05:45 PM EST, 01/07/2026 (MT Newswires) -- US President Donald Trump called for a 50% increase in US defense spending to $1.5 trillion for 2027 in a Truth Social post on late Wednesday. Trump said the boost would allow the country to build a Dream Military while maintaining national security. Trump added that tariff revenue could fund the increase, reduce...

Jan 7 (Reuters) - Panamanian energy developer Sinolam LNG Terminal S.A. and Sinolam Smarter Energy LNG Power Co. on Wednesday said they filed a $4 billion lawsuit in Virginia against U.S.-based utility AES Corp ( AES ) ‌and InterEnergy Holdings, alleging an unlawful campaign to monopolize Panama's LNG-to-power market. In ​a complaint filed in Arlington County Circuit Court, Sinolam accused...

SEOUL, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics ( SSNLF ) on Thursday projected a three-fold jump in fourth-quarter operating ‌profit from a year earlier to ​a record high as tight supply ‍and a surge ⁠in artificial ⁠intelligence-driven demand stoked prices for conventional memory ‌chips. The world's largest ​memory chipmaker estimated an operating profit of 20 trillion ⁠won ($13.82 billion) ‍for...

05:46 PM EST, 01/07/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Black Hills (BKH) said late Wednesday that it has completed and energized its 260-mile, $350 million Ready Wyoming transmission project, linking its South Dakota and Wyoming systems. The final phases were placed in service on schedule in December 2025, the company said. The investment will see about $300 million recovered through the Wyoming...