Posts by Amelia Frost
Tesla Deliveries Top Wall Street’s Forecast. Its Stock is Jumping.
Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in the third quarter of 2026, beating Wall Street expectations as the electric vehicle maker showed a sharp improvement from earlier this year despite intensifying global competition. The Elon Musk-led company said Thursday that it produced 464,391 vehicles during the quarter, meaning deliveries exceeded production by more than 22,000 vehicles. Tesla…
Read MorePilot Recounts Cockpit Knife Attack In Flydubai Flight. Trump Promises Reprisals If Iran Was Involved.
The Flydubai captain whose co-pilot attacked him during a flight to Israel recounted the horror he faced during the incident. Smit Machchhar said that as the co-pilot attacked and stabbed him, he realized that he had to keep fighting or everyone aboard the plane would die. “In that moment, I was fighting for my life,”…
Read MoreAnthropic Says Government Tensions Could Hurt Its Business. The Warning Goes Beyond Federal Contracts.
Anthropic is warning prospective investors that deteriorating relations with governments could affect far more than its relatively small public-sector business, potentially damaging relationships with commercial customers, partners, employees and investors as the artificial intelligence company prepares to go public. The warning appears in Anthropic’s IPO prospectus reviewed by Reuters, which has not yet been made…
Read MoreThe U.S. Is Targeting Tehran’s Remaining Financial Lifelines With New Sanctions
The Trump administration expanded its economic campaign against Iran, imposing new sanctions on the country’s automotive and rail industries while targeting foreign companies accused of helping Tehran sustain its industrial base and evade U.S. restrictions. The Treasury Department said the measures are part of “Operation Economic Outcast,” an intensified sanctions campaign launched in August to…
Read MoreThe Jobs Report Was Much Weaker Than Expected. Odds Of a Fed Hike Decreased Further.
Odds of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve decreased further on Friday after the jobs report was much weaker than expected. Chances that the central bank will keep rates unchanged have climbed to 86.2%, compared to 75.6% on Thursday, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch tool. They stood at 64.2% on Wednesday. Private payrolls…
Read MoreSoaring Energy Prices Keep Pushing European Inflation. It Just Now Reached a Three-Year High.
Eurozone inflation kept climbing in September, fueled by soaring energy prices. The rate clocked in at 3.8% last month, a three-year high and above expectations. The figure is also up 0.6 percentage points from August, and core inflation stood at 2.5%, in line with expectations. Energy led the increase, standing at 18.8%, compared with 14.3%…
Read MoreU.S. Job Growth Is Expected To Slow In September. Unemployment Is Forecast To Hold At 4.1%
U.S. hiring is expected to have slowed in September after a stronger-than-expected increase a month earlier, with Friday’s employment report set to provide the latest reading on a labor market that has shown relatively low layoffs but restrained hiring. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is scheduled to release the September employment report at 8:30 a.m.…
Read MoreTrump is Now Less Popular Than Biden On The Economy, a New Poll Shows
President Trump’s approval rating on the economy is 26 percent. Americans do not think President Donald Trump is doing a good job of managing the economy, and his approval numbers are now worse than former President Joe Biden’s on the issue, a new survey showed. An Associated Press-NORC poll had just 26 percent of Americans…
Read MoreA New Education Model Emerges as AI Rewrites Learning
Education is facing a curious convergence. International measures of student performance have weakened in several areas as generative AI becomes increasingly accessible to young people. The OECD’s PISA 2025 Results report that average OECD mathematics scores fell 22 points between 2015 and 2025, while reading fell 28 points. The findings suggest that the challenge surrounding…
Read MoreMost Tech Leaders Have Canceled an AI Project Over Legacy System Limits, Research Shows
In corporate America, the push for AI-driven initiatives is not matching the technical reality: legacy code limitations. According to research from GFT Technologies, an AI-centric digital transformation company, 84% of CIOs and CTOs globally say that limitations in their legacy systems have caused their organization to cancel an AI pilot. The 2026 ‘The Future of…
Read MoreMortgage Rates Soar to 7.28%, Increasing for Their Sixth Consecutive Week
Mortgage rates climbed sharply again this week, pushing borrowing costs to their highest level in nearly three years and adding another hurdle for Americans trying to purchase a home. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 7.28%, up from 7.03% a week earlier, according to Freddie Mac data released Thursday. Rates have…
Read MoreScareScore Launches Biometric Platform That Turns Audience Fear Into a Score
Whether the heading may be pleasing to read or not, the horror genre seems to be having another monster year (no pun intended). To this point, domestic horror ticket sales have reached about $1.166 billion (as of Q3 2026), topping all of 2017’s tally. Moreover, the National Retail Federation (NRF) also expects Halloween spending to…
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