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US Military Forced To Let Some Iranian Projectiles Through Its Defenses: NBC Some US lawmakers have begun to complain that American troops stationed in the Middle East have become sitting ducks and are in a highly dangerous situation with Iranian ballistic missiles increasingly reaching their marks. This is especially in the wake of the four US troop deaths earlier this month. The Iranian attacks particularly on US bases in Jordan have been especially fierce of late. Also there are ongoing concerns of dwindling anti-air defense missiles in the Gulf and the...

Chevron Warns California Facing Historic Fuel Crisis As Diesel Hits Record $7 The world's biggest energy execs are currently at the annual CERAWeek conclave in Houston where, understandably, they are dropping bulletin bombs reeking of fire and brimstone, and warning the already critical oil/gas situation will only get worse if the pre-war status quo isn't restored (which incidentally will be great for their bottom lines... until the world is tipped into a recession). Take US oil giant Chevron, which warned that California is careening toward an energy crisis because of the...

Nvidia Unchanged Despite Big Earnings Beat And Solid Guidance As we discussed extensively in our preview, besides the Q1 revenue and guidance ($82BN+ and $90BN whisper respectively), Wall Street was expecting to get more color on the following topics during today's call and Q&A: Potential for increased shareholder cash returns, Vera Rubin ramp timing (2H 26E), Gross margin durability (~75% amidst continued memory/other cost inflation), Update to the $1 Trillion 25-27 forecast, esp. contribution from LPU racks, CPU and Vera Rubin Ultra, not included before Potential upside from agentic AI to the server CPU...