robwilson39/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Iberdrola ( IBDRY ) ( IBDSF ) has delayed for now the attempted sale of a minority stake in a ~1 GW Spanish solar energy portfolio known as Project Julieta, Reuters reported Friday. The size of the valuation complicated talks, and interest from an unnamed bidder seen until recently as the frontrunner may have waned, according to the report . The Spa...
robwilson39/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Iberdrola ( IBDRY ) ( IBDSF ) has delayed for now the attempted sale of a minority stake in a ~1 GW Spanish solar energy portfolio known as Project Julieta, Reuters reported Friday. The size of the valuation complicated talks, and interest from an unnamed bidder seen until recently as the frontrunner may have waned, according to the report . The Spanish utility, which uses proceeds from such deals to help fund new investments in core businesses—increasingly power grids—has set a target to raise €13.2B through 2028, 58% coming from partnerships and the rest from asset rotation. Separately, Iberdrola ( IBDRY ) ( IBDSF ) said it will take control of Brazil's Neoenergia after it bought additional shares for a total of 5.83B Brazilian reals (~US$1.14B). The company said in a statement to Brazil's markets regulator that following the offer, it would control 98% of the share capital of Neoenergia through the purchase of ~172.5M additional shares. More on Iberdrola Iberdrola: Improving Revenue Visibility Could Minimize Downside Risk Iberdrola: Equity Story Has Become Much More Visible Iberdrola Q4 2025 Earnings Call Presentation
A group of small businesses and 24 mostly Democrat-led states urged a panel of US trade judges to vacate President Donald Trump ’s latest global tariffs, arguing that they were issued improperly under a law that became outdated when the US ditched the gold standard decades ago. At a hearing Friday in the US Court of International Trade in Manhattan, lawyers for the states and businesses urged the ...
A group of small businesses and 24 mostly Democrat-led states urged a panel of US trade judges to vacate President Donald Trump ’s latest global tariffs, arguing that they were issued improperly under a law that became outdated when the US ditched the gold standard decades ago. At a hearing Friday in the US Court of International Trade in Manhattan, lawyers for the states and businesses urged the panel to immediately set aside Trump’s Feb. 24 order placing a 10% tax on imports. The new tariff case involves Trump’s use of Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which had never before been invoked . Trump has said he plans to increase the levy to 15%. Trump issued the Section 122 tariffs after the Supreme Court on Feb. 20 overturned his earlier set of global levies, which were based on a different law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA. The justices found IEEPA did not grant the president tariff powers and a fight over as much as $170 billion in refunds is now brewing in the same Manhattan trade court. The states are making the same allegation in the new lawsuit — that the president is using an obscure law to issue tariffs in a way that Congress did not intend. Brian Marshall, a lawyer for the state of Oregon, which is co-leading the case, said that Section 122 allows the president to issue limited duties only to address major “balance-of-payments deficits,” and that Trump is improperly conflating that measure with the US trade deficits in order to justify using the law. Marshall said that in 1974 Congress would have defined a balance-of-payments deficit using economic measures that are now irrelevant because they would have applied only to a fixed-rate exchange system like the gold standard. “They’re all measures of the capacity of the United States from a central banking perspective to have the sufficient reserves to maintain a fixed peg, and that is not something that the United States has been in the business of for more than 50 years,” Marsh...
Readers respond to an article by Sally Kyd on how road safety rules are being broken and lead to countless deaths every year Sally Kyd’s article ( Too many drivers see road safety rules as a personal affront. It’s time to tighten up UK laws, 6 April ) rightly highlights the alarming inadequacy of our current legal framework regarding driving offences. The ambiguity between “dangerous” and “careles...
Readers respond to an article by Sally Kyd on how road safety rules are being broken and lead to countless deaths every year Sally Kyd’s article ( Too many drivers see road safety rules as a personal affront. It’s time to tighten up UK laws, 6 April ) rightly highlights the alarming inadequacy of our current legal framework regarding driving offences. The ambiguity between “dangerous” and “careless” driving not only undermines public confidence, but insults the victims of road violence, as seen in the heartbreaking cases of Mayar Yahia and the Lincoln teenagers. Kyd is absolutely correct: relying on the abstract, subjective standard of a “competent and careful driver” is failing us, especially as road policing diminishes and driving standards visibly decline. However, while redefining offences and restoring road policing are crucial steps, they largely address the symptoms of poor driving after the fact. To truly transform road safety and reframe driving as a lifelong responsibility, we must proactively mandate enforced, ongoing regulation. Currently, a motorist can pass a test at 17 and never face another assessment, despite decades of changes in vehicle technology, traffic density, and the Highway Code itself. This is illogical and unsafe. We urgently need a system of mandatory periodic retesting to ensure skills do not degrade into the dangerous complacency that Kyd describes. Continue reading...
In today's video, I discuss recent updates affecting Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ: AEHR) and other AI stocks. To learn more, check out the short video, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below. *Stock prices used were the post-market prices of April 08, 2026. The video was published on April 08, 2026. Continue reading
In today's video, I discuss recent updates affecting Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ: AEHR) and other AI stocks. To learn more, check out the short video, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below. *Stock prices used were the post-market prices of April 08, 2026. The video was published on April 08, 2026. Continue reading
quantic69 Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Admiral James Stavridis said Iran's claims that the Strait of Hormuz is open are "nonsense." On Thursday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh told ITV the Strait of Hormuz was open for civilian vessels, but that ships need to coordinate their passage with Iranian authorities to avoid mines put in place by the Iranian military. "It’s all ...
quantic69 Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Admiral James Stavridis said Iran's claims that the Strait of Hormuz is open are "nonsense." On Thursday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh told ITV the Strait of Hormuz was open for civilian vessels, but that ships need to coordinate their passage with Iranian authorities to avoid mines put in place by the Iranian military. "It’s all nonsense," Stavridis told CNN on Friday, according to The Hill . “He is attempting to exert sovereign control over the Strait of Hormuz. That’s illegal under international law." "For him to say, ‘Oh, it’s open, but we’ve got control, and you’ve got to check in with us,’––he didn’t even mention the tolls that he has been charging the two or three ships that are allowed through," Stavridis added. On Thursday, President Trump called out the Iranian government for allegedly demanding payment from ships seeking to pass through the strait. “There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait –– They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Thursday evening. Stavridis currently serves as vice chairman of Carlyle Group ( CG ). More on SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, State Street® Energy Select Sector SPDR® ETF Strange Times: GDP Growth Slows Down, Inflation Is Rising, But Markets Don't Care U.S.-Iran Ceasefire: What To Expect From Negotiations This Weekend Inflation Uncertainties Make 60-40 A Bad Idea For 2026 The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve's risky descent into the 1980s Commodities to lead 'anything but bonds' trade through 2020s - BofA’s Hartnett
Electric vehicle (EV) companies are navigating a challenging landscape as key tax credits have expired and competition is heating up. However, amid this turbulence, Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) is one EV maker attracting investors' attention. The company is building on its platform, not just as an EV maker but as a broader automotive technology company. With Rivian stock trading under $16, is ...
Electric vehicle (EV) companies are navigating a challenging landscape as key tax credits have expired and competition is heating up. However, amid this turbulence, Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) is one EV maker attracting investors' attention. The company is building on its platform, not just as an EV maker but as a broader automotive technology company. With Rivian stock trading under $16, is now the perfect time to buy? Let's dive into the company and its outlook to find out. Investors may see Rivian as an EV automaker, but its internal technology stack, which includes in-house-developed software and a zonal architecture, is quietly gaining traction. Volkswagen is one example of a major automotive company that has struggled with software bugs in its ID series of electric vehicles. The German automaker has partnered with Rivian to use its software and architecture for a prototype of VW ID. EVERY1, Volkswagen's entry-level, affordable electric vehicle. Continue reading
Drummer who brought an irresistible melting pot of styles to hits by Marvin Gaye, Gloria Gaynor and the Jackson 5 In R&B, soul, funk, disco and other forms of African-American popular music, no performer is more valuable than the drummer who can find “the pocket”: the name given by musicians to that elusive place where the rhythm propelling a song is both profound and irresistible. James Gadson, w...
Drummer who brought an irresistible melting pot of styles to hits by Marvin Gaye, Gloria Gaynor and the Jackson 5 In R&B, soul, funk, disco and other forms of African-American popular music, no performer is more valuable than the drummer who can find “the pocket”: the name given by musicians to that elusive place where the rhythm propelling a song is both profound and irresistible. James Gadson, who has died aged 86, seemed to live his entire working life deep in that pocket, giving momentum to such 1970s hits as Bill Withers ’ Lean on Me, Marvin Gaye’s I Want You, Diana Ross’s Love Hangover, the Jackson 5’s Dancing Machine, Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive, Smokey Robinson’s Cruisin’, Peaches & Herb’s Reunited and many more in future decades during his career in the recording studios of Los Angeles. Other artists in related fields also made grateful use of his gifts. He played on Boz Scaggs’ Slow Dancer (1974) and Elkie Brooks’s Live and Learn (1979), Leonard Cohen ’s The Future (1992) and, in this century, Rickie Lee Jones’s The Evening of My Best Day, Paul McCartney’s Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, Lana Del Rey’s Paradise, and several albums by Beck, among others. Continue reading...
Readers respond to an article by Bim Adewunmi on encountering the reticence of British people after she spent a decade living in the US It’s funny how returning “home” can feel alien and apprehensive when you’ve spent years living abroad ( I’m back in London after a decade in the US – and I miss those friendly New Yorkers, 5 April ). There’s a reverse culture shock when your world-expanded self ar...
Readers respond to an article by Bim Adewunmi on encountering the reticence of British people after she spent a decade living in the US It’s funny how returning “home” can feel alien and apprehensive when you’ve spent years living abroad ( I’m back in London after a decade in the US – and I miss those friendly New Yorkers, 5 April ). There’s a reverse culture shock when your world-expanded self arrives back in a city you’ve known so well, and missed, but now see through a different lens. In my experience, something always pulls you homeward eventually. You miss the infrastructure, the convenience, the variety and, mostly, the people. Not just your close friends and family, but the general populace too: the shop staff who leave you alone, the fellow commuters who know not to make eye contact, let alone dare small talk, the restaurant bill that arrives with service already included and no pressure to calculate the appropriate tip. Continue reading...
Here are the names making headlines in midday trading. Chip stocks – Big chip plays surged as investors snapped up semiconductor companies instead of software. Marvell jumped nearly 7% and headed for a third consecutive positive session. Broadcom and AMD each added 4% and 3%, respectively. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) rose 1.7%. Fair Isaac — The credit scoring service dropped more than 12%. ...
Here are the names making headlines in midday trading. Chip stocks – Big chip plays surged as investors snapped up semiconductor companies instead of software. Marvell jumped nearly 7% and headed for a third consecutive positive session. Broadcom and AMD each added 4% and 3%, respectively. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) rose 1.7%. Fair Isaac — The credit scoring service dropped more than 12%. Barclays cut its 12-month price target to $1,950 from $2,400 while keeping an overweight rating, according to FactSet. Organon — The New Jersey-based drugmaker focused on women's health that was spun off by Merck jumped 24%. India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has decided to offer $12 billion for Organon, the Economic Times reported . Sun Pharma said the story was "speculative in nature" and declined further comment. Texas Pacific Land -- The Texas landowner gained 9%, a day after the death of Horizon Kinetics CEO Murray Stahl sent shares tumbling nearly 16%. Horizon Kinetics is the largest shareholder of Texas Pacific Land and Stahl sat on TPL's board. Palantir Technologies — The defense tech stock traded off its session lows after President Donald Trump touted Palantir in a Truth Social post. "Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven to have great war fighting capabilities and equipment," he wrote. "Just ask our enemies!!!" Palantir is still heading for a nearly 14% decline on the week , however. Shares were last down nearly 2% on the day. Cybersecurity stocks — Shares got hit again as investor fears of AI threatening cyber infrastructure and disrupting cybersecurity companies' business models reappeared. Akamai Technologies sunk more than 13%. Palo Alto Networks was off more than 6%, Zscaler declined 3%, while CrowdStrike tumbled 4%. Coherent – Shares of the photonics company jumped7 %. Coherent received a couple of bullish reports from analysts this week, with JPMorgan lifting its price target to $300 from $245 and maintaining an overweight rating on the name. The comp...
Christian nationalism has as little to do with the true values of Christianity as national socialism has to do with the values of socialism, says Rev Prof Nick Ross Thank you for your editorial on the religious right ( The Guardian view on Britain’s religious right: using and abusing faith in the pursuit of power, 5 April ). The truth is that Christian nationalism has as little to do with the true...
Christian nationalism has as little to do with the true values of Christianity as national socialism has to do with the values of socialism, says Rev Prof Nick Ross Thank you for your editorial on the religious right ( The Guardian view on Britain’s religious right: using and abusing faith in the pursuit of power, 5 April ). The truth is that Christian nationalism has as little to do with the true values of Christianity as national socialism has to do with the values of socialism. It is a perversion of the faith … almost an oxymoron in its combination of opposites. I serve in a church in the heart of Smethwick in the West Midlands, where our congregation reflects the area, being made up of those born and bred in the area, the families of the Windrush generation and new immigrants and asylum seekers from Africa and Asia. Continue reading...
OpenAI ignored three warnings that a ChatGPT user was dangerous — including its own mass casualty flag — while he stalked and harassed his ex-girlfriend, a new lawsuit alleges.
OpenAI ignored three warnings that a ChatGPT user was dangerous — including its own mass casualty flag — while he stalked and harassed his ex-girlfriend, a new lawsuit alleges.