格隆汇4月9日｜A股市场AI眼镜概念股集体走强，其中，博杰股份涨停，光洋股份、水晶光电涨超7%，世运电路、美迪凯、誉辰智能、宇瞳光学、立讯精密、波长光电涨超4%，创维数字、帝奥微涨超3%。 消息面上，昨晚，华为终端BG首席执行官何刚在微博上发文称，“亮点自寻，敬请期待！”同时配了一张带有HUAWEI AI Glasses水印的图片。有媒体称，这意味着华为的AI眼镜或即将发布。日前就有传闻称，华为将...
格隆汇4月9日｜A股市场AI眼镜概念股集体走强，其中，博杰股份涨停，光洋股份、水晶光电涨超7%，世运电路、美迪凯、誉辰智能、宇瞳光学、立讯精密、波长光电涨超4%，创维数字、帝奥微涨超3%。 消息面上，昨晚，华为终端BG首席执行官何刚在微博上发文称，“亮点自寻，敬请期待！”同时配了一张带有HUAWEI AI Glasses水印的图片。有媒体称，这意味着华为的AI眼镜或即将发布。日前就有传闻称，华为将在今年上半年推出AI眼镜，支持拍照功能，搭载鸿蒙系统，支持跨端协同、同传翻译等功能。产业链方面也有消息称，华为智能眼镜将于本月携手华为新款旗舰手机同台亮相。
Liberals Advance Bill That Could Criminalize Quoting The Bible As Hate Speech Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Canada is barreling toward a chilling new reality where quoting certain Bible passages could be treated as a criminal hate speech offense. Bill C-9, the so-called Combatting Hate Act, cleared the House of Commons on March 25 and now moves to the Senate. Critics say the legisla...
Liberals Advance Bill That Could Criminalize Quoting The Bible As Hate Speech Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Canada is barreling toward a chilling new reality where quoting certain Bible passages could be treated as a criminal hate speech offense. Bill C-9, the so-called Combatting Hate Act, cleared the House of Commons on March 25 and now moves to the Senate. Critics say the legislation guts a decades-old legal safeguard that protected sincere religious expression, handing prosecutors new tools to target Christians and other believers who dare reference holy texts on topics like sexuality. ? Canada just criminalized the Bible. Bill C-9 has passed. Quoting Scripture on marriage, sin, or God’s design for sexuality can now be prosecuted as “wilful promotion of hatred.” Do you support free speech? A. Yes B. No pic.twitter.com/jskW38sNTl — ??? Karoline Leavitt (@WHLeavitt) April 2, 2026 The bill, introduced last September by Liberal Justice Minister and Attorney General Sean Fraser, eliminates sections 319(3)(b) and 319(3.1)(b) of the Canadian Criminal Code. Those provisions had long stated that a person could not be convicted of hate speech if they “expressed or attempted to establish by an argument an opinion on a religious subject or an opinion based on a belief in a religious text.” Quoting the Bible could be classified as hate speech under proposed Canada bill, lawmaker warns https://t.co/aegvBhdWQ1 — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) April 7, 2026 Fraser and his Liberal allies insist the measure will not touch religious practice. “Canadians will always be able to pray, preach, teach, interpret scripture, and express religious belief in good faith, without fear of criminal sanction,” Fraser claimed on December 9. Yet Conservative MP Andrew Lawton is not convinced. “Bill C-9 makes it easier for people of faith and others to be criminally charged because of views that other people take offense to,” he told Fox News Digital. Lawton added that the legislation “weak...
Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images Notice: All Dollar amounts are in Canadian dollars, except when otherwise stated One of the things that I do when a market or sector is outperforming is outlining the companies in that sector, and then finding the one that doesn't fit - i.e., in this case, the one that doesn't outperform. If I find such a business, I then go in and look at the reasons w...
Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images Notice: All Dollar amounts are in Canadian dollars, except when otherwise stated One of the things that I do when a market or sector is outperforming is outlining the companies in that sector, and then finding the one that doesn't fit - i.e., in this case, the one that doesn't outperform. If I find such a business, I then go in and look at the reasons why the company is underperforming. If I then consider these reasons to be short-sighted and poor, I may end up investing in the business. For some time now, copper mining (well, mining in general and metals, but copper as well) has had a very good time on the market. Many of the leading copper companies, or companies that recycle it, which I also cover, have been doing very well for themselves. One company, meanwhile, that hasn't done well for itself despite surges in the sector, is Capstone Copper ( CS:CA ) ( CSCCF ). I quite often review Canadian companies, and I intend to continue doing so. In this case, Capstone Copper is a relatively big company, with an $8.5B market cap. Its rating is BB-, meaning it does not qualify as an IG-rated company, and it also does not carry a dividend. However, if you follow my work, you'll know that neither of these fundamentals is a 100% requirement for me to invest in a business. I, in fact, invest in businesses that don't have these things from time to time. What matters to me is realistic value and fundamentals, and how those are expected to change. And I believe, in terms of commodities here, there is a case to be made for significant upside. In this article, I will look at the company's fundamentals, see what could cause the company to rise (as well as the reasons for its recent underperformance), and why such a rise may indeed be likely (or why the market in some cases, is undervaluing the company). Capstone Copper - Exhibiting typical commodity volatility Capstone Copper dropped more than 20% in the matter of a month, from close to ...
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. , one of the world’s largest shipping companies, said it would need to scrutinize details of a US-Iran ceasefire agreement and its implementation before allowing its vessels to test the Strait of Hormuz. “How it is implemented in the water, that is something we really need to understand,” Jotaro Tamura , who became president of the firm last week, said in an interview...
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. , one of the world’s largest shipping companies, said it would need to scrutinize details of a US-Iran ceasefire agreement and its implementation before allowing its vessels to test the Strait of Hormuz. “How it is implemented in the water, that is something we really need to understand,” Jotaro Tamura , who became president of the firm last week, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television. MOL’s priority is the safety of each vessel, he said, adding the company was working with the Japanese government. Read More: Hormuz Stays Blocked for Now as Hundreds of Ships Seek Exit The Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important energy thoroughfares, has been effectively closed through six weeks of fighting in the Persian Gulf — and appeared to remain largely blocked even after a truce was announced.
A month into the worst oil supply disruption since the 1970s Arab embargo, the economic pain spreading across Asia is reviving an uncomfortable question: Could this be 1997 all over again? The parallels are hard to ignore. Asian currencies are under pressure, risking the risk of capital outflows. Spiking energy costs have pushed governments to roll out emergency measures, while central banks are d...
A month into the worst oil supply disruption since the 1970s Arab embargo, the economic pain spreading across Asia is reviving an uncomfortable question: Could this be 1997 all over again? The parallels are hard to ignore. Asian currencies are under pressure, risking the risk of capital outflows. Spiking energy costs have pushed governments to roll out emergency measures, while central banks are drawing down foreign exchange reserves. In Thailand, policymakers have moved to ration gasoline. Meanwhile, surging pump prices in the Philippines prompted the government to declare a national emergency . Across the region, the widening trade deficits and rising inflation expectations feel reminiscent of the Asian financial crisis that began in 1997. But economists say the similarities may be largely superficial, thanks to more flexible exchange-rate regimes and deeper foreign exchange reserves, which provide a buffer that helps absorb some of the shock. "Crises can take many shapes, and the shape of this [Iran] crisis is entirely different," said David Lubin, a senior research fellow at Chatham House. The 1997 episode, he noted, was driven by "a toxic mixture of fixed exchange rates, high levels of short-term foreign debt, low levels of foreign exchange reserves, and elevated current account deficits." "These days, Asian economies – precisely because of the legacy of the late-1990s crisis – are much better protected." The region's financial architecture has also "evolved substantially over the past three decades," with deeper local markets, broader domestic investor bases and far less reliance on short-term foreign funding, said Fesa Wibawa, an investment manager of fixed income at Aberdeen Investments. That, he said, reduces the risk of sudden capital flight and forced deleveraging that defined the 1997 crisis. Financial shock v.s. physical shock The 1997 crisis was a shock to the financial account, where bank inflows dried up. But the ongoing crisis is a shock to the curr...
Hedge funds are placing bets using currency options that the South Korean won and Chinese yuan will strengthen as risk sentiment improves and oil prices fall on news of the US-Iran ceasefire. Trading volumes for options on both currencies versus the dollar jumped to their highest levels in a month Wednesday, according to Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. data. Activity was skewed toward bullish po...
Hedge funds are placing bets using currency options that the South Korean won and Chinese yuan will strengthen as risk sentiment improves and oil prices fall on news of the US-Iran ceasefire. Trading volumes for options on both currencies versus the dollar jumped to their highest levels in a month Wednesday, according to Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. data. Activity was skewed toward bullish positioning, with the volume of call options on the won and yuan of a size of at least $100 million, exceeding that of puts by 70%. Calls gain value when the currencies rise, while puts benefit from weakness. “We are seeing demand from hedge funds for short-tenor dollar puts in the US dollar-Asia space with USD/KRW downside being the favorite expression right now,” said Nathan Swami , head of foreign-exchange trading for Asia Pacific at Citigroup Inc. in Singapore, referring to the US dollar-Korean won currency pair. The won surged 1.6% against the dollar on Wednesday as a decline in crude prices following the ceasefire bolstered the outlook for South Korea’s oil-importing economy. The yuan advanced to a three-year high due to the ceasefire news and the central bank’s stronger-than-expected daily currency fixing. The won has been one of Asia’s worst-performing currencies since the Iran war started, dropping 2.8% since the end of February, with only the Philippine peso and Thai baht weakening more. The yuan has largely been stuck in a holding pattern over that period. ‘Downside Plays’ The Chinese currency rallied Wednesday as investors boosted their trading of offshore yuan options, according to Standard Chartered Bank. “We have been seeing demand for downside plays in US dollar-offshore yuan via digitals and put spreads,” said Saurabh Tandon , global head of foreign-exchange options at Standard Chartered in Singapore. Digital puts offer a fixed payout if the contracts drop to a specified lower level, effectively functioning as an all-or-nothing wager. Put spreads, meanwhile, ...
Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement announce four shows at Wellington venue Meow Nui from next week – their first gigs since 2018 New Zealand’s self-described “fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo-a cappella-rap-funk-comedy-folk duo” Flight of the Conchords sold out their first shows in eight years in minutes this week, sparking a frenzy among fans. Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement formed th...
Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement announce four shows at Wellington venue Meow Nui from next week – their first gigs since 2018 New Zealand’s self-described “fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo-a cappella-rap-funk-comedy-folk duo” Flight of the Conchords sold out their first shows in eight years in minutes this week, sparking a frenzy among fans. Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement formed the musical comedy act in 1998, soaring to worldwide fame off the back of their HBO comedy series of the same name with tunes including Business Time and Hiphopopotamus vs Rhymenoceros. Continue reading...
People shop for vegetables at a farmers market in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. Photo: VCG The U.S. economy often stumbles out of the gate in January and February due to seasonal factors, while China’s economy typically enjoys a first-quarter bump. But beyond the usual Lunar New Year spending surge, early 2026 has delivered a genuine bright spot for China: the most optimistic inflation outlook in yea...
People shop for vegetables at a farmers market in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. Photo: VCG The U.S. economy often stumbles out of the gate in January and February due to seasonal factors, while China’s economy typically enjoys a first-quarter bump. But beyond the usual Lunar New Year spending surge, early 2026 has delivered a genuine bright spot for China: the most optimistic inflation outlook in years. For the first two months of 2026, China’s core consumer price index, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, rebounded to 1.3% — its highest level since 2020. Meanwhile, the decline in the producer price index has significantly narrowed and is highly likely to turn positive by April. Consequently, the GDP deflator may finally snap a historic 11-quarter negative streak, the longest on record.