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A federal judge reportedly said she will not rubber-stamp a settlement between Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying the deal raises red flags and needs scrutiny over whether Musk is getting special treatment from the Trump administration. As we reported last week, the Trump administration agreed to let Musk pay a $1.5 million fine to settle a lawsuit that originally sought at least $150 million. In 2022, before buying Twitter outright, Musk purchased a 9 percent stake in the social network and failed to disclose it within 10 days as required under US law. The SEC lawsuit…
Cubans on electric tricycles decorated with Cuban flags ride past the US embassy during the anti-imperialist youth march in Havana on April 2, 2026. Yamil Lage | Afp | Getty ImagesThe U.S. has reiterated its offer of assistance to Cuba in exchange for “fundamental changes” to its communist political regime after CIA director John Ratcliffe visited the Caribbean island nation on Thursday.Ratcliffe’s trip is thought to be only the second time the head of the U.S. intelligence service has been to the country since its 1959 communist revolution.The CIA director delivered a message to top Cuban lawmakers, according to news…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of a visit to Zhongnanhai Garden on May 15, 2026 in Beijing, China. China Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBEIJING — U.S. President Donald Trump departed Beijing Friday after two days of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping that ran the gamut from Iran and Taiwan to trade, oil and Boeing.The summit, marked by pomp, flag-waving youths and a state dinner, also included statements from either side. Xi said the U.S. and China agreed to “strategic stability” as a framework for the next three years,…
Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.11% Source link
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said that investors need to become far more selective in the semiconductor rally.Cerebras, a chipmaker focused on artificial intelligence workloads, completed the largest IPO of the year Thursday. The stock priced at $185 Wednesday night but opened around $350, briefly valuing the company at roughly $107 billion. It ended the day at $311 a share, good for a roughly $95 billion market cap. “There’s a word for that: that word is fanciful,” the “Mad Money” host said, referring to Cerebras’ blockbuster debut. “Today’s action was right out of 1999.”For Cramer, the move reflected a broader rush into…
BBC Wales asked people in Cardiff if they could identify First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth. Source link
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-941 takes off from Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on April 29, 2026. (Photo by Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesSingapore Airlines has seen Air India drag on its earnings for about five quarters, but analysts and the airline say the investment will pay off in the long term.SIA reported on Thursday a record revenue of 20.5 billion Singapore dollars ($16.06 billion) for its financial year ended March 31, as operating profit surged 39% to SG$2.38 billion on higher demand, higher yields and lower full year net fuel cost, SIA said.…
Samsung shares slide as labor union presses ahead with planned strike Source link
When AMD announced version 4 of its FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) graphics upscaling technology early last year, it came with strings attached: The improved hardware-backed image quality would be available only on Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs based on the RDNA4 architecture, not on any older Radeon GPUs. To date, AMD has released only a handful of 90-series graphics cards, including the RX 9070 XT, the RX 9070, the 8GB and 16GB versions of the RX 9060 XT, and an RX 9060 that’s only available to PC companies rather than end users. That list notably doesn’t include any integrated GPUs, such…
He quits as health secretary after days of speculation that he is preparing to launch a leadership challenge against Sir Keir Starmer. Source link