The Gold Bull Market Just Got Real! | Alexandra Woodyer-Sherron – Empress Royalty
Alexandra Woodyer-Sherron, CEO of Empress Royalty Corp. (TSXV: EMPR), shares her perspective on current gold sentiment and dives into how their revenue-generating assets are performing. She makes the case for why she thinks Empress is significantly undervalued given where the gold market is heading. You’ll get her take on how royalty companies are positioned in […]
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Agent, AI System That Can Control Computers
OpenAI on Thursday launched ChatGPT Agent, an AI system that can autonomously control computers, browse websites, and complete complex tasks like creating presentations or booking travel without human intervention. The system, available to paying ChatGPT subscribers, runs on its own virtual computer and can navigate websites, execute code, and access external data sources like Google […]
Canada Reopens Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program
Canada will begin sending invitations July 28 to nearly 18,000 people seeking to sponsor their parents and grandparents for permanent residency, immigration officials announced. The invitations will go to individuals who submitted interest-to-sponsor forms in 2020 under the federal Parents and Grandparents Program. The immigration agency said it plans to accept a maximum of 10,000 […]
Neuralink Reportedly Files As ‘Disadvantaged’ To Tap Federal Subsidy While Musk Led DOGE
Neuralink’s recent April filing on SAM.gov describes the brain implant startup as “a small disadvantaged business concern” as defined in the code of federal regulations, a puzzling move given that the firm is owned by one of America’s top billionaires, Elon Musk. The self-certification unlocks preferential treatment in the US$50-billion program for minority and low-income […]
Bitcoin Breaches $120K As Trump Orders Opening 401k Market To Crypto And Gold
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week that lets professionally managed 401(k) and IRA plans hold cryptocurrencies and gold, following a news that the market is being opened to private equity and other alternatives. The measure targets the roughly US$9 trillion American contribution pool. “President Trump is committed to restoring […]
‘Please Form A Line On My Left’: Nine Firms Lobbying PM’s Office Spark Conflict of Interest Concerns
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s relatively new government is facing a steady queue of corporate supplicants—many allegedly tied directly to his own investment history. Since he took office, nine companies in which he once held disclosed stakes have registered lobbying contacts with his office. The Conflict of Interest Commissioner released a list Friday of 567 entities […]
US Announces Major Tariff Hike on Chinese Graphite in Battery Trade War
US officials unveiled 93.5% import duties on Chinese graphite Thursday, escalating tensions over electric vehicle supply chains just 48 hours after Beijing imposed restrictions on battery technology exports. The Commerce Department’s anti-dumping decision affects approximately 180,000 metric tons of annual graphite shipments from China, which account for nearly two-thirds of US consumption of the critical […]
Microsoft Uses Chinese Engineers to Maintain Pentagon Systems, Investigation Finds
A decade-long Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) program that employs Chinese engineers to maintain Pentagon computer systems has created potential security vulnerabilities in some of the nation’s most sensitive networks, according to a ProPublica investigation published Tuesday. The program uses American citizens holding security clearances as “digital escorts” to supervise Chinese workers, though ProPublica found these overseers […]
Meta Settles US$8B Delaware Privacy Suit Related To Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) and a class of stockholders reached a surprise settlement to end a Delaware trial over the company’s long-running privacy lapses. Lawyers of the tech firm informed the plaintiff of the deal as day two of an eight-day proceeding began. Terms were not disclosed and will still need court approval. The complaint […]
Citigroup Raises Silver Target to $40 as Trade War Boosts Precious Metals
Citigroup predicts silver will reach $40 per ounce in the next three months, citing supply constraints and increased investor interest amid ongoing trade disputes. The bank boosted its three-month silver outlook to $40 from $38 and increased its longer-term forecast to $43, according to analysts led by Max Layton. Silver rose to $37.96 per ounce, […]