Readers respond to new government advice to limit screen time to under an hour for under-fives, and restrict it to ‘slow-paced’ media content While I fully support the government’s guidance to parents of under-fives to keep screen time to under an hour a day ( Keep under-fives’ screen time to no more than an hour a day, UK advice says, 27 March ), this does not go far enough. Children do not only ...
Readers respond to new government advice to limit screen time to under an hour for under-fives, and restrict it to ‘slow-paced’ media content While I fully support the government’s guidance to parents of under-fives to keep screen time to under an hour a day ( Keep under-fives’ screen time to no more than an hour a day, UK advice says, 27 March ), this does not go far enough. Children do not only experience screens at home; they also encounter them in early childhood settings and schools. Contrary to the advice given in the new guidance for parents, the government requires all children to complete a screen-based test within their first six weeks at primary school. The Reception Baseline Assessment takes up 20 minutes of their daily screen time. Teachers are not able to interact with the child while doing the test as they must follow a script. This contradicts the advice for parents, which suggests that the best form of screen use involves adults interacting with their children while using screens. Continue reading...
onurdongel/iStock via Getty Images Plug Power ( PLUG ) up 5.3% in Thursday's trading after saying it was awarded the front-end engineering design contract to supply a 275 MW electrolyzer system for Hy2gen Canada's Courant project , in one of the company's largest electrolyzer project awards to date; financial terms were not disclosed. Hy2gen is developing the Courant project as one of North Americ...
onurdongel/iStock via Getty Images Plug Power ( PLUG ) up 5.3% in Thursday's trading after saying it was awarded the front-end engineering design contract to supply a 275 MW electrolyzer system for Hy2gen Canada's Courant project , in one of the company's largest electrolyzer project awards to date; financial terms were not disclosed. Hy2gen is developing the Courant project as one of North America's largest decarbonized ammonium nitrate facilities, supporting the mining industry's goals in Canada; Plug's ( PLUG ) scope of work on the project will include advanced engineering and system design activities to support electrolyzer integration, plant configuration, and performance optimization. The large-scale hydrogen plant will support Hy2gen’s production of low-carbon ammonia, which will then be further processed into renewable ammonium nitrate for the mining industry's explosives needs, the company said. " Being selected as the electrolyzer supplier for Hy2gen's Courant project underscores Plug's ability to support large-scale hydrogen and hydrogen-derived products," Plug Power ( PLUG ) President and CEO Jose Luis Crespo . More on Plug Power Plug Power: Some Progress But Major Headwinds Remain - Sell Plug Power: Improving Operations, Still A Hold For Me Plug Power Has Bought Time, Not Conviction
Readers respond to a report that some pub landlords are banning children after incidents of unsafe, unruly behaviour It’s fair to say the traditional British pub has always been seen as a wind-down space for adults ( ‘It dictated the whole atmosphere’: why some landlords are banning kids from pubs, 26 March ). Adult conversations, a laugh and a joke with mates and, yes, getting a little tipsy and ...
Readers respond to a report that some pub landlords are banning children after incidents of unsafe, unruly behaviour It’s fair to say the traditional British pub has always been seen as a wind-down space for adults ( ‘It dictated the whole atmosphere’: why some landlords are banning kids from pubs, 26 March ). Adult conversations, a laugh and a joke with mates and, yes, getting a little tipsy and merry without having to worry about the responsibility of looking after, or even maintaining decorum in front of, the children. As adults we don’t dive into the ball pits at McDonald’s, or invade playgrounds to go on the swings or see-saws, even for a laugh, because it’s not our space. Continue reading...
It’s annoying when no one listens to you. I see it on the face of my eight-year-old as people talk over her: the frustration, the impatience, the no doubt crucial and fascinating story about what happened to Jake at the end of free-play just bursting to get out. We all remember the feeling, and right now Andrew Bailey is re-living this childhood exasperation. You’d think that when the Bank of Engl...
It’s annoying when no one listens to you. I see it on the face of my eight-year-old as people talk over her: the frustration, the impatience, the no doubt crucial and fascinating story about what happened to Jake at the end of free-play just bursting to get out. We all remember the feeling, and right now Andrew Bailey is re-living this childhood exasperation. You’d think that when the Bank of England governor repeatedly tells the market that it’s pricing in too many rate hikes, the market might react in some way. But it is not. Indeed, it is doing the opposite. Gilts underperformed most other government bonds today, despite Bailey’s latest attempt to correct the hawkish reaction to the Bank’s March meeting. “We would take Governor Bailey’s guidance with a pinch of salt,” one City analyst explained. “I was not a fan of those remarks,” snapped another, arguing that Bailey is “a week behind” with his pleas to be heard. This all started two weeks ago today. At the time, markets really did listen when the Bank said it was ready to act over inflation. Rate bets soared in the seconds after the release , but since then efforts to lean a bit in the other direction have largely been ignored. Several of Bailey’s colleagues — doves and hawks alike — have tried to temper expectations, but they, like children around the family table, are drowned out by whatever Uncle Donald from America is harping on about now. If I had a dollar for every time our markets team here at Bloomberg News has said “no, it’s only moved on Trump” in the last couple of weeks, I’d have enough to buy a barrel of crude . Those of us on the economics desk keep asking them if UK factors are moving the dial at all, and they keep wearily shaking their heads while raising a finger toward the metaphorical sign on the wall that says: Check President’s Latest Post on Truth Social. So, it’s a BOE v The Markets standoff — and we’ve been here before. Back in 2022, during the aftershocks of the Liz Truss crisis, the Ban...
Activists accuse Iran’s regime of crackdown on civil society as whereabouts of Nasrin Sotoudeh are unknown Is Iran using the war to hide a surge in executions? The prize-winning Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been arrested in Tehran, according to her family, as activists accused the regime of cracking down on civil society under cover of the war with Israel and the US. Sotoudeh’s ...
Activists accuse Iran’s regime of crackdown on civil society as whereabouts of Nasrin Sotoudeh are unknown Is Iran using the war to hide a surge in executions? The prize-winning Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been arrested in Tehran, according to her family, as activists accused the regime of cracking down on civil society under cover of the war with Israel and the US. Sotoudeh’s daughter Mehraveh Khandan said her mother was taken from her home in Tehran late on Wednesday and that her whereabouts were unknown. Khandan suspected the arrest may be related to recent interviews about the war, in which Sotoudeh criticised the government. Continue reading...
The case for cats wearing collars is compelling, and should be supported by veterinary organisations, writes Trevor Lawson While Sir David Attenborough’s latest series might enrage cat lovers by recommending that cats wear bells to reduce wildlife mortality ( ‘We didn’t want to be preachy’: David Attenborough’s unexpected new show – which might enrage cat lovers, 31 March ), a bigger question is w...
The case for cats wearing collars is compelling, and should be supported by veterinary organisations, writes Trevor Lawson While Sir David Attenborough’s latest series might enrage cat lovers by recommending that cats wear bells to reduce wildlife mortality ( ‘We didn’t want to be preachy’: David Attenborough’s unexpected new show – which might enrage cat lovers, 31 March ), a bigger question is why pet organisations including Cats Protection and the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) don’t do the same. Even though quick-release collars have been available for years, these organisations recommend that cats should not wear collars. They claim – without statistical evidence of significant risk – that collars can snag, rub or trap paws. A study in the US found that only 3.3% of cats experienced these problems with collars, and these issues can be addressed by ensuring the collar is correctly fitted and the cat is given time to adjust to it. There was no evidence of actual serious injury or death. Continue reading...
SweetBunFactory/iStock via Getty Images Ambarella, Inc. ( AMBA ) is setting its sights on high-impact markets for its edge AI infrastructure, particularly as it relates to reindustrialization and industrial automation & robotics. With its new deployable edge AI orchestration hardware & software stack becoming available later in eFY27, Ambarella is positioning itself to facilitate cloudless robotic...
SweetBunFactory/iStock via Getty Images Ambarella, Inc. ( AMBA ) is setting its sights on high-impact markets for its edge AI infrastructure, particularly as it relates to reindustrialization and industrial automation & robotics. With its new deployable edge AI orchestration hardware & software stack becoming available later in eFY27, Ambarella is positioning itself to facilitate cloudless robotics orchestration that may create substantial value as more factory floors adopt automation technology. With a strong market opportunity at hand, I am recommending shares with a price target of $84.28/share at 6.60x eFY28 price/sales. From a tactical standpoint, investors should consider pricing shares lower in the near future as the selloff may continue until Q1 ’27. Ambarella Operational Update Ambarella is realizing substantial growth in demand for its 5nm chips designed for edge-AI applications, particularly for automotive and IoT. The driving factor for growth was increased adoption of its CV75 and CV72 chips. These chips were purpose-built for an industrial AI-type setting, performing advanced video capture and multi-modal vision-language model workloads as a low-powered product. The advanced nodes allow for zero-shot image classification and multi-modal inferencing for real-time visual analytics, a valuable offering for industrial settings. What makes these chips stand out is that no training is necessary for them to be functional, meaning that they can be deployed and provide value almost immediately. Ambarella announced the next generation chip in January 2026 , the CV7 edge AI vision system-on-chip [SoC] that provides AI-based 8k video which can be used in cameras, drones, automotive, and for industrial automation. The chips provide 360-degree surround-view and video recording applications that can be leveraged in ADAS systems in vehicles. These chips were designed on Samsung’s ( SSNLF ) 4nm process technology and consume 20% less power when compared to their predec...
Tracy Marshall describes how the worrying natter of her internal world, thankfully, fell silent I was delighted to read Polly Hudson’s article on overthinkers like me ( Faithful, sensitive, forgiving: overthinkers like me make the best partners, 29 March ). I am 51 now and have spent most of my life at the mercy of my ability to “turn even the most pleasant, benign interaction into a horrifying en...
Tracy Marshall describes how the worrying natter of her internal world, thankfully, fell silent I was delighted to read Polly Hudson’s article on overthinkers like me ( Faithful, sensitive, forgiving: overthinkers like me make the best partners, 29 March ). I am 51 now and have spent most of my life at the mercy of my ability to “turn even the most pleasant, benign interaction into a horrifying encounter that definitely caused offence”. Someone once described me as a sentinel – forever observing and analysing myself and, as a result, never actually living in the moment and enjoying the freedom from guilt and shame and self-loathing that the under- and perfect-level thinkers around me appeared to achieved without effort. Continue reading...
Tartezy/iStock Editorial via Getty Images In Piper Sandler’s opinion, the market seems to be pricing in a lot more bad news for Wingstop ( WING ) and views the current risk/reward as attractive, encouraging investors to take advantage of this situation. Accordingly, analyst Brian Mullan upgraded Wingstop ( WING ) to Overweight from Neutral despite his own expectation for same-store sales, adjusted...
Tartezy/iStock Editorial via Getty Images In Piper Sandler’s opinion, the market seems to be pricing in a lot more bad news for Wingstop ( WING ) and views the current risk/reward as attractive, encouraging investors to take advantage of this situation. Accordingly, analyst Brian Mullan upgraded Wingstop ( WING ) to Overweight from Neutral despite his own expectation for same-store sales, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EPS, and even net unit growth estimates to be revised lower in the coming months. “No doubt, it feels somewhat uncomfortable to upgrade right now,” Mullan says, adding that what is even more concerning is that he hasn’t seen any signs of stabilization in WING’s top-line trends. “But as these things often go, this is the reason why the stock is where it is, which is what we believe is presenting investors with the opportunity, hence the upgrade,” Mullan continues. Despite the risk of getting the upgrade wrong if same-store sales continue to disappoint, Mullan is optimistic that Wingstop’s ( WING ) Smart Kitchen “should prove to be a good thing for the domestic business,” the loyalty program is a plus, and the company’s balance sheet allows it to remain active with share repurchases. Therefore, the combination of the smart kitchen and loyalty program will at least stem the declines in the multi-year trends, “and if that happens, we’d expect to see some stabilization/sequential improvement in the one-year trend, at minimum,” Mullan adds. “Taking everything into consideration, we like the risk/reward on WING at current levels and are upgrading the shares to Overweight. There are things we are worried about still, but we think that these things have been getting priced into the stock of late. Should anything go better than what we are currently modeling, we expect that the upside could prove to be quite attractive.” Wall Street seems to concur with Mullan’s upgrade, lifting Wingstop ( WING ) shares by more than 5% on Thursday. Wingstop ( WING ) reports first-qu...
The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, GE Aerospace is now the #42 analyst pick, moving up by 4 spots. This rank is formed by averaging the analyst opinions for each component from e
The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, GE Aerospace is now the #42 analyst pick, moving up by 4 spots. This rank is formed by averaging the analyst opinions for each component from e
Investors considering a purchase of Alumis Inc (Symbol: ALMS) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $23.76/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is
Investors considering a purchase of Alumis Inc (Symbol: ALMS) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $23.76/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is