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China-Linked Socialist NGO Derailed $23.6 Billion In Data Center Buildouts: Report
China-Linked Socialist NGO Derailed $23.6 Billion In Data Center Buildouts: Report
Our note on Thursday titled "World's Largest Data Center Project On Verge Of Collapse After Blackstone Unexpectedly Pulls Out" detailed Blackstone dialing back its presence from Northern Virginia's data-center alley, raising questions about whether the AI infrastructure buildout, colliding with local resistance movements, has begun to hit hard limits.
Just days after agreeing to sell stakes in three Virginia data centers to Digital Realty Trust for $3.5 billion, Blackstone's QTS Realty Trust is reportedly abandoning plans for its portion of...
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Aug 6, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Federal Review Finds 90% Of Maine's Autism Support Services Lacks Justification
Federal Review Finds 90% Of Maine's Autism Support Services Lacks Justification
Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz revealed Tuesday that federal investigators have found widespread irregularities in Maine’s support services for adults with autism.
Speaking Tuesday during a Department of Justice anti-fraud press conference in Philadelphia, Oz said investigators have found that 90 percent of autism services provided by the blue state lacked justification.
“Yesterday I was in Maine,” Oz said. “We’re investigating home support services, just like you’re seeing here,...
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May 9, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Wall Street Keeps Testing AI Traders, But Most Are Still Underperforming
Wall Street Keeps Testing AI Traders, But Most Are Still Underperforming
Recent trading competitions suggest large language models are still unreliable portfolio managers, according to Bloomberg.
Tests involving models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI have often delivered underwhelming results: many lost money, traded excessively, and made erratic decisions despite receiving identical prompts. In several cases, models appeared unable to stick to coherent strategies for more than a few trading sessions.
Bloomberg writes that one of the clearest examples came from Alpha Arena, a competition created by startup Nof1. Eight models were...
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Apr 21, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Wheat Spread Blows Out As Drought Chaos Plagues America's Breadbasket
Wheat Spread Blows Out As Drought Chaos Plagues America's Breadbasket
Hard red winter wheat (HRW) futures widened to their largest premium over soft red wheat (SRW) in more than two years as severe drought intensified across key breadbasket regions in the Great Plains and Midwest. This means traders are pricing in weather impacts and tightening expectations for higher-protein wheat supplies.
It is important to note that HRW is a more valuable protein and is primarily used in bread, rolls, and all-purpose flour. It is grown in the U.S. Plains (Kansas, Oklahoma,...
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