If you’re the glass-half-full type, you should be overjoyed at the news coming out of Yale School of Public Health. But pessimists like me? We’re stuffed There’s bad news for me and my fellow Eeyores (there always is): a positive mindset could help you age better. Research led by Prof Becca Levy of the Yale School of Public Health interrogated over-65s on their attitudes to ageing , following them...
If you’re the glass-half-full type, you should be overjoyed at the news coming out of Yale School of Public Health. But pessimists like me? We’re stuffed There’s bad news for me and my fellow Eeyores (there always is): a positive mindset could help you age better. Research led by Prof Becca Levy of the Yale School of Public Health interrogated over-65s on their attitudes to ageing , following them for up to 12 years, and found that those with positive beliefs about ageing were more likely to be in the 45% whose physical or cognitive function improved over the study period. If you’re a glass-half-full type, you’re probably thinking that nearly half of the over-65s studied upping their physical or cognitive performance over a period of years seems like great news. As the research says: “If this finding was extrapolated to the entire US population, it would suggest that more than 26 million older persons are experiencing an improvement in functioning.” And yes, even I have to admit that this is a heartening and stereotype-busting surprise. Continue reading...
A New York congressional primary is exposing the gap between Democrats who want to fight Trump and Democrats who want to fight for something The Democratic party seems more united than it has been in years, thanks to one man: Donald Trump. Opposition to his presidency has papered over what would otherwise be serious disagreements about economic policy, civil liberties, foreign affairs, and the rol...
A New York congressional primary is exposing the gap between Democrats who want to fight Trump and Democrats who want to fight for something The Democratic party seems more united than it has been in years, thanks to one man: Donald Trump. Opposition to his presidency has papered over what would otherwise be serious disagreements about economic policy, civil liberties, foreign affairs, and the role of corporate money in politics. As long as Democrats can point to Trump as the common enemy, their coalition holds, and the ideological conflicts that once defined the party during the 2016 primary or the battles over the Gaza genocide during the Joe Biden years now feel like a thing of the past. But those divisions haven’t disappeared – and in New York’s 10th congressional district, they’re beginning to surface again. Continue reading...
Documentary follows a resident of a Norwegian village for people with learning disabilities, spotlighting his connection with a Danish care worker This is a sweet, slight, gentle film about Ola Henningsen, a man in early middle age with a round, placid face who lives in a village community in eastern Norway for people with learning and developmental disabilities. (The original title in Norwegian t...
Documentary follows a resident of a Norwegian village for people with learning disabilities, spotlighting his connection with a Danish care worker This is a sweet, slight, gentle film about Ola Henningsen, a man in early middle age with a round, placid face who lives in a village community in eastern Norway for people with learning and developmental disabilities. (The original title in Norwegian translates as Ola: A Completely Ordinary Unusual Guy.) Director Ragnhild Nøst Bergem interviews Ola and follows him around the village; Ola describes himself as “slow” and yet also appears perfectly intelligent and articulate. But the film shows us something over and above this: Ola’s relationship with Lasse, a Danish care worker who once lived in the community alongside the residents, helping with activities, and who did nothing to discourage Ola thinking of him as his “best friend”. But Ola was clearly very hurt, even heartbroken, when Lasse (inevitably) had to leave the community and go back to Copenhagen because his employment term had come to an end. The second part of the film shows Ola going on a trip to see Lasse (which would have been impossible without Bergem accompanying him as his carer) and to some extent confessing to him his feelings of abandonment. Continue reading...
Review of Kai Schwemmer’s broadcasts undermines claim ‘process of growth’ had led him to abandon bigoted views The newly appointed College Republicans of America political director Kai Schwemmer has made racist, antisemitic, homophobic and sexist statements while espousing extremist rightwing views on abortion, a Guardian review of livestream recordings can reveal. Schwemmer said he would accept a...
Review of Kai Schwemmer’s broadcasts undermines claim ‘process of growth’ had led him to abandon bigoted views The newly appointed College Republicans of America political director Kai Schwemmer has made racist, antisemitic, homophobic and sexist statements while espousing extremist rightwing views on abortion, a Guardian review of livestream recordings can reveal. Schwemmer said he would accept a world in which slavery was legal if abortion was criminalised, describes himself as “very much an anti universal suffrage guy” and accepts a supporter’s description of him as “our Mormon Nick Fuentes” – referring to the white nationalist influencer whose platform he streamed on for years. Continue reading...
Late last year, Gina found herself pouring her heart out to a pastor on a virtual call. She was plumbing the depths of her most difficult memories—her breakups, her childhood trauma, her relationship to her father, who’d been forever changed by his time fighting in the Vietnam War. The pastor sat and listened, asked questions and patiently counseled Gina. He suggested some self-care, perhaps a spa...
Late last year, Gina found herself pouring her heart out to a pastor on a virtual call. She was plumbing the depths of her most difficult memories—her breakups, her childhood trauma, her relationship to her father, who’d been forever changed by his time fighting in the Vietnam War. The pastor sat and listened, asked questions and patiently counseled Gina. He suggested some self-care, perhaps a spa day. “He actually gave me some really good advice,” she says. “It took me aback.” This sort of soul-bearing wasn’t exactly what Gina expected when she signed up for Babel Audio, a platform that pairs anonymous strangers for recorded conversations and bundles those recordings into training data for artificial intelligence companies. (Workers who were interviewed for this story asked to remain anonymous because speaking about their work could violate Babel’s terms; Gina is a pseudonym, and others are identified only by their first names.) The man on Gina’s screen said he was a pastor, but he wasn’t her pastor. Gina knew next to nothing about him, except that he was, like her, one of thousands of gig workers engaged in the strange, often awkward and occasionally emotional work of teaching AI systems to talk. Even before the recent AI boom, tech companies relied on legions of human workers to ensure their models worked properly. At first, that mostly meant people getting paid a pittance to label pictures of cats and crosswalks on Amazon Mechanical Turk or to say “hey, Siri” into their microphones in various tones. But as the models have grown more advanced, so too has the work of training them. The AI gig economy now includes scientists and lawyers , who vet the accuracy of complex AI-generated documents, and “ arm farms ” in India, where people fold laundry on camera to train humanoid robots. According to a recent analysis by Upwork Inc. , a platform for posting freelance jobs, demand for AI annotation and data labeling has spiked 154% since early last year. The work of talki...
DALIAN, China, March 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBAT) (“CBAK Energy,” or the “Company”), a leading lithium-ion battery manufacturer and electric energy solution provider in China, today reported its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025.
DALIAN, China, March 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBAT) (“CBAK Energy,” or the “Company”), a leading lithium-ion battery manufacturer and electric energy solution provider in China, today reported its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025.
Jordan Siemens/DigitalVision via Getty Images As we exit the calendar Q4 earnings season, companies have blamed all manner of external macro factors for poorer performance: a tough macroeconomy, weaker consumer spending, and we expect the war to play into earnings call commentaries in the upcoming quarter as well, especially for travel-related companies and those exposed to higher gas prices. Vail...
Jordan Siemens/DigitalVision via Getty Images As we exit the calendar Q4 earnings season, companies have blamed all manner of external macro factors for poorer performance: a tough macroeconomy, weaker consumer spending, and we expect the war to play into earnings call commentaries in the upcoming quarter as well, especially for travel-related companies and those exposed to higher gas prices. Vail Resorts, Inc. ( MTN ), the largest ski resort operator in the world, is blaming the weather. The company called out record-low snowfall in the Rockies, which led to sharp, unexpected declines in revenue. Shares of Vail are now down more than 20% in the past year. The key question for investors now is, do we hang on, especially given the rich ~7% dividend yield, or has Vail become more speculative? Data by YCharts I last wrote a “Buy” opinion on Vail in January , when the stock was trading in the high $130s. I'll cut to the chase here: Vail's fiscal Q2 (January quarter) performance and guidance cut was hugely disappointing, and I'm now quite nervous to retain my position and bank on a near-term solve. Recall that Vail is undergoing massive capex plans to transform and modernize its resorts this year, and improvements to guest throughput and profitability will take time to materialize. At the same time, the stock market today is rife with bargain-buying opportunities (especially in the software sector), making Vail less attractive. I'm cutting my rating on this stock to “Neutral.” Guidance cut and revenue declines across all categories Let's kick off the discussion with the elephant in the room: Vail's sharply disappointing Q2 update. I had anchored my previous “Buy” rating on Vail based on the company's prior Q1 season pass sales update, in which it said pass sales units had fallen 2%, but dollars had increased 3% y/y (due to the Epic Pass's continued trend of annual price increases). I had been expecting modest revenue growth this year. Instead, in Q2 (the January quarter)...
A large share of science funding comes through philanthropy, with little legal or public scrutiny. This lack of oversight allowed Jeffrey Epstein to cultivate scientists and launder his reputation. (Image credit: Hanna Barczyk for NPR)
A large share of science funding comes through philanthropy, with little legal or public scrutiny. This lack of oversight allowed Jeffrey Epstein to cultivate scientists and launder his reputation. (Image credit: Hanna Barczyk for NPR)
Chicago-area residents are facing some of the country’s highest property taxes, with bills surging at double the inflation rate over the past 30 years, according to a study released Monday. Property owners paid $19.2 billion in taxes in 2024, a jump of nearly 182% since 1995, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas said in a statement published with the analysis. Inflation in the county, which is home ...
Chicago-area residents are facing some of the country’s highest property taxes, with bills surging at double the inflation rate over the past 30 years, according to a study released Monday. Property owners paid $19.2 billion in taxes in 2024, a jump of nearly 182% since 1995, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas said in a statement published with the analysis. Inflation in the county, which is home to Chicago and 134 other suburban municipalities, rose by less than 91% in the period. The increases are a sore point for the constituents of Pappas, a Democrat who plans to run for mayor of Chicago in 2027. While the levy is set by local governments, the increases could also deepen Illinois’ reputation as a high-tax state — bad news for Governor JB Pritzker , who’s seeking a third term and is widely seen as a potential presidential candidate in 2028. “I see it every day in my office, with people wondering how they are going to pay their tax bills or even whether they can stay in their homes,” Pappas said in the statement. Illinois had the highest property levies of any state in 2023, and was second only to New Jersey in 2024, according to data from the Tax Foundation. Taxing bodies, like schools districts, the city and the county determine the overall amount that property owners must pay. Then the county assessor determines real estate values for all properties, which decides how the amount will be split among property owners. Controversial System The tax system has become so controversial that donors including from the real estate industry spent more than $1.4 million on this month’s Democratic primary for the county’s assessor, successfully defeating incumbent Fritz Kaegi , who was first elected to the post in 2018. Read more: Chicago Area’s $19 Billion Tax Bill Fuels Fight for Assessor Job Local school districts accounted for 55% of county property taxes in 2024. The districts’ portion of the tax bill jumped to $10.5 billion from $3.64 billion over the same 30-year peri...
You're probably used to your pay stubs tracking the amount of your income you've paid into Social Security throughout the year. For most of us, that never lets up. Every pay period, you lose 6.2% of what you earned to the program, and your employer pays another 6.2% on your behalf. It seems like that's how it works for everyone, but that's not actually true. There is one group of workers who won't...
You're probably used to your pay stubs tracking the amount of your income you've paid into Social Security throughout the year. For most of us, that never lets up. Every pay period, you lose 6.2% of what you earned to the program, and your employer pays another 6.2% on your behalf. It seems like that's how it works for everyone, but that's not actually true. There is one group of workers who won't pay another dime in Social Security benefit taxes until 2027, and some of them haven't paid anything into the program since January. Unfortunately, it's not likely that you'll join them. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Exploring The Competitive Space: Micron Technology Versus Industry Peers In Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) Benzinga
Exploring The Competitive Space: Micron Technology Versus Industry Peers In Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) Benzinga
Exploring The Competitive Space: Micron Technology Versus Industry Peers In Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) benzinga.com
Exploring The Competitive Space: Micron Technology Versus Industry Peers In Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) benzinga.com
“In the short term, I think it’s really quite simple that the dollar has been used as a safe haven,” says Jane Foley, head of FX strategy at Rabobank, as she examines the global FX market amid the war in Iran. (Source: Bloomberg)
“In the short term, I think it’s really quite simple that the dollar has been used as a safe haven,” says Jane Foley, head of FX strategy at Rabobank, as she examines the global FX market amid the war in Iran. (Source: Bloomberg)
(RTTNews) - French stocks are mostly subdued on Monday with investors refraining from making significant moves amid concerns about the impact of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East on global economic growth and central banks' monetary policy moves.
(RTTNews) - French stocks are mostly subdued on Monday with investors refraining from making significant moves amid concerns about the impact of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East on global economic growth and central banks' monetary policy moves.