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Corgi expands into AI data center insurance as infrastructure risks and GPU values climb
Corgi has launched an insurance program spanning data center construction, equipment, outages and cyber exposures as artificial intelligence investment drives higher asset values and increasingly complex infrastructure risks.
FedEx completes $1.4bn Supply Chain sale as CMA CGM triples CEVA US footprint
FedEx has completed another major portfolio simplification only four months after separating FedEx Freight, while retaining commercial links with CMA CGM across ocean and air cargo.
Brazil votes October 4 with 158.8 million eligible as Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro enter close race
Brazil’s 158.8 million eligible voters head to the polls on October 4 with 12 presidential candidates and final surveys showing a close race.
Tennessee prison chief resigns after failed Christa Pike execution as review begins
Tennessee’s prison chief is resigning and executions are paused after the state failed to execute Christa Pike despite administering two doses of pentobarbital.
Nepal begins $49.9m plan to lower four dangerous Himalayan glacial lakes
Nepal is advancing a $49.9 million programme to lower four high-risk glacial lakes and expand early-warning systems across vulnerable Himalayan river basins.
Why RTX’s $24.4bn SM-6 deal is bigger than another giant Pentagon contract
Raytheon has secured a US Navy contract valued at up to $24.4 billion for Standard Missile-6 interceptors, but the real test is whether RTX can convert a seven-year production framework into more than 500 missiles annually while rebuilding strained US inventories.
Vicor (NASDAQ: VICR) raises Q3 growth above 30% as AI royalties accelerate again
Vicor has upgraded third-quarter revenue growth twice in nine days, taking its sequential outlook from roughly 10% initially to more than 30%. The latest revision comes from higher VPD licensing royalties, strengthening the case that Vicor’s AI opportunity is evolving from selling power modules into monetising intellectual property as well.
Future (LSE: FUTR) falls sharply as buyback pause turns debt into the new valuation question
Future still expects FY26 results in line with consensus, but the specialist media group has paused what remains of its ÂŁ30 million buyback to prioritise deleveraging. Investors responded by sending the shares sharply lower, exposing how heavily the previous capital-return strategy had been supporting sentiment.
NanoXplore is targeting positive cash flow. Is graphene finally moving from laboratory promise to industrial scale?
Graphene has spent years surrounded by extraordinary scientific expectations, but large-scale commercial adoption depends on mundane issues such as repeatable quality, customer qualification, production cost and cash generation. NanoXplore’s latest strategy provides a useful test of whether the material is entering that more mature phase.
Glencore lifts 2026 marketing profit above $5bn as commodity volatility pays off
Glencore has increased its 2026 Marketing Adjusted EBIT expectation and redesigned its long-term guidance framework as higher commodity prices, inventories and funding costs change the scale of its trading business.