Report finds dozens of warning signs about Axel Rudakubana were missed and identifies five main failures Southport attack blamed on ‘catastrophic’ failures by agencies and killer’s ‘irresponsible’ parents It took seconds for Axel Rudakubana to carry out one of the most barbaric attacks on children in modern British history. Yet by the time he entered that joy-filled holiday club, where young girls...
Report finds dozens of warning signs about Axel Rudakubana were missed and identifies five main failures Southport attack blamed on ‘catastrophic’ failures by agencies and killer’s ‘irresponsible’ parents It took seconds for Axel Rudakubana to carry out one of the most barbaric attacks on children in modern British history. Yet by the time he entered that joy-filled holiday club, where young girls sat making Taylor Swift bracelets, his deadly intentions had been known for years. Continue reading...
Rasi Bhadramani/iStock via Getty Images Lightwave Logic ( LWLG ) has been on an absolute roll in the last year, with shares already 10x from the same time last year. The company has a very promising product in theory, but for now, it still has a long way to go before commercialization is a reality. The lower power and higher efficiency, as well as not stripping out the current SiPho technology but...
Rasi Bhadramani/iStock via Getty Images Lightwave Logic ( LWLG ) has been on an absolute roll in the last year, with shares already 10x from the same time last year. The company has a very promising product in theory, but for now, it still has a long way to go before commercialization is a reality. The lower power and higher efficiency, as well as not stripping out the current SiPho technology but integrating within it, should be very appealing for every player in the AI space; however, there is still a long way to go and many questions that need to be answered. I will try to answer some of the concerns regarding the company that I think will be quite useful for everyone who is not an expert in the technology, me included, and is looking for an investment idea. What is the technology behind the company? LWLG is currently a pre-commercial technology platform that is developing what are called electro-optic polymers for photonic devices. This technology, in plain English, is supposed to help data move faster and with less power in the internet infrastructure. Currently, the company’s business model is centered on developing the technology, validating it with customers and partners, and eventually monetizing it through licensing, material supply, and engineering-related work, rather than mass product sales. The idea at the core is to make optical communication components, like modulators, much more efficient by using its proprietary polymer materials that are intended to work with existing photonics platforms like silicon photonics, or SiPho, and indium phosphide, or InP. This proposition immediately sounds a lot more appealing than a company that comes up with a different method altogether because, through their research, they found it to be much more efficient and cheaper than the current process. LWLG is not trying to replace what is already proven to be a good way to reach scale but rather to integrate with the current process, which, if proven to be scalable with ...
Northern Irishman moves the needle like no one else in his sport, even more so after his thrilling Masters defence Levels of greatness need not always be defined by numbers. Nick Faldo’s six majors to Rory McIlroy’s five prior to events at Augusta National on Sunday gave the Englishman the edge in the eyes of many in respect of Europe’s finest ever golfer. That McIlroy had already won the career g...
Northern Irishman moves the needle like no one else in his sport, even more so after his thrilling Masters defence Levels of greatness need not always be defined by numbers. Nick Faldo’s six majors to Rory McIlroy’s five prior to events at Augusta National on Sunday gave the Englishman the edge in the eyes of many in respect of Europe’s finest ever golfer. That McIlroy had already won the career grand slam of majors , therefore passing every test his sport has to offer, meant he was more worthy of the crown. Those who want to add Harry Vardon and a bygone age to the conversation should check the Jersey man’s scoring for his septet of major wins. It is the nature of McIlroy’s achievement that sets him apart. Retaining the Masters for major No 6 places McIlroy in lofty company – Faldo, Phil Mickelson and Lee Trevino. He is suddenly one shy of Arnold Palmer. Gary Player and the non-US record of nine is a legitimate goal. Yet watching McIlroy right until the final hole at Augusta National served as a reminder that it is the addictive, thrilling style of his output that is worthy of the highest praise. The Northern Irishman was half a hole from Masters glory, shunting galleries back 50 yards so he could visualise a recovery shot from a forest. Love or loathe McIlroy, you simply cannot take eyes off him. Continue reading...
This photo illustration created on April 13, 2026 shows a picture of US President Donald Trump on a screen and an AI-generated picture he posted on his Truth Social platform depicting himself as Jesus Christ after criticizing Pope Leo XIV. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday morning deleted a Truth Social post with an image showing Trump appearing like Jesus Christ af...
This photo illustration created on April 13, 2026 shows a picture of US President Donald Trump on a screen and an AI-generated picture he posted on his Truth Social platform depicting himself as Jesus Christ after criticizing Pope Leo XIV. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday morning deleted a Truth Social post with an image showing Trump appearing like Jesus Christ after it was met with backlash. "I did post it. I thought it was me as a doctor," Trump told reporters at the White House, denying claims he was meant to appear as Jesus. "It was supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better," he said. Trump's on Sunday night posted the image, which appears to have been generated with artificial intelligence, after the president lambasted Pope Leo XIV for criticizing U.S. military actions against Iran and Venezuela . The image depicted Trump, wearing a white robe, laying his right hand on a man who appeared sick or dying, with a bright light emanating from the president's left hand, and the American flag, eagles and military planes flying behind him. The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC when asked for comment about the post being deleted. Read more CNBC politics coverage Trump: U.S. will blockade Strait of Hormuz after Iran talks fail Vance heads back to the U.S. after Iran peace talks break down Allies pull support for Swalwell after sex assault allegations Judge told to reconsider halt on Trump's White House ballroom Rep. Eric Swalwell denies sexual assault allegations Trump's 250-foot 'triumphal arch' would loom over Potomac Epstein victims will get House committee hearing, Comer says White House warned staff against Iran war bets on prediction markets "I don't know if the President thought he was being funny or if he is under the influence of some substance or what possible explanation he could have for this OUTRAGEOUS blasphemy," wrote Megan Basham, a conservative Christian commentator, in a post about the image on X...
The group named ShinyHunters have accessed a third party server and have given the company a deadline of 14 April to enter ransom negotiations Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto, has been the target of a cyberattack for the second time in three years. A hacker group called ShinyHunters said it would release data stolen from the company if ransom demands were not met. ShinyHunters i...
The group named ShinyHunters have accessed a third party server and have given the company a deadline of 14 April to enter ransom negotiations Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto, has been the target of a cyberattack for the second time in three years. A hacker group called ShinyHunters said it would release data stolen from the company if ransom demands were not met. ShinyHunters initially gave Rockstar a 14 April deadline to enter negotiations, having gained access to company servers operated by a third party. Continue reading...
Tim Robberts/DigitalVision via Getty Images One of the stocks that has been on my watchlist for a long time is the industrial company Graco Inc. ( GGG ). However, I always considered the stock a little too expensive to be a good investment. This is including my last article about the company, which was published shortly before Christmas 2025. In the conclusion of my last article, I wrote: At this ...
Tim Robberts/DigitalVision via Getty Images One of the stocks that has been on my watchlist for a long time is the industrial company Graco Inc. ( GGG ). However, I always considered the stock a little too expensive to be a good investment. This is including my last article about the company, which was published shortly before Christmas 2025. In the conclusion of my last article, I wrote: At this point, we can argue that Graco is almost fairly valued and trading close to its intrinsic value. Nevertheless, I will remain cautious and considering that a margin of safety should be built into every investment, I would wait for either Graco’s stock price decline again (at least about 20%) or for the business to improve significantly over the next few quarters (with the stock price remaining in its current range). And although analysts are more optimistic with price targets, I would rather stay on the side of caution and will wait until the stock declines at least below the lower range of my orange marked intrinsic value range. Since my last article was published, the stock has increased by about 4.5% (about 5.0% when including dividends). The stock outperformed the S&P 500 ( SP500 ), which declined about 1% in the same timeframe. However, in the following article, I will argue once again that Graco is a Hold at best. Despite being a great business, it is trading for high valuation multiples, and the risks are probably increased due to the war with Iran. Last Results We start by looking at the full-year results and net sales increased from $2,113.3 million in fiscal 2024 to $2,236.6 million in fiscal 2025 – resulting in 5.8% year-over-year growth. Operating earnings increased 9.6% year-over-year from $570.1 million in the previous year to $624.8 million in fiscal 2025. Finally, diluted net income per share also increased from $2.82 in fiscal 2024 to $3.08 in fiscal 2025 – resulting in 9.2% year-over-year bottom line growth. Graco Q4/25 Presentation While full-year results ...
Stockyme/iStock via Getty Images The U.S. economy has continued to expand even though many analysts have thought the country was heading for a recession. I have kept confidence in the possibility that the economy will continue to grow at fairly reasonable rates over the next year or so. What do I mean by fairly reasonable rates? Well, I would say that fairly reasonable rates are, at this time, tha...
Stockyme/iStock via Getty Images The U.S. economy has continued to expand even though many analysts have thought the country was heading for a recession. I have kept confidence in the possibility that the economy will continue to grow at fairly reasonable rates over the next year or so. What do I mean by fairly reasonable rates? Well, I would say that fairly reasonable rates are, at this time, that the U.S. economy would continue to grow in the 2.0 percent to 2.5 percent range. This is perhaps a little lower than we would like the growth rate to be, but traveling at these rates would mean that the economy could continue to grow and the unemployment rate would stay around 4.0 percent. It would also mean that the economy was not being placed under too much pressure for prices to rise. This picture represents a view that Americans could accept as OK. Note, the United States economy, for the past seventeen years, has grown at a compound growth rate of just under 2.5 percent. This is what the growth looks like from the conclusion of the Great Recession to the present time period. Real Gross Domestic Product (Federal Reserve) What changed? Well, monetary policy changed. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke introduced a "new" approach to the conduct of monetary policy during the Great Recession. And, the Federal Reserve has stuck pretty close to this pattern ever since. The "new" approach? The "new" approach is a "quantity" approach and not a "price" approach. Bernanke's scheme? To increase... or decrease... the size of the Fed's portfolio of securities at a regular pace for an extended period of time. For example, the Federal Reserve added securities to its securities portfolio on a regular basis from December 2013 through the middle of 2015. This was "quantitative easing." Securities Held Outright (Federal Reserve) "Quantitative tightening" is when the Fed reduces the size of its securities portfolio, on a regular basis, for an extended period of time. Here is an exampl...
Anthropic PBC hired the lobbying firm Ballard Partners as it draws out its fight with the Pentagon, a new public document shows. The artificial intelligence company hired Ballard Partners—the biggest shop in Washington, which also has strong ties to the Trump administration—just days after the Pentagon designated the company as a supply chain risk, according to a recent lobbying disclosure filing....
Anthropic PBC hired the lobbying firm Ballard Partners as it draws out its fight with the Pentagon, a new public document shows. The artificial intelligence company hired Ballard Partners—the biggest shop in Washington, which also has strong ties to the Trump administration—just days after the Pentagon designated the company as a supply chain risk, according to a recent lobbying disclosure filing. Ballard Partners disclosed it was hired to do advocacy “regarding DOW procurement.” DOW stands for Department of War, the Trump administration’s moniker for the Department of Defense. The Pentagon said it notified Anthropic about its decision to designate it a supply chain risk March 5, Bloomberg reported. Anthropic mounted a legal challenge to the designation, which is usually reserved for foreign adversaries. Ballard Partners disclosed that its effective date for taking on the client was March 9, according to its recently filed new-client lobbying disclosure . Negotiations between the Pentagon and Anthropic collapsed after the agency demanded unfettered access to the startup’s tools for lawful purposes, while the AI company sought guarantees that its products wouldn’t be used for fully autonomous weapons deployment or mass surveillance of Americans. Representatives for Ballard Partners and Anthropic didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Ballard is the sixth new outside lobbying hire by Anthropic since November, including retaining Avenue Solutions and Navigators Global earlier this year. Last month, the AI company also launched its own think tank and named a new head of public policy, Sarah Heck, as part of an expanded presence in Washington. Anthropic also recently launched a federal political action committee. Anthropic and OpenAI, along with other companies with a vested interest in government regulations of AI, increased their federal lobbying spending last year. In Washington, lobbying over AI issues reached an all-time high last year, a Bloomberg Gove...
Here are some of the stocks making headlines in midday trading. Oracle — Shares of the cloud platform provider popped more than 9% as Oracle touted some of its artificial intelligence capabilities at its Customer Edge Summit . The company highlighted its Oracle Utilities Opower AI-driven platform , noting that it helped residential utility customers save $369 million in 2025. Conagra — The Duncan ...
Here are some of the stocks making headlines in midday trading. Oracle — Shares of the cloud platform provider popped more than 9% as Oracle touted some of its artificial intelligence capabilities at its Customer Edge Summit . The company highlighted its Oracle Utilities Opower AI-driven platform , noting that it helped residential utility customers save $369 million in 2025. Conagra — The Duncan Hines and Slim Jim packaged food company saw shares fall more than 5%. Conagra announced John Brase would take the helm as CEO, effective June 1. Brase, an alumnus of J.M. Smucker, will replace Sean Connolly. Share are down more than 17% in 2026. Allogene Therapeutics — The biotech company soared nearly 30% on the back of positive phase 2 data , which showed that the company's CAR T treatment showed improved eradication of cancer cells in lymphoma patients. Software stocks — The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) rebounded more than 4% on Monday, making a comeback after three straight days of selling. ServiceNow advanced nearly 7%, Salesforce gained more than 4%, and Microsoft jumped 2%. Goldman Sachs — Shares fell more than 2%. Trading in the bank's fixed income, currencies and commodities unit $4.01 billion, short of the $4.92 billion consensus estimate from analysts polled by StreetAccount. Overall, Goldman posted an earnings and revenue beat in its first quarter report, thanks to record equities trading and stronger investment banking revenues. Revolution Medicines — The stock surged almost 40% after it said its drug for pancreatic cancer succeeded in a phase 3 trial. The company said the daily pill, daraxonrasib, led patients to live 13.2 months versus those who used chemotherapy who lived 6.7 months. Williams-Sonoma — The kitchen and cookware retailer gained more than 2% after getting an upgrade to buy at Goldman Sachs. Analysts at the bank said the stock is trading at attractive levels, adding Williams-Sonoma has "one of the strongest portfolio of brands...
kynny/iStock via Getty Images Introduction It’s been two and a half years since the last time I talked about Camtek ( CAMT ), so it was due for an update, especially now that it has released its full-year 2025 results. The company’s niche will continue to help it outperform the broader market as it has since my first article; however, I am not looking to start a position once again, as my portfoli...
kynny/iStock via Getty Images Introduction It’s been two and a half years since the last time I talked about Camtek ( CAMT ), so it was due for an update, especially now that it has released its full-year 2025 results. The company’s niche will continue to help it outperform the broader market as it has since my first article; however, I am not looking to start a position once again, as my portfolio is already very concentrated in AI. If you managed to capture the 166% growth since my last article, then selling right now is not advisable since there is still a massive runway for growth ahead. The Financials We can see that over the last two years, the company's sales have started accelerating. This acceleration is closely related to the AI revolution. HPC-related demand began to surge. That was a blessing for CAMT because before that, sales were going essentially nowhere and needed a new boost. Advanced packaging, HBM, and chiplet-related equipment saw a decent surge in demand and are now the ones that are helping CAMT continue to grow at a respectable top-line growth rate. Seeking Alpha In the latest quarter, Q4 ’25, Camtek achieved record revenues of 128.1m, up 9% y/y. This past year, the company achieved a new milestone of reaching a billion dollars in revenue, but if we’re being pedantic, the number was closer to $496m. FY25 revenue growth came in at around 15.5%, which is decent. Looking at the company’s margins and overall profitability progress, we can see a steady increase across the board. It’s not surprising, given that HPC and AI-related services have higher margins attached to them. That is just the nature of it all. If we only look at the company’s GAAP performance, we will see that CAMT’s net margin took a massive hit in Q3’25, which was related to a one-time loss from extinguishing its capital notes for around $109.9m. Excluding this one-time charge, the company’s GAAP net margin also improved to around 30%. Seeking Alpha The company has tremendous mar...
David McNew/Getty Images News Exxon Mobil ( XOM ) has unveiled proposals to spend as much as $24B in a pair of long-stalled deepwater oil projects offshore Nigeria, UpstreamOnline.com reported Monday. Exxon's ( XOM ) top deepwater official, Hunter Farris, reportedly outlined the company's agenda at a meeting last week with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission officials to spend bi...
David McNew/Getty Images News Exxon Mobil ( XOM ) has unveiled proposals to spend as much as $24B in a pair of long-stalled deepwater oil projects offshore Nigeria, UpstreamOnline.com reported Monday. Exxon's ( XOM ) top deepwater official, Hunter Farris, reportedly outlined the company's agenda at a meeting last week with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission officials to spend billions in developing a pair of deepwater projects. The regulator said the supermajor has been "encouraged" by the country's improved investment climate, so it has decided to "renew our vows to Nigeria," according to the report. Farris noted that because the production sharing contract covering its the Erha deepwater field had been extended to 2042, the company is now undertaking life extension works to get the Erha floating production, storage, and offloading vessel back to maximum performance. Production from Erha averaged 63.5K bbl/day in 2025, far short of its capacity of 210K bbl/day, according to NUPRC data. Exxon ( XOM ) also is gearing up for "potential" new investments in the 1B-barrel Owowo deepwater project, which will be developed as a subsea tieback to its Usan FPSO, Farris said. More on Exxon Mobil Exxon Mobil: Options Become Lucrative Amid Unusual Volatilities Exxon Mobil: Price Drop Priced In Everything, But Didn't Deeply Discount It Exxon Mobil: War Effect On Earnings
US bank has the Claude model and is working closely with the tech firm to improve cyber protection Goldman Sachs’s chief executive, David Solomon, has said he is “hyper-aware” of the capabilities of Anthropic’s Mythos AI model and is working “closely” with the tech firm after it issued warnings about the cybersecurity risk it poses. The US bank had been monitoring the rapid advances in artificial ...
US bank has the Claude model and is working closely with the tech firm to improve cyber protection Goldman Sachs’s chief executive, David Solomon, has said he is “hyper-aware” of the capabilities of Anthropic’s Mythos AI model and is working “closely” with the tech firm after it issued warnings about the cybersecurity risk it poses. The US bank had been monitoring the rapid advances in artificial intelligence, including large language models (LLMs), as part of wider efforts to protect itself from hackers. Continue reading...
From left to right: Hong Zhi, Xie Jing, Xu Chao. The cascading fallout from a match-fixing scandal in Chinese chess is continuing to reshape the sport. On April 13, the Chinese Xiangqi Association announced a new round of penalties for rules violations, issuing lifetime bans to grandmasters Hong Zhi, Xie Jing and Xu Chao. The three were stripped of their technical titles and permanently barred fro...
From left to right: Hong Zhi, Xie Jing, Xu Chao. The cascading fallout from a match-fixing scandal in Chinese chess is continuing to reshape the sport. On April 13, the Chinese Xiangqi Association announced a new round of penalties for rules violations, issuing lifetime bans to grandmasters Hong Zhi, Xie Jing and Xu Chao. The three were stripped of their technical titles and permanently barred from participating in or organizing any events under the association and its affiliated units.