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NVIDIA Q2 Profit Soars 59% as Blackwell AI Surge Fuels Record Revenue

NVIDIA Q2 Profit Soars 59% as Blackwell AI Surge Fuels Record Revenue

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) posted another blockbuster quarter, with revenue climbing 56% year-over-year to $46.7 billion in fiscal Q2 2026, driven by surging demand for its Blackwell AI platform. Net income surged 59% to $26.4 billion, while earnings per share rose to $1.08, beating estimates. The company’s data center segment — the engine of its AI dominance — delivered $41.1 billion …

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Powerball jackpot fuels excitement as prize grows to $700 million for Saturday

Powerball jackpot fuels excitement as prize grows to 0 million for Saturday

Facebook Tweet Email Link Someone could become a millionaire Saturday night — if they play their numbers right. The Powerball jackpot has soared to an estimated $700 million, making it one of the largest prizes in the game’s history. There was no winner in Wednesday night’s drawing. The next drawing is set for 10:59 p.m. ET Saturday. The estimated jackpot …

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Credit Fuels the AI Boom — and Fears of a Bubble

Credit Fuels the AI Boom — and Fears of a Bubble

Sam Altman (Bloomberg) — Credit investors are pouring billions of dollars into artificial intelligence investments, just as industry executives and analysts are raising questions about whether the new technology is inflating another bubble. Most Read from Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group are leading the sale of a more than $22 billion loan to support Vantage …

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A coal-fired plant in Michigan was to close. But Trump forced it to keep running at $1m a day | Fossil fuels

A coal-fired plant in Michigan was to close. But Trump forced it to keep running at m a day | Fossil fuels

Donald Trump has made several unusual moves to elongate the era of coal, such as giving the industry exemptions from pollution rules. But the gambit to keep one Michigan coal-fired power station running has been extraordinary – by forcing it to remain open even against the wishes of its operator. The hulking JH Campbell power plant, which since 1962 has …

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New Study Fuels Debate Over World-Changing Comet Strike 12,800 Years Ago

New Study Fuels Debate Over World-Changing Comet Strike 12,800 Years Ago

Roughly 12,800 years ago, as Earth was emerging from its last great ice age, temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere suddenly plummeted back to near-glacial conditions. The cause of this abrupt shift—known as the Younger Dryas cool period—remains a mystery to this day, but new evidence may give credence to its most controversial explanation. Researchers analyzed sediment cores extracted from the …

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Why antibiotics are like fossil fuels | Antibiotics

Why antibiotics are like fossil fuels | Antibiotics

In 1954, just a few years after the widespread introduction of antibiotics, doctors were already aware of the problem of resistance. Natural selection meant that using these new medicines gave an advantage to the microbes that could survive the assault – and a treatment that worked today could become ineffective tomorrow. A British doctor put the challenge in military terms: …

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NASA’s Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft fuels up and moves closer to launch

NASA’s Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft fuels up and moves closer to launch

The Orion spacecraft flying humanity’s next crewed mission to the moon has completed propellant loading and is headed to the next phase of launch preparations. Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida, moved the newly-fueled Orion crew capsule from the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) to the Launch Abort System Facility (LASF), where it will be outfitted with its …

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Asian Stocks to Gain as US CPI Fuels Fed Cut Bets: Markets Wrap – Bloomberg.com

Asian Stocks to Gain as US CPI Fuels Fed Cut Bets: Markets Wrap  Bloomberg.com Stock market today: S&P 500 closes above 6,400 for first time as rate cut bets jump after CPI inflation report  Yahoo Finance US stocks rally to records on hopes for cuts to interest rates  6abc Philadelphia Stock Market News From Aug. 12, 2025: S&P 500, Nasdaq Hit Closing Highs  Barron’s …

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Trump’s pick for the Fed ‘fuels an existential threat’ as central bank independence is targeted, JPMorgan says

Trump’s pick for the Fed ‘fuels an existential threat’ as central bank independence is targeted, JPMorgan says

The Federal Reserve could be getting more than another dovish vote with the appointment of Stephen Miran as governor. It could signal an intention to amend the Federal Reserve Act and diminish policymakers’ independence, according to analysts at JPMorgan. On Thursday, President Donald Trump named Miran, the chair of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, to fill a vacancy …

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