Ives Ultra AI Opportunities priced 20 million shares at $10 each and plans to invest primarily in private late-stage AI companies, with a first-year tender policy built into the fund’s launch structure.

Seasonally adjusted unemployment increased by 12,000 in September even as the unadjusted total fell below 3 million, with hiring demand and employment indicators remaining subdued.

France’s annual consumer inflation accelerated from 2.4% in August, with energy prices up 21.2% and fresh food up 9.9%, according to INSEE’s provisional estimate.

The Federal Reserve will average two years of stress-test results when setting large banks’ stress capital buffers, a change it says should sharply reduce year-to-year swings without materially changing aggregate capital requirements.

Australia’s annual CPI rebounded from 3.5% in July as fuel and housing costs rose, while trimmed-mean inflation held at 3.6% a day after the RBA lifted rates.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 7.079 million job openings in August, with hires at 5.192 million, quits at 3.1 million and layoffs and discharges at 1.6 million.

Uranium Energy produced 82,744 pounds in its fiscal fourth quarter as its Wyoming operations scaled and Burke Hollow completed its first full production quarter.

The Conference Board’s index fell 6.7 points in September as assessments of business conditions, the labor market and household finances weakened.

Australia’s central bank delivered its fourth rate increase of 2026 after saying stronger inflation outcomes, higher energy costs and domestic capacity pressures warranted further tightening.

FINMA also requires prior approval for shareholder distributions and will confiscate about CHF 10 million in profits tied to Russian PEP client groups.