You too can look like a pub carpet – and for the bargain price of £1,295. Such sartorial elegance – perhaps an option for anyone stepping out to celebrate St Patrick’s Day this week – is the aesthetic love child of a partnership between Guinness and the luxury clothing brand JW Anderson. Launched earlier this month, the tie-up allows fashionistas to get their hands on a range of Guinness-wear, exp...
You too can look like a pub carpet – and for the bargain price of £1,295. Such sartorial elegance – perhaps an option for anyone stepping out to celebrate St Patrick’s Day this week – is the aesthetic love child of a partnership between Guinness and the luxury clothing brand JW Anderson. Launched earlier this month, the tie-up allows fashionistas to get their hands on a range of Guinness-wear, exploiting the ongoing metamorphosis of the “black stuff” from unfashionable pub staple to social media status symbol. The 17-piece range features everything from elasticated shorts that look like a beer towel (£440) to an £850 Irish wool jumper, featuring the Irish brand’s famous harp logo, set against a cloudy cream that nods subtly to the head on a well-poured pint. View image in fullscreen A towelling jacket in black, redolent of bar top beer towels. Cost £710. Photograph: Guinness x JW Anderson It is fronted by the actor Joe Alwyn and the rapper Little Simz, and “pulls from vintage brewery uniforms, Irish pub interiors and archival graphics, translating them into denim workwear, twisted jeans, towelling sets and knitwear”. The most expensive item is a unisex V-neck jumper that uses textured Jacquard stitches to “recreate the feel of pub carpets”, a snip at £1295. The partnership further cements the branding overhaul that has transformed the image of Guinness, owned by global drinks maker Diageo, from beer to lifestyle brand. Backed by Diageo’s £2.7bn marketing war chest, Guinness has shaken off its “old man” reputation, becoming a stalwart of pub culture for Gen Z, despite the cohort’s more abstemious approach when it comes to alcohol. Increased custom from younger people and women sent Guinness’s market share in pubs to a new high of 17.5% in 2025, helping it retain top spot as the nation’s top-selling beer, with more than 2m pints pulled every day. View image in fullscreen A unisex ivory coloured JW Anderson X Guinness shield harp jumper. Yours for £850. The towelling s...
Information technology, industrials and utilities are set to feature prominently in this week’s earnings calendar, with 249 companies scheduled to report. This week’s quant rankings highlight strong momentum among technology and industrial names, led by semiconductor maker Micron Technology ( MU ) and industrial equipment manufacturer Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises ( BW ), both posting near-perfect ...
Information technology, industrials and utilities are set to feature prominently in this week’s earnings calendar, with 249 companies scheduled to report. This week’s quant rankings highlight strong momentum among technology and industrial names, led by semiconductor maker Micron Technology ( MU ) and industrial equipment manufacturer Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises ( BW ), both posting near-perfect quant ratings of 4.99. Other highly rated companies include RF Industries ( RFIL ) with a rating of 4.93 and Coda Octopus Group ( CODA ) at 4.92, reflecting solid factor strength among electronic equipment and hardware companies. Materials company Orla Mining ( ORLA ) and utility provider Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais ( CIG ) also screen favorably among the top-ranked stocks. Health care companies appear more frequently among the lowest-ranked names. Fold Holdings ( FLD ) holds the weakest score in the group with a quant rating of 1.05, followed by biotechnology firm Alvotech ( ALVO ) at 1.15. Other low-scoring stocks include Tecogen ( TGEN ) and Ocean Power Technologies ( OPTT ), reflecting weaker readings across valuation, growth, or momentum factors. Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating system grades stocks based on their relative performance on critical quantitative measures, including valuation, growth, stock momentum, and profitability. Ratings are assigned on a scale from 1 to 5, with any score of 3.5 or above considered a bullish rating and any score of 2.5 or below indicating a bearish assessment. Here are the top-rated upcoming earnings stocks, ranked by Quant: Micron Technology ( MU ), Quant Rating : 4.99. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises ( BW ), Quant Rating : 4.99. RF Industries ( RFIL ), Quant Rating : 4.93. Coda Octopus Group ( CODA ), Quant Rating : 4.92. Orla Mining ( ORLA ), Quant Rating : 4.91. Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIG ( CIG ), Quant Rating : 4.89. Cibus ( CBUS ), Quant Rating : 4.85. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - ...
watch now VIDEO 6:56 06:56 Here's why more women are turning to skilled trades Markets and Politics Digital Original Video Mounting evidence points to opportunities in the skilled trades . And yet, these jobs remain largely a man's world. Despite higher salaries and increasingly valuable long-term employment prospects in the face of an artificial intelligence -driven white-collar jobs revolution, ...
watch now VIDEO 6:56 06:56 Here's why more women are turning to skilled trades Markets and Politics Digital Original Video Mounting evidence points to opportunities in the skilled trades . And yet, these jobs remain largely a man's world. Despite higher salaries and increasingly valuable long-term employment prospects in the face of an artificial intelligence -driven white-collar jobs revolution, women remain significantly underrepresented in the skilled trades, research shows. They make up just a fraction of the workforce in industries such as automotive technology, diesel mechanics, plumbing and carpentry. For example, women represented 3.1% each of carpenters and plumbers and 3.5% of electricians employed in the U.S. in 2025, according to the most recent occupational data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics . "We are not where we want to be with a diversified workforce, but we are seeing that number grow," said Ian Andrews, vice president of labor relations at the National Electrical Contractors Association, a trade group representing the electrical contracting industry. Two decades ago, only 1.9% of electricians in the U.S were women, government data shows. Overall, younger workers are increasingly pursuing careers in the skilled trades — with good reason. A shortage of skilled tradespeople has led to more job openings and higher pay among these career-driven pathways. But even as experienced workers age out of the field, young men are more likely to fill those spots. Some women have forged ahead anyway. More from Women and Wealth: Older women may inherit most of $54 trillion in spousal 'great wealth transfer' Couples often miss this 'overlooked tax break' for retirement savers: CFP Women and the K-shaped economy: Lower pay, affordability issues reduce spending Poor coordination can cost couples an average $14,000 in retirement wealth 93% of women are stressed about money. Building a cash reserve can help How to prepare for the ‘survivor’s penalty’ before a...
To many, the strategy would be unthinkable. But for almost two decades, a $60 billion wealth manager in Belgium has been shunning US Treasuries. Degroof Petercam Asset Management says Treasuries aren’t good enough for its flagship sustainable government bond fund because the US doesn’t score well enough on metrics like equality and democracy. More recently, however, what started as a niche strateg...
To many, the strategy would be unthinkable. But for almost two decades, a $60 billion wealth manager in Belgium has been shunning US Treasuries. Degroof Petercam Asset Management says Treasuries aren’t good enough for its flagship sustainable government bond fund because the US doesn’t score well enough on metrics like equality and democracy. More recently, however, what started as a niche strategy in a single fund has spilled into other parts of DPAM. And this time the concern isn’t sustainability, it’s the fear of financial losses. The decision to cut US Treasuries from other parts of the wealth manager’s portfolio was based “more on valuation than anything else,” says Ophelie Mortier , DPAM’s chief sustainability officer. Mortier, a 15-year veteran of sustainable investing, declined to provide details of how much the wealth manager has sold, citing compliance concerns. But she says she thinks it was probably a good move to cut back on US treasuries “in terms of valuation.” DPAM, which is majority-owned by France’s Credit Agricole SA , is the latest northern European investor to raise concerns over US government bonds as everything from fiscal bloat, to tariffs, and an erratic governance style in the White House leave their mark. Though such moves are a mere drop in the ocean in the context of the $30 trillion US government bond market, they’ve managed on occasion to catch the attention of top-level US cabinet members. In January, a little known pension fund based in Denmark — AkademikerPension — moved the market after letting it be known it was exiting a US Treasury portfolio worth just $100 million. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent , who was attending the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos at the time, sought to downplay the moment . “Denmark’s investments in US Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant,” he told reporters. Anders Schelde , the chief investment officer of AkademikerPension, framed the decision to exit in the context of th...
Israeli police have killed two young Palestinian brothers and their parents in the occupied West Bank, shooting all four in the head and face as the family returned from a Ramadan shopping trip. Mohammed, five, Othman, seven, who was blind and had special needs, their mother Waad Bani Odeh, 35, and father Ali Bani Odeh, 37, were driving through their hometown of Tamoun late on Saturday when Israel...
Israeli police have killed two young Palestinian brothers and their parents in the occupied West Bank, shooting all four in the head and face as the family returned from a Ramadan shopping trip. Mohammed, five, Othman, seven, who was blind and had special needs, their mother Waad Bani Odeh, 35, and father Ali Bani Odeh, 37, were driving through their hometown of Tamoun late on Saturday when Israeli forces opened fire. The killings came hours after Israeli settlers had shot and killed Amir Moatasem Odeh, 28, in Qusra south of Nablus. The attackers also stabbed his father, Moatasem Awda, who was taken to hospital in serious condition. There has been a surge of Israeli violence against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank since Israel and the US launched their war on Iran at the end of February. Over two weeks Israeli settlers have shot six civilians dead during invasions of Palestinian olive groves, villages and grazing land, and one man died after inhaling military-grade teargas used by the Israeli army. The attack on the Bani Odeh family brought the number of Palestinians killed to 11. Two brothers survived the shooting. Khaled, 11, the oldest of the siblings, said he had heard his mother crying and his father praying before they died. After the gunfire stopped, Israeli border police dragged him out of the wreckage, taunted him about the murders of his family and attacked him. One of the Israelis said “we killed dogs”, he told Reuters. The family had been in the nearby city of Nablus to buy clothes for the upcoming Eid festival, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Families often stay up late in a month when adults fast during daylight hours. “What did this family do? They went to buy Eid necessities, and to put a smile on those children’s faces,” said Mansour Abu Islam, a neighbour and cousin of Ali. “This is clear evidence that Palestinian lives have no value.” The gunmen were an undercover unit who were not in uniform and were drivi...
As the US and Israel's war with Iran enters its third week, a number of ships have been attacked as they attempt to navigate the narrow strait. There are also concerns that Iran has placed mines in the passage as part of its attempts to hinder shipping.
As the US and Israel's war with Iran enters its third week, a number of ships have been attacked as they attempt to navigate the narrow strait. There are also concerns that Iran has placed mines in the passage as part of its attempts to hinder shipping.
A Hong Kong researcher has called for stricter regulations and urged the public to use electronics more responsibly after a study found toxic pollutants from laptops, televisions and smartphones in the bodies and brains of endangered dolphins and porpoises that washed up on the city’s beaches. Yuhe He, an associate professor at City University of Hong Kong and one of the study’s authors, said he w...
A Hong Kong researcher has called for stricter regulations and urged the public to use electronics more responsibly after a study found toxic pollutants from laptops, televisions and smartphones in the bodies and brains of endangered dolphins and porpoises that washed up on the city’s beaches. Yuhe He, an associate professor at City University of Hong Kong and one of the study’s authors, said he was alarmed to find that liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) – the pollutants identified in the research – were capable of breaching the protective blood-brain barrier in dolphins, which is also found in humans and other animals. LCMs are synthetic, organic chemicals used to manufacture liquid-crystal display (LCD) screens for laptops, television and smartphones. Advertisement In the study, researchers from City University and mainland China analysed 63 samples from 16 Chinese white dolphins and 26 Indo-Pacific finless porpoises that died after being stranded on the city’s beaches between 2007 and 2021. The team performed tests on blubber, muscle, brain, liver and kidney tissues to look for 62 types of LCMs. Advertisement About 88 per cent of samples were found with detectable concentrations of LCMs, with the pollutants most concentrated in the blubber of dolphins and porpoises, followed by the muscles and brains.
gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Images I have been patiently waiting for a buying opportunity in Unity ( U ), and the apocalypse in software stocks has finally provided one. Sentiment is very low in software as investors appear concerned that AI-coded competition may emerge. I think investors have overestimated the threat to Unity, as game developers may be unlikely to switch away or work with platfo...
gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Images I have been patiently waiting for a buying opportunity in Unity ( U ), and the apocalypse in software stocks has finally provided one. Sentiment is very low in software as investors appear concerned that AI-coded competition may emerge. I think investors have overestimated the threat to Unity, as game developers may be unlikely to switch away or work with platforms without a long track record. Meanwhile, Unity is generating accelerating growth as it turns around its ad-tech segment. I am upgrading Unity to a buy rating. Unity Stock Price I last covered Unity in January , where I downgraded the stock to a sell due to an aggressive valuation. The stock has plunged around 50% since. Data by YCharts A lot of things can change upon a valuation reset, including expectations and the formation of a thesis. It’s time for an upgrade. Unity Stock Key Metrics Unity is a leading software company enabling 3D development. Gaming is a primary use case, but Unity also helps non-gaming use cases such as automobile design. In the most recent quarter, Unity generated $503 million in revenue, representing 10% YoY growth and exceeding guidance of between $480 million and $490 million. The company generated $125 million in adjusted EBITDA, representing a 25% margin and 200 bps of margin expansion. 2025 Q4 Press Release While the company remains unprofitable on a GAAP basis, it should be noted that the company generated a 37.4% increment in operating margin. This was once a perennial loss-maker, but I expect operating leverage to take hold moving forward. 2025 Q4 Press Release The company once again saw strength in its Grow Solutions segment, which is its ad-tech arm. Grow Solutions revenue jumped 11% YoY, exceeding guidance for 9.4% growth. The company’s AI-powered Vector product delivered “mid-teen sequential” growth and represented 56% of Grow Solutions revenue. The company has been intentionally reducing its legacy IronSource revenues in favor of the...
Are you looking for a great dividend-paying stock you can buy right now and hold on to indefinitely? Proven income-generating names like Coca-Cola and Duke Energy are always viable options. If you're looking for a name that's not only built to last but also built to seriously grow its dividend payment, however, consider something that's already well established in a young industry that's also pois...
Are you looking for a great dividend-paying stock you can buy right now and hold on to indefinitely? Proven income-generating names like Coca-Cola and Duke Energy are always viable options. If you're looking for a name that's not only built to last but also built to seriously grow its dividend payment, however, consider something that's already well established in a young industry that's also poised to grow -- a lot -- for the foreseeable future ... a name like Equinix (EQIX 0.16%). What's Equinix? It's not a household name. But there's a very good chance you or someone living in your household regularly benefits from its service. Equinix operates more than 270 data centers in 77 different locales, serving over 300 Fortune 500 companies. It did $9.2 billion worth of business last year, turning $1.35 billion of that into net income, and extending single-digit-but-steady growth that's been in place for nearly three decades now. Perhaps more relevant today, Equinix offers a whole lineup of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions like AI training (including inference), autonomous service agents, and more. This, of course, has been and should remain a major growth driver. An outlook from Precedence Research suggests the worldwide AI data center industry is poised to grow at an average annualized pace of more than 27% through 2035. Expand NASDAQ : EQIX Equinix Today's Change ( -0.16 %) $ -1.58 Current Price $ 969.89 Key Data Points Market Cap $95B Day's Range $ 963.50 - $ 982.87 52wk Range $ 701.41 - $ 992.90 Volume 24K Avg Vol 633K Gross Margin 31.50 % Dividend Yield 1.98 % However, this tailwind isn't the only reason you might want to consider stepping into this stock while its forward-looking dividend yield stands at 2.2%. It's not even the crux of the reason; 2.2% isn't an especially high yield anyway. Neither is its 11 consecutive years of per-share payment growth. Rather, Equinix is a compelling income prospect because it's structured in such a way that's ideal for t...
Key Points Contrary to a common assumption, not all dividend-paying investments are the same. One category of income investments is perfectly suited to capitalize on a crucial sliver of the AI revolution. This company has already more than proven its mettle as a reliable income payer, as well as a reliable dividend grower. 10 stocks we like better than Equinix › Are you looking for a great dividen...
Key Points Contrary to a common assumption, not all dividend-paying investments are the same. One category of income investments is perfectly suited to capitalize on a crucial sliver of the AI revolution. This company has already more than proven its mettle as a reliable income payer, as well as a reliable dividend grower. 10 stocks we like better than Equinix › Are you looking for a great dividend-paying stock you can buy right now and hold on to indefinitely? Proven income-generating names like Coca-Cola and Duke Energy are always viable options. If you're looking for a name that's not only built to last but also built to seriously grow its dividend payment, however, consider something that's already well established in a young industry that's also poised to grow -- a lot -- for the foreseeable future ... a name like Equinix (NASDAQ: EQIX). 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 » What's Equinix? It's not a household name. But there's a very good chance you or someone living in your household regularly benefits from its service. Equinix operates more than 270 data centers in 77 different locales, serving over 300 Fortune 500 companies. It did $9.2 billion worth of business last year, turning $1.35 billion of that into net income, and extending single-digit-but-steady growth that's been in place for nearly three decades now. Perhaps more relevant today, Equinix offers a whole lineup of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions like AI training (including inference), autonomous service agents, and more. This, of course, has been and should remain a major growth driver. An outlook from Precedence Research suggests the worldwide AI data center industry is poised to grow at an average annualized pace of more than 27% through 2035. However, this tailwind isn't the only reason you might want to con...
The Trump administration is expected to receive about $10 billion from investors involved in the deal that transferred control of TikTok’s U.S. operations from Chinese parent ByteDance ( BDNCE ) to a new American entity. The payment is part of the agreement allowing the social-media app to continue operating in the United States, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing, people familiar w...
The Trump administration is expected to receive about $10 billion from investors involved in the deal that transferred control of TikTok’s U.S. operations from Chinese parent ByteDance ( BDNCE ) to a new American entity. The payment is part of the agreement allowing the social-media app to continue operating in the United States, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing, people familiar with the transaction. The fee is separate from the capital investors contributed to establish the new company running the U.S. business. Backers of the deal include Oracle ( ORCL ), private-equity firm Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi investment group MGX. The group paid about $2.5 billion to the U.S. Treasury when the transaction closed in January and is expected to make additional payments that will bring the total to roughly $10 billion. When outlining the framework for the deal last year, Donald Trump indicated the U.S. government would receive compensation for facilitating the agreement, saying the government expected to collect a significant payment tied to the transaction. The fee is highly unusual in corporate dealmaking. Historians and deal advisers say governments rarely receive direct payments for helping structure private-sector transactions. JD Vance previously said the newly created U.S. TikTok entity is valued at about $14 billion. Some technology analysts argue the valuation understates the platform’s true worth. Under the agreement, the new company will still share profits with ByteDance ( BDNCE ), which licensed TikTok’s recommendation algorithm to the venture and retains a stake of roughly 20%. The deal was structured to comply with a U.S. law requiring TikTok’s American operations to reduce Chinese ownership or face a potential shutdown over national security concerns tied to the app’s access to user data. The payment tied to the TikTok transaction is part of a broader push by the administration to take a more direct role in corporate deals involving major U.S. ...
Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin won her record-equaling eighth World Cup slalom of the season on Sunday but her main rival in the overall standings was second to maintain pressure on the American star. Shiffrin dominated the last race before the World Cup finals in Norway to beat Germany’s Emma Aicher by 0.94 seconds, with Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener a second off the pace in third. “That was re...
Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin won her record-equaling eighth World Cup slalom of the season on Sunday but her main rival in the overall standings was second to maintain pressure on the American star. Shiffrin dominated the last race before the World Cup finals in Norway to beat Germany’s Emma Aicher by 0.94 seconds, with Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener a second off the pace in third. “That was really amazing. I was like pretty nervous, pretty excited, but in the end it was challenging to ski,” Shiffrin said. “I pushed really hard. Quite happy to get to the finish, too.” Second place marked the career-best result in slalom for Aicher, who in recent weeks has become a threat to Shiffrin’s quest for what would be the American’s record-equaling sixth overall title. With four events remaining – one race in each discipline – the German all-rounder trails leader Shiffrin by 140 points, with each race win worth 100 points. Shiffrin had lost five points of her advantage when she finished one spot behind Aicher in fifth in Saturday’s GS, before gaining 20 on her rival following Sunday’s win. Focusing on slalom and GS this season, and two starts in super-G, Shiffrin has amassed 1,286 points in total, including 880 from the slalom discipline. She already locked up her record ninth slalom globe in January, weeks before the Olympics. Aicher has gathered nine podiums this season across slalom, super-G and downhill, with three wins from the speed events. Shiffrin also won eight slaloms in the 2018-19 season, a feat previously only achieved by Croatian great Janica Kostelic 25 years ago. Shiffrin raised her career tally to 72 wins in slalom and 109 overall – both are World Cup records.
The average retired worker receives about $2,076 per month from Social Security, according to the most recent data from the Social Security Administration. This implies that the average married couple receives about $4,152 per month. However, some get more than this. Much more. In fact, it's possible for married couples retiring in 2026 to get as much as $10,362 per month from Social Security. Tha...
The average retired worker receives about $2,076 per month from Social Security, according to the most recent data from the Social Security Administration. This implies that the average married couple receives about $4,152 per month. However, some get more than this. Much more. In fact, it's possible for married couples retiring in 2026 to get as much as $10,362 per month from Social Security. That's more than $124,000 in inflation-protected retirement income. How married couples can get a six-figure income from Social Security alone As mentioned, the maximum Social Security benefit for someone retiring in 2026 is $10,362 per couple, or $5,181 for an individual. That's the most the current Social Security benefits formula can produce. To get this benefit amount: You must have worked at least 35 years (probably more). You must have earned more than the Social Security taxable maximum in every year($176,100 in 2025). You must wait until age 70 to start collecting Social Security benefits. The latter two are extremely uncommon. In any given year, about 6% of American workers earn at least the Social Security taxable maximum. Plus, the highest reputable estimate I've seen found that 8% of people wait until 70 to start collecting benefits. Here's the point. To get the maximum possible Social Security benefit, you'll need to do something for 35 years that only 6% of people do in any one year. And you'll need to combine that with another action that only 8% of people do. For a married couple to max out Social Security, both spouses must do these things. So, while a Social Security benefit of more than $124,000 per year is mathematically possible for a retired married couple, it is very rare.
Key Points Nebius is seeing huge demand for its computing platform. Several new locations are coming online in 2026 to handle the increased capacity. 10 stocks we like better than Nebius Group › Sometimes, major public companies own shares of other businesses. Nvidia is no exception, and it has a few notable artificial intelligence (AI) investments in its portfolio. From its fourth-quarter Form 13...
Key Points Nebius is seeing huge demand for its computing platform. Several new locations are coming online in 2026 to handle the increased capacity. 10 stocks we like better than Nebius Group › Sometimes, major public companies own shares of other businesses. Nvidia is no exception, and it has a few notable artificial intelligence (AI) investments in its portfolio. From its fourth-quarter Form 13F, we know that Nvidia owns five stocks, one of which is Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS). Nebius is an AI-first cloud computing provider that champions itself as providing the best available graphics processing units (GPUs) from Nvidia to run workloads on. Apparently, Nvidia believes that Nebius' business is good enough to invest in, and it owns nearly 1.19 million shares, valued at over $100 million today. 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 » After digging into the growth Nebius expects this year, I think it's a no-brainer investment, as it's expected to grow far faster than Nvidia. Nebius is quickly expanding to meet demand As mentioned above, Nebius is an AI-first cloud computing provider that offers a full-stack solution for clients to rent out and run AI workflows on. Because it's offering a full-stack solution, users have everything they need to start training and running AI models without any additional services. This is a highly attractive offering, and Nebius' platform has become popular among individual developers, as well as larger companies like Microsoft and Meta Platforms. At the end of 2025, Nebius operated seven different data centers, up from two in 2024. While it has rented out space from existing data centers, it plans to own the majority of data centers that come online in 2026. By the end of the year, they expect to be operational in 16 different locations. This huge expansion is nec...
Cotton And Stefanik Bill Targets CCP Ties In U.S. Military Trucking Submitted by American Truckers United , Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) have introduced the “Trucking Security and CCP Disclosure Act of 2026.” This legislation requires any carrier handling Department of War equipment to certify that neither it nor its subcontractors are owned, controlled by, or maintain ...
Cotton And Stefanik Bill Targets CCP Ties In U.S. Military Trucking Submitted by American Truckers United , Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) have introduced the “Trucking Security and CCP Disclosure Act of 2026.” This legislation requires any carrier handling Department of War equipment to certify that neither it nor its subcontractors are owned, controlled by, or maintain significant ties to entities on the Department of Defense’s list of Chinese military companies (section 1260H of the 2021 NDAA). American Truckers United applauds Senator Cotton for finally taking concrete action on an issue we have been aggressively raising throughout his home state of Arkansas and nationwide for the past two years. Our January Zero Hedge piece — “Watch: Migrant Chinese Trucker Caught With Trailer Load Of ‘Pu ing Gas’ For Teens” — laid bare how Beijing-linked networks exploit weak CDL enforcement. Social media footage in that report showed Chinese nationals crossing the southern border illegally, rapidly obtaining California commercial licenses, and operating heavy trucks across the country with minimal English proficiency, unverifiable backgrounds, and no meaningful oversight. 🚨NON-DOMICILE CDL DRIVER CAUGHT HAULING HIDDEN HAZMAT LOAD THRU ARKANSAS - AND ARKANSAS HIGHWAY POLICE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FAIL TO CHECK HIS IMMIGRATION STATUS A non-domiciled CDL driver, licensed in California—unable to speak English and appearing to speak Mandarin… pic.twitter.com/dS0Schd3a9 — American Truckers 🚛🦅 (@atutruckers) January 6, 2026 Cotton’s bill directly addresses the unacceptable risk of Communist China gaining visibility into U.S. military supply chains through these drivers. We welcome his focus on protecting sensitive defense cargo from foreign adversary exploitation. However, the legislation remains narrowly scoped. The danger extends far beyond Chinese nationals or military freight alone. American Truckers United has confirmed that thousands of illegal aliens n...
SimonSkafar/E+ via Getty Images I Believe CF Remains A "Buy" After Its YTD Rally I covered CF Industries Holdings, Inc. ( CF ) only once, in January 2023 , rating it as a "Buy" that I thought would reprice much higher from the price levels at the time. We had to wait for over 2 years to see CF really moving - the total return since that call is about 70%, in sync with the S&P 500's ( SP500 ) retur...
SimonSkafar/E+ via Getty Images I Believe CF Remains A "Buy" After Its YTD Rally I covered CF Industries Holdings, Inc. ( CF ) only once, in January 2023 , rating it as a "Buy" that I thought would reprice much higher from the price levels at the time. We had to wait for over 2 years to see CF really moving - the total return since that call is about 70%, in sync with the S&P 500's ( SP500 ) returns, actually, so I'd not call my 2023 bullish thesis very successful. Anyway, CF is back in the game - even among fertilizer stocks - as the quotes have gone up by over 67% on a YTD basis: Seeking Alpha, CF's main page Despite this massive YTD rally, I still see CF trading much higher, as the latest earnings revisions that followed CF's Q4 results release don't seem to fully reflect the upcoming earnings boost from higher prices and selling volumes. The stock is still mispriced for what's coming in the next quarters for the fertilizer market (and CF in particular), so I'm leaving my "Buy" rating with no changes today. Why Do I Think So? CF showed $1.87 billion in Q4 sales (+23% YoY) and ~$3.06 in adjusted EPS (+71% YoY), which is 4.87% and almost 24% above the analysts' consensus views for the quarter, respectively. The ongoing geopolitical uncertainty keeps pushing global average selling prices across all major nitrogen segments higher, and it's been a very bullish driver for CF's margins - on the gross profit level, the company's margin increased from 34.4% last year to 40.9% in Q4. So, even amid the planned turnarounds and the controlled shutdown of its Trinidad facility, CF has managed to get to a massive YoY gain on main financial metrics. And the supply/demand environment remains favorable for future operating leverage extensions, as far as I see it. CF's IR materials CF is a low-cost North American producer, so it's kind of isolated from the exponentially higher natural gas prices that CF's peers in Europe and Asia are experiencing at the moment because of the Middle...
Businessman Kareem Hassan Ali, who lives in the Parklands area of Nairobi, told the BBC that there was about 2m (6.5ft) of water outside his block of flats on Saturday night, although this had now subsided.
Businessman Kareem Hassan Ali, who lives in the Parklands area of Nairobi, told the BBC that there was about 2m (6.5ft) of water outside his block of flats on Saturday night, although this had now subsided.