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Check out the companies that made the biggest moves midday: Valmont Industries — The agricultural products and infrastructure company’s stock rose 12% after better-than-expected first-quarter results. The company cited strong demand for beets in North American utilities. The lower limit of the full-year profit forecast has also been raised. PITNEY BOWES — Shares of the postal equipment and services giant soared 8% after the company announced preliminary first-quarter results. First-quarter revenue of $477 million beat the FactSet consensus of $465.9 million, and adjusted earnings per share of about 47 cents also beat expectations. OFG Bancorp — Shares of the Puerto…

SpaceX announced it has signed an agreement with Cursor to develop the next generation of “coding and knowledge work AI.” It includes a surprising clause: an option to buy the popular software development platform for $60 billion later this year. Partnering with and potentially acquiring leaders in the most popular AI product categories can only be seen in the context of SpaceX’s long-awaited initial public offering. Investors seeking more value from an IPO may see their involvement with Cursor as another way to extract value from Elon Musk’s increasingly sprawling technology conglomerate. The partnership won’t come as a shock to…

Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, speaks at CNBC’s American Investment Forum in Washington, April 15, 2026.Aaron Clammage | CNBCMichael and Susan Dell announced Tuesday that they have donated $750 million to the University of Texas at Austin to fund the development of a new medical center and research campus. The billionaire CEO told CNBC that the new medical center, which includes a hospital and research facility, will leverage artificial intelligence and advanced computing to provide faster, more accurate treatment to patients.”There are a lot of medical centers out there,” Dell said in an interview. “But the opportunity…

In naming John Ternas, head of hardware, as the new CEO on Monday, he said: apple also announced another important promotion that could be almost as important in gauging the company’s direction.Ternus will be succeeded as head of hardware by Johny Srouji, who leads Apple’s internal chip manufacturing team. Apple has created a new title for Srouji, chief hardware engineer, effective immediately. Tarnas will assume the role of CEO on September 1st.Ternus and Srouji make a powerful pair as Apple moves toward in-house development of all the chips that go into iPhones, Macs, AirPods, and more. It’s a strategy in…

Abuja — Mauro Rui Calado Cortés, a Catholic lay teacher in Angola, was supposed to be bedridden due to a serious illness, but the “unique opportunity” to meet Pope Leo XIV in person was one he couldn’t pass up. “Visual contact with the Pope was a unique moment. It conveyed such a physical and spiritual lightness that the feeling of satisfaction never ends,” Cortés told CNN about the experience of watching the Pope’s car pass outside Luanda International Airport shortly after Leo arrived on Saturday. Angola, the third stop on an 11-day tour of four African countries, has sparked widespread…

After the opening session of the first round of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield, Ronnie O’Sullivan raced into the 10th frame with a 7-2 lead over China’s Heguo Power. Four-time winner John Higgins awaits in the next round. Last updated: 21/04/26 19:05 Ronnie O’Sullivan emerged with a 7-2 lead after the start of the first round match against China’s Heguo Power. Ronnie O’Sullivan started with a rare error at the Crucible but emerged with a 7-2 lead after the opening session of his first-round match against China’s powerhouse at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield. The 50-year-old, setting out…

A group of unauthorized users reportedly gained access to Mythos, Anthropic’s recently announced cybersecurity tool. Much has been said about Mythos and its powers. Mythos is an AI product designed for enterprise security, and the company says it can be a powerful hacking tool in the wrong hands. Bloomberg now reported that a “private online forum” whose members are not publicly disclosed obtained access to the tool through a third-party vendor. An Anthropic spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company is “investigating reports of unauthorized access to Claude Mythos Preview through one of our third-party vendor environments.” The company said it…

A looming jet fuel shortage could be a huge blow to Americans’ summer travel plans, especially those flying internationally. But travel experts say there are some steps consumers can take to isolate themselves and minimize disruption. The Iran war and resulting disruptions to global oil supplies have raised concerns that jet fuel stocks in some parts of the world may soon begin to dwindle. The International Energy Agency announced Thursday that Europe, for example, may have just six weeks’ worth of jet fuel left. Potential shortages and rising jet fuel costs are causing some airlines to reduce flight schedules, potentially…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is on display outside the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. facility on March 26, 2026 in Hawthorne, California.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesSpaceX announced it has signed a deal with artificial intelligence startup Cursor, giving it the right to either acquire the company for $60 billion later this year or pay it $10 billion for work they do together.”SpaceXAI and @cursor_ai are now working closely together to develop the world’s best coding and knowledge work AI,” the company said in a Tuesday post about X.The post was published shortly before The New York Times…

Published April 21, 2026April 21, 2026Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was indicted on federal fraud charges after the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) accused the civil rights group of improperly collecting millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and other far-right groups.The Justice Department alleged that the law center defrauded donors to fund the very ideology it claims to be fighting.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listIt noted that between 2014 and 2023, at least $3 million was paid to officials of the Ku Klux Klan, United Klans of America, National Socialist Party of…