cherdchai chawienghong/iStock via Getty Images Introduction It’s been almost two years since I decided to cover Immersion Corporation ( IMMR ), and the decline of its share price prompted me to look into it once again and give some color on what has happened since then and why such a decline has occurred. Currently, there are a lot of risks around the restatement delays, which could push the company to be delisted. Besides that, the company’s lumpy revenue business model and how they go about getting that revenue are still unappealing to me. I hope that the current investors or potential investors will weigh their relationship with IMMR and decide what is best for their money. The Beginning Of Troubles - BNED Accounting Issues It seems that the issues were identified in 2025. Immersion and Barnes & Noble ( BNED ) audit committee investigations found some accounting issues, which led to a lot of filings being in need of restatement. The core issues at hand were found to be unsupported manual journal entries that seem to have reduced the cost of sales in the fiscal 2024 and 2025 periods and errors in revenue recognition for the First Day Complete program. The revenue under this program was recognized too early because opt-out assumptions were incorrect and later were reversed when the actual opt-out rates were known. The full explanation can be found in the link here. Here is an excerpt: The Investigation is now complete and, based on the Investigation, the Barnes & Noble Education Audit Committee concluded that a former Barnes & Noble Education Payment Processing employee (whom Barnes & Noble Education had terminated) made unsupported manual journal entries that improperly reduced cost of sales in the fiscal years ended April 27, 2024 and May 3, 2025. And; The Investigation also concluded that certain revenue recognized in the third quarter of fiscal 2025 related to First Day Complete was incorrectly accelerated based upon incorrect optout assumptions; this revenue a...

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Earnings Call Insights: Shoe Carnival (SCVL) Q4 2025 Management View Interim President & CEO Clifton Sifford opened by addressing the departure of former CEO Mark Worden on February 24 and confirmed his own appointment as Interim CEO, stating the search for a permanent successor is underway. Sifford emphasized his experience with the company and a focus on operational discipline, noting "Fiscal '25 demonstrated this organization's fundamental operational discipline. Full year EPS of $1.90 exceeded consensus. Gross profit margin exceeded 35% for the fifth consecutive year. We ended the year debt-free for the 21st consecutive year with over $130 million in cash and securities." Sifford discussed the strategic adjustment in the rebanner program, sharing that 101 rebanners were completed in fiscal 2025, but observed "meaningful variability in in-store sales performance across the converted locations." He announced a slower pace with only 21 stores to be rebannered before back-to-school 2026 and reaffirmed the Board's commitment to Shoe Station as the company's long-term growth vehicle. The company launched the Jordan brand from Nike in over 60% of stores, with plans for a full fleet rollout by mid-April and a projected impact of approximately 5% of enterprise-level athletic sales. Sifford outlined three operational priorities for fiscal 2026: reducing inventory, completing targeted rebanners, and controlling costs, with an emphasis on working down $440 million in merchandise inventory. CFO W. Jackson stated, "Net sales in the fourth quarter were $254.1 million, a decline of 3.4% versus $262.9 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024. Comparable store sales declined 3.5%. By banner, Shoe Station net sales were approximately flat with a low single-digit comparable store sales decline. Shoe Carnival net sales declined 4.5% with a mid-single-digit comparable store sales decline." Outlook Fiscal 2026 guidance includes expected net sales down 1% to up 1% versus fiscal 202...

Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), manufactures DRAM, flash memory, and SSDs, closed Thursday at $355.46, down 6.97%. The stock fell after analyst downgrades, AI compression-technology worries, and concerns about earnings quality, while investors are watching AI-memory demand, margin

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当地时间3月26日晚，伊朗外交部长阿拉格齐与联合国秘书长古特雷斯通电话。阿拉格齐在通话中表示，当前霍尔木兹海峡的不安全局势是美以侵略行为的直接后果。作为沿海国家，伊朗有权阻止敌对国家及其盟友所属或与其有关船只通行。古特雷斯在通话中表示，此前任命法国外交官让·阿尔诺为其中东问题特使旨在与伊朗方面进行“直接接触”。（央视新闻）

To accommodate future growth of its Nashville workforce, Oracle has signed a new 116,000 square foot lease within The Neuhoff District, at 1320 Adams Street. With this latest investment, Oracle will bring its office capacity in Nashville to about 2,000 seats across three locations, marking significant progress in the company's plans to create thousands of new tech jobs and become a cornerstone of the local economy.

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格隆汇3月27日｜根据墨西哥国家地震监测局的信息，当地时间26日16时11分08秒，在墨西哥东南部的恰帕斯州的伊达尔戈市东南方向约362公里处发生5.1级地震，震源深度约10公里。墨西哥的地震预警系统没有启动，目前暂无人员伤亡和财产损失的报告。

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Barclays head of US equity strategy & global equity linked strategies Venu Krishna, Goldman Sachs co-head health care business unit David Roman, Hartree Partners senior advisor and commodities analyst Ed Morse, GenTrust head of NY office and senior client advisor Mimi Duff, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Citi US equity strategist and global head of ETF research Scott Chronert, Morgan Stanley institute deputy global head of research and co-director Michael Zezas. (Source: Bloomberg)

格隆汇3月27日｜据央视，黎巴嫩总理纳瓦夫·萨拉姆当地时间26日与联合国秘书长古特雷斯通电话，萨拉姆在通话中强调了以色列国防部长多次威胁要占领利塔尼河以南地区，以及以色列财政部长发表的吞并该地区的言论。萨拉姆还详细描述了黎巴嫩南部城镇和村庄居民的大规模流离失所、土地每日遭到侵占以及房屋被拆毁甚至夷为平地的情况，这表明平民在短期内可能无法返回家园。萨拉姆强调，无论以色列是以“安全地带”还是“缓冲区”为借口，这些行动和言论都对黎巴嫩的主权、领土完整和公民权利构成严重威胁，并违反了国际法和《联合国宪章》。萨拉姆告知古特雷斯，他已要求外交部长立即向联合国安全理事会提出申诉，敦促联合国承担起制止这些侵犯人权行为的责任。

格隆汇3月27日｜据华尔街日报，参与和平谈判的调解方透露，伊朗未要求美国暂停对其能源设施的打击行动，也未就结束战争的15点计划作出最终回应。特朗普此前表示，将对伊朗能源设施的打击行动再暂停10天，至4月6日。特朗普此前设定的最后期限是本周五。他表示，延期是应伊朗的要求。调解方称，伊朗官员已向他们表示，伊朗对谈判感兴趣，但伊朗领导层尚未参与并作出最终决定。调解方表示，伊朗官员已要求美国缩减其在15点计划中提出的过高要求，然后才会同意会面讨论可能的停火事宜。伊朗还排除了将讨论其导弹计划作为谈判起点的可能性，并且不愿承诺永远停止铀浓缩活动。调解方称，停火成功的可能性仍然很低，因为美伊提出的强硬要求超出了对方所能接受的范围。

海爾智家上年度按年多賺百分之4，純利逾195億元人民幣，末期息每10股派8.867元人民幣。 期內收入升逾半成，至3,023億元人民幣，是歷來首次突破3,000億元人民幣，主要得益於國內外市場的雙輪驅動，當中海外市場在南亞、東南亞及中東非等新興市場，實現快速增長。

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook says the Iran war has shifted the balance of risks for now, leaving inflation as a bigger concern for policymakers than employment. She speaks during an event in New Haven, Connecticut. (Source: Bloomberg)

格隆汇3月27日｜现货白银日内涨幅达1.5%，报68.95美元/盎司。据华尔街日报，伊朗尚未要求美国暂停袭击其能源工厂。

美國視頻串流平台Netflix自去年一月以後宣布再度加價，未知本港服務會否受影響。 根據公司公布，美國用戶的月費最少加1美元。當中附廣告計劃月費由7.99美元，加至8.99美元。標準計劃就由17.99美元，加至19.99美元，加價2美元，加幅逾一成一。高級版計劃同樣加價2美元，至26.99美元。額外帳戶則會加價1美元。 公司管理層長期以來加價辯護的理據都是平台上內容豐富，並會以訂閣收入開發新項目。據集團今年的一月財報稱今年內容支出將達200億美元，高於2025年的180億美元。

美國視頻串流平台Netflix自去年一月以後宣布再度加價，未知本港服務會否受影響。 根據公司公布，美國用戶的月費最少加1美元。當中附廣告計劃月費由7.99美元，加至8.99美元。標準計劃就由17.99美元，加至19.99美元，加價2美元，加幅逾一成一。高級版計劃同樣加價2美元，至26.99美元。額外帳戶則會加價1美元。 公司管理層長期以來加價辯護的理據都是平台上內容豐富，並會以訂閣收入開發新項目。據集團今年的一月財報稱今年內容支出將達200億美元，高於2025年的180億美元。

Earnings Call Insights: Blink Charging Co. (BLNK) Q4 2025 Management View President and CEO Michael Battaglia declared that "the fourth quarter of 2025 marks a pivotal moment for Blink Charging. The most significant transformation in this company's history, our BlinkForward initiative substantially met its 2025 objectives." He emphasized a transition from restructuring to preparing for growth, highlighting a reduction in global headcount from nearly 600 to fewer than 300 employees and a completed shift to contract manufacturing in the U.S. and India. Battaglia stated, "We reassessed and subsequently wrote off approximately $6 million of legacy inventory at year-end as part of this realignment." Battaglia detailed a 32% decrease in adjusted Q4 operating expenses to $17.1 million, down from $25.2 million in early 2025, and highlighted service revenue growth: "In Q4, our service revenues reached $14.7 million, up 62% year-over-year. Service revenues represented 54% of our total revenue, up from 32% in Q4 of last year." Blink also raised $20 million in a follow-on equity offering in December, primarily to expand its DC fast charging network. CFO Michael Bercovich said, "Q4 2025 revenues were $27 million compared to $28 million in the fourth quarter of 2024," and reported product revenues of $11 million for the quarter. Service revenue increased to $14.7 million, and adjusted gross margin was 37.8%, "significantly above the 34.5% as we reported in Q3 of this year, and year-over-year gross margin improvement of 1,100 basis points." He also noted, "Cash burn for the quarter was $2 million comparable to Q3's $2.2 million and a fraction of the levels we experienced in the first half of 2025." Outlook Bercovich provided guidance for fiscal 2026, targeting total revenue in the range of $105 million to $150 million, describing it as "1% to 11% growth over 2025." He outlined a gross margin target of approximately 34%–35% and emphasized the expectation of "significantly reduced a...

據報美國富商馬斯克旗下的SpaceX已通知潛在投資者，將於下月舉行上市簡報會，意味這宗史上最大規模的上市集資即將展開。 《彭博》報道，結合太空探索及人工智能(AI)業務的SpaceX計劃在復活節假期後，與潛在投資者舉行「試水溫」會議。報道引述知情人士稱，SpaceX正尋求以1.75萬億美元估值上市，目標在六月進行IPO公開招股。 如果落實以1.75萬億美元估值上市，SpaceX的市值將成為標準普爾500指數成份股中第六大市值股份，僅次於Nvidia輝達、蘋果、Alphabet、微軟及亞馬遜。

據報美國富商馬斯克旗下的SpaceX已通知潛在投資者，將於下月舉行上市簡報會，意味這宗史上最大規模的上市集資即將展開。 《彭博》報道，結合太空探索及人工智能業務的SpaceX計劃在復活節假期後，與潛在投資者舉行「試水溫」會議。報道引述知情人士稱，SpaceX正尋求以1.75萬億美元估值上市，目標在六月進行IPO公開招股。如果落實以1.75萬億美元估值上市，SpaceX的市值將成為標準普爾500指數成份股中第六大市值股份，僅次於輝達、蘋果、Alphabet、微軟及亞馬遜。

Ashi Sae Yang/iStock via Getty Images Intro While it’s always important to balance risk within a portfolio, during uncertain times, it becomes even more important to put more focus on investments that are less correlated with the main indexes. As is often the case, it’s easier said than done — just like many things in life. As a rule of thumb, the much‑discussed bonds‑versus‑equities split is usually a starting point when one is thinking about portfolio diversification. While there are some exceptions, most of the time the two don’t correlate much. Between them, you can include every other asset class — commodities, REITs, cryptocurrencies, and various alternatives such as option‑based strategies. If we look at each asset class more closely, they all have their own subdivisions: in commodities, you have precious metals like gold and silver, and in energy, you have oil and gas, and so on. Bonds can be viewed along a spectrum of risk, starting with Treasuries at the lower‑risk end and extending to junk bonds at the higher‑risk end. In equities, the lower‑risk end might be a boring grocery retailer, while the riskiest end could be a small AI play with no real earnings but an impressive story and an elevated stock price. There’s one asset category that often gets less attention – preferred stocks. Continuing the previous line of thought, I see them sitting somewhere between high‑yield dividend stocks and high‑yield (junk) bonds in terms of risk. They’re technically equities, but in practice, they share more similarities with bonds. Asset Manager Virtus , managing the Virtus InfraCap US Preferred Stock ETF ( PFFA ) built on preferred stocks, offers the following definition and illustrative chart: Preferred stock is a class of capital equity that pays regular dividends at a specified rate and has priority over common stock, but not corporate debt, in the payment of dividends and in any liquidation of the corporation’s assets (hence the term “preferred”). Preferreds are of...

现货白银日内涨幅达1.5%，报68.95美元/盎司。 华尔街日报援引熟悉美国与伊朗和平磋商调解方报道称，伊朗并没有要求美国暂停袭击其能源工厂。 伊朗也没有对美方所谓的和平计划给出最终回应。

Whenever a place rises up economically on the mainland, some observers inevitably portray it as a potential competitor with Hong Kong. This view misunderstands the crucial role the city plays as a global financial hub in Beijing’s “opening up” liberalisation. Hainan’s new status as a free-trade port is a case in point. The usual suspects warn that the island – more than 30 times the size of Hong Kong – could become a duty-free competitor. In reality, besides being Hainan’s biggest source of...

Southland (SLND) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -1,804.76% and -50.71%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2025. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

截至3月26日21时，A股已有501家上市公司披露2025年度财务报表，财报披露面接近10%，上市公司业绩逐渐连点成线，景气度较高的行业已经逐渐显现。同时，上市公司加大派息分红力度，目前已有406家上市公司公布期末分红方案，在盈利上市公司中占比近94%，上市公司期末分红总规模已超3750亿元。（证券时报）

The pop star secured three of the biggest awards of the night as the show celebrated its 30th anniversary.

A Constellation Energy executive said on Thursday that a reactor at the former Three Mile Island nuclear power plant will be ready to generate electricity again in 2027, but the company was told that it might not be able to connect to the power grid until 2031. Constellation and Microsoft struck a deal in 2024 to restart the undamaged reactor at the Pennsylvania site, now called the Crane Clean Energy Center. Grid operator PJM Interconnection told Constellation about the potential years-long delay after a study, said David Dardis, senior executive vice president at Constellation, in a presentation at a global energy conference in Houston.