Without diplomacy or restraint, the economic shock will deepen and US soldiers may become embroiled in a quagmire The fifth week of Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran has confirmed the absence of any overarching strategy. The US continues to hit Iranian targets while building up forces in the region. Iran continues to launch missile and drone attacks on Israel and neighbouring Gulf states. Tehran’...
Without diplomacy or restraint, the economic shock will deepen and US soldiers may become embroiled in a quagmire The fifth week of Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran has confirmed the absence of any overarching strategy. The US continues to hit Iranian targets while building up forces in the region. Iran continues to launch missile and drone attacks on Israel and neighbouring Gulf states. Tehran’s proxies in the region have entered the fray. Its closure of the strait of Hormuz has seen oil prices shoot up and had knock-on effects already visible across fuel, fertiliser and supply chains. No amount of contradictory social media posts from Mr Trump can negate the shortages felt across the world, from Asian factories to European diesel markets. The pain is likely to get worse. There is no sign of imminent US victory or Iranian collapse. This instead looks like a war of attrition. Each side can point to successes and their opponents can highlight failures. That is what sustains the conflict. The stakes extend far beyond the battlefield. The war is embedding itself in the global economy, shaping what is produced , moved and ultimately affordable. Even European ministers now admit they are losing sleep over what comes next – not just the war but its economic consequences. 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...
Increased openness is a change for the better. But cuts have made the courts’ work far harder Opening up family courts in England and Wales to journalists was never intended to solve all their problems. This is a public service that, like so many others, is chronically overloaded and underfunded. While the number of children in council care fell slightly last year, the figure of 81,770 in England ...
Increased openness is a change for the better. But cuts have made the courts’ work far harder Opening up family courts in England and Wales to journalists was never intended to solve all their problems. This is a public service that, like so many others, is chronically overloaded and underfunded. While the number of children in council care fell slightly last year, the figure of 81,770 in England was still 16% higher than a decade ago. Recent increases in legal aid fees applied only to immigration, housing and criminal cases – leaving family lawyers out. But new rules about what can be reported are an important legacy of the court’s president, Sir Andrew McFarlane, who retired on Monday. These apply both to public law cases, involving care proceedings, and private law cases, which are usually disputes between couples. Following the national rollout of transparency orders , which enable reporters and legal bloggers to write about cases as long as they protect anonymity, his successor – who is yet to be announced – will inherit a more open family justice system. 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...
In this article JBLU Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A JetBlue Airways Airbus A321 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to New York on Oct. 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images JetBlue Airways is raising bag fees as jet-fuel prices soar amid the Iran war. Airfare has climbed for routes around the world since the U.S. and Israe...
In this article JBLU Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A JetBlue Airways Airbus A321 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to New York on Oct. 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images JetBlue Airways is raising bag fees as jet-fuel prices soar amid the Iran war. Airfare has climbed for routes around the world since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28. The higher fees for checked bags are the most recent sign of airlines passing steeper fuel costs down to U.S. consumers. "As we experience rising operating costs, we regularly evaluate how to manage those costs while keeping base fares competitive and continuing to invest in the experience our customers value," JetBlue said in a statement to CNBC. This is breaking news. Check back for updates. Read more CNBC airline news Airlines raise revenue guidance despite rising fuel costs, citing growth in demand United CEO Scott Kirby says higher airfare could be ahead after fuel price spike Iran war threatens $11.7 trillion global travel industry as passengers get caught in crossfire Spirit Airlines plans to slash flights, fleet in bid to emerge from bankruptcy as early as spring Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.
His squad has been hit by withdrawals but the manager will aim to improve the mood music at Wembley on Tuesday A negative reaction to a drab draw with Uruguay at Wembley ? It sounds familiar. After all, the reviews were hardly glowing when England began the 1966 World Cup with a dismal goalless draw against the South American team. The criticism came from all angles but had become a cautionary tal...
His squad has been hit by withdrawals but the manager will aim to improve the mood music at Wembley on Tuesday A negative reaction to a drab draw with Uruguay at Wembley ? It sounds familiar. After all, the reviews were hardly glowing when England began the 1966 World Cup with a dismal goalless draw against the South American team. The criticism came from all angles but had become a cautionary tale by the time Bobby Moore had his hands on the Jules Rimet trophy. Opinions in international football shift quickly. At the moment the mood music around England could be better. Presented with solid and streetwise opposition last Friday, they struggled to lift the tempo. Time to panic? Did it matter that these warm-up games double as learning exercises for Thomas Tuchel as he finalises his World Cup preparations? That what happens in a friendly in March often bears little relation to the real thing in June? Continue reading...
Arsenal duo unavailable for Japan game on Tuesday ‘We did medical tests. I saw them,’ head coach says Thomas Tuchel has plotted a diplomatic course through the storm that has followed the withdrawals of Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka from the England squad, saying the optics may look bad but he has “100% trust” in their integrity. The England head coach gave Rice and Saka last week off, letting them ...
Arsenal duo unavailable for Japan game on Tuesday ‘We did medical tests. I saw them,’ head coach says Thomas Tuchel has plotted a diplomatic course through the storm that has followed the withdrawals of Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka from the England squad, saying the optics may look bad but he has “100% trust” in their integrity. The England head coach gave Rice and Saka last week off, letting them rest rather than play in the 1-1 draw against Uruguay at Wembley on Friday – along with nine others. His idea was to have all 11 back for the game against Japan on Tuesday, also at Wembley, for which he would release a group of players. Continue reading...
The following companies are expected to report earnings after hours on 03/30/2026. Visit our Earnings Calendar for a full list of expected earnings releases.Progress Software Corporation (PRGS)is reporting for the quarter ending February 28, 2026. The computer software company's
The following companies are expected to report earnings after hours on 03/30/2026. Visit our Earnings Calendar for a full list of expected earnings releases.Progress Software Corporation (PRGS)is reporting for the quarter ending February 28, 2026. The computer software company's
Enterprises building voice-enabled workflows have had limited options for production-grade transcription: closed APIs with data residency risks, or open models that trade accuracy for deployability. Cohere's new open-weight ASR model, Transcribe, is built to compete on all four key differentiators — contextual accuracy, latency, control and cost. Cohere says that Transcribe outperforms current lea...
Enterprises building voice-enabled workflows have had limited options for production-grade transcription: closed APIs with data residency risks, or open models that trade accuracy for deployability. Cohere's new open-weight ASR model, Transcribe, is built to compete on all four key differentiators — contextual accuracy, latency, control and cost. Cohere says that Transcribe outperforms current leaders on accuracy — and unlike closed APIs, it can run on an organization's own infrastructure. Cohere, which can be accessed via an API or in Cohere’s Model Vault as cohere-transcribe-03-2026, has 2 billion parameters and is licensed under Apache-2.0. The company said Transcribe has an average word error rate (WER) of just 5.42%, so it makes fewer mistakes than similar models. It’s trained on 14 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Arabic. The company did not specify which Chinese dialect the model was trained on. Cohere said it trained the model “with a deliberate focus on minimizing WER, while keeping production readiness top-of-mind.” According to Cohere, the result is a model that enterprises can plug directly into voice-powered automations, transcription pipelines, and audio search workflows. Self-hosted transcription for production pipelines Until recently, enterprise transcription has been a trade-off — closed APIs offered accuracy but locked in data; open models offered control but lagged on performance. Unlike Whisper, which launched as a research model under MIT license, Transcribe is available for commercial use from release and can run on an organization's own local GPU infrastructure. Early users flagged the commercial-ready open-weight approach as meaningful for enterprise deployments. Organizations can bring Transcribe to their own local instances, since Cohere said the model has a more manageable inference footprint for local GPUs. The company said they were able to ...
Buying stocks that are down significantly from their highs can be unnerving. These are stocks that are likely facing some adversity or that were perhaps overvalued and have come down in price. But the risk and concern is that they'll continue falling lower. If you're investing for the long term, however, having patience with these types of stocks can pay off. Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) is an online retail...
Buying stocks that are down significantly from their highs can be unnerving. These are stocks that are likely facing some adversity or that were perhaps overvalued and have come down in price. But the risk and concern is that they'll continue falling lower. If you're investing for the long term, however, having patience with these types of stocks can pay off. Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) is an online retailer that sells pet food , toys, and supplies. Given the nature of its business, it relies on a mix of both essential and discretionary spending from pet owners. But amid concern about long-term growth, investors have been bearish on the stock in recent years, and it's now down around 47% from its 52-week high of $48.62. Is the stock in danger of going even lower, or could this be an opportune time to add Chewy to your portfolio? Continue reading
The U.S. government has charged multiple people connected with Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) with smuggling Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) 's advanced chips to China, including Wally Liaw, a co-founder of Super Micro. Given the close relationship between the two companies, it's not surprising that Nvidia's stock has been falling amid these concerning developments. While there's no reason to believe t...
The U.S. government has charged multiple people connected with Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) with smuggling Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) 's advanced chips to China, including Wally Liaw, a co-founder of Super Micro. Given the close relationship between the two companies, it's not surprising that Nvidia's stock has been falling amid these concerning developments. While there's no reason to believe the tech company is involved in any wrongdoing, it would suggest that at least some of its growth can be attributed to the Chinese market -- something that investors have largely assumed hasn't been the case. Here's why this can be a big problem for the tech giant. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
The Pentagon has flouted a court order blocking it from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters’ access to the Defence Department’s headquarters, a lawyer for The New York Times asserted on Monday in urging a federal judge to compel the government’s compliance with the 10-day-old order. US District Judge Paul Friedman did not immediately rule from the bench after hearing a second round of argum...
The Pentagon has flouted a court order blocking it from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters’ access to the Defence Department’s headquarters, a lawyer for The New York Times asserted on Monday in urging a federal judge to compel the government’s compliance with the 10-day-old order. US District Judge Paul Friedman did not immediately rule from the bench after hearing a second round of arguments from lawyers for the newspaper and the Trump administration. The New York Times claims Pentagon...
AlexSecret The S&P 500 ( SP500 ) has continued its downward trajectory in 2026, with the benchmark index now lower by roughly 7.5% year to date, reflecting broad-based weakness across U.S. equities. While losses have been widespread, a significant share of the decline has been driven by the so-called magnificent seven group of mega-cap technology companies that collectively account for nearly one-...
AlexSecret The S&P 500 ( SP500 ) has continued its downward trajectory in 2026, with the benchmark index now lower by roughly 7.5% year to date, reflecting broad-based weakness across U.S. equities. While losses have been widespread, a significant share of the decline has been driven by the so-called magnificent seven group of mega-cap technology companies that collectively account for nearly one-third of the index’s weighting. On average, these stocks have fallen together about 15% this year, amplifying pressure on the broader market. However, the downturn is not limited to large-cap technology. Market breadth has deteriorated notably, with 288 of the index’s 500 constituents currently trading in negative territory for the year. Of those, 65 stocks have declined by 20% or more, while 21 have dropped at least 30%, underscoring the depth and persistence of the ongoing selloff. Outlined below are the magnificent seven members and how each name is trading in 2026: Microsoft ( MSFT ), -25.7% YTD. Tesla ( TSLA ), -20.6% YTD. Meta Platforms ( META ), -18.6% YTD. Alphabet ( GOOG )( GOOGL ), -12.9% YTD. Amazon ( AMZN ), -12.3% YTD. Nvidia ( NVDA ), -10.8% YTD. Apple ( AAPL ), -9.1% YTD. S&P 500 ETFs: ( SPY ), ( VOO ), ( IVV ), ( RSP ), ( SSO ), ( UPRO ), ( SH ), ( SDS ), ( SPXU ), ( FXAIX ), ( VFIAX ), ( VFFSX ), and ( SWPPX ). Magnificent Seven ETFs: ( MAGS ), ( MAGX ), ( QQQU ), and ( QQQD ). More on markets Recession odds in 2026 jump to nearly 40% on prediction markets Apollo warns that the US10Y is mispriced by more than 50 bps as term premium surges 20 dividend stocks to watch as the Middle East conflict continues to shake markets Citi holds firm on S&P 500 target despite Iran tensions and the current market pullback OECD lifts G20 inflation outlook as rising energy prices impact global markets
Daniel Grizelj/DigitalVision via Getty Images I previously covered Micron Technology ( MU ) in December 2025, with my reiterated Buy rating attributed to their AI beneficiary status during the multi-year cloud supercycle and the robust hyperscaler demand for memory/storage offerings. In this article, I shall discuss why I am reiterating my Buy rating for the MU stock here, thanks to the improved r...
Daniel Grizelj/DigitalVision via Getty Images I previously covered Micron Technology ( MU ) in December 2025, with my reiterated Buy rating attributed to their AI beneficiary status during the multi-year cloud supercycle and the robust hyperscaler demand for memory/storage offerings. In this article, I shall discuss why I am reiterating my Buy rating for the MU stock here, thanks to the improved risk/reward and the cheaper valuations from the recent meltdown, significantly aided by their ability to sustainably fund their growth ambitions through the growing cash flows/rich balance sheet. MU's Bull Trap Meets Robust Fundamentals MU 1Y Stock Price (TradingView) Since my last Buy rating, MU has gone ahead and charted a new high of $471s by mid-March 2026 before losing part of those gains to retest the $355s by the time of writing—with a similar correction also observed in its memory/semiconductor peers in varying degrees. Market Rotation (Seeking Alpha) Part of the headwinds may be attributed to the ongoing market rotation , worsened by the macroeconomic uncertainty from the higher inflationary pressures and the ongoing Iran conflict , with it seemingly bringing forth a replay of the November 2021 selloff . Market Rotation (Reuters) 1. Capex Pessimism For now, I am of the opinion that MU's pullback has been a boon, since the stock's YTD rally through February 2026 has triggered the notable divergence against my prior Buy Zones of $240s and/or the 50-day moving averages offered in the last article. This is especially since the memory company has joined the hyperscalers' 'elevated capex party,' with it perhaps contributing to the market's pessimism surrounding the debt-ridden data center capex trends and the stock's consequent selloff by -24.5% post FQ2'26 earnings call. For reference, MU has already offered an FY2026 capex guidance of over $25B ( +81.1% YoY ) and the preliminary FY2027 capex guidance of $35B (+40% YoY), with these numbers well exceeding the last five ye...
Funtap/iStock via Getty Images Americold Realty Trust ( COLD ) shareholder Sieve Capital announced it's starting a campaign to strip Chairman Mark Patterson of his position and not nominate him for re-election at the upcoming annual meeting. "If shareholders take the time to review publicly available information pertaining to Mr. Patterson’s history as a fiduciary, we believe they will conclude th...
Funtap/iStock via Getty Images Americold Realty Trust ( COLD ) shareholder Sieve Capital announced it's starting a campaign to strip Chairman Mark Patterson of his position and not nominate him for re-election at the upcoming annual meeting. "If shareholders take the time to review publicly available information pertaining to Mr. Patterson’s history as a fiduciary, we believe they will conclude there is no basis or justification for him remaining involved with Americold," Sieve Capital said in a statement on Monday. Sieve Capital also wants Americold ( COLD ) to pivot from assessing potential asset sales and joint ventures to reviewing all strategic alternatives. Americold didn't immediately return a Seeking Alpha email request for comment The push from Sieve Capital comes after activist investor Ancora disclosed a stake in Americold in December and also pushed for the company to review strategic alternatives. Americold ( COLD ) should consider selling itself and/or sell non-core geographies to convert to a North America pure play and pay down its debt, Jim Chadwick, president of Ancora Alternatives, said at the Bloomberg Activism Forum in New York at the time. More on Americold Realty Trust Americold: A Globally Critical Cold-Storage Industrial REIT, But Occupancy Could Improve Americold Realty: A Patient Investor's High-Yield Opportunity Americold Realty Trust, Inc. 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Americold outlines $1.20–$1.30 AFFO per share guidance for 2026 amid cost reduction and portfolio optimization Americold Realty Trust FFO of $0.25 misses by $0.01, revenue of $658.5M beats by $3.95M