In 1968, having achieved a modicum of stability through the introduction of its seminal Neue Klasse (or “new class”) models, BMW scaled up its styling and used the company's M10 four-cylinder engine as the basis for a new inline-six in a larger sedan known by chassis code E3, the ancestor to today’s BMW 7 Series. History repeats itself with the latest version of BMW’s flagship sedan. The 2027 BMW ...
In 1968, having achieved a modicum of stability through the introduction of its seminal Neue Klasse (or “new class”) models, BMW scaled up its styling and used the company's M10 four-cylinder engine as the basis for a new inline-six in a larger sedan known by chassis code E3, the ancestor to today’s BMW 7 Series. History repeats itself with the latest version of BMW’s flagship sedan. The 2027 BMW 7 Series is a refresh of the seventh-generation G70 version that arrived in the United States as a 2023 model. But the changes are much more extensive than the typical refresh, or “life cycle impulse” (LCI) in BMW-speak. That’s because the updated 7 Series borrows tech and styling elements from the new Neue Klasse—the family of EVs that so far includes the iX3 crossover and i3 sedan . This hulking sedan still lacks the grace of its E3 and E23 ancestors, but the infusion of Neue Klasse details and other tweaks definitely help. The rear bumper has a cleaner look, as does the front end, which has a simplified version of the previous split-lighting arrangement of daytime running lights above rectangular headlights nestled in coves that also house the intakes for the front-wheel air curtains. Read full article Comments
Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) are down 4% in Thursday morning trading, changing hands near $370 after the electric vehicle maker’s Q1 2026 report. The decline comes despite a headline beat on both earnings and revenue. Investors are focused less on the quarter itself and more on two forward-looking signals: an aggressive capital expenditure ramp and ... Tesla Slides 4%: Investors Digest Capex Ramp...
Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) are down 4% in Thursday morning trading, changing hands near $370 after the electric vehicle maker’s Q1 2026 report. The decline comes despite a headline beat on both earnings and revenue. Investors are focused less on the quarter itself and more on two forward-looking signals: an aggressive capital expenditure ramp and ... Tesla Slides 4%: Investors Digest Capex Ramp, Tempered Self-Driving Outlook
CAAT Pension Plan earned 8.4% last year as buoyant stock performance outweighed soft returns in the fund’s private market portfolio. The gains, which pushed assets to C$25.4 billion ($18.6 billion), were below the benchmark of 11.2%. That was driven “almost entirely” by the pension plan’s private equity allocation, which returned 1.5% compared to its benchmark of 19.6%, according to CAAT’s annual ...
CAAT Pension Plan earned 8.4% last year as buoyant stock performance outweighed soft returns in the fund’s private market portfolio. The gains, which pushed assets to C$25.4 billion ($18.6 billion), were below the benchmark of 11.2%. That was driven “almost entirely” by the pension plan’s private equity allocation, which returned 1.5% compared to its benchmark of 19.6%, according to CAAT’s annual report published Thursday. Public equity holdings gained 21.7% in 2025, while credit and real assets returned 3.7% and 4.1%, respectively. Private markets suffered from constrained liquidity and subdued deal activity last year as higher interest rates and macroeconomic uncertainty weighed on investor sentiment and valuations, the Toronto-based pension plan said in the report. The pension plan is “modestly” exposed to software companies affected by advancements in artificial intelligence across its private equity and credit holdings, Chief Investment Officer Kevin Fahey said in an interview, adding that the exposure won’t be a “significant headwind in either portfolio.” CAAT plans to allocate capital to real assets this year as it remains underweight its target mix, said Fahey, who is also acting chief executive officer. “We have some work to do specifically in that space, and that will come out of a combination of the public equity and fixed income markets.” The softer US dollar also hurt CAAT’s returns last year. Canadian pension funds are among the largest holders of US assets in the world, and are vulnerable to a weaker greenback. CAAT, which serves more than 850 employers in 20 industries, has been dealing with internal tension in recent months. The board of trustees launched an independent review after a controversial payment to the then-chief executive officer exposed broader concerns about governance, board oversight and workplace conduct. CEO Derek Dobson exited the fund in March after being placed on leave amid concerns over C$1.6 million he received for unused vac...
You can’t infer people never liked you because they haven’t reached out, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith . The question is whether you can tolerate this asymmetry Read more Leading questions I’m a 43–year-old man. Well-educated, with a healthy social skill level. I’ve always been surrounded by friends. Always invited to parties and events, both happy and sad, without effort on my part...
You can’t infer people never liked you because they haven’t reached out, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith . The question is whether you can tolerate this asymmetry Read more Leading questions I’m a 43–year-old man. Well-educated, with a healthy social skill level. I’ve always been surrounded by friends. Always invited to parties and events, both happy and sad, without effort on my part. Last year I moved from the city to a country farm and I came to the realisation that I had been the one maintaining contact. I was the one initiating every time, and when I stopped, they all went away. We’re not talking just one friend either. I’m talking full-on loss of an entire social circle. It’s been a rough year, socially and emotionally speaking. My partner has borne the brunt of it, being my only contact and social outlet. I just don’t understand it. If I had been an atrocious person then people wouldn’t have interacted with me like they did, seemingly voluntarily and happily. I was invited to every wedding, engagement, birthday, hiking trip, you name it. I was made to feel welcome and wanted. As long as, it turns out, I was the one sending the first message, making the first call. Continue reading...
From An Almost Perfect Affair to Mr Bean’s Holiday, there’s nothing the festival enjoys more than seeing itself on screen. The next season of The White Lotus is tapping into that rich tradition – can it capture the Côte d’Azur’s peculiar magic? Some years ago, the Guardian decided to boost its Cannes coverage by having a video crew accompany its regular festival reporters. At the meeting prior to ...
From An Almost Perfect Affair to Mr Bean’s Holiday, there’s nothing the festival enjoys more than seeing itself on screen. The next season of The White Lotus is tapping into that rich tradition – can it capture the Côte d’Azur’s peculiar magic? Some years ago, the Guardian decided to boost its Cannes coverage by having a video crew accompany its regular festival reporters. At the meeting prior to the festival, I explained why this bright idea wouldn’t work. Cannes was a fortress and it wasn’t going to let us shoot anywhere. The security was too tight, the bureaucracy too byzantine. It would be a colossal waste of time and money. You couldn’t just run around Cannes pointing a camera at people. It turned out I was wrong. Cannes didn’t care. It let us shoot everywhere. We shot on the street, on the beach and on the roof of Le Palais des Festivals. We dragged a sand-smeared rubber dinghy into the five-star Carlton hotel and asked famous actors to sit in it for an interview. We filmed on the carousel in the park and in the pavilions by the sea. The only resistance we encountered came from the steward of a billionaire’s yacht. The steward was perfectly happy to allow us free run of the deck, but he wanted his palms greased with a few hundred euros. Continue reading...
If Olly Robbins stood firm the government could have avoided this disastrous episode of bad political judgment that could cost the PM his job Richard Dearlove is the former head of the British Secret Intelligence Service The restricted compartments of the UK’s national security infrastructure are clearly defined and closely controlled. To work across them requires “a developed vetting certificate”...
If Olly Robbins stood firm the government could have avoided this disastrous episode of bad political judgment that could cost the PM his job Richard Dearlove is the former head of the British Secret Intelligence Service The restricted compartments of the UK’s national security infrastructure are clearly defined and closely controlled. To work across them requires “a developed vetting certificate”. The primary qualification for holding a “DV” is integrity, honesty and transparency in one’s personal and professional life. To lie about or hide potential vulnerabilities is an immediate disqualification. Staff who do not meet the DV requirements for whatever reason are barred from positions that demand DV clearance . There are no grey areas or soft edges. The role of British ambassador in Washington is one of those posts. It sits across a number of highly classified compartments. It is no ordinary diplomatic job. The extensive security acreage of the special relationship includes, for example, the UK’s nuclear deterrent, the intelligence relationship, the UK-US alliance which ties together the National Security Agency and GCHQ by treaty, and other domains of great sensitivity. The ambassador has access to these even though their need to become involved in them in normal times is limited. The British staff that comes under the ambassador’s authority is extensive and stretches beyond those working in the embassy. The ambassador’s access to the US administration is also usually highly privileged, such is the nature of the special relationship. Richard Dearlove is the former head of the British Secret Intelligence Service Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here . Continue reading...
YouGov survey shows cross-party consensus – but that many fear abortion access could be reduced New polling has found that whatever their party political leanings, an overwhelming majority of people support the right to access an abortion – although young people, in particular, fear reproductive rights may be reduced. The YouGov polling, commissioned by MSI Reproductive Choices to mark its 50th an...
YouGov survey shows cross-party consensus – but that many fear abortion access could be reduced New polling has found that whatever their party political leanings, an overwhelming majority of people support the right to access an abortion – although young people, in particular, fear reproductive rights may be reduced. The YouGov polling, commissioned by MSI Reproductive Choices to mark its 50th anniversary, found nine in 10 people support the right to access an abortion. Continue reading...
As key allies turn away and war costs soar, the US military campaign against Iran is spurring a growing consensus among Chinese observers and state media – that Washington’s unrivalled global dominance is crumbling. Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily issued a sharp critique on Thursday, warning that the United States’ shift from an “international rule-builder” to a “predatory hegemon” would...
As key allies turn away and war costs soar, the US military campaign against Iran is spurring a growing consensus among Chinese observers and state media – that Washington’s unrivalled global dominance is crumbling. Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily issued a sharp critique on Thursday, warning that the United States’ shift from an “international rule-builder” to a “predatory hegemon” would ultimately undermine its prosperity and influence. “In the post-Cold War era, while the...
In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A customer inside a Starbucks coffee shop in Hercules, California, US, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Starbucks is seeing early signs that changes to its loyalty program are paying off as value-minded consumers take advantage of its rewards, CNBC has learned. Last month, the coffee chain...
In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A customer inside a Starbucks coffee shop in Hercules, California, US, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Starbucks is seeing early signs that changes to its loyalty program are paying off as value-minded consumers take advantage of its rewards, CNBC has learned. Last month, the coffee chain brought back tiers to its North American Rewards program, added "free Mod Mondays" for drink customization, offered double points for using a reusable cup and extended the amount of time for members to redeem their birthday award. The revamp also cut the number of stars — or points — earned per dollar spent when paying with a preloaded Starbucks gift card. Starbucks relies on Rewards to get customers to visit frequently and spend more money on their drink orders. In fiscal 2025, the transactions linked to the loyalty program accounted for 60% of the company's revenue. Those loyal customers are all-important to the chain's turnaround; while its troubles began when occasional customers stopped visiting, its traffic suffered as it lost active Rewards members, too. Now, as members adjust to the Rewards revamp, Starbucks is observing early signals that customers are leaning in to benefit from the loyalty program's new deals. For example, the program's new 60-star redemption option has become its most popular. More than a quarter of all redemptions now opt for the $2 discount off an order. The coffee chain's first "free Mod Monday" more than doubled the number of point redemptions compared with Mondays earlier in the year. Vanilla sweet cream cold foam was the preferred modification for members in the lower green and gold tiers, while those in the reserve tier were more likely to add an extra espresso shot. And while changing the point valuation may have disappointed some customers, members have been capitalizing on easy ways to earn more stars, like adding more money to their a...
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — We're going to tell you about an industrial stock making a new 52-week high this week and potentially breaking out of a triple top. You've heard me say there's no such thing as a triple top. This doesn't mean a stock can't print one; it means they rarely last. This is because...
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — We're going to tell you about an industrial stock making a new 52-week high this week and potentially breaking out of a triple top. You've heard me say there's no such thing as a triple top. This doesn't mean a stock can't print one; it means they rarely last. This is because eventually the sellers exhaust themselves while the buyers are persisting at the same price multiple times. Buying pressure will usually win out. In the case of Trane Technologies (TT) , that's exactly what I think is playing out. Most people know Trane as the company that keeps your office building comfortable. That's still true. But the story is evolving. Over the past five years, Trane grew revenue to $21.3 billion from $12.5 billion, and the engine behind that growth isn't residential HVAC. It's the AI boom. Data centers run hot, and someone has to cool them. Trane has been positioning for exactly this moment. In 2023, the company made an early bet on liquid immersion cooling by investing in LiquidStack, a technology that looked premature at the time. It wasn't. Trane completed the full acquisition of LiquidStack in March 2026, adding direct-to-chip and immersion cooling to an already formidable thermal management portfolio. I can't explain immersion cooling, I just know it's important. In February, they closed the acquisition of Stellar Energy Americas, a provider of modular data center cooling solutions. Looking at these deals tells you that this is not a company dabbling in data centers. They've decided that data centers are the next chapter and went out and bought the tools to win it. The chart is starting to agree. Sean's going to take you into the company's fundamentals and I will be back with a chart showing this attempt to break through. Best Stock Spotlight: Trane Technologies Plc (TT) Sean — As Josh noted, Trane is an HVAC firm keeping us cool in the Summer. ...
Juanmonino/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Investment Thesis In this article, I would like to present two dividend-paying companies that are particularly attractive in the current market environment given their attractive Valuation, their ability to produce a stable cash flow, a strong position in their respective industry, their financial health, and their ability to offer investors both divid...
Juanmonino/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Investment Thesis In this article, I would like to present two dividend-paying companies that are particularly attractive in the current market environment given their attractive Valuation, their ability to produce a stable cash flow, a strong position in their respective industry, their financial health, and their ability to offer investors both dividend income and dividend growth. In 2026, ETFs with a focus on dividend income, such as the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF ( SCHD ) (with a positive performance of +13.16%), iShares Core High Dividend ETF ( HDV ) (which has shown a Price Return of +9.28%), and the Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF ( VYM ) (+7.55%), have clearly outperformed the S&P 500 ( VOO ) (+3.19%). At the same time, these ETFs provide investors with significantly more dividend income potential when compared to investing in the S&P 500: SCHD currently offers investors a Dividend Yield [TTM] of 3.40%, HDV of 2.97%, and VYM of 2.26%, compared to the 1.09% of the S&P 500. The main benefit for investors when opting for dividend-paying companies or ETFs is, in my opinion, that you get paid while you can wait for capital appreciation and that you do not need to sell any position of your carefully selected investment portfolio. It allows you to follow a buy-and-hold approach with no stress to try to time the market. This is also one of the reasons for which I, personally, implement an investment approach with a focus on dividend income and dividend growth. The constant dividend enhancements of my portfolio allow me to become more and more independent from stock price fluctuations. I stay invested independently from the market's short-term price fluctuations. In this article, I will write about my two top high-yield dividend-paying companies for this month of April 2026. One of them is a Brazilian insurance company that presently pays a Dividend Yield [TTM] of 11.96%; the other one is a U.S. company f...
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are simple, straightforward investments that can help you generate long-term wealth with minimal effort on your part. While the market's short-term outlook is uncertain, these ETFs could be lucrative long-term investments. Each with its own benefits and drawbacks, there's an ETF to fit every portfolio. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are simple, straightforward investments that can help you generate long-term wealth with minimal effort on your part. While the market's short-term outlook is uncertain, these ETFs could be lucrative long-term investments. Each with its own benefits and drawbacks, there's an ETF to fit every portfolio. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Blackstone Inc. President Jon Gray said the build-out of artificial-intelligence infrastructure is the single-biggest driver for the company right now. He speaks to Dani Burger. (Source: Bloomberg)
Blackstone Inc. President Jon Gray said the build-out of artificial-intelligence infrastructure is the single-biggest driver for the company right now. He speaks to Dani Burger. (Source: Bloomberg)