Several members of a family were killed in fresh Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Thursday, health authorities said, as tensions between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah continue to escalate despite a ceasefire. Six people were killed in a strike south of the coastal city of Sidon in the morning, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. The dead included two children as well as their mother and father,...
Several members of a family were killed in fresh Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Thursday, health authorities said, as tensions between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah continue to escalate despite a ceasefire. Six people were killed in a strike south of the coastal city of Sidon in the morning, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. The dead included two children as well as their mother and father, it added. The state news agency NNA reported that the victims were a family displaced by the fighting. Advertisement NNA also reported that two people were killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting a motorcycle near the coastal city of Tyre. The Ministry of Health said one of the dead was a child. The victims were said to be Syrian nationals. Another strike was reported directly in the city of Sidon, where deaths and injuries were also reported. Exact casualty figures were not immediately available. Advertisement Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said nothing could justify the continued attacks targeting the southern regions of Tyre and Nabatiyeh, the destruction of their historic landmarks, or the threats against civilians.
The unwinding of the TV bundle was bad for cable companies, but Charter’s reassembling of a bundle of streaming services is helping it dig out and may ultimately be a money saver for consumers.
The unwinding of the TV bundle was bad for cable companies, but Charter’s reassembling of a bundle of streaming services is helping it dig out and may ultimately be a money saver for consumers.
The unlikely redemption story of New York Knicks owner James Dolan is underway. About a decade ago, in 2014 and 2017, ESPN ranked NBA owners using a panel of more than 200 people who contribute to its coverage of the league. While some owners rose in the rankings and others fell, one constant was Dolan. He ranked dead last both times . Here's a passage from ESPN's 2014 report : "To nobody's surpri...
The unlikely redemption story of New York Knicks owner James Dolan is underway. About a decade ago, in 2014 and 2017, ESPN ranked NBA owners using a panel of more than 200 people who contribute to its coverage of the league. While some owners rose in the rankings and others fell, one constant was Dolan. He ranked dead last both times . Here's a passage from ESPN's 2014 report : "To nobody's surprise, New York Knicks owner James Dolan came in at a distant 30th. In fact, there was a greater margin between Dolan and No. 29 (Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling) than between No. 29 and No. 21 (Philadelphia 76ers owner Joshua Harris)." Dolan earned his reputation with a mix of poor team performance, uninspired front office hiring, and a reputation as a thin-skinned dictator, including banning former player Charles Oakley from Madison Square Garden and using facial recognition technology to monitor fans. Underlying it all, many Knicks supporters felt Dolan was infuriatingly un-self aware or, at least, not empathetic to fans' plight. This was compounded by the song "Fix The Knicks," written and performed by Dolan and his band JD & The Straight Shot in 2011. The line, "Doing my best, yes, that's my promise. I check with my friends, call Isiah Thomas" drew audible gasps when performed in front of a live audience. Thomas's stints with the Knicks as both president of basketball operations and later head coach were filled with missteps . But a funny thing has started to happen in the past few years – Dolan has had a string of successful ventures and showcased keen decision making. Most notably, given his image, the Knicks will return to the NBA Finals next week for the first time since 1999 with a chance to win their first championship since 1973. The team's 11 straight playoff wins follow years of deliberate, shrewd team-building that strayed from the high-risk, instant gratification personnel moves that marked much of the Dolan era. Dolan's recent success goes beyond...
It is hard to find an artificial intelligence (AI) stock these days that investors would rate as a value stock, but Pagaya Technologies (PGY +4.72%) is one. AI stocks and value arenʻt mutually exclusive. It's just that most AI stocks are overvalued, not undervalued, given the hype surrounding them. But Pagaya has somehow avoided the hype, remaining just below the AI radar. It's stock trades at aro...
It is hard to find an artificial intelligence (AI) stock these days that investors would rate as a value stock, but Pagaya Technologies (PGY +4.72%) is one. AI stocks and value arenʻt mutually exclusive. It's just that most AI stocks are overvalued, not undervalued, given the hype surrounding them. But Pagaya has somehow avoided the hype, remaining just below the AI radar. It's stock trades at around $13 per share and has a trailing 12-month price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 11. But it has a forward P/E ratio of just 4, and its five-year price/earnings-to-growth (PEG) ratio barely registers at 0.03. In other words, Pagaya stock is trading like a deep value stock, but it has massive growth potential. Pagaya uses AI to place loans Pagaya is a fintech that uses AI to help banks and financial institutions process loans. But the company specializes in handling non-prime loan requests that have been passed on by banks. Rejected loan requests deemed too risky by the average bank are forwarded to Pagaya, which uses its AI-enabled platform to determine if an alternate lender can be found in its network. Pagaya is really the only company that specializes in this area, so it has carved out a growing niche. It makes most of its revenue through fees for placing these loans with lenders. Expand NASDAQ : PGY Pagaya Technologies Today's Change ( 4.72 %) $ 0.65 Current Price $ 14.29 Key Data Points Market Cap $1.1B Day's Range $ 13.33 - $ 14.38 52wk Range $ 10.40 - $ 44.99 Volume 1.8M Avg Vol 3.4M Gross Margin 39.37 % In the first quarter, it generated $317 million in revenue, up 10% year over year. Of that amount, $299 million, or 94%, came from fees. The rest was mostly from interest income. Its network volume rose by 9% in the quarter to $2.6 billion, fueled by growth in auto loans and point-of-sale loans, like those obtained through buy now, pay later (BNPL) companies. The point-of-sale loans are a rapidly growing part of its business and should continue to surge, as Pagaya just ...
Key Points Pagaya Technologies uses AI to handle loan requests for banks. The fintech is trading at low forward earnings. Wall Street analysts see big upside for this AI stock. 10 stocks we like better than Pagaya Technologies › It is hard to find an artificial intelligence (AI) stock these days that investors would rate as a value stock, but Pagaya Technologies (NASDAQ: PGY) is one. AI stocks and...
Key Points Pagaya Technologies uses AI to handle loan requests for banks. The fintech is trading at low forward earnings. Wall Street analysts see big upside for this AI stock. 10 stocks we like better than Pagaya Technologies › It is hard to find an artificial intelligence (AI) stock these days that investors would rate as a value stock, but Pagaya Technologies (NASDAQ: PGY) is one. AI stocks and value arenʻt mutually exclusive. It's just that most AI stocks are overvalued, not undervalued, given the hype surrounding them. But Pagaya has somehow avoided the hype, remaining just below the AI radar. It's stock trades at around $13 per share and has a trailing 12-month price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 11. But it has a forward P/E ratio of just 4, and its five-year price/earnings-to-growth (PEG) ratio barely registers at 0.03. 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 » In other words, Pagaya stock is trading like a deep value stock, but it has massive growth potential. Pagaya uses AI to place loans Pagaya is a fintech that uses AI to help banks and financial institutions process loans. But the company specializes in handling non-prime loan requests that have been passed on by banks. Rejected loan requests deemed too risky by the average bank are forwarded to Pagaya, which uses its AI-enabled platform to determine if an alternate lender can be found in its network. Pagaya is really the only company that specializes in this area, so it has carved out a growing niche. It makes most of its revenue through fees for placing these loans with lenders. In the first quarter, it generated $317 million in revenue, up 10% year over year. Of that amount, $299 million, or 94%, came from fees. The rest was mostly from interest income. Its network volume rose by 9% in the quarter to $2.6 billion, fueled by growt...
Federal Judge Given "Private Reprimand" After Holding Sexual Trysts In Chambers... And Then Lying About It Authored by Jonathan Turley, There is a bizarre controversy out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, where a federal judge has been reprimanded for engaging in repeated, loud sexual encounters during office hours in chambers with a police officer. While the judge li...
Federal Judge Given "Private Reprimand" After Holding Sexual Trysts In Chambers... And Then Lying About It Authored by Jonathan Turley, There is a bizarre controversy out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, where a federal judge has been reprimanded for engaging in repeated, loud sexual encounters during office hours in chambers with a police officer. While the judge lied to investigators and disrupted the work of court staff, the Eleventh Circuit decided to give only a “private reprimand” and to withhold the identity of the district court judge. However, legal sleuths have pieced together clues and identified one judge in Atlanta as the likely culprit. In February, the Judicial Council issued an order with a “private reprimand.” The order contained an array of details that law professor John Blackman analyzed with impressive research. While he admits that he cannot conclusively prove that she is the referenced judge, he declared that “there is only one judge who checks all of those boxes: District Court Judge Eleanor Ross .” Ironically, among the clues about the judge’s identity, the order mentions that the judge attended the “victory party for a District Attorney” in 2024, the night before “the judge’s summer interns’ first day.” The Georgia primary was on May 21, 2024, and the date coincides with the victory party for Fani Willis, who won the Democratic primary for Fulton County District Attorney. The irony would be crushing since Willis destroyed her own case against Trump and his associates after appointing an attorney with whom she had a sexual relationship. Putting the judge’s identity aside, I am more concerned with the Circuit’s conclusion that the judge should be left with a private, anonymous reprimand, given the astonishing scope of the misconduct found by the Judicial Council. The Court describes repeated sexual encounters during office hours that were so audible that clerks and staff were left in uncomfortable silence. The o...
Shares of Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. slumped the most in more than a year after a key regulator paused its review of their planned $72 billion merger , potentially delaying what would be the biggest rail deal ever. The US Surface Transportation Board accepted the companies’ merger application but said Thursday that further considerations would remain on hold until the companies...
Shares of Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. slumped the most in more than a year after a key regulator paused its review of their planned $72 billion merger , potentially delaying what would be the biggest rail deal ever. The US Surface Transportation Board accepted the companies’ merger application but said Thursday that further considerations would remain on hold until the companies submit additional required information. They have until July 27 to address matters “that are unclear or underdeveloped and require supplementation,” the board said. Union Pacific fell as much as 5.2% as of 1:28 p.m. in New York, while Norfolk Southern tumbled as much as 6.5%. Those marked the stocks’ largest intraday declines since April 2025. The STB asked the companies to submit additional information about issues including competition and benefits to the public, according to the board’s statement . US rules require rail mergers to show that a deal would serve the public interest and enhance competition, a step beyond merger requirements applied to other industries. The board’s decision further complicates a tie-up that has already drawn pushback from rival BNSF Railway Co. and concerns from some US lawmakers. The STB in March asked for additional information and documentation from the companies on issues such as the deal’s potential impact on competition. Read More: Rail Megadeal Faces Scrutiny in New Document Request by US The merger would create the largest network in North America with tracks across 43 states. The companies have said they expect the deal to close by next year.
The most memorable part of 007 First Light is something that’s typically pretty boring: the tutorial. In many games, you’re forced through a series of tedious lessons in how to play, presented in a way that feels disconnected from the story itself and at a plodding pace. But First Light does something different. Because the game is centered on a young James Bond, one who is just learning to be a s...
The most memorable part of 007 First Light is something that’s typically pretty boring: the tutorial. In many games, you’re forced through a series of tedious lessons in how to play, presented in a way that feels disconnected from the story itself and at a plodding pace. But First Light does something different. Because the game is centered on a young James Bond, one who is just learning to be a secret agent, the tutorial is structured like a training montage in a classic action movie. As months speed by, the game has a snappy supercut of Bond learning everything from firing a gun to parkouring across a building. But because it’s a game, these moments are also interactive, and you’re quickly learning the ropes alongside the character. It may seem like a small thing, but First Light’s tutorial is just the latest example of how blurry the lines between games, film, and television have become. Games aping cinematic traditions isn’t exactly a new phenomenon. The medium has been influenced by movies since its inception, whether it’s Donkey Kong pulling from classic monster movies or franchises like Uncharted and Ghost of Tsushima making movie-like experiences into something interactive. (Directors like Hideo Kojima love nothing more than squeezing Hollywood talent into their games.) But a game like First Light represents just how far this phenomenon has come. It’s not a movie tie-in, nor is it an approximation of a genre, like Uncharted is to Indiana Jones-style adventure movies. It’s a game-first iteration of one of film’s longest-running franchises. First Light isn’t some complete reinvention of action-adventure games. For the most part, it plays a lot like a cross between Hitman, an assassination franchise also made by First Light developer IO Interactive, and Uncharted, which is filled with action set pieces. But it also pulls from the world of film in smart ways. After an explosive opening section, you see a classic Bond intro credits sequence with a new song from L...
Eric Vishria, partner at Benchmark, joins to discuss the high demand for fast AI inference and to give his outlook for the physical AI space as companies navigate constrains around compute, from memory and power to chip bottlenecks. He joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)
Eric Vishria, partner at Benchmark, joins to discuss the high demand for fast AI inference and to give his outlook for the physical AI space as companies navigate constrains around compute, from memory and power to chip bottlenecks. He joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)
Heico (HEI +9.44%) (HEIA +0.00%) shocked the market with its second-quarter earnings report, and investors wasted no time in sending the stock higher by 10.7% at 1 p.m. today. Heico shocks the market Wall Street analyst upgrades and downgrades are usually a good way to gauge sentiment over a stock. In this case, Jefferies lowered its price target (but maintained its buy rating) from $400 to $375 i...
Heico (HEI +9.44%) (HEIA +0.00%) shocked the market with its second-quarter earnings report, and investors wasted no time in sending the stock higher by 10.7% at 1 p.m. today. Heico shocks the market Wall Street analyst upgrades and downgrades are usually a good way to gauge sentiment over a stock. In this case, Jefferies lowered its price target (but maintained its buy rating) from $400 to $375 in anticipation of the earnings report. The earnings report came in and blew away Wall Street expectations in both the Flight Support Group (FSG) and the Electronic Technologies Group (ETG). Jefferies responded by hiking its price target to $410. Expand NYSE : HEI Heico Today's Change ( 9.44 %) $ 29.22 Current Price $ 338.62 Key Data Points Market Cap $43B Day's Range $ 335.83 - $ 351.99 52wk Range $ 256.11 - $ 361.69 Volume 78.1K Avg Vol 688K Gross Margin 42.32 % Dividend Yield 0.08 % Skepticism ahead of the report was understandable, as a combination of soaring jet fuel prices, route closures in the Middle East, and airlines cutting capacity has led companies to lower estimates of flight departures. For example, GE Aerospace lowered its expectations for flight departures in 2026 to flat to low-single-digit growth from a previous estimate of mid-single-digit growth. Lower flight departures are an issue for Heico's FSG because it provides Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved aftermarket replacement parts, and fewer flight departures usually mean less aftermarket demand. However, Heico reported no weakness in its end markets, with FSG sales coming in at $929 million, above the pre-earnings consensus of $864 million, and ETG sales at $460 million, above the pre-earnings consensus of $396 million. All consensus figures courtesy of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Where next for Heico Discussing the outlook for commercial aerospace on the earnings call, CEO Victor Mendelson took the view that "while short-term shocks like the current just war might create short-term dis...
Anthropic is trying to build the world’s most powerful AI while convincing governments and customers it can be trusted, explains Bloomberg Opinion columnist Parmy Olson. (Source: Bloomberg)
Anthropic is trying to build the world’s most powerful AI while convincing governments and customers it can be trusted, explains Bloomberg Opinion columnist Parmy Olson. (Source: Bloomberg)
The S&P 500 and a related fund, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY), have vaulted 28% over the past year, the household ledger sitting beneath that rally on Wall Street tells a far more unsettling story. The U.S. Personal Savings Rate declined to 2.6% in April, the lowest reading since April 2008, according to Creative ... The Average American Savings Rate Plunged to 2.6%. Every Time It’s Fallen T...
The S&P 500 and a related fund, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY), have vaulted 28% over the past year, the household ledger sitting beneath that rally on Wall Street tells a far more unsettling story. The U.S. Personal Savings Rate declined to 2.6% in April, the lowest reading since April 2008, according to Creative ... The Average American Savings Rate Plunged to 2.6%. Every Time It’s Fallen This Low the Market Crashed.
Scientists have long known that migrating birds and homing pigeons navigate in part by sensing the Earth's magnetic fields, especially at night or in overcast conditions when visual landmarks or sunshine are in short supply. But exactly where this magneto-sensing occurs in the body—and the mechanism that enables it—remains a matter of intense debate. A new paper published in the journal Science su...
Scientists have long known that migrating birds and homing pigeons navigate in part by sensing the Earth's magnetic fields, especially at night or in overcast conditions when visual landmarks or sunshine are in short supply. But exactly where this magneto-sensing occurs in the body—and the mechanism that enables it—remains a matter of intense debate. A new paper published in the journal Science suggests that homing pigeons have iron-rich immune cells in their livers that help them detect magnetic fields and transmit that information to the brain. There are three primary hypotheses for how birds might sense Earth's geomagnetic field. One is a compass-like mechanism, whereby the Earth exerts a pull on magnetic particles in a bird's upper beak that relays directional information via a large nerve in the cranium. A second is that it happens biologically via cellular ion channels sensitive to voltage, enabling birds to sense changes in the magnetic field. And a third suggests that physical effects on retinal pigments enable birds to detect photons and send signals to the brain, although this mechanism is really only viable in the light. None fully explain how animals can sense magnetic fields. However, “We had some clues that the liver and spleen have magnetic properties, because they break down red blood cells and so store much iron in the body,” said co-author Clivia Lisowski of the University of Bonn and the University Hospital Bonn. This refers to a 2015 paper suggesting that red pulp macrophages in the spleens of mice and humans are intrinsically superparamagnetic and hence more sensitive to magnetic fields. But it wasn't clear if those properties were involved in any kind of magnetoreception. Read full article Comments
The following companies are expected to report earnings after hours on 05/28/2026. Visit our Earnings Calendar for a full list of expected earnings releases. Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)is reporting for the quarter ending May 31, 2026. The discount retail company's consensus earnings per share forecast from the 13 analysts that follow the stock is $4.91. This value represents a 14.72% incre...
The following companies are expected to report earnings after hours on 05/28/2026. Visit our Earnings Calendar for a full list of expected earnings releases. Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)is reporting for the quarter ending May 31, 2026. The discount retail company's consensus earnings per share forecast from the 13 analysts that follow the stock is $4.91. This value represents a 14.72% increase compared to the same quarter last year. In the past year COST has beat the expectations every quarter. The highest one was in the 1st calendar quarter where they beat the consensus by 0.66%. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2026 Price to Earnings ratio for COST is 49.37 vs. an industry ratio of 26.10, implying that they will have a higher earnings growth than their competitors in the same industry. Dell Technologies Inc. (DELL)is reporting for the quarter ending April 30, 2026. The computer company's consensus earnings per share forecast from the 5 analysts that follow the stock is $2.79. This value represents a 97.87% increase compared to the same quarter last year. DELL missed the consensus earnings per share in the 2nd calendar quarter of 2025 by -6%. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2027 Price to Earnings ratio for DELL is 25.01 vs. an industry ratio of -26.40, implying that they will have a higher earnings growth than their competitors in the same industry. Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK)is reporting for the quarter ending April 30, 2026. The internet software company's consensus earnings per share forecast from the 7 analysts that follow the stock is $2.12. This value represents a 46.21% increase compared to the same quarter last year. ADSK missed the consensus earnings per share in the 2nd calendar quarter of 2025 by -3.33%. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2027 Price to Earnings ratio for ADSK is 25.35 vs. an industry ratio of -272.00, implying that they will have a higher earnings growth than their competitors in the same industry. NetApp, I...
Prison calling service Pay Tel has secured a publicly exposed cloud server storing hundreds of thousands of driver’s licenses and other sensitive information about people who used its services, according to a cybersecurity firm that alerted the company to the security lapse. Security researchers with UpGuard said in a blog post that they identified a Microsoft Azure-hosted storage server hosting a...
Prison calling service Pay Tel has secured a publicly exposed cloud server storing hundreds of thousands of driver’s licenses and other sensitive information about people who used its services, according to a cybersecurity firm that alerted the company to the security lapse. Security researchers with UpGuard said in a blog post that they identified a Microsoft Azure-hosted storage server hosting at least 300,000 driver license scans and other government-issued identity documents belonging to Pay Tel. The server was unprotected without a password, allowing the data inside to be accessible from the web. Pay Tel provides tablets and other communication devices to prisons across much of the United States for inmates to receive calls. Customers signing up to Pay Tel have to provide a copy of their identification documents and a profile photo before they can use the service, which UpGuard said were exposed. The security researchers said inmate communications, including text messages, handwritten notes, and financial records, were also exposed as a result of the security lapse. UpGuard said it alerted Pay Tel on May 7 after determining that the company managed the server, and followed up days later before it was secured. Pay Tel has not yet acknowledged the security incident. The data exposure at Pay Tel is the latest example in recent months of tech companies leaving people’s highly sensitive documents on the open web for anyone to find. TechCrunch has reported on this recurring problem of companies often misconfiguring their systems or falling below cybersecurity best practices, and as a result, allowing anyone on the internet to view their customers’ personal information. UpGuard said many of the user-uploaded photos also contained the precise real-world location of where the images were taken; in some cases, granular enough to identify someone’s home address. This is Pay Tel’s second known security lapse in as many years, following a ransomware attack in June 2025. Pay...
Palantir Technologies (PLTR +6.89%) and Oracle (ORCL +6.45%) are both benefiting from the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. Palantir is growing much faster and is seeing rapid adoption of its Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP). Oracle is growing more slowly, but its huge cloud backlog and aggressive AI infrastructure build-out give investors a very different kind of AI opportunity. Which is b...
Palantir Technologies (PLTR +6.89%) and Oracle (ORCL +6.45%) are both benefiting from the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. Palantir is growing much faster and is seeing rapid adoption of its Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP). Oracle is growing more slowly, but its huge cloud backlog and aggressive AI infrastructure build-out give investors a very different kind of AI opportunity. Which is better? Palantir's revenue rose 85% year over year in the first quarter of 2026 to $1.6 billion, while U.S. commercial revenue surged 133% to $595 million. The company's adjusted operating margin was a solid 60%, while its adjusted free cash flow margin was 57%. Palantir also recorded a net dollar retention rate of 150%, highlighting its success in expanding spend from existing customers. AIP is also increasingly being used for core business operations, making Palantir's growth look more durable than a short-term AI hype cycle. Expand NASDAQ : PLTR Palantir Technologies Today's Change ( 6.89 %) $ 9.13 Current Price $ 141.64 Key Data Points Market Cap $318B Day's Range $ 133.00 - $ 142.48 52wk Range $ 118.93 - $ 207.52 Volume 1.7M Avg Vol 46M Gross Margin 84.07 % But the company's expensive valuation of nearly 153.9 times earnings and 62.7 times sales leaves little room for any execution missteps. Oracle is growing at a slower pace, but is also trading at a more reasonable valuation of around 34.7 times earnings and 8.7 times sales. Analysts expect the company's revenue to grow around 20% year over year to $19.1 billion in fiscal 2026's Q4. In fiscal Q3, revenue rose 21.7% year over year, while adjusted operating margin was 43%. The remaining performance obligations also jumped 325% to $553 billion, giving the company unusually strong visibility into future AI cloud demand. Expand NYSE : ORCL Oracle Today's Change ( 6.45 %) $ 12.31 Current Price $ 203.27 Key Data Points Market Cap $549B Day's Range $ 193.34 - $ 204.31 52wk Range $ 134.57 - $ 345.72 Volume 837K Avg Vol 26.7M G...