"The UK City of Culture and new UK Town of Culture competitions recognise the enormous contributions made by communities all over the UK who are all part of the story of who we are as a nation."
"The UK City of Culture and new UK Town of Culture competitions recognise the enormous contributions made by communities all over the UK who are all part of the story of who we are as a nation."
Pep Guardiola said Manchester City are still not at a level where failing to win the Champions League can be seen as a disaster after being knocked out of the competition by Real Madrid for a third consecutive year. City were in a difficult position after losing 3-0 in the first leg of their last-16 tie at the Bernabéu last week and that was made more complicated in the 20th minute of the return a...
Pep Guardiola said Manchester City are still not at a level where failing to win the Champions League can be seen as a disaster after being knocked out of the competition by Real Madrid for a third consecutive year. City were in a difficult position after losing 3-0 in the first leg of their last-16 tie at the Bernabéu last week and that was made more complicated in the 20th minute of the return at the Etihad Stadium after Bernardo Silva was dismissed for handball on City’s goal-line and subsequently gave away a penalty. Vinícius Júnior scored it and then again in injury time to give Madrid a 5-1 aggregate win, with Erling Haaland scoring in between for the hosts. “For the way we started and the way we played, I would have loved to play 11 against 11, but in football these circumstances happen,” Guardiola said. “We have been in other finals, a lot of semi-finals and unfortunately in the last two editions of the Champions League we have been out. But this club, we arrived to set the bar a little bit high in terms of Champions League, and we didn’t achieve that, always this is not a good thing, but it’s fine, that is good. “I would love the club to have the feeling that Madrid has; if you don’t win the Champions League, it’s a failure. That is pressure. But not [at] Man City.” There was a lengthy pause before the award of the penalty as the officials, both on the pitch and in the VAR studio, ruled on a potential offside in the buildup. It was ultimately deemed that Vinícius was onside, resulting in the referee, Clément Turpin, reviewing the pitchside monitor and ruling that Silva’s handball was worthy of a spot-kick and red card. View image in fullscreen Manchester City should not be judged to the same standard as Real Madrid, according to their manager, Pep Guardiola. Photograph: Pedro Castillo/Real Madrid/Getty Images “It’s a mistake and a red card, it’s the first of his career,” Guardiola said. “It’s instinct in action, it’s not a decision that can be avoided....
Meta Platforms (META 0.80%) investors got some bad news last Friday, with reports that the company would delay its latest AI model, Avocado. It was the latest setback for the social media giant, which is down 19% over the last six months (as of March 13), largely due to concerns about its spending on AI infrastructure. Delays like this are problematic, especially given Meta's AI spending, with cap...
Meta Platforms (META 0.80%) investors got some bad news last Friday, with reports that the company would delay its latest AI model, Avocado. It was the latest setback for the social media giant, which is down 19% over the last six months (as of March 13), largely due to concerns about its spending on AI infrastructure. Delays like this are problematic, especially given Meta's AI spending, with capital expenditures projected to range from $115 billion to $135 billion in 2026. Even so, the current dip looks like a serious overreaction. Meta's core business, ads, is as strong as ever. Revenue in 2025 was $201 billion, a 22% year-over-year increase, and 98% of that came from ads. Meta also had an excellent operating margin of 41%. For comparison, Alphabet, another company that relies heavily on ad revenue, had an operating margin of 32% last year. Meta has experienced high-profile missteps, most recently the Avocado delay. And it's spending an enormous amount of money on AI, although that's par for the course these days for the top tech companies -- Alphabet and Amazon have since announced even larger capex plans. But this is still a highly profitable and efficient business that delivered significant revenue growth. Expand NASDAQ : META Meta Platforms Today's Change ( -0.80 %) $ -5.02 Current Price $ 622.43 Key Data Points Market Cap $1.6T Day's Range $ 621.71 - $ 636.50 52wk Range $ 479.80 - $ 796.25 Volume 829K Avg Vol 15M Gross Margin 82.00 % Dividend Yield 0.33 % It's also an affordable stock after the recent pullback. Meta trades at just 20 times forward earnings. That's a bargain for a tech giant, making Meta the cheapest member of the "Magnificent Seven" by that important metric. If you're looking for undervalued tech stocks to add to your portfolio, Meta is worth considering.
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Key Points Meta Platforms is down 19% over the last six months due to spending concerns and a delay with its latest AI model. The fundamentals are still strong, with revenue growth of 22% last year and a high operating margin. 10 stocks we like better than Meta Platforms › Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) investors got some bad news last Friday, with reports that the company would delay its latest AI model, Avocado. It was the latest setback for the social media giant, which is down 19% over the last six months (as of March 13), largely due to concerns about its spending on AI infrastructure. Delays like this are problematic, especially given Meta's AI spending, with capital expenditures projected to range from $115 billion to $135 billion in 2026. Even so, the current dip looks like a serious overreaction. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Meta's core business, ads, is as strong as ever. Revenue in 2025 was $201 billion, a 22% year-over-year increase, and 98% of that came from ads. Meta also had an excellent operating margin of 41%. For comparison, Alphabet, another company that relies heavily on ad revenue, had an operating margin of 32% last year. Meta has experienced high-profile missteps, most recently the Avocado delay. And it's spending an enormous amount of money on AI, although that's par for the course these days for the top tech companies -- Alphabet and Amazon have since announced even larger capex plans. But this is still a highly profitable and efficient business that delivered significant revenue growth. It's also an affordable stock after the recent pullback. Meta trades at just 20 times forward earnings. That's a bargain for a tech giant, making Meta the cheapest member of the "Magnificent Seven" by that important metric. If you're looking for undervalued tech stocks to...
Oaktree Capital Management co-founder Howard Marks warns about "credulousness" being on the rise when asked about the issuance of long-term debt by Big Tech during a fireside chat with Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz at the Capital Markets Industry Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
Oaktree Capital Management co-founder Howard Marks warns about "credulousness" being on the rise when asked about the issuance of long-term debt by Big Tech during a fireside chat with Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz at the Capital Markets Industry Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
AVGO Stock Risks Breakdown Below $300 Despite CEO $100B AI Chip Revenue Goal Shares of Broadcom Inc. surged on strong earnings and booming AI demand, but the rally quickly faded as technical resistance capped gains... Written by: Skerdian Meta • • 3 min read • Quick overview Broadcom Inc. experienced a brief surge in stock price following strong earnings, but faced resistance at the $350 level, le...
AVGO Stock Risks Breakdown Below $300 Despite CEO $100B AI Chip Revenue Goal Shares of Broadcom Inc. surged on strong earnings and booming AI demand, but the rally quickly faded as technical resistance capped gains... Written by: Skerdian Meta • • 3 min read • Quick overview Broadcom Inc. experienced a brief surge in stock price following strong earnings, but faced resistance at the $350 level, leading to a pullback toward $300. The company's Q1 fiscal 2026 results showed a 29% year-over-year revenue increase, driven by a 52% rise in semiconductor solutions revenue, highlighting strong demand in the AI sector. Despite solid fundamentals, technical pressures and market sentiment are currently influencing Broadcom's stock performance, with key support at $300 being closely monitored. Analysts remain optimistic, with Rosenblatt Securities raising its price target to $500, reflecting confidence in Broadcom's AI growth trajectory. Shares of Broadcom Inc. surged on strong earnings and booming AI demand, but the rally quickly faded as technical resistance capped gains and downside risks re-emerged. Rally Fades at Key Resistance Broadcom Inc. saw a sharp but short-lived rally following its latest earnings release, with the stock briefly pushing higher before failing to break above the critical $350 resistance level. The inability to sustain momentum has since led to a pullback, with shares now drifting toward the $300 level, an area investors are closely monitoring as a key support zone. A break below this level could signal further downside, highlighting the growing tension between strong fundamentals and weakening technical momentum. Strong Earnings and Upbeat Outlook The company’s first-quarter fiscal 2026 results were solid, with revenue rising 29% year-over-year, driven by robust demand across its semiconductor business. Broadcom’s semiconductor solutions segment was the standout performer, posting a 52% increase in revenue, supported by strong demand for advanced chip...
在GTC2026第二天，我们参与了一场与黄仁勋的集体问答，他回答了多个关键问题。 包括万亿美金指引，新Groq的融合，以及AI会让人如何改变等。当然，还包括许多关于OpenClaw的问题。 另外，硅星人也在会后找到黄仁勋问了一个简单问题。 硅星人：似乎今天的问答里，没人讨论开源模型了。 黄仁勋：怎么会。 硅星人：不是都在讨论OpenClaw嘛。 黄仁勋：哦对，是的。 硅星人：Deepseek在走红之前，他们其实也来GTC分享过。今年我看Kimi的杨植麟来分享了。 黄仁勋：是的。 硅星人：你怎么看刚才提到的OpenClaw这些变化。以及如果可以，中国的开源模型们和英伟达的互动和关系简单点评一下？ 黄仁勋： OpenClaw 连接了所有的公有云 API。嗯，但你也可以连接到开源模型，对吧？所以，我认为这实际上会加速开源模型的使用。（"OpenClaw connects to all the public cloud APIs. Um, but you can also connect to open models, right? So I think that it’s actually going to accelerate use of open models.”） （他回答了关于OpenClaw的对比，但没有回答关于与中国的开源模型公司之间今天的交流情况的问题） 以下为对话QA核心实录 关于万亿美金的指引 黄仁勋澄清，1 万亿仅包含 Blackwell 和 Vera Rubin 架构到 2027 年的订单，因为去年GTC的PPT里也是这个口径。所以这是个相当“简单且保守”的数字（未计入 CPU、存储等）。 他还透露，随着营收加速增长，英伟达在 2026 年将 50% 的自由现金流用于回购和派息，同时加大对生态系统的战略投资。 关于财务风险与投资 黄仁勋被问到，他们越来越多地帮助客户（如 Coreweave、Nebius 等）融资扩建数据中心，如何管理其中的财务风险？ 黄仁勋认为英伟达拥有“信息优势”，能看到订单流和需求管道，因此只投资那些注定会成功的“全垒打”企业。会找到下一个Google和meta。同时，通过注资帮助生态系统快速扩容，这不仅是财务投资，更是为了确保全球计算需求的供应敏捷性。 黄仁勋也解释了对 Coherent、Momentum（光模块/硅光子相关...
The bank also expanded its flagship regional education programme, UOB My Digital Space, which equips disadvantaged children with digital tools and skills. Through a partnership with Ruangguru, one of Southeast Asia’s leading ed-tech platforms, the bank will provide 90,000 underprivileged students across Indonesia with training in coding and computational thinking, bridging the digital divide and p...
The bank also expanded its flagship regional education programme, UOB My Digital Space, which equips disadvantaged children with digital tools and skills. Through a partnership with Ruangguru, one of Southeast Asia’s leading ed-tech platforms, the bank will provide 90,000 underprivileged students across Indonesia with training in coding and computational thinking, bridging the digital divide and preparing young people for the jobs of tomorrow. “UOB has always been steadfast in our commitment to doing right by our communities. We believe strongly in supporting education, an investment in our shared future across the region,” says Wee Ee Cheong, deputy chairman and CEO of UOB. “As we mark our 90th anniversary, we remain committed to contributing beyond banking and to doing our part for the community.” For UOB, 2025 has been a year of giving back on a grand scale, with a strong focus on education. A S$110 million (US$86 million) gift to Nanyang Technological University from UOB and the Wee Foundation, a Singapore-based charity established by the bank’s late chairman Wee Cho Yaw, will create new opportunities in education, mentoring and innovation, benefiting thousands of students every year. The newly launched UOB FutureGen Scholarship extends that commitment by supporting 90 students from across the region to study in Singapore, nurturing the leaders of tomorrow. UOB turns 90 this year, marking a milestone defined by people and progress. Since 1935, the bank has grown alongside Singapore and across the region by building lasting connections with its communities, colleagues and customers. Its anniversary celebrations reflect this focus, with initiatives that honour this shared history while building the future of Asean. Advertisement The bank transformed the facade of its Singapore headquarters, UOB Plaza 1, into a projection mapping canvas that set three Guinness World Records for the tallest, brightest and longest such display. The projection celebrated Singapore’s j...
Successive governments have turned the UK from a manufacturing economy to one where the basics of life have been privatised and are rented back to people at a crushing cost, Zack Polanski will say. In a speech billed as the Green leader’s biggest policy intervention since he took over as leader six months ago, Polanski will argue that decades of gradual economic rebalancing in favour of a minority...
Successive governments have turned the UK from a manufacturing economy to one where the basics of life have been privatised and are rented back to people at a crushing cost, Zack Polanski will say. In a speech billed as the Green leader’s biggest policy intervention since he took over as leader six months ago, Polanski will argue that decades of gradual economic rebalancing in favour of a minority who own assets has left much of the country vulnerable to economic shocks such as the current rise in fuel prices. Polanski will call for the government to offer more support for households amid the uncertainty of the Iran conflict, asking for £8.4bn to be set aside to cover a possible increase in energy prices of £300 a household in the coming year. A “sustained project of privatisation and deregulation has turned Britain from a place which made things people need into a place which made money for people who owned things”, he will say in a speech to the New Economics Forum thinktank in London. “We live in rip-off Britain: an economy built to reward the few off the work of the many. A country where people work so hard and try to do the right thing but still struggle to afford the basics, and find themselves constantly cutting back. “The very basics, the things we rely on to build the foundations of a good life, have been taken out of our hands, sold for profit – and then sold or rented back to us at crushing rates. The water that keeps us alive. The energy that warms us. The home that keeps us safe. “We’ve stopped working to save for a deposit, a summer holiday or even to put a bit away for the future – so many of us are working just to cover the increasing cost of getting by every day.” Polanski has overseen a surge in membership for the Greens in England and Wales, with the party now ahead of Labour and the Conservatives in some polls. The Greens won last month’s Gorton and Denton byelection. While he has been an energetic media presence since becoming leader, Polanski h...
From the fairways of Rome to the greens of Versailles, could the world’s most prestigious golf tournament be heading to Bolton? Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, has announced a bid to bring the Ryder Cup to the north of England for the first time in nearly 60 years. The contest would be hosted in the grounds of Bolton’s historic Hulton Park, which was formerly owned by the aristocratic ...
From the fairways of Rome to the greens of Versailles, could the world’s most prestigious golf tournament be heading to Bolton? Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, has announced a bid to bring the Ryder Cup to the north of England for the first time in nearly 60 years. The contest would be hosted in the grounds of Bolton’s historic Hulton Park, which was formerly owned by the aristocratic family that inspired Downton Abbey. There are more than a few obstacles in its way, however. For one, the £250m course is not yet built. Plans to bring the Ryder Cup to Bolton were first raised in 2018 and met with fierce opposition from residents and conservationists over the loss of Grade II-listed land. Maxine Peake, the Bolton-born actor, described it at the time as “absolute madness fuelled by nothing more than utter greed”. As recently as last week, council bosses reiterated that the Peel Group development would only go ahead if it won the Ryder Cup bid – yet that decision is not expected until around 2029. It would be the first time in more than 30 years that England has hosted the biennial tournament, in which Europe’s best male golfers compete against the best from the US. The Belfry in Warwickshire hosted the competition the last four times it has been held in England – more than any other course in Europe or the US. The Ryder Cup last came to the north of England in 1977, when rookies Tom Watson, 28, and Jack Nicklaus, 37, faced off against a 20-year-old Nick Faldo at Royal Lytham & St Annes golf club in Lancashire. Burnham said Bolton 2035 would be the “biggest ever” Ryder Cup and bring an estimated 350,000 fans along with a “lasting legacy” for the region. “The success of the Brit awards in Manchester shows that we can we attract and deliver international events to a brilliant standard,” he said. “We’ve had promising conversations with organisers about bringing the tournament to a bespoke, world-class course at Hulton Park. But it will only be possible with the...
A long face is not the only sign that someone is down in the dumps. How people walk is revealing too, particularly the swing of the arms and legs, researchers say. Scientists asked volunteers to guess people’s emotions from video clips of them walking and found that bigger swings portrayed more aggression while smaller swings implied fear and sadness. Tweaking the videos to make the swings longer ...
A long face is not the only sign that someone is down in the dumps. How people walk is revealing too, particularly the swing of the arms and legs, researchers say. Scientists asked volunteers to guess people’s emotions from video clips of them walking and found that bigger swings portrayed more aggression while smaller swings implied fear and sadness. Tweaking the videos to make the swings longer or shorter made the emotions easier to infer, according to the study, suggesting that the coordinated swing of the arms and legs was a key feature people picked up on. The work expands the list of cues that humans draw on to make speedy assessments of people’s emotions, and highlights the specific movements that convey most about the range of feelings people have, the scientists say. “Walking is one of the most familiar and well-practiced whole-body movements for humans,” said Mina Wakabayashi, a researcher at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International in Kyoto, Japan, and the lead author of the study. “Because of this, changes in emotional state may naturally appear in the way we walk. “In our results, movements with larger arm and leg swings were more likely to be perceived as angry, whereas movements with smaller swings were more likely to be perceived as sad or fearful.” For the study, the scientists asked actors to recall life events that provoked anger, happiness, fear or sadness and then walk a short distance while dwelling on each memory. The participants wore tight clothing and reflective markers, allowing the researchers to create point-light videos from the side and front which captured their gait without their facial expressions and other bodily cues. Credit: Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International in Kyoto Volunteers then watched the videos and declared which emotion each gait evoked. They recognised all of the portrayed emotions at better than the level of chance, the study found. “To some degree, the walkers’ intende...
Graves more than 100 years old could be reused across England and Wales under Law Commission proposals that also include the reopening of some burial grounds closed under Victorian-era legislation. The changes would create a national framework for the first time, aiming to reduce pressure on burial space and modernise a system largely unchanged for more than 170 years. “Our proposals would moderni...
Graves more than 100 years old could be reused across England and Wales under Law Commission proposals that also include the reopening of some burial grounds closed under Victorian-era legislation. The changes would create a national framework for the first time, aiming to reduce pressure on burial space and modernise a system largely unchanged for more than 170 years. “Our proposals would modernise and simplify burial and cremation law in England and Wales, and provide clearer, more consistent safeguards for bereaved families and friends,” said Prof Lisa Webley, the law commissioner for property, family and trust law. Grave reuse is limited to some London cemeteries and Church of England burial grounds. Under the proposals, this could be extended more widely, but only after local consultation and government approval. The commission also recommended stricter safeguards than those now in place. Graves could not be reused until at least 100 years after the last burial, up from 75 years, and families would have a year to object. Any objection would delay reuse for a further 25 years. Military graves would remain protected. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission retains the right to object, effectively ensuring no war graves are ever reused. For the first time, similar protections would apply to postwar graves under Ministry of Defence responsibility. Reused graves would remain within a controlled system, with remains moved deeper and a new burial placed above. Only remains that are “no more than skeletal” would be eligible. The commission also highlighted the patchwork of rules for church, local authority and private burial grounds, recommending a more consistent framework. In some cases, this would introduce legal standards where none currently exist. For example, it proposes a new minimum of 2ft of soil above a coffin. Cremation practices would also be changed. The growing number of uncollected ashes held by funeral directors is unregulated: funeral directors cannot ...
Most of the 4.9 million children who died in 2024 could have been saved, according to a new UN report that warns aid cuts could thwart the global goal of ending preventable child deaths. Progress towards ending the preventable deaths of children under five by 2030 has slowed 60% since 2015, the report found, leading to UN experts to call for sustained investment in health systems to reach the targ...
Most of the 4.9 million children who died in 2024 could have been saved, according to a new UN report that warns aid cuts could thwart the global goal of ending preventable child deaths. Progress towards ending the preventable deaths of children under five by 2030 has slowed 60% since 2015, the report found, leading to UN experts to call for sustained investment in health systems to reach the target. “No child should die from diseases that we know how to prevent. But we see worrying signs that progress in child survival is slowing – and at a time where we’re seeing further global budget cuts,” said Unicef executive director Catherine Russell. Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have persistently had the worst rates of child death, in large part due to deaths of newborns, who made up almost half of the total number of children who died under five. The most common causes were premature birth, pneumonia and trauma suffered by the child during birth. Infectious diseases were also a major cause, with malaria leading to 17% of deaths of children who survived beyond their first month of life. The report found that 100,000 children died directly from severe acute malnutrition – with the highest numbers in Pakistan, Somalia and Sudan – but added that severe malnutrition was also a underlying cause for many children who died of other conditions. All these causes of death could be prevented with better investment in health systems and vaccinations, but instead, aid cuts are threatening to close lifesaving facilities, humanitarian workers said. “We are not moving far enough or fast enough and leaving 5 million [children] under the age of five vulnerable,” said Abdurahman Sharif, senior humanitarian affairs director at Save the Children. “Aid cuts are leading to increasing preventable deaths, threatening the continuity of lifesaving services at a time when needs are increasing. It’s reversing decades of progress.” According to monitoring of aid cuts by Global Health Cluster, 6,600...