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The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company logo is visible in the background next to the printed circuit board. Sopa Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Thursday reported a 58% increase in first-quarter profit, beating expectations and setting a new record as demand for artificial intelligence chips remained strong.Below is a comparison of the company’s results with LSEG SmartEstimates, which emphasizes more consistently accurate analyst forecasts.Revenue: NT$1,134 billion ($35 billion) vs. NT$1,127 billion expected Net profit: NT$572.48 billion (NT$543.32 billion) TSMC’s net profit for the three months ended March was NT$572.48 billion, marking the fourth consecutive quarter…

Traders at work at the New York Stock Exchange on February 18, 2026. new york stock exchangeU.S. Treasury yields rose on Wednesday as investors monitored signals from the White House that talks to resolve the Middle East conflict would resume this week. yield of 10 years US Treasury The note, a key measure of government borrowing, rose more than 2 basis points to 4.279%.of 2 year Treasury bill The yield, which is more sensitive to the Fed’s short-term interest rate decisions, rose 1 basis point to 3.761%. longer date 30 year government bond The yield rose more than 2 basis…

The United States and Iran are moving toward a deal to end the war after marathon negotiations between the two countries ended in Islamabad over the weekend without a resolution. Signs of willingness have surfaced in the past 12 hours, with the Trump administration expressing optimism about the prospects for a deal with Iran and Iran’s foreign minister reaffirming Iran’s commitment to promoting peace. If you’re just joining us, check out the latest developments below. Thursday talks: Iranian officials and Pakistan’s military commander Asim Munir are scheduled to meet in Tehran today to discuss recent communications between Iran and the…

Allison Mack’s husband revealed to be former neo-Nazi Frank MeenkTwo years after Alison was released from prison, Alison married the man Natalie identified. frank meinkThe self-proclaimed former neo-Nazi and white supremacist gang member joined Natalie on the podcast in episode seven. Former NXIVM member met Frank and shared his autobiography Autobiography of a recovering skinhead He went to prison in February 2024 at the age of 17 for kidnapping one man and nearly killing another at a Los Angeles dog park, and the two reportedly hit it off over a shared interest in prison reform. “He said, ‘Oh, I’m a…

The U.S. Capitol Building is hit by a storm on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Washington, DC.Graham Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFunding from AI groups is becoming a flashpoint for the 2026 midterm elections, as major political action committees launched in 2025 with the backing of AI companies have announced their latest fundraising numbers. Super PAC Leading the Future announced Wednesday that it raised $15 million across its organizations in the first quarter of 2026, bringing the group’s total revenue for the 2026 election season to $140 million. The group’s backers include venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI co-founder…

Gizmo, an AI-powered learning platform that transforms student notes into interactive learning materials, has attracted more than 13 million users in more than 120 countries since its launch in 2021. This is a significant increase from the last time TechCrunch covered the platform in 2023, when it had more than 300,000 users. And as user adoption increases, investor interest is following suit. The company recently secured $22 million in Series A funding, according to an announcement Tuesday. The funding will go toward expanding Gizmo’s engineering and AI teams and expanding its presence in the U.S. university market. The company, which…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that investors are witnessing a sharp and disorienting market rotation, with yesterday’s winners suddenly falling out of favor while long-suffering stocks are coming back to life.of S&P500 Wednesday’s closing price was a new all-time high, underscoring the strength of the market. But under this headline move, some of Wall Street’s most popular groups (including industrials) came under pressure, while previously lagging stocks in areas such as software rose dramatically.Rotation is “difficult” to operate, the “Mad Money” host said. “I don’t know why stock prices are going up at this time of year.” “They can be…

meghan trainor Let me bring it back to the recent drama. 3 months later ashley tisdale Detailing her decision to leave the “toxic” celebrity mom group in a personal essay, the “All About That Base” singer shared insight about their group. private conversation In the aftermath. ‘I emailed everyone’: Duchess Meghan shares friendship with Ashley and fellow mothers Hilary Duff and mandy moore It was documented online. our weekly magazine “Ashley sent me an email saying, ‘Sorry, your name got mixed up,'” he said in an interview published on April 15. She added, “I was like, ‘It’s okay, girl.'”. TThe…

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a Victory Day reception to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025. Mikhail Metzel | via ReutersAs Middle East wars heighten geopolitical divisions and threaten global supplies of primary goods, Russia has offered to help China with potential energy shortages.”Russia can certainly fill the resource gap that has arisen between China and other countries interested in cooperating with us on an equal and mutually beneficial basis,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said…

LinkedIn’s Blake Lowitt, the Microsoft-owned professional networking site’s chief international affairs and legal officer, acknowledged in an interview this week at the Semaphore Global Economic Summit that his company’s data shows employment will be down about 20% starting in 2022. But he pushed back against the idea that AI was to blame. “LinkedIn…has an economic graph with over 1 billion members. There are companies, jobs, skills. It’s an amazing real-time view of what’s going on in the labor market. And we’ve looked, because everyone wants to know the answer to this question: Is AI impacting employment right now? We’ve looked,…