"But for the people we are seeing who can now do a bit of exercise, they can walk, they feel they are getting their life back - at the moment, it does seem to be worth it for them."
"But for the people we are seeing who can now do a bit of exercise, they can walk, they feel they are getting their life back - at the moment, it does seem to be worth it for them."
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has moved higher in three straight sessions, collecting more than 25 points or 0.8 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just above the 3,325-point plateau although it's likely to run out of steam on Wednesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is a mixed bag, with weakness among the financials and oil companies likely countered by s...
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has moved higher in three straight sessions, collecting more than 25 points or 0.8 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just above the 3,325-point plateau although it's likely to run out of steam on Wednesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is a mixed bag, with weakness among the financials and oil companies likely countered by support from the technology shares. The European markets were down and the U.S. bourses were mixed and the Asian markets figure to split the difference. The STI finished modestly higher on Tuesday as gains from the industrials and trusts were capped by weakness from the property sector. For the day, the index added 12.14 points or 0.37 percent to finish at 3,326.28 after trading between 3,309.68 and 3,329.24 Among the actives, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust surged 1.03 percent, while City Developments slid 0.19 percent, Comfort DelGro slumped 0.74 percent, DBS Group collected 0.31 percent, Hongkong Land sank 0.62 percent, Keppel DC REIT added 0.56 percent, Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust spiked 0.81 percent, Mapletree Industrial Trust gained 0.47 percent, Mapletree Logistics Trust rallied 0.76 percent, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation jumped 0.70 percent, SATS stumbled 1.04 percent, Seatrium Limited climbed 0.68 percent, SembCorp Industries advanced 0.60 percent, Singapore Technologies Engineering soared 0.98 percent, SingTel gathered 0.38 percent, Thai Beverage retreated 1.06 percent, Wilmar International perked 0.32 percent, Yangzijiang Financial tumbled 1.43 percent, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding rose 0.40 percent and Emperador, Genting Singapore, CapitaLand Investment and Keppel Ltd were unchanged. The lead from Wall Street remains divergent as the major averages opened mixed and finished the same way. The Dow tumbled 299.05 points or 0.76 percent to finish at 39,112.16, while the NASDAQ rallied 220.84 points or 1.26 percent to close at 17,717.65 and the S&P 50...
Highly specialized robotics company Teradyne (TER 10.51%) was a popular stock on the market in February. A rally kicked off following the company's latest earnings report on Feb. 2, with the estimates-trouncing period setting the tone for the stock across the rest of the month. From the first trading day to the last in February, Teradyne's shares gained almost 33%. Advancing with AI Teradyne's fou...
Highly specialized robotics company Teradyne (TER 10.51%) was a popular stock on the market in February. A rally kicked off following the company's latest earnings report on Feb. 2, with the estimates-trouncing period setting the tone for the stock across the rest of the month. From the first trading day to the last in February, Teradyne's shares gained almost 33%. Advancing with AI Teradyne's fourth quarter of 2025 was outstanding in many respects, not least because the robtotics company grew both revenue and profitability at impressive rates. The former metric surged 44% year over year to $1.08 billion. Not surprisingly, the company's semiconductor diagnostics products accounted for the leading revenue source, bringing in $883 million. Its other two product categories (product and robotics testing) contributed $110 million and $89 million, respectively. All three posted top-line gains over the previous quarter, the company said. The semiconductor segment is hot right now due to consistently heavy demand for artificial intelligence (AI). Chips that can handle AI workflows require vigorous testing, which plays beautifully into the hands of a diagnostics specialist like Teradyne. The company's bottom line also improved dramatically, with net income not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) rocketing almost 83% higher to $283 million, or $1.80 per share. Those two headline figures were miles above the consensus analyst estimates. Collectively, pundits tracking Teradyne stock were modeling revenue of just over $969 million, and non-GAAP (adjusted) net income of only $1.36 per share. Management expects the growth train to keep thundering down the tracks. For its current (first) quarter, the company expects revenue of $1.15 billion to $1.25 billion and adjusted net earnings per share (EPS) of $1.89 to $2.25. Again, both are substantially above the consensus prognosticator forecasts: $942 million for the former line item and $1.25 per share fo...
Key Points AI was helping power the company's fundamentals, a trend that was abundantly clear towards the end of 2025. A clutch of analysts raised their price targets on its shares too. 10 stocks we like better than Teradyne › Highly specialized robotics company Teradyne (NASDAQ: TER) was a popular stock on the market in February. A rally kicked off following the company's latest earnings report o...
Key Points AI was helping power the company's fundamentals, a trend that was abundantly clear towards the end of 2025. A clutch of analysts raised their price targets on its shares too. 10 stocks we like better than Teradyne › Highly specialized robotics company Teradyne (NASDAQ: TER) was a popular stock on the market in February. A rally kicked off following the company's latest earnings report on Feb. 2, with the estimates-trouncing period setting the tone for the stock across the rest of the month. From the first trading day to the last in February, Teradyne's shares gained almost 33%. Advancing with AI Teradyne's fourth quarter of 2025 was outstanding in many respects, not least because the robtotics company grew both revenue and profitability at impressive rates. 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 » The former metric surged 44% year over year to $1.08 billion. Not surprisingly, the company's semiconductor diagnostics products accounted for the leading revenue source, bringing in $883 million. Its other two product categories (product and robotics testing) contributed $110 million and $89 million, respectively. All three posted top-line gains over the previous quarter, the company said. The semiconductor segment is hot right now due to consistently heavy demand for artificial intelligence (AI). Chips that can handle AI workflows require vigorous testing, which plays beautifully into the hands of a diagnostics specialist like Teradyne. The company's bottom line also improved dramatically, with net income not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) rocketing almost 83% higher to $283 million, or $1.80 per share. Those two headline figures were miles above the consensus analyst estimates. Collectively, pundits tracking Teradyne stock were modeling revenue of ...
The rate of people dying from cancer in the UK has fallen by almost a third since the 1980s amid seismic progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, a report has found. About 247 in every 100,000 people die from cancer each year, a 29% drop from the peak in 1989 of about 355 per 100,000, according to an analysis by Cancer Research UK (CRUK). Cancer remains Britain’s biggest killer, causing ab...
The rate of people dying from cancer in the UK has fallen by almost a third since the 1980s amid seismic progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, a report has found. About 247 in every 100,000 people die from cancer each year, a 29% drop from the peak in 1989 of about 355 per 100,000, according to an analysis by Cancer Research UK (CRUK). Cancer remains Britain’s biggest killer, causing about one in four deaths, and survival rates lag behind a number of European countries, including Romania and Poland. However, in the past decade alone, the rate of people dying from cancer has fallen by 11%. The death rate for ovarian cancer dropped by 19% between 2012-2014 and 2022-2024, stomach cancer fell by 34% and lung cancer 22%. Bowel cancer dipped 6%, breast cancer 14%, cervical cancer 11% and leukaemia 9%. The oesophageal cancer death rate fell by 12%. But some rates increased in the last decade. They included kidney cancer (up 5%), liver cancer (up 14%), eye cancer (up 26%) and gallbladder cancer (up 29%). Other rates remained stable, including thyroid, pancreatic and melanoma. Dr Sam Godfrey, the science engagement lead at CRUK, said: “These figures represent decades of crucial scientific breakthroughs. From vaccines that prevent cancer to kinder, more targeted treatments. Because of this, thousands more people today can make memories, reach milestones and spend precious time with their loved ones.” The UK was a global leader in cancer research, Godfrey said, but future progress could not be taken for granted. “It’s essential that the government makes it easier and faster to set up clinical trials, as well as providing NHS staff with the time and space to carry out life-saving research.” Last year the Guardian revealed how British cancer patients were being denied life-saving drugs and trials of revolutionary treatments were being derailed by red tape and extra costs brought on by Brexit. The UK’s exit from the EU had “damaged the practical ability” of doctors to ...
The NHS is pausing new referrals for masculinising or feminising hormone treatment for 16 and 17-year-olds after an in-depth review found there was insufficient evidence to support its continued use. Prescriptions for hormones had been available in England for under-18s with a diagnosis of gender incongruence or dysphoria who met certain criteria. But after the Cass review, NHS England commissione...
The NHS is pausing new referrals for masculinising or feminising hormone treatment for 16 and 17-year-olds after an in-depth review found there was insufficient evidence to support its continued use. Prescriptions for hormones had been available in England for under-18s with a diagnosis of gender incongruence or dysphoria who met certain criteria. But after the Cass review, NHS England commissioned its own review of all the available clinical evidence. That review has now concluded and found the evidence did not back the continued use of the treatment for 16 and 17-year-olds. In her review of children’s gender care, Hilary Cass had recommended “extreme caution” in providing such treatment and a “clear clinical rationale for providing hormones at this stage rather than waiting until an individual reaches 18”. The NHS England review found the evidence was too weak to show whether such treatment was beneficial or harmful to children with gender dysphoria. The NHS is continuing to examine the evidence for masculinising and feminising hormones in adults, the Guardian understands. NHS England said patients under 18 currently receiving cross-sex hormones may continue to receive treatment. However, that treatment must now be reviewed individually with clinicians. On Monday, NHS England launched a 90-day consultation on plans to remove the treatment as a routine procedure. New referrals for the treatment will be paused during the consultation period. The development comes after a clinical trial into the impacts of puberty blockers on children as young as 10, launched in November, was paused last month – before anyone had been recruited – amid concerns about the “unquantified risk” of “long-term biological harms”. Use of the drugs to delay or prevent puberty was banned for under-18s in 2024. Prof James Palmer, national medical director for specialised services at NHS England, said: “Following the Cass review, NHS England commissioned an in-depth review of all available clinic...
The UK government will expand powers to tackle extremism by setting up a new whistleblowing route for university staff and giving the Charity Commission powers to shut down charities, as part of a new action plan to strengthen social cohesion. The plan, announced by the housing, communities and local government secretary, Steve Reed, will invest a further £5m in the Common Ground Resilience Fund, ...
The UK government will expand powers to tackle extremism by setting up a new whistleblowing route for university staff and giving the Charity Commission powers to shut down charities, as part of a new action plan to strengthen social cohesion. The plan, announced by the housing, communities and local government secretary, Steve Reed, will invest a further £5m in the Common Ground Resilience Fund, which was launched to support organisations and authorities tackling divisions in communities. “We must listen to people’s concerns about growing divisions and take action to bring our communities back together,” Reed said. As well as a new whistleblowing service, the plan will include a new Campus Cohesion Charter to strengthen respect and shared values across universities. The strategy will also introduce an annual State of Extremism report setting out the nature and scale of the threat facing the UK and the government’s response, while the Visa Watchlist Taskforce will be strengthened to block hate preachers and extremists from entering the country. The action plan also prioritises the importance of speaking English. Miatta Fahnbulleh, the minister for devolution, faith and communities, said: “When a mother cannot speak to her child’s teacher, join a residents’ meeting, challenge her landlord about damp walls, argue for fair pay or speak to her doctor, daily life becomes a series of hurdles. “And for too many women from migrant backgrounds, language can be the difference between isolation and independence.” Government funding for English as a second language (Esol) courses in England fell by 60% between 2010 and 2016, from £203m in 2010 to £90m, with migrant rights campaigners warning cuts have made English-language classes harder to access. The government said the strategy would review how English-language teaching is provided and identify ways to make it more accessible, including digital options. The government is understood to be keen to make the argument for the nec...
Britain’s jobs market is “floundering” amid weak hiring demand, with only limited signs of recovery, data has revealed. Companies remain cautious about hiring staff amid cost pressures and economic uncertainty, according to two reports released on Monday. They show the labour market continues to be in a fragile position. A monthly employment index from BDO, an accountancy and consultancy firm, is ...
Britain’s jobs market is “floundering” amid weak hiring demand, with only limited signs of recovery, data has revealed. Companies remain cautious about hiring staff amid cost pressures and economic uncertainty, according to two reports released on Monday. They show the labour market continues to be in a fragile position. A monthly employment index from BDO, an accountancy and consultancy firm, is running at its weakest level in nearly 15 years. It has had its worst reading since March 2011, when the jobs market was still recovering from the financial crash. The index – which monitors trends in hiring intentions, headcount and demand for labour – was 93.30 in February, the same figure as January, continuing a run of multi-year lows. Any figure above 95 represents growth and anything below shows a contraction. “While the pace of decline in the employment index has stabilised since the start of the year, there are limited signs of meaningful recovery in the near term,” the report said. The survey aligns with official figures that showed unemployment in the UK rose to a five-year-high of 5.2% in the final quarter of 2025 and a near-11-year high for young people. The Office for Budget Responsibility said last week unemployment would peak at 5.3% this year, up from its forecast in November of 4.9%. It said the rise had been caused by businesses cutting back on hiring rather than laying off staff, which had a bigger impact on young people who were entering the workforce. BDO also reported that its business output index – which measures activity across the main sectors in the British economy – rose to its highest level in a year. It increased to 98.80 in February, up from 97.67 the previous month, driven largely by a more buoyant services sector. The rise marked three consecutive months of recovery. However, Scott Knight, the head of growth at BDO, said: “Global disruption puts the spotlight firmly on the economy. While momentum is building in pockets of the economy, real g...
Rare surviving items of Charles Dickens’ clothing, including the linen shirt collar worn by the writer when he suffered his fatal stroke in 1870, are to go on display. Other items being exhibited include Dickens’ black silk stockings – part of his only surviving suit – as well as personal effects and items related to his personal grooming, including a set of six silver razors used for his daily sh...
Rare surviving items of Charles Dickens’ clothing, including the linen shirt collar worn by the writer when he suffered his fatal stroke in 1870, are to go on display. Other items being exhibited include Dickens’ black silk stockings – part of his only surviving suit – as well as personal effects and items related to his personal grooming, including a set of six silver razors used for his daily shave, a perfume bottle, silver candle snuffers and a gold locket, containing photos and locks of hair from Dickens and his son, Henry. View image in fullscreen Locket containing locks of hair of Charles and Henry Dickens. Photograph: Charles Dickens Museum The rare showing is a window on to the personal style of Dickens, who suffered a stroke while sitting down for dinner at home at Gad’s Hill Place on 8 June 1870. He died the following day. After Dickens’ death, the collar was owned by actor and music hall performer Bransby Williams, famed for his portrayals of characters from Dickens’ novels. The display will run at the Charles Dickens Museum at 48 Doughty Street, Bloomsbury, the only surviving London house in which Charles Dickens lived and the place where he wrote many of the stories that made his name. In 1837, when Dickens moved into the home with his growing family, he was a budding author; by the time the family left he was world famous, on the back of a trio of successful novels written there: The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1838) and Nicholas Nickleby (1839). The machine-made black stockings on display were worn by Dickens, along with dark jacket, trousers and white waistcoat, as well as a sword, to a formal reception at St James’s Palace on 6 April 1870, at which Dickens met Edward, Prince of Wales. Dickens described the suit as “fancy dress”. View image in fullscreen Six silver razors with ivory handles from the exhibition. Photograph: Charles Dickens Museum The museum said the material paints a picture of Dickens as a snappily dressed, flamboyant dandy...
If the question is which genre bucked the prevailing trend in publishing to record a remarkable rise in readership last year, the answer is clear: quiz books. Spending on the titles increased by nearly a quarter in 2025, data from NielsenIQ BookData suggests. It was the best year for quiz books since records began in 1998, according to the company, which manages the ISBN and SAN agencies for the U...
If the question is which genre bucked the prevailing trend in publishing to record a remarkable rise in readership last year, the answer is clear: quiz books. Spending on the titles increased by nearly a quarter in 2025, data from NielsenIQ BookData suggests. It was the best year for quiz books since records began in 1998, according to the company, which manages the ISBN and SAN agencies for the UK and Ireland. There was also a sharp increase in spending on Bibles, with sales up by 19% on the previous year. Industry research found total sales of Bibles in the UK reached £6.3m, an increase of £3.6m on 2019 sales. The bestselling quiz books by Waterstones and Amazon are spin-offs of The 1% Club gameshow, broadcast on ITV and hosted by Lee Mack. They are published by Transworld, a division of Penguin Random House. However, spending on non-fiction slumped to its lowest level since 2014, at £791m, a 5% fall. A total of 59m books were sold, a 6% decrease year-on-year. Spending on adult fiction rose, though the number of print fiction books sold dropped slightly by 0.5%. Combined print book sales were worth £1.81bn. The data was published before the London Book Fair, the publishers’ trade fair, which starts on Tuesday. Philip Stone, the head of publisher account management at NeilsenIQ BookData, said: “NielsenIQ BookData’s 2025 findings reveal a resilient book market, with readers continuing to invest in stories despite a softer year overall. “Fiction remained the standout performer, fuelled by strong growth in sci‑fi and fantasy, horror and graphic novels, while children’s and young adult books also saw encouraging gains in key areas. “Non‑fiction faced greater pressure, though the popularity of trivia, quiz books and religious titles highlights sustained demand for escapism and insight.” The average cost of a book has hit record levels. It stands at £9.52, 2% higher than 2024. The increase was attributed to inflation and the rising cost of book production. Audiobook sale...
viper-zero Higher oil prices are set to pressure airline earnings globally, but the impact will be highly differentiated across U.S., European, and Asian carriers given their disparate fuel hedging profiles and policy frameworks. For major U.S. airlines such as Delta Air Lines ( DAL ), United Airlines ( UAL ), Southwest Airlines ( LUV ), JetBlue Airways ( JBLU ), and American Airlines ( AAL ), the...
viper-zero Higher oil prices are set to pressure airline earnings globally, but the impact will be highly differentiated across U.S., European, and Asian carriers given their disparate fuel hedging profiles and policy frameworks. For major U.S. airlines such as Delta Air Lines ( DAL ), United Airlines ( UAL ), Southwest Airlines ( LUV ), JetBlue Airways ( JBLU ), and American Airlines ( AAL ), the negative impact of higher jet fuel prices is clear since they gave up hedging for the most part. Southwest Airlines ( LUV ) is the only one of the group that still has some residual hedging contracts that will help soften the jet fuel price shock. Delta's ( DAL ) Trainer refinery provides it a kind of natural hedge for some of its jet fuel needs. For European network carriers, hedging provides substantial near‑term protection but will delay, not eliminate, earnings pressure if oil remains elevated. Lufthansa ( DLAKF ) ( DLAKY ) is about 82% hedged for Q1 and 77% for the full year, giving it one of the strongest short‑term fuel cost shock absorbers in the region, according to data from Bloomberg. The hedging position should support margin resilience in the next several quarters but leaves it progressively more exposed into 2027 as coverage rolls off. IAG ( ICAGY ) has increased its hedge ratio to 75% for Q1, 64% for Q3, 58% for Q3, and 50% for Q4, stepping down further to 39% and 31% in Q1 and Q2 2027, respectively. Meanwhile. Air France-KLM ( AFLYY ) is 70% hedged for Q1, 69% for Q2, 60% for Q3 and 47% for Q4, implying around 62% coverage for the full year versus 50% previously. Among Northern European carriers, Finnair ( FNNNF ) has locked in volumes at average jet prices in the high $600s per ton for 2026, stepping down in tonnage and price into early 2027; this supports visibility on unit costs but caps upside from any future fuel price decline. Icelandair is more modestly hedged, with 31–47% of estimated 2026 fuel usage covered by quarter and low‑teens coverage into ea...
Hong Kong has adequate safeguards to prevent any misuse of the Exchange Fund, according to the economist known as the “father of the city’s dollar peg”, who called concerns over the government’s decision to draw from the de facto sovereign wealth fund “a little overblown”. John Greenwood said the government’s plan to transfer HK$150 billion (US$19.1 billion) from the fund – which plays an essentia...
Hong Kong has adequate safeguards to prevent any misuse of the Exchange Fund, according to the economist known as the “father of the city’s dollar peg”, who called concerns over the government’s decision to draw from the de facto sovereign wealth fund “a little overblown”. John Greenwood said the government’s plan to transfer HK$150 billion (US$19.1 billion) from the fund – which plays an essential role in defending the Hong Kong dollar’s peg to the US dollar – would have no effect on the monetary system. He added that it was also “legitimate” for the government to justify the transfer as a reallocation of money from financial investments to infrastructure projects that would eventually generate economic returns. Advertisement “The [Hong Kong] government has always been very prudent, careful, conservative. So I’d be really surprised if this was a break with that tradition,” Greenwood said in an interview with the South China Morning Post. “It just seems to me that … this does not threaten the monetary system in any way.” Advertisement Greenwood is credited as the driving force behind the Hong Kong dollar peg, after an article he wrote in 1983 formed the basis for the government’s policy to link the local currency to the US dollar.
Japan ’s most treasured historic sites still lack upgraded fire protection, raising concerns that irreplaceable cultural landmarks remain vulnerable to another catastrophic blaze. Government data shows work has yet to begin at about 30 per cent of the cultural properties prioritised for stronger safeguards under a national programme to improve fire resistance at key heritage buildings created in t...
Japan ’s most treasured historic sites still lack upgraded fire protection, raising concerns that irreplaceable cultural landmarks remain vulnerable to another catastrophic blaze. Government data shows work has yet to begin at about 30 per cent of the cultural properties prioritised for stronger safeguards under a national programme to improve fire resistance at key heritage buildings created in the aftermath of the devastating blaze at Shuri Castle in Okinawa in 2019. The campaign, overseen by the Kyoto-based Agency for Cultural Affairs, was launched in fiscal 2020 to strengthen fire protection at 107 of the country’s most important historic structures, but officials say the timetable has slipped due to a series of unforeseen hurdles. Advertisement Of the sites identified under the plan, 64 have installed new fire defences and a further seven are currently undergoing upgrades. 01:31 Fire engulfs Japan’s 600-year-old Shuri Castle, a World Heritage Site in Okinawa Fire engulfs Japan’s 600-year-old Shuri Castle, a World Heritage Site in Okinawa “For World Heritage sites and buildings designated as national treasures, the measures go beyond the firefighting equipment mandated by the Fire Service Act, such as fire extinguishers and automatic fire alarm systems,” said Hiroko Moriyama, an official with the agency.
Beijing’s arms imports have nose-dived by nearly three-quarters over the past five years, as it has replaced overseas weapons purchases with domestic technology, according to a Swedish think tank report. However, other countries in the region have increased in their overseas weapons purchases amid “fears over China’s intentions”. A report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SI...
Beijing’s arms imports have nose-dived by nearly three-quarters over the past five years, as it has replaced overseas weapons purchases with domestic technology, according to a Swedish think tank report. However, other countries in the region have increased in their overseas weapons purchases amid “fears over China’s intentions”. A report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released on Monday said countries in Asia and Oceania imported 31 per cent of the world’s arms between 2021 and 2025, second only to Europe on 33 per cent. Advertisement Nevertheless, the region’s share of arms imports was 20 per cent lower than in the previous five-year period. This was mainly because of falls in arms sales to China, where imports fell 72 per cent, as well as in South Korea, which cut purchases by 54 per cent, and Australia, which bought 39 per cent less, the report said. Advertisement According to SIPRI, China was the 21st-largest recipient of major arms globally, falling out of the world’s top 10 largest recipients for the first time since 1991-95.
Surendra Sharma/iStock via Getty Images The chip sector has been pressured all year due to fears of an AI bubble, but Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ( AMD ) continues to sign massive AI chip deals. The company has now added two major hyperscalers with deals targeting the stock reaching $600. My investment thesis is ultra Bullish on the stock, though the recent weakness in the AI chip sector could le...
Surendra Sharma/iStock via Getty Images The chip sector has been pressured all year due to fears of an AI bubble, but Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ( AMD ) continues to sign massive AI chip deals. The company has now added two major hyperscalers with deals targeting the stock reaching $600. My investment thesis is ultra Bullish on the stock, though the recent weakness in the AI chip sector could lead AMD to close the gap all the way to $170. Source: Finviz Technology Validation In another surprise, AMD announced a major AI chip deal with Meta Platforms ( META ). The plan is for the social media giant to deploy up to 6 GW of AMD Instinct chips to power AI infrastructure. Meta plans to deploy the MI450 GPU in the 2H'26 to support the first GW deployment. The deal also includes the use of EYPC CPUs running ROCm software built with the Helios rack-scale architecture. The major AI chip deal is structured similar to the one with OpenAI, where AMD will issue 160 million warrants. The warrants have performance requirements to be exercised by Meta Platforms, including the purchase of GPUs and the AMD stock reaching $600. AMD estimates the deal brings in over $100 billion in total revenues. As the WSJ explains, the MI450 is easier to customize, giving Meta more control to target these GPUs toward inference functions key to the social media business. Ultimately, these massive deals help to validate the AI GPU technology. AMD will sign up even more customers with the technology validated by OpenAI and Meta. Path to $600 AMD now has 2 massive contracts with major hyperscalers with combined values topping $200 billion. While investors are focused on AMD handing out warrants like candy, most people don't focus enough on how AMD has to reach $600 in order for OpenAI and now Meta Platforms to cash in all of the warrants. On the partnership call , CFO Jean Hu reinforced how this deal pushes the chip company closer to the $20+ EPS target: This partnership marks another significant step...