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The burial of an elite medieval woman at the Sayany-Pogranichnoye-4 cemetery in southern Siberia. Credit: Amzarakov P.B. et al. / CC BY 4.0 A pair of gold-plated earrings discovered in a burial is offering archaeologists a rare glimpse into the lives of elite women on the medieval Eurasian steppe in southern Siberia. The burial, found in southern Siberia’s Sayan Mountains, contained a remarkable collection of objects that point to wealth, social status, and long-distance cultural connections stretching across Inner Asia more than 1,000 years ago. Researchers uncovered the grave at the Sayany-Pogranichnoye-4 cemetery near the Idzhim River in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk…

The SpaceX initial public offering (IPO) is in the spotlight for all the right reasons. Not only is SpaceX the largest IPO in history, but raising $75 billion at a $1.77 trillion valuation would make SpaceX one of the 10 most valuable companies in the world. Updated index policies will expedite SpaceX’s entry into the Nasdaq-100 (the 100 largest non-financial stocks in the Nasdaq Composite) through a fast-track process that could take weeks instead of months or even years. But investors who believe that SpaceX is ridiculously overvalued may be looking for ways to minimize their exposure. After all, some…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a surprising 172,000 jobs in May as the labor market continued to show resilience in the face of rising costs from the Iran war. The Labor Department reported Friday that job growth was down slightly last month from a revised 179,000 in April. The unemployment rate stayed at a low 4.3% READ MORE: Older Americans say it’s a good time to find a job. Younger people aren’t buying it Hiring has bounced back this year from a miserable 2025, showing unexpected strength in the face of economic uncertainty and painfully high energy prices caused…

When Christopher Waller, a governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, recently proclaimed that stablecoins are “expanding the power of the dollar” in Latin America, he did more than simply observe a market trend. He handed Washington’s official blessing to a quiet financial revolution that is already reshaping economies from Buenos Aires to Mexico City. Waller’s words, delivered at a conference in Dubrovnik, frame the meteoric rise of dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies not as a threat to monetary stability, but as a natural extension of American monetary dominance. To anyone paying attention in Latin America, however, this is a deeply ambivalent gift. For…

Quantum Computing Inc. QUBT or “QCi” exited the first quarter of 2026 with a strong balance sheet, providing the company with financial flexibility to carry out its growth strategy. QCi ended the quarter with cash, cash equivalents and investments of about $1.4 billion, demonstrating that the company maintained a substantial liquidity position despite completing the acquisitions of Luminar Semiconductor (“LSI”) and NuCrypt. QCi’s financial strength is further reflected in its total assets of about $1.6 billion and stockholders’ equity of approximately $1.6 billion. Meanwhile, total liabilities accounted for $23.4 million, much lower than the cash level. The company generated $13.5…

Egypt’s North Coast has reinforced its position as one of the country’s fastest-growing real estate markets, accounting for nearly one-third of total gated-community sales nationwide over the past two years, according to The Board Consulting’s 2026 Season Opening Newsletter. The report showed that the North Coast generated approximately EGP 1.2trn in sales during 2024 and 2025, out of a total Egyptian market value of EGP 3.2trn. Sales in the region alone reached about EGP 520bn in 2025, underscoring its growing appeal among local and international buyers. The coastal market has emerged as Egypt’s second-largest real estate destination after East Cairo,…

On this episode of The Long View, we chatted with Don Phillips, a managing director for Morningstar who joined the company in 1986 as its first mutual fund analyst. He discussed investing culture, stewardship versus salesmanship, and how to choose a financial advisor.Here are a few excerpts from our conversation with Phillips, who helped develop the Morningstar Style Box, the Morningstar Rating, and other proprietary innovations that have become industry standards.‘Private Credit Doesn’t Understand Retail Investors’Amy Arnott: A topic we’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about lately is private assets, so private equity and private credit. There’s been a…

Michael Saylor posted on X a tracker of Strategy’s Bitcoin reserves with the phrase “A good time to add more dots” Michael Saylor posted on X a tracker of Strategy’s Bitcoin reserves with the phrase “A good time to add more dots” — such posts have previously preceded announcements of new BTC purchases. At the end of May, the company sold 32 BTC for approximately $2.5 million; following the transaction, its reserves stand at 843,706 BTC. At the current price, Strategy’s position remains about $11.7 billion below cost. Подписывайтесь на ForkLog в социальных сетях Нашли ошибку в тексте? Выделите ее…

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Sunday marks 100 days since the war in the Middle East began, and the conflict continues to drive substantial volatility across all asset classes in every region of the world as a lasting peace deal remains elusive. Negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have stagnated, with Washington and Tehran sending mixed messages on the state of peace talks and both sides periodically exchanging bouts of military attacks. Nevertheless, a fragile ceasefire remains in place to allow for diplomacy to take place. As the conflict drags on, pressure continues to mount on certain economies and pockets of financial markets.Wall Street bulls…