FerreiraSilva/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Petrobras ( PBR ) said Thursday it has made a discovery of "high-quality" oil in pre-salt reservoirs of the Marlim Sul field in Brazil's Campos Basin. The discovery was made at exploratory well 3-BRSA-1397-RJS in water depth of 1,178 meters, encountering oil-bearing intervals confirmed through wireline logs, gas shows, and fluid sampling, the com...
FerreiraSilva/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Petrobras ( PBR ) said Thursday it has made a discovery of "high-quality" oil in pre-salt reservoirs of the Marlim Sul field in Brazil's Campos Basin. The discovery was made at exploratory well 3-BRSA-1397-RJS in water depth of 1,178 meters, encountering oil-bearing intervals confirmed through wireline logs, gas shows, and fluid sampling, the company said. Petrobras ( PBR ), which holds a 100% stake and operates the Marlim Sul field, said i nitial indications point to high-quality crude, with samples now undergoing laboratory analysis to further characterize reservoir properties and fluid composition. The company said the discovery supports its strategy of unlocking additional resources in mature offshore basins, where existing infrastructure and geological knowledge can accelerate development timelines and improve project economics. More on Petrobras Petrobras: Compelling Valuation At Current Price Level Hard Assets Weekly: The Signal That Precedes Falls In Hard Assets Appeared In Oil Petrobras: Direct Proxy To Brent, But With Additional Variables (Rating Upgrade)
Recent repairs to a centuries-old tile floor at a church in the Netherlands may have revealed the skeleton of the French Musketeer d’Artagnan. Today, Charles de Batz de Castlemore, Count d'Artagnan, is best known as a character in The Three Musketeers , written by Alexandre Dumas and eventually played by both Gene Kelly and future Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy —but he was a real French m...
Recent repairs to a centuries-old tile floor at a church in the Netherlands may have revealed the skeleton of the French Musketeer d’Artagnan. Today, Charles de Batz de Castlemore, Count d'Artagnan, is best known as a character in The Three Musketeers , written by Alexandre Dumas and eventually played by both Gene Kelly and future Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy —but he was a real French military officer and spy. D’Artagnan died during a siege, and the whereabouts of his body have remained a mystery for more than 350 years. But an archaeologist in the Netherlands recently unearthed a skeleton from the floor of a 17th-century church that could actually be d’Artagnan. “ It is only the dead who do not return” The ground beneath the centuries-old Saints Peter and Paul Church subsided earlier this year, cracking a few of the blue tiles that pave the chapel’s floor. During repairs, church staff decided to have a look beneath the floor to see if there was any truth to the rumor that d’Artagnan—famous French Musketeer and inspiration for a series of swashbuckling novels—lay buried beneath their church. It turns out that there actually was a skeleton buried under the church floor, and there’s a decent chance it’s d’Artagnan himself. Read full article Comments
CatherScarl/iStock via Getty Images Disruptions to oil and petrochemical shipments through the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran conflict are tightening global supplies of key chemical inputs, pushing plastic prices to multi-year highs, Reuters reported Thursday. Roughly $20 billion to $25 billion worth of petrochemicals typically moves through the strait each year, meaning prolonged interruptions ar...
CatherScarl/iStock via Getty Images Disruptions to oil and petrochemical shipments through the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran conflict are tightening global supplies of key chemical inputs, pushing plastic prices to multi-year highs, Reuters reported Thursday. Roughly $20 billion to $25 billion worth of petrochemicals typically moves through the strait each year, meaning prolonged interruptions are forcing manufacturers to source materials elsewhere at significantly higher costs. Buyers around the world are scrambling to replace lost Middle Eastern supply, driving sharp price increases for essential resins. The Middle East plays a dominant role in global plastics markets, accounting for more than 40% of polyethylene exports in 2025. As supply from the region has been constrained, prices for widely used plastics such as polyethylene and polypropylene have surged, fueled by rising crude oil and feedstock costs. Benchmarks on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange show gains of nearly 40% since late February. The supply shock is rippling through the broader chemicals chain. Analysts warn that a sustained disruption could impact roughly 1.2 million barrels a day of naphtha flows, a critical input for plastics production. Refining margins in Asia have surged to record levels, reflecting both tighter supply and heightened geopolitical risk. Differing regional effects Asia is particularly exposed due to its reliance on imported feedstocks, with countries such as Japan, South Korea and India facing mounting cost pressures. European producers are also struggling, caught between higher input costs and limited ability to pass those increases on to customers. By contrast, North American producers are benefiting from greater access to domestic feedstocks such as natural gas. U.S. companies are seeing stronger demand and improved margins, with some reporting unusually high profitability as global prices rise. Manufacturers worldwide are beginning to pass higher costs through to custom...
Centrus Energy stands out in the uranium race with HALEU leadership, backlog strength and expansion plans, while NexGen Energy advances its massive Rook I project.
Centrus Energy stands out in the uranium race with HALEU leadership, backlog strength and expansion plans, while NexGen Energy advances its massive Rook I project.
RiverNorthPhotography Best Buy ( BBY ) rose 5.3% amid speculation that the electronics retailer may be a potential takeover target for GameStop ( GME ). GameStop ( GME ) Chairman and CEO Ryan Cohen said in late January he aims to pull off a "very, very, very big" acquisition of a larger consumer company that would be transformational for its future. It appears that GameStop ( GME ) bought a positi...
RiverNorthPhotography Best Buy ( BBY ) rose 5.3% amid speculation that the electronics retailer may be a potential takeover target for GameStop ( GME ). GameStop ( GME ) Chairman and CEO Ryan Cohen said in late January he aims to pull off a "very, very, very big" acquisition of a larger consumer company that would be transformational for its future. It appears that GameStop ( GME ) bought a position on swap and this is likely the target that Cohen is circling, Gordon Haskett's Don Bilson wrote in a note on Thursday. Bilson didn't speculate on which company GameStop may be targeting. GameStop disclosed in its latest 10-K filing that it “posted approximately $0.7 billion of cash into an account of the Company that is pledged as collateral for certain existing and potential cash or physically settled derivative transactions.” Bilson said previously he speculated that Best Buy ( BBY ) could be a target and there was some prime broker action in BBY in Q4, but that doesn't "square with" GameStop ( GME ) saying it put its money to work after the fiscal year ended. GameStop didn't immediately respond to Seeking Alpha's email request for comment. Shares of GameStop fell 2.3%. More on Best Buy, GameStop GameStop Holiday Quarter Earnings Preview Signals Muted Numbers Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) Presents at UBS Global Consumer and Retail Conference Transcript Best Buy For Long-Term Rising Income Stocks to watch post market: GME, AIR, VCTR GameStop discloses a cash position of $9B with the M&A wildcard in play
Chris Bucanac/iStock Editorial via Getty Images I previously covered Walt Disney Company ( DIS ) in January 2026, discussing why I had reiterated my Buy rating then, given the excellent margin of safety from the cheap valuations, the management's robust forward guidance, and the healthier balance sheet. In this article, I shall discuss why I am reiterating my Buy rating for the DIS stock, albeit a...
Chris Bucanac/iStock Editorial via Getty Images I previously covered Walt Disney Company ( DIS ) in January 2026, discussing why I had reiterated my Buy rating then, given the excellent margin of safety from the cheap valuations, the management's robust forward guidance, and the healthier balance sheet. In this article, I shall discuss why I am reiterating my Buy rating for the DIS stock, albeit after a further correction to the $90s or $86s, with the post-FQ1 2026 selloff already triggering the richer upside potential to my bull-case long-term price target of $171. My optimism is further attributed to their ability to successfully monetize their Intellectual Property [IP] franchise across the movies/streaming/theme park/cruise offerings, with the underwhelming FQ1 2026/mixed FQ2 2026 prospects well balanced by the management's reiterated FY2026/FY2027 adj. EPS growth guidance. DIS Faces Numerous Headwinds & Tailwinds DIS 1Y Stock Price (TradingView) Since my last Buy rating, DIS has lost another double digits of its value to continue trading sideways along the resistance levels of $125s and the support levels of $80s since August 2022, with it presenting its mixed investment thesis despite my prior optimism and my historical Buy ratings. 1. Bottom Line Headwinds In FQ1 2026 Part of the headwinds may be attributed to the tougher YoY comparison on DIS' FQ1 2026 performance, with the diversified media/entertainment company delivering a weaker than expected FQ1 2026 adj. EPS performance at $1.63 (-7.3% YoY) and cash provided by operations at $735M (-77% YoY). Part of the bottom line FQ1 2026 underperformance is attributed to: the higher costs related to the Avatar: Fire and Ash theatrical release in December 2025, the higher streaming licensing fees, and the lower political advertising - with it triggering the Entertainment segment's lower operating margins of 9.4% (-6.2 points YoY), and the programmatic costs related to new sports rights - with it triggering the Sport...
After decades of outclassing the competition, the U.S. stock market may soon lose its edge. According to Andrew Garthwaite, UBS Group 's head of global equity strategy, American stocks are expected to perform at "benchmark" in the bank's global portfolio. The investment bank cites three key forces converging at once. Over the last few decades, U.S. equities have enjoyed some structural advantages ...
After decades of outclassing the competition, the U.S. stock market may soon lose its edge. According to Andrew Garthwaite, UBS Group 's head of global equity strategy, American stocks are expected to perform at "benchmark" in the bank's global portfolio. The investment bank cites three key forces converging at once. Over the last few decades, U.S. equities have enjoyed some structural advantages that UBS sees waning: Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
A class action lawsuit revived in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California is targeting Nvidia Corporation over allegations that the chipmaker systematically misclassified and obscured graphics processing unit (GPU) revenue derived from crypto mining, misrepresenting the composition of its gaming segment to investors during one of ...
A class action lawsuit revived in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California is targeting Nvidia Corporation over allegations that the chipmaker systematically misclassified and obscured graphics processing unit (GPU) revenue derived from crypto mining, misrepresenting the composition of its gaming segment to investors during one of ...
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge This illuminating exhibition traces the British Guyanan’s faltering first steps of painting with a social conscience to his escape from London to New York and abstraction In 1961, when Frank Bowling was making the earliest work in this small but illuminating show, painters were expected to be either one thing or another, over a range of categories. They had to be eith...
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge This illuminating exhibition traces the British Guyanan’s faltering first steps of painting with a social conscience to his escape from London to New York and abstraction In 1961, when Frank Bowling was making the earliest work in this small but illuminating show, painters were expected to be either one thing or another, over a range of categories. They had to be either political, using art to better society, or formalist, insisting art be judged on its own terms. They had to belong either to the European or the American tradition. And they had to be a Black artist, meaning they had a duty to speak on behalf of the communities they were presumed to represent, or an artist (full stop), meaning that they were allowed to speak on behalf of everyone about whatever subject they chose (on condition they were white and ideally male). This young British-Guyanese artist, it soon becomes clear, did not like these options. The early works suggest that he did at least try to fit in: 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse , made when Bowling was at the Royal Academy in London, might have been designed to meet the professors’ expectations. A screaming black face amid this shambles of tortured bodies is linked by the wall text to the 1961 murder of Patrice Lumumba, the former prime minister of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, positioning Bowling as both a postwar existentialist grappling with the horror of the camps and a Black artist speaking to the postcolonial experience. Beggar No 5 (1962–63) is so heavily indebted to Francis Bacon that it would be dismissed as juvenile pastiche if it weren’t for the subject matter. It points to a career as a professionally Caribbean artist making paintings about “cane-cutting and suffering”, as Bowling once put it. Continue reading...
skynesher/E+ via Getty Images Introduction Since I started writing articles on Franklin Covey ( FC ) – which started in the first half of 2025 – the stock price has done nothing but make my predictions look wildly wrong. To some extent, it’s a warranted trend – I thought fundamentals (earnings) would improve, but they’ve done the opposite. Still, however, the underlying structural mechanics of the...
skynesher/E+ via Getty Images Introduction Since I started writing articles on Franklin Covey ( FC ) – which started in the first half of 2025 – the stock price has done nothing but make my predictions look wildly wrong. To some extent, it’s a warranted trend – I thought fundamentals (earnings) would improve, but they’ve done the opposite. Still, however, the underlying structural mechanics of the investment story here – stable competitive position with an untapped TAM to penetrate – really haven’t changed my directional conclusion on the business. As we go into the Q2 earnings, here are five things I’m going to be looking for. Q2 Focus Points (From Sales to Capital Allocation) As I alluded to in the introduction, the structural components of my thesis haven’t really changed: I attribute most of the recent weakness to the macro, I expect them to continue to grow Enterprise sales over time, and corresponding with this, I expect consolidated margins to grow from Enterprise margin growth specifically. From that assumptive base, here’s what I’m going to be looking for in Q2: Macro impacts. If you’ve followed Franklin Covey over the past 12 months, you’ll know that they’ve been dealing with 2 issues: (1) customer losses on the Enterprise side of the business, both from government clients and their core, non-government clients, and (2) reduced spend per client from reduced population sizes. Recently, the trend has been a little bit more stable since late 2025 (as reflected by the Q1 invoiced amounts returning to growth ), so I’ll be curious to see if this trend continues per their tone and optimism in Q1 and thus suggests that perhaps the brunt of the macro effects are indeed behind us. Additionally, as they noted in Q1, the government business should begin comping a “DOGE-affected” quarter, so I would expect – assuming recent stability – for there to be an improved year-over-year growth rate here. And this comes on top of invoiced levels starting to comp easier periods a...
Vitrolife AB (publ) press release ( VTRLY ): Q4 Non-GAAP EPS of SEK 0.66. Revenue of SEK 891M (-7.1% Y/Y). More on Vitrolife AB (publ) Vitrolife AB (publ) (VTRLY) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Vitrolife AB (publ) 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Vitrolife AB (publ) (VTRLY) Presents at 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference - Slideshow Historical earnings data for Vitrolife ...
Vitrolife AB (publ) press release ( VTRLY ): Q4 Non-GAAP EPS of SEK 0.66. Revenue of SEK 891M (-7.1% Y/Y). More on Vitrolife AB (publ) Vitrolife AB (publ) (VTRLY) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Vitrolife AB (publ) 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Vitrolife AB (publ) (VTRLY) Presents at 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference - Slideshow Historical earnings data for Vitrolife AB (publ) Dividend scorecard for Vitrolife AB (publ)
Francis Lo, Chief People Officer at Adaptive Biotechnologies (NASDAQ:ADPT) , reported the sale of a combined 68,667 shares of common stock across two transactions in early March 2026, as disclosed in a pair of SEC Form 4 filings . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 reported prices; post-transaction value based on March 25, 2026, market close ($14.15). * 1-year performance calculated using March...
Francis Lo, Chief People Officer at Adaptive Biotechnologies (NASDAQ:ADPT) , reported the sale of a combined 68,667 shares of common stock across two transactions in early March 2026, as disclosed in a pair of SEC Form 4 filings . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 reported prices; post-transaction value based on March 25, 2026, market close ($14.15). * 1-year performance calculated using March 25, 2026, as the reference date. Continue reading
Crofts helped define the sound of yacht rock with 1970s hits such as Summer Breeze and Diamond Girl Dash Crofts, the yacht rock musician who helped craft 70s hits such as Summer Breeze and Diamond Girl as part of the duo Seals and Crofts, has died aged 85. The news was announced on social media by the duo’s producer, Louie Shelton. He wrote : “Sad to hear our dear brother and partner in music has ...
Crofts helped define the sound of yacht rock with 1970s hits such as Summer Breeze and Diamond Girl Dash Crofts, the yacht rock musician who helped craft 70s hits such as Summer Breeze and Diamond Girl as part of the duo Seals and Crofts, has died aged 85. The news was announced on social media by the duo’s producer, Louie Shelton. He wrote : “Sad to hear our dear brother and partner in music has passed away today. Sending love and prayers to all his family and many fans. R.I.P. my brother.....Dash Crofts.” A family member confirmed that Crofts died due to complications following heart surgery. Continue reading...