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Oracle Kills $7BN Tencent AI Chip Deal Under Trump Pressure
Oracle Kills $7BN Tencent AI Chip Deal Under Trump Pressure
Trump administration officials went to Oracle with concerns about its chip leasing contract with Tencent, and the deal has since been cancelled, two people familiar with the matter told the Financial Times.The five-year lease, worth an estimated $7 billion, would have given the Chinese tech giant access to as many as 100,000 advanced AI chips across a string of Oracle data centers in Southeast Asia, chips it can't use at home because of curbs from both Washington and Beijing. It...
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May 5, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Ferrari Skids As Wartime Disruptions Hit Deliveries
Ferrari Skids As Wartime Disruptions Hit Deliveries
Ferrari shares fell as much as 3% in Milan after first-quarter results showed stronger-than-expected profit and cash flow, but the beat was overshadowed by a plunge in deliveries in the Middle East, as the U.S.-Iran conflict disrupted shipments to one of the luxury automaker's key markets.
Ferrari's first-quarter results were broadly ahead of expectations on profit, revenue, and cash flow, but deliveries across EMEA, which includes Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, were the clear outlier.
Regional shipments fell to 1,458 units, down 14% year...
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Mar 7, 2026 / Tyler Durden
US Intelligence Community Assessed That Massive US Attack 'Unlikely' To Oust Iranian Regime: WaPo
US Intelligence Community Assessed That Massive US Attack 'Unlikely' To Oust Iranian Regime: WaPo
Even a massive military assault on Iran is unlikely to topple the Islamic Republic of Iran and its state system, according to a classified assessment produced by the US intelligence community shortly before the US and Israel launched their current 'shock and awe-style' military campaign on Tehran. The Washington Post first reported it, perhaps based on some kind of leak or briefing by an anonymous intelligence official, and calls it—
a sobering assessment as the Trump administration...
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Feb 15, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Pentagon Gaming Out "Sustained, Weeks-Long Military Campaign" Against Iran Which Could Open Pandora's Box
Pentagon Gaming Out "Sustained, Weeks-Long Military Campaign" Against Iran Which Could Open Pandora's Box
The Pentagon is preparing for a "sustained, weeks-long military campaign" against Iran if President Trump gives the green light, according to fresh reporting in Reuters which cites two US officials.
The scenario under review envisions a far broader conflict than last June's 12-day war, when the US and Israel launched strikes on the Islamic Republic. But some who better remember the recent Iraq and Afghan wars say it won't just be "weeks" - but any major Iran...
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