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Achieve Closes $261.5 Million HELOC Securitization, First of 2026
The non-bank lender’s ninth overall deal bundles 3,129 home equity lines with a 65.67% weighted average combined loan-to...
Ellington Financial Posts $54.4M Profit as Reverse Mortgage Originations Surge 38%
Ellington Financial's Q2 net income hit $54.4M, driven by strong loan credit and a 38% rise in Longbridge reverse mortga...
Fitch Cuts UWM to B+ as $451.9M Loss and Debt Surge Push Leverage to 6.1x
Fitch downgraded United Wholesale Mortgage to B+ from BB- after a second-quarter net loss of $451.9 million, a $603 mill...
Italy’s VBM 155 Wheeled Howitzer Accelerates Europe’s Mobile Artillery Shift
Italy is advancing a highly automated, wheeled 155 mm artillery system, joining a continent-wide push for survivable, qu...
U.S. Container Imports to Slide After Early Peak Season, But Holiday Stocks Are Secure
U.S. container imports are poised to fall steadily through year-end after an early peak season driven by tariff fears an...
U.S. rail carloads slip 0.4% as intermodal surges 4.8% in early August
Weekly AAR data shows diverging freight trends: intermodal volumes climbed nearly 5% year-over-year while total carloads...
U.S. Rail Carloads Dip 0.4% as Intermodal Jumps 4.8% in Latest Week
Carloads slipped to 233,171, weighed by coal and auto parts, while intermodal containers hit 293,239. Year-to-date volum...
Schneider Electric’s New Supply Chain Chief on Cross-Functional Leadership and Last-Mile AI
Jackie Zhu, Schneider Electric’s new North America Supply Chain Officer, draws on two decades of cross-functional experi...
Mars and CVS Health to Receive NextGen Supply Chain Awards for AI and Automation Leadership
The 2026 NextGen Supply Chain Conference will honor Mars and CVS Health for transforming operations through artificial i...
Gaza Truce Unravels as Regional Pressure Mounts; Iraq Seals Oil Pipeline Deal, Oil Majors Post Strong Results
Eight Arab and Muslim nations accuse Israel of ceasefire violations as Hezbollah offers talks with Syria. Iraq signs a o...
WTI Crude Sinks 10% as Hormuz Talks Fuel Hopes, but Supply Risks Persist
Oil markets priced in a breakthrough over the Strait of Hormuz this week, sending WTI down sharply. Yet physical exports...
Shipper Groups Urge STB to Reject Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger, Citing Insufficient Evidence and Competition Risks
Five chemical, fertilizer, and industrial transportation groups filed a joint motion arguing that the proposed transcont...
US Container Imports Set to Ebb as Front-Loaded Peak Season Fades
A pull-forward of freight ahead of tariff deadlines propelled early-year volumes, but imports are now projected to decli...
Schneider Electric’s New Supply Chain Chief on Why Cross-Functional Experience Wins
Jackie Zhu took over Schneider Electric’s North America supply chain five months ago after deliberately building a caree...
EY and AHK Paraguay Host Business Briefing on New Data Protection Law
Experts from EY and the Paraguayan-German Chamber mapped out the compliance landscape under the new personal data law, d...
Mercado Libre Revenue Surges 50%, But Margin Squeeze Sends Shares Down 6%
Mercado Libre posted its fastest revenue growth in four years, yet an 11% drop in net profit and a plummeting operating ...
Didier Decoin, Prix Goncourt Winner and Former President of the Académie Goncourt, Dies at 81
French novelist, screenwriter and journalist Didier Decoin, best known for his 1977 Goncourt-winning novel <em>John l’En...
S&P: Paraguay's Banks Have Room to Grow, But Quality of Loans Will Be Key
Paraguay's banking system has significant growth potential in housing and consumer credit, but rapid expansion without c...
Thune Races to File Cloture on Crypto Clarity Act Before Recess, Setting Up September Vote
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is pushing to file cloture on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act before the August r...
Siemens Invests $200 Million in US Plants to Ride AI Data-Center Boom
The industrial giant is adding two new US factories for electrical data-center equipment, creating 1,500 jobs, as record...
Travis Kelce’s Flamboyant Fashion and the New Masculinity
The football star’s shift from casual athletic wear to bold, playful outfits as Taylor Swift’s partner reflects a confid...
EU Digital Chief Blames Meta, TikTok for Ceuta Border Crisis After False Claims Went Viral
EU Digital Commissioner Henna Virkkunen says Meta and TikTok failed to stop misinformation that drove tens of thousands ...
Spicy Kimchi Hand-Pulled Dough Soup: A Bold Korean Comfort Classic
A warming home-style Korean dish that pairs chewy handmade dough with a fiery kimchi-seafood broth, delivering deep umam...
14-Year-Old Shooter Kills 7 at Thai School and Home Before Suicide
A 14-year-old boy killed five school staff and his grandparents before fatally shooting himself at a Nonthaburi school. ...
A Decade of the Y-20: How China's Strategic Airlifter Transformed the PLA Air Force
From its 2016 commissioning to the 2026 debut of a domestic-engine variant on an overseas mission, the Y-20 transport fa...
AliA Returns from Hiatus with New Album 'mate' and Tokyo Concert
Hybrid rock band AliA releases their first album since restarting activities, accompanied by a lyric video for 'Amanojak...
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Reveals the Flaw Behind Char’s Defeat and the ‘Enemy Popularity’ Trap
The legendary anime director and character designer of Mobile Suit Gundam explains why he deliberately injects vulnerabi...
CBO Estimates $275 Billion Price Tag for US Navy’s Trump-Class Battleships
A new Congressional Budget Office analysis projects $275bn for 15 nuclear-powered guided missile battleships, revealing ...
FSB Arrests Three Teenagers Over Planned Attack on Russian National Guard Facility
Russia's domestic intelligence service says three minors in Primorsky Krai gathered intelligence on law enforcement offi...
ARX Robotics’ GEREON UGV Validated in Largest US-Led Experiment
British firm ARX Robotics demonstrated eight GEREON robots across combat and logistics missions during the Five Eyes’ Pr...