AFP: Two journalists arrested by the Libyan army

AFP has learned this morning of the arrest of two of its journalists in Libya as well as a photographer for its partner Getty Images.

AFP has learned this morning of the arrest of two of its journalists in Libya as well as a photographer for its partner Getty Images.
Anglais
06/01/2026 14:00
Interactive Brokers Integrates AI into Client Portfolios – Informed by Agentic Technology, Controlled by the Client

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global broker, today announced agentic trading through direct integration with Claude, one of the world's leading AI platforms. Available through the AI platform’s certified connector marketplace, the integration lets clients manage their accounts and access more than 170 global markets. "Interactive Brokers has used technology for over four decades to help investors make more informed decisions and interact more efficiently with markets," said...

06/02/2026 07:55
Smartstream Launches Smart Agents for Back-Office Operations, Proven Across Tier 1 Pilots

Smartstream, a trusted data solutions provider for leading global financial institutions and enterprises, today announced the availability of Smart Agents, its agentic AI solution designed for bank operations. Proven in Tier 1 pilot deployments and natively integrated with Smart Reconciliations, it can be deployed immediately without changes to client infrastructure and is purpose built for regulated environments. Financial institutions dedicate up to 70% of operational effort to exception wo...

06/02/2026 12:00
Perpetuals Reports $4.5 Billion in UpsideOnly Volume and Signs Exchange Agreement With Datavault AI for Tokenized Commodities

Perpetuals.com Ltd (Nasdaq: PDC) today reported strong early results for its breakout UpsideOnly trading and market prediction platform and announced an agreement with Datavault AI Inc. (Nasdaq: DVLT) to list tokenized real-world commodity assets on the Perpetuals platform. In its first two weeks, traders flocked to the UpsideOnly platform, attracting more than 30,000 active users, generating $4.5 billion in cumulative platform volume across 186,000 fills and 25 instruments. Reflecting the wi...

06/02/2026 12:00
Phenom Positioned as Strategic Leader in Fosway 9-Grid™ for Talent Acquisition Sixth Consecutive Year

Phenom, the leader in applied AI with an infrastructure built specifically to redesign work operations, has been positioned as a Strategic Leader in the 2026 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Talent Acquisition for the sixth year in a row. The positioning reinforces Phenom’s focus on sustained execution and customer impact at a moment when most enterprises remain stuck between AI ambition and AI that works. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/...

Two AFP correspondents missing in Libya

Two Agence France-Presse journalists are missing in Libya, where they were covering the conflict around the eastern city of Tobruk.

Two Agence France-Presse journalists are missing in Libya, where they were covering the conflict around the eastern city of Tobruk.
Anglais
05/19/2026 20:12
Mereo Insurance Announces Move into Excess Casualty Insurance

Mereo Insurance Limited (“Mereo”) today announced a renewal rights transaction with Everen Specialty Ltd. (“ESL”), a member of the Everen Group, for ESL’s Excess Casualty Energy portfolio. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260519154915/en/David Croom-Johnson, President & Chief Executive Officer of Mereo Insurance Limited Under the transaction, Mereo will become the insurance carrier on a go-forward basis for both ne...

05/19/2026 20:05
Grid Dynamics Launches AI-Native Modernization on Azure, Targeting Larger Enterprise Deals

Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: GDYN) (“Grid Dynamics”), a premier AI transformation partner for the Fortune 1000, today announced an AI-native modernization service offering on Microsoft Azure, powered by its GAIN Platform for SDLC. The offering targets large enterprise clients running mission-critical, high-transaction-volume legacy environments. By tackling their biggest roadblocks—technical debt and legacy licensing costs—it addresses a market segment known for larger contracts and st...

06/04/2026 13:00
Fortegra Appoints Mark Rattner as President

The Fortegra Group, Inc. ("Fortegra" or the "Company"), a global specialty insurer and part of DB Insurance Co., Ltd., today announced the appointment of Mark Rattner as President. Mr. Rattner, who previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer, Insurance, brings a decade of Fortegra leadership and long-standing relationships with reliable distribution partners to his expanded role. Drawing on disciplined underwriting expertise built over a career spanning more t...