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The Home Office has blocked new study visas for applicants from Afghanistan, Sudan, Myanmar and Cameroon. It means many women will miss out on life-changing opportunities – as five female academics explain Six students challenge Home Office visa ban on four countries Shahira Sadat was thrilled. She had received an invitation to interview for the prestigious Chevening scholarship. “I cannot describ...
The Home Office has blocked new study visas for applicants from Afghanistan, Sudan, Myanmar and Cameroon. It means many women will miss out on life-changing opportunities – as five female academics explain Six students challenge Home Office visa ban on four countries Shahira Sadat was thrilled. She had received an invitation to interview for the prestigious Chevening scholarship. “I cannot describe the joy I felt,” she says. “I was hopeful. I allowed myself to dream.” The scholarships are funded by the UK government, enabling future leaders from all over the world to pursue their studies in the UK – most often a one-year master’s degree – developing skills they can use in their home countries. In recent years, under Taliban rule, Sadat’s home country of Afghanistan has become increasingly hostile to women and girls, and the mother-of-one’s recent career achievements have happened behind closed doors. She is a software engineer, with an interest in AI and how it might help reduce the education gender gap and the digital exclusion of young people of both genders. Her skills could help generations of Afghan women, including her own daughter. Continue reading...
Six students from Sudan and Afghanistan have accused the home secretary of racial discrimination and launched legal action to try to overturn a ban on them taking up university places in the UK. The students – five from Sudan and one from Afghanistan – have undergraduate degrees in medicine and science-based subjects and received offers from universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial Co...
Six students from Sudan and Afghanistan have accused the home secretary of racial discrimination and launched legal action to try to overturn a ban on them taking up university places in the UK. The students – five from Sudan and one from Afghanistan – have undergraduate degrees in medicine and science-based subjects and received offers from universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London. However, this month the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, announced a ban on student visas for people from Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Cameroon, which will come into force on 26 March. The “emergency brake” on visas has been imposed after a surge in asylum claims from people “in country” after finishing their studies. The Home Office said applications by students from the four countries rose by more than 470% between 2021 and 2025. The six students claim in a letter before action that the decision to bar students from four countries only is unlawful, irrational, a violation of human rights laws and a misdirection of law. Their letter also accuses the home secretary of racial discrimination and of failing to provide any justification for differential treatment of students from these four countries. They are calling on Mahmood to withdraw the visa brake or at least to suspend it for students due to come to the UK to start courses later this year. The legal action states: “The unprecedented and harsh, directly racially discriminatory effect of this measure is to immediately terminate eligibility for sponsored study visas for all nationals from four countries.” Home Office sources say study routes should not be the mechanism for claiming asylum, but critics say very few safe and legal alternatives exist. Government sources said visa brakes may be applied to other countries where there is a high asylum risk. According to lawyers for the students, dozens more from the four banned countries have contacted them expressing interest in joining the legal challenge. Th...
Apple’s next Worldwide Developers Conference will be held from June 8 to June 12 online and at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, the company announced Monday. The iPhone maker said this year’s conference — in which it typically announces new software and features across its range of devices — will focus on “AI advancements” along with updates for platforms like iOS, macOS, tvOS, and Watch...
Apple’s next Worldwide Developers Conference will be held from June 8 to June 12 online and at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, the company announced Monday. The iPhone maker said this year’s conference — in which it typically announces new software and features across its range of devices — will focus on “AI advancements” along with updates for platforms like iOS, macOS, tvOS, and WatchOS, and new software and developer tools. The conference will stream live on the Apple Developer app, Apple’s website, and the Apple Developer YouTube channel. In China, the conference will be streamed on the Apple Developer bilibili channel. Last year, Apple focused WWDC on its “Liquid Glass” interface design, with AI largely unmentioned. This conference will likely be different. Apple has been expected to launch a new Siri with advanced AI capabilities, and earlier this year signed a deal with Google to use Gemini to power AI features on its platform. This year’s WWDC might finally show the revamped Siri with better personal context and on-screen awareness. The company announced Apple’s Foundation Model framework with AI models that could work offline at last year’s conference, and may announce advancements to it during this year’s event. The company had also brought models like ChatGPT for coding to Xcode. Earlier this year, the company introduced agentic coding tools like Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex to Xcode.
The US plans to contribute $250 million toward an investment consortium that would help fund projects aimed at strengthening supply chains for energy and critical minerals, according to a Trump administration official. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg said Monday that the US would administer the pool of money and seek as much as $1 trillion in commitments from sovereign ...
The US plans to contribute $250 million toward an investment consortium that would help fund projects aimed at strengthening supply chains for energy and critical minerals, according to a Trump administration official. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg said Monday that the US would administer the pool of money and seek as much as $1 trillion in commitments from sovereign wealth funds and institutional investors. Other participants would include SoftBank Group Corp. , Temasek Holdings Pte and the Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Investment Co. wealth fund, he said. A top priority for the consortium are investments that focus on preserving access to energy and rare earths for the US and its allies, Helberg said, especially “mineral security, logistics, and likely energy security infrastructure.” He said the US and the institutional investors will be reviewing a list of projects. “We’re starting it as a coalition,” Helberg said. “We’re going to get together in a room, and we already have a list of projects that we’re going to review, and we’re going to talk about making joint investment decisions.” Read More: India Formally Joins US-Led Pact on Supply Chain Security Representatives for Tokyo-based SoftBank, Singapore-based Temasek and Mubadala didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on the proposal. The fund is part of a broader US-led supply-chain alliance known as Pax Silica , which has expanded to include energy infrastructure projects following the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. We want to avoid “single-points of failure,” Helberg said, pointing at the ripple effects in energy markets since the start of the war with Iran. Deputy Energy Secretary James Danly will be leading the energy effort, Helberg said. The initiative seeks to address growing concerns about the fragility of the global supply chain exposed by the nearly monthlong conflict. Energy infrastructure and key shipping routes around the Gulf region have been targeted during...
Brittany Christensen, senior vice president and of head of business development at Tidal, joins Katie Greifeld, Scarlet Fu, and Eric Balchunas on "Bloomberg ETF IQ." They discuss the current ecosystem of ETFs as they grow in popularity. (Source: Bloomberg)
Brittany Christensen, senior vice president and of head of business development at Tidal, joins Katie Greifeld, Scarlet Fu, and Eric Balchunas on "Bloomberg ETF IQ." They discuss the current ecosystem of ETFs as they grow in popularity. (Source: Bloomberg)
Hollie Adams/Getty Images News Rivian Automotive Inc. ( RIVN ) held an Autonomy & AI Day back in December, and the EV company not announcing a robotaxi plan was initially disappointing. Now, Rivian has launched the new R2 SUV and suddenly a big robotaxi plan is in the works. My investment thesis remains ultra-bullish on the stock trading back at the yearly lows below $15. Source: Finviz Big Uber D...
Hollie Adams/Getty Images News Rivian Automotive Inc. ( RIVN ) held an Autonomy & AI Day back in December, and the EV company not announcing a robotaxi plan was initially disappointing. Now, Rivian has launched the new R2 SUV and suddenly a big robotaxi plan is in the works. My investment thesis remains ultra-bullish on the stock trading back at the yearly lows below $15. Source: Finviz Big Uber Deal In probably not a huge surprise, Uber Technologies ( UBER ) agreed to a deal to both invest in Rivian and buy R2 robotaxis from Rivian. Uber has recently announced a slew of robotaxi deals from EV peer Lucid Group ( LCID ) to Wayve , as Uber plans to be the platform facilitator for AV trips without owning the technology. The company already has operations in several U.S. cities plus the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Source: Uber Tech. Q4'25 Autonomy presentation This deal specifically involves Uber planning to deploy 10,000 R2 robotaxis in 2028 with operations in San Francisco and Miami initially and expanding to 25 cities by 2031. The companies have an option to negotiate another 40,000 R2 vehicles in 2030 for a total plan to deploy upwards of 50,000 R2s. Along with the robotaxi plans, Uber will initially invest $300 million in Rivian following signing of the agreement with plans to invest upwards of $1.25 billion in the company through 2031. Rivian has a market cap of $18.5 billion, so this initial investment is rather minimal, but the deal does provide the potential for a consistent influx of cash. Rivian just introduced the R2 configurations and launch plans. The R2 Performance will be sold out of the gate with a starting price of $57,990 in a near fully-loaded version. Source: Rivian Considering the Uber robotaxi plan doesn't launch until 2028, the deal likely involves the R2 Standard version with a starting price right around $50K, though a late 2027 variant with only a 275 mile range will start around $45K. The initial 10,000 deployment would involve a large $500 million...
More Than 230 Rescued As Devastating Flooding Continues To Hammer Hawaiian Islands Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times, It has been the worst flooding Oahu has seen in more than 20 years, and as of the morning of March 21, the torrential rains and rushing waters continue to flow across the mountainous island and the rest of the Hawaiian archipelago. The devastating milestone was announced ...
More Than 230 Rescued As Devastating Flooding Continues To Hammer Hawaiian Islands Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times, It has been the worst flooding Oahu has seen in more than 20 years, and as of the morning of March 21, the torrential rains and rushing waters continue to flow across the mountainous island and the rest of the Hawaiian archipelago. The devastating milestone was announced on March 20 by Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, who said that damages could exceed $1 billion. The cause is a type of winter storm called a “Kona Low,” which is southerly or southwesterly winds that bring moist air onto the islands. This is the second such storm that Hawaii has faced this month. Green issued a statement on the morning of March 21, stating that no loss of life had yet been reported, although there were some serious injuries. But the back-to-back storms caused some areas to get between 40 and 50 inches of rain. The first storm hit between March 10 and March 16 and delivered multiple feet of rain to parts of Kawai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii Island, as well as winds gusting 60–75 mph and even higher than 100 mph in some areas. This second storm was expected to bring at least another 10 inches of rain to Oahu and more than a foot of rain to Maui between March 20 and 23. Hawaii Emergency Management warned on March 21 that Maui and Oahu could still face dangerous rainbands capable of producing two to four inches per hour throughout the day, along with wind gusts reaching 45 mph. “The storm will deliver another four to six inches of rain on Oahu throughout this weekend, but it’s now moving over to Maui, where we expect somewhere between likely four to eight inches, but as much as 10 to 12 in some areas,” the governor said. He also said that the weather will also move over Molokai and the Big Island. Flash flood warnings remain in effect for the entire island, which hosts military installations like Pearl Harbor and the state’s capital, Honolulu. The National Weather Service’s ...
March 23 (Reuters) - Chinese online shopping site AliExpress said on Monday it was improving controls to comply with European Union regulations as European lawmakers grilled executives over sales of dangerous and counterfeit products in the bloc. The EU has ramped up scrutiny of fast-growing online platforms like AliExpress, Temu, and Shein which ship cheap products made in China into the bloc ...
March 23 (Reuters) - Chinese online shopping site AliExpress said on Monday it was improving controls to comply with European Union regulations as European lawmakers grilled executives over sales of dangerous and counterfeit products in the bloc. The EU has ramped up scrutiny of fast-growing online platforms like AliExpress, Temu, and Shein which ship cheap products made in China into the bloc duty-free thanks to a waiver on low-value ecommerce parcels. Last month the EU opened a formal investigation into Shein under the Digital Services Act, its landmark regulation covering major platforms. Alibaba-owned AliExpress, the company's platform selling in more than 200 countries, has been under investigation by the European Commission since March 2024 and in June agreed to legally binding commitments to improve its controls. But in November, Reuters found childlike sex dolls for sale on AliExpress, leading the platform to say it had banned the China-based seller of the products. AliExpress has committed to limiting visibility by default for products intended for adults, Eric Pelletier, Alibaba's head of international government affairs, told lawmakers. "At the same time we recognise we have much more work to do," Pelletier said. "We are actively engaging with the Commission to address the outstanding issues, including preventing the reappearance of illegal listings, strengthening penalties and accelerating the closure of noncompliant sellers." Christel Schaldemose, an EU lawmaker and lead rapporteur on the DSA, said: "I will not be happy and I don't believe in your systems until the day I see it has an impact." "My main concern is of course safety, but I also think that it is an unfair competition towards the companies who are complying with the rules we have in EU," said Schaldemose. The number of low-value ecommerce parcels entering the EU jumped 26% last year, hitting 5.8 billion. The bloc plans to implement fees on the shipments in an effort to ma...
The rise of touchscreen technology has been a boon in many respects, but for people with long fingernails, there can be issues with the capacitive variety since fingernails are non-conductive and thus don't register on the screen as a touch. One can use a stylus, of course, or simply use the finger pad under the nail, but ideally it would be nice to be able to use one's fingernail. A conductive na...
The rise of touchscreen technology has been a boon in many respects, but for people with long fingernails, there can be issues with the capacitive variety since fingernails are non-conductive and thus don't register on the screen as a touch. One can use a stylus, of course, or simply use the finger pad under the nail, but ideally it would be nice to be able to use one's fingernail. A conductive nail polish might do the trick, according to research presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Atlanta, Georgia. The work began as a special project for Manasi Desai, an undergraduate at Centenary College of Louisiana who has an interest in cosmetic chemistry and decided to investigate ways to make fingernails compatible with touchscreen technology. There are a few existing conductive nail polishes that rely on spiking a clear polish with carbon nanotubes, conductive polymers , or metallic particles. And in 2013 and 2014, a proposed press-on false fingernail with a capacitive tip was showcased at CES in Las Vegas, although the technology doesn't seem to be commercially available. Desai reasoned that existing polishes rely on additives that could be dangerous if inhaled, as well as having a limited shade range given that they impart a black or metallic shimmer. Working with her supervisor, organometallic chemist Joshua Lawrence, Desai decided to try to create a clear, colorless nail polish that didn't use any toxic materials and could be applied over any manicure. Read full article Comments
Elon is securities fraud In April 2022, Elon Musk signed an agreement to buy Twitter Inc. for $54.20 per share in cash, about $44 billion total, but he quickly changed his mind. In May, he tweeted that the deal was “ temporarily on hold ,” and in July he formally terminated the deal . The reason that he gave for terminating the deal was that there were too many bots on Twitter and that Twitter’s m...
Elon is securities fraud In April 2022, Elon Musk signed an agreement to buy Twitter Inc. for $54.20 per share in cash, about $44 billion total, but he quickly changed his mind. In May, he tweeted that the deal was “ temporarily on hold ,” and in July he formally terminated the deal . The reason that he gave for terminating the deal was that there were too many bots on Twitter and that Twitter’s management had deceived him about the scale of the bot problem. This was all, as we discussed extensively at the time, absolute nonsense. “Temporarily on hold,” I wrote , “is not a thing”; signed public-company mergers cannot be put “on hold.” Musk knew all about the bots before signing the deal, Twitter did not lie about them, and the deal was not conditioned on anything at all about bots. Presumably Musk knew all this, though who knows really, and he went ahead and said all the stuff about the bots anyway. What was he up to? I don’t know, but the stock of Tesla Inc. (Musk’s main source of money) went down after the deal was announced, the stocks of social media companies like Twitter also went down, Musk mused publicly that he was overpaying, and he was apparently using the bot nonsense as a lever to renegotiate the price. It didn’t work: Twitter sued to make him close, he had no real chance of winning that lawsuit, so he gave up and closed the deal in October 2022, paying the original $54.20-per-share deal price. This was a great result for Twitter’s shareholders, and also for Musk: He has done some stuff with Twitter, and its successor company is now worth, by some estimates, $1.25 trillion , a 2,700% return on the $44 billion he paid for it. That’s a joke, but only barely. But for a while — between say May and October 2022 — nobody knew all that. I mean. I knew the bot stuff was nonsense, but Musk has gotten away with a lot of nonsense, and to the casual observer it looked like Musk might find some way out of the deal. Some casual observers owned Twitter’s stock. That s...
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On Feb. 17, 2026, Serenity Capital Management Pte. Ltd. disclosed a new position in Full Truck Alliance(YMM +0.54%), acquiring 1,807,769 shares in an estimated $19.40 million trade based on the quarterly average price. What happened According to a Feb. 17, 2026, SEC filing, Serenity Capital Management Pte. Ltd. reported a new position in Full Truck Alliance, purchasing 1,807,769 shares. The estima...
On Feb. 17, 2026, Serenity Capital Management Pte. Ltd. disclosed a new position in Full Truck Alliance(YMM +0.54%), acquiring 1,807,769 shares in an estimated $19.40 million trade based on the quarterly average price. What happened According to a Feb. 17, 2026, SEC filing, Serenity Capital Management Pte. Ltd. reported a new position in Full Truck Alliance, purchasing 1,807,769 shares. The estimated transaction value, calculated using the quarterly average share price, was $19.40 million. The stake’s quarter-end value was also $19.40 million, reflecting both the size of the new holding and the period’s share price. What else to know The new position in Full Truck Alliance accounts for 5.15% of Serenity Capital’s reportable assets under management following the filing. Top five fund holdings post-filing: NYSE: ZTO: $105.64 million (28.0% of AUM) NASDAQ: HTHT: $59.96 million (15.9% of AUM) NYSE: TAL: $51.61 million (13.7% of AUM) NASDAQ: MAT: $47.33 million (12.6% of AUM) NYSE: MNSO: $37.96 million (10.1% of AUM) Company overview Metric Value Price (as of market close 3/2026) $8.31 Market capitalization $9.95 billion Revenue (TTM) $1.74 billion Net income (TTM) $619.53 million Company snapshot Provides a digital freight platform in China, offering freight listing, matching, brokerage, and value-added services such as credit solutions, insurance, electronic toll collection, and energy services. Operates a transaction-based business model, generating revenue from freight brokerage, online transaction fees, and value-added services to shippers and truckers. Serves shippers and truckers across China, targeting businesses and individuals seeking efficient, technology-driven freight transportation solutions. Full Truck Alliance is a leading technology company in China’s logistics sector, leveraging a large-scale digital platform to connect shippers and truckers nationwide. Its integrated service offerings and focus on transaction efficiency support its strategy to capture ...
.shock Aevex Aerospace has filed to go public in the United States, seeking to capitalize on continued investor interest in defense and national security companies. The California-based firm, which is backed by private equity group Madison Dearborn Partners, disclosed the planned listing on Monday. Existing shareholders are expected to sell shares as part of the offering. The company intends to tr...
.shock Aevex Aerospace has filed to go public in the United States, seeking to capitalize on continued investor interest in defense and national security companies. The California-based firm, which is backed by private equity group Madison Dearborn Partners, disclosed the planned listing on Monday. Existing shareholders are expected to sell shares as part of the offering. The company intends to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “AVEX,” with Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities and Jefferies leading the deal. Aevex provides airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services, with most of its revenue tied to U.S. government contracts. The company reported a net loss of $16.8 million on $432.9 million in revenue for 2025, narrowing from a loss of $78.6 million on $392.2 million in revenue the prior year. The company said it has delivered more than 6,000 autonomous systems and has additional orders extending into 2026. Its funded backlog stood at about $503 million at the end of last year. The filing comes as defense spending continues to rise globally, with governments investing in advanced technologies and military modernization programs. In the U.S., proposals for higher defense budgets have added to expectations of sustained demand across the sector. Aevex was acquired in 2020 by Madison Dearborn and CoVant Management from Trive Capital. More news and analysis Lithium Argentina AG (LAR:CA) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Marvell: Building The AI Interconnect Stack Of The Next Decade ENAV S.p.A. (EENNF) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Democrats send letter to Geo Group over meetings with DHS's Lewandowski - report Military transport plane crashes in southern Colombia with dozens rescued
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the 15 Best Stocks to Buy According to Billionaire Seth Klarman. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the most prominent long-term holdings of Baupost Group. It first purchased a stake in the company in the first quarter of 2020, consisting of more than 6 million shares. Since then, the company has regularly featured in the 13F filings of the fund, with sma...
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the 15 Best Stocks to Buy According to Billionaire Seth Klarman. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the most prominent long-term holdings of Baupost Group. It first purchased a stake in the company in the first quarter of 2020, consisting of more than 6 million shares. Since then, the company has regularly featured in the 13F filings of the fund, with small fluctuations The filings for the fourth quarter of 2025 show that the fund owned just over 1 million shares in the company. Compared to the filings for the third quarter of 2025, the fund has reduced the holding by close to 42%. HTZ Latest reports indicate that Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) plans to build a new data center in Michigan. The report further highlights a collaboration with DTE Energy to power the operations once construction is completed. The company said in a blog post that the data center would run on 2.7 gigawatts of new resources for the grid, including solar power and advanced power storage technologies. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. While we acknowledge the potential of GOOGL as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 33 Stocks That Should Double in 3 Years and 15 Stocks That Will Make You Rich in 10 Years. Disclosure: None. Follow Insider Monkey on Google News.
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Marine Le Pen has called Viktor Orbán “an exceptional leader” and Geert Wilders hailed “a lion on a continent led by sheep” as Europe’s far-right figureheads rallied round Hungary’s prime minister before an election that polls suggest he may lose. “Hungary has become a symbol in Europe of a proud and sovereign people’s resistance against oppression,” Le Pen, the parliamentary leader of France’s Na...
Marine Le Pen has called Viktor Orbán “an exceptional leader” and Geert Wilders hailed “a lion on a continent led by sheep” as Europe’s far-right figureheads rallied round Hungary’s prime minister before an election that polls suggest he may lose. “Hungary has become a symbol in Europe of a proud and sovereign people’s resistance against oppression,” Le Pen, the parliamentary leader of France’s National Rally (RN), told a gathering of EU-sceptical leaders in Budapest on Monday. “Hungary has achieved this status under the leadership of none other than prime minister Viktor Orbán,” said Le Pen, a frontrunner in France’s 2027 presidential vote if she wins an appeal against a conviction in a graft case. She praised Orbán’s “intelligence, courage and vision”. Wilders, the head of the far-right Dutch Freedom party (PVV), told the so-called Patriots’ Grand Assembly – named after the nationalists’ political group in the European parliament – that Orbàn had “shown what it means to stand tall”. The Hungarian prime minister “knows that a leader’s first duty is to his own people, not to distant elite and certainly not to unelected Brussels bureaucrats”, said Wilders, whose party lost to the liberal-progressive D66 in last year’s Dutch elections. He said Hungary had become “something extraordinary” during Orbàn’s 16 years in power. “And that is why the Brussels bureaucrats want … another prime minister. One who bows. One who obeys. And one who does not put Hungary first.” Orbán has long been at loggerheads with the EU over a range of issues including attacks on the rule of law. In defiance of Brussels, he has remained friendly with Moscow, refuses to send weapons to Ukraine and insists Kyiv cannot join the bloc. He is running a classic populist campaign, arguing that a vote for him will preserve Hungary as “an island of security and tranquillity” whereas victory for his rival, Péter Magyar, whom he paints as an agent of Brussels and Kyiv, would mean chaos and war. Polls suggest ...
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images News Salesforce ( CRM ) has taken matters into its own hands. Software investors may have felt that AI has taken control of the narrative, leaving software companies simply bracing for new AI product demonstrations. CRM has instead moved to accelerate Agentforce and, more significantly, undertake one of the most aggressive share repurchase initiatives I have seen in the ...
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images News Salesforce ( CRM ) has taken matters into its own hands. Software investors may have felt that AI has taken control of the narrative, leaving software companies simply bracing for new AI product demonstrations. CRM has instead moved to accelerate Agentforce and, more significantly, undertake one of the most aggressive share repurchase initiatives I have seen in the sector. While the potential risks from AI are now more understood and apparent, CRM continues to look too cheap here. I reiterate my "S trong Buy" rating for the stock. CRM Stock Price I last covered CRM in December , where I named it a top pick for 2026, as I viewed the AI threats to SaaS as being overstated. The stock has crumbled as those threats have only intensified. Data by YCharts Valuations in software look generational, but so are the risks. CRM Stock Key Metrics CRM is an enterprise software company with a broad product portfolio ranging from customer relationship management (hence the namesake) to data management. FY26 Q4 Presentation The company has sought to integrate AI across its products and boasted 169% YoY growth in Agentforce ARR. Judging by the stock price action, investors appear impatient with how small this is relative to the overall business, as well as the potential long-term threats created by AI-boosted development. FY26 Q4 Presentation CRM delivered solid growth across the board, typical of large, mature companies. I suspect investors may be wondering why the data-centric arms in MuleSoft and Tableau have not seen growth rates accelerate more meaningfully. I note that publicly traded data companies like Snowflake ( SNOW ) and Datadog ( DDOG ) may be creating unfavorable comparisons for the company. FY26 Q4 Presentation CRM did see solid growth in cRPOs, which investors sometimes look to as an indicator of future revenue growth. That said, in my experience, cRPOs do not track revenue growth all that closely, and investors often ignore the metric a...
Western Asset Global Corporate Opportunity Fund ( GDO ) reported total net assets of $139.9M, unchanged from the previous quarter and down from $145.2M a year earlier. Net investment income increased slightly to $1.50M from $1.48M in the previous quarter. Earnings per share for investment income remained steady at $0.20, while total EPS declined to $0.29 from $0.40. More on Western Asset Global Co...
Western Asset Global Corporate Opportunity Fund ( GDO ) reported total net assets of $139.9M, unchanged from the previous quarter and down from $145.2M a year earlier. Net investment income increased slightly to $1.50M from $1.48M in the previous quarter. Earnings per share for investment income remained steady at $0.20, while total EPS declined to $0.29 from $0.40. More on Western Asset Global Corporate Opportunity Fd Inc. Dividend scorecard for Western Asset Global Corporate Opportunity Fd Inc.
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Palantir Stock Jumps After Bullish Analyst Call - Why Dan Ives Sees 45% Upside in Palantir Stock How Government Contracts Are Driving Palantir Stock (PLTR) Growth PLTR's Focus on High-Priority Federal Projects Why PLTR Stock Has Been Volatile Recently Live Events MORE STORIES FOR YOU ✕ « Back to recommendation stories I don't want to see these stories because They are not relevant to me They disrupt the reading flow Others SUBMIT PLTR's Strong Earnings Growth Expectations Valuation Concerns Still Loom FAQs as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Addas a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now! (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel : Shares of Palantir Technologies moved higher early on Monday, gaining more than 5% after Wedbush analyst Dan Ives reaffirmed his bullish outlook on the company, as per a report.Ives maintained his outperform rating and said he expects the stock to reach $230 within a year, which would represent roughly a 45% upside from current levels, as per The Motley Fool report.His optimism is largely tied to Palantir’s position as a key provider of IT and artificial intelligence services to government agencies. The company works with major institutions such as the Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with international defense groups, healthcare systems, and law enforcement organizations.According to Ives, Palantir is not just growing alongside government spending but is also aligning itself with high-priority federal projects, which could help drive faster growth through better-funded programs, as per The Motley Fool report.Despite the positive outlook, the stock has faced pressure in recent months. Shares are down more than 23% from their all-time high in early November, reflecting broader concerns about the health of the AI sector, as per The Motley Fool report. Still, the stock remains up 56% over the past year.Mean...