PepeBaeza Dry-bulk shipping rates climbed to a four-month high, led by a sharp rebound in demand for larger vessels, particularly Capesize ships, which are primarily used to transport iron ore and coal on long-haul routes. The Baltic Dry Index climbed 5% to its highest level since early December, extending its winning streak to nine consecutive sessions. The index tracks freight rates across Capes...
PepeBaeza Dry-bulk shipping rates climbed to a four-month high, led by a sharp rebound in demand for larger vessels, particularly Capesize ships, which are primarily used to transport iron ore and coal on long-haul routes. The Baltic Dry Index climbed 5% to its highest level since early December, extending its winning streak to nine consecutive sessions. The index tracks freight rates across Capesize, Panamax and Supramax vessels hauling raw materials including iron ore, coal and grains. While Panamax and Supramax segments also contributed to the broader index gains, their impact was more moderate compared to the outsized move in Capesize rates, underscoring how concentrated the current rally is in iron ore-linked trade flows. A quick quant check on dry bulk shipping stocks: Seanergy Maritime ( SHIP ), Quant rating - 4.93 Diana Shipping ( DSX ), Quant rating - 4.90 Navios Maritime Partners ( NMM ), Quant rating - 4.79 Genco Shipping & Trading ( GNK ), Quant rating - 4.51 Star Bulk Carriers ( SBLK ), Quant rating - 4.26 Safe Bulkers ( SB ), Quant rating - 3.02 More on Diana Shipping, Safe Bulkers, etc. Genco Shipping: Freight Rates Offer Hope, But The Cycle Isn't On Your Side Safe Bulkers: Steady Execution, But The Easy Upside Looks Gone Genco Shipping: Why I Don't Expect Further Bids And Why I Favor Cheaper Plays Stocks to watch after market on Monday: DELL, HPQ, CRDO, GNK Diana Shipping takes Genco takeover case to shareholders after months of stalled talks
A $20,000 annual income stream requires roughly $571,000 at a 3.5% yield, $333,000 at 6%, or $250,000 at 8%. The question is what you give up to get there. What a $20,000 Income Goal Actually Costs You Divide your income target by the yield, and you get the capital required. The yield you can realistically ... This $250,000 Income Portfolio Pays a $20,000 Annual Dividend
A $20,000 annual income stream requires roughly $571,000 at a 3.5% yield, $333,000 at 6%, or $250,000 at 8%. The question is what you give up to get there. What a $20,000 Income Goal Actually Costs You Divide your income target by the yield, and you get the capital required. The yield you can realistically ... This $250,000 Income Portfolio Pays a $20,000 Annual Dividend
Real Sociedad’s coach’s career reveals plenty about the man leading the proud Basque club to only their fourth Copa del Rey final There is a moment, about halfway through a long conversation about an extraordinary journey from New Jersey to Seville, when Pellegrino Matarazzo stops mid-sentence. “I keep using that word: ‘special’. I’m realising now that my English is terrible,” Real Sociedad’s coac...
Real Sociedad’s coach’s career reveals plenty about the man leading the proud Basque club to only their fourth Copa del Rey final There is a moment, about halfway through a long conversation about an extraordinary journey from New Jersey to Seville, when Pellegrino Matarazzo stops mid-sentence. “I keep using that word: ‘special’. I’m realising now that my English is terrible,” Real Sociedad’s coach says. So much so that when it finally comes to an end, after he has moved from management and mathematics to music – to OK Computer and Nino D’Angelo, tapes in the old Chevy and all-night sessions on guitar and baglama – he has a suggestion. Laughing now, about to bid farewell, he says: “Feel free to replace any words I used over 10 times. So: ‘special’…” Continue reading...
China’s prototype Qingzhou robotic cargo spacecraft successfully conducted capture and towing operations on “non-cooperative” space targets, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday. The progress paves the way for so-called orbital tow trucks capable of clearing space debris and derelict satellites. The prototype spacecraft launched last month also conducted a suite of in-orbit experiments desi...
China’s prototype Qingzhou robotic cargo spacecraft successfully conducted capture and towing operations on “non-cooperative” space targets, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday. The progress paves the way for so-called orbital tow trucks capable of clearing space debris and derelict satellites. The prototype spacecraft launched last month also conducted a suite of in-orbit experiments designed to sustain long-duration missions, according to CCTV. These included automated metal...
Florida’s Broward County Public Schools is currently facing a budget shortfall of $100 million, the largest deficit caused by annual student enrollment declines. One of its solutions? Use Microsoft Corp. ’s artificial intelligence tools to save money. Since last fall, officials have been using the digital assistant Copilot to analyze the district’s expenses such as energy and maintenance bills, as...
Florida’s Broward County Public Schools is currently facing a budget shortfall of $100 million, the largest deficit caused by annual student enrollment declines. One of its solutions? Use Microsoft Corp. ’s artificial intelligence tools to save money. Since last fall, officials have been using the digital assistant Copilot to analyze the district’s expenses such as energy and maintenance bills, as well as labor costs. With Copilot’s help, it discovered that it was overpaying staff for overtime. That alone has saved the district $12 million so far this school year, according to Trey Davis, the district’s chief information officer. Using AI will help to “chip away at the deficit,” said Davis. Ultimately, he hopes the approach will result in cumulative savings of about $50 million over five years. Schools across the country are starting to take a hard look at the technology as a means to address their deepening financial woes. While many have been slow to integrate AI into their actual teaching some are embracing it for administrative tasks ranging from purchasing school materials to lesson planning. Over the past 18 months, a handful of US public school districts have adopted AI through formal partnerships with Microsoft, Alphabet Inc. ’s Google and OpenAI . Budgets are tighter than they’ve been in years now that federal aid from the pandemic has dried up. Meanwhile, expenses — mainly salaries and material costs — are skyrocketing due to inflation. And enrollment, which is used by states to determine how much money districts get and is typically a school’s primary source of revenue, is falling due to a drop in birth rate and the rise of private education options. US public and private schools spent more than $30 billion in 2024 on education technology, a figure that is expected to nearly double by 2033, according to Verified Market Research. Many school leaders expect AI-powered software will become a huge chunk of the outlays. Last year the school district in Fairfax...
Tonic is much more than a bit player in a G&T. A lot of it’s good enough to drink solo If a tonic is something that “makes you feel stronger and happier”, my tonics come in the form of good wine, bad chocolate and an ageing whippet called Ernie. Recently, though, I’ve found myself craving the OG tonic – tonic water – which started life as a malaria treatment in the age of the British empire. In th...
Tonic is much more than a bit player in a G&T. A lot of it’s good enough to drink solo If a tonic is something that “makes you feel stronger and happier”, my tonics come in the form of good wine, bad chocolate and an ageing whippet called Ernie. Recently, though, I’ve found myself craving the OG tonic – tonic water – which started life as a malaria treatment in the age of the British empire. In the 17th century, Jesuit missionaries brought quinine, a bitter compound found in the bark of American cinchona trees, to Europe. They knew that indigenous people had been using it to treat fevers, and by the 1700s it was routinely being used as an antimalarial in tropical colonies. But there was a snag: quinine is unpalatable. To offset its impossible bitterness, it was combined with water and sugar to make a drink that enabled those stationed in the tropics to self-medicate every day. By the Victorian times, that self-medication had taken on a different aspect; not only had tonic water become fizzy, but it was routinely combined with gin for a drink now emblematic of the British Raj. Continue reading...
The skewed perspectives in my A-level curriculum are staggering. Until that changes, harmful ideas about race and migration will live on Astrid Barltrop is the winner of the 2026 Emerging Voices award (16-18 category) and a year 13 student in Oxfordshire “Lord Cromer was a successful consul-general of Egypt. To what extent do you agree?” I read this essay prompt in my A-level history class, wonder...
The skewed perspectives in my A-level curriculum are staggering. Until that changes, harmful ideas about race and migration will live on Astrid Barltrop is the winner of the 2026 Emerging Voices award (16-18 category) and a year 13 student in Oxfordshire “Lord Cromer was a successful consul-general of Egypt. To what extent do you agree?” I read this essay prompt in my A-level history class, wondering what “successful” means. Successful in forcing austerity on Egyptians to line the pockets of British financiers? Successful in civilising a country of people he viewed as “ subversive demagogues ” and “ subject races ”? Thankfully my essay could argue that Cromer wasn’t successful if I tried to frame “success” in terms of how he impacted the Egyptian population: he imposed an unfair land tax system and restricted access to education. But even then I had to write it under the implicit assumption that colonial rulers can be successful for a population – it’s just that this one wasn’t. Why doesn’t discussion around Cromer – and the values he embodied – instead centre on the right to rule? Continue reading...