
China's DeepSeek launches V4.1-Flash model
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek on Thursday launched DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, which the company said is the smallest model in its new architecture family, according to a statement.
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Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek on Thursday launched DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, which the company said is the smallest model in its new architecture family, according to a statement.

A surge of investment in leveraged exchange-traded funds generated significant volatility in the domestic stock market, the Bank of Korea said.

Chinese AI chipmakers including Huawei Technologies [RIC:RIC:HWT.UL] and Cambricon have sharply raised prices for current and next-generation AI processors, three people familiar with the matter said, as soaring costs for high-bandwidth memory squeeze efforts to build domestic alternatives to Nvidia.

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The ECB is widely expected to raise its key interest rate to 2.5% from 2.25% on Thursday.

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The U.S. seized $225 million in crypto for scam victims in Operation Big Tuna. Returning the funds has proved harder.

Fed officials, increasingly divided over where rates should go, will be watching Friday's consumer inflation report closely.

Escalation in the U.S.-Iran conflict, now in its seventh month, is raising the risk of oil prices surging above $120 a barrel as attacks on shipping intensify, Goldman Sachs said. U.S. President Donald Trump's top White House advisers have raised privately with him the prospect that the Iran conflict could drag on through the remainder of his term, according to WSJ.

Japanese stocks were lower in early trade on rising concerns over the Iran war and higher energy costs.

The Iran war and a disappointing bond buyback announcement weighed down indexes.

Elaine Agather, Global Vice Chair of JPMorgan Private Bank and Chairman of the Dallas Region for JPMorgan Chase & Co, says more Texas Stock Exchange announcements are expected the following week after confirming Energy Transfer is set to move its primary listing to the exchange. Agather says Texas is becoming an extension of Wall Street as more capital and companies move into the state.