Locals say the Ha Giang loop is rugged, unpredictable and congested, with some guides not prioritising safety The recent death of a British gap-year student on the Ha Giang loop , a popular motorcycle tour through the mountains in north Vietnam, has heightened concerns about a trail reputed to be one of the most dangerous in the country. Orla Wates, 19, from Surrey, was riding as a pillion passeng...
Locals say the Ha Giang loop is rugged, unpredictable and congested, with some guides not prioritising safety The recent death of a British gap-year student on the Ha Giang loop , a popular motorcycle tour through the mountains in north Vietnam, has heightened concerns about a trail reputed to be one of the most dangerous in the country. Orla Wates, 19, from Surrey, was riding as a pillion passenger when she fell off and was hit by an oncoming truck , according to local media. She was taken to hospital in Hanoi, where she died from her injuries last week. Continue reading...
US vice-president flies to Islamabad for negotiations as Iranians insists Israel end its offensive in Lebanon Middle East crisis – live updates JD Vance has warned Iran not to “try and play” the US at talks planned for Saturday in Islamabad, while Tehran said it would not take part until Israel stopped bombing of Lebanon. The US vice-president made the comments as he boarded a plane to Pakistan fo...
US vice-president flies to Islamabad for negotiations as Iranians insists Israel end its offensive in Lebanon Middle East crisis – live updates JD Vance has warned Iran not to “try and play” the US at talks planned for Saturday in Islamabad, while Tehran said it would not take part until Israel stopped bombing of Lebanon. The US vice-president made the comments as he boarded a plane to Pakistan for negotiations that could determine whether a ceasefire holds or the war on Iran resumes with grave implications for the global economy. Continue reading...
Pull-Forward Demand Boosts PC Shipments Amid Memory Crunch Woes The latest snapshot of the global PC market, from International Data Corporation's first-quarter shipment tracker, shows units rising 2.5% year over year to 65.6 million. "Despite deteriorating macroeconomic conditions and memory shortage issues, the PC market recorded another quarter of positive growth," IDC wrote in the report publi...
Pull-Forward Demand Boosts PC Shipments Amid Memory Crunch Woes The latest snapshot of the global PC market, from International Data Corporation's first-quarter shipment tracker, shows units rising 2.5% year over year to 65.6 million. "Despite deteriorating macroeconomic conditions and memory shortage issues, the PC market recorded another quarter of positive growth," IDC wrote in the report published on Thursday morning. IDC said last quarter's growth was "mostly fueled by the anticipation of rising component prices, Windows 10 migration, and new product introductions." Jean Philippe Bouchard, research vice president at IDC, noted, "The strength of every PC vendor's supply chain and ability to access core components, such as memory, will be tested," adding, "IDC believes that demand will be met by PC vendors who have best secured access to memory and have a device portfolio capable of addressing all price tiers of the market." Here are the key 1Q26 numbers on global PC shipments: 1Q26 Regional Shipments: IDC estimates industry PC shipments of 65.6 mn grew +2.5% year over year. Global growth was driven by EMEA (+7.4% year over year) and Asia/Pacific (+4.3% year over year), while Americas was down (-3.3% year over year v. +4% in C4Q25). IDC PC unit shipments also include workstations. 1Q26 Vendor Market Share: IDC estimates that Lenovo, Dell, Apple, and ASUS grew ahead of the market, while HP lagged. Specifically, Lenovo shipments grew 8.6% (25% share), Dell shipments grew +7.7% (16% share), Apple shipments grew +9% (9.5% share), and ASUS shipments grew 17% (7% share), while HP units declined -4.9% (18.5% share). IDC estimates 1Q26 PC shipments (via Goldman): Goldman analyst Katherine Murphy commented on IDC's report and agreed that much of the PC growth in the first quarter was attributed to "a pull-forward ahead of anticipated price increases." The pull-forward in PC shipments comes as little surprise, given that industry insiders warned consumers in late January t...
Nepra Foods ( NPRFF ) on Friday announced its preliminary fourth-quarter revenue of $1.85M, representing a 15% increase over the previous quarter and the same quarter in the previous year. This revenue growth was accompanied by an estimated preliminary gross profit of approximately $525,000 for Q4. Management notes that gross margins in recent quarters of FY2026 have generally ranged between 28% a...
Nepra Foods ( NPRFF ) on Friday announced its preliminary fourth-quarter revenue of $1.85M, representing a 15% increase over the previous quarter and the same quarter in the previous year. This revenue growth was accompanied by an estimated preliminary gross profit of approximately $525,000 for Q4. Management notes that gross margins in recent quarters of FY2026 have generally ranged between 28% and 34%. The company's preliminary full-year revenue was $6.18M (+35% vs. FY2025: $4.56M). The company's gross profit for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, was approximately $1.35 million on $4.36 million revenue, with the company achieving its first quarterly net income of $62,875 in that period. The increase in Q4 revenue was driven by a combination of expanding ingredient sales, increased R&D project activity, and continued engagement from returning customers as their brands scale and require additional production, it said. NPRFF is +14.2204% to $0.2. Source: Press Release More on Nepra Foods Inc. Financial information for Nepra Foods Inc.
The war in Iran has fueled the biggest jump in US inflation in nearly four years and sent consumer sentiment tumbling to a record low . Economists say that’s just the beginning. While the US and Iran have reached a fragile two-week ceasefire in recent days, analysts say the effects of the war will continue to trickle through the economy for months to come even if a permanent deal to end the confli...
The war in Iran has fueled the biggest jump in US inflation in nearly four years and sent consumer sentiment tumbling to a record low . Economists say that’s just the beginning. While the US and Iran have reached a fragile two-week ceasefire in recent days, analysts say the effects of the war will continue to trickle through the economy for months to come even if a permanent deal to end the conflict is reached. A record surge in gasoline prices has been accompanied by higher fertilizer and diesel costs , which are seen rippling through to airfares as well as food and transportation costs. “You are going to see those surcharges start to appear in bills, and people pay attention to those,” said Olu Sonola , head of US economics at Fitch Ratings. “It’s not only airfares, it’s not only luxury travel or this or that. It’s about the things that you buy on a day-to-day basis really moving higher.” The ceasefire has done little to offset the damage already done to global supply chains and energy infrastructure. Economists continue to warn the conflict will take a bite out of growth, push up prices and erode consumers’ spending power. The severity of that impact, however, rests on the duration of the conflict and whether tensions re-escalate from here. Gasoline prices have risen more than $1 per gallon on average since the war began, straining some consumers who were already frustrated by high prices across the economy. The jump in prices at the pump was responsible for nearly three-quarters of the 0.9% surge in the consumer price index in March, Bureau of Labor Statistics figures showed Friday. Read More: US CPI Surges 0.9% in Largest Monthly Jump Since 2022 on Gas Americans’ perceptions of their current financial situation deteriorated in early April as a result, matching the worst since 2009, according to fresh data from the University of Michigan. Oil prices, which account for about half of how much motorists pay at the pump, fell sharply on the news of the ceasefire. Bu...
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in GE Vernova Inc (Symbol: GEV), where a total of 14,393 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.4 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 56.9%
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in GE Vernova Inc (Symbol: GEV), where a total of 14,393 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.4 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 56.9%
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Palo Alto Networks, Inc (Symbol: PANW), where a total volume of 61,472 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of appr
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Palo Alto Networks, Inc (Symbol: PANW), where a total volume of 61,472 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of appr
Torsten Asmus/iStock via Getty Images U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse are pushing for an investigation into unusual trading patterns seen in oil futures ( CL1:COM ), noticed immediately preceding two major government announcements related to the Iran conflict. Warren has sent a letter to Michael Selig, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. "On the morning of M...
Torsten Asmus/iStock via Getty Images U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse are pushing for an investigation into unusual trading patterns seen in oil futures ( CL1:COM ), noticed immediately preceding two major government announcements related to the Iran conflict. Warren has sent a letter to Michael Selig, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. "On the morning of March 23 , oil futures trading surged dramatically in the minutes before President Trump posted on Truth Social announcing talks with Iran to potentially de-escalate the war—a post that sharply increased stock market indexes and lowered crude prices. There was no public news preceding the announcement to explain the price movement," wrote the Senators. "The same pattern appears to have recurred on April 7 , 2026. In the hours before President Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran—an announcement that sent oil prices down ~15%—traders placed an ~$950M bet on oil prices falling," said the Senators. The senators raised concerns about recurring misappropriation of material nonpublic government information, and the extent to which individuals inside or outside the government have acted on such information. Warren and Whitehouse have requested written responses by April 30. More on Oil Futures Commodities: Oil Supported By Ongoing Supply Risks Reinventing The Petrodollar: How U.S. Energy Dominance Is Shifting The Global Balance Of Power Oil Just Doesn't Want To Correct With Persistent Ceasefire Uncertainty - WTI Technical Analysis Iran's claims Strait of Hormuz is open are "nonsense," says Adm. Stavridis Trump says U.S. is readying military if Iran fails to comply – report
Military euphemisms can be deadly. Yet the brutal rhetoric of the US and Israel is proving still more lethal “Metaphors can kill,” the linguist George Lakoff wrote in an influential essay on the Gulf war. “The use of a metaphor with a set of definitions becomes pernicious when it hides realities in a harmful way.” He described the effects of the US employment of business cost-and-benefit analogies...
Military euphemisms can be deadly. Yet the brutal rhetoric of the US and Israel is proving still more lethal “Metaphors can kill,” the linguist George Lakoff wrote in an influential essay on the Gulf war. “The use of a metaphor with a set of definitions becomes pernicious when it hides realities in a harmful way.” He described the effects of the US employment of business cost-and-benefit analogies, sporting comparisons and the fairytale of the just war with heroes and villains. All veiled the reality of conflict. Euphemism was long the preferred choice for the US military. Spokespeople discussed “collateral damage” rather than civilian deaths and “surgical strikes”, framing destruction as both precise and part of a necessary and ultimately healing process. Donald Trump chooses naked menace instead. This week he issued a genocidal threat against Iran, having previously threatened to bomb it “back to the stone age” and destroy bridges and power plants – schools and medical facilities having already been pulverised. He said that he was “not at all” concerned about potential war crimes. Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here . Continue reading...
Suspect arrested but not identified and has allegedly made similar threats to OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters A person tossed a molotov cocktail at the home of Sam Altman , OpenAI ’s CEO, before the sun rose on Friday, according to statements from San Francisco police. The suspect, who allegedly threw the explosive at the home in the Russian Hill neighborhood around 3:43am, has been arrested b...
Suspect arrested but not identified and has allegedly made similar threats to OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters A person tossed a molotov cocktail at the home of Sam Altman , OpenAI ’s CEO, before the sun rose on Friday, according to statements from San Francisco police. The suspect, who allegedly threw the explosive at the home in the Russian Hill neighborhood around 3:43am, has been arrested but not identified. The person allegedly made similar threats about OpenAI’s headquarters in the city. Continue reading...
Quantum computing is no longer a physics experiment. Google’s Willow chip, IBM’s quantum roadmap expansion, and IonQ’s commercial contracts have pushed the technology from research labs toward real enterprise applications. Markets are pricing in the possibility that quantum could deliver an inflection point similar to generative AI in 2023. The question for investors is how ... The Quantum Computi...
Quantum computing is no longer a physics experiment. Google’s Willow chip, IBM’s quantum roadmap expansion, and IonQ’s commercial contracts have pushed the technology from research labs toward real enterprise applications. Markets are pricing in the possibility that quantum could deliver an inflection point similar to generative AI in 2023. The question for investors is how ... The Quantum Computing ETF That Could Be Bigger Than AI, and 2 Tech Funds Riding the Same Wave
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