Iranian Gunboats Open Fire On Tanker As Hormuz Closure Sparks Maritime Chaos

Scores of people, including a number of women and children, have been killed over the course of the weekend in southern Lebanon, as Israeli strikes continue to escalate across the region, and numbers from the Lebanese Health Ministry show the overall death toll of the war continuing to spiral, despite reports continuing to present the […]

BP Shares Plunge After Chairman Abruptly Removed Over Serious Governance Concerns Shares of BP PLC, formerly British Petroleum, dropped in London trading after the oil and gas major said its board had removed Chairman Albert Manifold with immediate effect over "serious concerns" tied to "important governance standards, oversight, and conduct." The abrupt ouster adds yet another layer of instability to BP's turnaround effort; more importantly, it raises serious questions about exactly what prompted the board to give Manifold the boot. "The board has been surprised and disappointed to learn of governance oversight...

IBM Announces Five-Year, $10BN Quantum Investment IBM is set to invest more than $10 billion in quantum computing over the next five years. According to the company, the investment will cover R&D, capex, manufacturing scaling, ecosystem partnerships, and M&A; areas that IBM says will help accelerate its quantum roadmap beyond 2029, when it expects to deliver the world's first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer. The announcement comes two weeks after the US government signed letters of intent with nine quantum computing companies, including IBM. That agreement will see IBM receive $1bn from the Department of...