Patagonia has launched a trademark lawsuit against an environmentalist drag queen named Pattie Gonia, who has accused the outdoor clothing company of “trying to erase an activist”. Wyn Wiley, who performs as Pattie Gonia, has accumulated millions of followers online for their environmental activism, raising almost $4m for non-profits so far. Last year they raised $1m while hiking 100 miles in full...
Patagonia has launched a trademark lawsuit against an environmentalist drag queen named Pattie Gonia, who has accused the outdoor clothing company of “trying to erase an activist”. Wyn Wiley, who performs as Pattie Gonia, has accumulated millions of followers online for their environmental activism, raising almost $4m for non-profits so far. Last year they raised $1m while hiking 100 miles in full drag from Point Reyes national seashore to San Francisco. Patagonia, which takes its name from an enormous geographical region spanning Argentina and Chile, filed its trademark infringement lawsuit against Wiley on 21 January. The suit was filed to the federal court in Los Angeles. The company, which is suing Wiley for a “nominal” $1 in damages plus legal fees, said that it took action after Wiley filed a trademark application in September to use the brand Pattie Gonia to sell clothing and promote environmental activism, which it claims would “irreparably harm” its brand. “While we wish we didn’t have to do this – and actively engaged with Pattie for several years to avoid this – it has become necessary to protect the brand we have spent the last 50 years building,” the company said in January. “We want Pattie to have a long and successful career and make progress on issues that matter – but in a way that respects Patagonia’s intellectual property and ability to use our brand to sell products and advocate for the environment.” On Wednesday, Wiley responded to the lawsuit publicly for the first time in a video on Instagram, and shared a letter they have sent to Patagonia’s board of directors asking them to drop the legal action. “This is a betrayal of Patagonia’s core mission. Because if they’re ‘in business to save the home planet’, why are they suing a climate activist?” Wiley said. “Over the last four months since the lawsuit was filed, I have stayed silent and worked every channel I had to resolve this without going to court. But in the end, I had two choices. The erasu...
If you are wondering whether QUALCOMM at US$233.40 still offers value or if you may be arriving late to the story, this article breaks down what the current price may imply. The stock has posted returns of 15.3% over the past 7 days, 55.3% over 30 days, 34.9% year to date, 61.8% over 1 year, 118.8% over 3 years and 93.6% over 5 years, which is likely to influence how investors think about both ups...
If you are wondering whether QUALCOMM at US$233.40 still offers value or if you may be arriving late to the story, this article breaks down what the current price may imply. The stock has posted returns of 15.3% over the past 7 days, 55.3% over 30 days, 34.9% year to date, 61.8% over 1 year, 118.8% over 3 years and 93.6% over 5 years, which is likely to influence how investors think about both upside and risk. Recent coverage has focused on QUALCOMM's position in semiconductors and wireless technology, including its role in supplying key components for mobile devices and connected hardware. This attention provides useful context for assessing whether the current share price lines up with the underlying business profile. QUALCOMM holds a , which suggests there is more to unpack by comparing different methods such as P/E, cash flow based models and peer multiples. Later in the article you will see how these tools can be combined with an even richer way of thinking about value. Advertisement Approach 1: QUALCOMM Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Analysis A Discounted Cash Flow, or DCF, model estimates what a stock could be worth today by projecting future cash flows and then discounting them back to a single present value. For QUALCOMM, the model used is a 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity approach, based on Free Cash Flow of about $12.9b over the last twelve months. Analyst and extrapolated projections suggest Free Cash Flow of $12.0b in 2026 and $14.1b by 2030, with Simply Wall St extending the projections beyond the analyst horizon. After discounting each of these annual cash flows back to today using the model assumptions, the DCF output indicates an estimated intrinsic value of about $156.37 per share. Compared with the current share price of $233.40, the DCF suggests QUALCOMM is around 49.3% above this model estimate of fair value, which points to a rich valuation on this specific cash flow view. Result: OVERVALUED Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests QUALCOM...
LG Energy Solution Vertech, the U.S. energy storage division of LG Energy Solution, will deliver 1.5 GW/6 GWh of battery energy storage systems to DTE Energy over a two-year period. The projects will use battery cells manufactured in Michigan and at other facilities in the United States and Canada. The companies said all eight projects will meet domestic content requirements. The systems are desig...
LG Energy Solution Vertech, the U.S. energy storage division of LG Energy Solution, will deliver 1.5 GW/6 GWh of battery energy storage systems to DTE Energy over a two-year period. The projects will use battery cells manufactured in Michigan and at other facilities in the United States and Canada. The companies said all eight projects will meet domestic content requirements. The systems are designed to store power when generation exceeds demand and discharge electricity during peak demand periods, helping DTE reduce grid strain and improve reliability. The deal comes as utilities across the United States are expanding battery storage to manage rising electricity demand, renewable generation, and grid volatility. In Michigan, DTE is also preparing for new load growth from data centers, including Oracle’s planned data center in Saline Township. DTE said the battery systems funded through the Oracle contract would be sufficient on their own to meet the utility’s share of Michigan’s 2030 clean energy standard for battery storage. The agreement also reinforces Michigan’s role in the North American battery supply chain, with LG Energy Solution tying the storage rollout to domestic manufacturing and job creation. By Charles Kennedy for Oilprice.com More Top Reads From Oilprice.com Oilprice Intelligence brings you the signals before they become front-page news. This is the same expert analysis read by veteran traders and political advisors. Get it free, twice a week, and you'll always know why the market is moving before everyone else. You get the geopolitical intelligence, the hidden inventory data, and the market whispers that move billions - and we'll send you $389 in premium energy intelligence, on us, just for subscribing. Join 400,000+ readers today. Get access immediately by clicking here.
Earnings Call Insights: Braze, Inc. (BRZE) Q1 fiscal 2027 Management View “We delivered our fourth straight quarter of organic and total revenue growth acceleration, generating $211 million of revenue, which is up 30% year-over-year and 3% from the prior quarter,” said (Co-Founder, Chairman, President & CEO William Magnuson), alongside “a record free cash flow amount of $27 million in the quarter”...
Earnings Call Insights: Braze, Inc. (BRZE) Q1 fiscal 2027 Management View “We delivered our fourth straight quarter of organic and total revenue growth acceleration, generating $211 million of revenue, which is up 30% year-over-year and 3% from the prior quarter,” said (Co-Founder, Chairman, President & CEO William Magnuson), alongside “a record free cash flow amount of $27 million in the quarter” and trailing 12-month DBNR improving to 110%. (CEO Magnuson) highlighted enterprise momentum and large-customer expansion: “Q1 bookings were robust, driven by competitive takeaways, particularly in the enterprise,” and said Braze “expanded our 8-figure customer count to 5,” while also noting “we achieved a milestone new business win with a prominent AI lab.” (CEO Magnuson) tied product positioning to legacy displacement: “The legacy replacement cycle remained a fertile source of new business this quarter,” and pointed to early adoption of new AI products: “BrazeAI Operator and BrazeAI Agent Console reached general availability early in the first quarter, ahead of schedule, and we are seeing strong early adoption.” “BrazeAI Decisioning Studio contributed $5.7 million of revenue in the quarter,” said (Chief Financial Officer Isabelle Winkles), adding that after a Q4 “supply-constrained” period, “we have successfully accelerated the hiring and ramp of our forward-deployed delivery personnel.” (CFO Winkles) detailed mix and customer metrics: “Subscription revenue…contributing 93% of our first quarter revenue,” customer count “increased 16% year-over-year to 2,713,” and large customers ($500,000+ annually) “grew 33% year-over-year to 349.” (CEO Magnuson) announced a leadership change: “Isabelle is stepping away, and we are actively engaged in a CFO search at this time.” Outlook “For the second quarter of fiscal 2027, we expect revenue to be in the range of $219.5 million to $220.5 million,” said (CFO Winkles), with “non-GAAP operating income…$17 million to $18 million” and “non...
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. For the past two years, Nvidia Corp has emerged as Wall Street’s preferred way to bet on artificial intelligence. It benefited from an arms race among AI developers scrambling to secure computing power. The next challenge to its dominance in investor portfolios may not come from a rival chip compan...
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. For the past two years, Nvidia Corp has emerged as Wall Street’s preferred way to bet on artificial intelligence. It benefited from an arms race among AI developers scrambling to secure computing power. The next challenge to its dominance in investor portfolios may not come from a rival chip company. It may come from some of Nvidia’s biggest customers. SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are among the most closely watched private companies in the world. While SpaceX has filed its S-1 with the SEC and aims for a $2 trillion IPO and fast-track entry into NASDAQ indices, OpenAI and Anthropic haven’t disclosed imminent timelines. Don't Miss: Investors and analysts have long speculated that public listings could eventually rank among the largest technology offerings in history. Collectively, the three companies command valuations that already stretch into the hundreds of billions of dollars. The AI Trade Evolves The first phase of the AI boom rewarded the companies supplying the infrastructure. Nvidia, alongside memory makers such as Micron Technology, Inc. and SK Hynix, became some of the market’s biggest winners as demand for AI chips and servers exploded. The next phase could look very different. Rather than buying the companies selling the picks and shovels, investors may soon get the chance to buy stakes in the businesses using those tools to build AI models, products, and platforms. In other words, Wall Street may be offered a direct stake in the AI application layer rather than the infrastructure layer. See Also: Avoid the #1 Investing Mistake: How Your ‘Safe' Holdings Could Be Costing You Big Time A Battle For Capital, Not Customers That’s what makes the potential IPO wave so intriguing. SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are not competing with Nvidia for customers. If anything, their growth has helped fuel demand for Nvidia’s hardware. But they could eventually compete for so...
Up more than 4,000% over the past year and about 570% so far in 2026, Sandisk (SNDK +0.02%) stock has been one of the most extraordinary winners in the artificial intelligence (AI) build-out. The NAND flash memory specialist, which only began trading on its own in February 2025 after being spun off from Western Digital, has climbed from a 52-week low of about $36 to a closing price near $1,590 as ...
Up more than 4,000% over the past year and about 570% so far in 2026, Sandisk (SNDK +0.02%) stock has been one of the most extraordinary winners in the artificial intelligence (AI) build-out. The NAND flash memory specialist, which only began trading on its own in February 2025 after being spun off from Western Digital, has climbed from a 52-week low of about $36 to a closing price near $1,590 as of this writing. With shares at an all-time high and a market value above $230 billion, has the easy money been made? Maybe. But the more interesting question is whether the underlying business has actually changed enough to justify thinking about this as something more than a typical memory-cycle peak. An AI-led shift in the business The headline numbers from Sandisk's fiscal third quarter (the period ended April 3, 2026) were staggering. Revenue jumped 251% year over year to $5.95 billion, up 97% from the prior quarter alone. Profitability moved even faster. Sandisk's non-GAAP (adjusted) gross margin reached 78.4%, up from 51.1% in fiscal Q2 and just 22.5% in the year-ago period. And the company's adjusted earnings per share came in at $23.41 -- well above management's own forecast of $12 to $14. Driving this growth, data center revenue hit $1.47 billion in fiscal Q3, up 233% sequentially and roughly 645% from the year-ago period. Capturing the staggering sequential momentum of the segment, three months earlier that same segment had grown about 64% sequentially. The acceleration reflects a deliberate redirection of the company's bit supply toward higher-value AI infrastructure customers. Management is now formalizing that redirection through what it calls New Business Models (NBMs) -- multi-year supply contracts backed by firm financial guarantees. Sandisk ended fiscal Q3 with three signed NBMs and has added two more since, bringing the total to five. The three signed during the quarter alone carry about $42 billion in remaining performance obligations (RPO), and the five...
BJP7images/iStock via Getty Images Welcome to the May edition of the graphite miners news. The past month saw China battery related flake graphite spot prices generally flat (flake-194 EXW was slightly lower). Prices remain very low. Graphite price news During the past 30 days the China graphite flake-194 EXW spot price was down 1.22% . The China graphite flake +195 EXW spot price was flat . Note ...
BJP7images/iStock via Getty Images Welcome to the May edition of the graphite miners news. The past month saw China battery related flake graphite spot prices generally flat (flake-194 EXW was slightly lower). Prices remain very low. Graphite price news During the past 30 days the China graphite flake-194 EXW spot price was down 1.22% . The China graphite flake +195 EXW spot price was flat . Note that 94-97% is considered best suited for use in batteries; it is then upgraded to 99.9% purity to make “spherical” graphite used in Li-ion batteries. The spherical graphite 99.95% min EXW China price was flat the past 30 days. Note: Graphite electrode prices were down 0.72% . Note: SMM lists the current China flake-194 graphite spot price at US$352/t. Graphite demand and supply forecast charts The IEA Global critical Minerals Outlook 2024 report forecasts graphite demand and supply pipeline to 2040 ( source ) IEA Trend Investing v IEA demand forecast for EV metals ( Trend Investing ) ( IEA ) Trend Investing & the IEA 2021 IEA forecast growth in demand for selected minerals from clean energy technologies by scenario, 2040 relative to 2020 - Increases Of Lithium 13x to 42x, Graphite 8x to 25x, Cobalt 6x to 21x, Nickel 7x to 19x, Manganese 3x to 8x, Rare Earths 3x to 7x, And Copper 2x to 3x IEA Graphite market news On May 21 Fastmarkets reported : Graphite markets were stable in April, with few signs of change in May amid weak fundamentals and little disruption to synthetic markets... Synthetic graphite markets were stable in April, as China’s needle coke and green petroleum coke supply chains remained sufficiently diversified to avoid disruption from the US–Iran-driven volatility in oil markets... the broader graphite picture is still defined by weak fundamentals and plentiful supply, reinforced by new mine ramp-ups in Mozambique. On May 21 Intelmarket Research reported : Graphite Market Growth Analysis...Global graphite market size was valued at USD 20.7 billion in 2025. Th...
1. China’s drug regulator, the National Medical Products Administration, has issued new compliance guidelines for online prescription-drug sales, tightening oversight of a rapidly expanding market that has become a key channel for patients seeking branded and innovative medicines. The guidelines were released on Monday, nine months after a draft was published for public comment in September 2025. ...
1. China’s drug regulator, the National Medical Products Administration, has issued new compliance guidelines for online prescription-drug sales, tightening oversight of a rapidly expanding market that has become a key channel for patients seeking branded and innovative medicines. The guidelines were released on Monday, nine months after a draft was published for public comment in September 2025. [para. 1][para. 2] 2. The final version removed one of the draft’s most contentious provisions — a recommendation to cap each prescription reviewer’s workload at 300 prescriptions per day. Instead, the regulator said companies should keep daily review volumes within a “reasonable range.” [para. 3] 3. China banned online prescription-drug sales about two decades ago. The policy began loosening in 2019 with a revised Drug Administration Law, and in 2022 rules took effect allowing online sales under conditions such as real-name prescriptions, pharmacist guidance, and verification of authentic prescription sources. [para. 4] 4. The market has grown rapidly. Data from Zhongkang CMH shows China’s B2C online drug market reached 38.5 billion yuan ($5.68 billion) as of July 2025, up 5.6% year-on-year, while the O2O market reached 25.42 billion yuan, up 30.8%. Growth has been driven by expanding medical-insurance payments for online drug purchases and e-commerce platforms’ role as launch channels for innovative and originator medicines. [para. 5][para. 6] 5. Regulators say problems have emerged alongside the boom. The NMPA stated that some platforms and retailers have incomplete compliance systems and recurring violations in prescription-drug sales. Huang Xiuxiang, former secretary-general of the Hunan Pharmaceutical Distribution Industry Association, noted that first-visit prescriptions have often been issued too casually by internet hospitals, reflecting lax enforcement and overly convenient access. [para. 7][para. 8][para. 9] 6. The core of the new guidelines is prescription revie...
澳洲起訴3M隱瞞產品含有毒永久性物質 索償約111億港元 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】澳洲起訴美國企業3M涉嫌隱瞞在產品中使用有毒永久性化學物質，索償20億澳元，折合約111億港元 。 檢察部門...
澳洲起訴3M隱瞞產品含有毒永久性物質 索償約111億港元 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】澳洲起訴美國企業3M涉嫌隱瞞在產品中使用有毒永久性化學物質，索償20億澳元，折合約111億港元 。 檢察部門指控3M銷售含有PFAS的消防泡沫聲稱可安全處理、生物降解和無毒，卻隱瞞實驗室測試結果，未有公開對環境構成的嚴重負面影響，要求索償當局調查、管理和清除20多個軍事基地受污染土壤和水資源的巨額費用。3M否認指控，表示從未在澳洲生產PFAS，並已經在20年前停售這種泡沫材料。