London’s child population is collapsing faster than anywhere in Britain as unaffordable housing and childcare costs drive young families away, a report by the London Assembly found. In the decade through 2023 the number of residents under ten years of age fell by 99,100 as families moved out and fertility rates crashed - even while the capital’s overall population increased by 506,000. Falling pup...
London’s child population is collapsing faster than anywhere in Britain as unaffordable housing and childcare costs drive young families away, a report by the London Assembly found. In the decade through 2023 the number of residents under ten years of age fell by 99,100 as families moved out and fertility rates crashed - even while the capital’s overall population increased by 506,000. Falling pupil numbers have prompted 100 of London’s 2,500 schools to close since 2018; mostly in inner London. If trends persist, the capital could become “a childless city”, the report warned. Advertisement “The number of children living in the capital has fallen faster than anywhere else in the UK since the early 2010s,” said London Assembly’s Economy, Culture and Skills Committee Chair Hina Bokhari. “With the highest housing and childcare costs in the country, raising a family in London is simply out of reach for many.” The study was commissioned to help the committee identify the causes and consequences for the city’s schools and public services. It said that empty school properties should be repurposed rather than sold, in case the pupil population bounces back in decades to come. Advertisement Several factors explain the drop in the number of children in London, the report said. Birth rates peaked in 2012 but have since fallen 20 per cent and are now 10 per cent below the national average in inner London, despite an increase in women of childbearing age over the same period.
Mainland China’s aviation hubs are emerging as beneficiaries as the Iran war upends travel between Australia and Europe, according to data from travel company Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd. Corporate passengers on long-haul routes transiting through Shanghai and Beijing more than doubled between Monday and Thursday this week, compared with the previous week, Flight Centre said Friday. Dubai, Abu ...
Mainland China’s aviation hubs are emerging as beneficiaries as the Iran war upends travel between Australia and Europe, according to data from travel company Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd. Corporate passengers on long-haul routes transiting through Shanghai and Beijing more than doubled between Monday and Thursday this week, compared with the previous week, Flight Centre said Friday. Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha have become popular stopovers in recent years for Australian travelers flying to Europe on Middle Eastern airlines. The number of canceled flights to Middle East hubs has surpassed 27,000 since fighting began, even as some carriers start to resume limited operations. Thousands of passengers have been stranded in the Gulf region, forcing many to take circuitous, expensive routes to reach airports in Saudi Arabia and Oman. Rather than scrapping business travel between Australia and Europe due to the conflict, corporate fliers have generally looked for alternative routes even though seat availability can be limited, Flight Centre said.
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30m ago 04.30 GMT Preamble Tanya Aldred Hello! Welcome to the first day of this one-off pink ball Test at the Waca, the last hurrah of the Australia-India series, and a grand four-day farewell to Australia captain Alyssa Healy, who prepares to un-velcro her pads one final time, aged 35, and leave a glorious career billowing behind her. This will be Healy’s 299th match for Australia, but only her e...
30m ago 04.30 GMT Preamble Tanya Aldred Hello! Welcome to the first day of this one-off pink ball Test at the Waca, the last hurrah of the Australia-India series, and a grand four-day farewell to Australia captain Alyssa Healy, who prepares to un-velcro her pads one final time, aged 35, and leave a glorious career billowing behind her. This will be Healy’s 299th match for Australia, but only her eleventh Test, such is the scarcity of women’s Test cricket – something else to mull over during the next four days. She’s never made a Test hundred, but if her blazing 158 in her final ODI is anything to go by, you wouldn’t bet against her ticking one last box on her way out. Australia lead the multi-format series 8-4, so India will need the four points that come with a Test victory to level things up. They were fantastic in the T20 matches, which they won 2-1, but faded in the 50-over stuff, which Australia whitewashed 3-0. Australia romped home in their last Test, against a demoralised England in January 2025, 16-0 and all that; while it’s been 20 months since India played in whites, thrashing South Africa by 10 wickets in Chennai. With the grassy banks at Perth renamed Healy Hill, Australia want a celebration for their much-loved captain. India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur will have other ideas. Play starts at 1.20pm local/4.20pm AEDT/10.50am IST. Pull up a chair and join us!
What Happens Next In Iran? Decapitation, Quagmire Or WWIII? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us Before I begin this analysis of the situation in the Middle East and its consequences, I want to warn people that this examination is going to be largely secular and nuanced; which means people on both sides of the divide are going to piss and moan about it. Frankly, I don’t care. To be clear, I...
What Happens Next In Iran? Decapitation, Quagmire Or WWIII? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us Before I begin this analysis of the situation in the Middle East and its consequences, I want to warn people that this examination is going to be largely secular and nuanced; which means people on both sides of the divide are going to piss and moan about it. Frankly, I don’t care. To be clear, I’m not interested in the “plight” of the Palestinians, the Islamic regime in Iran or the conspiracy theories of “groypers.” I find appeals of empathy and compassion for Islamic societies to be naive – They are perfectly indifferent and hostile to the west, they always have been. They have also formed political alliances with far-left organizations in the US and Europe with the intent to burn the west to the ground. I do not waste my time worrying about them. In fairness, I also don’t care about the Israeli government and I have no vested interest in whether or not they survive. In the past, Israeli supported organizations have helped in the formation of militant leftist groups and anti-conservative sentiments in the US. The fact that leftist activists have turned on Israel in recent years is rather poetic. I recognize many Christians would disagree with this position in the belief that Israel is the only western ally keeping watch over the Holy Land. I argue that it should be western Christians (not Israelis) in charge of the region, given it was ours (through the Holy Roman Empire) for centuries, until the Muslim hordes invaded. I’m also aware that there are numerous disinformation agents online who are paid by both sides. Israel as well as Islamic governments run these digital operations constantly. They expend vast amounts of money to employ armies of social media shills. Their singular job is to disrupt sincere discussion and sway American opinion to support one side or the other. This tells me a lot about how important the US population is to the geopolitical future of...
In this article USO Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT This photograph shows a page on the Marinetraffic website thats shows commercial ship traffic on the edge of the Strait of Hormuz near the Iranian coast on March 4, 2026. Julien De Rosa | Afp | Getty Images After slapping 25% "penalty" tariffs on India for buying Russian crude — revoked last month — the U.S. on Thursday issued a 3...
In this article USO Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT This photograph shows a page on the Marinetraffic website thats shows commercial ship traffic on the edge of the Strait of Hormuz near the Iranian coast on March 4, 2026. Julien De Rosa | Afp | Getty Images After slapping 25% "penalty" tariffs on India for buying Russian crude — revoked last month — the U.S. on Thursday issued a 30-day waiver to New Delhi for purchasing crude from Moscow as the Iran war risks energy supply shocks globally. The West Texas Intermediate oil surged 8.51%, or $6.35, to close at $81.01 per barrel on Thursday in the biggest single day gain since May 2020. Global benchmark Brent rose 4.93%, or $4.01, to settle at $85.41 per barrel. The waiver on purchasing Russian oil will help ease supply worries globally, as India is the world's fourth biggest refiner and and fifth largest exporter of petroleum products. India, the world's third-largest oil importer, has been replacing Russian oil purchases with supply from Middle East, experts said, but with the conflict affecting energy supplies from the Gulf countries, New Delhi is starting to shore up energy from Moscow. "I've heard that Indian refiners have been actively seeking prompt Russian crude supplies since last weekend," said Muyu Xu, senior research analyst for crude at energy data tracker Kpler, adding that based on "market chatter" New Delhi is likely to have bought up to 6-8 million barrels of Russian oil over the past 2–3 days. This "short-term measure will not provide significant financial benefit" to Russia as it only allows transactions of oil already stranded at sea, the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessant said in a post on X. The U.S. government is taking steps to curb rising oil prices, including offering political risk insurance for tankers transiting the Gulf. "It [the waiver] is a relief valve, in view of the loss of nearly 20 million barrel per day of crude from the Gulf producers," said Vandana Hari,...
中東局勢｜汽車會促油公司勿即時漲價 籲拓展採購渠道 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】汽車會憂慮本港汽油價格因中東戰事飆升，呼籲油公司拓展採購渠道。 香港汽車會說中東局勢令油價飆升，已即時反映於本港油...
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Earnings Call Insights: Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Q2 2026 Management View CEO Ron Vachris addressed the evolving tariff environment, stating the company is "reducing the impact of tariff on prices for our members" and leveraging strategies such as moving production, consolidating global buying, and increasing Kirkland Signature sourcing. Vachris indicated, "Our buyers continue to act wit...
Earnings Call Insights: Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Q2 2026 Management View CEO Ron Vachris addressed the evolving tariff environment, stating the company is "reducing the impact of tariff on prices for our members" and leveraging strategies such as moving production, consolidating global buying, and increasing Kirkland Signature sourcing. Vachris indicated, "Our buyers continue to act with great agility and urgency, always with the goal of reducing the impact of tariff on prices for our members." Vachris highlighted ongoing price reductions: "During the second quarter, we lowered prices on key items such as eggs, cheese, coffee and some paper products as we saw lower inflation in these commodities." On growth, Vachris shared, "We opened 4 warehouses, including 1 relocation in the U.S., 1 net new U.S. location and 2 additional Canadian business centers. This brings our total warehouse count to 924 warehouses worldwide. We currently expect to have 28 net new openings in fiscal year '26 and are targeting 30-plus new openings per year in the coming years." Vachris reported digital improvements with member experience enhancements, including "mobile wallet enhancements, pharmacy pay ahead and the rollout of employee pre-scan technology," and the piloting of automated pay stations with 8-second average transaction times. CFO Gary Millerchip stated, "Net income for the second quarter came in at $2.035 billion or $4.58 per diluted share up nearly 14% from $1.788 billion or $4.02 per diluted share in the second quarter last year. Net sales for the second quarter were $68.24 billion, an increase of 9.1% from $62.53 billion in Q2 2025." Millerchip also noted, "We reported membership fee income of $1.355 billion, an increase of $162 million or 13.6% year-over-year." Outlook Vachris reaffirmed the company's focus on expansion, stating, "We currently expect to have 28 net new openings in fiscal year '26 and are targeting 30-plus new openings per year in the coming years."...
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ipopba/iStock via Getty Images We are beginning to see signs that the unprecedented global tightening cycle of the past few years is impacting companies. - Marathon London Market in Review The fourth quarter started with relative calm, as most global markets trended sideways until the final week of November. In the previous week, a downswing had been in place, but the trend reversed – and the upsw...
ipopba/iStock via Getty Images We are beginning to see signs that the unprecedented global tightening cycle of the past few years is impacting companies. - Marathon London Market in Review The fourth quarter started with relative calm, as most global markets trended sideways until the final week of November. In the previous week, a downswing had been in place, but the trend reversed – and the upswing – comparatively gentle though it was, continued unchecked into year-end. All regional MSCI Indexes that Marathon follows ended the period ahead, with the MSCI All Country World Index ( ACWI ) returning 3.3%. For the first time in several years, the U.S. market was a relative laggard; the regions were led by Europe, with the MSCI Europe Index generating a return of 6.2%. The quarter's initial uncertainty seems to have been caused, at least partly, by the U.S. government shutdown, which occurred from the first day of the period until November 12. This event led to the closure of various government departments that provide economic data upon which many investors base their trading decisions. Following the resumption of services, markets began to worry that data would not be reliable enough to support their positions, and the market declined until the first official releases showed a benign picture, allowing the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut rates twice during the quarter. By style, quality outperformed both value and growth globally. Regionally, that was only true in the U.S. In all other regions, value outperformed growth by 3%–6%. By size, large-cap stocks outperformed in all regions. Portfolio Performance During the fourth quarter, the Harbor International Fund (Institutional Class, "Fund") returned 2.21%, underperforming its benchmark, the MSCI EAFE (ND) Index, which returned 4.86%. We believe the Fund's underperformance was a result of stock selection in Europe. From a sector perspective, stock selection was generally weak, and notably so in Health Care, Industrials, an...
After a visit to Venezuela, US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum told reporters on the runway in Caracas on Thursday on his way back to the US that it was a "brilliant strategic move" to intervene in Venezuela before Iran.
After a visit to Venezuela, US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum told reporters on the runway in Caracas on Thursday on his way back to the US that it was a "brilliant strategic move" to intervene in Venezuela before Iran.
A huge insider buy usually gets investors' attention. And when that insider is a founder and CEO, it gets even more attention. That is exactly what happened with The Trade Desk (TTD +18.39%) on Thursday. Shares rose about 18% on Thursday after CEO Jeff Green disclosed purchases totaling 6 million shares between March 2 and March 4 at weighted average prices ranging from $23.49 to $25.08. The purch...
A huge insider buy usually gets investors' attention. And when that insider is a founder and CEO, it gets even more attention. That is exactly what happened with The Trade Desk (TTD +18.39%) on Thursday. Shares rose about 18% on Thursday after CEO Jeff Green disclosed purchases totaling 6 million shares between March 2 and March 4 at weighted average prices ranging from $23.49 to $25.08. The purchase totaled a staggering $148 million. A purchase of this size from a founder and CEO warrants consideration. Insider buying of this aggressive suggests Green probably thinks the stock looks undervalued. This follows a dramatic decline in the stock price recently. Even after the stock's gain on Thursday, shares are down more than 21% year to date and more than 55% over the past 12 months. The obvious question for investors is, of course, whether they should buy shares, too. A challenging period At first glance, the company's recent results don't look too bad. In late February, the company reported fourth-quarter revenue of $847 million -- up 14% year over year, or up 19% when excluding political spending from the comparison. Full-year results were solid, too. 2025 revenue rose 18% to $2.9 billion, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) for the year was $1.2 billion. Further, the company wrapped up 2025 with customer retention remaining above 95% for the 12th consecutive year. Even more, Green's tone in the company's latest earnings update was notably upbeat, with the CEO noting that he believes the company's "best days" are ahead. In addition, he seemed particularly bullish about the tailwinds that artificial intelligence (AI) can bring to the business. "I don't think there's any company in our industry that's better positioned to take advantage of advances in AI," Green said. But there is still one big issue: growth has slowed. While The Trade Desk's results were solid, its growth profile isn't what it used to be. Revenue grow...