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SCREENING equipment specialist MDS is returning to Hillhead this year with a live working demonstration of its M515 trommel and a static display of the M300 scalping grid. The M515 will be showcased in Crusher Alley, where visitors can see the machine operating in real time. The M515 is suited for producing riprap and recovering rock material from clay and other cohesive materials. The latest iteration of the M515 incorporates several design improvements. A swing-out engine arrangement and dedicated access platform aim to simplify maintenance, while extended fines and mid-product conveyors increase stockpile capacity. The revised engine positioning also allows…

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s powerful Communist Party on Thursday approved an emergency economic package featuring unprecedented free-market measures aimed at opening up the struggling island’s economy as pressure from the U.S. and the European Union heightens.The document, which has not yet been made public, will be submitted Thursday to Cuba’s National Assembly. It envisions expanding opportunities for private enterprise, greater autonomy for municipalities and state-owned companies and measures to attract additional foreign investment, including from Cubans abroad.In recent days, residents in several Havana neighborhoods staged protests, banging pots and pans as power outages spread across the island.“Cuba resists heroically and…

image: (L – R): Nader Sawtarie, Götz Veser, Aime Laurent Twizerimana, and Mohammad Masnadi in Veser’s lab. view more  Credit: Thomas Altany, University of Pittsburgh In Götz Veser’s lab at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, then-PhD candidate Aime Laurent Twizerimana was pumping ethane through molten metal at temperatures below 1,000 degrees Celsius when something unexpected happened. The carbon byproduct that rose to the surface appeared “fluffy.” That byproduct turned out to be high-quality graphite. While researching a cleaner, more efficient way to produce ethylene, Twizerimana had struck the new “black gold,” as graphite is known in high-tech and automotive industries. This graphite…

Quantitative analysts at JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) have issued a sharp warning on Bitcoin (BTC) mining, Investing.com reported on June 18. Bitcoin is the world’s first decentralized cryptocurrency, which means no centralized body creates or controls it and it runs on a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. Related: What is Bitcoin mining? Explained The cryptocurrency is created by a process called Bitcoin mining, which involves using specialized computers to solve complex cryptographic functions to secure the blockchain and mine new coins. Miners, in exchange for their work, receive rewards in the form of newly created BTC. A key measure of Bitcoin mining…

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Kentucky-bred Scandinavia provided trainer Aidan O’Brien with his 100th winner at Royal Ascot by edging out defending winner Trawlerman in the final strides of a scintillating Gold Cup Stakes (G1) June 18 at Ascot Racecourse. The victory marks the first time in 33 years that a horse bred in the United States has captured the Gold Cup. Before Scandinavia, the most recent horse bred in the U.S. to win the Gold Cup was Kentucky-bred Drum Taps, bred by William Powell and Bates Newton, who won the 2 1/2-mile test a second straight year in 1993. Campaigned by the Coolmore-affiliated Michael Tabor,…

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – June 18, 2026 – The art world’s multi-billion-dollar problem with forgery, fraud, and murky provenance may have just met its match, not in a gallery vault, but in the sterile cleanrooms of a semiconductor foundry. Today, WISeKey International Holding announced that its subsidiary, WISe.ART, has become the world’s first hardware-authenticated art platform, a claim cemented by a landmark European patent granted to its sibling subsidiary, SEALSQ. The patent is for a technology dubbed ‘Back-to-Physical,’ and its premise is a structural breakthrough for how we define ownership and authenticity. It allows a Non-Fungible Token (NFT)—a unique digital certificate—to…

That shift should be of interest to retail investors gaining exposure to private equity through interval funds, evergreen vehicles, or model portfolios, since the underlying funds backing those structures vary widely in how much cash they have actually returned versus what they report on paper. Exit routes remain largely closed IPO windows are narrow, strategic buyers are selective, and pricing disagreements continue to stall sponsor-to-sponsor sales. With traditional exits scarce, continuation vehicles and GP-led secondaries have become the default way sponsors return cash to investors, even as limited partners grow more wary of the conflicts of interest those structures can…

The B.S. in Applied Economics program is set to shift from the College of Business to the College of Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts (CHSSA) in Fall 2026. The program will join CHSSA’s Department of Social Sciences, moving from its current home in the Department of Management and Economics. The realignment reflects the interdisciplinary nature of economics and its close connections to public policy, political science, sociology and regional development. By placing the program within CHSSA, the university will expand opportunities for students to explore the economic, social, and policy factors that shape communities and markets. “We are thrilled to…

Digital asset trusts provide direct access to the spot prices of the two largest cryptocurrencies. The choice between iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA 2.52%) and Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC 2.40%)depends on whether an investor seeks exposure to Ether or Bitcoin at the same price. While ETHA tracks Ether, FBTC tracks Bitcoin. Both funds arrived in 2024, offering a way to hold these volatile assets within standard brokerage accounts without using a cryptocurrency exchange.Snapshot (cost & size)MetricETHAFBTCIssueriSharesFidelityExpense ratio0.25%0.25%1-yr return (as of June 17, 2026)(31.71%)(38.86%)Dividend yieldNoneNoneBeta2.472.02AUM$5.9B$13.4BBeta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year monthly…