Aon is close to agreeing to buy USI Insurance from private equity firm KKR for about $17bn including debt, people familiar with the matter said. If completed, the deal could be announced as early as Monday. New York-based USI generates roughly $3bn in annual revenue. A person familiar said the acquisition would broaden Aon's mid‑market brokerage capabilities and could be accretive to Aon's EPS as early as 2028.

Musk said SpaceX and Tesla are racing to build an annual solar build capacity of 100 GW, but will still need natural gas over the next few years to supplement and start up solar generation. He said the bottleneck for gas-turbine production is casting blades and guide vanes; bringing casting in-house at SpaceX could bring turbines online up to 18 months faster, a potentially transformative improvement.

伊朗外交部副部长：卡塔尔和巴基斯坦正在寻求探讨恢复执行谅解备忘录的可能性。