monsitj/iStock via Getty Images POET Technologies ( POET ) said it continued to expand its presence in the AI and hyperscale data center market during the first quarter of 2026, supported by growing demand for its Optical Interposer platform and partnerships with companies including LITEON, Lessengers, and Lumilens. First-quarter revenue rose 194% year over year to US$ 503,389 , beating estimates ...
monsitj/iStock via Getty Images POET Technologies ( POET ) said it continued to expand its presence in the AI and hyperscale data center market during the first quarter of 2026, supported by growing demand for its Optical Interposer platform and partnerships with companies including LITEON, Lessengers, and Lumilens. First-quarter revenue rose 194% year over year to US$ 503,389 , beating estimates by $0.25M. Historically, the company provided non-recurring engineering services to multiple customers for unique projects that are being addressed utilizing the capabilities of the POET Optical Interposer. However, the firm incurred a GAAP loss of -$0.08 per share, missing Wall Street estimates by $0.03, while net loss totaled -$12.3M compared with net income of $6.3M in the prior-year quarter. The company’s fourth-quarter FY2025 net loss was -$42.7M. Research and development expenses were $4.5M during the quarter, relatively flat compared with both the year-ago period and the prior quarter, as the company continued investing in next-generation photonic integration technologies. Operating cash flow improved slightly to negative $8.8M in Q1, compared with negative $8.9M in the year-ago quarter and negative $11.6M in the fourth quarter of 2025. CEO Suresh Venkatesan said the company made “significant progress” in strengthening POET’s strategic position within the AI and hyperscale data center ecosystem, adding that recent partnerships validate growing industry demand for the company’s photonic integration solutions. POET shares gained over +4% in premarket trading on Friday, after rising +43% in the previous session as the firm unveiled a deal with Lumilens for optical networking that could be worth $500M over the life of the agreement. The stock is now up roughly +225% year to date. More on POET Technologies POET Technologies: The Human Element Slammed The Stock, But I'm Still At 'Buy' POET Technologies: A Valuation Built On Fragile Foundations POET Technologies: Why I'm St...
(RTTNews) - Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd. (JPPIF, 7181.T) Friday reported higher profit for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, while ordinary income, equivalent to net sales, declined from last year. Further, for fiscal 2027, the company projects lower earnings and ordinary i
(RTTNews) - Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd. (JPPIF, 7181.T) Friday reported higher profit for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, while ordinary income, equivalent to net sales, declined from last year. Further, for fiscal 2027, the company projects lower earnings and ordinary i
TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, said on Friday it plans to sell up to 152 million shares in Vanguard International Semiconductor through a block trade to financial institutional investors, reducing its stake in the chipmaker. TSMC said the proposed share sale would reduce its holding in Vanguard International Semiconductor, or VIS, to about 19% from around 27.1% on a full...
TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, said on Friday it plans to sell up to 152 million shares in Vanguard International Semiconductor through a block trade to financial institutional investors, reducing its stake in the chipmaker. TSMC said the proposed share sale would reduce its holding in Vanguard International Semiconductor, or VIS, to about 19% from around 27.1% on a fully diluted basis.
The inspiring life of the Black American activist and legal scholar who changed the way the world things about race Kimberlé Crenshaw’s memoir describes a life shadowed by Jim Crow segregation and racism, but lit up by hope. That the social conditions of her early life did not destroy her family, as they had so many others, must be credited to their extraordinary grit and determination. The journe...
The inspiring life of the Black American activist and legal scholar who changed the way the world things about race Kimberlé Crenshaw’s memoir describes a life shadowed by Jim Crow segregation and racism, but lit up by hope. That the social conditions of her early life did not destroy her family, as they had so many others, must be credited to their extraordinary grit and determination. The journey that led Crenshaw to create the influential legal theory of “intersectionality” begins with the “well of thoughtless devaluation faced by little Black girls”. And for all who think those days have long gone, Backtalker is a must read. “Backtalking” is how Crenshaw responds to anything that does not make sense. Whether as a five-year-old kindergarten student who was allowed to portray a witch but not a princess in a school play, or decades later, lobbying Harvard’s dean of law to hire Black faculty and being asked whether she wouldn’t prefer “an excellent white professor over a mediocre Black one”, Crenshaw talked back. For her, backtalking is about resilience in the midst of struggle, which sometimes painfully includes talking back to the ones we love. Continue reading...
(Ghostly International) While the first track is a scorching mix of poetry, rap, falsetto vocals and acoustic guitar, elsewhere the Sudanese-American’s second album feels a little underbaked Spoken-word poetry about Prometheus, screamo rap, sun-dappled acoustic guitar, airy falsetto … and that’s just the first track on Dua Saleh’s Of Earth and Wires, their second album rooted in real-world crises ...
(Ghostly International) While the first track is a scorching mix of poetry, rap, falsetto vocals and acoustic guitar, elsewhere the Sudanese-American’s second album feels a little underbaked Spoken-word poetry about Prometheus, screamo rap, sun-dappled acoustic guitar, airy falsetto … and that’s just the first track on Dua Saleh’s Of Earth and Wires, their second album rooted in real-world crises and fictional lore. The Sudanese-American musician (best known for collaborating with Travis Scott and playing Cal in Netflix’s Sex Education) draws on fears of climate collapse and AI dominance, as well as the catastrophic civil war in Sudan, for a post-apocalyptic sequel to the fictional queer romance at the heart of their debut record . This is a lot of terrain to navigate, but that opening track, 5 Days, tackles it with real guts, twisting from tremulous vocals reminiscent of Perfume Genius into a hot flash of screamed frustration. It promises an exhilarating, bumpy ride – but Of Earth and Wires turns out to be more cautious than its urgent ideas would suggest. Continue reading...
Amanda Seyfried is astonishing in a fascinating musical about the Shaker sect, plus Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein remix turns the stupendous Jessie Buckley into a girl power punk Mona Fastvold’s astonishing drama about the founder of the Shakers Christian sect in the 18th century defies simple classification – which may be why it was unjustly shunned during awards season. At heart it’s a histor...
Amanda Seyfried is astonishing in a fascinating musical about the Shaker sect, plus Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein remix turns the stupendous Jessie Buckley into a girl power punk Mona Fastvold’s astonishing drama about the founder of the Shakers Christian sect in the 18th century defies simple classification – which may be why it was unjustly shunned during awards season. At heart it’s a historical biopic: Manchester cotton worker Ann Lee (a performance of great intensity from Amanda Seyfried) joins the Quakers, then forms her own group founded on celibacy, and ends up migrating to America to seek religious freedom. It’s also a highly choreographed folk musical, centred on the Shakers’ ecstatic singing and dancing. And it’s a fascinating tale of female empowerment in an age when the obstacles to self-determination were vast. Out now, Disney+ Continue reading...
Listen to Odd Lots on Apple Podcasts Listen to Odd Lots on Spotify Watch Odd Lots on YouTube Subscribe to the newsletter Making a long career as a bear at a sell-side institution is tough. Generally financial markets have done quite well which means forecasting doom and gloom is, usually, only tenable for so long. Which is why we wanted to talk to one of the most successful bears out there. Sociét...
Listen to Odd Lots on Apple Podcasts Listen to Odd Lots on Spotify Watch Odd Lots on YouTube Subscribe to the newsletter Making a long career as a bear at a sell-side institution is tough. Generally financial markets have done quite well which means forecasting doom and gloom is, usually, only tenable for so long. Which is why we wanted to talk to one of the most successful bears out there. Société Générale has let Albert Edwards out of the bear cage for today's episode. Edwards knows his reputation as a bear is well deserved: He believes, among other things, double-digit inflation is in the offing. We also talk about the attention span of readers on the buy-side, what success looks like for a bear, and how a bear avoids getting fired.
Making a long career as a bear at a sell-side institution is tough. Generally financial markets have done quite well which means forecasting doom and gloom is, usually, only tenable for so long. Which is why we wanted to talk to one of the most successful bears out there. Société Générale has let Albert Edwards out of the bear cage for today’s episode. Edwards knows his reputation as a bear is wel...
Making a long career as a bear at a sell-side institution is tough. Generally financial markets have done quite well which means forecasting doom and gloom is, usually, only tenable for so long. Which is why we wanted to talk to one of the most successful bears out there. Société Générale has let Albert Edwards out of the bear cage for today’s episode. Edwards knows his reputation as a bear is well deserved: He believes, among other things, double-digit inflation is in the offing. We also talk a
As a global fertilizer shortage looms and the Strait of Hormuz faces an unprecedented blockade, one North American giant is stepping in to fill the void.
As a global fertilizer shortage looms and the Strait of Hormuz faces an unprecedented blockade, one North American giant is stepping in to fill the void.