SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images The British military announced on Saturday that a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz had come under fire from two gunboats operated by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The incident occurred after Tehran announced earlier in the day that it would reimpose restrictions on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, as the U.S. blockade of the vital maritime trade route continued. Confusion over the critical chokepoint threatened to deepen the energy crisis roiling the global economy and push the two countries toward renewed conflict, even as mediators expressed confidence a new deal was within reach. Iran’s joint military command said on Saturday that “control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state ... under strict management and control of the armed forces.” It warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports remained in effect. Two gunboats from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard opened fire on a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said on Saturday. It reported the tanker and crew as safe, without identifying the vessel or its destination. TankerTrackers.com reported vessels were forced to turn around in the strait, including an Indian-flagged super tanker, after they were fired on by Iran. Iran announced earlier Saturday it was reimposing restrictions on the strait in response to a U.S. blockade on Iranian shipping and ports. Iran has prevented vessels from crossing throughout the seven-week-long war, except for ones it authorizes. Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament’s National Security Commission, said that the strait was “returning to the status quo,” which he had earlier described as ships requiring Iranian naval authorization and toll payment before transiting. The shift came a day after Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared the strait open while a 10-day tru...

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格隆汇4月18日｜海康威视在业绩说明会上表示，一季度业绩表现强劲，36.42%的归母净利润增速是在汇兑损益由收益转为损失，带来约5.25亿元负面影响等不利条件下实现的。全年展望方面，受中东局势、油价、存储价格等较大不确定性影响，公司给出相对谨慎的业绩指引：预计全年收入实现高个位数增长，归母净利润实现两位数增长，因为外部环境动荡，所以指引范围相对宽泛。具体来看，核心增长点包括：第一，今年创新业务中的海康存储、海康微影和海康机器人将迎来高速发展大年，收入和净利润增长都会非常好；第二，国内和国际业务均不错，如果还原汇兑损益的影响，净利润指标的表现将更为突出，这主要得益于管理改善和毛利率的提升。但全年经营仍面临诸多不确定因素，公司将谨慎应对。

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《科创板日报》4月18日讯 据台湾工商时报消息，日前，晶圆代工厂联电向客户发出涨价通知，预告2026年下半年将调整晶圆价格。 公司表示， 通信、工业、消费性 电子 及 AI 相关领域的需求维持稳健，并带动整体产品组合对应的产能环境持续收紧，且呈现愈来愈吃紧的态势 。为支撑客户需求，公司持续提升制造效率，并投入技术与产能，以确保稳定且高品质的晶圆供应；加上原物料、能源及物流成本同步垫高，公司有必要重新检视价格结构。 其强调，这次涨价主因并非单一成本转嫁，而是建立在“整体需求维持韧性、产能环境趋紧及公司将持续投入技术、提升效率与产能扩充等多重因素之上”。 联电并未写明具体涨幅，但针对“下半年涨幅10％起”的市场传闻，公司回应称，确实因诸多原因，将在下半年进行价格调涨，涨幅按照产品组合策略、产能协议及长期合作关系等不同个别而不同。 不过供应链消息称， 联电本次新价格将适用于自7月1日起产出的晶圆。不过以晶圆生产周期约三个半月推算，客户4月起投片的部分订单，实际上已开始对应下半年新报价 。联电 8吋晶圆涨幅最显著，涨幅约10％-15％ ，按客户投片量与合作条件调整；12吋晶圆则以80nm、55nm、40nm等成熟节点为主，涨幅约5％-10％，低于8吋水准，且同样视客户体量调整。 产业链分析，这不仅显示联电对下半年接单与产能利用率抱有一定信心，也意味成熟制程与特殊制程报价走势，正随着AI等多元应用需求转强而持续升温。 值得一提的是，此前晶圆代工大厂 晶合集成 （Nexchip）已于3月12日向客户发出“晶圆代工服务产品价格调整公告”，宣布将对自北京时间6月1日00:00起产出的晶圆涨价10%。

Changing climate, new techniques and a homegrown study programme have all helped drive a UK viticulture boom Rows of vines stretch across the rolling hills of rural Dorset. Currently waist height, they appear bare against a bleak spring sky. Up close, you can see they are already dotted with tiny woolly buds as they exit their winter dormancy for a new growth cycle. Come summer these rows will be laden with chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier grapes, ready to make the latest batch of English sparkling wine from the Langham estate near Dorchester. Continue reading...

Nicholas Enrich was an eyewitness to the dismantling of the US foreign aid organization by the Trump administration Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Nicholas Enrich was working in Kenya in 2003 when the then US president George W Bush signed a landmark $15bn, five-year commitment to combat HIV , the largest international health commitment by any nation to fight a single disease. It was the peak of the epidemic, and for the young American government aid worker “it clicked that my government was ready to join the fight against HIV and I was excited to be a part of that”, he says. Continue reading...

Justice for Fayed and Harrods Survivors group claim there are ‘dozens of individuals who must be held to account’ A group of 50 survivors of alleged sexual abuse by Harrods’ former owner Mohamed Al Fayed are calling for “meaningful consequences” for those who they claim facilitated and ignored the abuse. “If they think the money is the important factor they are so far off the mark,” said Jen Mills, a member of the Justice for Fayed and Harrods Survivors group. They claim there are “dozens of individuals who must be held to account”, from a range of eras. Continue reading...

Herbs, spices and love may be the secret to great falafel, but which supermarket versions hit chickpea perfection and which are over-processed duds? • The best tinned and jarred chickpeas It was surprisingly hard to find good, traditional falafels in the supermarkets for this test. While most of those on offer were delicious, many had long, complex ingredients lists, other than two standouts made with just chickpeas, herbs, spices and sodium bicarbonate. Even some of the better falafels had unnecessarily long ingredients lists, despite being relatively minimally processed, but at their worst, some of these falafels were much more processed and included dehydrated potato flakes, pea protein, refined soya bean oil and stabilisers. The best, however, were delicious and contained lots of herbs, spices and even love. Continue reading...

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In Canada, fans and foes of Chinese electric vehicles are holding their breath for brands like BYD to hit the market. Whether they love them or not, they share the hope that Chinese carmakers will help to bring all EV prices down, as affordability becomes a growing concern for consumers. Companies including BYD, Geely, Nio and Xpeng are preparing to roll out sales locations in Canada, seizing the opportunity of warmer ties between the two countries. Ottawa struck a milestone trade deal with...

Derek Sylvester with members of his family, team and mascot Molly, who was featured on the dealership's logo. Courtesy Sylvester Chevrolet Derek Sylvester's father built the family's original Chevrolet dealership with his bare hands on Main Street in rural Peckville, Pennsylvania, in 1972. The store and family have been a pillar of the village, outside Scranton, ever since. That was until late last month, when Sylvester and his family closed a deal to sell Sylvester Chevrolet to a New York-based dealer group. "As a family, we decided this might be the time," said Sylvester, who at 67 has been contemplating retirement. "Unless you're a larger store, a much larger store, it's a little bit harder to make money. ... It's just scale." Many of Sylvester's family members plan to continue working at the dealership, but he said they didn't feel they were in a position to continue running the business amid the rapidly changing automotive retail landscape in the U.S. The industry is facing a tumultuous adoption of all-electric vehicles, technological shifts such as artificial intelligence, and growing demands from automakers. Sales of dealerships such as Sylvester Chevrolet are occurring across the country at a rapid pace as the business of selling cars, once considered the purview of mom-and-pop shops, has evolved into a lucrative trillion-dollar industry rife with consolidation that has drawn more notice from Wall Street and investors in recent years. While the National Automobile Dealers Association, or NADA, reports that the vast majority of its U.S. franchised dealers are small business owners such as Sylvester who have fewer than six stores, the top retailers in the country have significantly grown. The top 150 dealers sold 27% of all retail and fleet new vehicles in 2025, up from 24.3% in 2021 and 21.2% in 2015, according to Automotive News' annual ranking of top automotive retailers. They also owned roughly a quarter of dealerships last year, up from less than 20% a de...

In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT watch now VIDEO 3:06 03:06 Nvidia's once-tight bond with gamers is cracking over AI: 'That breaks my heart' Tech For its first 30 years, Nvidia wasn't a household name unless you were a gamer. Now, some of its original fan base feel left behind as artificial intelligence has made the chipmaker the world's most valuable company. "The gaming segment is no longer the driving force of the company. There was one point when it clearly was," said Stacy Rasgon of Bernstein Research. Nvidia popularized the graphics processing units, or GPUs, that enable fast frame rates and rendering that make the best video game play possible. When Nvidia released its first GPU in 1999, the GeForce 256, it laid off the majority of workers and approached bankruptcy to make it happen. Gamers snapped up the new type of processor, bringing Nvidia back from the brink. Now, with demand for AI soaring, nearly all of Nvidia's revenue comes from its products that serve that industry, instead of gaming. And as AI chipmaking shrinks the available memory supply, Nvidia has been forced to make tough decisions about priorities. In a memory-constrained reality, it's not shocking that Nvidia would prioritize its far more profitable data center GPUs such as Hopper and Blackwell. Nvidia's operating margins in its compute and networking segment averaged 69% over the past three years, compared to a 40% margin for the consumer-forward graphics segment. "I understand that they're going to chase that. And that breaks my heart," said Greg Miller, co-founder and host of popular video game podcast Kinda Funny Games Daily in an interview with CNBC. "Dance with the one who brought you. Gamers have brought you this far," Miller added. If analyst predictions are correct, 2026 will be the first year in three decades that Nvidia doesn't release a new generation of its consumer-facing GeForce line of graphics processing units. Gamers are "hugely important...

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Welcome to the Wall Street Week newsletter, bringing you stories of capitalism about things you need to know, but even more things you need to think about. I’m David Westin , and this week Hank Paulson took us through the economics of the Iran war, and we looked into whether the rich are paying their fair share of taxes. If you’re not yet a subscriber, sign up here for this newsletter. Avoiding “Global Shock” From the Iran War As world financial leaders met in Washington this week, former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson gave us his analysis of what the war means for them and for us. Recognizing that it depends on “how long it’s going to take,” Paulson focused on “inflationary pressure,” saying “it’s not good for the US economy, but we will weather it better than anyone else.” However the war in Iran plays out, Paulson says it’s critical for the global economy that the US and China address their “fraught” relationship, putting “clear rules” in place to reinforce “a sort of stability.” “Buy, Borrow, Die” It’s tax time in the US, with the nation borrowing more money than ever and collecting less as a percentage of what it’s spending. This has raised, once again, the question of whether the wealthy are paying their fair share, with places like California proposing a tax directly on wealth. Steve Rattner of Willett Advisors calls that proposal “a terrible idea.” But he’s quick to say that there are parts of the tax code that unfairly benefit at least some very wealthy people. One such aspect of the tax code, the treatment of capital gains, allows the very wealthy to essentially erase tax liability accumulated in their lifetimes, according to Natasha Sarin of the Yale Budget Lab. Such strategies have been referred to as referred to as “buy, borrow, die.” More from Wall Street Week Bloomberg Wall Street Week is live Fridays at 6 p.m. New York time. Watch on Bloomberg Television , on the Terminal at TV and on YouTube ; or listen to the show on Bloomberg Radio and RADI . Cat...

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ZambeziShark/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Purpose I look at the high frequency weekly indicators because while they can be very noisy, they provide a good nowcast of the economy, and will telegraph the maintenance or change in the economy well before monthly or quarterly data is available. They are also an excellent way to "mark your beliefs to market." In general, I go in order of long leading indicators, then short leading indicators, then coincident indicators. A Note on Methodology Data is presented in a "just the facts, ma'am" format with a minimum of commentary so that bias is minimized. Where relevant, I include 12-month highs and lows in the data in parentheses to the right. All data taken from St. Louis FRED unless otherwise linked. A few items (e.g., Financial Conditions indexes, regional Fed indexes, stock prices, and the yield curve) have their own metrics based on long-term studies of their behavior. Where data is seasonally adjusted, generally it is scored positively if it is within the top 1/3 of that range, negative in the bottom 1/3, and neutral in between. Where it is not seasonally adjusted, and there are seasonal issues, waiting for the YoY change to change sign will lag the turning point. Thus I make use of a convention: data is scored neutral if it is less than 1/2 as positive/negative as at its 12-month extreme. With long leading indicators, which by definition turn at least 12 months before a turning point in the economy as a whole, there is an additional rule: data is automatically negative if, during an expansion, it has not made a new peak in the past year, with the sole exception that it is scored neutral if it is moving in the right direction and is close to making a new high. For all series where a graph is available, I have provided a link to where the relevant graph can be found. Recap of Monthly Reports March data included a downturn in industrial and manufacturing production, as well as a downturn in existing home sales. Long l...

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With a vacation comes a big choice: What game should I focus on during the trip? I thought about grinding out the harder levels of Super Meat Boy 3D , but I was looking for something more chill. I could have dabbled more with Slay the Spire II , but I already know that's a game I'll be playing for a long time. I wanted something that I could really get lost in and finish in a little over a week. People of Note , a new music-focused RPG from Annapurna Interactive and Iridium Studios, turned out to be exactly what I needed. In the game, you play as aspiring pop singer Cadence. What starts as a journey to outperform a popular boy band turns into … Read the full story at The Verge.

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If you're on Social Security, you've either already received your April 2026 check or will soon. Now that we're a few months into the year, you likely have some idea of what to expect, but you may not realize how long that April benefit has to last you. Due to a quirk in the Social Security payment schedule, you'll have a longer wait than usual before you receive your May check, so you'll need to prepare accordingly. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading

matdesign24/iStock via Getty Images Have you ever stopped to wonder why Here Group ( HERE ) completed several trading sessions higher? Right off the bat, it's clear that it wasn't related to the Q2 FY 2026 report I covered here. I told you that the stock might be in the early stages of incubating IPs like Wakuku and transforming them into some kind of Labubu-like venture with Enlight. Patience could turn Here Group into a kind of Pop Mart ( PMRTY ) or even a Chinese Sanrio ( SNROF ). But that still doesn't answer the question. Here group If you're one of the few folks digging into this story, you probably already know that Here is launching its new IP called Xiao Ao tomorrow (April 17th). And this ties in perfectly with the IP flywheel thesis I've been talking about for a while now. But I think there are a few things around Xiao Ao that the Western market is overlooking, and if they’re priced right, there’s some alpha there. That's what I want to get into here. But first, just a quick look at the performance of my last article here. While the S&P has delivered just over 8% since the end of March, Here Group stock has outperformed it, up 18% in the same stretch. Strong, don't you think? As I said last time, once those pop-up store costs start getting spread out, the bottom line should look better. Over time, the market might start to see them as a more asset-light pop-toy name, maybe even a licensor down the road. It’s a strong thesis, and with Enlight likely pushing some content (whether through film or Douyin), it really comes down to execution. And I'm not even looking for a Ne Zha here. A handful of small to mid-sized productions could already move the needle quite a bit. Why Xiao Ao Might Sell More Than SIINONO Like many products out there, Here Group's pop toys rely on influencers. And the partnership with Yuehua Entertainment a few quarters ago opened some doors in that regard. Here Group For SIINONO, Here Group chose an actor named Liu Xuancheng. He’s still v...

《科创板日报》4月18日讯，（记者 李明明） 4月18日，首届北京亦庄机器人勇士挑战赛落幕。北京人形机器人创新中心（简称北京人形）以最高积分获得全球首个全自主机器人勇士挑战赛冠军，并赢得勇士智行奖。 《科创板日报》记者注意到， 这也是继 2025 年斩获人形机器人马拉松冠军后，北京人形再度登顶，作为全场唯一全尺寸参赛机器人，在与更灵活的小人形机器人同场竞技中胜出。 本次比赛，北京人形携具身天工 3.0全尺寸通用人形机器人参赛，并以全自主方式完赛，通关摆锤穿越、开拓前行、破门清障几个基于现实高危场景设计的赛项。 本次不仅北京人形率4支队伍参赛，还有包括湖南大学、中国人民大学等多个高校联合实验室战队共同参赛，通过北京人形提供的接口，基于具身天工3.0等进行二次开发。共同为机器人在地震、化工、消防等高危场景规模化落地，提供了验证经验和可迁移的技术范式。 据北京人形相关负责人对《科创板日报》记者称，本届挑战赛赛道高度还原真实灾害现场，涵盖非结构化地形、动态障碍、精细操作、高动态冲击等极限考验。 多数参赛机器人仍需人工辅助遥控、路径预设或现场干预，而具身天工 3.0 全自主参赛，依托自研 “慧思开物” 通用具身智能平台，实现环境感知、路径规划、动作执行、故障自愈闭环运行，无人工介入、无远程操控、无预设脚本。 上述负责人表示，作为全尺寸人形机器人，具身天工 3.0 在自重、重心、操控难度均高于小型机器人的前提下，依然稳定通过障碍并夺冠，打破 “小型更灵活、大型难落地” 的行业偏见。 本届赛事最核心的突破，是参赛机器人从“半自主跟随”到“全自主决策”的代际跨越。 上述负责人认为，去年赛事中，该团队是唯一采用“UWB半自主导航”（全程跟随一名配备信号发射器的领航员奔跑）的赛队，机器人需全程跟随配备信号发射器的领航员奔跑；而2026年，具身天工将以全自主模式同时征战半程马拉松与机器人勇士挑战赛，全程无领航员、无预设轨道、无任何外部引导信号，完全依靠自身搭载的视觉相机、激光雷达、惯性测量单元等多传感器融合系统，实时感知开放赛道环境，自主完成定位建图、路径规划、动态避障等全链条复杂决策。 全自主奔跑的核心挑战，主要在高速奔跑状态下同时完成环境感知与实时决策。针对人形机器人全自主导航这一行业研发重点与难点，北京人形运动控制负责人郭宜劼此前对《科创板日报》记者谈及了团队在技术攻坚中的突破方向...

Hong Kong rugby has reached a “pinnacle” as the city celebrates the 50th anniversary of its annual Sevens tournament, the man who coached the local team at the first edition of the event in 1976 has said. Peter Duncan, who stepped down as president of Hong Kong China Rugby in March after a decade in the post, described the annual three-day tournament as an “iconic” sporting event that helped to cement the city’s status in the international community. “If you were sitting in the stadium in 1976...

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在去年5月苏超成为现象级爆款赛事后，借鉴“业余球员+一城一队+文旅融合”这一苏超核心办赛理念的省域“城超”迅速扩容 在去年5月苏超成为现象级爆款赛事后，省域“城超”遍地开花。 4月19日晚，闽超揭幕战将在福州海峡奥体中心打响，由福州队坐镇主场迎战厦门队，前者为省会城市，后者为经济特区，还未开赛，这场“福建德比”话题度就已经拉满。本场闽超揭幕战门票预约通道已于4月16日零时关闭，经数据测算，本次揭幕战预约总人数超过8万，可售球票不足5万张，中签率为 55.89% 。 4月9日，2026年福建省城市足球联赛（简称“闽超”）新闻发布会在福州举行，宣布兴业银行成为赛事独家冠名商，与主办方共同打造具有福建特色的足球“盛宴”，推进“金融+体育+文旅+消费”融合发展。 闽超之外，本月还有多个省超开赛。4月6日，首届浙江省城市足球联赛（吴越杯）开哨；4月12日晚，首届楚超（2026湖北省城市足球联赛）在湖北黄石揭幕；2026年山东省齐鲁足球超级联赛正式改制为城市联赛，“齐鲁超赛”揭幕战于4月18日晚在泰安打响。2026年广东省城市足球超级联赛（下称“粤超”）轮将于4月25日至26日在全省10个城市开展。 苏超新赛季也于4月11日晚间鸣哨开赛。在去年5月苏超成为现象级爆款赛事后，借鉴“业余球员+一城一队+文旅融合”这一苏超核心办赛理念的省域“城超”迅速扩容，赣超、湘超、渝超、川超、滇超、琼超等多个城市足球联赛遍地开花。加上本月开赛的多个省超，目前这种“业余球员+一城一队+文旅融合”为核心办赛理念的省超已经超过了10个。 此外，今年，辽宁、吉林、黑龙江、内蒙古四地还将联合创办“东北超”（东北地区城市足球联赛），这将是全国首个跨省区的城市足球联赛。赛事将于5月23日正式开赛。 这些“苏超式”的城市足球联赛遍地开花，在盘活存量场馆资源、提升足球普及率的同时，还通过与文旅等多业态深度融合，每一张比赛门票都有望撬动当地消费。以苏超为例，4月11日，苏超火爆回归，2026苏超首轮比赛火热开战。4月13日，美团发布苏超首轮赛后消费观察，苏超带火江苏周末跨城消费热现象越发显著。 美团数据显示，从4月10日至12日，环比上月非比赛日周末，主场城市文旅预订增量均有大幅增长。其中，常州文旅预订量环比增长64%，无锡增长73%，连云港增长101%。扬州文旅预订量环比增长131%，为四个主场城市中增速最快。江...

In this article AAL UAL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT An American Airlines airplane lands at Los Angeles International Airport on March 7, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images American Airlines said on Friday that it was not interested in a merger with United Airlines and had not held any such talks, diminishing prospects of ⁠an industry-reshaping deal that would face tough regulatory scrutiny. A combination of two of the largest U.S. network carriers would mark the biggest consolidation move in more than a decade, further tightening a domestic market already dominated by four similarly sized players. Including international flights, United and American were already the world's two largest airlines by available ⁠capacity ‌in 2025, according to OAG data. That scale ⁠would, however, invite extraordinary scrutiny from regulators, labor unions and consumer advocates wary of higher fares and reduced competition, leaving the deal with slim chances of approval, analysts and industry officials have said. There is also ‌significant overlap between American and United, including Chicago O'Hare and major hubs in Texas. "While changes in the broader airline marketplace may be necessary, a combination with United would be negative for competition and for consumers," American Airlines said, adding that such a deal would be inconsistent with its understanding of the Trump administration's approach to antitrust enforcement. United Airlines declined to ⁠comment, while the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The White House ‌has previously said it has no opinion on ‌a potential United Airlines deal for American Airlines. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby pitched a potential merger with American Airlines in a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in late February, Reuters reported on Monday. The meeting with Trump was three days before the start ⁠of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran that sent jet fuel prices ⁠soarin...