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Caterpillar's Parabolic Rise Continues As AI Boom Supercharges Generator Sales Hyperscalers are deploying as much as $725 billion in capital expenditures this year, primarily on AI data center buildouts, and it comes as no surprise that Caterpillar posted solid first-quarter earnings, as surging on-site power demand has created a boom for the company's power-generation business. CAT is one of the world's biggest makers of machines used to build, mine, dig, haul, and power industrial sites. But what has investors focused on in recent quarters is its energy and power unit, which...

China Panics, Urges Ceasefire To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz As Beijing Is Addicted To Cheap Iranian Crude Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at Tuesday's regular press briefing in Beijing that all parties in the Iran conflict must ensure the safe transit of commercial shipping through the critical maritime energy chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz. "China urges all parties to immediately cease military operations, avoid escalating tensions, and safeguard the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz," spokeswoman Ning said. We've briefed readers that China is heavily exposed to...

Vance Tops CPAC Straw Poll For 2028 GOP Presidential Nominee Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Vice President JD Vance is the leading candidate to take the Republican nomination for president in 2028, according to a straw poll taken at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on March 28. Vice President JD Vance waves as he departs Air Force Two at Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport in Elm City, N.C., on March 13, 2026. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images Vance received 53 percent of the support of the people who attended the...