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AirTrunk plans A$43 billion Japan data-centre expansion amid AI surge — 2dAirTrunk plans to invest up to A$43 billion (about US$30 billion) in Japan over five years, more than doubling its data-center capacity to over 1 gigawatt as demand for AI and cloud computing grows. An additional US$1 billion investment at its Inzai campus will support liquid cooling and high-density AI workloads.

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Firms plan industrial gas plants in Australia, MalaysiaBusiness — 2dAir Liquide plans a new air separation unit in New South Wales, Australia, expected to start operating in 2028 and expand local supplies of oxygen and nitrogen. Separately, Air Products will build and operate an LNG-based unit in Johor, Malaysia, targeting startup in early 2027; it will supply industrial gases to regional manufacturers while using LNG cold energy to improve efficiency and reduce emissions.

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IMF Warns $13 Trillion Hedge Funds Amplify Risks — 3dThe IMF warned that hedge funds’ rapid growth to roughly $13 trillion, heavy leverage and increasingly crowded trades could amplify market stress and spread instability through the financial system. While the funds can support liquidity and efficiency in normal conditions, forced selling and synchronized deleveraging during turmoil may deepen losses; the IMF urged stronger monitoring and better data.

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Novacyt H1 Loss Narrows, Revenue Rises 18% — Sep 30, 2026Novacyt’s liquidity manager bought 44,200 shares and sold 44,422 in September, leaving 65,577 shares in treasury; the company has 72.6 million ordinary shares outstanding. For the first half of 2026, revenue rose 18% to £11.56 million and its net loss narrowed to £5.79 million from £6.34 million a year earlier.

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Derek Foss The liquidity manager trading nearly the same number of shares in and out feels pointless.

Supermicro begins shipping liquid-cooled NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 racks — Sep 23, 2026Supermicro on Sept. 23, 2026 began shipping NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 racks; one Scalable Unit holds 1,152 Rubin GPUs and 331 TB of HBM4.

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Maya Lindstrom One rack packing 1152 Rubin GPUs and that much HBM4 will make big AI clusters way more practical.

Most Influential Women in World HistoryYourlist — RankingFrom ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.

US backs year-long wind-down of Somalia peacekeeping support — Sep 18, 2026US note: willing to support a 12-month drawdown followed immediately by liquidation of the $500M UNSOS office, starting January 2027.

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Tom Gallagher This delay helps keep some stability but it shows how dependent the whole effort is on US money and that can't be the long-term solution.

Robinhood Plans Round-the-Clock Weekend Stock TradingFinance — Sep 27, 2026Robinhood plans to let customers trade selected U.S. stocks and ETFs around the clock on weekends, pending regulatory review, while adding AI trading agents, perpetual futures and earnings-related contracts. The expansion targets active traders amid a broader push for longer trading hours, though thinner liquidity outside regular sessions could mean less favorable prices.

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Uganda Central Bank Raises Reserves, Shilling SlidesFinance — Sep 17, 2026Uganda’s central bank raised the cash reserve ratio from 11% to 13.5% effective Sept. 24 to tighten liquidity as the shilling weakens, with the currency trading around 3,925 per dollar. The move aims to strengthen monetary policy transmission and price stability amid external tensions and higher dollar demand from manufacturers and energy firms.

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Federal Data Flags 500 Colleges’ Loan Nonpayment — Sep 16, 2026Federal data show about 500 colleges where at least 40% of recent loan borrowers aren’t repaying, a pattern concentrated in for-profit schools amid calls for greater accountability and potential revenue cuts for underperformers. At the same time, the nonprofit sector is expanding its role by providing substantial liquidity, grants, and free access programs to stabilize higher-ed financing, highlighting a debate over value and oversight in the for-profit sector.

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Investor Deadlines Near in Hertz, Hyliion, UWM Lawsuits — Sep 17, 2026Several law firms announced securities class actions against Hertz Global Holding, UWM Holdings, and Hyliion Holdings, alleging that the companies issued false or misleading statements about liquidity, hedging practices, or strategic partnerships, with deadlines for lead plaintiff filings spanning from September to October 2026. The notices urge eligible investors to join the suits and seek possible recoveries under federal securities laws, with firms highlighting their track records and contingency-based fee arrangements.

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Blackstone Explores Secondary Sale for $11B FundBusiness — Sep 17, 2026Blackstone is pursuing a secondary sale for shares in its Blackstone Property Partners US fund, about $11 billion in net asset value, with the firm taking a more active role to coordinate buyers and sellers to provide liquidity without asset sales. The move follows years of depressed returns and redemption pressure across open-ended real estate funds, with BPP cutting management fees by 30% for some investors and a broader shift toward data-center-heavy holdings as it stabilizes returns.

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Quentin Tarantino vs Martin ScorseseYourlist — VS BattleThe video store savant versus the film-school don — two visions of American violence, guilt, and cool.

KRX Plans 8 p.m. Trading for Most Stocks — Sep 13, 2026KRX will extend trading hours to 8 PM for most Kospi and Kosdaq stocks, expanding the universe to roughly 2,400 issues and aiming to attract foreign and global investors as part of a push toward a 24-hour market. The move follows Nextrade's post-close trading, broadens competition, and seeks to improve liquidity and price efficiency amid growing AI-driven market interest.

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Jared Kim Retail traders like me won't gain much if the hours just favor institutions chasing AI-driven trades late into the night.

BCB Bancorp prices $85.25M stock offering ahead of expected Q3 lossFinance — Sep 16, 2026BCB Bancorp launched an underwritten public offering of 11 million shares for about $85.25 million, with a 30-day option to sell additional shares, to bolster liquidity and capital while supporting the bank’s plan to dispose of identified problem loans; closing is expected around September 18, 2026. Simultaneously, the bank is marketing roughly $210 million of problem loans along with weaker CRE and cannabis-related loans for sale, with projected quarterly losses and tax-related valuation impacts as it works to restore balance sheet strength and profitability.

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Nicole Hardy Raising capital ahead of the Q3 loss and tax hits looks like a proactive move to stabilize things and return to profitability.

JPMorgan Ends Lending After AI Fund Loses 67% — Sep 11, 2026JPMorgan ended its lending relationship with Situational Awareness, the AI-focused hedge fund founded by Leopold Aschenbrenner, after the fund suffered a 67% drop in July and faced a margin call that led to liquidating much of its public equity; other major banks remain lenders, illustrating a cautious stance by prime brokers toward highly leveraged AI-related bets. The move follows the fund’s heavy exposure to AI and semiconductor equities and underscores the risks of borrowed funding in concentrated, technology-focused strategies.

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Class-Action Lawsuit Alleges AST SpaceMobile Misrepresented Capital Needs and Competition — Sep 15, 2026Multiple securities class actions have been filed against AST SpaceMobile alleging false and misleading statements about its capital needs, debt load, liquidity, and competitive position, including claims tied to the EchoStar transaction; investors who purchased ASTS securities during the specified period may pursue recovery, with lead-plaintiff deadlines and no out-of-pocket costs to participate. The actions are being led by Rosen Law Firm, Levi & Korsinsky, and Robbins Geller as they seek to represent shareholders affected by the alleged fraud between March 4, 2025 and July 15, 2026.

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The grammar gatekeeper testQuizie — QuizTwelve spelling and grammar traps that catch almost everyone. Pass, and the AI knights you. Fail, and it's gentle about it. Mostly.

Positron AI Raises $875M at $5B Valuation — Sep 10, 2026Positron AI raised $875 million in a two‑tranche Series C that values the company at $5 billion and will fund the tapeout of its Asimov memory‑first chip and the production ramp of Titan, as well as expanding manufacturing for its Atlas system deployed at Oracle Cloud. The round, co-led by NEA, Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, Andra Capital, SemiAnalysis Capital, and Jim Clark, will also add new board members and accelerate LPDDR5X‑based memory bandwidth‑focused inference hardware designed for air‑ and liquid‑cooled data centers.

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Maya Lindstrom Jim Clark backing the Atlas ramp at Oracle makes sense given his hardware history, though scaling Titan production will still face stiff competition.

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and SmugglersGood News — FROM 1943Jewish fighters and food runners resist liquidation