as part of the tech giant’s effort to boost its cloud offer in Europe, four people familiar with the matter said. Cesc Maymo | Getty Images News | Getty Images … Read more

Nebraska high school shooting: Teen critically hurt, suspect in custody

Nebraska high school shooting: Teen critically hurt, suspect in custody

Days after a student killed two teachers and two students in Georgia, another school shooting has been reported in the United States. In this latest incident, a teenager has been critically injured at a high school in Nebraska’s largest city. Families rushed to Omaha Northwest High School after the shooting was reported on Tuesday, but … Read more