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Private equity firm Uplift Investors made its second public investment in the personal injury law space by partnering with Kentucky firm Hughes & Coleman. The investment announced by Uplift Thursday represents non-lawyer financers’ push into the personal injury law sector by acquiring the back office functions of multiple legal practices using a mechanism called a managed services organization (MSO). Uplift created a legal services company, Orion Legal, that allows it to invest in the growth of law firms while complying with the legal profession’s ban on non-lawyer law firm owners. Orion is the first US management services organization to publicly…

India’s macroeconomic outlook remains ‘relatively resilient’ with the economy projected to grow at 6.9 per cent in FY27, although risks from the ongoing West Asia conflict and possible El Niño conditions remain key concerns, according to conglomerate ITC group.Citing Reserve Bank of India (RBI) estimates, ITC said the Indian economy is well-poised for rapid growth over the medium term, supported by structural drivers such as a favourable demographic profile, rising affluence, rapid urbanisation, accelerated digital adoption, and improved infrastructure & connectivity.Moreover, recent bilateral trade deals negotiated with the US, the UK, the EU, New Zealand and Oman are expected to…

Canadian mutual fund and ETF assets reached new highs in April of $2.7 trillion and $817.2 billion, respectively, the Securities and Investment Management Association (SIMA) reported yesterday. Mutual funds experienced a 12th straight month of positive net sales, totalling $2.4 billion for the month, up $100.6 billion or 4% from March. ETF net sales totalled $13.6 billion, representing a 6% rise, or increase of $46.1 billion, from March. The main driver of growth in both mutual fund and ETF assets was a sharp market rebound from the month prior. All ETF asset categories saw inflows in April, with equity funds…

Investing.com — The collapse of is intensifying concerns that the traditional crypto ATM business model may no longer be viable in the United States under mounting regulatory scrutiny. Roshan Dharia, chief executive of Echo Base and a seasoned restructuring advisor, told Investing.com the company’s bankruptcy could be an early warning sign for operators struggling with shrinking transaction spreads, escalating compliance costs, and growing exposure to fraud-related enforcement.  “Bitcoin Depot’s bankruptcy is likely a preview of what the broader crypto ATM industry will face in the United States over the next several years,” Dharia initially told Investing.com on the day of…

TLDR Hedge funds have been selling semiconductor stocks to lock in profits after a major rally, according to Goldman Sachs data. Goldman’s AI semiconductor basket has outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 50% this year. Semiconductors became the most heavily net-sold US subsector over the past month. Funds are not abandoning AI — overall exposure to US AI stocks remains near record highs. Short positions in broad market indexes and ETFs have hit a decade-long peak as a hedge against wider risks. Hedge funds have been quietly reducing their semiconductor positions after a strong run-up in chip stocks, according…

I.  IntroductionA vast literature in psychology and economics documents the prevalence of wrong beliefs.1 In this paper, I seek to define, distinguish, and characterize two oft-conflated senses in which beliefs can be wrong: overconfidence and optimism. An agent is overconfident if she overestimates her ability to influence (the distribution of) a payoff-relevant outcome, which I shall call “output.” By contrast, she is optimistic if her expectation of the distribution of output is unrealistically high, in the sense of first-order stochastic dominance. In simple parametric models, these two concepts typically admit natural definitions in terms of the parameters.2 In this paper,…

Silver (XAG/USD) trades in a narrow range on Thursday as traders continue to monitor developments surrounding the US-Iran conflict. At the time of writing, XAG/USD is trading around $75.20, hovering near two-week lows.The precious metal came under brief pressure earlier in the day after Reuters reported that Iran’s Supreme Leader had ordered that near-weapons-grade uranium must remain inside the country, dampening hopes for progress in negotiations. However, Silver later trimmed part of its earlier losses after an Iranian official denied the report in comments to Al Jazeera.Still, XAG/USD’s upside remains capped by a stronger US Dollar (USD) and elevated US…

The crypto market may stand at a major turning point again. Traders now watch the USDT.D chart closely after it failed to break above a critical trendline resistance. This rejection sparked fresh speculation across the market. Many analysts now believe sidelined capital could soon rotate into Bitcoin and altcoins. The latest movement also revived discussions about incoming bullish momentum.USDT dominance measures Tether’s share of the total crypto market capitalization. When this metric rises, traders often move into stablecoins and reduce exposure to volatile assets. However, when the metric declines, capital usually flows back into risk assets like Bitcoin and altcoins.…

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The collaboration builds on e& UAE’s broader AI strategy and its ongoing work with national partners to support secure digital transformation, cyber resilience and sovereign technology development across the UAE. The UAE Cyber Security Council (CSC),  e& UAE , and Open Innovation AI (OI ) launched the UAE Sovereign AI Platform for national-scale infrastructure, an initiative delivering secure AI capabilities across national security, mission-critical operations, critical infrastructure, and classified government environments. The launch was announced at ISNR 2026 in Abu Dhabi, with the platform available for onboarding as of today. The platform enables organisations to deploy and operate advanced AI technologies, including…