America's AI future depends on models anyone can download, inspect, modify, and run on their own hardware...

"The frequency of major commodities market disruptions appears to be rising. Events once considered "once -a-decade" now seem to emerge every year, or even every six months." 

The earnings are real. However, a meaningful slice of them is also an accident of accounting timing... but it is about to turn from a tailwind into a headwind...

Massive escalation as Western representatives were likely present...

As in the pandemic, this is the market’s way of saying inflation is going to become troublesome, unless policy is tightened soon...

"In the previous round of escalations, negotiations were initiated once US gasoline prices reached $4.20 ..." 

The US president is seeking $10 billion in damages from the British broadcaster over its editing of his Jan. 6 speech in its ‘Panorama’ program...

140-year-old landmark sold for conversion into a mosque now faces third fire this year...

"There’s still a lot of uncertainty hanging out there. We still have the opportunity for a lot of tariffs this year..."

...but have basically gone nowhere in four years...

“US businesses reported a good start to the third quarter,"... but prices are on the rise again...

At least eight warehouses attacked this month alone...

"It's not over yet," adding, "Hormuz, Mandeb, oil at 100 ... it's getting worse. "

...we are moving from “we have to try AI, or be left behind” to “we’ve been using AI, now let’s analyze the cost benefit of that...”