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D-Wave Quantum (NasdaqGS: QBTS) has appointed Bernard Gavgani as an independent director and a member of its Cybersecurity Committee, the company announced. Gavgani previously held senior technology and operations roles at BNP Paribas, giving him deep experience in enterprise IT management and risk oversight. His addition to the board signals a deliberate push by D-Wave…
Whether a non-working spouse is entitled to a share of retirement savings is one of the most common and contentious questions in American divorce law. The answer depends heavily on which state the couple lives in, as marital property laws vary significantly across the country. In community property states, assets accumulated during a marriage are…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Thursday evening that she has appointed state Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in a high-profile sexual assault case. The case centers on a former Cornell University student who alleges she was raped at a Chi Phi fraternity house near the Ivy League campus in October 2024. Hochul…
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (ASTS) closed Thursday’s trading session at $57.04, falling 3.09% from the previous day’s close as broader markets pushed higher. The decline stood in sharp contrast to the S&P 500, which posted a daily gain of 0.2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.04%. The technology-centric Nasdaq also managed a gain…
Raytheon, a business unit of RTX (NYSE: RTX), has been awarded a contract worth up to $24.4 billion to produce Standard Missile-6 interceptors for the U.S. Navy. The deal spans five years with two additional option years, making it one of the largest munitions contracts awarded to a single defense contractor in recent memory. The…
Buyers have stepped back into the Treasury market, pushing bond yields lower after a period of elevated pressure on fixed-income securities. The retreat in yields signals renewed demand for government debt, offering some relief to investors who have been navigating a volatile interest rate environment in recent months. Treasury yields and bond prices move in…
John Healey has summoned the bosses of Britain’s biggest banks to a pre-budget meeting amid intense industry fears of an imminent tax raid. Sky News reported that chief executives from Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), and NatWest Group have been asked to attend a meeting with the chancellor next Tuesday. The bosses of Santander…
D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) has launched a gate-model quantum computing simulator beta program, marking a significant milestone in the company’s gate-model development roadmap. The Palo Alto-based company describes itself as the only dual-platform quantum computing provider offering both annealing and gate-model systems, software, and services to commercial and research customers. The beta program gives…
Goldman Sachs has added five companies to its Director’s Cut Conviction List as part of its latest update, signaling strong confidence in each addition’s market potential. The five newly added stocks are Amazon (AMZN), Burlington Stores (BURL), Huntington Ingalls (HII), Johnson Controls (JCI), and Occidental Petroleum (OXY), spanning a broad range of sectors. At the…
In a sharp and combative exchange, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton faced off in a CNN debate Wednesday over the state’s gubernatorial seat. The debate, the first and only scheduled before ballots go out to California voters, covered immigration, the economy, and healthcare over the course of one hour. Hilton, a…