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While insurance coverage has broadly kept pace with rising catastrophe exposure, the protection gap — in absolute terms — has gone up as the value of exposed assets has grown, the Swiss Re Institute said on Wednesday. Source link

Form and feeling set modern morality to music. Source link

The Guardians lost 2-1 yesterday but should feel good about a series win against the Yankees headed into Texas to face the Rangers.I enjoyed the annual round on Twitter of “Every team wants relief pitching but no one wants to pay the price for it” posts from baseball insiders. And every year, tons of relief pitchers get traded, anyway.FanGraphs’ Corbin Young offered some nice analysis of Gavin Williams here.AROUND MLB:Royals beat the Twins Source link

Investors may struggle to make sense of the market. While stock categories such as artificial intelligence (AI) are booming, consumer stocks have become increasingly stagnant. The good news is that such trends rarely persist, and amid the AI focus, investors are likely overlooking some bargains in the consumer sector. Thus, if one has $1,000 to invest, they may want to consider buying three absurdly cheap consumer stocks. Image source: Getty Images. 1. Chewy As companies emerged from the pandemic, one-time highfliers like Chewy (CHWY 1.05%) seemed to have become forgotten. During the pandemic, it stood out for its low prices…

Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, is planning to take the stage on Saturday in front of tens of thousands of people in the Netherlands, despite efforts from Jewish groups and Dutch lawmakers to prevent the show from happening.Other European countries have rejected Ye’s comeback tour, after the rapper faced global backlash for antisemitic comments and a song called “Heil Hitler.” But in the Netherlands, where the authorities have pledged to combat rising antisemitism, an equally strong aversion to censorship has allowed for Ye’s two planned concerts to go ahead this month.Experts say there is no legal basis…

With AUM totals hitting a record high, RIA owners eyeing an exit sale now have more leverage to demand higher prices from acquirers.Processing ContentAnd valuation experts say many are likely to get what they want, even if buyers know much of RIAs’ recent asset gains derive from a years-long bull run in equity markets. With stock indexes hitting record highs in recent weeks, new research shows RIA asset accumulation is continuing at a breakneck pace.In its annual “industry snapshot” released Wednesday, the Investment Adviser Association reported that assets managed by investment advisors registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission rose…

Two federal employees have been arrested by the FBI for allegedly conspiring to smuggle monkeypox into the United States. Vincent Munster, 53, a citizen of the Netherlands and chief of the Virus Ecology Section in the Laboratory of Virology at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton, Montana, and Claude Kwe, 38, a citizen of Cameroon and a research fellow in Munster’s section, were charged in a federal criminal complaint with conspiracy to smuggle monkeypox into the United States. The two are also facing charges for making false statements to federal investigators. Both individuals work in a…

The 2026 Stanley Cup Final matchup has been set. The Carolina Hurricanes capped off their domination of the Montreal Canadiens in the Eastern Conference Final, and they meet the Vegas Golden Knights with the Cup on the line.Facing a 2-0 deficit on home ice, the Hurricanes pulled off a miraculous comeback in Game 2 to even the series on Thursday night. Carolina was down 2-0 midway through the third period when they stormed back to take a 3-2 lead. After a late goal from Golden Knights captain Mark Stone tied the score, Seth Jarvis notched the overtime winner with a power…

Conference Call Participants James Wood – TD Cowen, Research DivisionAleksandr Zukin – Wolfe Research, LLCChristopher Quintero – Morgan Stanley, Research DivisionMichael Turrin – Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research DivisionJames Fish – Piper Sandler & Co., Research DivisionMatthew Hedberg – RBC Capital Markets, Research DivisionMatthew Bullock – BofA Securities, Research DivisionS. Kirk Materne – Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research DivisionJason Celino – KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Research DivisionDaniel Jester – BMO Capital Markets Equity ResearchMatthew Martino – Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research DivisionMark Schappel – Loop Capital Markets LLC, Research DivisionAndrew DeGasperi – BNP Paribas, Research DivisionAlexander Sklar – Raymond James…

Republican leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are asking the Trump administration and the FBI to brief lawmakers on what they describe as evidence of foreign influence campaigns aimed at slowing U.S. artificial intelligence development and the construction of data centers needed to support the technology. In a letter sent Thursday to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology co-chairs David Sacks and Michael Kratsios — as well as FBI Director Kash Patel — committee Chair Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., and other panel leaders cited reports alleging that foreign actors, including entities linked to China, are working to shape public opinion and…