Mineral explorers hoping to meet the growing demand for rare earths are vying for a slice of nearly $1 billion in Brazilian funding to help make their projects a reality in a country with the largest reserves after China. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Beijing still isn’t giving foreign companies access to…
Tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, while rural areas of Japan are suffering with ageing populations and declining birth rates. Prisma by Dukas / Contributor / Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to mostly open lower Wednesday, tracking Wall Street losses as investors awaited the key monetary policy decision…
A specialist trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Sept. 15, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures were little changed late Tuesday as traders prepared for a much-anticipated monetary policy decision and an even more important policy outlook from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday….
A specialist trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Sept. 15, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures were little changed late Tuesday as traders prepared for a much-anticipated monetary policy decision and an even more important policy outlook from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday….
Nikola Tesla once said: “A thousand years hence the telephone and motion picture camera may be obsolete, but the principle of the rotating magnetic field will remain a vital living thing for all time to come.” Just today we added a 3% position in MP Materials , symbol “MP,” in our Active Opps portfolio and…
VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images Google has been trying to play catchup to OpenAI in generative artificial intelligence. It appears to finally be gaining ground with users. The company’s Gemini app took the top spot among free apps on Apple’s App Store this week, leapfrogging ChatGPT, which kickstarted the generative AI…
US actor and director Robert Redford reacts after receiving the Honor award during the 44th edition of the Cesar Film Awards ceremony at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on February 22, 2019. Bertrand Guay | Afp | Getty Images Robert Redford, the actor and director who sailed to Hollywood stardom with turns in classics such…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said President Donald Trump’s suggestion of companies reporting on a semiannual basis would be good news for investors. Trump proposed scrapping quarterly earnings reports in a Truth Social post on Monday, saying it would allow company executives to focus on long-term goals rather than fixate on short-term metrics. “President…
Palestinians watch as the Al-Ghafri tower collapses amid heavy smoke during an Israeli strike in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, on Sept. 15, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Nearly two years into its retaliatory military offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israel said it has launched a long-studied ground assault on Gaza City….
Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Yvan Gil shows a picture of a fishing boat during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Caracas on September 13, 2025. Federico Parra | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military carried out a strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug cartel vessel…
