IJR News — today's news from every sideField & Main buys stake in Linde AGBusiness — 4dField & Main Bank disclosed new stakes in four companies in the second quarter: Linde AG, Chubb, U.S. Bancorp, and Expedia Group. The positions included 3,442 LNAGF shares (~$1.79 million) in Linde, 5,587 CB shares (~$1.90 million) in Chubb, 12,300 USB shares (~$743 thousand) in U.S. Bancorp, and 1,552 EXPE shares (~$397 thousand) in Expedia.
Priya Raman Job openings holding steady but nobody's getting hired fast anymore, that's the real story for people job hunting right now. 
Rachel Meyers If Talarico can outraise Paxton that badly, Texas Republicans should be nervous, money talks in these races. Rakuten Raises Palantir Stake, Reports Target at $215Business — 3dRakuten Investment Management Inc. expanded its stakes in several U.S. equities in Q2, boosting Palantir by 15.2% to 546,398 shares (about $63.2 million) and establishing or increasing positions in Electronic Arts, Norfolk Southern, S&P Global, and Texas Instruments. The fund also acquired 56,239 EA shares (~$11.5 million), 36,730 NSC shares (~$11.6 million), 49,588 SPGI shares (~$20.3 million), and 263,737 TXN shares (~$75.3 million), illustrating broad diversification across tech and industrials.
Blue Point One Breaks Ground in LouisianaBusiness — 6dBlue Point One, a CF Industries–JERA–Mitsui venture, began construction in Modeste, Louisiana on a $3.7 billion, 1.4 million metric ton per year low-carbon ammonia plant set to start in 2029 and potentially become the world’s largest. The project uses autothermal reforming with about 98% CO2 capture and sequestration via 1PointFive/Enbridge, with Linde investing in a large on-site air separation unit, and will create ~3,900 construction jobs and 100+ permanent positions, funded by the ownership shares of CF (40%), JERA (35%), Mitsui (25%).
Jupiter Topco LLC Expands U.S. Stock HoldingsBusiness — 3dJupiter Topco LLC disclosed new Q2 positions in five companies: Chubb Limited (44,418 shares valued at about $15.13 million), SLB (366,270 shares about $17.02 million), Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (161,176 shares about $19.74 million), GE Vernova (2,018,612 shares about $2,371,538,000) and Pan American Silver (553,979 shares about $24,761,000). These moves illustrate a broad, diversified strategy across financial services, energy, utilities, industrials and materials, with Jupiter Topco’s large GE Vernova position and other major institutional participants cited.
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