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SHENZHEN, CHINA – APRIL 12: A Chinese national flag is seen in the foreground with container ships, cranes, and stacked shipping containers at the Yantian International Container Terminal under cloudy skies, on April 12, 2025 in Shenzhen, China. (Photo by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesChina’s export growth gathered pace in April as factories raced to meet a wave of overseas orders from buyers seeking to stockpile components amid fears the Iran war could push global input costs even higher.Exports expanded 14.1% from a year earlier in U.S. dollar value terms, customs data showed on…
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“This is not COVID. This is not influenza. It spreads very, very differently,” Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s acting director for epidemic and pandemic management, emphasized in a press briefing Thursday. Given the nature of this virus and the precautions and monitoring already in place, “the risk of widespread transmission to the general public is extremely low,” Michael Marks, an infectious disease expert and professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said in a statement Thursday. The comments echo a reassuring risk assessment on Wednesday from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, which elaborated that even…
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Jeff J Mitchell | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s decision to remove the 10% tariff on Scotch whisky exports to the U.S. has brought relief to the embattled sector — and could also provide a much-needed boost to a niche corner of the industry: premium cask investing. Cask investing involves buying an oak barrel filled with Scotch — either shortly after the spirit’s distillation or having already aged — and allowing its contents to mature over a period of 10 to 20 years, before selling it on. Barrels are typically traded within the industry through individual contracts between blenders and distillers,…
Timeka Gomillion is working two jobs — as an usher at an event space, and a receptionist at the student center — while finishing her computer engineering studies at the University of the District of Columbia. The 35-year-old said she’s juggling multiple jobs out of financial necessity — and with rising living expenses, she expects to maintain several jobs even after she lands a position on her career track. “One job would be easier, but I know that if I have another one, that’s a check I can either put to the side or could just be my play money,” she…
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Anyone following the modern game industry knows that easy-to-use game engines and the accelerating shift to digital distribution have helped enable a massive increase in the quantity of commercial games released each year, both on console storefronts and especially on Steam. Now, Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Hideaki Nishino says we should expect the rate of new game releases to accelerate even faster as new AI development tools make it easier for developers big and small to pursue new projects efficiently. In a presentation to investors on Friday, Nishino noted that Sony “expect[s] to see a meaningful increase in…
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When a stock you own pulls back, you can use an options trade to get your money back.Case in point: Fluor Corp.Following its Q1 2026 earnings release, the stock is pulling back by 15%. Despite a healthy rebound in net earnings to $160 million versus a loss in the prior period and also the same quarter in the prior year. The market is reacting to a revenue miss ($3.66B vs. $3.89B consensus) and a narrowing of full-year EBITDA guidance due to cost growth in its mining segment towards the lower end of their prior guidance.However, the “data center” bull thesis…