Chelsea’s hopes of retaining two of their three titles remain alive after Veerle Buurman’s wonderful drive and strike earned the Blues a 2-1 win in an end-to-end battle with Tottenham, securing a place in the FA Cup semi-finals. Sonia Bompastor’s side needed a result after a frustrating week, having crashed out of the Champions League despite a battling 1-0 win against Arsenal in the second leg of...
Chelsea’s hopes of retaining two of their three titles remain alive after Veerle Buurman’s wonderful drive and strike earned the Blues a 2-1 win in an end-to-end battle with Tottenham, securing a place in the FA Cup semi-finals. Sonia Bompastor’s side needed a result after a frustrating week, having crashed out of the Champions League despite a battling 1-0 win against Arsenal in the second leg of their quarter-final tie. They were good against the Gunners, and unlucky to have had a Buurman goal incorrectly ruled out in the first leg, but they were lacking in the final third. Continue reading...
We just covered the 10 Best Stocks to Buy According to Billionaire Ken Griffin. Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) ranks #6 (see the 5 Best Stocks to Buy According to Ken Griffin). Ken Griffin’s Stake Value: $1,336,485,916 Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) will benefit enormously from the market shift to custom AI chips as companies want to cut costs and reliance on […]
We just covered the 10 Best Stocks to Buy According to Billionaire Ken Griffin. Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) ranks #6 (see the 5 Best Stocks to Buy According to Ken Griffin). Ken Griffin’s Stake Value: $1,336,485,916 Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) will benefit enormously from the market shift to custom AI chips as companies want to cut costs and reliance on […]
JHVEPhoto Intel ( INTC ) has been in ongoing discussions with at least two large customers, including Amazon ( AMZN ) and Google ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ), for its advanced packaging services, Wired reported, citing multiple sources. Intel’s ambitions for its advanced packaging business depend largely on whether it secures outside customers, such as these tech giants, the report added . Amazon, Google, a...
JHVEPhoto Intel ( INTC ) has been in ongoing discussions with at least two large customers, including Amazon ( AMZN ) and Google ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ), for its advanced packaging services, Wired reported, citing multiple sources. Intel’s ambitions for its advanced packaging business depend largely on whether it secures outside customers, such as these tech giants, the report added . Amazon, Google, and Intel did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha. One former Intel employee with knowledge of the company’s packaging efforts told the news outlet that Intel’s EMIB and EMIB-T are designed to be a more “surgical” way of packaging chips than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's ( TSM ) approach, the report noted. This method is supposed to be more power efficient, save space, and, ideally, save customers money in the long run. Intel said that EMIB-T will roll out in fabs this year, according to the report. AI has been a key catalyst for these changes. "Because of AI, advanced packaging has really come to the forefront," said Naga Chandrasekaran, head of Intel’s Foundry. "Even more so than the silicon itself, chip packaging is going to transform how this AI revolution comes to fruition over the next decade." Intel started preparing for mass production of EMIB-T in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The Rio Rancho facility has about 2700 Intel employees, around 200 fewer than it had last year. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan had reduced the company's workforce after he took over as CEO, the report added. Katie Prouty, the Rio Rancho site plant manager, noted that one of Intel’s selling points for advanced packaging is that customers can opt to use Intel for any part of the process, or, “enter and exit the highway” at any point. For example, a customer can buy wafers from one entity, then come to Intel’s fabs for the next step; or contract with an outsourced semiconductor assembly and test company for traditional chip packaging, then use Intel for advanced packaging, ...
Exclusive: Seven of England’s 24 stroke centres still not providing mechanical thrombectomy 24/7 despite ministers’ pledges The NHS has not made a “life-changing” treatment for stroke available around the clock across England despite ministers repeatedly promising that it would. The health service was expected to improve stroke care by making a clot removal technique called mechanical thrombectomy...
Exclusive: Seven of England’s 24 stroke centres still not providing mechanical thrombectomy 24/7 despite ministers’ pledges The NHS has not made a “life-changing” treatment for stroke available around the clock across England despite ministers repeatedly promising that it would. The health service was expected to improve stroke care by making a clot removal technique called mechanical thrombectomy available everywhere in the country 24/7 from 1 April. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Investigation finds alleged Prince Group associates were involved in unusual development in tiny nation on Australia’s doorstep, raising concerns about global spread of online fraud industry Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Guests were enticed with the promise of luxury villas overlooking aquamarine seas; a world-first crypto resort where the tech elite could...
Exclusive: Investigation finds alleged Prince Group associates were involved in unusual development in tiny nation on Australia’s doorstep, raising concerns about global spread of online fraud industry Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Guests were enticed with the promise of luxury villas overlooking aquamarine seas; a world-first crypto resort where the tech elite could commune over the latest digital innovation in opulent surrounds. The promotional material from June last year pitched a sprawling, futuristic development that would hug the coastline of Timor-Leste, one of the world’s poorest countries, and donate a percentage of profits to philanthropy. Continue reading...
Conservationists warn the move could push species closer to extinction and says clearer environmental rules are needed instead Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Conservationists and scientists have warned a mining lobby proposal to use artificial intelligence to speed up national environmental approvals could generate “Robodebt-style” failures, putting threatened species...
Conservationists warn the move could push species closer to extinction and says clearer environmental rules are needed instead Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Conservationists and scientists have warned a mining lobby proposal to use artificial intelligence to speed up national environmental approvals could generate “Robodebt-style” failures, putting threatened species at further risk. The Minerals Council of Australia has asked the government to spend $13m to trial the use of AI to help companies prepare applications and help the federal government make decisions. Continue reading...
Far from losing faith or questioning what kind of ‘proper’ doctor would admit they are ‘not sure’, patients seem to appreciate my vulnerability I have always thought, and still tell prospective medical students, that the most attractive part of being a doctor is there is something in it for everyone who has a thirst for knowledge. From the quiet thinker to the gregarious soul, detail-driven to big...
Far from losing faith or questioning what kind of ‘proper’ doctor would admit they are ‘not sure’, patients seem to appreciate my vulnerability I have always thought, and still tell prospective medical students, that the most attractive part of being a doctor is there is something in it for everyone who has a thirst for knowledge. From the quiet thinker to the gregarious soul, detail-driven to big-picture person, staunch researcher to unabashed clinician, most of us will find a home in medicine, even if, in a sorry postscript, a fraction of doctors will become disillusioned and even leave for reasons that are all too familiar. Continue reading...
The shock of the oil crisis is playing out on Australian streets, where bike shop sales are up and cycle lanes are busier Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Before the 1970s global oil crisis, city planners in Copenhagen were considering removing bike lanes. Bicycles were considered outdated now car was king, and just 10% of locals were cycling regularly. But as economic ...
The shock of the oil crisis is playing out on Australian streets, where bike shop sales are up and cycle lanes are busier Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Before the 1970s global oil crisis, city planners in Copenhagen were considering removing bike lanes. Bicycles were considered outdated now car was king, and just 10% of locals were cycling regularly. But as economic shock waves reverberated around the world, Denmark, which almost entirely relied on imported oil, took a dramatic U-turn, with citizens staging mass protests in the middle of highways demanding better cycling infrastructure. Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...
Mainstream metrics may understate the role of China’s currency in global payments, as a growing share of transactions is now routed through Beijing’s own cross-border payment system and not fully reflected in conventional data sets, analysts say. This could help explain the gap between Beijing’s official narrative – which describes the yuan as the world’s third-largest payment currency – and readi...
Mainstream metrics may understate the role of China’s currency in global payments, as a growing share of transactions is now routed through Beijing’s own cross-border payment system and not fully reflected in conventional data sets, analysts say. This could help explain the gap between Beijing’s official narrative – which describes the yuan as the world’s third-largest payment currency – and readings from tracking systems such as the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia & MEADOW LAKE, Saskatchewan, April 06, 2026--Svante Technologies Inc. (Svante) and Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) announced today that North Star Carbon Solutions LP has entered into an offtake agreement with Microsoft to deliver 626,000 tonnes of durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits to be delivered over 15 years from the North Star bioenergy with carbon capt...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia & MEADOW LAKE, Saskatchewan, April 06, 2026--Svante Technologies Inc. (Svante) and Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) announced today that North Star Carbon Solutions LP has entered into an offtake agreement with Microsoft to deliver 626,000 tonnes of durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits to be delivered over 15 years from the North Star bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project in Saskatchewan, Canada. The project is being developed through a pa
bo feng/iStock via Getty Images Introduction I believe that 2026 could be the last year where we have positive returns in the market, as defined by the S&P 500, until 2030. That is less of a prediction of actual returns and more of a prediction of the potential downward pressures we could face. I wrote about this topic at the end of last year. Despite that, I still feel there is money to be made w...
bo feng/iStock via Getty Images Introduction I believe that 2026 could be the last year where we have positive returns in the market, as defined by the S&P 500, until 2030. That is less of a prediction of actual returns and more of a prediction of the potential downward pressures we could face. I wrote about this topic at the end of last year. Despite that, I still feel there is money to be made with a strategic investment plan. During 2000-2002, when the S&P 500 posted three consecutive years of losses after the bursting of the tech bubble, midcaps and small caps managed to generate investment profits. Knowing this, I have been on the hunt for midcap indices that would work nicely for the investor who wants to stay fully invested in equity markets. My sojourn led me to the Russell Midcap Value-Defensive Index. Sadly, it does not have a linked ETF, mutual fund, or unit investment trust. Because of that, I had to find a way to mimic this index with two proxy ETFs. The Russell Midcap Value-Defensive Index The Russell Midcap Value-Defensive Index uses a multi-factor method to select stocks that are classified as value stocks and also rank highly as defensive investments. Index methodology (FTSE Russell) FTSE Russell is very opaque about which components qualify for this index, but we do have data from 1996 to the present to at least measure the viability of this methodology. 7/1996-2/2026 Russell Mid Cap Value-Defensive Index S&P 500 Return Data Average* 29 8/12 10.33% 10.13% Standard Deviation (±)* 14.58% 16.66% Up Markets** 276 Rolling 12 Months 14.59% 17.86% Down Markets** 69 Rolling 12 Months -2.88% -15.27% Best 12 Months 45.09% 56.36% Worst 12 Months -37.17% -43.32% Risk and Efficiency Data Sharpe Ratio**** 0.63 0.56 Pure Performance Ratio 0.72 0.63 Inflation Adjusted Return Ratio*** 0.62 0.55 Historical Beta 0.72 1.00 Historical Alpha 2.45% 0.00% Supplemental Risk-Adjusted Performance (M2) 11.28% 10.09% Coefficient of Determination (R2) 0.66 1.00 *Based on geomet...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Kinder Morgan ( KMI ) said Friday it received approval from the U.S. Department of Energy to increase exports from the Elba Island LNG export plant in Georgia to as much as an additional 28.25 Bcf/year to non-free trade agreement countries. The company is now authorized to export up to an additional 22% of liquefied natural gas compared to its prior auth...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Kinder Morgan ( KMI ) said Friday it received approval from the U.S. Department of Energy to increase exports from the Elba Island LNG export plant in Georgia to as much as an additional 28.25 Bcf/year to non-free trade agreement countries. The company is now authorized to export up to an additional 22% of liquefied natural gas compared to its prior authorization of 130 Bcf/year. The 2.5M metric tons/year liquefaction plant, which has been exporting LNG since 2019, is "positioned to export the additional approved volumes immediately," the DoE said. "At a time when global energy supply routes face disruption, the United States remains a reliable energy partner to our allies and trading partners," the DoE said. More on Kinder Morgan Kinder Morgan: The Natural Gas Supercycle Is Here (Rating Upgrade) Kinder Morgan: I've Had Positive Realizations, But Valuation And Technical Caution Remain Midstream Energy Showdown: Why ONEOK Is A Strong Buy Over Kinder Morgan