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Stocks Rally as Crude Oil Prices Ease and FOMC Results Awaited

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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday rose +0.60%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) rose +0.03%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) rose +1.29%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) rose +0.62%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQZ26 ) rose...

Apple adds a 512GB RAM configuration for the Mac Studio with the M5 Ultra chip, starting at $22,299; the M5 Max model maxes out at 128GB of RAM (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

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Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple adds a 512GB RAM configuration for the Mac Studio with the M5 Ultra chip, starting at $22,299; the M5 Max model maxes out at 128GB of RAM  —  Starting today, the Mac Studio with the M5 Ultra chip can be configured with 512GB of RAM on Apple's online store, but it is an expensive upgrade.

The Invisible AI Backbone: Corning's AI Fiber Play

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The market's obsession with artificial intelligence (AI) largely revolves around the processors powering data centers. Yet even the most advanced GPUs cannot scale without the physical networking layer connecting them. As capital floods into semiconductor designers and server ma

The Invisible AI Backbone: Corning's AI Fiber Play

5 days 11 hours ago
The market's obsession with artificial intelligence (AI) largely revolves around the processors powering data centers. Yet even the most advanced GPUs cannot scale without the physical networking layer connecting them. As capital floods into semiconductor designers and server ma

Budget 2026: £100 energy payment for millions and rise in bank tax as watchdog warns on stalling living standards – as it happened

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OBR says that living standards are forecast to rise by just 1% over the whole post-Covid decade

Martin Lewis said that, when he met John Healey this morning, the chancellor said that, having removed standing charges from gas bills, he would also like to get rid of them from electricity bills. Lewis said:

The chancellor said he will be talking to Ofgem about how they get rid of the charge on electricity as well, but that is ‘trickier’ apparently and will take longer.

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Woman woke up to see stranger invited into bedroom by husband, court hears

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Jury at Winchester crown court sees video evidence by Joanne Young in trial of four men accused of sexual assault

A woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by men invited by her ex-husband into their family home described how she would wake in the middle of the night restrained and blindfolded and feeling “hazy”.

Joanne Young said that on one occasion she managed to remove her blindfold and was shocked to glimpse a stranger in her bedroom whom her then husband, Philip Young, had allegedly arranged to have sex with her.

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Stocks Mixed as FOMC Results Are Awaited

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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.11%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.19%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.29%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) are down -0.02%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQZ26...

Stocks Mixed as FOMC Results Are Awaited

5 days 11 hours ago
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.11%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.18%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.07%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) are up +0.05%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQZ26...

Cotton Bouncing Back on Wednesday Morning

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Cotton prices are back up 34 to 48 points early on Wednesday. Futures closed the Tuesday session with contracts down 79 to 112 points across the board. Crude oil is down $1.56 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.410 higher. Crop Progress data tallied 89% of...