HANOVER, N.H., May 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ledyard Financial Group, Inc. . (the “Company”, OTCQX®: LFGP), the holding company for Ledyard National Bank (the “Bank”), reported quarterly net income per diluted share of $0.44, for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to $0.59 in the prior quarter, and $0.36 in the first quarter a year ago, as core business activity remained strong. R...
HANOVER, N.H., May 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ledyard Financial Group, Inc. . (the “Company”, OTCQX®: LFGP), the holding company for Ledyard National Bank (the “Bank”), reported quarterly net income per diluted share of $0.44, for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to $0.59 in the prior quarter, and $0.36 in the first quarter a year ago, as core business activity remained strong. Reflecting the continued success of the company’s strategic investments, net income for the first quarter of 2026 was $1.5 million, up 25% over the comparable year-ago period.
Here’s an example of what the new Hormonal Birth Control support will look like when it rolls out on May 6th. | Image: Oura Oura is launching a new reproductive health feature that takes hormonal contraception into consideration when tracking period cycles. The smart ring maker describes the Hormonal Birth Control update as a "first-of-its-kind experience" inside Oura's existing Cycle Insights fea...
Here’s an example of what the new Hormonal Birth Control support will look like when it rolls out on May 6th. | Image: Oura Oura is launching a new reproductive health feature that takes hormonal contraception into consideration when tracking period cycles. The smart ring maker describes the Hormonal Birth Control update as a "first-of-its-kind experience" inside Oura's existing Cycle Insights feature, allowing users to see how over 20 combinations of hormonal birth control methods - including pills, patches, IUDs, and implants - can affect their overall biometric data. The feature will begin rolling out globally on May 6th. It's designed to show the impact that hormonal contraception may have on temperature patterns, sleep, and recovery, and can help users to t … Read the full story at The Verge.
ablokhin/iStock Editorial via Getty Images In recent months, we have seen the recovery of many freight and logistics stocks in line with the stronger performance of the industry. Of course, a large player like Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ( ODFL ) also enjoyed a huge rebound and delivered 15% returns from my previous coverage. At this point, it still reflects the softer consumer spending. Howev...
ablokhin/iStock Editorial via Getty Images In recent months, we have seen the recovery of many freight and logistics stocks in line with the stronger performance of the industry. Of course, a large player like Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ( ODFL ) also enjoyed a huge rebound and delivered 15% returns from my previous coverage. At this point, it still reflects the softer consumer spending. However, the impact of the LTL, or less-than-truckload, market undercapacity prevails and keeps pushing LTL rates up. This is why I still understand the optimistic market outlook. Despite all this, the fact of the matter is that the price of ODFL has already increased beyond the margin of safety, which can be risky amid increasing market volatility. Technicals adhere to it, considering the recent overbuying and some bearish divergence tendencies. ODFL Q1 2026: Softer Demand Continues, But Undercapacity Persists In the first three months of the year, macroeconomic risks have stayed evident, driven by stubborn inflation and tariff wars. And recently, the geopolitical tension in the Middle East has fueled market volatility. Yet, the LTL market remained resilient as demand-supply dynamics continued to work in its favor. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. also benefited from this trend. This was evident in its most recent performance. In Q1 2026, its operating revenue amounted to $1.33B , down by 3.0% YoY from $1.37B. This should not be surprising considering the impact of the rising prices on consumer demand and production volumes. These have led to lower shipments. In fact, the YoY revenue decrease has been happening for seven consecutive quarters , or since Q3 2024. However, you should also note that the most recent YoY decrease was better than in my previous coverage at 5.7%. In fact, this appeared to be its best or at least most decent performance in seven quarters, as the YoY revenue decrease from Q3 2024 to Q4 2026 ranged from 5% to 8%. More interestingly, the YoY decrease has ge...
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) stock plunged on Thursday as investors balked at its plans to increase capital expenditures to fund its AI ambitions. Meta is considered one of the big hyperscalers, and it's spending over $100 billion in capex this year, like Amazon , Alphabet , and Microsoft . However, Meta is the only one of those four companies that doesn't have a cloud computing business , which ...
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) stock plunged on Thursday as investors balked at its plans to increase capital expenditures to fund its AI ambitions. Meta is considered one of the big hyperscalers, and it's spending over $100 billion in capex this year, like Amazon , Alphabet , and Microsoft . However, Meta is the only one of those four companies that doesn't have a cloud computing business , which is the most direct way to monetize spending on chips and data centers. The company also has a dubious track record of capital allocation, given its consistent losses in Reality Labs, its AI-focused division, which lost $4 billion in the first quarter on just $402 million in revenue, essentially the same thing it did in the quarter a year ago. Continue reading
Singapore and Thailand ranked among the world’s “least miserable” economies in an annual index compiled by a Johns Hopkins University economist, who said Southeast Asia was one of the “healthiest economic neighbourhoods” in the world. The 2025 Hanke’s Annual Misery Index (HAMI), compiled by applied economics professor Steve Hanke, measures the “economic temperature” of a country and seeks to appro...
Singapore and Thailand ranked among the world’s “least miserable” economies in an annual index compiled by a Johns Hopkins University economist, who said Southeast Asia was one of the “healthiest economic neighbourhoods” in the world. The 2025 Hanke’s Annual Misery Index (HAMI), compiled by applied economics professor Steve Hanke, measures the “economic temperature” of a country and seeks to approximate how its average citizen experiences the economy. This year’s HAMI found that several...
More Hong Kong permanent residents will soon be able to drive to Macau for work, sightseeing, family visits and business as the two cities move to expand an existing scheme to make better use of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. The Transport Department said on Friday that all Hong Kong permanent residents and locally registered companies would be allowed to apply for 400 multiple-entry quota pla...
More Hong Kong permanent residents will soon be able to drive to Macau for work, sightseeing, family visits and business as the two cities move to expand an existing scheme to make better use of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. The Transport Department said on Friday that all Hong Kong permanent residents and locally registered companies would be allowed to apply for 400 multiple-entry quota places under a new category for drivers of non-commercial private cars. Under the current scheme, only...
Trump Argues War 'Terminated' Before 60-Day Congressional Approval Deadline, As Iran Submits Latest Proposal To Pakistan Mediators Summary White House officials argue the current absence of fighting between Iranian & US forces means the 60-day timeline for Congressional approval (or US forces must leave) doesn't apply due to the ceasefire . Iran submitted its latest revised proposal to Pakistan me...
Trump Argues War 'Terminated' Before 60-Day Congressional Approval Deadline, As Iran Submits Latest Proposal To Pakistan Mediators Summary White House officials argue the current absence of fighting between Iranian & US forces means the 60-day timeline for Congressional approval (or US forces must leave) doesn't apply due to the ceasefire . Iran submitted its latest revised proposal to Pakistan mediators as of Thursday night. It is a response to the latest US amendments to end the war, per Axios. Nuclear issue not included: a non-starter , and focus is on ending the war . Iran economically squeezed, signs of divided response among leadership, but surviving: "Weeks of conflict have aggravated Iran's dire economic problems, risking calamity after the war, but the Islamic Republic looks able to survive a standoff in the Gulf for now ." (Rtrs) Alternative routes emerge : "Iran cannot be besieged; We have different ways to export and import," Iranian official says. US x Iran permanent peace deal by June 30, 2026? Yes 37% · No 64% View full market & trade on Polymarket * * * War Powers: 60 Days There's common agreement that today: Friday, May 1st, constitutes the 60-day mark on Operation Epic Fury. But President Trump and his administration are trying to sidestep the 1973 law which requires a president to withdraw troops within 60 days of notifying Congress of their deployment unless lawmakers formally authorize the military action as a declaration of war . Of course, thus far there's been no Congressional authorization, amid some six failed attempts to push through War Powers resolutions. The administration is now arguing that the extended ceasefire itself, reached three weeks ago and then recently unilaterally extended by Trump, buys more time and allows the White House to avoid Congressional approval. Admin officials argue the absence in exchanges of fire between Iranian and US forces means the 60-day timeline doesn't apply. "For War Powers Resolution purposes, the hos...
The creator of this singular work of art founded his own TV network to get it aired – and it’s cast is an absolute dream. Mandy Patinkin, Janet McTeer and Patti LuPone are just superb Details about how a TV series was commissioned or why it ended up on a particular streamer are normally tedious and superfluous: once a piece of art has been made, it stands alone and our assessment of it needn’t be ...
The creator of this singular work of art founded his own TV network to get it aired – and it’s cast is an absolute dream. Mandy Patinkin, Janet McTeer and Patti LuPone are just superb Details about how a TV series was commissioned or why it ended up on a particular streamer are normally tedious and superfluous: once a piece of art has been made, it stands alone and our assessment of it needn’t be influenced by industry logistics. It’s impossible not to mention, however, that The Artist, a period comedy by writer/director Aram Rappaport, was shown in the US on The Network. What is The Network? It is a streaming service set up in 2024 by writer and director Aram Rappaport. Its launch show was Rappaport’s TV debut, The Green Veil. That’s right: Rappaport founded a whole new streaming service, then released his own work on it. There’s more to The Network that is of interest, since it also imports original content but only uploads a couple of new titles per week, in the belief that users will value discernment over catalogue depth. But the point is that The Artist, Rappaport’s second series, has been made without him having to pitch it to a network, or take notes from a network, because he is The Network. It is exactly the sort of show you’d think would be made by a man who has the wherewithal, the funds and the sheer nerve to engineer a situation where he can do what he wants. This is not an insult. It might not be a compliment either. It is what it is, and The Artist is not like much else. The Artist is on MGM+ Continue reading...
A train hit a car in Indonesia on Friday, killing four people including two children, police said, days after another deadly train crash outside the capital Jakarta. The driver of the car involved in the collision in Central Java province did not see the oncoming train on a level crossing due to thick fog, local traffic officer Eko Ari Kisworo said in a statement issued by the police. The train th...
A train hit a car in Indonesia on Friday, killing four people including two children, police said, days after another deadly train crash outside the capital Jakarta. The driver of the car involved in the collision in Central Java province did not see the oncoming train on a level crossing due to thick fog, local traffic officer Eko Ari Kisworo said in a statement issued by the police. The train then collided with the car, which carried nine people and was flung about 20m (66 ft) before hitting a...
A revelatory Zurbarán show proves him the equal of Goya and Picasso, Angel Otero takes up a Somerset residency and Daiga Grantina brings nature to abstraction – all in your weekly dispatch Zurbarán A mind-bending, revelatory exhibition packed with extraordinary loans from the Prado and other top museums that prove this painter belongs with Goya and Picasso as a Spanish great. Read the review . • N...
A revelatory Zurbarán show proves him the equal of Goya and Picasso, Angel Otero takes up a Somerset residency and Daiga Grantina brings nature to abstraction – all in your weekly dispatch Zurbarán A mind-bending, revelatory exhibition packed with extraordinary loans from the Prado and other top museums that prove this painter belongs with Goya and Picasso as a Spanish great. Read the review . • National Gallery, London , 2 May to 23 August Continue reading...
Rémy Cointreau SA press release ( REMYF ): FY Revenue of € 935.3M. Liqueurs & Spirits (-0.1% on an organic basis in Q4): Good momentum in both the US and China More mixed performances in the EMEA4 region, in a muted consumption environment 2025-26 organic COP target confirmed: organic decline in the low double-digit to mid-teens range More on Rémy Cointreau SA Rémy Cointreau SA (REMYY) Q4 2026 Sal...
Rémy Cointreau SA press release ( REMYF ): FY Revenue of € 935.3M. Liqueurs & Spirits (-0.1% on an organic basis in Q4): Good momentum in both the US and China More mixed performances in the EMEA4 region, in a muted consumption environment 2025-26 organic COP target confirmed: organic decline in the low double-digit to mid-teens range More on Rémy Cointreau SA Rémy Cointreau SA (REMYY) Q4 2026 Sales/Trading Call Transcript Rémy Cointreau SA (REMYY) Q4 2026 Sales/ Trading Statement Call - Slideshow Remy Cointreau: Requires Time, But The Value In 2026E Is There Historical earnings data for Rémy Cointreau SA Dividend scorecard for Rémy Cointreau SA
tum3123/iStock via Getty Images Emerging Market (“EM”) ex-China equities delivered positive returns over a volatile quarter, supported by commodity strength and relatively attractive valuations. Market Review Emerging Market ex-China equities (measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets ex-China Index (Net) (“the benchmark”)) climbed 3.16% in the first quarter, compared to a 4.35% decline in the S&P 500...
tum3123/iStock via Getty Images Emerging Market (“EM”) ex-China equities delivered positive returns over a volatile quarter, supported by commodity strength and relatively attractive valuations. Market Review Emerging Market ex-China equities (measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets ex-China Index (Net) (“the benchmark”)) climbed 3.16% in the first quarter, compared to a 4.35% decline in the S&P 500 1 . Despite Middle East-led geopolitical volatility, EM ex-China assets proved resilient, supported by their diversified composition and allocators’ search for value. Oil prices (measured by Generic 1st ‘CO’ Future) surged 76.49% during the quarter, driving outperformance in energy-exporting countries, while energy-importing countries lagged 2 . Latin America led performance with Colombia, Peru, and Brazil standing out as the strongest performers, while Indonesia, India, and the Czech Republic lagged. Mid-quarter pullbacks in Korea, Taiwan, and India were also notable 3 . The ex-China composition insulated the index from China-specific risks while preserving exposure to commodity exporters and cyclical markets. Despite the geopolitical conflict, the U.S. Dollar Index ( DXY ) strengthened only 1.66%, leaving investors constructive on EM prospects 4 . A potentially dovish Federal Reserve System (Fed), elevated U.S. fiscal spending, and rising political uncertainty could pressure the dollar, which has historically supported EM performance by easing financial conditions, lowering foreign debt burdens, and supporting commodity prices. Attractive valuations, commodity exposure, structural reforms, and ongoing technology demand continued to keep the asset class in focus for allocators. Fund Performance & Attribution EMM returned 2.22% (NAV return) in 1Q 2026 versus 3.16% for its benchmark, resulting in -0.94% of relative underperformance 5 . On a price basis, EMM returned 3.30%, outperforming by 14 basis points 6 . At the country level, the most notable contributions to returns c...
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vzphotos/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Western Digital's ( WDC ) third-quarter revenue and outlook easily surpassed market estimates, but some analysts pointed to a more modest gross margin increase for the fourth quarter than anticipated. Shares had declined 8% during early trading on Friday. However, shares have surged more than 150% year-to-date, and analysts maintain high ratings and price...
vzphotos/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Western Digital's ( WDC ) third-quarter revenue and outlook easily surpassed market estimates, but some analysts pointed to a more modest gross margin increase for the fourth quarter than anticipated. Shares had declined 8% during early trading on Friday. However, shares have surged more than 150% year-to-date, and analysts maintain high ratings and price targets on the stock as the company continues to take advantage of the AI-driven supercycle. "While sales gains look to remain solid (with revenues up $313M at the midpoint), GMs are only expected to grow by 100 bps (at the midpoint)," said Wedbush analysts Matt Bryson and Antoine Legault in a Friday note. "Net even while the guide was well ahead of prior numbers, the slower GM expansion raises some questions about WD's ability to continue to raise pricing (at least in the near-term)." Wedbush maintained its Outperform rating and $530 price target on Western Digital. Western Digital's 50.5% adjusted gross margin for the third quarter marked the first time the company surpassed the 50% threshold. The company guided for a fourth-quarter gross margin ranging from 51% to 52%. "Drivers include continued mix shift to higher capacity drives, UltraSMR adoption, and an ongoing favorable pricing environment," Bryson noted. "Given WDC's consistent tendency to guide conservatively, we would not be surprised if results again exceed the top end of the range." Meanwhile, J.P. Morgan reiterated its Overweight rating and increased its price target to $530 from $400. "Looking beyond the near term, the structural demand narrative continues to strengthen as confluence of inference workloads (expected to account for roughly two-thirds of all AI compute in 2026 as per management); Agentic AI applications which continuously execute workflows and generate persistent data; and Physical AI applications which create massive synthetic datasets — all together should collectively support a compounding ...
Beneath the headline noise of Apple (AAPL) reporting $111.2 billion in revenue and $2.01 in diluted earnings per share for the March 2026 quarter lies a profound timeline mismatch. The market is naturally focusing on the 22 percent year-over-year surge in iPhone revenue, which reached a record $57 billion, driven by the iPhone 17 hardware cycle. However, this hardware success is merely the top of ...
Beneath the headline noise of Apple (AAPL) reporting $111.2 billion in revenue and $2.01 in diluted earnings per share for the March 2026 quarter lies a profound timeline mismatch. The market is naturally focusing on the 22 percent year-over-year surge in iPhone revenue, which reached a record $57 billion, driven by the iPhone 17 hardware cycle. However, this hardware success is merely the top of the funnel for a much more defensive financial maneuver. With the active installed base officially c