43 mins. ago
ESPN has never been hesitant to cover the never-ending circus that is the Dallas Cowboys franchise. The Worldwide Leader's proclivity to discuss the state of things in Jerry World has been covered multiple times over the years, and Charles Barkley and Inside the NBA even poked fun at it after joining the ESPN family.
It's a fact that isn't wasted inside the halls of ESPN, either.
"I don't know if you heard this about ESPN. Sometimes they say that we're a little cowboy over the top," longtime SportsCenter anchor Scott Van Pelt said to Kyle Brandt on Thursday night, who recently joined the network as part of the consolidation of ESPN and NFL Network.
"You get the memo that says you have to talk about the Cowboys," Van Pelt joked. "No one says you have to talk about the Cowboys. I root for the team that was their most hated rival in Washington, and I love to make fun of the fact that since I've worked at ESPN, which is a long-*ss time, never once have they played for an NFC Championship, let alone a ***** le. That's a fact. Yes. I think they're going to be good. I really do. I like their defense."
After joking that his take was going to end up on the popular Freezing Cold Takes X account, Brandt made quite the ***** ogy for why there's a pretty decent chance Van Pelt's take will go on to be very off-base.
#espn
It's a fact that isn't wasted inside the halls of ESPN, either.
"I don't know if you heard this about ESPN. Sometimes they say that we're a little cowboy over the top," longtime SportsCenter anchor Scott Van Pelt said to Kyle Brandt on Thursday night, who recently joined the network as part of the consolidation of ESPN and NFL Network.
"You get the memo that says you have to talk about the Cowboys," Van Pelt joked. "No one says you have to talk about the Cowboys. I root for the team that was their most hated rival in Washington, and I love to make fun of the fact that since I've worked at ESPN, which is a long-*ss time, never once have they played for an NFC Championship, let alone a ***** le. That's a fact. Yes. I think they're going to be good. I really do. I like their defense."
After joking that his take was going to end up on the popular Freezing Cold Takes X account, Brandt made quite the ***** ogy for why there's a pretty decent chance Van Pelt's take will go on to be very off-base.
#espn
1 hr. ago
Little SC St. Tönis "paid the price" after Eintracht Frankfurt were beaten 7-0 by Brentford in a friendly last Saturday (15).
Without mercy, the Eagles steamrolled the team that plays in the Oberliga Niederrhein, the fifth tier of German football.
There were ten goals in the first half alone.
And just one in the second half to seal an 11-0 away win this Friday (21).
A match valid for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.
#half #saturday
Without mercy, the Eagles steamrolled the team that plays in the Oberliga Niederrhein, the fifth tier of German football.
There were ten goals in the first half alone.
And just one in the second half to seal an 11-0 away win this Friday (21).
A match valid for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.
#half #saturday
1 hr. ago
It's showtime again in Chicago. Patrick Kane is back where it all began, signing a 2-year contract to likely finish his career as a Blackhawk.
Reactions were mixed, but most Blackhawks fans were thrilled to see him back where he belongs. The $8 million cap hit raised concerns, and many hockey fans were surprised by the high number. Regardless, the team has the cash, and they used it on a player whose value transcends the ice.
The truth is, Kane might be more of a business decision than a hockey decision. With Connor Bedard out to start the season, Kane will get fans at the United Center through the opening chapter of the year. Even after a lackluster offseason headlined by their star's injury, this signing alone has Blackhawks buzz at a recent high. Fans are excited, and the team should keep filling the United Center.
Of course, that doesn't mean Kane won't improve the team's overall quality. Had Kane played for the Blackhawks last year, he would have been third in total points and fourth in goals. Even playing just 67 games, Kane would have been an important offensive contributor. He provides stability in the top-six, an exits-and-entries game that the Blackhawks are desperate for, and he can help lead the power play to success that they struggled to find last season.
Additionally, and most obviously, is his leadership. Who better to lead a young group of Blackhawks than the man himself? Originally, Kyle Davidson wanted to move on from Kane so that the next generation could take over. Now that players like Bedard, Frank Nazar, and Alex Vlasic are starting to establish themselves as leaders, there should be little concern about whether Kane will stunt their growth. If anything, it's the opposite. Three Stanley Cups just entered the locker room, and he's going to teach them how to win a few more.
#blackhawks #fans #united #back
Reactions were mixed, but most Blackhawks fans were thrilled to see him back where he belongs. The $8 million cap hit raised concerns, and many hockey fans were surprised by the high number. Regardless, the team has the cash, and they used it on a player whose value transcends the ice.
The truth is, Kane might be more of a business decision than a hockey decision. With Connor Bedard out to start the season, Kane will get fans at the United Center through the opening chapter of the year. Even after a lackluster offseason headlined by their star's injury, this signing alone has Blackhawks buzz at a recent high. Fans are excited, and the team should keep filling the United Center.
Of course, that doesn't mean Kane won't improve the team's overall quality. Had Kane played for the Blackhawks last year, he would have been third in total points and fourth in goals. Even playing just 67 games, Kane would have been an important offensive contributor. He provides stability in the top-six, an exits-and-entries game that the Blackhawks are desperate for, and he can help lead the power play to success that they struggled to find last season.
Additionally, and most obviously, is his leadership. Who better to lead a young group of Blackhawks than the man himself? Originally, Kyle Davidson wanted to move on from Kane so that the next generation could take over. Now that players like Bedard, Frank Nazar, and Alex Vlasic are starting to establish themselves as leaders, there should be little concern about whether Kane will stunt their growth. If anything, it's the opposite. Three Stanley Cups just entered the locker room, and he's going to teach them how to win a few more.
#blackhawks #fans #united #back
1 hr. ago
LAS VEGAS — UFC flyweight contender Brandon Royval speaks with MMA Fighting's José Youngs about his love for Metallica, gangster rap, kung fu movies, and more on the latest episode of Anything But Fighting.
Royval (18-9) is coming off a thrilling submission win over Lone'er Kavanagh at UFC 329, earning Fight of the Night for his efforts. This win got "Raw Dawg" back into the win column after coming up short against Manel Kape and current champion Joshua Van in their 2025 Fight of the Year.
To date, Royval holds notable wins over Tatsuro Taira, Brandon Moreno, Kai Kara-France, Tim Elliott, and Matheus Nicolau.
#vegas #fighting #lone 'er
Royval (18-9) is coming off a thrilling submission win over Lone'er Kavanagh at UFC 329, earning Fight of the Night for his efforts. This win got "Raw Dawg" back into the win column after coming up short against Manel Kape and current champion Joshua Van in their 2025 Fight of the Year.
To date, Royval holds notable wins over Tatsuro Taira, Brandon Moreno, Kai Kara-France, Tim Elliott, and Matheus Nicolau.
#vegas #fighting #lone 'er
3 hours ago
On August 20, Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) reported second-quarter revenue of $206 million, more than four times what it brought in a year earlier, and closed the quarter with a record $1.8 billion in backlog. The company reaffirmed its full-year guidance of $900 million to $1 billion in revenue and said it still expects positive adjusted EBITDA for 2026. Behind those headline numbers sits a business spending heavily to chase a market it says has grown far beyond the moon.
The quarter's standout number was bookings. Intuitive Machines logged $1.7 billion in bookings so far this year, including $1.2 billion in the second quarter alone, the highest quarterly total in company history. Management said that volume reflects a shift away from depending on any single customer or mission type. The $1.8 billion backlog now splits roughly 37% civil, 49% commercial and 14% national security, and Q2 bookings skewed even further toward commercial and national security work, at 50% and 30% respectively.
That diversification showed up across every part of the business. NASA selected Intuitive Machines for the CS-8 lunar delivery mission, its sixth award under the CLPS contract, extending its delivery cadence into 2030. On the national security side, the company finished delivering all 16 satellites for the SDA's Tranche 1 tracking layer, added an 18-satellite Tranche 3 award, and picked up another 18 satellites tied to the Golden Dome missile defense architecture. It now has more than 70 IM-300 series ****** ecraft under contract. Commercially, it landed three geostationary communication satellites worth over $600 million and deployed SiriusXM-11 during the quarter. Gross profit swung to $36 million from negative $12 million a year earlier, evidence that the growing satellite manufacturing business is starting to convert into real profit.
That expansion is not free. Operating loss widened to $47 million, driven by higher SG&A, amortization, and a $14.7 million cost adjustment tied to the IM-4 lunar lander program. SG&A itself hit $60 million for the quarter, including $11 million in stock-based compensation and $8 million in acquisition and integration costs from recent deals. Operating cash used came to $60 million, and total cash deployed for the quarter reached $84 million once inventory buildup, acquisition costs, and a $17 million milestone payment to ****** eX are included.
The company is also leaning on equity markets to fund the buildout. It raised $235 million in net proceeds this quarter through its at-the-market stock program, bringing total gross proceeds raised to date to $291 million at an average price of $26.81 a share. Capital expenditures of $24 million went largely toward its NSNS satellite constellation and ground network, and management said CapEx will stay elevated in coming quarters as it builds out five satellites at once.
#million #quarter #bookings
The quarter's standout number was bookings. Intuitive Machines logged $1.7 billion in bookings so far this year, including $1.2 billion in the second quarter alone, the highest quarterly total in company history. Management said that volume reflects a shift away from depending on any single customer or mission type. The $1.8 billion backlog now splits roughly 37% civil, 49% commercial and 14% national security, and Q2 bookings skewed even further toward commercial and national security work, at 50% and 30% respectively.
That diversification showed up across every part of the business. NASA selected Intuitive Machines for the CS-8 lunar delivery mission, its sixth award under the CLPS contract, extending its delivery cadence into 2030. On the national security side, the company finished delivering all 16 satellites for the SDA's Tranche 1 tracking layer, added an 18-satellite Tranche 3 award, and picked up another 18 satellites tied to the Golden Dome missile defense architecture. It now has more than 70 IM-300 series ****** ecraft under contract. Commercially, it landed three geostationary communication satellites worth over $600 million and deployed SiriusXM-11 during the quarter. Gross profit swung to $36 million from negative $12 million a year earlier, evidence that the growing satellite manufacturing business is starting to convert into real profit.
That expansion is not free. Operating loss widened to $47 million, driven by higher SG&A, amortization, and a $14.7 million cost adjustment tied to the IM-4 lunar lander program. SG&A itself hit $60 million for the quarter, including $11 million in stock-based compensation and $8 million in acquisition and integration costs from recent deals. Operating cash used came to $60 million, and total cash deployed for the quarter reached $84 million once inventory buildup, acquisition costs, and a $17 million milestone payment to ****** eX are included.
The company is also leaning on equity markets to fund the buildout. It raised $235 million in net proceeds this quarter through its at-the-market stock program, bringing total gross proceeds raised to date to $291 million at an average price of $26.81 a share. Capital expenditures of $24 million went largely toward its NSNS satellite constellation and ground network, and management said CapEx will stay elevated in coming quarters as it builds out five satellites at once.
#million #quarter #bookings
3 hours ago
On August 13, Fermi Inc. (NASDAQ:FRMI) held its second-quarter earnings call and delivered exactly the kind of update a young power developer needs: proof that its plans are turning into contracts. Chairman Marius Haas told investors the company had hit all five commitments from a 90-day plan he laid out three months earlier, topped by a binding customer agreement with AI infrastructure company TensorWave. For a business that still has no meaningful revenue and years of construction ahead of it, a signed customer paired with visible progress on the ground is exactly what shareholders wanted to see.
The headline item is the TensorWave agreement itself: up to 650 megawatts of power if every expansion option is exercised, split across three phases. The initial phase is a 15-year commitment for 222 megawatts of gross power delivered through a turnkey data center solution, worth about $6.5 billion in revenue over that term. Chief Commercial Officer Anna Bofa described the deal as more than one customer's order, noting that the $6.5 billion figure is tied strictly to this Phase 1 commitment, while the campus holds a total expansion potential of up to 650 megawatts. This positions TensorWave as a gateway to hyperscalers and chipmakers that could add more workloads to the campus later on.
Fermi backed the contract with hardware. Three Siemens Energy F-class units, each rated above 242 megawatts, reached the Port of Houston in July and cleared customs to advance the company's 2028 and 2029 power delivery objectives, while a separate configuration of simple cycle turbines and utility power feeds the plan to deliver 640 megawatts of nameplate capacity by the fourth quarter of 2027, with the first 210 megawatts online by July 1, 2027. A new alliance with Hillcore Energy Partners adds another 2.6 gigawatts within three years, with Hillcore financing and building that facility while Fermi simply collects rent, doubling the campus's planned output to 4.8 gigawatts at no extra capital cost to Fermi. The quarter also brought a stronger balance sheet, via an upsized offering of more than $430 million in convertible senior notes, yielding approximately $382 million in net proceeds after a capped call, and a new chief executive in Lee McIntire, whose résumé includes running major projects at Bechtel, McDermott, and TerraPower.
Some of the biggest figures on the call still come with asterisks. The backstop agreement sitting behind the TensorWave lease wasn't finished as of the call, and Fermi hasn't named the counterparty standing behind it, only that a deal was expected within days. Management also said the broader campus can't break ground until project financing beyond this round is lined up, a reminder that the recent convertible note raise alone doesn't cover building out a multi-billion dollar site. The $6.5 billion figure is tied strictly to the initial Phase 1 commitment (222 megawatts), whereas the full 650-megawatt potential depends on future expansion o
The headline item is the TensorWave agreement itself: up to 650 megawatts of power if every expansion option is exercised, split across three phases. The initial phase is a 15-year commitment for 222 megawatts of gross power delivered through a turnkey data center solution, worth about $6.5 billion in revenue over that term. Chief Commercial Officer Anna Bofa described the deal as more than one customer's order, noting that the $6.5 billion figure is tied strictly to this Phase 1 commitment, while the campus holds a total expansion potential of up to 650 megawatts. This positions TensorWave as a gateway to hyperscalers and chipmakers that could add more workloads to the campus later on.
Fermi backed the contract with hardware. Three Siemens Energy F-class units, each rated above 242 megawatts, reached the Port of Houston in July and cleared customs to advance the company's 2028 and 2029 power delivery objectives, while a separate configuration of simple cycle turbines and utility power feeds the plan to deliver 640 megawatts of nameplate capacity by the fourth quarter of 2027, with the first 210 megawatts online by July 1, 2027. A new alliance with Hillcore Energy Partners adds another 2.6 gigawatts within three years, with Hillcore financing and building that facility while Fermi simply collects rent, doubling the campus's planned output to 4.8 gigawatts at no extra capital cost to Fermi. The quarter also brought a stronger balance sheet, via an upsized offering of more than $430 million in convertible senior notes, yielding approximately $382 million in net proceeds after a capped call, and a new chief executive in Lee McIntire, whose résumé includes running major projects at Bechtel, McDermott, and TerraPower.
Some of the biggest figures on the call still come with asterisks. The backstop agreement sitting behind the TensorWave lease wasn't finished as of the call, and Fermi hasn't named the counterparty standing behind it, only that a deal was expected within days. Management also said the broader campus can't break ground until project financing beyond this round is lined up, a reminder that the recent convertible note raise alone doesn't cover building out a multi-billion dollar site. The $6.5 billion figure is tied strictly to the initial Phase 1 commitment (222 megawatts), whereas the full 650-megawatt potential depends on future expansion o
4 hours ago
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Wayne Cole
LONDON/SYDNEY, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Global stocks were headed for a mostly lower week on Friday, as strain in global bond markets showed little sign of abating and the diplomatic deadlock in the Gulf lifted oil prices to one-month highs.
U.S. government bond yields resumed their climb after Wednesday's surprise intervention by the Treasury brought barely a day of relief from selling sparked by concerns about elevated inflation and fiscal pressures.
The rise came even as U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he could further increase the government's repurchases of Treasuries, and floated the idea of fiscal consolidation.
Analysts were sceptical he could find enough spending cuts to seriously curb a budget deficit of more than 6% of gross domestic product, with interest charges alone this year running at $1.2 trillion, while the U.S. debt pile just crossed $40 trillion.
#treasury #trillion #dhara #wayne
LONDON/SYDNEY, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Global stocks were headed for a mostly lower week on Friday, as strain in global bond markets showed little sign of abating and the diplomatic deadlock in the Gulf lifted oil prices to one-month highs.
U.S. government bond yields resumed their climb after Wednesday's surprise intervention by the Treasury brought barely a day of relief from selling sparked by concerns about elevated inflation and fiscal pressures.
The rise came even as U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he could further increase the government's repurchases of Treasuries, and floated the idea of fiscal consolidation.
Analysts were sceptical he could find enough spending cuts to seriously curb a budget deficit of more than 6% of gross domestic product, with interest charges alone this year running at $1.2 trillion, while the U.S. debt pile just crossed $40 trillion.
#treasury #trillion #dhara #wayne
5 hours ago
Camila Palafox's standout performance with two goals and two **** ists helped lead Copper Hills to a 6-3 victory over Westlake in this Region 2 game. The Grizzlies had a strong first half, netting four goals, with Adriana Garcia scoring twice and Ariana Gomez adding another. Westlake's Aubrey Liberton scored all three of her team's goals, but Copper Hills' early dominance sealed the win. Josephine Cannon contributed with one goal and two **** ists for Copper Hills.
Hillcrest's Mackenzie Dwyer contributed with both a goal and an **** ist to lead the Huskies to a 4-1 victory over Taylorsville in a Region 4 game. The Huskies had a fast start, scoring twice in the first half. Serenity Lawlor, Avery Huot, and Ava Bonner each added a goal to secure the win. Taylorsville's lone goal came in the first half.
Miranda Chap recorded a shutout as Granger defeated Cyprus 2-0 in a Region 4 game. Ajla Mahir was the standout player for Granger, scoring both goals. The Lancers took an early lead with Mahir's first goal in the first half and sealed the victory with her second in the second half.
Stacy Hernandez's two goals led Kearns to a 4-0 victory over West in a Region 4 game. The Cougars scored twice in each half, with Hernandez finding the net alongside Thianna Garcia and Jazlynn Arceo. Sofia Padilla recorded the shutout for Kearns, keeping West off the scoreboard throughout the game.
McKahl Champneys' goal helped Fremont edge past Northridge 2-1 in a Region 5 game. After a scoreless first half, Fremont came alive in the second with goals from Scarlette Taylor and McKahl Champneys. Briella Moon pulled one back for Northridge, but it wasn't enough to prevent the loss. Jerzee Watson contributed an **** ist for Fremont in a tightly contested game.
#game #first #goal #fremont
Hillcrest's Mackenzie Dwyer contributed with both a goal and an **** ist to lead the Huskies to a 4-1 victory over Taylorsville in a Region 4 game. The Huskies had a fast start, scoring twice in the first half. Serenity Lawlor, Avery Huot, and Ava Bonner each added a goal to secure the win. Taylorsville's lone goal came in the first half.
Miranda Chap recorded a shutout as Granger defeated Cyprus 2-0 in a Region 4 game. Ajla Mahir was the standout player for Granger, scoring both goals. The Lancers took an early lead with Mahir's first goal in the first half and sealed the victory with her second in the second half.
Stacy Hernandez's two goals led Kearns to a 4-0 victory over West in a Region 4 game. The Cougars scored twice in each half, with Hernandez finding the net alongside Thianna Garcia and Jazlynn Arceo. Sofia Padilla recorded the shutout for Kearns, keeping West off the scoreboard throughout the game.
McKahl Champneys' goal helped Fremont edge past Northridge 2-1 in a Region 5 game. After a scoreless first half, Fremont came alive in the second with goals from Scarlette Taylor and McKahl Champneys. Briella Moon pulled one back for Northridge, but it wasn't enough to prevent the loss. Jerzee Watson contributed an **** ist for Fremont in a tightly contested game.
#game #first #goal #fremont
5 hours ago
In 1979, Jerry Buss bought the Lakers, the Forum and the Los Angeles Kings for $67.5 million. Now the Lakers alone are worth $12.5 billion. "It used to be, 'Hey, I'm in this for the love of the game,'" said Ross Williams, a private-equity attorney and partner at law firm Reed Smith. "Like I measure the success of my investment based on whether we win championships. … And now it's becoming apparent that these are really, really good financial investments."
This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: "It used to be, 'Hey, I'm in this for the love of the …
#jerry #angeles
This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: "It used to be, 'Hey, I'm in this for the love of the …
#jerry #angeles
6 hours ago
The Georgia Bulldogs have an SEC-best (tied with the Texas Longhorns) 11 players on the coaches All-SEC team. Georgia has one less player on the coaches All-SEC team than the media's All-SEC team.
Georgia has five coaches All-SEC selections on defense. Clemson transfer safety Khalil Barnes is the lone Georgia All-SEC player that made the media's All-SEC team to miss the coaches All-SEC team.
College football coaches have shown Georgia a lot of respect this preseason. Georgia is back-to-back defending SEC champions and are the No. 3 team in the US LBM Coaches Poll. Georgia's roster is stacked with talent and all 11 of Georgia's coaches All-SEC picks are returning players from last season.
One notable omission from both All-SEC teams is kicker Peyton Woodring, who has been outstanding both of the past couple of seasons. Woodring is accurate and reliable, but there's a lot of talented kickers in the SEC.
Safety KJ Bolden (first-team)
#safety #texas
Georgia has five coaches All-SEC selections on defense. Clemson transfer safety Khalil Barnes is the lone Georgia All-SEC player that made the media's All-SEC team to miss the coaches All-SEC team.
College football coaches have shown Georgia a lot of respect this preseason. Georgia is back-to-back defending SEC champions and are the No. 3 team in the US LBM Coaches Poll. Georgia's roster is stacked with talent and all 11 of Georgia's coaches All-SEC picks are returning players from last season.
One notable omission from both All-SEC teams is kicker Peyton Woodring, who has been outstanding both of the past couple of seasons. Woodring is accurate and reliable, but there's a lot of talented kickers in the SEC.
Safety KJ Bolden (first-team)
#safety #texas
6 hours ago
DZ Bank's $100 Sell target on SPCX implies a 25% drop from $134, the lone bear call among more than 40 **** yst actions Friday.
Post-IPO lockup expiration unlocks 912 million shares, surpassing the 639 million sold at IPO and amplifying supply pressure on a stock already down 17%.
Act now: the **** yst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and **** eX didn't make the cut. Grab the names FREE today.
DZ Bank initiated coverage of **** eX with a Sell rating and a $100 price target on August 21, 2026. Against Thursday's $134 close on a $1.03 trillion company, the target is a rare public bear call on a recently public mega cap, and it deserves a close look from long-term holders.
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#target #sell #analyst #close
Post-IPO lockup expiration unlocks 912 million shares, surpassing the 639 million sold at IPO and amplifying supply pressure on a stock already down 17%.
Act now: the **** yst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and **** eX didn't make the cut. Grab the names FREE today.
DZ Bank initiated coverage of **** eX with a Sell rating and a $100 price target on August 21, 2026. Against Thursday's $134 close on a $1.03 trillion company, the target is a rare public bear call on a recently public mega cap, and it deserves a close look from long-term holders.
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#target #sell #analyst #close
6 hours ago
Even for someone whose fortune can buy private islands, mega-yachts, and some of the most expensive real estate in America, there are still a few doors that cannot be opened overnight.
Jeff Bezos is discovering that firsthand in one of Florida's most exclusive communities, where membership is earned through patience, relationships, and time rather than wealth alone.
While the Amazon founder and wife Lauren Sanchez have already planted roots in the ultra-wealthy enclave, one coveted invitation remains out of reach.
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For years, Jeff Bezos has been **** ociated with access. However, at Indian Creek Country Club, one of the most exclusive clubs in South Florida, even the world's third-richest person is being required to follow the same path as everyone else.
#jeff #amazon #lauren
Jeff Bezos is discovering that firsthand in one of Florida's most exclusive communities, where membership is earned through patience, relationships, and time rather than wealth alone.
While the Amazon founder and wife Lauren Sanchez have already planted roots in the ultra-wealthy enclave, one coveted invitation remains out of reach.
Spread Pictures / MEGA
For years, Jeff Bezos has been **** ociated with access. However, at Indian Creek Country Club, one of the most exclusive clubs in South Florida, even the world's third-richest person is being required to follow the same path as everyone else.
#jeff #amazon #lauren
7 hours ago
Global data center energy usage is expected to rise 26% by 2026 to 565 terawatt-hours, while overall data center power demand will soar by 27% to 132 gigawatts. As grid capacity limits become the most significant bottleneck for hyperscalers, standby and prime continuous power generation systems have evolved into mission-critical equipment. For industrial **** ans Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) and **** mins Inc. (NYSE:CMI), the steady demand for distributed power, along with strong North American construction expenditures, is driving record backlogs and prompting full-year guidance increases across the board.
The convergence of infrastructure investment and AI power demand was clearly visible when Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) released its second-quarter 2026 results on August 4. Total sales increased 24% year-over-year to $20.5 billion, while adjusted earnings per share hit $8.17, greatly exceeding the $6.20 **** yst average expectation and igniting a 9% premarket stock rise. Operating margins increased to 20.9% from 17.3% the previous year, indicating a significant improvement in efficiency. Construction Industries led the way, growing 35% to $8.3 billion on a 50% increase in North American demand, while Power & Energy increased 17% to $8.2 billion.
Trade difficulties also eased during the quarter. After incurring a $710 million negative manufacturing cost hit largely from tariffs in Q1, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) reduced its full-year tariff forecast to approximately $2.2 billion (down from $2.2-$2.6 billion) and won $392 million in tariff recoveries under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Cash generation was also strong, with operating cash flow of $4.4 billion. Management increased full-year revenue expectations to mid- to high-teens percentage growth (up from low-double-digits), while returning $2.2 billion to shareholders in Q2 alone, including $1.5 billion in share buybacks and $0.7 billion in cash dividends.
In the same vein, **** mins Inc. (NYSE:CMI) told a very similar story of power-driven demand. The company reported record revenue of $9.5 billion, GAAP net income of $932 million, an EBITDA margin of 17.5%, and diluted earnings per share of $6.73. Synchronized demand from North American on-highway transport, Chinese construction activity, and high-performance generator sets for commercial data centers all helped operations.
Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI) increased its full-year revenue guide for 2026 to 10-13% growth (up from 8-11%) and its full-year EBITDA margin forecast to 18.0-18.5% (up from 17.75-18.5%). The company also maintained a disciplined capital deployment strategy, returning $501 million to shareholders in the quarter through dividends and buybacks.
#caterpillar
The convergence of infrastructure investment and AI power demand was clearly visible when Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) released its second-quarter 2026 results on August 4. Total sales increased 24% year-over-year to $20.5 billion, while adjusted earnings per share hit $8.17, greatly exceeding the $6.20 **** yst average expectation and igniting a 9% premarket stock rise. Operating margins increased to 20.9% from 17.3% the previous year, indicating a significant improvement in efficiency. Construction Industries led the way, growing 35% to $8.3 billion on a 50% increase in North American demand, while Power & Energy increased 17% to $8.2 billion.
Trade difficulties also eased during the quarter. After incurring a $710 million negative manufacturing cost hit largely from tariffs in Q1, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) reduced its full-year tariff forecast to approximately $2.2 billion (down from $2.2-$2.6 billion) and won $392 million in tariff recoveries under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Cash generation was also strong, with operating cash flow of $4.4 billion. Management increased full-year revenue expectations to mid- to high-teens percentage growth (up from low-double-digits), while returning $2.2 billion to shareholders in Q2 alone, including $1.5 billion in share buybacks and $0.7 billion in cash dividends.
In the same vein, **** mins Inc. (NYSE:CMI) told a very similar story of power-driven demand. The company reported record revenue of $9.5 billion, GAAP net income of $932 million, an EBITDA margin of 17.5%, and diluted earnings per share of $6.73. Synchronized demand from North American on-highway transport, Chinese construction activity, and high-performance generator sets for commercial data centers all helped operations.
Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI) increased its full-year revenue guide for 2026 to 10-13% growth (up from 8-11%) and its full-year EBITDA margin forecast to 18.0-18.5% (up from 17.75-18.5%). The company also maintained a disciplined capital deployment strategy, returning $501 million to shareholders in the quarter through dividends and buybacks.
#caterpillar
7 hours ago
Energy Transfer LP (NYSE:ET) owns and operates one of the largest and most diversified portfolios of energy ***** ets in the United States, with more than 125,000 miles of pipeline and ***** ociated energy infrastructure. The stock was held by 34 hedge fund investors at the end of Q1 2026 in the Insider Monkey database, up from 30 in the prior quarter. However, while the total number of hedge fund investors increased, their total stake value slightly decreased from $718 million in Q4 2025 to $710 million in the first quarter.
Energy Transfer LP (NYSE:ET) topped top- and bottom-line estimates in its Q2 report on August 4, with the company's revenue growing by over 164% compared to last year. Adjusted EBITDA surged by 31% YoY, while distributable cash flow also increased by 32%. As a result, the company raised its adjusted EBITDA guidance for the full-year 2026 to the range of $18.8 billion to $19.1 billion, up from $18.2 billion to $18.6 billion previously.
As a diverse midstream energy operator, ET is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the high demand for natural gas infrastructure amid the AI boom. Natural gas supplies around 43% of the total electricity in the US, and this number is expected to increase amid the soaring power demand from data centers. Energy Transfer has already signed long-term agreements to supply data-center projects and recently had two customers add a combined 100 MMcf/d to their existing contracts for natural gas services to their power plant or data center sites in Texas. The booming American LNG exports mark another important growth catalyst, with buyers around the world scrambling to find alternative supply amid the disruptions in the Middle East.
Energy Transfer also reported that its Hugh Brinson Pipeline is now online ahead of schedule, with full phase 1 capacity expected by September 1. This is one of the company's most important projects, as it moves natural gas from the West Texas Permian Basin to access points throughout Texas and connects it with its other pipelines to reach additional states. The project is expected to provide incremental earnings and cash flows in the coming years.
Energy Transfer's NGL business has also witnessed strong growth, with transportation volumes and exports up 13% and 25% YoY, respectively, in Q2, setting a new company record. As a result, the segment's adjusted EBITDA surged 30% to $1.3 billion during the quarter. Moreover, the company completed upgrades to its Lone Star Express pipeline in Q2, while its planned Nederland expansion will add 240,000 bpd of ethane export capacity and 5,000 bpd of additional LPG capacity.
#transfer
Energy Transfer LP (NYSE:ET) topped top- and bottom-line estimates in its Q2 report on August 4, with the company's revenue growing by over 164% compared to last year. Adjusted EBITDA surged by 31% YoY, while distributable cash flow also increased by 32%. As a result, the company raised its adjusted EBITDA guidance for the full-year 2026 to the range of $18.8 billion to $19.1 billion, up from $18.2 billion to $18.6 billion previously.
As a diverse midstream energy operator, ET is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the high demand for natural gas infrastructure amid the AI boom. Natural gas supplies around 43% of the total electricity in the US, and this number is expected to increase amid the soaring power demand from data centers. Energy Transfer has already signed long-term agreements to supply data-center projects and recently had two customers add a combined 100 MMcf/d to their existing contracts for natural gas services to their power plant or data center sites in Texas. The booming American LNG exports mark another important growth catalyst, with buyers around the world scrambling to find alternative supply amid the disruptions in the Middle East.
Energy Transfer also reported that its Hugh Brinson Pipeline is now online ahead of schedule, with full phase 1 capacity expected by September 1. This is one of the company's most important projects, as it moves natural gas from the West Texas Permian Basin to access points throughout Texas and connects it with its other pipelines to reach additional states. The project is expected to provide incremental earnings and cash flows in the coming years.
Energy Transfer's NGL business has also witnessed strong growth, with transportation volumes and exports up 13% and 25% YoY, respectively, in Q2, setting a new company record. As a result, the segment's adjusted EBITDA surged 30% to $1.3 billion during the quarter. Moreover, the company completed upgrades to its Lone Star Express pipeline in Q2, while its planned Nederland expansion will add 240,000 bpd of ethane export capacity and 5,000 bpd of additional LPG capacity.
#transfer
8 hours ago
Caitlin Clark's surprise defensive highlight sends Fever fans into frenzy originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Caitlin Clark endured one of her most difficult offensive performances of the season Thursday, but the Indiana Fever star still found a way to produce one of the night's most memorable highlights. Clark finished with 10 points on 4-of-15 shooting as the Fever suffered a 91-85 road loss to the Dallas Wings. The defeat snapped Indiana's five-game winning streak and dropped the team to 24-13.
The two-time All-Star was unable to find a consistent scoring rhythm, but she contributed four rebounds, nine ****** ists, one steal and one block. That lone rejection quickly attracted attention after the Fever shared a slow-motion replay of it.
"Caitlin Clark sends it back," Indiana wrote on Instagram.
The play unfolded midway through the second quarter when Arike Ogunbowale found Maddy Siegrist moving toward the basket. Siegrist appeared to have a favorable matchup. The Wings forward stands 6-foot-2, while Clark is a 6-foot guard who is known far more for her scoring and passing than her shot-blocking ability.
#star #appeared
Caitlin Clark endured one of her most difficult offensive performances of the season Thursday, but the Indiana Fever star still found a way to produce one of the night's most memorable highlights. Clark finished with 10 points on 4-of-15 shooting as the Fever suffered a 91-85 road loss to the Dallas Wings. The defeat snapped Indiana's five-game winning streak and dropped the team to 24-13.
The two-time All-Star was unable to find a consistent scoring rhythm, but she contributed four rebounds, nine ****** ists, one steal and one block. That lone rejection quickly attracted attention after the Fever shared a slow-motion replay of it.
"Caitlin Clark sends it back," Indiana wrote on Instagram.
The play unfolded midway through the second quarter when Arike Ogunbowale found Maddy Siegrist moving toward the basket. Siegrist appeared to have a favorable matchup. The Wings forward stands 6-foot-2, while Clark is a 6-foot guard who is known far more for her scoring and passing than her shot-blocking ability.
#star #appeared
8 hours ago
Ryan Naderi believes Rangers are "going in the right direction" despite an unconvincing display against Jablonec in their Conference League play-off first leg.
German striker Naderi, 23, scored Rangers' only goal at Ibrox, his second in as many games, to give Derek McInnes' side a slender lead over the Czechs before Thursday's away leg.
It was a second straight victory after McInnes' tenure had begun with two defeats and two draws.
"We're here to play for the qualifying for European competition, so obviously the opponent is tough," Naderi said.
"I agree that the first half wasn't amazing but I'm happy we kept a clean sheet. That was really important.
#second
German striker Naderi, 23, scored Rangers' only goal at Ibrox, his second in as many games, to give Derek McInnes' side a slender lead over the Czechs before Thursday's away leg.
It was a second straight victory after McInnes' tenure had begun with two defeats and two draws.
"We're here to play for the qualifying for European competition, so obviously the opponent is tough," Naderi said.
"I agree that the first half wasn't amazing but I'm happy we kept a clean sheet. That was really important.
#second
10 hours ago
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's return to the U.K. won't be without its challenges.
According to a Wednesday, August 19 report in The New York Times, the Duke and ******* ss of Sussex will be leaving Montecito and moving back to England with their two young children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, in the coming weeks.
"There's no way they can do six-month stretches in each place, so they will have to be flying back and forth quite regularly," reveals the source. "For them and their entire entourage of staff and security, each trip sets them back a small fortune. Plus, they will have the costs of maintaining two households full-time."
In addition to their new U.K. residence, Harry, 41, and Meghan, 45, will be holding onto Montecito digs, TMZ reported on Thursday. The $14.65 million mansion was purchased in 2020 and costs the couple $600,000-plus a year in mortgage payments and taxes alone, per the New York Post.
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According to a Wednesday, August 19 report in The New York Times, the Duke and ******* ss of Sussex will be leaving Montecito and moving back to England with their two young children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, in the coming weeks.
"There's no way they can do six-month stretches in each place, so they will have to be flying back and forth quite regularly," reveals the source. "For them and their entire entourage of staff and security, each trip sets them back a small fortune. Plus, they will have the costs of maintaining two households full-time."
In addition to their new U.K. residence, Harry, 41, and Meghan, 45, will be holding onto Montecito digs, TMZ reported on Thursday. The $14.65 million mansion was purchased in 2020 and costs the couple $600,000-plus a year in mortgage payments and taxes alone, per the New York Post.
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#harry
12 hours ago
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Management attributed the return to 3% organic sales growth to the 'Beauty Reimagined' strategy, which shifted the company toward a faster, more agile, and consumer-centric operating model.
Operating margin expansion of 320 basis points was driven by the Profit Recovery and Growth Plan (PRGP), which successfully streamlined fixed costs and reduced organizational layers to increase accountability.
Growth was highly diversified across the portfolio, with Jo Malone London and TOM FORD joining the billion-dollar brand club alongside established leaders like La Mer and Clinique.
The company successfully stabilized its Makeup segment, improving organic sales trends by 500 basis points through targeted innovation in lip franchises and expansion into high-growth social commerce channels.
#basis
Management attributed the return to 3% organic sales growth to the 'Beauty Reimagined' strategy, which shifted the company toward a faster, more agile, and consumer-centric operating model.
Operating margin expansion of 320 basis points was driven by the Profit Recovery and Growth Plan (PRGP), which successfully streamlined fixed costs and reduced organizational layers to increase accountability.
Growth was highly diversified across the portfolio, with Jo Malone London and TOM FORD joining the billion-dollar brand club alongside established leaders like La Mer and Clinique.
The company successfully stabilized its Makeup segment, improving organic sales trends by 500 basis points through targeted innovation in lip franchises and expansion into high-growth social commerce channels.
#basis
14 hours ago
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has allowed new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump to be used in the November elections, rejecting a bid by to put the Republican-friendly districts to a statewide vote of the people.
The ruling Wednesday by Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green is a victory for Republicans seeking to hold onto their slim majority in the U.S. House. But the case is likely to end up in the state Supreme Court.
Missouri's new districts already were used in the August primaries. On that same day, Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejected a petition with thousands of signatures seeking to force a November referendum on the map. Hoskins ******* erted that Missouri's Constitution doesn't allow a referendum on congressional redistricting.
The judge agreed with Hoskins and other Republicans, who joined in defense of the new map.
"The Missouri Constitution does not supply any statement — let alone a clear one — reallocating authority over congressional redistricting away from the General ******* embly to a referendum process," Green wrote in the ruling.
#hoskins #districts #House #republicans
The ruling Wednesday by Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green is a victory for Republicans seeking to hold onto their slim majority in the U.S. House. But the case is likely to end up in the state Supreme Court.
Missouri's new districts already were used in the August primaries. On that same day, Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejected a petition with thousands of signatures seeking to force a November referendum on the map. Hoskins ******* erted that Missouri's Constitution doesn't allow a referendum on congressional redistricting.
The judge agreed with Hoskins and other Republicans, who joined in defense of the new map.
"The Missouri Constitution does not supply any statement — let alone a clear one — reallocating authority over congressional redistricting away from the General ******* embly to a referendum process," Green wrote in the ruling.
#hoskins #districts #House #republicans
14 hours ago
The numbers have reached a scale that markets can no longer ignore. The U.S. fiscal deficit jumped to $432 billion in July alone, the biggest monthly shortfall since early 2021, pushing the year-to-date gap to nearly $1.8 trillion, with the full-year deficit expected to approach $2 trillion. The national debt is nearing the $40 trillion milestone, and the cost of financing it has ballooned to roughly $1.2 trillion so far this year, on pace for about $1.37 trillion for the full fiscal year.
The result has been a sharp move higher in long-term Treasury yields. The 30-year bond hit 5.33% in mid-August — its highest level in 19 years — while the 10-year note pushed toward 4.75%, a 20-month high before the Treasury stepped in this week to announce increased buying of longer dated bonds. Bond strategists point to a combination of forces for the recent high: mounting deficit concerns, inflation still stuck above the Fed's 2% target, and a wave of corporate debt issuance competing with Treasurys for investor cash. Some are calling it the return of the "bond vigilantes" — investors demanding higher yields to keep funding a government that keeps borrowing more.
Because bond prices move opposite to yields, when yields rise, existing bonds — which pay lower fixed rates — become less valuable, so their prices fall. And the longer a bond's maturity (its duration), the more its price drops for a given rise in yields. A 25 basis point rise in long-term yields can translate to roughly a 4% price loss in a long-duration bond fund.
That's why the debt story is fundamentally an ETF story. The funds holding long-dated Treasurys were absorbing the full force of the yield spike, while short-duration and alternative funds are becoming the market's refuge. While yields have since retreated post-Treasury announcement and there is a potential for a surge in buying 20+ year bond ETFs, the longer term impact to long-dated bonds remains to seen.
TLT is ground zero for the debt-and-yields story. As the most popular long-duration Treasury ETF, it holds bonds with 20+ years to maturity — exactly the part of the curve recently hammered as the 30-year yield hit multi-decade highs. TLT has slumped into a correction and touched a 22-year low in August, and investors have pulled more than $4.4 billion out of the fund this year. Strikingly, even a near-5% yield wasn't enough to stem the slide: the price losses from rising rates have overwhelmed the income the fund pays. TLT is the clearest example of how duration risk works against investors when the government's borrowing costs climb.
#year
The result has been a sharp move higher in long-term Treasury yields. The 30-year bond hit 5.33% in mid-August — its highest level in 19 years — while the 10-year note pushed toward 4.75%, a 20-month high before the Treasury stepped in this week to announce increased buying of longer dated bonds. Bond strategists point to a combination of forces for the recent high: mounting deficit concerns, inflation still stuck above the Fed's 2% target, and a wave of corporate debt issuance competing with Treasurys for investor cash. Some are calling it the return of the "bond vigilantes" — investors demanding higher yields to keep funding a government that keeps borrowing more.
Because bond prices move opposite to yields, when yields rise, existing bonds — which pay lower fixed rates — become less valuable, so their prices fall. And the longer a bond's maturity (its duration), the more its price drops for a given rise in yields. A 25 basis point rise in long-term yields can translate to roughly a 4% price loss in a long-duration bond fund.
That's why the debt story is fundamentally an ETF story. The funds holding long-dated Treasurys were absorbing the full force of the yield spike, while short-duration and alternative funds are becoming the market's refuge. While yields have since retreated post-Treasury announcement and there is a potential for a surge in buying 20+ year bond ETFs, the longer term impact to long-dated bonds remains to seen.
TLT is ground zero for the debt-and-yields story. As the most popular long-duration Treasury ETF, it holds bonds with 20+ years to maturity — exactly the part of the curve recently hammered as the 30-year yield hit multi-decade highs. TLT has slumped into a correction and touched a 22-year low in August, and investors have pulled more than $4.4 billion out of the fund this year. Strikingly, even a near-5% yield wasn't enough to stem the slide: the price losses from rising rates have overwhelmed the income the fund pays. TLT is the clearest example of how duration risk works against investors when the government's borrowing costs climb.
#year
15 hours ago
NORTH ROBINSON - It wasn't perfect by any means, but the new look Colonel Crawford Eagles opened the season with a win.
"We've had eight months prepare, and we have a young team," acting head coach Chris Solis said. "Kids are gonna make mistakes, but we were very proud of their effort tonight."
For the second consecutive year the Eagles won big over Fairbanks. And, just as he did a year prior, Parker Weithman put on a show against the Panthers scoring a trio of touchdowns — 11-yard reception, 35-yard jet sweep, 99-yard kickoff return.
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"Parker is just a kid who is fun, but he's competitive," Solis said. "Kids love him, coaches love him, the community loves him ... kids feed off his energy and he's a great leader."
#Eagles #solis #year #love
"We've had eight months prepare, and we have a young team," acting head coach Chris Solis said. "Kids are gonna make mistakes, but we were very proud of their effort tonight."
For the second consecutive year the Eagles won big over Fairbanks. And, just as he did a year prior, Parker Weithman put on a show against the Panthers scoring a trio of touchdowns — 11-yard reception, 35-yard jet sweep, 99-yard kickoff return.
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"Parker is just a kid who is fun, but he's competitive," Solis said. "Kids love him, coaches love him, the community loves him ... kids feed off his energy and he's a great leader."
#Eagles #solis #year #love
20 hours ago
On August 17, Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) agreed to guarantee up to $105 billion to help OpenAI lease a massive data center in Pike County, Ohio, being developed by SoftBank-owned SB Energy. The site could reach 8 gigawatts of capacity, with the first 800 megawatts due online in 2028, and OpenAI has signed on for 20 years. Nvidia will also put $1.5 billion directly into SB Energy and will be the facility's exclusive chip supplier. It's the latest example of the company financing the very infrastructure that runs its own chips, a habit that keeps expanding even as it keeps drawing scrutiny.
The idea behind the guarantee is that Nvidia is using its balance sheet to lock up long-lived sites where its chips can run across multiple hardware generations, and the numbers behind that bet keep climbing. Revenue growth is expected to accelerate toward 97% this quarter, up from 85% the quarter before, as the company rolls out its new Rubin platform. Jensen Huang has floated $1 trillion in combined revenue across 2026 and 2027, which implies roughly $600 billion in fiscal 2028 alone. Demand isn't limited to hyperscalers, either.
SpaceX has said it will build its AI infrastructure exclusively on Nvidia chips, targeting 10 gigawatts of compute by the end of 2027, a build-out estimated to cost $150 billion to $250 billion. Add in the four largest hyperscalers, expected to spend roughly $700 billion on AI chips this year, plus a possible OpenAI or Anthropic IPO that could free up even more capital, and the picture is a company still early in monetizing an entire computing shift. The Ohio guarantee, paired with the $500 billion financing consortium Nvidia formed with six major financial institutions the week before, fits that same playbook: widen the pool of customers locked into its hardware so no single client's slowdown can shake the business.
The obvious pushback is circularity. Nvidia is effectively helping fund a customer's ability to buy Nvidia chips, first through the $500 billion consortium with BlackRock, Blackstone, KKR, Apollo, Brookfield and Goldman Sachs, and now through a direct guarantee tied to OpenAI's Ohio lease. Huang insists this isn't circular financing, but the plan to securitize AI infrastructure into a tradable ******* et class invites comparisons to how mortgage pools were packaged before 2008. Nvidia's exposure here isn't unlimited. It covers a portion of lease and power payments and a minimum-value commitment on the site, not the full $105 billion or all of OpenAI's obligations. But if OpenAI defaults, Nvidia still absorbs the difference between that floor value and whatever the site fetches if it's re-leased or sold.
#openai
The idea behind the guarantee is that Nvidia is using its balance sheet to lock up long-lived sites where its chips can run across multiple hardware generations, and the numbers behind that bet keep climbing. Revenue growth is expected to accelerate toward 97% this quarter, up from 85% the quarter before, as the company rolls out its new Rubin platform. Jensen Huang has floated $1 trillion in combined revenue across 2026 and 2027, which implies roughly $600 billion in fiscal 2028 alone. Demand isn't limited to hyperscalers, either.
SpaceX has said it will build its AI infrastructure exclusively on Nvidia chips, targeting 10 gigawatts of compute by the end of 2027, a build-out estimated to cost $150 billion to $250 billion. Add in the four largest hyperscalers, expected to spend roughly $700 billion on AI chips this year, plus a possible OpenAI or Anthropic IPO that could free up even more capital, and the picture is a company still early in monetizing an entire computing shift. The Ohio guarantee, paired with the $500 billion financing consortium Nvidia formed with six major financial institutions the week before, fits that same playbook: widen the pool of customers locked into its hardware so no single client's slowdown can shake the business.
The obvious pushback is circularity. Nvidia is effectively helping fund a customer's ability to buy Nvidia chips, first through the $500 billion consortium with BlackRock, Blackstone, KKR, Apollo, Brookfield and Goldman Sachs, and now through a direct guarantee tied to OpenAI's Ohio lease. Huang insists this isn't circular financing, but the plan to securitize AI infrastructure into a tradable ******* et class invites comparisons to how mortgage pools were packaged before 2008. Nvidia's exposure here isn't unlimited. It covers a portion of lease and power payments and a minimum-value commitment on the site, not the full $105 billion or all of OpenAI's obligations. But if OpenAI defaults, Nvidia still absorbs the difference between that floor value and whatever the site fetches if it's re-leased or sold.
#openai
20 hours ago
Not long ago, the idea of playing an NFL game on a Wednesday seemed completely foreign. Now, Wednesday has become an increasingly important day of the week on the NFL calendar.
The upcoming season will feature two Wednesday contests: A Super Bowl rematch between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots on NBC opening night, and a new "Thanksgiving Eve" game between the Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams on Netflix the day before Thanksgiving. Just a couple years ago, the NFL made some unprecedented scheduling tweaks to ensure it could air two games on Christmas Day, which fell on a Wednesday, when only a year prior the league suggested it wouldn't utilize the holiday if it fell on Wednesday.
The willingness to schedule games on days of the week that it had not previously considered viable is part and parcel with the league's ambition to add more standalone window national games. But don't expect the league to roll out a weekly "Wednesday Night Football" package anytime soon.
When asked about the NFL's utilization of Wednesday during a conference call this week, the league's top media executive Hans Schroeder indicated Wednesday will still be used sparingly.
"I don't know if we're looking at Wednesday night football as a night for regularly scheduled NFL game," Schroeder said. "I do think if you look at the growth of Thanksgiving specifically, and that holiday, and how core football, and food, and family, and bringing all that together, that the growth of Thanksgiving over the last handful of years has just been tremendous."
#wednesday #night #schroeder #fell
The upcoming season will feature two Wednesday contests: A Super Bowl rematch between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots on NBC opening night, and a new "Thanksgiving Eve" game between the Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams on Netflix the day before Thanksgiving. Just a couple years ago, the NFL made some unprecedented scheduling tweaks to ensure it could air two games on Christmas Day, which fell on a Wednesday, when only a year prior the league suggested it wouldn't utilize the holiday if it fell on Wednesday.
The willingness to schedule games on days of the week that it had not previously considered viable is part and parcel with the league's ambition to add more standalone window national games. But don't expect the league to roll out a weekly "Wednesday Night Football" package anytime soon.
When asked about the NFL's utilization of Wednesday during a conference call this week, the league's top media executive Hans Schroeder indicated Wednesday will still be used sparingly.
"I don't know if we're looking at Wednesday night football as a night for regularly scheduled NFL game," Schroeder said. "I do think if you look at the growth of Thanksgiving specifically, and that holiday, and how core football, and food, and family, and bringing all that together, that the growth of Thanksgiving over the last handful of years has just been tremendous."
#wednesday #night #schroeder #fell
20 hours ago
HONOLULU (AP) — Communities still recovering from last weekend's hurricane in Hawaii could get pounded again in coming days from another tropical system gaining strength over warm Pacific waters.
Hurricane Lala tore roofs off houses, uprooted trees, covered roads in mud and rocks and left many households without electricity. With thousands of homes and businesses still in the dark Thursday, forecasters warned yet another tropical cyclone is likely to approach the islands soon.
A depression moving west and northwest could become a tropical storm in the coming hours and pass near or south of Hawaii's Big Island over the weekend or early next week, the U.S. Central Pacific Hurricane Center said. That system could dump up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain on the Big Island and trigger life-threatening flooding, mudslides and rip currents, it added.
Forecasters said the disturbance had top sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph) and was located at midday Thursday about 900 miles (1,445 kilometers) east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii.
"There's definitely tension in the air'' at the thought of more rain in communities that floodwaters turned into rivers, said Tiffany Edwards Hunt, a teacher living in Keaau, on the east side of the Big Island. "There were some areas that were completely washed out."
#thursday #forecasters
Hurricane Lala tore roofs off houses, uprooted trees, covered roads in mud and rocks and left many households without electricity. With thousands of homes and businesses still in the dark Thursday, forecasters warned yet another tropical cyclone is likely to approach the islands soon.
A depression moving west and northwest could become a tropical storm in the coming hours and pass near or south of Hawaii's Big Island over the weekend or early next week, the U.S. Central Pacific Hurricane Center said. That system could dump up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain on the Big Island and trigger life-threatening flooding, mudslides and rip currents, it added.
Forecasters said the disturbance had top sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph) and was located at midday Thursday about 900 miles (1,445 kilometers) east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii.
"There's definitely tension in the air'' at the thought of more rain in communities that floodwaters turned into rivers, said Tiffany Edwards Hunt, a teacher living in Keaau, on the east side of the Big Island. "There were some areas that were completely washed out."
#thursday #forecasters
20 hours ago
Aug. 20—FREEMAN, S.D. — As the 2026 season kicks off for the Freeman football program, there are plenty of new elements at play.
A new classification and slate of opponents. A host of new players stepping forward into prominent roles. Even a new (or perhaps old) nickname, as Freeman is a standalone program once again after a decade of co-ops and will compete under the Flyers banner for the first time since 2014.
One thing that hasn't changed, however, is the program's championship ambitions.
Coming off a Class 9AA state championship and 12-0 season as the Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy Phoenix a year ago, the Flyers hope to pick up right where they closed the book on 2025.
"I honestly think this team has a chance to be better than last year's team. We have that kind of talent coming back," said head coach Dustin Tschetter. "There are a lot of things to like about this team. Hopefully, we keep improving each and every day, and we'll see what happens."
#flyers #championship #class #marion
A new classification and slate of opponents. A host of new players stepping forward into prominent roles. Even a new (or perhaps old) nickname, as Freeman is a standalone program once again after a decade of co-ops and will compete under the Flyers banner for the first time since 2014.
One thing that hasn't changed, however, is the program's championship ambitions.
Coming off a Class 9AA state championship and 12-0 season as the Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy Phoenix a year ago, the Flyers hope to pick up right where they closed the book on 2025.
"I honestly think this team has a chance to be better than last year's team. We have that kind of talent coming back," said head coach Dustin Tschetter. "There are a lot of things to like about this team. Hopefully, we keep improving each and every day, and we'll see what happens."
#flyers #championship #class #marion
1 day ago
An insight into the plans of those in a position of power at La Liga champions Barcelona to register the club's crop of summer signings for action in Spain's top-flight has come to the fore online.
This of course comes fresh off a busy couple of days on the incomings front at the Spotify Camp Nou…
Over the last 48 hours alone, Hansi Flick has seen his squad reinforced courtesy of a pair of high-profile additions. First through the door was Manchester City midfielder Rodri, followed in short order by João Cancelo's return from Al-Hilal.
These two add to previous deals for Anthony Gordon and Karim Adeyemi, amid something of a squad revolution in Catalunya's capital this summer.
As of this moment, however, none of the aforementioned quartet are registered to take to the pitch in league play… Just days out from Barcelona's La Liga season opener against Elche, Hansi Flick and his staff are technically unable to call on any of Rodri, Cancelo, Gordon or Adeyemi.
#gordon #adeyemi #summer #days
This of course comes fresh off a busy couple of days on the incomings front at the Spotify Camp Nou…
Over the last 48 hours alone, Hansi Flick has seen his squad reinforced courtesy of a pair of high-profile additions. First through the door was Manchester City midfielder Rodri, followed in short order by João Cancelo's return from Al-Hilal.
These two add to previous deals for Anthony Gordon and Karim Adeyemi, amid something of a squad revolution in Catalunya's capital this summer.
As of this moment, however, none of the aforementioned quartet are registered to take to the pitch in league play… Just days out from Barcelona's La Liga season opener against Elche, Hansi Flick and his staff are technically unable to call on any of Rodri, Cancelo, Gordon or Adeyemi.
#gordon #adeyemi #summer #days
1 day ago
Moderna (MRNA) surged 177% and Merck (MRK) rose 12.5% after their mRNA cancer vaccine met key Phase 3 melanoma trial goals.
Phase 2b data showed a 49% reduction in recurrence or death versus Keytruda alone, with nine studies now underway across multiple cancer types.
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Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) shares have crashed 20% as of 12:00 PM ET on Thursday after delivering one of the biotech sector's most extraordinary single-day moves of 2026. CNBC co-anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin told viewers that Moderna's Phase 3 results for its experimental cancer vaccine sent the stock soaring 177% on Wednesday, while partner Merck (NYSE:MRK) rallied 12.5%.
As Sorkin summarized on air, "The mRNA based shot, in combination with Merck's immunotherapy called Keytruda, met key goals in a trial of patients with higher risk or advanced melanoma whose detectable cancer had been removed."
#mrna #merck #phase #sorkin
Phase 2b data showed a 49% reduction in recurrence or death versus Keytruda alone, with nine studies now underway across multiple cancer types.
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Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) shares have crashed 20% as of 12:00 PM ET on Thursday after delivering one of the biotech sector's most extraordinary single-day moves of 2026. CNBC co-anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin told viewers that Moderna's Phase 3 results for its experimental cancer vaccine sent the stock soaring 177% on Wednesday, while partner Merck (NYSE:MRK) rallied 12.5%.
As Sorkin summarized on air, "The mRNA based shot, in combination with Merck's immunotherapy called Keytruda, met key goals in a trial of patients with higher risk or advanced melanoma whose detectable cancer had been removed."
#mrna #merck #phase #sorkin
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It's the day after one of the surprise healthcare stories of 2026.
Moderna (MRNA) shares fell 20% in early trading on Thursday after a stunning 177% gain yesterday on news that the biotech and partner Merck (MRK) notched a big breakthrough in the fight against cancer.
The pair announced that their personalized mRNA cancer vaccine — called intismeran — successfully hit its primary goal in a Phase 3 late-stage trial, demonstrating a meaningful reduction in melanoma recurrence in patients who had already had their tumors surgically removed.
The trial compared using intismeran alongside Merck's well-known immunotherapy drug Keytruda against using Keytruda alone. Patients who received the combination lived meaningfully longer without their cancer returning or spreading.
"It's a home run, maybe even a grand slam," Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel said on Yahoo Finance (video above). "The results are pretty amazing."
#patients
Moderna (MRNA) shares fell 20% in early trading on Thursday after a stunning 177% gain yesterday on news that the biotech and partner Merck (MRK) notched a big breakthrough in the fight against cancer.
The pair announced that their personalized mRNA cancer vaccine — called intismeran — successfully hit its primary goal in a Phase 3 late-stage trial, demonstrating a meaningful reduction in melanoma recurrence in patients who had already had their tumors surgically removed.
The trial compared using intismeran alongside Merck's well-known immunotherapy drug Keytruda against using Keytruda alone. Patients who received the combination lived meaningfully longer without their cancer returning or spreading.
"It's a home run, maybe even a grand slam," Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel said on Yahoo Finance (video above). "The results are pretty amazing."
#patients
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The Baltimore Ravens have invested heavily in their secondary. Look no further than three first-round picks invested in the defensive backfield since 2022 alone, and while established veterans such as Marlon Humphrey and Kyle Hamilton remain the group's foundation, much of the attention this summer has centered on a collection of younger defensive backs attempting to carve out larger roles.
The talent has been obvious. The growth has been noticeable. According to Hamilton, however, what truly stands out isn't physical ability. It's maturity. Following Wednesday's joint practice with the Minnesota Vikings, the three-time Pro Bowler spoke with the media and was asked, among other things, about Baltimore's young defensive backs and the progress they have made throughout training camp.
His answer highlighted several players by name while offering insight into why he believes the group continues trending in the right direction.
"We have a younger DB room, but guys play past their age, for sure... It is just [about] challenging everything, challenging at the catch point. If you are out of position, run to get in position, strain to get in position [and] challenge every single pass because you never know what will happen. You could cause a distraction; the receiver could drop, [and] you break the ball up [and] take them to the ground."
Hamilton's praise didn't stop there. The veteran safety also pointed to T.J. Tampa Jr., Nate Wiggins, and second-year safety Malaki Starks as examples of a young secondary continuing to develop despite carrying significant responsibilities.
#secondary
The talent has been obvious. The growth has been noticeable. According to Hamilton, however, what truly stands out isn't physical ability. It's maturity. Following Wednesday's joint practice with the Minnesota Vikings, the three-time Pro Bowler spoke with the media and was asked, among other things, about Baltimore's young defensive backs and the progress they have made throughout training camp.
His answer highlighted several players by name while offering insight into why he believes the group continues trending in the right direction.
"We have a younger DB room, but guys play past their age, for sure... It is just [about] challenging everything, challenging at the catch point. If you are out of position, run to get in position, strain to get in position [and] challenge every single pass because you never know what will happen. You could cause a distraction; the receiver could drop, [and] you break the ball up [and] take them to the ground."
Hamilton's praise didn't stop there. The veteran safety also pointed to T.J. Tampa Jr., Nate Wiggins, and second-year safety Malaki Starks as examples of a young secondary continuing to develop despite carrying significant responsibilities.
#secondary
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The price of building a college football roster continues to climb, but Florida State football is not operating near the top of the market entering a critical 2026 season.
According to roster-spending estimates compiled by CBS Sports' Chris Hummer and John Talty, Florida State sits in the $20 million to $29 million tier for its 2026 football roster. More specifically, the report described the Seminoles as sitting only slightly above the $20 million threshold, putting FSU near the bottom of that spending range.
CBS Sports surveyed more than 50 athletic directors, general managers, personnel executives, agents, cap experts and boosters with knowledge of roster spending, then cross-checked those figures with sources from the same conferences and geographic regions. Programs were separated into four tiers: more than $40 million, $30 million to $39 million, $20 million to $29 million and less than $20 million.
That methodology is important because college football still lacks the financial transparency found in professional leagues. A separate survey of general managers at the 2026 Personnel Symposium produced an average Power Four roster cost of $22.5 million, though the report noted that several major spenders were not included and some responses were believed to understate actual costs.
Within the ACC, the Miami Hurricanes stand alone in the $40 million-plus category. No conference program was placed between $30 million and $39 million.
#spending #Florida #sports
According to roster-spending estimates compiled by CBS Sports' Chris Hummer and John Talty, Florida State sits in the $20 million to $29 million tier for its 2026 football roster. More specifically, the report described the Seminoles as sitting only slightly above the $20 million threshold, putting FSU near the bottom of that spending range.
CBS Sports surveyed more than 50 athletic directors, general managers, personnel executives, agents, cap experts and boosters with knowledge of roster spending, then cross-checked those figures with sources from the same conferences and geographic regions. Programs were separated into four tiers: more than $40 million, $30 million to $39 million, $20 million to $29 million and less than $20 million.
That methodology is important because college football still lacks the financial transparency found in professional leagues. A separate survey of general managers at the 2026 Personnel Symposium produced an average Power Four roster cost of $22.5 million, though the report noted that several major spenders were not included and some responses were believed to understate actual costs.
Within the ACC, the Miami Hurricanes stand alone in the $40 million-plus category. No conference program was placed between $30 million and $39 million.
#spending #Florida #sports
