The American is track and field’s youngest world champion but you won’t find the 17-year-old boasting about his achievements We are in living in the era of teenage super talents. On Saturday, Mirra Andreeva won the French Open at 19. Spain’s Lamine Yamal, at 18, is one of the favourites for the World Cup’s golden ball. Then there is Cooper Lutkenhaus, the 17-year-old American already making the wo...
The American is track and field’s youngest world champion but you won’t find the 17-year-old boasting about his achievements We are in living in the era of teenage super talents. On Saturday, Mirra Andreeva won the French Open at 19. Spain’s Lamine Yamal, at 18, is one of the favourites for the World Cup’s golden ball. Then there is Cooper Lutkenhaus, the 17-year-old American already making the world’s best athletes gasp for air and reach for superlatives, who may yet prove the best of the bunch. True, it is early days. But Lutkenhaus is already track and field’s youngest world champion, having won 800m indoor gold in March . On Sunday, he added to his CV with victory against a top-class field in his first Diamond League race. But it was what his rivals said afterwards in Stockholm that left the deepest mark. Continue reading...
Short story collection All Around the World will be available for £1 in bid to widen access to quality fiction An initiative that aims to widen access to Booker prize-winning authors is set to launch this week, as research finds that more than a third of UK adults find it hard to read books through to the end. The Booker Prize Foundation is launching a short story collection entitled All Around th...
Short story collection All Around the World will be available for £1 in bid to widen access to quality fiction An initiative that aims to widen access to Booker prize-winning authors is set to launch this week, as research finds that more than a third of UK adults find it hard to read books through to the end. The Booker Prize Foundation is launching a short story collection entitled All Around the World, including works by the Booker prize winners Anne Enright, David Szalay and International Booker prize nominee Nadifa Mohamed. The collection was curated by another former winner, Roddy Doyle. Continue reading...
GUANGZHOU, China, June 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) (“EHang” or the “Company”), the world’s leading advanced air mobility (“AAM”) technology platform company, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
GUANGZHOU, China, June 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) (“EHang” or the “Company”), the world’s leading advanced air mobility (“AAM”) technology platform company, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
Deliverance AI, the UK-founded Agentic Operating System (OS) for the enterprise, today announced its emergence from stealth with £6m ARR, more than 30 employees and six enterprise customers within three months of incorporation.
Deliverance AI, the UK-founded Agentic Operating System (OS) for the enterprise, today announced its emergence from stealth with £6m ARR, more than 30 employees and six enterprise customers within three months of incorporation.
narvo vexar/iStock via Getty Images Let the Game Begin The Italian banking system is quite unique in Europe. Most scholars believe that the modern banking system was born in Renaissance Italy, and one of the banks that started at that time - the Siena-headquartered Banca Monte dei Paschi ( BMDPF ; BMPSY ) - is at the center of the story we have to deal with today. Monte dei Paschi was one of the l...
narvo vexar/iStock via Getty Images Let the Game Begin The Italian banking system is quite unique in Europe. Most scholars believe that the modern banking system was born in Renaissance Italy, and one of the banks that started at that time - the Siena-headquartered Banca Monte dei Paschi ( BMDPF ; BMPSY ) - is at the center of the story we have to deal with today. Monte dei Paschi was one of the last banks to recover from the GFC and the sovereign debt crisis, but in recent years it has become a rather lively and important player in the restructuring of what many call "the Italian Banking Risk!" with reference to the well-known board game. Before we deal with the news, allow me to explain a few things for those who are not familiar with this system. In Italy, the banking sector has to be viewed as a two-tier system dominated by two big institutions and many regional and national banks. The two big ones are Intesa Sanpaolo ( ISNPY , IITSF ) and UniCredit ( UNCRY ; UNCFF ). They account for roughly 40% to 45% of Italian banking assets. I have covered both of them several times and currently own a stake in Intesa but am also bullish on UniCredit and its attempt to buy Commerzbank . Because of this situation, many have argued that the country needs a third large player to compete in Europe, and the government has also viewed this favorably. This leads us into an intricate maze of cross-ownerships. Moreover, some banks are intertwined in intricate relationships with big insurers, involving national and European champions such as Generali ( ARZGF ; ARZGY ) and Unipol ( UFGSY ), but also industrial foundations, public stakes held by the Italian Treasury, and a few key families. At the center of this web is where we find Monte dei Paschi, which was rescued in 2017 involving state aid amounting to EUR 5.4B, which made the Italian Treasury hold, at peak, a 68% stake in the bank. Once Luigi Lovaglio was appointed CEO in 2022, the bank underwent an incredible turnaround, which ...
Presented by Snowflake As AI agents become capable of reasoning across systems and taking action, software is evolving from something employees operate into something that understands intent. Instead of navigating disparate applications and dashboards, a single system will increasingly ask: What are you trying to accomplish? That sounds like a user experience breakthrough. It is. But the more impo...
Presented by Snowflake As AI agents become capable of reasoning across systems and taking action, software is evolving from something employees operate into something that understands intent. Instead of navigating disparate applications and dashboards, a single system will increasingly ask: What are you trying to accomplish? That sounds like a user experience breakthrough. It is. But the more important implication is organizational. When software no longer relies on humans to provide context, companies can no longer assume that knowledge lives in employees' heads or is buried inside disconnected applications. The company itself has to become machine-readable. The winners in the AI era won't simply deploy more intelligent models. They'll build the data foundations, semantic context, and governance frameworks that allow machines to understand how the business works and act on that understanding with confidence. Context is becoming infrastructure For years, companies treated context as a human layer on top of data. The data platform held the records, then the BI tool visualized them, and the analyst interpreted them. And finally, the business leader made the judgment call. Agents collapse those layers. When an executive asks, “Why is customer churn rising in our enterprise segment?” an effective agent needs to know far more than where the customer data lives. It needs to understand how the company defines churn, which accounts count as enterprise, whether product usage data is more reliable than survey data, which renewal events matter, what the sales team has logged, what support tickets suggest, and whether the answer differs by geography or product line. This is why semantics — the definitions, relationships, rules, and assumptions that give data meaning — are moving from a technical concern to a boardroom issue. A semantic layer used to sound like plumbing for data teams. In an agentic enterprise, it becomes the shared language between humans and machines. If every...
RelaxFoto.de/E+ via Getty Images Introduction The nuclear revival is not the question worth arguing over in 2026. Reactors are coming back online. Hyperscale operations like Amazon ( AMZN ), Meta ( META ), and Microsoft ( MSFT ) are signing power deals. The federal government has even moved uranium to be critical to national security. The harder question that most other coverage has skipped is whe...
RelaxFoto.de/E+ via Getty Images Introduction The nuclear revival is not the question worth arguing over in 2026. Reactors are coming back online. Hyperscale operations like Amazon ( AMZN ), Meta ( META ), and Microsoft ( MSFT ) are signing power deals. The federal government has even moved uranium to be critical to national security. The harder question that most other coverage has skipped is whether the Sprott Uranium Miners ETF ( URNM ) is the right way to own that revival at today's price. I genuinely don't think it is, at least not yet. The fund gives you mined uranium exposure, which is the part of the nuclear fuel supply chain that is loosening. Meanwhile, the parts that are tightening, conversion and enrichment, sit almost entirely outside of the portfolio. At the same time, the miner equities inside URNM have already priced in a great deal of optimism that the underlying uranium price has not delivered yet. This article is for the reader who has seen the BUY ratings, believes in nuclear for the long haul, and wants to understand why the entry point and fund structure matter just as much as the theme. In this article, I will walk you through what URNM actually holds, where it sits in the fuel cycle, why the equities have gotten ahead of the metal, and what the fund's own risk grades are telling you. My conclusion is a HOLD. I believe in this theme; I just don't want to chase this vehicle at this price. Brief Overview URNM is the Sprott Uranium Miners ETF. It seeks to invest at least 80% of its assets in the securities of its tracked index, which follows companies that invest at least half of their assets in the mining, exploration, development, production, or the holding of physical uranium. It tracks the VettaFi Global Uranium Mining Index (renamed in April 2026 following a December 2025 methodology change). The fund makes its money the same way any passive equity ETF does. It holds a basket of stocks and charges a management fee, currently 0.75% per year. ...
When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), it seems there's Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) , and then there's everyone else. The company's graphics processing units (GPUs) became the gold standard for processing these next-generation algorithms, securing its place as the flagbearer for the AI revolution. This has fueled a meteoric rise in its stock price, catapulting Nvidia to a $5 trillion market cap,...
When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), it seems there's Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) , and then there's everyone else. The company's graphics processing units (GPUs) became the gold standard for processing these next-generation algorithms, securing its place as the flagbearer for the AI revolution. This has fueled a meteoric rise in its stock price, catapulting Nvidia to a $5 trillion market cap, making it the world's most valuable company. Nvidia's position as the leading AI chipmaker is secure, and I don't see that changing anytime soon. However, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) has several distinct advantages that could propel the Google parent past Nvidia to the top of the leaderboard, making it the market-cap leader. Nvidia's singular focus has made it the undisputed leader when it comes to data center GPUs. While estimates vary, the company controls between 80% and 92% of the market. Continue reading
Photo: AI generated China’s unemployment insurance fund is facing escalating financial strain. According to recent data from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the country’s unemployment insurance system covered 248 million people from January to April 2026. During this period, the fund took in 70.53 billion yuan ($10.41 billion) in revenue but paid out 70.86 billion yuan, result...
Photo: AI generated China’s unemployment insurance fund is facing escalating financial strain. According to recent data from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the country’s unemployment insurance system covered 248 million people from January to April 2026. During this period, the fund took in 70.53 billion yuan ($10.41 billion) in revenue but paid out 70.86 billion yuan, resulting in a deficit of 330 million yuan. Compared with the same period last year, the number of participants, fund revenue and expenditures increased by 3.95 million, 3.99 billion yuan and 8.09 billion yuan, respectively. Notably, the spending reached its highest level for the same period since 2020.
PaulMcKinnon/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Introduction Dave & Buster's ( PLAY ) share price has declined 34% YTD, and the stock is trading near all-time lows. On a technical level, the stock already seems heavily discounted and could be a good turnaround stock to buy. Upon closer inspection, however, the company is subject to a weak US consumer spending environment and lower demand for its hi...
PaulMcKinnon/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Introduction Dave & Buster's ( PLAY ) share price has declined 34% YTD, and the stock is trading near all-time lows. On a technical level, the stock already seems heavily discounted and could be a good turnaround stock to buy. Upon closer inspection, however, the company is subject to a weak US consumer spending environment and lower demand for its highest-margin offerings, which all result in negative earnings forecasts for this year. Coupled with increasing competition, a highly leveraged balance sheet, poor liquidity ratios, and a high valuation relative to historical levels, I would still be a seller of the stock. Company Background Dave & Buster's Entertainment operates massive entertainment complexes centered around "Eat, Drink, Play, and Watch" known as "eatertainment." The company has two venues: Dave & Buster's in addition to Main Event. Dave & Buster's outlets include full food and beverage (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) menus along with an extensive assortment of entertainment attractions centered around playing arcade games and watching live sports and other televised events. Main Event offers food, drinks, and entertainment, including bowling, laser tag, arcade games, and virtual reality. PLAY self owns and operates 179 Dave & Buster's venues across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, along with 64 Main Event venues in the United States. PLAY also has four franchised Dave & Buster's venues internationally. The company opened 11 new stores in fiscal year 2025 (ending Jan 2026) and will continue to expand store openings in fiscal year 2026. Each Dave & Buster's venue ranges from 16k to 70k square feet, where games make up 63% of revenue. The arcade games are the main differentiator for PLAY, which includes options such as redemption, simulation, virtual reality, and traditional arcade games. Dave & Buster’s and Main Event stores average approximately 125 and 112 games, respectively. More importantly, g...