Hilltop Holdings Inc. convened its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on July 23, 2026, where significant voting outcomes were reported despite ongoing litigation affecting share voting rights. The meeting was marked by a contentious dispute regarding the authority to vote a substantial block of …
When America first reached a nuclear cooperation deal with the United Arab Emirates in 2009, it insisted on strict conditions, requiring the Emiratis to forgo domestic uranium enrichment and reprocessing while signing the Additional Protocol, a follow-on to the Non-Proliferation Treaty that provides for …
Anthropic announced its latest AI model, Claude Opus 5, describing it as the company's best-performing and most cost-effective offering across a number of industry benchmarks. The model outperforms Anthropic's previous release, Claude Fable 5, on coding and knowledge work evaluations, with the company stating …
US missiles struck targets across Iran on Friday after President Trump vowed major military punishment for Tehran and its Houthi allies in Yemen over the extension of the Middle East war to a second major shipping chokepoint at the mouth of the Red Sea. …
During the global financial crisis of 2007-09, the Federal Reserve first began buying mortgage-backed securities to steady the housing market, later expanding into long-dated Treasuries to stimulate the broader economy through a policy known as quantitative easing. Three rounds of QE between 2009 and …
US trading partners from Canberra to Brasília rejected the forced labor rationale behind President Trump's new global tariffs, even as most signalled they would continue negotiating rather than pursue retaliation. The Office of the US Trade Representative took action under Section 301 of the …
The Trump administration imposed new tariffs on dozens of countries over alleged forced labor violations, according to a notice in the Federal Register, with duties set between 10% and 12.5% effectively replacing the president's temporary 10% global tariff that expired at 12:01 a.m. ET …
A case is building among some market strategists for the Federal Reserve to consider raising interest rates at its upcoming meeting, citing upside risks to inflation that could accelerate if geopolitical conditions deteriorate further. Core CPI came in at 2.6% year-over-year in June, matching …
President Trump said he would hit the European Union with additional tariffs over substantial fines levied against US technology companies, risking a significant escalation in transatlantic trade tension. Posting on his Truth Social platform, Trump said his administration would begin a new tariff probe …
US equity funds recorded outflows for a second consecutive week as caution ahead of earnings reports from major technology companies, combined with a renewed rise in oil prices, weighed on investor sentiment. Investors sold a net 7.34 billion dollars in US equity funds during …