格隆汇3月3日｜仁智股份(002629.SZ)公告称，公司股票交易价格连续两个交易日收盘价格涨幅偏离值累计达到20%以上，属于股票交易异常波动的情况。油价波动风险提示：近期中东地区地缘政治冲突加剧，对国际原油市场产生了重大影响，导致国际油价在短期内出现上涨，该事项属于突发性外部宏观环境变化，请广大投资者注意投资风险。

当地时间3月3日，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队公共关系部发布公告称，已经针对地区的美军目标展开“真实承诺-4”行动的第15轮攻击。伊朗方面称，本轮导弹攻击重创了位于巴林一处美军基地内的10个关键地点。被摧毁的目标包括美军空中指挥控制中心、飞机加油的油箱以及美军高级指挥官住所。实地和卫星情报检测显示，该基地所有基础设施均已瘫痪，美国“恐怖分子”已逃离该基地。（央视新闻）

本港有滯留在迪拜的旅行團，原本有望安排星期五的航班返港，航空公司宣布延長停飛，現時要重整計劃。但有旅行社指市面已恢復平靜，可繼續行程。 迪拜緊張局面持續了幾天，有兩團共廿多人滯留當地的縱橫遊指，很多景點及商場都照常開放，已經恢復觀光行程，原本安排了周五航班返港，不過國泰航空突然宣布延長停飛期，旅行社指再次失了預算。 縱橫遊常務董事袁振寧指出：「真的不知道怎麼辦，突然又稱不飛，收到阿聯酋航空的口頭承諾，指可能可早些、3月5日回來，(票價)差額如經濟客位，要多付3,500元，如我們有客人坐商務，就接近一萬元。」 他指最近的阿布扎比機場同樣受戰火波及，再遠些就要到土耳其等地轉飛，車程距離數日，所以就算最後要繼續滯留，都不會考慮離開迪拜。 本台之前一日訪問過同樣滯留迪拜的楊先生，亦因迪拜機場有限度復飛，已買了回程機票，但目前未知最終能否成行。他指市面恢復平靜，外出較前幾日放心。 滯留迪拜港人楊雲峰表示：「第一晚很多爆炸聲，之後前晚是第二晚，已沒太多爆炸聲，昨晚已沒有、真的好太平，逛街看到旅客也好、可能市民也好，都已寬容了很多。便利店、餐廳及商場，我想九成以上都仍營業。」 迪拜及阿布扎比當局，已承諾會承擔滯留旅客的住宿費。有旅行社指仍要了解申請渠道。 不過亦有旅行社，原定要經中東轉機的南美洲及埃及等旅行團，需轉飛歐洲或內地回港，費用則要由旅客承擔。 金怡假期董事長葉慶寧稱：「回程機票旅遊保險不保，因是戰爭影響，所以要旅客個別支付，我們只可盡量幫他們取回，未用的回程機票(費用)。」 香港保險業聯會行政總裁劉佩玲說：「所有旅遊保都有『一般除外責任』，意思是在這些情況下，旅遊保提供不到保障，戰爭是其一，因如此大型事件不是商業保險可處理。」 劉佩玲建議旅客尋求航空公司，處理更改或取消機票的退款。

有教育機構懷疑未經批准經營學生宿舍，屋宇署回覆指樓宇有多處僭建。涉事的機構並非註冊學校，教育界立法會議員指，經營宿舍有灰色地帶，政府應立例規管。 學校選址九龍塘41校網，核心中心區。在內地社交平台《小紅書》，有機構宣傳在本港「黃金地段」九龍塘用獨立屋改建為宿舍。片段指宿舍提供60個宿位分兩人房、四人房，單位方正、裝潢簡單整潔。 涉事的「曦庭學社」位於窩打老道101號，標榜跟註冊教育中心合作，為入住學生提供「狀元導師」，在職教師輔導功課以及升學規劃等。 不過，教育局指「曦庭學社」並非根據《教育條例》註冊，或臨時註冊的學校。而根據城規會資料，相關的獨立屋，亦無更改土地用途做學生宿舍。屋宇署指宿舍有多處僭建，但無明顯危險，已發信予業主盡快清拆。 教育局亦已轉介個案予民政事務總署，指懷疑宿舍無牌經營床位寓所。 《床位寓所條例》列明，若單位有12個或以上床位，並用作住宿用途需領牌。但若屬大學、專上院校的集體寢室、宿舍或住宿地方，就不屬《條例》範圍。 教育界立法會議員鄧飛指，宿舍未有領牌招生屬違法，但即使已註冊亦存一定灰色地帶。 教聯會教育界議員鄧飛表示︰「一方面有寄宿、有膳食服務，另一方面又有補習服務，疑似寄宿補習社這印象，坦白說我未見過。現時不存在學生宿舍的牌照，與寄宿學校的宿舍完全不是同一回事。『城中學舍』計劃是一個很好的規範，若延伸至中學規範，這應該盡快去做。」 他指為推廣「留學香港」品牌，政府應盡快審視，明確立例規管。

Blackstone said it redeemed more investments than usual in its flagship private-credit fund, in another sign of the stress the industry is facing.

Magellan Asset Management Ltd lessened its holdings in Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META - Free Report) by 27.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 462,521 shares of the social networking company's stock after selling 171,636 shares during the quarter. Meta Platforms makes up approximately 4.0% of Magellan Asset Management Ltd's holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Magellan Asset Management Ltd's holdings in Meta Platforms were worth $339,666,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of META. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC lifted its holdings in Meta Platforms by 7.3% in the third quarter. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC now owns 24,865 shares of the social networking company's stock valued at $18,260,000 after buying an additional 1,690 shares during the period. Parkside Investments LLC grew its holdings in Meta Platforms by 50.0% during the 3rd quarter. Parkside Investments LLC now owns 1,500 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $1,102,000 after acquiring an additional 500 shares during the period. M3 Advisory Group LLC raised its position in shares of Meta Platforms by 4.4% during the 3rd quarter. M3 Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,379 shares of the social networking company's stock valued at $1,013,000 after acquiring an additional 58 shares during the last quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC raised its position in shares of Meta Platforms by 5.1% during the 3rd quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 13,080 shares of the social networking company's stock valued at $9,606,000 after acquiring an additional 636 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lutz Financial Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Lutz Financial Services LLC now owns 820 shares of the social networking company's stock valued at $602,000 a...

Rollins Financial Advisors LLC lowered its holdings in shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META - Free Report) by 3.9% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 28,141 shares of the social networking company's stock after selling 1,152 shares during the period. Meta Platforms comprises about 3.1% of Rollins Financial Advisors LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 8th biggest position. Rollins Financial Advisors LLC's holdings in Meta Platforms were worth $20,666,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Westchester Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Meta Platforms in the third quarter worth about $26,000. Bare Financial Services Inc bought a new position in Meta Platforms during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $30,000. Briaud Financial Planning Inc purchased a new position in Meta Platforms in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $42,000. Knuff & Co LLC purchased a new position in Meta Platforms in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $44,000. Finally, WFA Asset Management Corp lifted its position in Meta Platforms by 42.6% in the second quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp now owns 67 shares of the social networking company's stock valued at $49,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. 79.91% of the stock is owned by institutional investors. Get Meta Platforms alerts: Sign Up Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Citizens Jmp restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $900.00 target price (up from $750.00) on shares of Meta Platforms in a report on Monday, November 24th. Monness Crespi & Hardt increased their price target on shares of Meta Platforms from $808.00 to $890.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Mizuho raised their price target on ...

RWA Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META - Free Report) by 13.7% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 51,375 shares of the social networking company's stock after acquiring an additional 6,186 shares during the period. RWA Wealth Partners LLC's holdings in Meta Platforms were worth $37,729,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in META. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 34,551 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $20,230,000 after buying an additional 570 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its stake in Meta Platforms by 10.2% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 9,456 shares of the social networking company's stock valued at $5,537,000 after buying an additional 875 shares during the last quarter. Headwater Capital Co Ltd raised its holdings in Meta Platforms by 294.7% in the 1st quarter. Headwater Capital Co Ltd now owns 150,000 shares of the social networking company's stock valued at $86,454,000 after acquiring an additional 112,000 shares during the period. Dymon Asia Capital Singapore PTE. LTD. acquired a new stake in Meta Platforms during the second quarter worth approximately $213,000. Finally, Capital & Planning LLC bought a new stake in shares of Meta Platforms during the second quarter worth approximately $322,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.91% of the company's stock. Get Meta Platforms alerts: Sign Up Meta Platforms Stock Performance NASDAQ:META opened at $653.56 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $1.65 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.81, a PEG ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.30. Meta Platforms, Inc. has a fifty-two wee...

GGM Financials LLC lowered its holdings in shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META - Free Report) by 99.7% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 69 shares of the social networking company's stock after selling 19,767 shares during the quarter. GGM Financials LLC's holdings in Meta Platforms were worth $51,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Goldstone Financial Group LLC grew its position in Meta Platforms by 44.4% during the third quarter. Goldstone Financial Group LLC now owns 3,752 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $2,756,000 after buying an additional 1,153 shares in the last quarter. CW Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Meta Platforms by 27.8% in the 2nd quarter. CW Advisors LLC now owns 176,762 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $130,467,000 after acquiring an additional 38,432 shares during the period. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Meta Platforms by 34.2% during the 3rd quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC now owns 52,252 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $38,373,000 after purchasing an additional 13,311 shares in the last quarter. Cherokee Insurance Co bought a new stake in shares of Meta Platforms during the second quarter valued at approximately $3,321,000. Finally, PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co raised its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 9.5% in the second quarter. PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co now owns 23,000 shares of the social networking company's stock valued at $16,976,000 after purchasing an additional 2,000 shares in the last quarter. 79.91% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. Get Meta Platforms alerts: Sign Up Insiders Place Their Bets In related news, C...

Jag Capital Management LLC trimmed its position in shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META - Free Report) by 2.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 75,659 shares of the social networking company's stock after selling 2,129 shares during the quarter. Meta Platforms accounts for approximately 6.1% of Jag Capital Management LLC's holdings, making the stock its 4th largest position. Jag Capital Management LLC's holdings in Meta Platforms were worth $55,562,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bay Colony Advisory Group Inc d b a Bay Colony Advisors lifted its holdings in Meta Platforms by 0.4% in the second quarter. Bay Colony Advisory Group Inc d b a Bay Colony Advisors now owns 3,506 shares of the social networking company's stock valued at $2,587,000 after acquiring an additional 13 shares during the period. Trust Co of the South increased its position in shares of Meta Platforms by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Trust Co of the South now owns 1,850 shares of the social networking company's stock valued at $1,359,000 after purchasing an additional 14 shares during the last quarter. Sentinel Pension Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Sentinel Pension Advisors LLC now owns 915 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $672,000 after purchasing an additional 14 shares during the period. Alpine Bank Wealth Management boosted its holdings in shares of Meta Platforms by 0.3% in the third quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 4,301 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $3,159,000 after buying an additional 14 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Valued Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in Meta Platforms by 3.2% during the third quarter. Valued Wealth Adv...

格隆汇3月3日｜据市场消息，以色列军方称将在黎巴嫩设立缓冲区。

"We appreciate ministers' acknowledgement of the extensive work undertaken to address the concerns raised by access groups and local residents, and their agreement that these can be appropriately mitigated through the proposals put forward," he said.

Hong Kong experienced its warmest winter on record between December and February, according to the city’s forecaster, with a mean temperature of 19.3 degrees Celsius (67 Fahrenheit) – two degrees above normal. The Hong Kong Observatory on Tuesday also attributed the unseasonably warm February to a weaker-than-normal northeast monsoon over southern China for most of the month, resulting in a mean temperature of 20.1 degrees Celsius, three degrees above normal. “Together with the well above normal temperatures in December 2025 and warmer than usual weather during January 2026, Hong Kong experienced the warmest winter on record from December 2025 to February 2026,” an observatory spokesman said. Advertisement The city’s first recorded winter was between the end of 1884 and the start of 1885. He added that there were only five cold days this winter – the joint third-lowest on record – and that the rainfall brought by a trough of low pressure on the last day of February made it “slightly wetter than usual”. Advertisement Total rainfall for the month was 41.6mm (1.6 inches), about 7 per cent above the normal 38.9mm. The accumulated rainfall recorded during the first two months of the year was 44.8mm, about 38 per cent below the normal 71.9mm for the same period.

bymuratdeniz/iStock via Getty Images Article Thesis I wrote about Workday, Inc. ( WDAY ) in mid-January, when I saw it as a “Buy”, with the stock around $185-$189, compared to my Fair Value estimate at that time of $263. The thesis was (and still is mostly) underpinned by Workday’s complex ERP solutions giving them an economic moat, combined with still double-digit revenue growth (although low double digits). And if I almost always saw the software industry as a little expensive, in 2026 I finally started to build some positions. The decline not only continued but intensified, most of it due to an indiscriminate sell-off of software ETFs, which I find mostly unwarranted (from the mid-January levels), with intensified fears that “AI will replace software.” That might be true, or better said debatable, for a small part of the software universe, but it's clearly an overreaction in general. There were also some specific events for Workday during this period: The launch of Anthropic’s Claude Cowork plugins for HR , which were perceived as a threat to Workday. I see zero chances that they could affect Workday’s solutions in the near term (1-2 years), quasi-zero chances to affect Workday’s enterprise customers (meaning almost all of their sales) for the next five years, but I could see some more competition in the mid-term in capturing new SMB (small-and-midsize business) customers. The replacement of CEO Carl Eschenbach with co-founder Aneel Bhusri. Just an opinion, but I must say that I didn’t like that. Carl was mostly focused on profitability, and I think that was normal for a company in this stage, while Aneel is mostly focused on reigniting growth to the detriment of profitability. Their last earnings report with lower margin growth estimates (which was already expected with Aneel as CEO) and with slightly lower than expected revenue growth for the next year. I will detail below the implications of these events, a fair value reassessment, and my position. Business De...

格隆汇3月3日｜中煤能源公告，公司股票于连续3个交易日收盘价格涨跌幅偏离值累计达20%，属于股票交易异常波动。经公司核查并向控股股东核实，本公司及控股股东、实际控制人不存在应披露而未披露的重大信息。公司目前日常经营情况及外部环境未发生重大变化，未发现对公司股票交易价格可能产生重大影响的媒体报道或者市场传闻，亦未涉及市场热点概念。公司董事、高级管理人员、控股股东在公司股票异常波动期间未买卖公司股票。

格隆汇3月3日｜据央视，以色列国防军阿拉伯语发言人当地时间3日发布了一份包含黎巴嫩南部80多个村庄的名单，呼吁居民不要返回这些地区。以军发言人称，这些地区的居民必须撤离自己的住所，并与这些村庄保持至少1000米的距离。此外，以色列国防军3日中午发表声明称，在过去一天内，以色列国防军对黎巴嫩南部超过160个黎真主党武装目标实施了打击。声明称，在此次行动中，以军打击了黎真主党武装人员以及其精锐拉德万部队成员，并摧毁了多个被用于策划袭击以色列的军事指挥中心。

U.S. evacuates diplomats, shuts down some embassies as war enters fourth day toggle caption Saeed Jaras/AFP via Getty Images The United States evacuated diplomats across the Middle East and shut down some embassies as war with Iran intensified Tuesday while President Trump signaled the conflict could turn into extended war. Israel said it sent ground forces across the border into south Lebanon and bombed Beirut suburbs as fighting with Hezbollah resumed after more than a year. The U.S. and Israel kept up their attacks in Iran. Explosions were heard in the Iraqi capital and other parts of the country. Trump said Monday that the war could last four to five weeks, then said later that the U.S. had "the capability to go far longer" than that. Sponsor Message In a social media post, Trump said that the U.S. had a "virtually unlimited supply" of munitions. "Wars can be fought 'forever,' and very successfully, using just these supplies," Trump wrote. The war has so far killed six U.S. service members, according to U.S. officials who have warned there are expected to be more casualties. Here are more of the key updates NPR is reporting on. To jump to specific areas of coverage, use the links below: To jump to specific areas of coverage, use the links below: US Embassies | Travel advisories | Natural gas supply |Iran| Lebanon | Strait of Hormuz | Natural gas supply U.S. closes embassy in Kuwait, orders evacuation of staff in several countries The State Department, which earlier ordered evacuations of diplomatic missions in several countries in the Middle East, said it was adding Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq to the list. The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia Tuesday urged Americans to avoid the compound after the Saudi defense ministry said the diplomatic post had been attacked by two drones. The drone strikes caused "limited fire and minor damage" to the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, according to the Saudi defense ministry. This comes after an Iranian attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait on ...

格隆汇3月3日｜海默科技(300084.SZ)发布异动公告，公司关注到，近期受中东地缘政治局势紧张、重要航运通道霍尔木兹海峡通行受阻等因素影响，国际原油价格短期内出现较大幅度上涨，A股油气相关板块交易活跃度增加。公司提请广大投资者注意，国际原油价格受地缘政治、宏观经济、市场供需等多种复杂因素共同影响，后续走势存在不确定性。公司从事高端油气装备制造及服务业务，2024年、2025年1-9月，公司在中东地区营业收入分别为1.31亿元、1.26亿元，占公司当期营业收入的比例分别为21.82%、41.31%。若当前中东地区紧张局势持续，或其影响范围扩展至中东地区其他主要油气资源国，可能对公司在当地的业务开展产生不利影响，进而对公司整体经营业绩造成负面影响。

Italy and England. On level points in the Six Nations table. Two rounds to go. And England have already played their Wales joker. All in all, there is quite a lot riding on the fixture in Rome on Saturday, especially if you are interested in the lower reaches of the Six Nations table, a purgatory with which even England are quite familiar. They started this championship ranked third in the world, a whisker behind the All Blacks in second, and feeling (not unreasonably) rather good about themselves after 11 Test wins in succession. Then it was 12 (Wales), and then … oh dear. Now they are in danger of emulating their recent championships of 2018, 2021 and 2023, when they finished fifth, fifth and fourth respectively. If they lose in Rome in the late afternoon on Saturday, and Italy, cock-a-hoop with their second victory of the championship, were to slip up in Cardiff on the final weekend, it is not out of the question that England finish, for the first time, last in the Six Nations. Quite the comedown. Italy, though, will – or should – be harbouring grander ambitions. Fourth is their highest finish in the Six Nations (2007 and 2013), but there is little reason to argue they are not now worthy of a first finish in the top half, certainly if we are to go by the evidence of the first three rounds, from which they might very well have harvested more than the five points they have. There are only two teams Italy have never beaten, and England are one of them. Musing over whether the Azzurri might, finally, prevail in this fixture feels a little like the age-old musing over whether they might, finally, justify the patience and resources afforded them by the Six Nations and finish somewhere other than fifth (six times) or last (18 times, out of 26). However much Italy have given cause for optimism over the past quarter of a century, talked up time and again (often in these pages) as, if not contenders, at least worthy of mixing it in this company, they have never been far aw...

Chewy (CHWY 1.26%) stock was a pandemic darling. The online pet supply retailer became popular with shoppers as consumers had to cope with lockdowns. That momentum took its stock to an intraday high of $120 per share five years ago. However, investors sold the stock off as pandemic restrictions eased and many consumers returned to their old shopping habits. Still, the growth never completely stopped, and Chewy has expanded into new business lines, helping it increase its profitability. Are such improvements enough to get the retail stock back to $100 per share? Let's take a closer look. Chewy's growth path Chewy initially attracted a following by not only matching competitors like Amazon on price but also emphasizing a level of customer service that companies like Amazon tend not to provide. Also, with a $10 billion market cap, it is less than 0.5% of Amazon's size and serves a more specific market than the e-retailing giant. Thus, one cannot expect Chewy to establish a business comparable to AWS. Still, that has not stopped Chewy from expanding into new areas. The company now sells pharmaceuticals for pets, and the site offers pet telehealth services. Such offerings allowed it to generate more than $9.3 billion in sales in the first nine months of fiscal 2025 (ended Nov. 2, 2025), an 8% increase from year-ago levels. It also kept cost and expense growth in check, allowing for operating income to grow by 74% yearly during that period. That kind of increase might prompt investors to buy. Unfortunately, an income tax benefit in 2024 skewed net income higher in that year, meaning the $184 million in comprehensive income for the first three quarters of fiscal 2025 fell from last the year before. That took its net margin for the period to 2%, down from 4.3% the year before. Moreover, Chewy is not immune to economic concerns. Consequently, the stock sold off over the last year. Expand NYSE : CHWY Chewy Today's Change ( -1.26 %) $ -0.34 Current Price $ 27.07 Key Data Point...

The London Philharmonic Orchestra announced on Tuesday that Paavo Järvi will succeed Edward Gardner as chief conductor from the 2028-29 season, when Gardner’s current contract comes to an end. Järvi, 63, was born in Estonia into a musical dynasty. His father, Neeme is also a conductor, his younger brother Kristjan too. The family moved to the US in 1980, and Järvi studied at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music and at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute with Leonard Bernstein. Over a storied career he has worked with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the Malmö Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Tokyo’s NHK Symphony and the Orchestre de Paris, where he was music director from 2010-16. View image in fullscreen Paavo Järvi with the Estonian Festival Orchestra. Photograph: Tõiv Jõul He has been the artistic director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen for more than two decades. In 2011 he founded the Pärnu music festival and its resident Estonian Festival Orchestra, and since 2019 he has been the chief conductor of Tonhalle-Orchester, Zurich. A regular visitor to the UK with these orchestras and as a guest conductor of the Philharmonia as well as the LPO, Järvi said it was a New Year 2025 tour to China with the orchestra that confirmed for him their chemistry. “When I first conducted the LPO it was immediately obvious that we matched well, that there was energy. I usually try not to work during Christmas and New Year but when they asked me to conduct them on the tour I accepted because I understood this was something very special,” he said. “I grew up listening to recordings by this wonderful historic orchestra,” he said. “They’ve been famous in our house since I was a child.” He is looking forward to embedding himself in the UK’s musical world which he knows well – he has had a home in the capital for 30 years, as well as bases in the US and Estonia. “The London classical music scene is unlike anywhere else in the w...

Key Points Chewy stock traded as high as $120 per share during the pandemic. It has since lost nearly 80% of its value. A low forward P/E may make the stock attractive to buyers. 10 stocks we like better than Chewy › Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) stock was a pandemic darling. The online pet supply retailer became popular with shoppers as consumers had to cope with lockdowns. That momentum took its stock to an intraday high of $120 per share five years ago. However, investors sold the stock off as pandemic restrictions eased and many consumers returned to their old shopping habits. Still, the growth never completely stopped, and Chewy has expanded into new business lines, helping it increase its profitability. 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 » Are such improvements enough to get the retail stock back to $100 per share? Let's take a closer look. Chewy's growth path Chewy initially attracted a following by not only matching competitors like Amazon on price but also emphasizing a level of customer service that companies like Amazon tend not to provide. Also, with a $10 billion market cap, it is less than 0.5% of Amazon's size and serves a more specific market than the e-retailing giant. Thus, one cannot expect Chewy to establish a business comparable to AWS. Still, that has not stopped Chewy from expanding into new areas. The company now sells pharmaceuticals for pets, and the site offers pet telehealth services. Such offerings allowed it to generate more than $9.3 billion in sales in the first nine months of fiscal 2025 (ended Nov. 2, 2025), an 8% increase from year-ago levels. It also kept cost and expense growth in check, allowing for operating income to grow by 74% yearly during that period. That kind of increase might prompt investors to buy. Unfortunately, an income tax benefit in 2024 skewed...

Will Soaring War Risk Send Civilian Ammunition Prices Higher? President Trump signaled on Sunday that Operation Epic Fury could extend for four weeks, shifting our focus beyond the likely decline of certain air-delivered munition stockpiles to the question of whether a prolonged conflict begins tightening small-arms ammunition supplies and spilling over into civilian markets. "It's always been a four-week process. We figured it would be four weeks or so. It's always been about a four-week process so - as strong as it is, it's a big country, it'll take four weeks - or less," Daily Mail newspaper quoted Trump as saying. War risk fears and the massive scale of Operation Epic Fury are set to drain critical missile stockpiles used by the THAAD, Patriot, and SM-3 systems. As we noted earlier on Sunday, this suggests the U.S. military may have to draw down on critical missile and bomb stockpiles. Beyond missiles and bombs, the possibility of a four-week conflict may spark governments into a buying frenzy of small-arms ammunition, rebuilding stockpiles, and funding allies, thereby tightening the consumer market. Then there is retail: whenever there is a risk of war, riots, or Democrats trying to take away their guns, some consumers always go into a buying panic of ammo and guns. At the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in early 2022, demand for 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition, commonly used in the AR-15 and M4/M16 platforms, surged, briefly pushing prices higher in the early days of the conflict. Prices then trended lower despite the war due to expanded manufacturing capacity and shrinking demand from retail post-Covid boom. With 5.56 ammo prices now hovering around .40 cents per round after roughly 18 months of supply-demand rebalancing, the key question is whether conflict in the Middle East will drive military demand higher and tighten the end market. 5.56 Ammo Price Index via BlackBasin (online ammo price aggregator): .40 cents per round certaintly seems like a floor. Tyler Dur...

MercadoLibre (MELI +1.09%) continues to demonstrate fantastic growth. It's the leader in Latin American e-commerce, and it has tremendous opportunities. However, MercadoLibre stock fell after it reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings, and it's trading down 18% over the past year. Let's check out why the market is unhappy and why this looks like a buying opportunity. What's going right for MercadoLibre MercadoLibre had a strong quarter, with revenue up 47% year over year (currency neutral). Gross merchandise volume (GMV) was up 37%, and items sold rose 43%. Latin America is still well behind other parts of the world in e-commerce penetration, and MercadoLibre continues to add value to its platform to attract new business. It recently lowered its free shipping threshold in Brazil, one of its biggest markets, from a minimum of 79 reals to 19 reals, and it continues to reap the benefits, with a 26% increase in active buyers. However, less than a third of customers in Brazil transacted on the platform in the quarter, leaving an ample growth runway. The fintech segment is also moving right along, with a 27% increase in monthly active users and a 78% increase in assets under management. There are high barriers to access in the banking system in Brazil, where customers are in greater need of alternative payment systems, and in many of MercadoLibre's countries, the mass population relies on low-interest savings accounts that are ripe for disruption. MercadoLibre is planning to open a full bank in Mexico and Argentina, where it's aiming to become the largest digital bank in each country. Expand NASDAQ : MELI MercadoLibre Today's Change ( 1.09 %) $ 19.14 Current Price $ 1776.72 Key Data Points Market Cap $90B Day's Range $ 1685.11 - $ 1778.94 52wk Range $ 1654.24 - $ 2645.22 Volume 54 Avg Vol 576K Gross Margin 44.50 % What went wrong for MercadoLibre Although MercadoLibre is growing in all sorts of ways and has huge opportunities, that didn't translate into a stro...

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TLDRs; Apple’s stock rises slightly following the launch of the new $599 iPhone 17e with AI capabilities. iPhone 17e brings the A19 chip, 48MP camera, and iOS 26 smart features to midrange buyers. The device balances affordability with essential upgrades, leaving premium features for higher-end models. Analysts see iPhone 17e as a strategic move to attract users from older iPhones and competitors. 💥 Find the Next KnockoutStock! Get live prices, charts, and KO Scores from KnockoutStocks.com , the data-driven platform ranking every stock by quality and breakout potential. Apple has unveiled the iPhone 17e, a more affordable addition to its iPhone 17 series, designed to appeal to users seeking modern features without premium pricing. Priced at $599 for the 256GB model, the phone will be available for pre-order on March 4, with retail availability beginning March 11. Following the announcement, Apple (AAPL) stock edged higher by 0.8%, reflecting investor optimism around the midrange launch. The iPhone 17e runs on Apple’s A19 chip, which the company says delivers up to double the speed of the previous generation’s C1 processor. While slightly pared down with one fewer graphics core than the flagship iPhone 17, the performance remains strong for everyday tasks, gaming, and media consumption. Advanced Camera and Display Capabilities Despite its midrange positioning, the iPhone 17e features a 48MP Fusion camera capable of capturing detailed stills, offering optical 2x telephoto, Night mode, and 4K Dolby Vision video recording. The 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display includes Ceramic Shield 2, which Apple claims is three times more scratch-resistant than prior models. Apple Inc., AAPL The phone retains a 60 Hz refresh rate and the traditional screen notch, rather than the Dynamic Island seen on higher-end devices, representing a deliberate tradeoff that helps maintain its lower price. It also supports MagSafe, Qi2, and USB-C charging, with a fast-charge capability reachin...

South Korea will soon no longer be one of the few countries where Google Maps does not work properly, after its security-conscious government reversed a two-decade stance to approve the export of high-precision map data to overseas servers. The approval was made “on the condition that strict security requirements are met”, the ‌Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a statement. Those conditions include blurring military and other sensitive security-related facilities, as well as restricting longitude and latitude coordinates for South Korean territory on products such as Google Maps and Google Earth, it said. Advertisement The decision is expected to hurt Naver and Kakao – local internet giants which currently dominate the country’s market for digital map services. But it will appease Washington, which has urged Seoul to tackle what it says is discrimination against US tech companies. “We welcome today’s ⁠decision and look forward to our ongoing collaboration with local officials to bring a fully functioning Google Maps to Korea,” Google vice-president ‌Cris Turner said in a statement. 01:04 South Korea allows Google to access high-precision map data after years of limits South Korea allows Google to access high-precision map data after years of limits South Korea, still technically at war with North Korea , had shot down Google’s previous bids in 2007 and 2016 to be allowed to export the data, citing the risks that information ‌about sensitive military and security facilities could be exposed.

When the space-based cellular firm reported on Monday, it announced year-over-year revenue growth of 2,758% and $3.9 billion in liquidity.