Author: Charlotte

Meta Platforms is weighing an enormous equity offering, potentially worth tens of billions of dollars, to bankroll what has become one of the most aggressive AI spending campaigns in corporate history. The Financial Times reported the plans on June 5, 2026, and the market responded with the subtlety of a fire alarm: Meta’s stock fell between 6% and 9%. The timing is notable. Alphabet pulled off an $85B share sale just days earlier, suggesting Big Tech has collectively decided that diluting shareholders is the preferred method for funding the AI arms race. The numbers behind the spending spree Meta raised…

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Venice’s VVV token, which is linked with the Venice AI platform, a decentralized privacy-oriented protocol founded by Erik Voorhees, has been on a strong upward rally with price gains of over 100% over the past week.  According to data from CoinMarketCap, the Venice token is currently trading between $7 – $8 with a market cap of around $330 million after having jumped by over 20% to hit a yearly high on March 2 while the total crypto market cap fell by almost 1%. The token’s 24-hour trading volume also doubled over the last day, with $84.55 million figure representing a…

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According to Fitch Ratings, major European alternative investment managers proved resilient in the face of macroeconomic headwinds throughout 2025 and the first quarter of 2026. Indeed, capital flows continue to gravitate toward a limited number of well-established alternative players. The macroeconomic environment continues to weigh on investment activity, a situation further exacerbated by persistent geopolitical tensions. Despite this, most listed European alternative managers recorded a year-on-year increase in investments during the twelve months ending March 2026. Fundraising was more arduous than usual but remained robust. Furthermore, European managers are increasingly seeking to broaden their investor base, distribution channels, and the…

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Across multiple spells in Black and Green, Evans has built a strong legacy, producing a string of memorable moments. Among them are a dramatic 93rd-minute bicycle-kick winner at Park Avenue, a penalty save at Haverfordwest, his role in the club’s run to the Nathaniel MG Cup final, and captaining the side on his 150th appearance on the final day of the 2024/25 season. Source link

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Born in India, Saalem grew up in Kuwait and Dubai, where he now lives and works again after completing the MSc in Applied Economics. We spoke to him about his reasons to choose economics and his experience of living and studying in Bath as an international student. When I was looking into master’s degrees, I wasn’t really thinking in terms of job prospects initially, if I’m being perfectly honest. I already had a bachelor’s in applied accounting, and the people around me were telling me to do a master’s in accounting or finance. But there was a part of me…

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Bitcoin has endured its worst week since the implosion of the FTX exchange in 2022, with the world’s most heavily traded cryptocurrency rattled by a leading bitcoin treasury company’s decision to trim its holdings. The digital currency shed almost a fifth of its value over the week to trade below $61,000, its lowest level since September 2024. It was bitcoin’s sharpest weekly decline since November 2022, when the collapse of FTX amid a fraud scandal sent shockwaves through digital asset markets. The slide also leaves bitcoin worth half of the record high of more than $126,000 it reached last October,…

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Equity derivatives is a mature, highly transparent market where competition is intense and margins are under pressure, but what has changed is the increasing pace and complexity of the workflow, according to Simon C. Watts, Head of Product Development for Listed Derivatives and Delta One at Bloomberg. Simon C. Watts “At the same time, clients are increasingly automating pricing, hedging, risk, and analytics. That means they need liquidity and market color in a form that is accurate, timely, and machine-readable — not trapped in voice, chat, or manual workflows,” he told Traders Magazine. “This is exactly where a tool like…

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TEHRAN-Sci-Fi cinema, and especially the superhero genre, presents an opportunity that the Pentagon would never pass up. Since these stories often contain military themes and are heavily dependent on action sequences, many superhero genre films have relied on military production assistance. Among these films are the first two installments of the “Iron Man” trilogy, the “Hulk”, “Captain Marvel”, and others.Superheroes as Pentagon’s PR In the book “Superheroes, Movies, and the State: How the US Government Shapes Cinematic Universes”, it is noted:  “The reliance of superhero filmmakers on this assistance is a particular boon to the armed forces, as the genre…

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