The service was called "the best deal in gaming" for consumers when it was first launched in 2017, but it has raised questions over profitability and its impact on the purchase of full-price software.
The service was called "the best deal in gaming" for consumers when it was first launched in 2017, but it has raised questions over profitability and its impact on the purchase of full-price software.
German media publisher Axel Springer SE is set to buy the Telegraph Media Group for £500 million ($666 million), potentially torpedoing the current bid from Daily Mail & General Trust Plc. , the Financial Times reported , citing people familiar with the matter. A deal could be agreed as early as today, according to the FT. Representatives for the Telegraph and Axel Springer did not immediately res...
German media publisher Axel Springer SE is set to buy the Telegraph Media Group for £500 million ($666 million), potentially torpedoing the current bid from Daily Mail & General Trust Plc. , the Financial Times reported , citing people familiar with the matter. A deal could be agreed as early as today, according to the FT. Representatives for the Telegraph and Axel Springer did not immediately respond to a request for comment. An acquisition would be a coup for Axel Springer Chief Executive Officer Mathias Dopfner , who has been on a dealmaking spree over the past few years in an attempt to transform the company into a global media powerhouse. It would also see a storied newspaper, seen as the house newspaper of the opposition Conservative party, come into German rather than British ownership. The £500 million bid by fellow right-leaning UK newspaper group DMGT has dragged on after the Labour government triggered regulatory probes into the proposed deal last month. The deal would potentially end three years of uncertainty over the newspaper publisher’s ownership. The Daily Mail owner reached a deal to buy the publisher of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph in November, after US private equity firm RedBird Capital Partners withdrew its offer amid backlash from the newspaper’s own staff.
He raised the issue of getting people in the region to the airport in Oman to get on charter flights, adding that they "have to be able to travel safely in buses and cars without being hit by drone or missile fire".
He raised the issue of getting people in the region to the airport in Oman to get on charter flights, adding that they "have to be able to travel safely in buses and cars without being hit by drone or missile fire".
Qnity Electronics ( Q ) has announced a $61.5M investment in a new semiconductor research and manufacturing facility in Taiwan. The new facility will support the production of the most advanced chip manufacturing applications. The site will feature production areas, state-of-the-art clean rooms, warehousing infrastructure, research labs, and dedicated office space designed to enable high-performan...
Qnity Electronics ( Q ) has announced a $61.5M investment in a new semiconductor research and manufacturing facility in Taiwan. The new facility will support the production of the most advanced chip manufacturing applications. The site will feature production areas, state-of-the-art clean rooms, warehousing infrastructure, research labs, and dedicated office space designed to enable high-performance manufacturing at scale. Expected to begin operations in early 2027, this site expands Qnity’s existing presence in the Hsinchu Science Park. Source: Press Release More on Qnity Electronics Qnity Electronics: An Under The Radar Gem From DuPont's Spin-Off Qnity Electronics, Inc. 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Qnity Electronics, Inc. (Q) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Qnity Electronics targets $100M EBITDA run rate improvement by 2028 through transformation plan Qnity Electronics beats top-line and bottom-line estimates; introduces FY26 outlook
BE Semiconductor Industries NV fell as much as 17% on a report that major memory chipmakers are looking at new standards that could delay demand for the Dutch company’s technology. Chipmakers are weighing changes to their thickness standards for the next generation of high-bandwidth-memory chips that would mean they don’t need to upgrade their processes for bonding semiconductor components togethe...
BE Semiconductor Industries NV fell as much as 17% on a report that major memory chipmakers are looking at new standards that could delay demand for the Dutch company’s technology. Chipmakers are weighing changes to their thickness standards for the next generation of high-bandwidth-memory chips that would mean they don’t need to upgrade their processes for bonding semiconductor components together, South Korean news website ZDNet reported on Friday, citing discussions at the Joint Electron Device Engineering Council , which includes Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. as members. The changes under discussion, allowing for thicker chips, would reduce demand for a key BE Semi product, so called hybrid-bonding technology for efficiently packaging layers of a semiconductor to achieve higher performance. A representative for BE Semi couldn’t immediately be reached. BE Semi shares fell 16% to €159.30 in Amsterdam trading at 12:22 p.m. after earlier dropping as much as 17%, the biggest intraday decline since July 2024. Fears of delayed industry adoption of hybrid bonding also rattled BE Semi’s stock in 2024. If Jedec relaxes the height standards for high-bandwidth-memory chips, “then there is a possibility that DRAM companies will continue for longer” on older technology before adopting hybrid bonding, Michael Roeg, an analyst at Degroof Petercam said. BE Semi’s Chief Executive Officer Richard Blickman told investors during earnings in February that 2026 would be “a very important year to understand the adoption of hybrid bonding for HBM stacking” as Samsung will share its roadmap to adoption of the hybrid bonding technology.
1. Four Chinese embodied artificial intelligence (AI) companies—Unitree Robotics, Galbot, MagicLab, and Noetix Robotics—showcased their advanced humanoid robots at this year’s nationally televised Spring Festival Gala, performing complex martial arts, comedy sketches, and starring in a short film alongside top human entertainers. The event demonstrated a significant technological leap from last ye...
1. Four Chinese embodied artificial intelligence (AI) companies—Unitree Robotics, Galbot, MagicLab, and Noetix Robotics—showcased their advanced humanoid robots at this year’s nationally televised Spring Festival Gala, performing complex martial arts, comedy sketches, and starring in a short film alongside top human entertainers. The event demonstrated a significant technological leap from last year, where robots only managed simple dance routines. The improvement was attributed to new AI algorithms and 3D lidar technology, enabling robots to execute acrobatics like table-vaulting parkour and aerial flips. Despite these advances, real-world applications of these robots remain mostly limited to entertainment and basic customer service, with broader industrial and consumer usage just starting to emerge due to ongoing technological and cost barriers [para. 1][para. 2][para. 3][para. 4][para. 5][para. 6]. 2. Chinese robotics companies are pushing to transition their humanoid robots from stage performances to industrial and consumer use. For instance, UBTech Robotics has deployed robots for vehicle assembly lines and aims for its robots to reach 80% human worker efficiency by 2027, from about 30% today with over 90% accuracy. Robot Era's logistics robots perform at about 70% of human worker efficiency, with the goal of reaching 90% for mass marketability. Consumer-targeted robots are also being introduced, like Noetix's home education robot set for release in April. However, no robot currently delivers a positive return on investment in any single application, and many units have been removed from factories due to performance shortcomings [para. 7][para. 8][para. 9][para. 10][para. 11][para. 12][para. 13][para. 14][para. 15][para. 16]. 3. One of the main obstacles to advancing humanoid robots is the lack of sufficient real-world training data. Unlike large language models trained on vast internet data, robots need physically recorded motion data, which is much scarcer an...
Stuart Kaiser, head of equity trading strategy at Citi, examines how equity markets have fared during the first days of the war with Iran. (Source: Bloomberg)
Stuart Kaiser, head of equity trading strategy at Citi, examines how equity markets have fared during the first days of the war with Iran. (Source: Bloomberg)
Pitcairn Co. decreased its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL - Free Report) by 34.5% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 11,268 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock after selling 5,937 shares during the period. Pitcairn Co.'s holdings in Oracle were wor...
Pitcairn Co. decreased its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL - Free Report) by 34.5% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 11,268 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock after selling 5,937 shares during the period. Pitcairn Co.'s holdings in Oracle were worth $3,169,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its position in Oracle by 189.3% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock valued at $25,593,000 after acquiring an additional 100,494 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 8.1% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,418 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $903,000 after purchasing an additional 404 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 21.5% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,348 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $951,000 after purchasing an additional 768 shares during the last quarter. United Bank lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 6.8% during the second quarter. United Bank now owns 15,038 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock valued at $3,288,000 after purchasing an additional 963 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 19.2% during the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 52,856 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock valued at $11,556,000 after purchasing an additional 8,530 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. Get Oracl...
Pitcairn Co. cut its holdings in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) by 9.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 12,718 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock after selling 1,313 shares during the quarter. Pitcairn Co.'s holdings in Tesla were worth $5,656,000 at t...
Pitcairn Co. cut its holdings in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) by 9.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 12,718 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock after selling 1,313 shares during the quarter. Pitcairn Co.'s holdings in Tesla were worth $5,656,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Perennial Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in Tesla by 323.3% in the third quarter. Perennial Investment Advisors LLC now owns 120,869 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $53,753,000 after purchasing an additional 92,317 shares in the last quarter. Smith Moore & CO. boosted its holdings in shares of Tesla by 3.6% in the 3rd quarter. Smith Moore & CO. now owns 9,161 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $4,074,000 after buying an additional 319 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC grew its stake in shares of Tesla by 307.0% in the third quarter. Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC now owns 4,803 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $2,136,000 after buying an additional 3,623 shares in the last quarter. Leeward Financial Partners LLC acquired a new position in Tesla during the third quarter worth $219,000. Finally, Mann Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in Tesla during the third quarter worth $274,000. Institutional investors own 66.20% of the company's stock. Get Tesla alerts: Sign Up Analysts Set New Price Targets A number of research analysts have recently commented on TSLA shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on shares of Tesla from $150.00 to $145.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Bank of America assumed coverage on shares of Tesla...
The Trade Desk (TTD +18.39%) stock has taken a massive beating in the past year, losing 66% of its value as of this writing due to the company's slowing growth and the rising competition that it's facing in its business from tech giant Amazon. Now, the company's fourth-quarter 2025 results (which were released on Feb. 25) have further dented investor confidence. Shares of the programmatic advertis...
The Trade Desk (TTD +18.39%) stock has taken a massive beating in the past year, losing 66% of its value as of this writing due to the company's slowing growth and the rising competition that it's facing in its business from tech giant Amazon. Now, the company's fourth-quarter 2025 results (which were released on Feb. 25) have further dented investor confidence. Shares of the programmatic advertising company fell 5% after its latest quarterly report. Even though The Trade Desk's Q4 numbers exceeded expectations, a weaker-than-expected guidance led investors to press the panic button. However, the sharp pullback in this tech stock may be an opportunity for savvy investors to buy a potential long-term winner. Let's look at two reasons why The Trade Desk's drop looks like a buying opportunity. The Trade Desk believes that it can compete with Amazon The Trade Desk's programmatic advertising platform enables advertisers and brands to automate bidding and buying ad inventory using real-time data across channels such as display, audio, video, smartphones, connected television (CTV), and others. The company has been employing artificial intelligence (AI) to help brands analyze millions of ad impressions per second, enabling them to reach their target audience across relevant channels at the best possible price. However, the competition from giants such as Amazon has hurt the company's growth of late. Its 2025 revenue increased by 18% to $2.9 billion, well below the 26% growth it recorded in 2024. The bottom line grew at a much slower pace of 6.6% to $1.77 per share. For comparison, Amazon's advertising revenue increased by 23% in Q4 2025 to $21.3 billion, well above the 14% jump in The Trade Desk's quarterly revenue. Expand NASDAQ : TTD The Trade Desk Today's Change ( 18.39 %) $ 4.63 Current Price $ 29.80 Key Data Points Market Cap $14B Day's Range $ 29.25 - $ 32.90 52wk Range $ 21.08 - $ 91.45 Volume 3K Avg Vol 16M Gross Margin 78.63 % The Trade Desk's management notes tha...
Key Points The Trade Desk's business has been affected by competition from much larger rivals like Amazon. But the company is confident it can rebound, helped by growth in the programmatic advertising market. The stock's valuation is quite cheap right now, which is why investors might consider accumulating it. 10 stocks we like better than The Trade Desk › The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) stock has ta...
Key Points The Trade Desk's business has been affected by competition from much larger rivals like Amazon. But the company is confident it can rebound, helped by growth in the programmatic advertising market. The stock's valuation is quite cheap right now, which is why investors might consider accumulating it. 10 stocks we like better than The Trade Desk › The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) stock has taken a massive beating in the past year, losing 66% of its value as of this writing due to the company's slowing growth and the rising competition that it's facing in its business from tech giant Amazon. Now, the company's fourth-quarter 2025 results (which were released on Feb. 25) have further dented investor confidence. Shares of the programmatic advertising company fell 5% after its latest quarterly report. Even though The Trade Desk's Q4 numbers exceeded expectations, a weaker-than-expected guidance led investors to press the panic button. 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 » However, the sharp pullback in this tech stock may be an opportunity for savvy investors to buy a potential long-term winner. Let's look at two reasons why The Trade Desk's drop looks like a buying opportunity. The Trade Desk believes that it can compete with Amazon The Trade Desk's programmatic advertising platform enables advertisers and brands to automate bidding and buying ad inventory using real-time data across channels such as display, audio, video, smartphones, connected television (CTV), and others. The company has been employing artificial intelligence (AI) to help brands analyze millions of ad impressions per second, enabling them to reach their target audience across relevant channels at the best possible price. However, the competition from giants such as Amazon has hurt the company's growth of late. Its 2...
Tomas Ragina/iStock via Getty Images The U.S. and Venezuela have agreed to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations, the State Department announced, adding that it aimed to pave the way for a "peaceful transition to a democratically elected government." "This step will facilitate our joint efforts to promote stability, support economic recovery, and advance political reconciliation in Venez...
Tomas Ragina/iStock via Getty Images The U.S. and Venezuela have agreed to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations, the State Department announced, adding that it aimed to pave the way for a "peaceful transition to a democratically elected government." "This step will facilitate our joint efforts to promote stability, support economic recovery, and advance political reconciliation in Venezuela," the department said . "The United States remains committed to supporting the Venezuelan people and working with partners across the region to advance stability and prosperity." Venezuela's interim government reaffirmed "its willingness to move forward in a new stage of constructive dialogue, based on mutual respect, the sovereign equality of states and cooperation between our peoples." It did not mention future elections. Both countries have worked towards thawing diplomatic ties following the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro in January. Besides reaching new oil deals, the two countries will also work together to develop mining in Venezuela, which is rich in gold and critical minerals. More on Venezuela Shell signs oil and gas exploration deals with Venezuela Venezuela's state‑owned miner signs deal to sell 1,000 kg of gold to Trafigura Exxon may be 'interested in going back' to Venezuela if conditions are right
World Cup winners will miss club games this weekend England cricketers move training camp to South Africa Ellie Kildunne and Sadia Kabeya, two of England’s Women’s World Cup winners, are stranded in Dubai amid Israel’s and the United States’ war with Iran. Kildunne , the Red Roses standout player as John Mitchell’s side were crowned world champions at Twickenham last summer , will miss Harlequins’...
World Cup winners will miss club games this weekend England cricketers move training camp to South Africa Ellie Kildunne and Sadia Kabeya, two of England’s Women’s World Cup winners, are stranded in Dubai amid Israel’s and the United States’ war with Iran. Kildunne , the Red Roses standout player as John Mitchell’s side were crowned world champions at Twickenham last summer , will miss Harlequins’ home Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) fixture against Saracens on Saturday. Kabeya will be unavailable for Loughborough’s match at Sale. A joint Rugby Football Union, PWR, Harlequins and Loughborough Lightning statement confirmed that the Quins full-back and the Lightning back-row Kabeya are in contact with their clubs and the RFU but their prospects of flying home from a short break in coming days remains uncertain. The statement said: “During the reserve Premiership Women’s Rugby week, Ellie Kildunne and Sadia Kabeya travelled to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for a short break. Due to ongoing airspace disruption, they have been unable to return to England as planned and will therefore not play in PWR games this weekend. Continue reading...
TkKurikawa/iStock via Getty Images By Paul Robertson | Gavin Romm, CFA | Mark Gleason, CFA Better performance requires more than just focusing on pretax returns or minimizing tax expenses. Improving after-tax returns is rarely as simple as boosting pretax returns or reducing tax expenses. It’s actually quite a bit more involved than that. As we see it, maximizing after-tax performance requires an ...
TkKurikawa/iStock via Getty Images By Paul Robertson | Gavin Romm, CFA | Mark Gleason, CFA Better performance requires more than just focusing on pretax returns or minimizing tax expenses. Improving after-tax returns is rarely as simple as boosting pretax returns or reducing tax expenses. It’s actually quite a bit more involved than that. As we see it, maximizing after-tax performance requires an “all of the above” approach, applying a range of techniques in a holistic way. For investors, improving the path of returns via better up-down capture may drive better outcomes. Sources can be incorporating better building blocks, assembling them more efficiently, and adding alpha to enhance market returns. For investors with assets in taxable accounts, a sometimes-forgotten alpha source can be boosting after-tax returns—and that means reducing the tax bite. On the surface of it, the math of after-tax return is simple. Take your returns before taxes, subtract the tax expenses you owe, and there you have it. But that seeming simplicity often leads people to narrow their focus to two variables: 1) boosting returns before taxes and 2) reducing tax expenses. But as always seems the case with taxes, it’s not that simple. The After-Tax Return Equation Is More Complicated There seems to be a never-ending stream of research into the ways investors can boost pretax returns, often by analyzing new data sets using new techniques, seeking to find patterns to unlock higher pretax returns. But those improvements aren’t a lock to flow through to the after-tax bottom line. In fact, they might lead to steeper tax expenses—and the tax on short-term capital gains is a major culprit. Strategies designed to exploit high-frequency data sets are very likely to buy and sell securities quickly. That rapid turnover can create short-term capital gains taxed at a higher rate. The challenge with boosting pretax returns is to find a strategy that boosts returns enough to offset extra taxes. The other va...
The place where Norton Wood once stood is now a vast field of decaying wheat stubble. The ancient wood was grubbed up during the second world war. No trace of it remains – on the surface, at least. This ghost in the landscape lives on only in the name of the local village: Wood Norton. But trees will soon be bursting upwards again and the wood will regrow after Norfolk Wildlife Trust celebrated it...
The place where Norton Wood once stood is now a vast field of decaying wheat stubble. The ancient wood was grubbed up during the second world war. No trace of it remains – on the surface, at least. This ghost in the landscape lives on only in the name of the local village: Wood Norton. But trees will soon be bursting upwards again and the wood will regrow after Norfolk Wildlife Trust celebrated its 100th birthday by buying a swath of farmland to revive for nature. The first of the Wildlife Trusts, a national coalition of 47 independent charities with nearly a million members and 2,600 nature reserves, marks its centenary on Friday. A Norwich doctor, Sydney Long, began the county trusts movement when he assembled a group of 12 “subscribers” in the George and Dragon pub at Cley in north Norfolk. They snapped up the nearby marshes for £5,160 at auction, turning 407 acres into “a bird sanctuary for all time”. Today, rare birds still thrive at Cley, one of more than 60 wild places cared for by Norfolk Wildlife Trust. But its £4.6m purchase of 136-hectare (336-acre) Wood Norton reflects a transformation in how nature conservation charities are saving wildlife: rather than just protecting isolated fragments of species-rich land, they are seeking to restore lost habitats and boost bioabundance. View image in fullscreen Looking for wildlife at Wood Norton. Photograph: Joshua Bright/The Guardian Eliot Lyne, the chief executive of Norfolk Wildlife Trust, describes Wood Norton as “one of the most significant habitat creation projects in our 100-year history”. Giving the Guardian a tour of Wood Norton’s pretty vale of peaceful fields, Steve Collin, a nature conservation manager at Norfolk Wildlife Trust, said: “Traditionally conservation has been about just protecting the rare. It needed to be done but there’s a growing realisation that many of our more common species are suffering, too. Biodiversity and bioabundance are two sides of the same coin. We can’t wait until something ...