Ole_CNX/iStock via Getty Images Broadcom ( AVGO ) , Meta ( META ) , Applied Materials ( AMAT ) , GlobalFoundries, and Synopsys ( SNPS ) are partnering to establish a $125M semiconductor hub at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. The initial five-year commitment will establish a long-term collaboration across the semiconductor ecosystem, spanning chip design, software, manufacturing, equipment,...
Ole_CNX/iStock via Getty Images Broadcom ( AVGO ) , Meta ( META ) , Applied Materials ( AMAT ) , GlobalFoundries, and Synopsys ( SNPS ) are partnering to establish a $125M semiconductor hub at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. The initial five-year commitment will establish a long-term collaboration across the semiconductor ecosystem, spanning chip design, software, manufacturing, equipment, and advanced materials, UCLA said in a statement. A first-of-its-kind Semiconductor Hub at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering aims to accelerate research, strengthen U.S. leadership, and support workforce development in energy-efficient AI–powered chip technologies critical to economic growth and national security. “Strengthening the ties between industry and academia is more important than ever as semiconductor complexity increases and the pace of AI development accelerates,” Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson said in a statement. More on Meta, Broadcom, etc. Meta Platforms: A Call Option On The AI Race Why Meta's 'Alarming' Capex Is Actually Bullish Broadcom Is Far Too Overcrowded Manus founders seek $1B to unwind Meta takeover amid Beijing pressure: report Meta's Zuckerberg rules out further job cuts this year -- report
Nvidia's (NASDAQ: NVDA) sales were billions above management's expectations. 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 » *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 19, 2026. The video was published on May 21, 2026. ...
Nvidia's (NASDAQ: NVDA) sales were billions above management's expectations. 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 » *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 19, 2026. The video was published on May 21, 2026. Should you buy stock in Nvidia right now? Before you buy stock in Nvidia, 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 Nvidia 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 $475,063!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,369,991!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 994% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 207% 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 22, 2026. Parkev Tatevosian, CFA has positions in Nvidia. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Nvidia. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Parkev Tatevosian 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 expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
AI stock investors are excited about this company. 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 » *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 19, 2026. The video was published on May 21, 2026. Should you buy stock in Lu...
AI stock investors are excited about this company. 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 » *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 19, 2026. The video was published on May 21, 2026. Should you buy stock in Lumentum right now? Before you buy stock in Lumentum, 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 Lumentum 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 $475,063!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,369,991!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 994% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 207% 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 22, 2026. Parkev Tatevosian, CFA has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Lumentum. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Parkev Tatevosian 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 expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
These are two of the most hated stocks in the markets right now. 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 » *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 19, 2026. The video was published on May 21, 2026. Should you b...
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Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is marketing driverless car technology as the next big thing, while Uber (NYSE: UBER) is racking up profits and cash flow. 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 » *Stock prices used were the afternoo...
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is marketing driverless car technology as the next big thing, while Uber (NYSE: UBER) is racking up profits and cash flow. 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 » *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 19, 2026. The video was published on May 21, 2026. Don’t miss this second chance at a potentially lucrative opportunity Ever feel like you missed the boat in buying the most successful stocks? Then you’ll want to hear this. On rare occasions, our expert team of analysts issues a “Double Down” stock recommendation for companies that they think are about to pop. If you’re worried you’ve already missed your chance to invest, now is the best time to buy before it’s too late. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, you’d have $579,651 !* if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, !* Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $57,607 !* if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, !* Netflix: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2004, you’d have $475,063!* Right now, we’re issuing “Double Down” alerts for three incredible companies, available when you join Stock Advisor, and there may not be another chance like this anytime soon. See the 3 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 21, 2026. Parkev Tatevosian, CFA has positions in Uber Technologies and has the following options: long December 2026 $320 puts on Tesla. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Tesla and Uber Technologies. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Parkev Tatevosian 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 rema...
Australia’s weak employment report has sparked an increase in curve-steepening trades as investors bet the central bank is nearing the end of its interest-rate hiking cycle, according to traders. Trading volumes in September Australian bank bill futures climbed 2.5 times on Thursday from the previous day, while activity in the June contracts doubled. The futures are used to trade views on the yiel...
Australia’s weak employment report has sparked an increase in curve-steepening trades as investors bet the central bank is nearing the end of its interest-rate hiking cycle, according to traders. Trading volumes in September Australian bank bill futures climbed 2.5 times on Thursday from the previous day, while activity in the June contracts doubled. The futures are used to trade views on the yield curve, letting investors wager on whether the gap between short- and longer-dated rates will widen or narrow. The shift followed data showing Australia’s unemployment rate unexpectedly climbed to 4.5% in April, a level the Reserve Bank of Australia had not projected until the second half of next year. The weakness in the labor market led some investors to pare back expectations of further near-term interest rate hikes. “There has been a significant uptick in mid curve steepening trades being initiated, in addition to lifting of duration across the curve, as the prospect of follow-up tightening by the RBA becomes less likely near term,” said Bevan Harris , an Australia rates trader at Nomura International Plc in London. Lifting duration — or buying longer-dated bonds — is typically a sign investors expect interest rates to decline, since such bonds tend to gain in value as yields fall. Hedge funds also reduced the exposure linked to additional RBA tightening this year at the front end of the swaps curve, according to traders. Spreads between upcoming RBA meetings narrowed as investors received fixed rates for later meetings while paying floating rates — a position that benefits if the central bank tightens less than markets anticipate. “Post the data we saw hedge funds reducing risk to a June hike, as well as many of the front RBA meeting date gaps,” said Mark Elworthy , Sydney-based head of Australia and New Zealand fixed income trading at Bank of America Corp. The amount of tightening priced in between the RBA’s June and August meetings narrowed to 11.5 basis points by t...
Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) is already capturing significant revenue from AI, while Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) is poised for a major inflection point. 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 » *Stock prices used were the afternoo...
Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) is already capturing significant revenue from AI, while Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) is poised for a major inflection point. 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 » *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 19, 2026. The video was published on May 21, 2026. Should you buy stock in Broadcom right now? Before you buy stock in Broadcom, 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 Broadcom 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 $475,063!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,369,991!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 994% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 207% 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 21, 2026. Parkev Tatevosian, CFA has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Broadcom and Qualcomm. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.Parkev Tatevosian 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 expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect thos...
These are exciting growth stocks for investors to consider. 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 » *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 19, 2026. The video was published on May 21, 2026. Should you buy st...
These are exciting growth stocks for investors to consider. 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 » *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 19, 2026. The video was published on May 21, 2026. Should you buy stock in Arm Holdings right now? Before you buy stock in Arm Holdings, 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 Arm Holdings 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 $475,063!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,369,991!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 994% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 207% 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 21, 2026. Parkev Tatevosian, CFA has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Marvell Technology. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Parkev Tatevosian 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 expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
This video will describe in detail my discounted cash flow calculation of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock. 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 » *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 19, 2026. The video wa...
This video will describe in detail my discounted cash flow calculation of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock. 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 » *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 19, 2026. The video was published on May 21, 2026. Should you buy stock in Microsoft right now? Before you buy stock in Microsoft, 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 Microsoft 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 $475,063!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,369,991!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 994% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 207% 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 21, 2026. Parkev Tatevosian, CFA has positions in Microsoft. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Microsoft. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Parkev Tatevosian 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 expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
This week, Donald Trump dropped a personal $10bn lawsuit he had against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for a so-called anti-weaponisation fund. The $1.8bn fund will be used to compensate those who think they have been unfairly investigated by the government in the past. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the legal analyst Kristy Greenberg about why critics are calling this fund ‘cor...
This week, Donald Trump dropped a personal $10bn lawsuit he had against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for a so-called anti-weaponisation fund. The $1.8bn fund will be used to compensate those who think they have been unfairly investigated by the government in the past. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the legal analyst Kristy Greenberg about why critics are calling this fund ‘corruption on steroids’ Archive: AP Continue reading...
Derek Jacobi is chatting to the photographer in the living room. His voice is unmistakeable – rich, buttered, every sentence beautifully parsed and phrased. I’m in the kitchen with his husband, Richard Clifford, who is making coffee. He tells me they have been together 47 years. “We met when I was 22 and he was 39.” “I’m a child snatcher,” guffaws Jacobi from the lounge. While Clifford is an actor...
Derek Jacobi is chatting to the photographer in the living room. His voice is unmistakeable – rich, buttered, every sentence beautifully parsed and phrased. I’m in the kitchen with his husband, Richard Clifford, who is making coffee. He tells me they have been together 47 years. “We met when I was 22 and he was 39.” “I’m a child snatcher,” guffaws Jacobi from the lounge. While Clifford is an actor and director who has enjoyed some success, Jacobi is a giant of stage and screen, famous for his Hamlets and Lears. Perhaps he is still best known for I, Claudius, the brilliant 1970s TV series in which he played the stammering, disabled Roman emperor with astonishing empathy and sensuality. It was all in the voice. Jacobi could seduce the world with his, as he did with a sublime Cyrano de Bergerac for the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1980s. Then there are the TV joys of more recent years. In the comedy Vicious, he and Ian McKellen play a savagely barbed but devoted couple, while in the hugely popular Last Tango in Halifax, he enjoys a more tender romance with Anne Reid. Clifford brings in the coffee. He’s talking about Trump, Iran and how the world is going to pot. I ask Jacobi if he shares his concerns. “I’m too old and ugly to worry.” Look, I say, this is not the first time I’ve heard you talk about being ugly, you don’t really think that do you? “Ooh yeassssss,” he says fiercely. “Oh, as a kid, yes. A ginger-haired, freckled-faced …” “Acne-ridden,” Clifford adds for good measure. “Acne-ridden, east London kid,” Jacobi continues, grateful for the reminder. “Yes, absolutely. I can’t look in the mirror.” He says he won’t watch himself on screen. Is that because of the acting or how he looks? “It’s both. If I were honest, I’d have liked to have been a movie star. I think I can act. But I didn’t have the looks to go with my acting. If I had had the looks as well as my acting ability I think my world would have turned out differently. But I didn’t. And I never wanted to ...
In the summer of 2000, I could never have imagined becoming a father. I was 34, living in New York City, with a good job in social care, but still in a tiny apartment. I had been with my partner, Pete, for just over three years; we were serious, but we didn’t live together. Becoming a parent was not on my radar. One August evening, I had finished work late and was hurrying to a dinner reservation ...
In the summer of 2000, I could never have imagined becoming a father. I was 34, living in New York City, with a good job in social care, but still in a tiny apartment. I had been with my partner, Pete, for just over three years; we were serious, but we didn’t live together. Becoming a parent was not on my radar. One August evening, I had finished work late and was hurrying to a dinner reservation I had with Pete. I was rushing towards the turnstile at Union Square station when I noticed a bundle of clothes in a corner. I saw it move and stopped in my tracks. I walked over, peeled back a dark sweatshirt, and saw him: a newborn baby, with the umbilical cord still attached. I was in shock. I sprinted up to the street and found a payphone to call 911. “I found a baby,” I blurted out. I rushed back to the platform and crouched down next to the baby. I stroked his head to comfort him but he pulled a face. “OK, you don’t like that,” I said. We stared at each other. My heart was racing. It felt like hours, but it was probably only a few minutes before the police arrived. I had to give a statement, and went home for a large drink. Pete and I talked all night; why would the mother have left the baby, why had she chosen to leave him here, in the centre of gay New York? double quotation mark Kevin is an incredible young man. He works out of state but, fortunately, he is still happy to spend time with his dads After a short period of media interest, life returned to normal, until 12 weeks later, when I was asked to testify at a court hearing as the mother could not be found. To my surprise, the judge asked if I had any interest in adopting the baby. The idea hadn’t even entered my head, but instantly, I desperately wanted to say yes. I told her I needed to talk to my partner but, in my own mind, I had decided that was what I wanted to do. Pete was furious. We had never talked about starting a family. We were in debt – there were a hundred reasons why bringing a child into our li...
Tensions in France over how to respond to a rise in antisemitism have been running high. A government-backed bill that aimed to deal with the problem was rightly denounced as an attack on freedom of expression before being quietly shelved by the government last month. Introduced in 2024 by Caroline Yadan, a member of the national assembly, the draft legislation was intended to counter “new forms o...
Tensions in France over how to respond to a rise in antisemitism have been running high. A government-backed bill that aimed to deal with the problem was rightly denounced as an attack on freedom of expression before being quietly shelved by the government last month. Introduced in 2024 by Caroline Yadan, a member of the national assembly, the draft legislation was intended to counter “new forms of antisemitism”. But while its explanatory memorandum raised legitimate concerns about the sharp rise in incidents of antisemitism recorded since the Hamas massacres in Israel on 7 October 2023, its wording quickly veered toward a different objective: curbing the ability to criticise Israel. It must be possible to denounce the many crimes – extensively documented – committed by Israel, and to do so repeatedly without risking sanctions. Freedom of expression in France allows individuals to voice any form of sentiment towards any country as long as there is no incitement to violence. But the purpose of Yadan’s bill seemed clear. It proposed widening the existing offence of “glorifying terrorism” so that “indirect incitement” could be punished. The draft introduced a new offence penalising the act of “inciting the destruction or denial of a state”. Originally elected for Emmanuel Macron’s party to represent French citizens abroad, including in Israel and Palestine, Yadan distanced herself from the president’s political movement last year when he announced France’s recognition of Palestinian statehood. Her draft legislation raised concerns on several levels. First, the creation of “indirect” or “insidious” – and therefore implicit – offences of glorifying terrorism would effectively force courts to infer a person’s intent. This is an impossible task. It would, as the former anti-terrorism investigating judge Marc Trévidic warned, lead to “total arbitrariness”. How can one prove what a person is implicitly suggesting? Similarly, a prohibition on “inciting the destruction or deni...
The theme of the Royal Exchange’s 50th anniversary season is “a homecoming”. But whose home do they mean? Who lives here? Who belongs? Is it, for example, the heavily pregnant Annie Donovan, an Irish immigrant who, in the Manchester of 1846, brushes shoulders with Friedrich Engels on her way to a fist fight? Incomer or not, she acts as though the place of the fight, St Michael’s Flags and Angel Me...
The theme of the Royal Exchange’s 50th anniversary season is “a homecoming”. But whose home do they mean? Who lives here? Who belongs? Is it, for example, the heavily pregnant Annie Donovan, an Irish immigrant who, in the Manchester of 1846, brushes shoulders with Friedrich Engels on her way to a fist fight? Incomer or not, she acts as though the place of the fight, St Michael’s Flags and Angel Meadow Park, is hers to inhabit. The 40,000 people buried beneath the flagstones of this former cemetery would presumably have felt the same. Or should you, like a bar-room loudmouth, define a Manchester pedigree so narrowly that almost nobody could say they were from this place? Must you, like your parents, be born and bred here? Must you have never have left? These are the questions in Rory Mullarkey’s play, a bold attempt to encapsulate something beyond encapsulation: a city, with all its shared myths and contradictory identities. View image in fullscreen Well drilled … the community cast in Even These Things. Photograph: Courtesy of the Royal Exchange theatre It is built from three seemingly unrelated scenes. In James Macdonald’s assured production, it opens with Donovan’s monologue, performed by Elaine Cassidy, lucid and gutsy, evoking a 19th-century Manchester of poverty, lawlessness and Irish incomers. Then a switch to Katherine Pearce as a cool-headed narrator, describing the city-centre life of an ordinary Saturday in June 1996. A well-drilled community cast play out a series of whimsical vignettes recalling the observational humour of Peter Handke’s The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other. The lives of the teenage goths, supermarket shoppers and massed Oasis fans have nothing in common until suddenly they do. An IRA bomb outside the Arndale Centre becomes their shared experience. For all the wrong reasons, the subsequent regeneration of the city centre has its roots in Ireland. Another bomb has been detonated by the time of the final scene, a tender exchange between ...