What's in AI's next chapter?

A few Big Tech firms are slated to explain their quarterly earnings later this week. AI will, of course, be the protagonist of these earnings calls. Investors are hoping for some positive character development, or at least a spoiler for any plot twists. In this episode, the next installment of the AI narrative. Plus: Central banks prepare for interest rate setting, Treasury rates rise with heightened risk, and the Energy Department adds helium to its critical materials list — again.

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Read the stories in today’s episode:

• AI is the main character in Big Tech's earnings stories
• Will the world's central banks rase interest rates this week?
• At the Belcourt Theatre, you can see everything (including the documentary)
• Helium is back on the U.S. list of 'critical materials'
• Treasury interest rates are up because they're looking risky
• Aging farmers and the government want to save farms, but for many the cost is too high