•Reuters reported that the newly flagged Russian tanker Arctic Express loaded a cargo of LNG from a floating storage facility used by the U.S.-sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project.
•The 19-year-old vessel, previously named Queen Cassiopeia and flagged in Sierra Leone, had its ownership transferred to St. Petersburg-based SMP Techmanagement LLC.
•Semiconductor stocks have surged more than 80% year-to-date driven by AI demand from the 'Magnificent Seven,' while those same companies are in correction territory.
•Kopin Corporation has secured multiple orders for its Sentinel First Person Viewer product from defense customers participating in the U.S. Government's Drone Dominance Program.
•QXO and TopBuild announced that stockholders of both companies overwhelmingly approved all proposals required for QXO's acquisition of TopBuild, with approximately 99% of votes cast in favor at QXO's special meeting.
•Ripple proposed a new XRPL standard allowing institutions to borrow against tokenized assets, with blockchain enforcing loan terms while human credit teams handle underwriting; validator approval is still needed.
