A US-based rights group says it has confirmed the killing of 1,850 protesters during a crackdown by authorities, as the US president urges Iranians to keep demonstrating.
A US-based rights group says it has confirmed the killing of 1,850 protesters during a crackdown by authorities, as the US president urges Iranians to keep demonstrating.
Ministers will hope package of measures can aid efforts to retain power in May’s Holyrood elections Ministers in Scotland have cut taxes for the lowest earners by a modest £11 a year, as the government dug into its reserves, cut spending and increased borrowing to fund new election pledges. With four months to go before the Holyrood elections, the Scottish National party government raised the thre...
Ministers will hope package of measures can aid efforts to retain power in May’s Holyrood elections Ministers in Scotland have cut taxes for the lowest earners by a modest £11 a year, as the government dug into its reserves, cut spending and increased borrowing to fund new election pledges. With four months to go before the Holyrood elections, the Scottish National party government raised the thresholds at which people earning less than £33,500 a year will pay income tax in Scotland by 7.4%. Continue reading...
Medpace Holdings is Tuesday's IBD Stock Of The Day. Shares are testing an early entry as the biotech funding environment improves. The post IBD Stock Of The Day Medpace Tests Early Buy Point As Biotech Funding Shines appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
Medpace Holdings is Tuesday's IBD Stock Of The Day. Shares are testing an early entry as the biotech funding environment improves. The post IBD Stock Of The Day Medpace Tests Early Buy Point As Biotech Funding Shines appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
TradFi Trust & DeFi Dominance Favor Ethereum Over Bitcoin; StanChart Standard Chartered's Geoff Kendrick raised his ETH forecasts in August 2025 to reflect Ethereum’s structural advantages , along with supportive regulatory developments and increased buying by ETFs and DATs. The outlook has turned more nuanced since then. In absolute terms, Bitcoin’s weaker-than-expected performance has prompted K...
TradFi Trust & DeFi Dominance Favor Ethereum Over Bitcoin; StanChart Standard Chartered's Geoff Kendrick raised his ETH forecasts in August 2025 to reflect Ethereum’s structural advantages , along with supportive regulatory developments and increased buying by ETFs and DATs. The outlook has turned more nuanced since then. In absolute terms, Bitcoin’s weaker-than-expected performance has prompted Kendricks to downgrade his BTC forecasts and push out our eventual USD 500,000 forecast to 2030 (also downgrading his ETH-USD forecasts for the next few years). However, in relative terms, the SnanChart crypto guru thinks prospects for Ethereum have turned more positive. He has therefore turned more constructive on ETH-BTC , seeing the cross eventually returning to the 2021 highs around 0.08... Source: Bloomberg Kendricks sees three main factors for ETH's outperformance: 1. Flows We think flows – via ETFs and DATs – are less important for ETH than for BTC, as ETH has a strong use case and fundamentals, whereas BTC functions purely as a decentralised store of value. However, flows still matter – and while they have weakened overall, they are more constructive for ETH than for BTC at present. ETF inflows have stalled for both BTC and ETH in the past few months (Figure 2). However, we think this is a temporary phenomenon rather than a change of direction (as we detailed in Bitcoin – Lowering our forecasts). Decision-making by investment committees takes time, so we expect the buildout of both the BTC and ETH ETF markets to take several years. Gold ETFs, the most relevant historical example, took about seven years after their November 2004 US introduction to reach a structural equilibrium that allowed flows to become more cyclical. DAT buying of digital assets has mostly ended, in our view, following the late 2025 collapse in mNAVs (a valuation metric that divides corporate market cap by the value of digital assets held). DAT buying was enabled by mNAVs significantly above 1.0, ...
A 24-year-old from Tennessee is expected to admit to accessing the Supreme Court’s electronic filing system without authorization dozens of times throughout 2023.
A 24-year-old from Tennessee is expected to admit to accessing the Supreme Court’s electronic filing system without authorization dozens of times throughout 2023.
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is down -0.02 (-0.13%). March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is up +2.00 (+0.47%). Sugar prices are mixed today. Higher sugar production in Brazil is bearish for prices after Unica reported today that Brazil's cumulative 2025-26 Center-South sugar output through...
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is down -0.02 (-0.13%). March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is up +2.00 (+0.47%). Sugar prices are mixed today. Higher sugar production in Brazil is bearish for prices after Unica reported today that Brazil's cumulative 2025-26 Center-South sugar output through...
The UK government is threatening Elon Musk’s X with a ban. The social media platform is under pressure from ministers over the use of the Grok AI tool to manipulate images of women and children to remove their clothes. Ofcom, the UK’s media regulator, has launched an investigation into X – and the government says it will support a ban if Ofcom decides to press ahead. Continue reading...
The UK government is threatening Elon Musk’s X with a ban. The social media platform is under pressure from ministers over the use of the Grok AI tool to manipulate images of women and children to remove their clothes. Ofcom, the UK’s media regulator, has launched an investigation into X – and the government says it will support a ban if Ofcom decides to press ahead. Continue reading...
Nextpower (NASDAQ: NXT) , the energy technology company formerly known as Nextracker, has roughly quadrupled in value since its IPO on Feb. 9, 2023. Let's examine what it does, why it has attracted so much attention, and whether it can sustain that momentum over the next 12 months. When the company went public as Nextracker, it primarily sold solar tracking systems that automatically adjusted sola...
Nextpower (NASDAQ: NXT) , the energy technology company formerly known as Nextracker, has roughly quadrupled in value since its IPO on Feb. 9, 2023. Let's examine what it does, why it has attracted so much attention, and whether it can sustain that momentum over the next 12 months. When the company went public as Nextracker, it primarily sold solar tracking systems that automatically adjusted solar panels to follow the sun throughout the day. That upgrade enables solar panels to generate roughly 15% to 25% more energy than stationary fixed-tilt systems. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Saskatoon, Sask., Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Protein Industries Canada, along with GIFS Ag Tech Enterprise Inc. and DL Seeds, will be announcing a project focused on developing a Pea Genomic Selection Platform for Canada-wide use. The project will combine AI technology with genetic, phenotypic, environmental and pedigree data provided by companies and organizations from across the country, ...
Saskatoon, Sask., Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Protein Industries Canada, along with GIFS Ag Tech Enterprise Inc. and DL Seeds, will be announcing a project focused on developing a Pea Genomic Selection Platform for Canada-wide use. The project will combine AI technology with genetic, phenotypic, environmental and pedigree data provided by companies and organizations from across the country, ensuring breeders can accelerate their development work at a lower cost than traditional methods.
The Bank of France raised its growth estimate for the final quarter of 2025 a touch, underscoring economy’s resilience in the face of political and fiscal uncertainty. Gross domestic product expanded “at least” 0.2% in the final three months of last year, the central bank said Tuesday, citing its monthly poll of businesses. It had previously predicted expansion of “around” that pace. “The survey c...
The Bank of France raised its growth estimate for the final quarter of 2025 a touch, underscoring economy’s resilience in the face of political and fiscal uncertainty. Gross domestic product expanded “at least” 0.2% in the final three months of last year, the central bank said Tuesday, citing its monthly poll of businesses. It had previously predicted expansion of “around” that pace. “The survey confirms that activity in 2025 was quite resilient, as the month of December showed an increase in both industry and services,” Chief Economist Olivier Garnier said. France has sustained growth since snap elections in 2024 — despite repeated government collapses and bouts of uncertainty over public finances. The country is still without a full budget for 2026 as Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu struggles to find a compromise with opposition lawmakers on possible tax increases and spending cuts. The Bank of France’s indicator of business uncertainty also showed corporations are getting used to the political volatility as the gauge declined for a fourth consecutive month in both industry and services. Still, the measure remains above the level the central bank says reflects uncertainty in “normal times” and business leaders attribute much of that to doubts over the adoption of a budget. “If there wasn’t this uncertainty, we might have done even better in terms of growth,” Garnier said. ECB’s Villeroy Says Wrong to Think Rate Hikes Coming in 2026 French Farmers Roll Tractors to Paris to Protest Free-Trade Deal French Government Sees Deficit Near 5.4% If No 2026 Budget