Now in residence at the Madrid Prado, the author talks about its dark, inspirational Goyas, the clandestine nature of her writing – and why she finally wrote about her jailed then posthumously exonerated father It is a bright, chilly spring morning in Madrid, and the Museo del Prado doesn’t open to the public for another hour. Without the crowds, the museum is amorphous and eerily silent. A pale light pools in the corners and casts long shadows around the paintings, as if the figures inside them have slipped quietly into the room. It is here that I meet the French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, who has spent the past two weeks using the space as inspiration for her work. With quick strides, Slimani leads us to a basement gallery housing some of her favourite works: Francisco Goya’s dark and haunting Black Paintings, created later in life when the Spanish artist had adopted a particularly bleak outlook on humanity. Among them are Saturn Devouring His Son, a violent depiction of the god biting into his own child; The Fates, with its three ominous figures spinning the thread of life; and Witches’ Sabbath (The Great He-Goat), in which the devil appears as a goat presiding over a coven. Continue reading...

In July 2024, a European Union law came into force requiring plastic bottle caps to remain attached to their bottles. The regulation was widely mocked by social-media jokesters and Silicon Valley billionaires alike. This, people said, was Brussels at its worst: bureaucrats micromanaging, treating citizens like children who couldn’t be trusted to recycle a cap. What went almost entirely unreported was the evidence behind it. Plastic bottle caps have been identified, across decades of coastal cleanup data, as among the top items found littering European beaches. Small, light and made from a different plastic than the bottle itself, the caps float independently once separated, travelling far longer distances than the bottles they came from. They are far more likely to be swallowed by seabirds, fish and marine turtles who mistake them for food. Now consider what happened next. After lobbying against the rule, some of the world’s largest beverage companies redesigned their caps and adapted. But companies such as Coca-Cola also did something revealing: while they trumpeted the design of the new caps as a sign of their unwavering commitment to sustainability, they maintained the detachable ones virtually everywhere else. Not because the physics of plastic pollution differ across continents, but because no other country, be it the US or in Asia, has passed a national law requiring the change. The bottle cap story is a parable for a larger fight playing out at the highest levels of European politics. One side claims that EU rules are the problem: a self-imposed burden of standards on business that slow Europe down while the US and China race ahead. The other says those rules are not a handicap but a source of power, the only instrument a continent without a single government possesses to shape its own economic future while protecting its people and the planet. At present, the first camp is winning. The political coalition behind it is broad, stretching from Brussels to Berli...

When your heart is breaking, and you are leaving the home where you and your ex were once so happy, it is hard to fight for the sofa you spent a fortune on. Then you find yourself in an empty flat, with nothing to sit on When wandering around Ikea arm-in-arm, most newly cohabiting couples are too excited about their new sofa, or Billy bookcase, or the enormous house plant they are about to wrestle into an Uber, to think too deeply about what might happen to those items were their relationship to sour. But at a time when many young couples can’t afford to buy property or have children, furniture can end up being the only thing to fight over at the end of a relationship. And, as the cost of living rises, having to replace furniture after a breakup can have a huge impact on people’s finances. “It took me a couple of years to recover financially,” says Becca of her 2022 breakup. The 35-year-old, who is based in Leeds, had been in a relationship for about a year when her then-girlfriend invited her to move in to her house. At the time, Becca was renting her own flat, which was “amazing: big garden, really bright and lovely”, she says. But being what she describes as “young, stupid and in love”, she left that behind to move in with her partner. Becca reluctantly agreed to get rid of all the furniture she had bought for her flat, since her girlfriend didn’t want any of it in her place. Continue reading...

All smoke, shady dames and black and white cinematography, Marvel’s latest Spidey offering is fast, witty and confident As is increasingly, wearyingly, the case as the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand/bloat/chase the dollar in an ever-more unseemly and less rewarding manner – delete according to taste – Prime Video’s new series, Spider-Noir, requires you to set aside some lore while retaining other bits. Thus I should point out that the arachno-inflected human being brought to you here is played by Nicolas Cage but is not the spider character that he played in 2018’s Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse, although he sounds a lot alike. That one was called Peter Parker, as is traditional. This one’s called Ben Reilly. Why you would still cast one of the most divisively idiosyncratic performers in modern cinematic history – who can no more be dissociated from any of his previous parts by the average human brain than the concept of sourness can be uncoupled from a lemon, sweetness from honey, or Nigel Farage’s face from that of a melting frog’s – is beyond me, but I guess … that’s Hollywood? As the title suggests, Spider-Noir has been conceived as a homage to the hard-boiled films and fictions of the 1940s. The whole thing was filmed in black and white and digitally colourised thereafter, so that viewers can choose in which form they want to watch it. I look forward to online wars breaking out over this issue, upon which I shall remain Switzerland. Except to say that the decision to colourise a noir homage was a craven one in the first place – never give the people what they want! – and the decision to watch such a version is worse. Continue reading...

To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . Today’s Points: Thanks to the chips mania, Micron and SK Hynix join the trillionaire club. Driven entirely by semiconductors, the S&P 500 hits an all-time high . All this even though there’s still no deal to open the Strait of Hormuz. AI is also propping up emerging markets, which might need the support . AND: Jazz great Sonny Rollins dies the day before Miles Davis ’ 100th birthday. A Rally for the Memory Banks Demand for silicon chips is sky-high, their supply is limited, and that means their share price has gone parabolic. That’s more or less all you need to know about why the S&P 500 has managed to finish at yet another record despite the worst consumer sentiment reading from the University of Michigan since its survey began in 1978. Micron Technology Inc., a long-established chipmaker, provided the greatest excitement with a 19.3% gain that put it into the now 10-strong club of US companies valued at more than $1 trillion. Hours later, the South Korean semiconductor manufacturer SK Hynix Inc. also passed the landmark, reached a few weeks ago by Samsung Electronics Co. The biggest chipmakers now surpass or rival Meta Platforms Inc., one of the leading hyperscaler tech groups: There appeared to be two catalysts for Micron’s rally Tuesday, both tied in with the critical drivers of the moment. First, there is Wall Street optimism. UBS announced that it was doubling its target for the company. If the bank is right, Micron will be worth about $1.8 trillion this time next year. And naturally, optimism like that from a major investment bank prompted many to buy. Second, there is an impulse from China in its bid to win what both the world’s economic superpowers seem to regard as the AI War. Huawei proclaimed a technical breakthrough in a process it calls Logic Folding, which Robert Lea of Bloomberg Intelligence can explain . While this is aimed at helping China make competitive semi-process...

watch now Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email CNBC Explains Why the UAE walked away from OPEC The United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave OPEC after nearly 60 years marks a major shift in the global oil order. Officially framed as an economic decision, the move reflects Abu Dhabi’s frustration with production limits, its push to monetize oil reserves and a changing energy market where non-OPEC+ producers are gaining influence. But the timing also points to deeper geopolitical forces: the Iran war, shifting Gulf alliances and Abu Dhabi’s closer alignment with the U.S. 11:34 an hour ago Gaelle Legrand

kyoshino/E+ via Getty Images 4:00 AM Lorie Logan Speaks Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Lorie Logan participates in "Policy Panel Discussion 1: Monetary Policy and Imbalances" before the 2026 Monetary Policy from New Perspectives Conference hosted by the Bank of Japan Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies. 7:00 AM MBA Mortgage Applications The Mortgage Bankers' Association compiles various mortgage loan indexes. The purchase applications index measures applications at mortgage lenders. 10:00 AM Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index This survey tracks business conditions in the Richmond Fed's manufacturing sector. The consensus sees the index at 4.0 in May versus 3.0 in April. 11:00 AM Survey of Business Uncertainty The survey of business uncertainty is a panel survey measuring year-ahead expectations that US firms have about their own sales and employment growth. 11:30 AM 2-Yr FRN Note Auction An FRN, or floating rate note, is a security that has an interest payment that can change over time. 1:00 PM 5-Yr Note Auction Treasury notes are sold at regularly scheduled public auctions. The competitive bids at these auctions determine the interest rate paid on each Treasury note issue. 3:55 PM Lisa Cook Speaks Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook speaks on "AI, the Economy, and the Financial System" before the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, or SIEPR, Policy Forum. 8:00 PM Philip Jefferson Speaks Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson participates in "Fireside Chat: Monetary Policy and Supply Shocks" before the 2026 Monetary Policy from New Perspectives Conference hosted by the Bank of Japan Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies. More on U.S. Markets Wall Street Brunch: The Last Core PCE Hurrah? A Final Path To Peace? Markets Weekly Outlook Treasury Yields Snapshot: May 22, 2026 Can the Fed beat inflation without crushing growth? Rising Treasury yields raise the risk of S&P 500 pullback, RBC Capital Markets says

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If you're just starting out and have $1,000 to invest, I'd stick with the stocks of well-known leading companies that still have a lot of growth left in the tank. You really want to understand the companies you're investing in, so buying stocks of companies whose products you see every day can be a smart move. As such, the two stocks I'd split $1,000 between are Amazon (AMZN 0.39%) and Apple (AAPL 0.24%). Let's dig a little deeper into these growth stocks to see why they look like good long-term buys. For a little over $1,000, you can buy two shares of each stock. Amazon: An e-commerce and cloud leader Expand NASDAQ : AMZN Amazon Today's Change ( -0.39 %) $ -1.03 Current Price $ 265.29 Key Data Points Market Cap $2.9T Day's Range $ 262.07 - $ 269.26 52wk Range $ 196.00 - $ 278.56 Volume 1.7M Avg Vol 45.2M Gross Margin 50.60 % If you're like my household, you probably have Amazon packages arriving at your doorstep frequently. Amazon is the largest e-commerce company in the world, and this business is still growing sales at a nice pace. However, from an investment standpoint, the most exciting thing about this business is actually what the company has been doing behind the scenes. Amazon is also the world's largest manufacturer and operator of robots. Together with the use of artificial intelligence (AI), the company is making its e-commerce business much more efficient. This, in turn, is leading the segment's profits to grow much faster than its revenue. This could be seen in the first quarter of 2026, when its North American operating income surged 43% on a 12% increase in sales. The company also has a fast-growing, high-margin sponsored ad business, which is contributing to this. In addition to being an e-commerce giant, Amazon is also the largest cloud computing company in the world. This is actually the company's largest business in terms of profitability. Its Amazon Web Services (AWS) segment has been riding the AI wave, with huge demand for compute and AI servi...

格隆汇5月27日｜金陵药业在互动平台表示，公司目前没有直接或者间接投资长鑫科技。

格隆汇5月27日｜高通据报与TikTok母公司字节跳动达成协议，将供应用于人工智能(AI)资料中心芯片。彭博引述消息指，字节跳动将采购数百万颗高通“特殊应用芯片”(ASIC)，用于支援其AI代理软件。字节跳动有望成为高通首批ASIC芯片主要客户之一；只要高通芯片落在法律允许的运算能力范围内，高通的合作伙伴便不会违反现行美国对字节跳动等中国企业生产AI芯片的相关限制。

格隆汇5月27日｜日本拍卖40年期国债，认购倍数2.7，过去12个月均值为2.47。

中芯國際(00981)出現大手賣出5.85萬股，成交價$86.8，涉資507.78萬 AASTOCKS.com

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Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning and its strike group are holding a live-fire exercise in the Pacific east of the Philippines, following one of its longest deployments in the South China Sea. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Kuznetsov-class carrier, along with at least four escorts, was spotted on Monday about 880km (547 miles) southwest of Okinotorishima, Japan’s southernmost point, according to a statement from the Japanese defence ministry. On Tuesday, carrier-based fighter aircraft and other assets were observed conducting take-off and landing exercises from the Liaoning, the statement added. Advertisement The first island chain , which runs along East Asia’s coastline from the Kuril Islands through Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines down to Borneo, marks the Chinese mainland’s near seas from the wider Pacific. The Qingdao-based Liaoning entered the South China Sea on April 20 to monitor the Balikatan joint military exercise between the United States, the Philippines and other allies which began that day. Commercial satellite photos showed that the Liaoning remained west of the Philippines for at least a few days after the exercise concluded on May 8.

格隆汇5月27日｜协鑫能科今日在互动平台表示，目前阶段公司算力相关收入占总营收比重较低，归入其它业务分类营收中。

騰訊控股(00700)出現大手買入1.55萬股，成交價$434.6，涉資673.63萬 AASTOCKS.com

格隆汇5月27日｜有关当局表示，初步数据显示，俄罗斯占领下的克里米亚塞瓦斯托波尔遭“风暴阴影”导弹的袭击。目前，该地区受损房屋数量较少，未报告有伤亡。

美国反垄断监管机构似乎准备批准派拉蒙以1100亿美元收购华纳兄弟探索公司的交易 2026-05-27 11:56:17 来源： 同花顺7x24快讯 分享 文章提及标的 华纳兄弟探索 --

格隆汇5月27日｜据美国财经媒体Semafor，美国反垄断监管机构“似乎准备”批准派拉蒙以1100亿美元收购华纳兄弟探索公司的交易。

字节正在自研手机？“这是个假消息。”今天上午，字节跳动向铅笔道回应：近期市场流传的“字节重启自研手机”消息，并不属实。 01 300个相关岗位放出 此前，多家媒体报道“字节大规模招聘手机团队”“重启自研手机项目”等信息。这些消息之所以迅速发酵，一个核心原因是：字节近期确实在集中招聘大量与“手机底层能力”相关岗位。 据铅笔道梳理公开招聘信息发现：目前，字节与手机、移动OS、端侧AI相关岗位，数量已超过300个。其中，豆包手机助手相关岗位约83个；移动OS相关岗位约236个；岗位主要分布在北京、上海、深圳。 涉及方向包括：Android Framework、HAL/Vendor接口适配、芯片驱动、功耗热管理、Telephony/RIL、射频天线、端侧AI部署、Agent长期记忆、ODM/OEM量产协同。甚至部分岗位已经出现“折叠屏”“LIPO封装”“IP68/IP69K”“NPI试产导入”等典型手机量产关键词。 字节招聘的部分岗位，与手机高度相关 这也是为什么外界迅速形成一种判断：字节，是不是又要做手机了？但最新情况看，这并不是事实。 02 瞄准AI终端基础设施 不过，这件事真正值得关注的，可能并不是“字节到底做不做手机”。 如果仔细看这些岗位，会发现一个重要特点：它们很多并不只是“传统手机研发岗”，而更像“AI终端基础设施岗”。 比如Telephony RIL Modem架构师岗位，要求熟悉高通/联发科蜂窝网络交付、Telephony系统、RIL驱动、CTA认证、场测与射频开发。 Android系统专家岗位，则要求统筹从立项、系统方案、集成开发，到量产交付全流程。 这意味着什么？AI正在从“聊天框”进入“系统层”。过去，大模型主要回答问题；现在，越来越多AI开始直接操作手机。 例如自动订票、自动比价、自动领券、跨App执行任务、调用相册日历通讯录、长期记忆用户行为。而这些能力，仅靠App层权限已经不够，它需要更深度的系统权限。 也就是说，即便不亲自造手机，AI公司也必须掌握更多移动OS能力，否则Agent永远只能停留在“外挂助手”。 03 争夺入口控制权 外界之所以高度敏感，还有另一个原因：字节此前已经试探过“AI+手机”。2025年12月，字节曾联合努比亚推出搭载豆包能力的AI工程机。 据公开报道，首批约3万台，发售价3499元，首日售罄。这也是豆包第一次尝试从聊天...

格隆汇5月27日｜据美国阿克西奥斯新闻网站26日消息，美国务卿鲁比奥的高级助手、美国务院顾问兼政策规划办公室主任迈克尔·尼德姆已升任总统国家安全事务副助理。报道说，尼德姆是接替本月离职的罗伯特·加布里埃尔，担任总统国家安全事务副助理这一“特朗普政府最重要职位之一”。白宫办公厅主任苏茜·怀尔斯本月20日宣布加布里埃尔离职。尼德姆于2018年起担任时任美国参议员鲁比奥的幕僚长，后与鲁比奥一起加入特朗普政府。总统国家安全事务助理一职目前由鲁比奥兼任。

据郑州市人民政府网站5月27日消息，《郑州市国民经济和社会发展第十五个五年规划纲要》发布。其中提到，聚焦智能终端、智能服务器、先进计算、智能传感等优势领域，打造区域支柱型数字产业集群。加快发展人工智能、区块链、卫星及应用、未来网络等产业，推进国家新一代人工智能创新发展试验区、国家区块链发展先导区、北斗规模应用城市试点建设。推进中国（郑州）智能传感谷等园区建设，打造人工智能数据采集、安全认证等具有国际竞争力的产业集群。建设量子产业成果转化和产业化的聚集示范基地，打造量子科技应用示范城市。加快推动数据产业发展，推动各类业态协同发展。推动平台经济创新和健康发展，支持企业做大做强，积极培育智能制造、车联网、智慧医疗等平台经济新场景。

这两天，资本市场最火热的消息一定是宇树科技定于6月1日上会；但如果说最猎奇，那一定是华夏良子的IPO。 前几天举行的 2026 港澳山东周系列活动上，中泰证券公司旗下子公司中泰国际与上市公司华夏良子签下了上市保荐协议，计划助其到香港上市，争创“足疗第一股”。消息的宣传并没有那么张扬，只是低调地在山东卫视里冒出短短的一瞬。但事情背后的涵义够劲爆——读者们在足疗店消费花的钱可以撑起了一个IPO了。 相信对于华夏良子这个名字，足疗店爱好者们一定不陌生，因为它是目前国内足疗保健连锁龙头企业之一。华夏良子目前在华全国开店400多家，而且更令人咋舌的是，这家企业在德国、美国、加拿大等一共有128个国家都开了店。一个足疗店的出海成绩甚至盖过一众互联网和科技企业。 据悉，华夏良子年容量是5000万人次，每天到华夏良子那里按脚的有13万多人；此外，华夏良子已经累计服务3亿多名顾客，也就是说中国每4个人里就有1个人曾是它店里的客人。 2025年中国按摩足疗行业业市场规模在7000亿元，就是这么大一个蓝海市场却没有一家上市公司的出现。所以如果华夏良子这次上市成功的话，中国资本市场上将出现“足疗”板块第一家！ 山东走出来的足疗店龙头， IPO等了十年 其实华夏良子想上市已经不是一天、两天的事儿了。华夏良子董事长史蕾曾在一次媒体采访时透露：希望引入融资后在两到三年上市。如今过了十年，这一计划终于迈入了实质推进阶段。 据了解，为了筹备本次赴港上市，华夏良子早在2024年11月就向山东省发改委申报在香港设立浩泓投资有限公司，目前该主体已于2025年4月在香港完成注册。到今年4月，华夏良子在招聘财务经理时特意明确要求“有IPO项目经历者优先”。上市的野心呼之欲出。 从规模看，华夏良子在全国开了超过400家连锁店。在海外，德国、美国、加拿大等共128个国家都有它的门店。 客流量上，华夏良子一年接待的客人超过5000万人次。算下来，平均每天有13万多人走进华夏良子的大门。从开业到现在，累计服务了3亿用户。 在大多数人眼里，华夏良子就是家“按脚的”，但其实它早就不止于此了。随着多年的发展，华夏良子旗下已经孵化出不少品牌，业务从传统的足疗、SPA，延伸到了中医理疗、生物科技，甚至还有自己的护肤品。已经悄悄构建了一个围绕“健康”和“放松”的服务生态。 虽然成绩很好，但业内对它的上市前景普遍持谨慎态度。 最根...

随着2026年高考进入倒计时，国内多家主流AI平台相继就“高考期间限制相关功能”作出回应，行业集体限制做法已逐步明朗。 字节跳动旗下豆包客服明确回应，豆包在高考期间可正常使用，但拍题答疑等类似功能将被禁用，具体情况以考试期间页面显示为准，平台历年高考期间均会关停相关答疑功能。在实操层面，一旦用户上传考题照片，豆包将提示“图片内容不合规，上传失败”。 腾讯元宝方面表示，去年高考期间平台就已明确“考试期间不答题”，暂停涉及高考的服务请求。据去年公开记录，用户向元宝发出识图总结指令后，平台会统一回复：“为确保高考的公平性，此项功能在高考时段无法使用”。 百度（BIDU）相关业务负责人回应称，暂未收到高考期间百度（BIDU）文心部分功能限制服务的通知。科大讯飞（002230）工作人员则表示，目前尚未接到确切消息，但强调“只要是大模型，应该都会有所限制”。(21财经)

Daniel Grizelj/DigitalVision via Getty Images Overview The Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Fund ( EXG ) offers investors a way to get instant access to diversified equities and collect a high yield. For my prior coverage of EXG, I upgraded my rating to a buy due to its attractive valuation and potential for tax-efficient income. Since then, the share price has seen its fair share of volatility after the market decline at the beginning of the year but has recently recovered during this latest market rally. Following this volatility, I wanted to reassess the fund's current value proposition for buy-and-hold investors. When I previously covered EXG, the fund traded at a discount to NAV of 6.55%. Although the fund has remained rangebound since then, EXG now trades at a slightly larger discount to NAV of 8.59%. This means that the fund still trades at a deep discount to NAV relative to its historical range. This is visualized by the red line on the chart below, which confirms that EXG remains at an attractive valuation. For instance, EXG has traded at an average discount to NAV of 6.21% over the last five years. I am optimistic about the outlook of the market so I believe this is a great time to accumulate. CEF Data The fund now offers investors a starting dividend yield of about 8.4%, while issuing those distributions on a monthly basis. However, the fund generates the amplified income by implementing an option writing strategy. The inclusion of an option strategy comes with its own set of tradeoffs that investors should consider. While I am bullish on the outlook of the indices over the next few years, EXG may not be the most efficient way for investors to participate in growth. In fact, it is very likely that the fund will continue to underperform traditional indices going forward, which means the fund only makes sense for a specific type of investor. Fund Strategy According to the latest fund overview , EXG now has total managed assets of $3.1B that are spread across ...