Fatima Bhutto was born into one of Pakistan’s most famous families. A wealthy and powerful political dynasty, marked by decades of bloody violence. Threats to the family were constant. And so the need to keep secrets became Bhutto’s norm. Her father, Murtaza Bhutto, was killed in a police shootout outside the family home. She was just 14 years old, her world turned utterly upside down. That sadnes...
Fatima Bhutto was born into one of Pakistan’s most famous families. A wealthy and powerful political dynasty, marked by decades of bloody violence. Threats to the family were constant. And so the need to keep secrets became Bhutto’s norm. Her father, Murtaza Bhutto, was killed in a police shootout outside the family home. She was just 14 years old, her world turned utterly upside down. That sadness and trauma, the sudden and silent disappearances of her childhood, followed her as an adult. Bhutto was independent, had a glamorous career, and travelled the world. But she became drawn into the orbit of a man who promised to “fix her”. She entered a whole new world of pain. And she kept it secret from everyone in her life. Until now. Bhutto says: “I like to think of myself as fairly well read. I took psychology courses in college. You know, I’ve seen movies. I know all this stuff. I just truly, truly could not imagine that it would be something I put up with. And not only did I put up with it, but I put up with it for a very long time.” She tells Nosheen Iqbal how she managed to break free.
Mike Szucs, CEO at Cebu Pacific, discusses the carrier's business strategy and how supply-chain and engine-availability issues are easing. He speaks with Avril Hong from the sidelines of the Changi Aviation Summit in Singapore. (Source: Bloomberg)
Mike Szucs, CEO at Cebu Pacific, discusses the carrier's business strategy and how supply-chain and engine-availability issues are easing. He speaks with Avril Hong from the sidelines of the Changi Aviation Summit in Singapore. (Source: Bloomberg)
Apple just turned in one of its best quarters in several years. While Apple (AAPL +0.62%) saw its fiscal first-quarter revenue soar, the stock barely budged after the company reported its results. The stock is up less than 10% over the past year and down about 5% on the year, as of this writing. With iPhone sales suddenly accelerating, is now a good time to buy the stock? Expand NASDAQ : AAPL Appl...
Apple just turned in one of its best quarters in several years. While Apple (AAPL +0.62%) saw its fiscal first-quarter revenue soar, the stock barely budged after the company reported its results. The stock is up less than 10% over the past year and down about 5% on the year, as of this writing. With iPhone sales suddenly accelerating, is now a good time to buy the stock? Expand NASDAQ : AAPL Apple Today's Change ( 0.62 %) $ 1.60 Current Price $ 259.88 Key Data Points Market Cap $3.8T Day's Range $ 252.22 - $ 261.90 52wk Range $ 169.21 - $ 288.62 Volume 3.5M Avg Vol 47M Gross Margin 47.33 % Dividend Yield 0.40 % iPhone momentum continues After a couple of years of sluggish sales, Apple's recent iPhone momentum continued in its fiscal Q1, with the company posting its strongest revenue growth since shortly after the pandemic in 2021. The iPhone is Apple's biggest source of revenue, making up nearly 60% of its sales in the quarter. Sales soared for the smartphone in fiscal Q1 2026, climbing 23% to $85.27 billion and coming in well ahead of analyst expectations for $78.65 billion in iPhone revenue, as compiled by LSEG. CEO Tim Cook called demand for the iPhone "staggering." Sales of Apple's other products were mixed. iPad sales rose 6% to $8.6 billion, with half of its customers new to the product. However, Mac sales fell 7% year over year to $8.4 billion, while wearable revenue slipped 2% to $11.5 billion. Total product segment sales increased by 16% to $113.7 billion. China was an area of strength, with revenue climbing 38%. Apple's services segment -- which consists of its App Store, iCloud storage, Google Search revenue sharing, Apple Pay, Apple TV, and more -- meanwhile, saw revenue jump by 14% to $30 billion. Product gross margin rose by 450 basis points sequentially to 40.7%, while service margin increased by 120 basis points sequentially to 76.5%. Overall gross margin was 48.2%. Despite rising memory prices, Apple expects to keep gross margin in line in Q2, with...
Singapore is forming its own space agency in an attempt to carve out a slice of a global industry projected to be worth $1.8 trillion in less than a decade. The National Space Agency of Singapore will be formally created on April 1, and will seek to attract space companies from around the world to set up in the city state, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said Monday. It will also develop legisl...
Singapore is forming its own space agency in an attempt to carve out a slice of a global industry projected to be worth $1.8 trillion in less than a decade. The National Space Agency of Singapore will be formally created on April 1, and will seek to attract space companies from around the world to set up in the city state, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said Monday. It will also develop legislation and regulations, it said. Singapore’s establishment of a formal space agency underscores the global race to secure a spot in the global space economy, which the World Economic Forum predicts will be valued at $1.8 trillion by 2035, up from $630 billion in 2023. That’s being fueled by growing demand for space-enabled technologies such as communication, navigation and observation services, it said. Read More: Singapore Economic Review Backs AI, Emerging Tech Strategy The space agency is also part of Singapore’s review of its long-term economic strategies, as it looks to boost global competitiveness amid rising geopolitical and technological disruptions. Technology is featuring heavily in the review with artificial intelligence, quantum computing and decarbonization also featuring heavily. The city-state plans to publish a new road map by mid-year. NSAS will consider expanding Singapore’s existing constellation of three Earth-observation satellites. Since 2022, the government has set aside S$210 million ($165 million) for space projects.
This ETF targets income generation by actively managing a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated AAA-rated CLO securities. What happened According to a January 28, 2026, SEC filing, O’Donnell Financial Services, LLC increased its stake in BlackRock ETF Trust II - iShares AAA CLO Active ETF (CLOA +0.01%) by acquiring 131,914 shares. The estimated value of the purchases is $6.83 million based on the a...
This ETF targets income generation by actively managing a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated AAA-rated CLO securities. What happened According to a January 28, 2026, SEC filing, O’Donnell Financial Services, LLC increased its stake in BlackRock ETF Trust II - iShares AAA CLO Active ETF (CLOA +0.01%) by acquiring 131,914 shares. The estimated value of the purchases is $6.83 million based on the average closing price during the fourth quarter. At quarter’s end, the position’s value increased by $6.82 million, reflecting both trade activity and price movement. What else to know This was a buy; post-trade, the CLOA position accounts for 2.47% of reportable assets under management. Top holdings after the filing: NYSEMKT: SPYM: $61.52 million (21.0% of AUM) NYSEMKT: DSTL: $29.26 million (10.0% of AUM) NASDAQ: RDVY: $24.81 million (8.5% of AUM) NYSEMKT: MGK: $20.12 million (6.9% of AUM) NASDAQ: FTGS: $17.51 million (6.0% of AUM) As of January 28, 2026, shares were priced at $52.02. The one-year total return is 5.5%, underperforming the S&P 500 by 9.5 percentage points. CLOA’s annualized dividend yield stands at 5.32%. The price is 0.07% below its 52-week high. ETF overview Metric Value AUM $1.38 billion Price (as of market close 1/28/26) $52.02 Dividend yield 5.32% 1-year total return 5.54% ETF snapshot Investment strategy focuses on actively managing a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated AAA-rated collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), aiming to deliver attractive income with high credit quality. Underlying holdings consist primarily of AAA-rated CLO tranches, with flexibility to invest across maturities while maintaining a non-diversified structure. Expense ratio is 0.2%; the fund is structured as an exchange-traded fund (ETF) and targets institutional and income-focused investors seeking exposure to high-grade securitized credit. The iShares AAA CLO Active ETF (CLOA) provides investors with access to a portfolio of high-quality, AAA-rated CLO securities, managed wit...
(RTTNews) - Asian stock markets are trading mostly lower on Monday, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street on Friday, as the unexpected drop in US unemployment rate, the lowest since May 1969, led to renewed concerns the US Fed will keep interest rates at higher than currently expected levels for many more months. Asian markets closed mixed on Friday. Traders also turned cautious aft...
(RTTNews) - Asian stock markets are trading mostly lower on Monday, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street on Friday, as the unexpected drop in US unemployment rate, the lowest since May 1969, led to renewed concerns the US Fed will keep interest rates at higher than currently expected levels for many more months. Asian markets closed mixed on Friday. Traders also turned cautious after the US military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean, raising geopolitical tensions. The Australian stock market is modestly lower in choppy trading on Monday after opening in the green, giving up the gains in the previous three sessions, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 staying above the 7,500 level, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street on Friday, with weakness in gold miners, financials and technology stocks, partially offset by gains in iron ore miners and energy stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index is losing 16.10 points or 0.21 percent to 7,542.00, after hitting a low of 7,531.40 and a high of 7,567.70 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is down 20.80 points or 0.27 percent to 7,751.00. Australian stocks closed notably higher on Friday. Among the major miners, Rio Tinto, Fortescue Metals and BHP Group are gaining more than 1 percent each, while Mineral Resources is edging down 0.4 percent. OZ Minerals is flat. Oil stocks are mostly higher. Woodside Energy and Origin Energy are gaining almost 1 percent each, while Beach energy is advancing more than 3 percent and Santos is edging 0.5 percent. Among tech stocks, Afterpay owner Block is edging down 0.4 percent, Appen is losing more than 3 percent, Xero is down more than 1 percent, WiseTech Global is slipping almost 1 percent and Zip is declining almost 3 percent. Gold miners are mostly weak. Northern Star Resources is edging down 0.6 percent, Evolution Mining is down more than 1 percent, Gold Road Resources is losing almost 1 percent and Resolute Mining is declining a...