Pineapple Financial ( PAPL ) on Thursday said its board authorized a share repurchase program of up to $3M of the company’s common shares in the open market. The company intends to begin repurchasing shares in the first half of 2026. Shares +3.44%. More on Pineapple Financial Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Pineapple Financial Historical earnings data for Pineapple Financial Financial information ...
Pineapple Financial ( PAPL ) on Thursday said its board authorized a share repurchase program of up to $3M of the company’s common shares in the open market. The company intends to begin repurchasing shares in the first half of 2026. Shares +3.44%. More on Pineapple Financial Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Pineapple Financial Historical earnings data for Pineapple Financial Financial information for Pineapple Financial
straga/iStock via Getty Images European natural gas followed crude oil higher Thursday, with the benchmark Dutch TTF contract recently trading +4.2% to €52.06/MWh ( NG1:COM ) after adding as much as 7.7% and recovering some of the losses earlier this week. Gains are supported by the prospect of European buyers having to compete for available liquefied natural gas cargoes, as the Japan Korea Marker...
straga/iStock via Getty Images European natural gas followed crude oil higher Thursday, with the benchmark Dutch TTF contract recently trading +4.2% to €52.06/MWh ( NG1:COM ) after adding as much as 7.7% and recovering some of the losses earlier this week. Gains are supported by the prospect of European buyers having to compete for available liquefied natural gas cargoes, as the Japan Korea Marker "continues to trade at a healthy premium to TTF, indicating that spot LNG cargoes will be diverted to Asia," ING analysts said in a note. Asian LNG buyers are preparing for the Middle East war to disrupt deliveries for months as the market tightens, with the shutdown of the world's largest export plant in Qatar - which supplies 20% of the world's LNG - expected to be prolonged, Bloomberg reported. At least nine LNG shipments bound for Europe have rerouted to Asia since the fighting began, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg, after Asian buyers offered higher rates than their rivals in Europe. Morgan Stanley raised its forecast for European gas prices for the rest of the year, as the region needs to attract large amounts of LNG over the summer to refill its depleted fuel inventories. The bank said it now assumes at least a month-long outage to LNG production in Qatar, which would fully remove the global fuel surplus that had been expected for 2026. Norway's Prime Minister Stoere said Thursday it would be unwise for Europe to cap the price of natural gas, which has jumped ~60% in the wake of the Iran war; Norway's Equinor ( EQNR ) is Europe's biggest supplier of gas. ETFs: ( UNG ), ( BOIL ), ( KOLD ), ( UNL ), ( FCG ) More on natural gas Iran Conflict Brings Oil Supply Risk Into Sharp Focus Commodities: Record Oil Release Fails To Rein In Prices 7 Reasons Why Europe Can Deal With A Gas Shock Better Than In 2022
Suphanat Khumsap/iStock via Getty Images Another day of relatively flat returns for the major market indexes, despite escalating military activity in the Middle East, with crude oil topping $87 per barrel. The announcement of the largest release of emergency reserves on record, totaling 400 million barrels of oil, did nothing to temper the price increase. Nor did news that President Trump intends ...
Suphanat Khumsap/iStock via Getty Images Another day of relatively flat returns for the major market indexes, despite escalating military activity in the Middle East, with crude oil topping $87 per barrel. The announcement of the largest release of emergency reserves on record, totaling 400 million barrels of oil, did nothing to temper the price increase. Nor did news that President Trump intends to invoke Cold War-era powers to increase production off the coast of California, which would be a drop in the bucket relative to what the U.S. consumes each day. With the Strait of Hormuz remaining effectively closed, the President is running out of options, in my view. Finviz A cornerstone of his economic agenda is to lower costs for consumers, yet the price of gasoline will continue to rise so long as tankers are unable to transport some 20 million barrels of oil each day through the narrow waterway. That is the least of our problems, because soaring oil creates a chain reaction through every sector of the economy, increasing prices for food and other consumer goods that are transported by plane, truck, rail, and ship around the world. Gas prices are important because they are a regular reminder to consumers that costs are going up at a time when affordability is top of mind. Bloomberg Tempering the rise in gas prices has to be the top priority for the Trump administration in advance of the midterm elections, especially after the President boasted about how low they had fallen just two days before the attack on Iran. Granted, he may not be admitting this is a problem given yesterday’s rhetoric, but why should that surprise anyone? I surmise that administration officials are now realizing that the only solution is to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by ending the bombing campaign and moving on to negotiations that result in what looks like a victory. Iran’s seemingly endless supply of low-cost drones is doing tremendous damage to energy assets and infrastructure across the reg...
A flagship health project in Africa, which UK ministers said would play a vital role in protecting Britain from future pandemic threats, is being axed due to aid cuts, the Guardian can reveal. The Global Health Workforce Programme (GHWP) which supported development and training for healthcare staff in six African countries, will close at the end of the month, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Developm...
A flagship health project in Africa, which UK ministers said would play a vital role in protecting Britain from future pandemic threats, is being axed due to aid cuts, the Guardian can reveal. The Global Health Workforce Programme (GHWP) which supported development and training for healthcare staff in six African countries, will close at the end of the month, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said. “That is a genuinely historic decision, and the UK now risks ceding ground in global health that we will struggle to recover,” said Ben Simms, chief executive of Global Health Partnerships, which ran the programme. Since its launch, the GHWP has been highlighted by ministers and officials as an effort to boost global pandemic preparedness by strengthening national health systems, and a way to meet the UK’s moral obligations to invest in countries from which it recruits large numbers of staff for the NHS and social care. Similar programmes have run since 2008. The current scheme involved projects in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Malawi and Somaliland. Its current three-year contract was due to end this month, but had been expected to be renewed, as with previous iterations. Renewing funding in 2023, under Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government, then health minister Will Quince said: “This funding aims to make a real difference in strengthening the performance of health systems in each of the participating countries, which will have a knock-on effect on boosting global pandemic preparedness and reducing health inequalities. The pandemic showed us that patients in the UK are not safe unless the world as a whole is resilient against health threats.” In one project, the Power for the People Africa Trust is funded through the programme to train staff to tackle gender-based violence and reduce linked teenage pregnancies and HIV infections in Kenya’s Homa Bay county. View image in fullscreen Acommunity health worker screening a patient in Ndiwa, Homa Bay C...
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(RTTNews) - After closing little changed for two straight days, stocks may come under pressure in early trading on Thursday. The major index futures are currently pointing to a lower open for the markets, with the S&P 500 futures down by 0.7 percent. Another sharp increase by the price of crude oil is likely to weigh on Wall Street, as oil prices further offset the nosedive seen on Tuesday. U.S. c...
(RTTNews) - After closing little changed for two straight days, stocks may come under pressure in early trading on Thursday. The major index futures are currently pointing to a lower open for the markets, with the S&P 500 futures down by 0.7 percent. Another sharp increase by the price of crude oil is likely to weigh on Wall Street, as oil prices further offset the nosedive seen on Tuesday. U.S. crude oil for April delivery is spiking $6.12 or 7 percent to $93.37 a barrel but remains well off Monday's highs near $120 a barrel. International benchmark Brent crude futures for May delivery is also surging by 7 percent after briefly hitting $100 a barrel earlier in the session. The extended rebound by the price of crude oil comes amid reports three more foreign ships were struck in the Persian Gulf overnight, adding to concerns about transit through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC in an interview this morning that the U.S. Navy is "not ready" to escort oil tankers through the strait. In U.S. economic news, the Labor Department released a report showing first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly edged slightly lower in the week ended March 7th. The Labor Department said initial jobless claims slipped to 213,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week's revised level of 214,000. Economists had expected jobless claims to inch up to 215,000 from the 213,000 originally reported for the previous week. Stocks showed a lack of direction over the course of the trading day on Wednesday, extending the lackluster performance seen in the previous session. The major averages once again spent the day bouncing back and forth across the unchanged line. The major averages eventually closed mixed for the second straight day. While the Nasdaq inched up 19.03 points or 0.1 percent to 22,716.13, the S&P 500 edged down 5.68 points or 0.1 percent to 6,775.80 and the Dow fell 289.24 points or 0.6 percent to 47,417.27. In o...
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, March 12 1. International Energy Agency's member countries are releasing 400 million barrels of oil from emergency reserves in response to the Strait of Hormuz supply shock. The U.S. is kicking in 172 million barrels. What will this mean for everyday households? Well, oil prices are rallying again this morning. We're seeing attacks on cargo ships in the Persian ...
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, March 12 1. International Energy Agency's member countries are releasing 400 million barrels of oil from emergency reserves in response to the Strait of Hormuz supply shock. The U.S. is kicking in 172 million barrels. What will this mean for everyday households? Well, oil prices are rallying again this morning. We're seeing attacks on cargo ships in the Persian Gulf. Iran is reportedly making threats about the Red Sea, too. 2. Stock futures are lower this morning. Unsurprising due to oil climbing higher. That's been the relationship throughout the Iran war. The market has been trying to see through the conflict , but until we see reason to believe it's ending, the risk of much higher oil prices will remain on the table. 3. Atlassian announced it's laying off 10% of its workforce, equal to about 1,600 people. Its CEO said this will help the maker of collaboration software "self-fund further investment in AI and enterprise sales." Is this just AI washing? Or is this about the woes of the traditional seat-based software model, a la the "SaaS Apocalypse?" Is it the Jack Dorsey path, or just plain trouble? 4. Add Morgan Stanley and Cliffwater to the list of firms that have restricted withdrawals on private-credit funds. At Morgan Stanley, investors tried to withdraw roughly 11% of an $8 billion fund, but the fund is fulfilling less than half of that. Cliffwater received redemption requests of 14% on a nearly $33 billion fund, but approved fulfilling 7%. Issues in the private-credit space are why the Club exited BlackRock . 5. Stryker was hit by a cyberattack that may have been tied to an Iranian-linked hacking group . The Polish government also said it's investigating whether Iran was behind a failed cyberattack on its nuclear research center, according to Reuters . George Kurtz, the CEO of Club name CrowdStrike , told me in a text: ""You will see a lot more companies get targeted that are related to the conflict in Iran. And while the...
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Jin Medical International ( ZJYL ) approved a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of all authorized and issued shares. The reverse split will take effect on March 16, 2026. Class A shares outstanding will drop from 136.55M to 6.83M, while Class B shares will fall from 20M to 1M. The company also reclassified its share structure into dual classes: 45M Class A shares and 5M Class B shares. ZJYL shares down...
Jin Medical International ( ZJYL ) approved a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of all authorized and issued shares. The reverse split will take effect on March 16, 2026. Class A shares outstanding will drop from 136.55M to 6.83M, while Class B shares will fall from 20M to 1M. The company also reclassified its share structure into dual classes: 45M Class A shares and 5M Class B shares. ZJYL shares down 16% premarket. More on Jin Medical Financial information for Jin Medical
A therapist who claimed he could heal birth trauma through sexual touching and oral sex has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Gerald Peck, who has live profiles promoting his work as a bodywork psychotherapist, was convicted of five sexual offences on 2 February, after being charged in October 2024. Handing down the sentence at Lewes cown court on Thursday, Judge Mooney said: “The young woman ...
A therapist who claimed he could heal birth trauma through sexual touching and oral sex has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Gerald Peck, who has live profiles promoting his work as a bodywork psychotherapist, was convicted of five sexual offences on 2 February, after being charged in October 2024. Handing down the sentence at Lewes cown court on Thursday, Judge Mooney said: “The young woman who came to see you believed you could help her at a particularly difficult time in her life. She had every reason to believe she could trust you. “All the information you provided to her led her to believe you were a qualified bioenergetics practitioner. That was a lie. “You were banned from practising by the Bioenergetics Institute because in the late 1980s you used your position to sexually abuse women under the guise of therapy. Since that date you’ve been nothing more than a charlatan and a fraud.” Peck was also ordered to pay £9,730 in damages to cover the victim’s costs, including the therapy she has sought to help her recover. Unregulated therapists abusing clients and continuing to practise is a growing problem, and there are mounting calls for formal oversight of the profession. In a statement read at the sentencing, the victim said: “[Peck] caused profound and lasting damage to my mental and physical health, and to every part of my life. More than five years later, I still experience terrifying flashbacks that feel as though I am back in that room with him. “I have lived these past five years with constant worry that other women are likely still being harmed by him.” In a statement given to the police in 2021, the victim described how a friend had recommended Peck when she was seeking help for depression and anxiety. Peck encouraged her to come multiple times per week, with some sessions lasting several hours, she said. The so-called therapy included removing clothing, as skin-to-skin contact “helps soothe nervous systems”, and telling her that her inner baby “ne...
In this podcast, Motley Fool co-founder Tom Gardner and contributor Matt Frankel talk with IBM Chief Financial Officer Jim Kavanaugh about the new IBM. To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center. When you're ready to invest, check out this top 10 list of stocks to buy. A full transcript is below. This podcast was recorded on March 01, 2026. Jim Kava...
In this podcast, Motley Fool co-founder Tom Gardner and contributor Matt Frankel talk with IBM Chief Financial Officer Jim Kavanaugh about the new IBM. To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center. When you're ready to invest, check out this top 10 list of stocks to buy. A full transcript is below. This podcast was recorded on March 01, 2026. Jim Kavanaugh: Over the last three plus years, we've created more value for our shareholders than the prior 111 years combined. Mac Greer: That was IBM Jim Kavanaugh. I'm Motley Full producer Mac Greer. Now, Motley Full co founder and CEO Tom Gardner and Motley Full contributor Matt Frankel recently talked with Kavanaugh about the new IBM and about what AI means for IBM's future. Now, I should note that this interview was recorded on February 10, prior to the big decline in IBM's stock price over concerns about Anthropic' new CBA coding tool. Hope you enjoy the conversation. Tom Gardner: Well, hello, Fools. We're so excited to spend the next half hour or so with the Chief Financial Officer of IBM, Jim Kavanaugh and Matt Frankel, our Hidden Gems investment analysts helping out throughout Jim. Thank you so much for this time. Jim Kavanaugh: Great. Thank you, Tom. I appreciate you having us here and looking forward to an engaging discussion with both of you. Tom Gardner: Let's hope we don't let you down. We're so excited about this. I will say for investors of the Molly Fool, we have eight recommendations of IBM. Those investments have done quite well for us. We take a very long term perspective with our investment strategy, so we're always looking to hold our investments for at least five years. Obviously, there are so many transactions in the marketplace and so much excitement about trading and sports betting and all the other things that people get drawn into. But we're very convinced that the best returns come in the equity markets to those who find businesses that are making impr...
In this podcast, Motley Fool co-founder Tom Gardner and contributor Matt Frankel talk with IBM Chief Financial Officer Jim Kavanaugh about the new IBM. To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center. When you're ready to invest, check out this top 10 list of stocks to buy. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on...
In this podcast, Motley Fool co-founder Tom Gardner and contributor Matt Frankel talk with IBM Chief Financial Officer Jim Kavanaugh about the new IBM. To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center. When you're ready to invest, check out this top 10 list of stocks to buy. 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 » A full transcript is below. Should you buy stock in International Business Machines right now? Before you buy stock in International Business Machines, 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 International Business Machines 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 $522,791!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,132,678!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 952% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 191% 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 March 12, 2026. This podcast was recorded on March 01, 2026. Jim Kavanaugh: Over the last three plus years, we've created more value for our shareholders than the prior 111 years combined. Mac Greer: That was IBM Jim Kavanaugh. I'm Motley Full producer Mac Greer. Now, Motley Full co founder and CEO Tom Gardner and Motley Full contributor Matt Frankel recently talked with Kavanaugh about the new IBM and about what...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Taya today announced it has raised a $5 million seed round led by MaC Venture Capital and Female Founders Fund, with participation from a16z speedrun. Founded by Stanford-trained product designer and mechanical engineer Elena Wagenmans, previously at Apple, Taya is an AI necklace built to honor the social contract: intentional, single-player voice capt...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Taya today announced it has raised a $5 million seed round led by MaC Venture Capital and Female Founders Fund, with participation from a16z speedrun. Founded by Stanford-trained product designer and mechanical engineer Elena Wagenmans, previously at Apple, Taya is an AI necklace built to honor the social contract: intentional, single-player voice capture, not ambient recording of the room. Taya Logo While many recent AI hardware products have leaned toward always-on environmental awareness, Taya is taking a different approach. Instead of continuous environmental recording, the device focuses on short, intentional captures, helping people preserve fleeting thoughts without turning everyday life into a stream of surveillance. Taya's system is designed around directional microphones and voice-prioritization signal processing to focus on the wearer rather than the surrounding environment. "People want intelligence, but they don't want to wear something that makes everyone around them uncomfortable," said Elena Wagenmans, Founder & CEO of Taya. "We're building jewelry-first AI for private reflection - something you choose to wear, and choose when to activate." Following 3 million organic views across platforms and a sold-out initial pre-order batch, Taya has spent the past several months in direct conversation with early customers to refine both hardware and software around daily usability, privacy, and long-term retention. Rather than positioning itself as a meeting notetaker or always-on recorder, Taya is focused on brief, frequent voice captures throughout the day: moments of insight, reminders, and creative thoughts that would otherwise disappear. "Privacy isn't a feature, it's an architectural decision," Wagenmans added. "If this becomes part of your daily life, it has to align with how people actually want to live." Taya is currently in active development and expects to begin fulfilling its initial pre-order batch late...
NicoElNino/iStock via Getty Images Sea Limited ( SE ) is growing very strongly across its multiple businesses. However, management decided to invest for growth in ecommerce rather than optimizing margins in 2026, which generated a negative market reaction in a risk-averse environment for growth stocks. As of this writing, Sea Limited is down by 56% from its high of the year and trading at historic...
NicoElNino/iStock via Getty Images Sea Limited ( SE ) is growing very strongly across its multiple businesses. However, management decided to invest for growth in ecommerce rather than optimizing margins in 2026, which generated a negative market reaction in a risk-averse environment for growth stocks. As of this writing, Sea Limited is down by 56% from its high of the year and trading at historically attractive valuations. Looking under the hood, the business fundamentals and the long-term value drivers remain intact, and Sea Limited looks like an attractive buying opportunity for investors willing to own the company for the long term. Strong Fundamentals And Investing For Growth Sea Limited is a fairly complex organization, as it operates in three different businesses—ecommerce, fintech, and gaming—across the main markets in Southeast Asia. If we start by looking at the company as a whole, the numbers are more than healthy. Total revenue in the fourth quarter of 2025 reached $6.9 billion, up 38% year over year. The number exceeded expectations by 6%. Profit margins also expanded strongly during the quarter, operating profit grew 85% year over year, and net income jumped 73% versus the same quarter in the prior year. Sea Limited Zooming into the different growth engines, the e-commerce segment, Shopee, is growing at full speed. Gross orders increased 30.5% to 4 billion, and GMV (Gross Merchandise Value) expanded by 28.6% to $36.7 billion during the period. Revenue at Shopee increased 35.8% year over year, to $5 billion. Revenue is growing much faster than GMV, driven by increasing monetization in advertising. Ad paying sellers increased 20% year over year, with the average spend jumping by 45%. Total advertising revenue increased 70% versus the same quarter in the prior year, with ad take rates expanding by 80 basis points. Advertising is a high-margin business, and it creates a virtuous cycle for Sea Limited. If more sellers invest in advertising and attract more ...
Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) shares edged lower Thursday as investors weighed geopolitical risks, AI supply-chain competition and shifting sentiment across semiconductor stocks. Middle East Tensions Raise Risks For Chip Supply Rising tensions in the Middle East are creating risks for the semiconductor industry by threatening supplies of key materials and raising energy costs that could reduce...
Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) shares edged lower Thursday as investors weighed geopolitical risks, AI supply-chain competition and shifting sentiment across semiconductor stocks. Middle East Tensions Raise Risks For Chip Supply Rising tensions in the Middle East are creating risks for the semiconductor industry by threatening supplies of key materials and raising energy costs that could reduce demand for AI-related chips. Analysts say the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran could disrupt access to materials such as helium and bromine, which are used in semiconductor manufacturing. Helium is particularly critical because manufacturers rely on it to manage heat and support chip production processes, and there is no viable substitute. Supply risks could also grow if shipping routes such as the Strait of Hormuz are disrupted. At the same time, higher energy prices tied to the conflict could increase the operating costs of AI data centers, which consume large amounts of electricity. Analysts warn that rising costs may slow AI infrastructure expansion and reduce demand for chips used in these systems. Micron Expands AI Memory Strategy Micron is deepening its push into AI infrastructure with new high-performance memory products, including what it has described as new ‘Monster’ Memory chips aimed at easing AI’s power and performance bottlenecks. According to an Idaho-to-California partnership, the company has tied its next wave of advanced memory development to a roughly $5 billion buildout intended to address AI’s energy constraints and position its portfolio for a multi-year ramp into the 2027 chip cycle. Micron’s long-term investment strategy centers on expanding memory technology used in AI servers, where demand for advanced memory continues to grow. AI Memory Competition And Market Rotation Competition for next-generation AI memory remains a key theme across the semiconductor industry. Micron’s outlook is closely tied to demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM), which is ...