Cutting air pollution should form part of government strategies to reduce cancer rates, the European Code Against Cancer has recommended. The code previously focused on advice to help people to reduce the air pollution that they breathe. But, for the first time since its launch in 1987, it has given clear direction to governments. Dr Sylvia Jochems, from Utrecht University in the Netherlands who i...
Cutting air pollution should form part of government strategies to reduce cancer rates, the European Code Against Cancer has recommended. The code previously focused on advice to help people to reduce the air pollution that they breathe. But, for the first time since its launch in 1987, it has given clear direction to governments. Dr Sylvia Jochems, from Utrecht University in the Netherlands who is part of the expert team that devised the code, said: “Policymakers should aim to meet the World Health Organization (WHO) global air quality guidelines for outdoor air pollution without delay, while also reducing indoor air pollution and supporting climate goals. The key message is that this needs action at EU, national and local level.” Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer but, across Europe, 28,000 cases a year can also be attributed to particle pollution. It is estimated that lung cancer deaths would be reduced by more than 10% by meeting WHO guidelines for air pollution. There is increasing evidence that air pollution is associated with bladder, kidney and brain cancers and that air pollution can affect survival rates. With home woodburning increasing, the code calls on governments to discourage and phase out solid fuels for heating, cooking and recreation. It also calls for incentives for the installation of home energy systems that do not pollute, such as heat pumps, solar power and geothermal energy. Jochems added: “It is also important to make air quality information easily available, involve communities in local plans and protect vulnerable groups, for example around schools and care settings.” Specifically, governments are urged not to locate schools and nursing homes next to busy roads. Where this is not possible, indoor air filters should be installed. The expert group calls for an end to combustion for electricity generation and heating across the EU, including coal and biomass. Cities should also be planned better to reduce motorised traffic a...
BYD, the world’s largest electric-vehicle (EV) maker, sold more cars overseas than at home for the first time in February, reflecting a broader trend among Chinese EV makers’ global push as domestic sales soften amid fierce competition. “Squeezed by the fierce competition at home, China’s EV makers are shifting their focus to global markets,” said David Zhang, general secretary of the Shanghai-bas...
BYD, the world’s largest electric-vehicle (EV) maker, sold more cars overseas than at home for the first time in February, reflecting a broader trend among Chinese EV makers’ global push as domestic sales soften amid fierce competition. “Squeezed by the fierce competition at home, China’s EV makers are shifting their focus to global markets,” said David Zhang, general secretary of the Shanghai-based International Intelligent Vehicle Engineering Association. BYD, which overtook Tesla last year as the world’s largest EV maker, sold 100,600 units overseas last month, 53 per cent of its total, according to a recent filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange. Advertisement However, overall sales fell 41 per cent year on year, weighed down by a 65 per cent drop in sales in mainland China despite a 50 per cent surge in exports. A BYD showroom in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS Great Wall Motor, another leading Chinese carmaker, saw overseas sales exceed domestic deliveries for the first time in February. Of the 72,594 vehicles sold last month, 42,679 – or 59 per cent – were delivered overseas.
A leading vice-chancellor has questioned whether students without A-levels should be eligible for government-backed student loans, as part of an effort to solve England’s university funding crisis. Adam Tickell, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, said universities face an “almost existential challenge” and falling public support that requires a radical review of higher education fund...
A leading vice-chancellor has questioned whether students without A-levels should be eligible for government-backed student loans, as part of an effort to solve England’s university funding crisis. Adam Tickell, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, said universities face an “almost existential challenge” and falling public support that requires a radical review of higher education funding. Tickell told a conference in London: “We have a system where more state money goes in, students are more indebted and universities are on the brink of failure. “In terms of the taxpayer, the provider and the student, the system just isn’t working … I don’t think tweaking the margins will really address things.” Tickell said a review should consider the qualifications such as A-levels or equivalents that students need to successfully tackle an undergraduate degree, and said loans should not be available to those lacking the qualifications needed to complete their courses. “We are getting students without a single A-level or equivalent getting access to the student loan book,” Tickell said, adding: “We’re investing so much money in people who … are not really capable of graduating.” Tickell is the first senior figure in higher education to publicly question the policy of automatically giving domestic students access to government-backed loans that now average £53,000 a graduate. Any first-time student in England admitted by a university is eligible for loans to pay their tuition fees and maintenance, with about one-third of all school leavers going straight to university. But successive governments have allowed the tuition fees to be eroded by inflation, causing universities to take significant losses on teaching domestic undergraduates. The system of tuition and maintenance loans since 2012 has also suffered a backlash from graduates shouldering mounting debts, as the government tinkers with repayment terms amid a sluggish job market. Speaking at a British Academy confe...
Denim dilemmas: what to wear with flared jeans There’s a reason this 70s staple is never out of style. Take your cue from Margot Robbie and team flares with a structured jacket and smart accessories
Denim dilemmas: what to wear with flared jeans There’s a reason this 70s staple is never out of style. Take your cue from Margot Robbie and team flares with a structured jacket and smart accessories
My guess is you keep across the news. You know Andy Mountbatten-Windsor has just had the worst birthday ever; that tall hotels in Dubai don’t make for a great holiday right now; and that Keir Starmer’s engagements diary for 2027 will be remarkably clear. Still, there is one headline I’ll bet you haven’t seen, even though it directly affects your life. It’s about your life, and mine, and those of o...
My guess is you keep across the news. You know Andy Mountbatten-Windsor has just had the worst birthday ever; that tall hotels in Dubai don’t make for a great holiday right now; and that Keir Starmer’s engagements diary for 2027 will be remarkably clear. Still, there is one headline I’ll bet you haven’t seen, even though it directly affects your life. It’s about your life, and mine, and those of our families and friends and neighbours. I didn’t spot it either, until a few days ago when the Guardian ran a reader’s letter. It came from Alan Walker, a retired professor at the University of Sheffield. Why, he asked, hadn’t this newspaper made more of the latest “shocking” figures on healthy life expectancy? I looked up the report from the Office for National Statistics, and he’s absolutely right: the findings are indeed “momentous”, and they should be on the front pages, because they expose a serious truth about the state we’re in. The figures show this: a child born this morning in Britain can expect to be in good health only until they are 61. The last 20 years of their life will be blighted by illness: dodgy hearts, painful joints, an inability to get about. Our healthy life expectancy has been dropping for years; it is now the lowest since 2011, when records began. For most of the past 100 years, the UK and other rich countries have made outstanding progress on life expectancy. Year after year, decade after decade, the outlook has just kept getting better. Whereas a century ago the average life expectancy was about 50, today you can hope to live into your 80s. And now in Britain one of the great success stories in human history is going into reverse. Over the past 15 years, improvements in life expectancy have essentially stalled, while our allotment of healthy life is getting shorter. How important is this? “It’s huge,” I was told by the epidemiologist Michael Marmot. “If our health and life expectancy is in decline, it’s about as clear a sign as you can get that o...
The mass stranding and death of 55 whales on the Isle of Lewis in 2023 was caused by the mammals’ loyalty to their pod, a report has concluded. It had been thought that the unusually large incident on Tràigh Mhòr beach, Tolsta, could have been caused by trauma, disease or acoustic disturbance from military or industrially generated noise. However, the report, from the Scottish government’s Marine ...
The mass stranding and death of 55 whales on the Isle of Lewis in 2023 was caused by the mammals’ loyalty to their pod, a report has concluded. It had been thought that the unusually large incident on Tràigh Mhòr beach, Tolsta, could have been caused by trauma, disease or acoustic disturbance from military or industrially generated noise. However, the report, from the Scottish government’s Marine Directorate, cited “a convergence of biological, behavioural and environmental factors”, suggesting the long-finned pilot whales, a highly social species, died because the group had been following a female in the throes of a difficult birth. Dr Andrew Brownlow, the lead scientist of the investigation by the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (Smass), said: “The Tolsta event is a reminder that mass strandings are rarely the result of a single cause. Rather, they emerge at the intersection of individual physiology, group social behaviour and external marine environmental conditions. “Understanding how these factors interact is essential if we are to improve our capacity to anticipate, interpret and, where possible, mitigate the impacts of a changing ocean.” The whales had been in good health before the stranding, the report said, but they appeared to move into shallow water, following “a single compromised female”. Postmortem examination suggested the female whale had been experiencing a prolonged and difficult birth, which acted as a trigger for the pod’s fatal move into the shallow bay. The whales were seen milling near to the shore before they were stranded. Such behaviour – in which a pod comes together to support a sick or injured member – could be crucial to survival offshore as a means of defence from predators, said Brownlow. “If a member of the pod was in distress, this species’ well-documented social cohesion would have led others to aggregate closely in a protective response,” he said. “In this instance, that behaviour appears to have drawn the group into the ...
The UK’s creative industries must not be sacrificed in the pursuit of speculative gains in AI technology, a House of Lords committee has warned, as the government prepares to reveal the economic cost of proposals to change copyright rules. A report by peers has urged ministers to develop a licensing regime for the use of creative works in AI products and abandon proposals to let tech firms use the...
The UK’s creative industries must not be sacrificed in the pursuit of speculative gains in AI technology, a House of Lords committee has warned, as the government prepares to reveal the economic cost of proposals to change copyright rules. A report by peers has urged ministers to develop a licensing regime for the use of creative works in AI products and abandon proposals to let tech firms use the work of novelists, artists, writers and journalists without permission. The call from the House of Lords communications and digital committee comes as the government prepares to release an economic impact assessment of proposed changes to copyright law, as well as a progress update on a consultation about the legal overhaul, by a deadline of 18 March. Barbara Keeley, a Labour peer and committee chair, said the UK’s creative industries faced a “clear and present danger” from AI firms using their work without credit or payment. “AI may contribute to our future economic growth, but the UK creative industries create jobs and economic value now,” she said. Official figures show the creative sector contributes £146bn a year to the UK economy. “Watering down the protections in our existing copyright regime to lure the biggest US tech companies is a race to the bottom that does not serve UK interests. We should not sacrifice our creative industries for AI jam tomorrow,” Lady Keeley added. The government has been consulting on a new intellectual property framework for AI. The technology requires vast amounts of data, including copyright-protected work taken from the open web, to develop tools such as chatbots and image generators. However, British artists have responded with outrage at the main government proposal of letting AI firms use copyright-protected work without the owner’s permission – unless the owner has signalled that they want to opt out of the process. Elton John is among the artists who have protested over the prospect of a relaxation in copyright law, calling the go...
England’s “creaking” adult social care system is confusing and impenetrable to the people that rely on it and held together with “sticking plasters and glue”, the head of a government-commissioned review has said in a withering critique. Louise Casey said the country faced a “moment of reckoning” over its failure to effectively and fairly meet the needs of Britain’s ageing population and rising nu...
England’s “creaking” adult social care system is confusing and impenetrable to the people that rely on it and held together with “sticking plasters and glue”, the head of a government-commissioned review has said in a withering critique. Louise Casey said the country faced a “moment of reckoning” over its failure to effectively and fairly meet the needs of Britain’s ageing population and rising numbers of people with chronic conditions such as dementia and Alzheimer’s. In a frank and often passionate speech, Casey said society needed to face up to the major challenge of overhauling an underpowered system in which “some needs are barely met at all and others are met late and in piecemeal and random ways”. Casey, who has been tasked with putting policy flesh on the government’s manifesto commitment to set up a national care service, said her review was examined through “the lens of the adult and their family who need social care”. “The challenge for all of us is to get this right and it is a collective one. How do we ensure that care and support is available for those who need it in a fair, dignified way that reflects the nation and the values that we hold dear today? It is a moment of reckoning. It is a moment of renewal,” she said in a speech on Thursday. Casey, a former social campaigner and senior civil servant best known for chairing national inquiries into issues such as homelessness, the Metropolitan police and grooming gangs, was commissioned by the government in January 2025 to carry out a major two-part review of adult social care. View image in fullscreen Casey arriving at a press briefing of her review into the standards of behaviour and internal culture of the Met police in 2023. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/AP She said adult social care had never had a “Beveridge moment” – a reference to William Beveridge, the postwar architect of the welfare state – and the nation had never had an honest debate about how it could provide support and care for an older and...
This is both simple and celebratory, which in my book makes it just right for Mother’s Day next weekend. It has a fine, tender crumb, which pairs beautifully with the soft, creamy tang of lemon mascarpone, and I use lemon curd in the batter (shop-bought for ease) to bring a particular smoothness and depth of lemon flavour. Finished with a little extra curd and a scattering of edible flowers, it is...
This is both simple and celebratory, which in my book makes it just right for Mother’s Day next weekend. It has a fine, tender crumb, which pairs beautifully with the soft, creamy tang of lemon mascarpone, and I use lemon curd in the batter (shop-bought for ease) to bring a particular smoothness and depth of lemon flavour. Finished with a little extra curd and a scattering of edible flowers, it is pretty and unfussy and will hopefully make your own mother’s day. Lemon curd layer cake Prep 5 min Cook 1 hr Serves 8-10 330g plain flour 2½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp fine sea salt 225g room-temperature unsalted butter 225g caster sugar Finely grated zest of 2 lemons 3 large eggs, at room temperature 160g lemon curd 250ml whole milk Small edible flowers, to decorate For the lemon mascarpone 250g lemon curd, plus extra to decorate 250g mascarpone Heat the oven to 180C (160C fan)/350F/gas 4 and line the base and sides of two 20cm round cake tins with baking paper. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl. Put the butter, sugar and lemon zest in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat with the paddle attachment on medium-high for about two minutes, until pale, smooth and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the sides and base of the bowl as needed. With the mixer on low, add the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the lemon curd and milk, about a third at a time and ending with the last of the dry ingredients. Beat just until incorporated, scraping down the bowl a couple of times to ensure an even mix. Divide the batter evenly between the two lined tins (about 660g per tin) and level the tops with a small spatula. Bake for 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave the cakes to cool in the tins before turning them out. To assemble, make the lemon mascarpone cream. Put the lemon curd and mascarpone in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat with the wh...
Tens of thousands of people a year have bailiffs sent to their homes by water companies in England and Wales, data shows. Many thousands of these visits by debt collectors were for sums worth under £1,000, according to the data released by the House of Commons environment, food and rural affairs (Efra) committee. Bailiffs are debt collectors instructed by a court, who can seize items from those in...
Tens of thousands of people a year have bailiffs sent to their homes by water companies in England and Wales, data shows. Many thousands of these visits by debt collectors were for sums worth under £1,000, according to the data released by the House of Commons environment, food and rural affairs (Efra) committee. Bailiffs are debt collectors instructed by a court, who can seize items from those in debt, including electrical items, jewellery or vehicles. It is a postcode lottery as to whether a water company would send a bailiff to a person’s home to recoup unpaid bills. While Wessex Water has not used bailiffs in 10 years, the water companies that made the most use of bailiffs in 2025 – adjusted for population – were South West Water, Southern Water and Yorkshire Water. In the financial year 2016-17, Yorkshire Water sent bailiffs to customers’ homes 405 times, but in 2024-25 there were 6,124 bailiff visits. There were also high peaks of overall usage by some companies. In 2022 Severn Trent instructed bailiffs 11,574 times, and in 2019 Southern Water instructed 15,707 bailiffs. The criteria for sending debt collectors to people’s homes varies between water companies. For example, Northumbrian Water told the committee it did not send bailiffs to homes where residents were known to be in receipt of means-tested benefits, whereas Southern Water said these customers were eligible for litigation. Severn Trent also does not perform checks on whether someone is in receipt of means-tested benefits before instructing a bailiff. Southern does have some limits on who it will pursue. It said that if a customer is suffering from dementia or a critical illness, they will not be pursued for a debt via litigation. The use of bailiffs by water companies that had been found to have broken the law themselves was unfair, the Labour MP John McDonnell said. He said: “Only five directors of water companies have been prosecuted in the last 30 years. Contrast that with the thousands of mainl...
An internet user in China has exposed on social media that he found 62 pet carcasses on a 300-kilometre stretch of expressway after their owners tied them to the outside vehicles during the Chinese New Year travel rush. In his viral video released on February 25, the blogger Wu Jiayou said he encountered the carcasses on the road while he was driving from Leshan in Sichuan province to Chongqing, s...
An internet user in China has exposed on social media that he found 62 pet carcasses on a 300-kilometre stretch of expressway after their owners tied them to the outside vehicles during the Chinese New Year travel rush. In his viral video released on February 25, the blogger Wu Jiayou said he encountered the carcasses on the road while he was driving from Leshan in Sichuan province to Chongqing, southwestern China, according to a report by the Yangcheng Evening News. About eight of the animals were dogs while the rest were cats, said Wu. The terrified-looking animal above was put inside a blue bag and tied to a car. Photo: YouTube “They all looked like pet animals because they wore clothes and their hair was well groomed. I think they died of accidents during the transport due to the lack of care and protection from their owners,” Wu was quoted as saying. Advertisement He said his heart ached seeing the dead animals because he also has a pet dog, a Border Collie. “Many pet owners just follow a recent trend of not putting their pets inside the vehicles, but hanging them outside,” said Wu. Advertisement An increasing number of people in mainland China drive home with their pets to celebrate the Chinese New Year this year.
Poland will likely abstain from interest-rate cuts for as long as the armed conflict in Iran lasts, according to policymaker Henryk Wnorowski . The Monetary Policy Council cut its benchmark by 25 basis points to 3.75% on Wednesday, while lowering its inflation projections. “We must definitely forget about further downward adjustments to interest rates for as long as the war continues,” MPC’s Wnoro...
Poland will likely abstain from interest-rate cuts for as long as the armed conflict in Iran lasts, according to policymaker Henryk Wnorowski . The Monetary Policy Council cut its benchmark by 25 basis points to 3.75% on Wednesday, while lowering its inflation projections. “We must definitely forget about further downward adjustments to interest rates for as long as the war continues,” MPC’s Wnorowski told Bloomberg News. “The end of the war will reopen the possibility of returning to discussions about interest rate cuts.” The longer the war lasts, the more difficult it will be to assess the impact on Poland’s inflation and economy, and possibly resume cuts, he added. The 10-member MPC’s decision to reduce rates this week was partly based on concern that leaving them unchanged would send another worrying signal to financial markets, which were already shaken by war in the Middle East, Wnorowski said. He also played down expectations for one of two more quarter-point rate cuts this year. “As for the target rate for 2026 - the likelihood that it will reach the 3.25%-3.5% level that was recently reported in the media has decreased dramatically,” Wnorowski said. Central bank Governor Adam Glapinski said the outlook for Polish borrowing costs was blurred by the conflict in the Middle East, which he expected to “ last longer ” than what he called the optimistic scenario of four to eight weeks. Wnorowski said the spike in global energy crisis could still revive Polish inflation above the central bank’s target of 2.5%, which means that policymakers must stay cautious and can’t rule out any scenario, including a rate hike. In January, consumer price growth slowed to 2.2%, the lowest level in almost two years. “The wait-and-see approach is now more justified than it has been in past months,” Wnorowski said.
High-quality performance with outstanding cash generation Upgraded mid-term margin target Governance evolution, ensuring smooth transition and full strategic continuity Cergy, March 6th, 2026 Record profitability and solid revenue growth, pushing revenue well above the €10 bn mark Revenue: €10,380 million, up +4.8% vs. 2024, including +3.2% growth from acquisitions and +2.0% organic growth, with G...
High-quality performance with outstanding cash generation Upgraded mid-term margin target Governance evolution, ensuring smooth transition and full strategic continuity Cergy, March 6th, 2026 Record profitability and solid revenue growth, pushing revenue well above the €10 bn mark Revenue: €10,380 million, up +4.8% vs. 2024, including +3.2% growth from acquisitions and +2.0% organic growth, with Germany confirmed as the Group’s primary growth driver (+5.3%), well supported by North-Western Europe (+4.3%) EBITA increased sharply by 11.4% to €793 million, with the margin reaching a record 7.6% (+40 bps), driven by pricing power, selectivity, operational excellence and accretive acquisitions Adjusted net income 1 : €458 million (+9% vs. 2024) : €458 million (+9% vs. 2024) Recommended dividend: €1.08 per share2, up 8% Another year of outstanding free cash flow €524 million of free cash flow and 108% cash conversion, significantly above the 100% target, underpinned by best‑in‑class working capital management ((34) days of revenue) evidencing once again the Group’s highly cash‑generative profile Very strong balance sheet and further deleveraging down to 1.3x3 Sustained bolt-on M&A momentum through 2025 and very dynamic start to 2026 9 bolt-on acquisitions announced in 2025, adding c. €347 million of annual revenue 2 transactions announced in early 2026, including the signing of an agreement to acquire ROFA Industrial AG, a strategic step up in Industrial Services in Germany (c. €430 million in annual revenue, high-single digit EBITA margin profile) A healthy and well‑diversified pipeline of further opportunities Reaffirming leadership in sustainability Full achievement of our 2025 environmental objectives, including several overachievements Ambitious new 2030 sustainability roadmap, raising environmental and social targets 2026 outlook Strong total growth, driven by further organic growth and active bolt-on M&A Continued expansion of EBITA margin Mid-term EBITA margin tar...
Decision of Gauthier Louette not to seek the renewal of his mandates as Chairman and CEO at the end of his term in April 2026 Separation of the functions of Chairman of the Board of Directors and...
Decision of Gauthier Louette not to seek the renewal of his mandates as Chairman and CEO at the end of his term in April 2026 Separation of the functions of Chairman of the Board of Directors and...
Getty Images At one point, there were roughly 2,000 U.S. automobile manufacturers. Today, only a few dozen remain. The legendary Warren Buffett often points to the U.S. automotive industry as a teaching moment for investors. Why? To highlight how difficult it is to pick individual companies in what he believed to be a high-growth, capital-intensive industry. While the U.S. car market has long been...
Getty Images At one point, there were roughly 2,000 U.S. automobile manufacturers. Today, only a few dozen remain. The legendary Warren Buffett often points to the U.S. automotive industry as a teaching moment for investors. Why? To highlight how difficult it is to pick individual companies in what he believed to be a high-growth, capital-intensive industry. While the U.S. car market has long been highly consolidated into a handful of firms controlling multiple brands, we believe China’s vehicle market still remains highly fragmented, retaining the ethos of a Wild West-style capitalist competition, with over 150 carmakers actively competing with one another. 1 Such a market is characterized by rapid technological innovation, volatility, and potential regulatory uncertainty. If you want to step back into the dynamism of the 1910s US auto industry, look no further than a Chinese shopping mall. In her latest video , cultural analyst Xiabing Su takes us on a tour of the displays from some of the most prominent car brands in China, all conveniently located in the same place. In the US, extreme consolidation eventually led the market to be heavily dominated by GM ( GM ) and Ford ( F ). However, we believe it is entirely too early to tell whether certain brands will consolidate into one or not in China’s nascent vehicle industry that is just now reaching global scale. As such, we believe a basket approach to China’s electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem is appropriate. Xiabing stresses that, in today’s China, electric vehicles are the market, as they now account for the majority of new vehicle sales. 8 She recalled that, back in 2018, China implemented a policy assigning electric vehicles special green license plates so their drivers could enjoy special privileges. 2 Walking through the streets of Shanghai today, she noted that nearly all she could see were green license plates. China has become the world’s largest electric vehicle market, accounting for over 50% of global EV sa...
Given that XRP (XRP 1.13%) is down by 35% in the last 90 days alone, it's completely understandable that investors might be thinking about whether it's time to head for the door. But, if you're seriously weighing whether to sell your XRP, there are two numbers in particular that deserve a lot more of your attention than the day-to-day price. So before deciding to sell the coin for good, at least t...
Given that XRP (XRP 1.13%) is down by 35% in the last 90 days alone, it's completely understandable that investors might be thinking about whether it's time to head for the door. But, if you're seriously weighing whether to sell your XRP, there are two numbers in particular that deserve a lot more of your attention than the day-to-day price. So before deciding to sell the coin for good, at least take a look at both, because they might change your mind. No. 1: Total tokenized value In crypto, asset tokenization is the process of generating and recording a digital representation of a traditional asset (like a stock or bond) on a programmable crypto token hosted on a blockchain. The point of asset tokenization is that it can reduce some of the transaction settlement and recordkeeping friction for the asset holder, assuming that the surrounding legal and operational pieces line up. And, as the XRP Ledger (XRPL) is angling to build out the features that will make it a great place to manage tokenized assets, the sum of their value on its chain today is a very important figure to know. Expand CRYPTO : XRP XRP Today's Change ( -1.13 %) $ -0.02 Current Price $ 1.40 Key Data Points Market Cap $86B Day's Range $ 1.39 - $ 1.45 52wk Range $ 1.14 - $ 3.65 Volume 2.4B As of Feb. 26, 2026, the value of tokenized assets held on the XRP Ledger just for recordkeeping purposes was nearly $1.5 billion, up by about 4.4% from 30 days prior. Even more importantly, there were $461 million in tradeable tokenized assets held on the ledger for the purpose of distribution rather than just recordkeeping, up by a stunning 45% in the same period. In other words, this is real progress which shows that XRP is going to be an important coin to hold for asset issuers who want to use its network to manage their tokenized holdings. And that might make the coin more valuable over time if the trend continues to generate real capital inflows to the chain. No. 2: Asset transfer volume Activity on the XRPL is...
These days, it’s rare to find a quiet discussion about Oracle Corporation (ORCL). Traders who follow the New York Stock Exchange’s ticker on most mornings notice the same pattern: the stock gradually rises, jolting every now and then when news about cloud contracts or artificial intelligence reaches the wires. The shares were recently up slightly on the day, hovering around $154. Not very dramatic...
These days, it’s rare to find a quiet discussion about Oracle Corporation (ORCL). Traders who follow the New York Stock Exchange’s ticker on most mornings notice the same pattern: the stock gradually rises, jolting every now and then when news about cloud contracts or artificial intelligence reaches the wires. The shares were recently up slightly on the day, hovering around $154. Not very dramatic. However, something more significant appears to be developing beneath that stable price movement. It used to be simpler to explain Oracle. The database company was the culprit. the silent infrastructure that supports government systems, banks, and hospitals. Ten years ago, when attending a technology conference, it was common to see engineers talking about enterprise software at Oracle booths instead of dazzling product demonstrations. dependable, lucrative, and possibly a little dull. Even though it seems more and more out of date, that reputation endures. Category Details Company Oracle Corporation Stock Ticker ORCL Exchange NYSE Current Price ~$154.79 Market Cap ~$444.7 Billion P/E Ratio ~29.09 52-Week High $345.72 52-Week Low $118.86 Dividend Yield ~1.29% Quarterly Dividend $0.50 Latest Quarterly Revenue $16.06 Billion Revenue Growth (YoY) +14.22% Headquarters Austin, Texas, United States Official Website https://www.oracle.com The company is currently working to reposition itself in the race to construct the artificial intelligence computing backbone, which is a completely different narrative. This goal has forced the business to build enormous data centers and invest heavily in cloud infrastructure. And as they watch it unfold, investors appear both curious and a little uneasy. On the surface, the financial figures continue to appear to be sound. Oracle reported $16 billion in revenue for the quarter, up more than 14% from the previous year. Additionally, earnings per share significantly exceeded forecasts. Normally, those numbers would calm markets. However, it appe...