This sophisticated, character-driven sitcom from the creators of Scrubs and Ted Lasso is very funny. And it’s proof that all that drama hasn’t blunted Carrell’s comic edge Here’s a funny thing. When comically gifted actors go “straight”, taking on dramatic roles with zero laughs, the world falls over its feet to give them flowers. You might not realise it from looking at every single acting award ...
This sophisticated, character-driven sitcom from the creators of Scrubs and Ted Lasso is very funny. And it’s proof that all that drama hasn’t blunted Carrell’s comic edge Here’s a funny thing. When comically gifted actors go “straight”, taking on dramatic roles with zero laughs, the world falls over its feet to give them flowers. You might not realise it from looking at every single acting award ever handed out but comedy is much harder than drama. Both share techniques and aim at truth. But with comedy, rhythm and originality are crucial, and the spotlight is merciless. (Fart noise.) From Robin Williams to Jim Carrey, Hugh Laurie to Daniel Kaluuya, when an actor gets more admiration keeping the hahas in, they often don’t go back. Which brings me to Rooster, a show that, along with last year’s Four Seasons, marks Steve Carell ’s return to TV comedy. Since leaving The Office, Carell has spent 13 years fictionally fathering drug addicts, being an abusive wrestler-philanthropist, and getting fired from his job as a news anchor for sexual misconduct. (That was on The Morning Show, not Anchorman.) Incredible projects, obviously. But don’t they sometimes have the hint of homework? Continue reading...
My sexuality had to be hidden from my friends, my parents, not to mention the authorities. Then I found freedom at house parties and one song that sums up me finally being able to be myself I was raised in Tehran, under the Ayatollah’s sharia law and daily watch of Basij – the “morality police”. My parents fell in love with the Islamic Revolution when I was a baby and welcomed life under its stric...
My sexuality had to be hidden from my friends, my parents, not to mention the authorities. Then I found freedom at house parties and one song that sums up me finally being able to be myself I was raised in Tehran, under the Ayatollah’s sharia law and daily watch of Basij – the “morality police”. My parents fell in love with the Islamic Revolution when I was a baby and welcomed life under its strict religious rules. The Ayatollah’s face stared down from the walls at home, a daily reminder of what was expected and what was forbidden. This included being gay, but by my teenage years I knew I was different from my peers, and began hiding my sexuality from my parents and the world outside. The other side of life under the regime was that there was little room for celebration: happy events, even religious ones, came with inherent guilt while frivolous outside influences, including western music, were considered dangerous. And so I was in my mid-20s before I went to my first real party: an underground gathering that would become my gateway to a hidden, gay Tehran. Continue reading...
The commuter belt is being redrawn. During Covid, in the hope that remote working would stick, buyers broke free from conventions and transformed the housing map. A race for space – and to the coast and rural areas – were the stories of the pandemic. As the call back to the office intensified, this trend unwound and homebuyers began targeting the more traditional commuter zones once again. Unfortu...
The commuter belt is being redrawn. During Covid, in the hope that remote working would stick, buyers broke free from conventions and transformed the housing map. A race for space – and to the coast and rural areas – were the stories of the pandemic. As the call back to the office intensified, this trend unwound and homebuyers began targeting the more traditional commuter zones once again. Unfortunately, the homebuying landscape is very different to five years ago and some of those locations are unaffordable. The cost of living is significantly higher, as are mortgage repayment costs. There is arguably little help now for first-time buyers and, while house prices in London have softened (in some areas), the capital remains entirely unaffordable for many. Priced-out first-time buyers are competing with second and third steppers for homes in the commuter belt, and with downsizers who are relocating from rural locations to be close to transport links and grandchildren. View image in fullscreen Thousands of people commute to London as living in the capital remains unaffordable for many. Photograph: alice-photo/Shutterstock “Britain’s traditional commuter belts have shrunk back down after the pandemic, but they are not as compact as they were before, with buyers searching for value,” says Frances McDonald of Savills. That translates as being pushed into new areas where prices are still affordable. “New infrastructure has driven changes, too,” she adds. As an example, she says: “The Elizabeth line has opened up the westerly home counties for those working in the City and Canary Wharf.” Research from Savills shared exclusively with Guardian Money reveals the new affordable commuter hotspots – suburbs, towns and villages with a direct service into London, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh. These are places where entrances and exits into the local railway station have soared since before the pandemic as commuters get cute and hunt out new locations that work for them. The...
In each of her previous novels and story collections, the Irish author Mary Costello has revealed the inner vastness hidden within even the quietest lives. Her latest book, A Beautiful Loan, goes further, with a faithful, poetic exploration of the multitudes we contain and what it means to be human. From the outset, in the novel’s prologue, Anna tells us she is determined to account for herself an...
In each of her previous novels and story collections, the Irish author Mary Costello has revealed the inner vastness hidden within even the quietest lives. Her latest book, A Beautiful Loan, goes further, with a faithful, poetic exploration of the multitudes we contain and what it means to be human. From the outset, in the novel’s prologue, Anna tells us she is determined to account for herself and her life. But we are to expect no ordinary narrative, concerned only with “actual events”, “evidence-based” or relying on “historical data”. No, Anna is interested in the “climate of the psyche” and “the vibrations of the soul”. Can it be that the very things we cannot quantify or rationalise are what make life meaningful? When she meets Peter, the older, worldly man whom she will marry, Anna tells us she wants to know everything about him – every part of his existence. Only Peter is distant and evasive. He has no wish to spend time with her family and sees no need to compromise his own wants. There is a sense over the years that Anna has some understanding of what is wrong here, but almost at once she denies this knowledge, just as he denies answers to her questions. double quotation mark We are asked what it might mean to know another person, and whether such a thing is even possible Later, when Anna frees herself from Peter, she falls for Karim. He is a Muslim – although not a devout one – kind, generous and boyish. She also finds solace in his faith. However, a tragedy leads him to become increasingly dogmatic, lacking in compassion. Beneath the pin-sharp topography of an emotional life, this is a novel of ideas. We are asked what it might mean to know another person, and whether such a thing is even possible. Childhood is depicted as perhaps the only time of ever being “fully known”, so its loss feels elemental, with adulthood an ever-growing estrangement from others. Elsewhere, Peter’s cruelty and emotional disconnect is couched in the language of science and reason...
The US-Israeli war on Iran, now into its seventh day, has set the Middle East alight, threatening millions of people’s lives and livelihoods as the violence spreads in widening arc stretching from central Asia to the edge of Europe. The joint operation, named “Epic Fury” by the US and “Roaring Lion” by Israel, has been sold as a high-impact show of intimidating power, but its impact so far beyond ...
The US-Israeli war on Iran, now into its seventh day, has set the Middle East alight, threatening millions of people’s lives and livelihoods as the violence spreads in widening arc stretching from central Asia to the edge of Europe. The joint operation, named “Epic Fury” by the US and “Roaring Lion” by Israel, has been sold as a high-impact show of intimidating power, but its impact so far beyond the chaos and bloodshed is unclear. What is certain is that predictions that this type of war would destabilise the region have indeed rapidly materialised. 1. What is the background to this war? For decades, the regional powerhouse Iran, which views Israel and the US as its arch-enemies, has sought to spread its influence across the Middle East by backing militant groups, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. It has developed a nuclear programme that it claims is for civil purposes. Washington disputes this and was in negotiations to limit Tehran’s nuclear ambitions up until last Saturday, when it abandoned them and started bombing. Map of Middle East strikes Israel’s longstanding regional policy – particularly towards Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Gaza, Yemen and Syria – has been to keep enemy forces “weak” through the regular use of overwhelming and destructive military power, including assassinations. The result has been the killing of tens of thousands of civilians, an abandonment of diplomacy and the hardening of global hatred against Israel. Senior figures in armed factions that Israel has killed are usually quickly replaced by deputies, while militant groups Israel has targeted have either rebuilt or been replaced by others. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been urging the US to seriously consider an attack on Iran for years and dismissed international agreements to put limits on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Successive administrations in Washington have held back from this belligerent stance, with diplomats and Middle Eastern governments wa...
Thomas Woldbye led London’s Heathrow Airport in 2025 through a power outage and a cyber attack that caused chaos for hundreds of thousands of passengers and prompted separate reviews. Now, after an uptick in passengers at the start of the year, the Middle East conflict threatens to upend any optimistic predictions for 2026. The 61-year-old Danish executive spoke to Bloomberg about the chances of E...
Thomas Woldbye led London’s Heathrow Airport in 2025 through a power outage and a cyber attack that caused chaos for hundreds of thousands of passengers and prompted separate reviews. Now, after an uptick in passengers at the start of the year, the Middle East conflict threatens to upend any optimistic predictions for 2026. The 61-year-old Danish executive spoke to Bloomberg about the chances of Europe’s busiest hub having a third runway in a decade and the lessons learned from last year’s power outage after he slept through part of the blackout. He also offers his view on the best holiday destination right now. The transcript has been edited for brevity. Bloomberg: Given Heathrow is a critical hub for Middle Eastern airlines heavily disrupted by the conflict, what risk do you see for demand? Woldbye: If you go back to just after World War II, you will see that where there’s been SARS, the financial crisis, the IT bubble and even COVID. Not only has aviation come back to the same growth curve, it’s actually come back to the same curve it was on before in terms of volume and growth. If we look at the long-term outlook on this, I’m quite confident that it’ll come back. It’s difficult to put a number on the passenger impact, because we can see how many are not flying on the aircraft that are not departing, but we can’t see how many are coming in via Bangkok, Africa or China, or even where people are flying around. It’s not in that sense for us a traumatic incident. It’s a traumatic incident for the people, airports and airlines that are involved. Q: What impact will it have on Heathrow’s revenue? A: It’s relatively insignificant right now but it’s super difficult to estimate. Of course, if it continues for a very long time, then we’ll have to look at that and we’d probably advise the market. If you remember the Collins incident (cyberattack last September) where you had some of the airlines’ checking systems go down, that was a much more significant incident. A hundred...
designer491/iStock via Getty Images Global 10-year government bond yields dropped in February amid rising equity market volatility fueled by geopolitical tensions, ongoing uncertainty over monetary and trade policy, and AI concerns. The biggest mover was the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield, which declined by 29.5 basis points to finish the month at 3.96%. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showe...
designer491/iStock via Getty Images Global 10-year government bond yields dropped in February amid rising equity market volatility fueled by geopolitical tensions, ongoing uncertainty over monetary and trade policy, and AI concerns. The biggest mover was the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield, which declined by 29.5 basis points to finish the month at 3.96%. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that consumer price inflation eased to 2.4% in January, its lowest level since May 2025. Bhas Nalabothula, Head of U.S. Institutional Rates at Tradeweb, said: “Uncertainty remains elevated across markets. Tradeweb swap data suggests there is virtually no probability of a rate cut in March. The Fed continues to emphasize caution and a data-dependent approach, though market volatility could still influence the policy path.” In neighbouring Canada, 10-year bond yields ended the month 29 basis points lower at 3.13%. The country’s annual inflation rate edged down to 2.3% in January, down from 2.4% in the prior month, while consumer confidence increased to 49.30 points from 46.40 points. Across the Atlantic, the yield on the 10-year Gilt fell by 29 basis points to 4.23%. The Bank of England left interest rates unchanged at 3.75% in February. Beyond that, market participants said they anticipated a reduction in UK government borrowing, which the government affirmed with a £252.1 billion cut in its spring economic statement. Elsewhere in Europe, Italy and Germany’s 10-year government bond yields decreased by 18 and 15 basis points to close the month at 3.28% and 2.65%, respectively. The European Central Bank maintained interest rates for the fifth time in a row. According to Eurostat, headline Euro-area inflation unexpectedly rose to 1.9% in February, up from 1.7% in January, while core inflation accelerated to 2.4%. In the Asia Pacific region, Japanese 10-year bond yields touched a 3-year high of 2.29% on February 9, but ultimately fell by nearly 13 basis points over the month t...
Frenchman Hadjar said he was surprised to be third, expecting Ferrari to be ahead of him, but on his debut for the Red Bull team he did what so many of his predecessors could not and delivered when Verstappen hit trouble. The four-time champion spun off and crashed at Turn One on his first lap of the session when his rear axle locked, catching him by surprise. He was shaking his hands after he cli...
Frenchman Hadjar said he was surprised to be third, expecting Ferrari to be ahead of him, but on his debut for the Red Bull team he did what so many of his predecessors could not and delivered when Verstappen hit trouble. The four-time champion spun off and crashed at Turn One on his first lap of the session when his rear axle locked, catching him by surprise. He was shaking his hands after he climbed out of the car, because he had held on to the steering wheel on impact, but said nothing was broken. "I have no idea (what happened)," he said. "I just arrived to Turn One and the rear axle just completely locked up out of the blue while hitting the pedal, so this is something very weird that I've never experienced in F1 before. So just need to understand what went wrong." He will start 20th, ahead only of the Williams of Carlos Sainz and Aston Martin of Lance Stroll, neither of whom were able to take part in the session after reliability problems in final practice. Behind the Racing Bulls, the new Audi team had a strong session with Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg taking 10th and 11th places, with the Haas cars of Oliver Bearman and Esteban Ocon 12th and 13th. Bortoleto missed a chance to start higher because his car broke down on the way back to the pits after the second knockout session. Alonso took the opportunity to underline how much difference finally managing to complete some laps had made to a team that were five seconds off the pace on Friday by reducing that to 2.5secs in qualifying. "The whole winter has been a little bit with that feeling that there is much more to come, especially on the chassis side," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. "We feel more or less OK in the corners and we feel we could be in the top 10 easily and then we cannot put laps together in the winter. "Here, thanks to a more normal second and third practice, we found two seconds easily just because we ran. "It is a matter of continuing to do laps and stay united. There is no secret that t...
Fintel reports that on March 5, 2026, Evercore ISI Group upgraded their outlook for Southern Company - Corporate Bond (NYSE:SOJD) from In-Line to Outperform. Analyst Price Forecast Suggests 4.90% Upside As of February 25, 2026, the average one-year price target for Southern Company - Corporate Bond is $21.87/share. The forecasts range from a low of $16.43 to a high of $24.75. The average price tar...
Fintel reports that on March 5, 2026, Evercore ISI Group upgraded their outlook for Southern Company - Corporate Bond (NYSE:SOJD) from In-Line to Outperform. Analyst Price Forecast Suggests 4.90% Upside As of February 25, 2026, the average one-year price target for Southern Company - Corporate Bond is $21.87/share. The forecasts range from a low of $16.43 to a high of $24.75. The average price target represents an increase of 4.90% from its latest reported closing price of $20.85 / share. See our leaderboard of companies with the largest price target upside. The projected annual revenue for Southern Company - Corporate Bond is 30,106MM, an increase of 1.87%. The projected annual non-GAAP EPS is 4.67. What is the Fund Sentiment? There are 15 funds or institutions reporting positions in Southern Company - Corporate Bond. This is an decrease of 21 owner(s) or 58.33% in the last quarter. Average portfolio weight of all funds dedicated to SOJD is 0.17%, an increase of 54.49%. Total shares owned by institutions decreased in the last three months by 90.81% to 841K shares. What are Other Shareholders Doing? HDBFX - Hartford Dynamic Bond Fund Class F holds 220K shares. In its prior filing, the firm reported owning 90K shares , representing an increase of 59.09%. The firm increased its portfolio allocation in SOJD by 102.46% over the last quarter. FPE - First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF holds 180K shares. In its prior filing, the firm reported owning 95K shares , representing an increase of 47.08%. The firm increased its portfolio allocation in SOJD by 81.62% over the last quarter. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund Iii holds 120K shares. No change in the last quarter. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund holds 110K shares. No change in the last quarter. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund Ii holds 86K shares. No change in the last quarter. Fintel is one of the most comprehensive investing research platforms available to individual investors, traders, financial adv...
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has suspended an academic who reportedly pleaded guilty to posing as a schoolboy to photograph pupils at an elite boys’ school in Australia. Australian media reported that Johnny Li Siu-hang, a professor at CUHK’s business school, was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly dressing in the uniform of the Sydney institution to mingle with pupils and take photo...
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has suspended an academic who reportedly pleaded guilty to posing as a schoolboy to photograph pupils at an elite boys’ school in Australia. Australian media reported that Johnny Li Siu-hang, a professor at CUHK’s business school, was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly dressing in the uniform of the Sydney institution to mingle with pupils and take photos of them. A CUHK spokeswoman said on Friday evening that the university was aware of the incident and attached great importance to it, stressing that it took the conduct of its faculty and staff seriously. Advertisement “The university has suspended the duties of the faculty member concerned and will set up a committee to investigate the incident in accordance with relevant procedures,” she said. “Any breach of conduct will be handled seriously.” The professor was also reported to have visited the campuses of four of Sydney’s top high schools. Photo: Handout Australian media earlier reported that the 46-year-old professor had been mingling with students playing at a public park opposite their school, when a teacher spotted and “extracted” him from the crowd of high-school boys.
To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. Taipei, March 7 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) said Saturday the company aims to hire 8,000 more employees this year to meet its expansion needs, and plans to pay an average annual salary of NT$2.2 million (US$69,449) to new engineers holding a master's degree. The world's largest contract ...
To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. Taipei, March 7 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) said Saturday the company aims to hire 8,000 more employees this year to meet its expansion needs, and plans to pay an average annual salary of NT$2.2 million (US$69,449) to new engineers holding a master's degree. The world's largest contract chipmaker said it has launched a recruitment campaign in Taiwan, including a job fair held at National Taiwan University (NTU) on Saturday. TSMC said the new hires, including engineers and technical staff, will be stationed in its plants in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan and Kaohsiung. The chipmaker said it needs professionals in a wide range of areas, such as electrical engineering, electronics, optoelectronics, physics, materials, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, industrial engineering, engineering management, business management, human resources, and accounting. In addition, the chipmaker said that due to its efforts to push for digital transformation and AI and big data applications, the company will seek talent in emerging technologies. After the job fair at NTU, TSMC will hold similar events in other universities across Taiwan and five additional online recruitment events. Meanwhile, TSMC also announced an internship program for the upcoming summer vacation and will take applications from students in their third year of university or higher before May 8. It said students studying master's and Ph.D. programs will be prioritized.
Key Points Amarin has one drug, and it has lost key patent protections. The company is cutting costs in an effort to generate positive cash flow. 10 stocks we like better than Amarin Plc › Amarin (NASDAQ: AMRN) is a drug company that is in a particularly precarious position. This fact is highlighted by the company's recent move to restructure its operations in an effort to cut costs. And Vascepa, ...
Key Points Amarin has one drug, and it has lost key patent protections. The company is cutting costs in an effort to generate positive cash flow. 10 stocks we like better than Amarin Plc › Amarin (NASDAQ: AMRN) is a drug company that is in a particularly precarious position. This fact is highlighted by the company's recent move to restructure its operations in an effort to cut costs. And Vascepa, the one drug it has to sell, is already facing generic competition in the United States. Most investors would be better off with a larger drug company. Amarin has some positives to offer Perhaps the most positive thing about Amarin is its balance sheet. The company is carrying no long-term debt, has a cash balance of nearly $135 million, and owns short-term investments worth just under $168 million. In short, it is in a very strong financial position and can likely sustain its business for years to come. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Meanwhile, despite the headwinds Vascepa faces in the U.S. market, it is a revenue-generating product. In 2025, Amarin had product sales of nearly $183 million. And a restructuring effort in 2025 has helped the company reduce costs. Management believes the restructuring will help it to generate positive free cash flow in 2026. A pharmaceutical company with no debt and positive free cash flow would normally be hard to complain about. I still wouldn't touch Amarin with a 10-foot pole For the most part, the good news ends there. The big risk is that the company's sales stood at $285 million two years ago. So there's been a material decline on the top line. The fact that its only drug has faced generic competition in the U.S. market has a lot to do with the revenue decline. With no other product to lean on, Amarin has little choice but to pull back on spending o...