A mainland Chinese mother who tried to secure a Hong Kong secondary school place for her son by offering a bribe to an assistant principal received a suspended jail sentence on Tuesday. Cai Yu, 39, was also accused of deleting evidence after anti-corruption authorities launched an investigation. The woman on Tuesday told acting principal magistrate Daniel Tang Siu-hung at Tuen Mun Court that she “...
A mainland Chinese mother who tried to secure a Hong Kong secondary school place for her son by offering a bribe to an assistant principal received a suspended jail sentence on Tuesday. Cai Yu, 39, was also accused of deleting evidence after anti-corruption authorities launched an investigation. The woman on Tuesday told acting principal magistrate Daniel Tang Siu-hung at Tuen Mun Court that she “underestimated” the legal consequences of attempting to offer a HK$10,000 (US$1,276) bribe to Danny Hung Siu-tan, assistant principal of CMA Choi Cheung Kok Secondary School in Tuen Mun. Advertisement The court heard that in September 2024, Cai, who lives in Shenzhen, met Hung to discuss enrolling her son. Hung said the boy would have to enter Secondary One if he did not sit the admission exam. The boy, who is now 15, refused to take the exam at the time. Shenzhen resident Cai Yu received a suspended jail sentence. Photo: Brian Wong The court earlier heard that Hung, who pleaded not guilty and stood trial, did not take the bribe. Instead, he told the mother he was under investigation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. says the selloff in UK homebuilder stocks has been excessive and investors are too pessimistic on the sector’s long-term profitability. While the industry has been hard hit in recent months, analysts including Rebecca Parker say they still see growth, and are bullish on homebuilders that are less exposed to markets in London and south of Britain. In particular, they single...
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. says the selloff in UK homebuilder stocks has been excessive and investors are too pessimistic on the sector’s long-term profitability. While the industry has been hard hit in recent months, analysts including Rebecca Parker say they still see growth, and are bullish on homebuilders that are less exposed to markets in London and south of Britain. In particular, they singled out Persimmon Plc, Barratt Redrow Plc and Vistry Group Plc as stocks to buy. The impact of higher mortgage rates will be less severe than share prices are currently suggesting, the analysts said. A Bloomberg index tracking UK homebuilders has fallen 26% this year with investors worried about the impact of potentially higher interest rates and costs. “Current metrics are more robust than previous cycles,” they wrote. They estimated long-term return on equity, a profitability metric, for the industry to be 6.4% in 2026 and 7.1% by 2028. UK homebuilder shares are currently pricing 5%, a level they consider to be “too punitive.” Still, they warned that Taylor Wimpey Plc faces challenges because of its London and South East markets. They downgraded the stock to sell.
Envirotech Vehicles ( EVTV ) announced on Tuesday that it deployed around 6 megawatts of modular Bitcoin ( BTC-USD ) mining infrastructure at its South Texas site, with installation expected to start within the next month. The management said the mining fleet could start generating revenue immediately after operations begin, based on current Bitcoin prices. The company’s merger partner, AZIO AI , ...
Envirotech Vehicles ( EVTV ) announced on Tuesday that it deployed around 6 megawatts of modular Bitcoin ( BTC-USD ) mining infrastructure at its South Texas site, with installation expected to start within the next month. The management said the mining fleet could start generating revenue immediately after operations begin, based on current Bitcoin prices. The company’s merger partner, AZIO AI , has started initial deliveries of NVIDIA ( NVDA ) B200 GPU systems, which are used for advanced AI computing workloads. AZIO AI Corporation has already received customer deposits tied to a $118M infrastructure purchase pipeline, showing customer demand and order visibility. The company is also expanding fiber connectivity at its South Texas site to support future AI hosting, high-performance computing, and data center operations. Source: Press Release More on Envirotech Vehicles Envirotech Vehicles signs merger agreement with AZIO AI at $750M valuation Historical earnings data for Envirotech Vehicles Financial information for Envirotech Vehicles
In Arne Slot's first summer at Anfield in 2024, Liverpool bought only Federico Chiesa - yet the Reds won the Premier League title in the season that followed. In contrast, last summer they splashed out £415m - setting a new record for the amount spent by a club in a window - as Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and Giovanni Leoni were signed. Yet Liverpool...
In Arne Slot's first summer at Anfield in 2024, Liverpool bought only Federico Chiesa - yet the Reds won the Premier League title in the season that followed. In contrast, last summer they splashed out £415m - setting a new record for the amount spent by a club in a window - as Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and Giovanni Leoni were signed. Yet Liverpool finished the season with 24 points fewer than they did last term - the worst season-to-season swing of any team in the league - and none of the summer signings started their last game against Brentford. Slot expects a "little transition" this summer but nothing "drastic". After a turbulent season that saw Liverpool confirm Champions League qualification only on the last day, BBC Sport grades each of last summer's signings.
An investigation is under way after four people, including two children, were killed when a school minibus collided with a train in northern Belgium. Five children were injured in the crash at a level crossing near the small town of Buggenhout in Flanders on Tuesday. Belgium’s transport minister, Jean-Luc Crucke, told RTL TV that two young people, the bus driver and an adult accompanying the child...
An investigation is under way after four people, including two children, were killed when a school minibus collided with a train in northern Belgium. Five children were injured in the crash at a level crossing near the small town of Buggenhout in Flanders on Tuesday. Belgium’s transport minister, Jean-Luc Crucke, told RTL TV that two young people, the bus driver and an adult accompanying the children had lost their lives. “My first thoughts are with the victims, but also those people who are injured and their families,” he said. The other five passengers in the bus, all children, were taken to hospital with serious injuries and were said to be in stable condition. The crash happened just after 8am on Tuesday when a school minivan collided with a train travelling from Bruges to Buggenhout, about 14 miles (22km) north of Brussels. The bus was reported to have attempted to cross the level crossing, despite lowered barriers and a flashing red light. On seeing the van, the train driver applied the emergency brakes but was unable to avoid the collision. A spokesperson for the rail network operator Infrabel told the Flemish public broadcaster VRT: “We do not know how the accident could have happened. That is for the police and the public prosecutor’s office to investigate.” A spokesperson for the public prosecutor told reporters the four victims were two children aged 15 and 12, their 27-year-old chaperone and the driver of the van, who was 49. TV footage showed the crumpled white minivan overturned on its side at the crossing, with ambulances and a helicopter under cloudless blue skies. Such was the force of the impact that the bus was catapulted into the driveway of a house, according to a VRT reporter at the scene. The children were on their way to a special educational needs school in the town. “What could have been a beautiful spring morning suddenly turned into a pitch-black day,” the East Flanders politician responsible for the school, Kurt Moens, told local media. ...
PBF Energy ( PBF ) said on Tuesday that its indirect unit, PBF Holding, plans to offer $500M in senior notes due 2034 through a private offering, with the notes to be co-issued by wholly owned subsidiary PBF Finance The company plans to use the funds raised and available cash to repay its outstanding 6.00% senior notes due 2028 in full. Shares +2.92%. More on PBF Energy PBF Energy: Operational Con...
PBF Energy ( PBF ) said on Tuesday that its indirect unit, PBF Holding, plans to offer $500M in senior notes due 2034 through a private offering, with the notes to be co-issued by wholly owned subsidiary PBF Finance The company plans to use the funds raised and available cash to repay its outstanding 6.00% senior notes due 2028 in full. Shares +2.92%. More on PBF Energy PBF Energy: Operational Concerns Limit Macro Upside PBF Energy Inc. (PBF) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript PBF Energy: Remaining Counter-Cyclical In My Conservative Approach Explosion and fire reported at PBF Energy's Chalmette, Louisiana, refinery PBF signals $350M RBI run rate savings by end of 2026 as Martinez expects finished products this weekend
In this video, I will talk about SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) and the recent J.P. Morgan 54th Annual Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference. Watch the short video to learn more, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below. *Stock prices used were from the trading day of May. 20, 2026. The video was published on May. 20, 2026. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? O...
In this video, I will talk about SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) and the recent J.P. Morgan 54th Annual Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference. Watch the short video to learn more, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below. *Stock prices used were from the trading day of May. 20, 2026. The video was published on May. 20, 2026. 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 » Should you buy stock in SoFi Technologies right now? Before you buy stock in SoFi Technologies, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and SoFi Technologies wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $477,813!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,320,088!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 986% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 208% for the S&P 500. Don't miss the latest top 10 list, available with Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 26, 2026. Neil Rozenbaum has positions in SoFi Technologies. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Neil is an affiliate of The Motley Fool and may be compensated for promoting its services. If you choose to subscribe through his link, he will earn some extra money that supports his channel. His opinions remain his own and are unaffected by The Motley Fool. The views and opinions ...
At Google Next 2026, Google Cloud Security used the Instruqt platform to train over 150 practitioners on Agentic AI capabilities, marking one of the largest hands-on training sessions at a major industry conference this year. The event allowed participants to create their own Google Cloud Vertex AI environments, offering a practical experience that bridges the AI-adoption gap often encountered due...
At Google Next 2026, Google Cloud Security used the Instruqt platform to train over 150 practitioners on Agentic AI capabilities, marking one of the largest hands-on training sessions at a major industry conference this year. The event allowed participants to create their own Google Cloud Vertex AI environments, offering a practical experience that bridges the AI-adoption gap often encountered due to technology complexity and outdated training methods. This approach represents a transformative operational model in the software industry, emphasizing the importance of enabling customers to actively use and integrate new AI features, as highlighted by SlashData's report on developer adoption challenges. Alphabet last closed at $382.97 down 1.2%. In other trading, D-Wave Quantum was trading firmly up 14.2% and finishing the session at $29.40. Meanwhile, Unisplendour lagged, down 6.9% to finish the session at CN¥28.90. The accelerating adoption of AI is driving Alphabet's revenue growth and global expansion. Click through to explore the compelling narrative behind Alphabet's strategic moves. For a comprehensive analysis of AI’s impact on earnings reports, the software sector, and investor sentiment, revisit our Market Insights article on Cloud AI. Don't miss out—get informed now. Best Cloud AI Stocks ServiceNow settled at $102.13 up 2.4%. Apple settled at $308.82 up 1.3%, hovering around its 52-week high. Microsoft settled at $418.57 down 0.1%. Next Steps This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or q...
Sundry Photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images I Wouldn't Buy CRWD After Its Recent Run-Up My neutral call on CrowdStrike Holdings ( CRWD ) was developing naturally from August 2025 up to May 2026, when the stock started to go up sharply and recovered all its recent losses. As of the time of this writing, the stock is up almost 50% on a month-to-date basis, which is insanely strong and actua...
Sundry Photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images I Wouldn't Buy CRWD After Its Recent Run-Up My neutral call on CrowdStrike Holdings ( CRWD ) was developing naturally from August 2025 up to May 2026, when the stock started to go up sharply and recovered all its recent losses. As of the time of this writing, the stock is up almost 50% on a month-to-date basis, which is insanely strong and actually unusual for the SaaS-like cybersecurity representative these days. TrendSpider Software, CRWD daily, notes added Anyway, my fundamental neutral thesis on CRWD remains unchanged. Even assuming CRWD's moat in its niche, the stock seems to be priced to perfection given the forward revenue and EPS projections. The latest earnings print looked strong, and there should definitely be catalysts ahead, but I wonder how many years it's going to take for earnings to grow into the current valuation multiples. The company reports on June 3rd, according to Seeking Alpha, and the stock is rising sharply ahead of the event, as we can see above. I think that the odds for getting an ordinary "sell the news" event are actually quite high. Seeing no margin of safety at all, I think it's fair to call CRWD a "hold," at best. Why Do I Think So? I believe that, first off, we need to figure out why the stock is rising so sharply this month. The agentic AI narrative that was eroding value for everything SaaS-related initially hammered CRWD as well, but the stock recovered because the stock-specific narrative shifted to the role of "securing AI." The thing is that CrowdStrike provides an independent protection layer for AI models that enterprises are actively adopting for their workflows. So, the way I understand it, the more AI models are embedded going forward, the better for CRWD's business amid the rise in demand for its services. So far, the business growth momentum is still visible. In the fiscal Q4 2026 report , we saw $1.9 billion in ARR from CRWD's Next-Gen SIEM, Cloud Security, and Iden...
Key Points Ford’s price-to-earnings ratio of 11.3 supports a hefty dividend yield of more than 4%. As a mass-market carmaker, this company is characterized by low growth and weak profits. The automotive stock’s long-term shareholder track record doesn’t provide a reason to be optimistic. 10 stocks we like better than Ford Motor Company › Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is a boring business that's ove...
Key Points Ford’s price-to-earnings ratio of 11.3 supports a hefty dividend yield of more than 4%. As a mass-market carmaker, this company is characterized by low growth and weak profits. The automotive stock’s long-term shareholder track record doesn’t provide a reason to be optimistic. 10 stocks we like better than Ford Motor Company › Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is a boring business that's over 120 years old. But it's receiving a lot of chatter lately. This automotive stock is having an exceptional May, as it's up 24% this month (as of May 22). That's better than the overall S&P 500 index. This gain might be piquing the interest of investors who want to ride the momentum to portfolio gains. 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 » But first, take a step back to understand what's happening on both sides of the aisle with the company and stock. Here's the case for and against buying Ford right now. Valuation is a key part of Ford's bull case Ford shares might be on a stellar run this month, but its valuation still looks cheap. The stock trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.3. Compared to the trailing 10-year average, this represents a sizable 37% discount. In today's market environment, investors might struggle to pass up on this deal. As a result, the dividend yield is hefty at 4.02%. Besides attracting value-focused market participants, Ford might draw the attention of investors searching for dividend stocks. Ford's pro segment is another factor supporting the bull case. This division sells vehicles, software, and services to commercial and government customers. It posted an 11.4% operating margin in the first quarter (ended March 31), which is better than the company's overall operating margin. "Paid software subscriptions grew to 879,000, a 30% year-over-year increase," chief fin...
Iran Decries US 'Ceasefire Violation' After Overnight Port Raid, Insists On $12BN Fund Release To Advance Talks Summary IRGC says its military shot down an MQ-9 drone and forced an F-35 jet out of Iranian airspace . Tehran formally accuses Washington of "ceasefire violation" while warning a final deal is not yet imminent , while Pentagon cites "self-defense" strikes in Hormuz overnight. Ayatollah ...
Iran Decries US 'Ceasefire Violation' After Overnight Port Raid, Insists On $12BN Fund Release To Advance Talks Summary IRGC says its military shot down an MQ-9 drone and forced an F-35 jet out of Iranian airspace . Tehran formally accuses Washington of "ceasefire violation" while warning a final deal is not yet imminent , while Pentagon cites "self-defense" strikes in Hormuz overnight. Ayatollah Hajj message: US will "no longer have a safe haven for mischief & the establishment of military bases in the region." Teran is demanding "12 billion released now and 12 billion after MOU 30 days runs out to open Hormuz . " Iran agrees to surrender enriched uranium stockpile by June 30, 2026? Yes 24% · No 77% View full market & trade on Polymarket * * * F-35 Engagement, MQ-9 Shootdown While diplomats in Washington and Tehran exchange heavily caveated peace drafts and attempt a breakthrough, the actual conflict theater of the Persian Gulf is telling an entirely different story. The fragile reality of the current ceasefire is on full display, given that after late Monday's US-Israeli action against Iranian vessels at Bandar Abbas port, the IRGC says it opened fire on a US F-35 fighter jet and multiple unmanned aerial vehicles after they allegedly breached Iranian airspace . As part of the engagement, Iran says that it shot down a US MQ-9 drone (not for the first time of the war). The IRGC claims its air defense units successfully "shot down an MQ-9" Reaper drone during the encounter, while the remaining American "aircraft were forced to flee." This followed immediately on the heels of the United States saying carried out "self-defense" strikes in southern Iran overnight against various targets, including boats attempting to lay mines as well as even missile launch sites. "US forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran today to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces," US Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins said. Ceasefire Violati...