Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity School pupils will learn how to plant a wildflower-friendly garden, according to long-awaited plans announced on Thursday for a natural history GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Campaigners have for more than a decade called for the study of biodiversity loss and global heating to...
Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity School pupils will learn how to plant a wildflower-friendly garden, according to long-awaited plans announced on Thursday for a natural history GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Campaigners have for more than a decade called for the study of biodiversity loss and global heating to be introduced as a dedicated subject in classrooms across the country, but despite a curriculum being previously drawn up, its launch has faced repeated delays . Continue reading...
For much of the reform era, the United States occupied a special place in the Chinese imagination. When I was growing up in China in the 1980s, the US – or meiguo, the “beautiful country” – was more than a country. It was an idea. Many Chinese, myself included, associated it with prosperity, freedom, scientific innovation and a functioning democracy. Even those who disagreed with American foreign ...
For much of the reform era, the United States occupied a special place in the Chinese imagination. When I was growing up in China in the 1980s, the US – or meiguo, the “beautiful country” – was more than a country. It was an idea. Many Chinese, myself included, associated it with prosperity, freedom, scientific innovation and a functioning democracy. Even those who disagreed with American foreign policy often admired its institutions and power. That admiration survived many shocks: the Belgrade...
Shares of enterprise software giant Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) fell 12.6% in the morning session after it reported results that beat on almost every metric but disclosed a capital spending commitment that alarmed investors focused on free cash flow and dilution.
Shares of enterprise software giant Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) fell 12.6% in the morning session after it reported results that beat on almost every metric but disclosed a capital spending commitment that alarmed investors focused on free cash flow and dilution.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), an enterprise software and cloud services provider, closed Thursday at $184.10, down 8.53%. The stock dropped after its fiscal Q4 earnings beat was overshadowed by guidance for sharply higher AI-related capital spending and negative free cash flow. Trading vol
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), an enterprise software and cloud services provider, closed Thursday at $184.10, down 8.53%. The stock dropped after its fiscal Q4 earnings beat was overshadowed by guidance for sharply higher AI-related capital spending and negative free cash flow. Trading vol
SUBSCRIBE TO CNBC'S "POWER INSIDER NEWSLETTER POWER POINT What I'm hearing from energy insiders If you want to know where oil prices are going next, there is perhaps no better place to be than the Global Energy Forum in Washington, DC this week. Hosted by the Atlantic Council, the event is fantastic, with a unique global macro focus that includes more than 1,000 attendees from 85 countries. The fo...
SUBSCRIBE TO CNBC'S "POWER INSIDER NEWSLETTER POWER POINT What I'm hearing from energy insiders If you want to know where oil prices are going next, there is perhaps no better place to be than the Global Energy Forum in Washington, DC this week. Hosted by the Atlantic Council, the event is fantastic, with a unique global macro focus that includes more than 1,000 attendees from 85 countries. The forum gives us an opportunity to speak with the women and men running energy companies and policies around the world. I had the privilege of having many great conversations, chats, and meetings. A few of those were off the record. But we also had two decidedly on -the-record conversations with both Energy Secretary Chris Wright and TWG Global partner and former Biden energy bigwig Amos Hochstein. The current Secretary of Energy made some news with us to kick things off at the Forum. In our chat, Secretary Chris Wright confirmed that ship traffic in and around the Strait of Hormuz is rising. I pressed him a touch more on the topic, and he answered with, "I would say [ship traffic] is rising very meaningfully." That's not many words, but it was enough words to move a few billion dollars in oil futures. Oil immediately dropped once the headlines from our conversation hit the wires, and CNBC ran a big story on it. The next day, President Trump made an even larger splash, commenting that the power of the U.S. Navy is helping a growing number of ships pass safely through the Strait. He posted to his social media account: Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards As with many of the President's remarks, the comments are attracting attention. Draw your own conclusions, but based on what I know, here's my take: First, the "200 ships" number will be higher than many estimates you see elsewhere. Before you automatically discount it, however, keep in mind that it is nearly impossible for anyone without access to military data or expensive satellite data to know exactly how many ships have go...
SpaceX has made history with the largest IPO ever, pricing shares at $135 each and raising $75 billion. Dan Ives, Global Head of Technology Research at Wedbush Securities, discussed the overwhelming demand for the offering, which Bloomberg reports is four times oversubscribed, including $100 billion in retail orders and significant institutional interest such as a $5 billion order from BlackRock. ...
SpaceX has made history with the largest IPO ever, pricing shares at $135 each and raising $75 billion. Dan Ives, Global Head of Technology Research at Wedbush Securities, discussed the overwhelming demand for the offering, which Bloomberg reports is four times oversubscribed, including $100 billion in retail orders and significant institutional interest such as a $5 billion order from BlackRock. He speaks with Romaine Bostick & Katie Greifeld on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
Maris-Tech ( MTEK ) said Thursday it received a conditional compliance determination from Nasdaq, which found the company currently meets the exchange's minimum stockholders' equity requirement for continued listing. Nasdaq said it will continue monitoring compliance and warned the company's securities could face delisting proceedings if it fails to satisfy the requirement when it files financial ...
Maris-Tech ( MTEK ) said Thursday it received a conditional compliance determination from Nasdaq, which found the company currently meets the exchange's minimum stockholders' equity requirement for continued listing. Nasdaq said it will continue monitoring compliance and warned the company's securities could face delisting proceedings if it fails to satisfy the requirement when it files financial statements for the six months ending June 30, 2026. The stock closed 8% higher at $1.34 on Thursday. More on Maris-Tech Maris-Tech secures additional order for intelligence-gathering solutions Financial information for Maris-Tech
Getty Images When Nike, Inc. ( NKE ) reports fiscal fourth quarter results on June 30 , the market will be looking for evidence that the worst is over. Here is the strange part: management has already told everyone it is not. On the third quarter call, Nike guided fourth quarter revenue down 2 to 4 percent, while Wall Street consensus at the time sat at positive 1.9 percent . Greater China, once t...
Getty Images When Nike, Inc. ( NKE ) reports fiscal fourth quarter results on June 30 , the market will be looking for evidence that the worst is over. Here is the strange part: management has already told everyone it is not. On the third quarter call, Nike guided fourth quarter revenue down 2 to 4 percent, while Wall Street consensus at the time sat at positive 1.9 percent . Greater China, once the engine of the growth story, is expected to decline around 20 percent as the company accelerates its marketplace cleanup. CFO Matthew Friend also flagged roughly 300 basis points of gross margin pressure from higher U.S. tariffs, a headwind he said persists into the first quarter of fiscal 2027, with margin expansion not arriving until later that year. So the company says revenue is falling, China is getting cut by a fifth, and margins are compressed for at least two more quarters. And the sell side's answer to all of that is a Buy rating and a $60 target. One of these two parties is wrong, and only one of them has seen the order book. A Normal Multiple On A Broken Denominator Start with what you are actually paying. At about $44, Nike trades at roughly 29 times trailing earnings and about 27 times forward earnings . Bulls will tell you that it is reasonable for Nike, and on the surface, they are right. The five-year median multiple is about 29.5 times , so today's price is not a premium to history. It is dead in line with it. That is exactly the problem. A normal multiple is only normal if the earnings underneath it are normal, and Nike's are anything but. Fiscal 2025 revenue fell 9.8 percent to $46.3 billion , and diluted EPS dropped 42 percent, from $3.73 to $2.16. The trailing twelve months sit near $1.52, which is down almost 60 percent from the fiscal 2024 peak. The market cap is about $66 billion. Put those pieces together, and the arithmetic gets uncomfortable. Paying 29 times depressed earnings is not the same as paying 29 times normal earnings. It is a bet that ...
RH (RH) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +7.59% and +1.10%, respectively, for the quarter ended April 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
RH (RH) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +7.59% and +1.10%, respectively, for the quarter ended April 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
One of the quieter stock winners this year has been Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) , the maker of clog shoes. The footwear stock is up nearly 50% on the year and recently received an analyst upgrade from Baird. Baird analyst Jonathan Komp took his rating of Crocs from "neutral" to "outperform," while raising his price target from $115 to $150. Komp noted that he has more confidence that the Crocs brand is s...
One of the quieter stock winners this year has been Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) , the maker of clog shoes. The footwear stock is up nearly 50% on the year and recently received an analyst upgrade from Baird. Baird analyst Jonathan Komp took his rating of Crocs from "neutral" to "outperform," while raising his price target from $115 to $150. Komp noted that he has more confidence that the Crocs brand is starting to recover in North America, and that its HeyDude brand is making progress. The analyst believes that the actions the company took to clean up Croc inventory and cut promotions last year, along with product innovation, are starting to result in improved sales. Meanwhile, he thinks that HeyDude is finally starting to get past the inventory issues that have plagued the brand. Continue reading
champc/iStock via Getty Images Pessimism among individual investors about the short-term outlook for stocks increased in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. Meanwhile, optimism and neutral sentiment decreased. Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, decreased 5.9 percentage points to 30.4%. Bullish sentiment is below its historical average of 37.5% for t...
champc/iStock via Getty Images Pessimism among individual investors about the short-term outlook for stocks increased in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. Meanwhile, optimism and neutral sentiment decreased. Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, decreased 5.9 percentage points to 30.4%. Bullish sentiment is below its historical average of 37.5% for the fourth consecutive week. Neutral sentiment, expectations that stock prices will stay essentially unchanged over the next six months, decreased 4.8 percentage points to 22.0%. Neutral sentiment is unusually low and is below its historical average of 31.5% for the 99th time in 101 weeks. Bearish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will fall over the next six months, increased 10.7 percentage points to 47.7%. Bearish sentiment is unusually high and is above its historical average of 31.0% for the 18th consecutive week. The bull-bear spread (bullish minus bearish sentiment) decreased 16.6 percentage points to –17.3%. The bull-bear spread is unusually low for the first time since March and is below its historical average of 6.5% for the 17th time in 18 weeks. This week’s special question asked AAII members if there is a bubble in stocks related to artificial intelligence ( AI ). Here is how they responded: Yes, there is a bubble in AI-related stocks: 36.3% Some, but not all, AI-related stocks are too expensively valued: 51.5% No, there isn't a bubble in AI-related stocks: 7.4% Not sure/no opinion: 4.9% This week’s Sentiment Survey results: Bullish: 30.4%, down 5.9 percentage points Neutral: 22.0%, down 4.8 percentage points Bearish: 47.7%, up 10.7 percentage points Historical averages: Bullish: 37.5% Neutral: 31.5% Bearish: 31.0% The AAII Sentiment Survey has been conducted weekly since July 1987.
Welcome back to Canada Daily, the newsletter on business, economics and politics from Vancouver to Montreal and beyond. If this was forwarded to you, sign up . As political metaphors go, it’s a bit on the nose. The Gordie Howe International Bridge, named for the legendary Canadian Detroit Red Wings player, was due to have its opening celebrated on Friday. Conceived more than a decade ago, the cros...
Welcome back to Canada Daily, the newsletter on business, economics and politics from Vancouver to Montreal and beyond. If this was forwarded to you, sign up . As political metaphors go, it’s a bit on the nose. The Gordie Howe International Bridge, named for the legendary Canadian Detroit Red Wings player, was due to have its opening celebrated on Friday. Conceived more than a decade ago, the crossing is a 1.5-mile, six-lane manifestation in concrete and steel of the immutable ties between the US and Canada. But the ribbon-cutting was canceled after the US and Canada were apparently unable to resolve issues raised by President Donald Trump. Construction began in Trump’s first term. He celebrated it as a new “vital economic link between our two countries.” A Truth Social post from the president in February showed it had become another lightning rod for the president’s growing list of complaints about Canada. Canada paid for the C$6.4 billion ($4.6 billion) Detroit-to-Windsor bridge to bring one of the continent’s busiest trucking corridors into the 21st century. Ontario Trucking Association President Stephen Laskowski told me it will save his members from crawling through 10 traffic lights in downtown Windsor to get to and from the Ambassador Bridge. The Gordie Howe directly connects to highways, saving truckers time and tens of thousands of dollars in monthly fees they currently pay to the owners of the 97-year-old Ambassador (who have lobbied against their new rival). Trump said in February he wants the US to own “at least one half” of this asset — the existing deal does in fact gives the state of Michigan 50% ownership — and for the US to be “fully compensated for everything we have given” Canada. Michigan is also set to share the toll revenue once Canada has recouped its construction costs. But US Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra elaborated in April on Trump’s complaints by saying it’s not clear if that revenue will ever actually get split, partly due to lower ...
The Precision Peptide Company (CSE: BPC) ( OTCQB: PNGAF ) on Thursday said it plans to undertake a non-brokered private placement of between 3 million and 4 million common shares at $0.50 per share, seeking gross proceeds of between $1.5 million and $2 million. The company said the offering will be conducted under Canada's listed issuer financing exemption and is open to investors resident in Cana...
The Precision Peptide Company (CSE: BPC) ( OTCQB: PNGAF ) on Thursday said it plans to undertake a non-brokered private placement of between 3 million and 4 million common shares at $0.50 per share, seeking gross proceeds of between $1.5 million and $2 million. The company said the offering will be conducted under Canada's listed issuer financing exemption and is open to investors resident in Canadian provinces except Quebec. Precision Peptide said it intends to use the net proceeds for working capital, business development, marketing initiatives, and inventory procurement. The offering is expected to close on or about June 25, subject to required approvals and other customary conditions. Source: Press Release More on The Precision Peptide Company Inc. Financial information for The Precision Peptide Company Inc.
Baloncici/iStock via Getty Images Nintech Mould Factory Is Growing, But Margins Are Falling Nintech Mould Factory Inc. ( NTMJ ) has filed to raise $28 million in a U.S. IPO, per an F-1 registration statement . The company manufactures customized molds and injection molding products in China. While topline revenue has grown, it hasn’t translated into improving margins, and the IPO appears excessive...
Baloncici/iStock via Getty Images Nintech Mould Factory Is Growing, But Margins Are Falling Nintech Mould Factory Inc. ( NTMJ ) has filed to raise $28 million in a U.S. IPO, per an F-1 registration statement . The company manufactures customized molds and injection molding products in China. While topline revenue has grown, it hasn’t translated into improving margins, and the IPO appears excessively priced, considering the risks. So, my outlook on the NTMJ IPO is to sell (avoid it). What Does Nintech Do? Taizhou, China-based Nintech designs and sells custom molds and injection molding products to a range of manufacturers in China. The firm counts customers in the industries of consumer electronics, home appliances, automobiles, and pressure die casting manufacturers. Nintech has more recently begun selling in South Korea and India. The company's revenue contribution by product type and region is shown in the pie charts here: SEC NTMJ is led by founder and Chairman Mr. Changxuan Wang, who founded the company in 2012. Investors have invested a fair market value of $4.1 million in the company to date and include UltraForm Mould Co. (controlled by founder and chairman Wang), MouldTech, and Highca Company. What Is Nintech's Market? Nintech operates in the global injection molding machine market, which was an estimated $17.3 billion in 2025 and was forecast to reach $25.5 billion by 2033. If this forecast is accurate, it would represent a CAGR of 5.0% from 2026 to 2033, a modest growth rate. In 2026, the Asia Pacific market accounted for the largest share by region, at 39.7% of the global total market size. The market is expected to grow due to continued need for lightweight materials in the automotive and electronics sectors and technological innovation in vending machines that improve efficiency and reduce energy consumption. The chart below shows the historical and projected growth trajectory of the injection molding machine market by material, from 2023 to 2033: Grand...
Shares of Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) popped on Thursday after the online personal styling service delivered quarterly results that exceeded investors' projections. Image source: Getty Images. Stitch Fix's ret revenue rose 4.7% year over year to $340 million in its fiscal 2026 third quarter, which ended on May 2. Continue reading
Shares of Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) popped on Thursday after the online personal styling service delivered quarterly results that exceeded investors' projections. Image source: Getty Images. Stitch Fix's ret revenue rose 4.7% year over year to $340 million in its fiscal 2026 third quarter, which ended on May 2. Continue reading