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Tech

This is who’s developing Golden Dome’s orbital interceptors—if they’re ever built

The US Space Force released a list Friday of a dozen companies working on Space-Based Interceptors for the Pentagon’s Golden Dome initiative, a multilayer defense system to shield US territory from drones and ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile attacks. The roster of Golden Dome Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) contractors, some of which were previously reported, includes Anduril Industries, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics Mission Systems, GITAI USA, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Quindar, Raytheon, Sci-Tec, SpaceX, True Anomaly, and Turion Space. The Space Force made 20 individual awards the 12 companies in late 2025 and early 2026 using an acquisition mechanism known…

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Business

The charts are showing there’s more pain ahead for healthcare stocks, says Carter Worth

(Check out Carter’s worthcharting.com for actionable recommendations and live nightly videos.) The worst performing sector year to date is healthcare, and there is every indication there is more downside ahead. The 2-panel chart below tells the tale. The top panel is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) itself, and it is a bad technical setup. The ETF is toying with the prospect of breaking the trend line in effect since the 2025 tariff lows of a year ago, all in the context of a two-year double top formation, and a head & shoulders top formation of the past 6 months.…

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Tech

Google to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic as search giant spreads its AI bets

Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, the companies confirmed on Friday, as tech giants ramp up their strategic investments in the leaders in artificial intelligence. The pact involves an initial $10 billion from Google at Anthropic’s latest valuation of $380 billion. The remaining $30 billion is contingent on certain performance milestones. Bloomberg was first to report the deal. Anthropic said the agreement expands on a longstanding partnership between the two companies. Earlier this month, Anthropic secured 5 gigawatts worth of computing capacity as part of an announcement with Google and Broadcom that will start to come…

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Europe

Costa del Sol vs the Algarve: which golf destination is best for property buyers?

“It’s blingier on the Costa del Sol,” says Iain Begg, sales director at QP Savills Algarve, Portugal. “The Algarve is more reserved.” His southern Spain-based colleague, James Stewart of QP Savills Sotogrande, shrugs: “It’s got a certain cachet and it’s fun and buzzy.”The two European golf meccas have long drawn international buyers — from the UK, US and Scandinavia in particular — but the landscape is changing. Since Portugal concluded its golden visa scheme in 2023, and Spain last year, both destinations are upping the ante for second-home owners, digital nomads and families — and not just the golf crazy.The…

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Business

Will he stay or will he go? With criminal probe over, Fed Chair Powell faces big decision

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 18, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is likely in his final weeks at the central bank helm and now faces a choice, following a Justice Department decision Friday, of whether he stays on at the institution.U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced in a social media post that she was referring a criminal probe into renovations at Fed headquarters to the central bank’s inspector general, effectively removing the…

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