It's truly the end of an era on Wall Street. After he transformed Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA 0.39%)(BRKB 0.27%) into a trillion-dollar business over roughly six decades, billionaire Warren Buffett hung up his proverbial work coat for the final time on Dec. 31 and stepped down as the company's CEO (although he's still chairman of the board of directors). But even though the Oracle of Omaha is no long...
It's truly the end of an era on Wall Street. After he transformed Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA 0.39%)(BRKB 0.27%) into a trillion-dollar business over roughly six decades, billionaire Warren Buffett hung up his proverbial work coat for the final time on Dec. 31 and stepped down as the company's CEO (although he's still chairman of the board of directors). But even though the Oracle of Omaha is no longer overseeing Berkshire's day-to-day operations or its $318 billion investment portfolio, his legacy is still being felt. For instance, the quarterly filing of Form 13Fs on Feb. 17 gave investors a look at the stocks Buffett bought and sold in his final quarter as CEO. However, Berkshire Hathaway's full-year operating report is even more telling. The company's full-year results, released on Feb. 28, show that its now-former billionaire boss retired without having purchased his favorite stock -- a company he once spent $78 billion buying over the course of six years -- in 19 months! Selling was the norm for Warren Buffett's final three years as CEO Although Berkshire Hathaway owns around five dozen companies, and these businesses, including insurer GEICO and railroad operator BNSF, generate tens of billions in annual income, it's the investment portfolio the Oracle of Omaha oversaw that typically drew the most attention. Warren Buffett had a knack for identifying value that was hiding in plain sight. Long-term holdings in Coca-Cola, American Express, and Moody's, along with significant stakes in Apple and Bank of America, account for a large share of Berkshire's unrealized investment gains. But Wall Street's most famous long-term investor wasn't much of a buyer of equities leading up to his retirement. According to Berkshire Hathaway's consolidated cash flow statements, Buffett was a net seller of stocks for 13 consecutive quarters (Oct. 1, 2022 – Dec. 31, 2025) until his departure. Collectively, nearly $187 billion in net stock was sold over this period. The actions of Berk...
Key Points Berkshire Hathaway's now-former billionaire boss was a net seller of stocks for 13 consecutive quarters leading up to his retirement. Warren Buffett spent a staggering $78 billion purchasing shares of a stock that's near and dear to his heart from July 2018 to June 2024 -- but went cold turkey for his final 19 months as CEO. Successor Greg Abel's investment philosophy is modeled after B...
Key Points Berkshire Hathaway's now-former billionaire boss was a net seller of stocks for 13 consecutive quarters leading up to his retirement. Warren Buffett spent a staggering $78 billion purchasing shares of a stock that's near and dear to his heart from July 2018 to June 2024 -- but went cold turkey for his final 19 months as CEO. Successor Greg Abel's investment philosophy is modeled after Buffett, meaning patience should pay off handsomely. 10 stocks we like better than Berkshire Hathaway › It's truly the end of an era on Wall Street. After he transformed Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA)(NYSE: BRKB) into a trillion-dollar business over roughly six decades, billionaire Warren Buffett hung up his proverbial work coat for the final time on Dec. 31 and stepped down as the company's CEO (although he's still chairman of the board of directors). But even though the Oracle of Omaha is no longer overseeing Berkshire's day-to-day operations or its $318 billion investment portfolio, his legacy is still being felt. For instance, the quarterly filing of Form 13Fs on Feb. 17 gave investors a look at the stocks Buffett bought and sold in his final quarter as CEO. 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 » However, Berkshire Hathaway's full-year operating report is even more telling. The company's full-year results, released on Feb. 28, show that its now-former billionaire boss retired without having purchased his favorite stock -- a company he once spent $78 billion buying over the course of six years -- in 19 months! Selling was the norm for Warren Buffett's final three years as CEO Although Berkshire Hathaway owns around five dozen companies, and these businesses, including insurer GEICO and railroad operator BNSF, generate tens of billions in annual income, it's the investment portfolio the Oracle ...
Unlike the Mag 7 hyperscalers, Oracle’s capex needs far exceed its internal cash flows, and the company will need outside funding at least through the next three years. The complicating factor for Oracle management is that their investment-grade credit profile will likely be at risk if they choose to fund all of their capital needs through the debt markets. Shareholders, on the other hand, don’t w...
Unlike the Mag 7 hyperscalers, Oracle’s capex needs far exceed its internal cash flows, and the company will need outside funding at least through the next three years. The complicating factor for Oracle management is that their investment-grade credit profile will likely be at risk if they choose to fund all of their capital needs through the debt markets. Shareholders, on the other hand, don’t want to lose sleep over Oracle management diluting their ownership through secondary equity offerings. Oracle is spending heavily on data centers it considers essential to its AI goals, but it lacks the financial firepower of other hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon. The company’s AI fortunes are also seen as closely tied to OpenAI, which has contracted to use a large portion of Oracle’s future datacenter capacity. Oracle and Adobe shares have struggled lately, with Oracle facing headwinds related to its AI-centric spending plans. At the same time, Adobe's downbeat sentiment is tied to the long-term impact of AI on its core business. You can see this in the one-year performance of Oracle and Adobe shares relative to the S&P 500 index (red line, up +21.2%) and the Zacks Tech sector (green line, up +30%). Before headlines that have led to spiking oil prices as a result of the latest Middle East conflict started dominating market discourse, the issues facing the market were mostly tied to developments in the artificial intelligence space. Specifically, there has been persistent disquiet about the ever-rising levels of spend by mega-cap Tech players on setting up AI infrastructure, and worries about the threats AI poses to the long-term profitability of software businesses. In fact, Oracle and Adobe aren’t the first such Q1 reporters already; that distinction goes to AutoZone and Costco, whose quarterly releases for their fiscal quarters ending in February kicked off the 2026 Q1 earnings season. The 2026 Q1 earnings season will take the spotlight when the big b...
FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images Executive Summary During the quarter, the Lazard US Equity Concentrated Portfolio outperformed its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index ( SPX ) (net of fees), as sector positioning detracted, while stock selection was favorable. Stock selection was strongest in the information technology and healthcare sectors. Communication services and consumer discretionary holdings lagged...
FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images Executive Summary During the quarter, the Lazard US Equity Concentrated Portfolio outperformed its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index ( SPX ) (net of fees), as sector positioning detracted, while stock selection was favorable. Stock selection was strongest in the information technology and healthcare sectors. Communication services and consumer discretionary holdings lagged. Within sector positioning, the underweight exposure to real estate and utilities proved beneficial, although the underweight exposure to healthcare stocks detracted value. Market Review US equities rose in the fourth quarter, with signs that market leadership was beginning to broaden. Notably, the months-long artificial intelligence (AI)-driven rally appeared to enter a new phase, with investors becoming increasingly cautious about the sustainability of elevated AI capital expenditure. Many perceived AI-winners—mainly companies investing in or enabling AI infrastructure—sold off as the pace of spending on chips and data centers, which has been significantly reliant on debt financing, showed no signs of moderating, leading many to question the returns such investments would ultimately generate. However, AI-linked stocks staged a recovery in the closing weeks of the period; ultimately, four of the top five contributors to the S&P 500's fourth-quarter gain were AI-levered names, which combined accounted for 71% of the index's return. US investors cheered as the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates at three consecutive policy meetings despite disagreements among officials about the path ahead. At its December policy meeting, the central bank hinted that it would likely pause further cuts as it collects more data to assess labor market and inflation conditions. Investors also reacted positively to a delayed release of third-quarter US GDP data showing stronger than expected growth driven by resilient consumer spending, powering stocks in the region to new highs toward the en...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works Be it Windows or Linux, AMD processors and their performance and power scaling are done by the OS through a feature called the CPPC. CPPC or Collaborative Processor Performance Control is part of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) and it helps the OS manage the P-states or C-sta...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works Be it Windows or Linux, AMD processors and their performance and power scaling are done by the OS through a feature called the CPPC. CPPC or Collaborative Processor Performance Control is part of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) and it helps the OS manage the P-states or C-states of a processor. If you are not familiar, P-states or performance states handle CPU voltage-frequency scaling, C-states deal with CPU sleep states so that some of the CPU functions, which are not necessary at that moment, are disabled. The P-states and C-states work together to make the processor run more efficiently. It helps the OS and apps determine which cores can be parked. Currently this function of the CPPC is called the "Preferred cores" which allows the OS to schedule tasks to the faster available core by prioritizing it. However, AMD is adding a new CPPC feature soon which will be available in the company's upcoming Zen 6 CPUs. As shown in a recent Linux kernel patch, the new feature is called "Performance Priority", and it is again designed to maximize the performance and efficiency of AMD Zen 6-based Ryzen 10000 (Olympic Ridge) processors. The patch reveals that the new CPPC Performance Priority extension will allow high priority cores to maintain a higher minimum "floor" performance level, compared to a lower priority core. Thus, thanks to this new feature, the main task in hand should be completed faster. The patch notes says: "This patchset adds support to the amd-pstate driver for a for a new feature named "CPPC Performance Priority" that will be available on some of the future AMD processors. This feature allows userspace to specify different floor performance levels for different CPUs. The platform firmware takes these different floor performance levels into consideration while throttling the CPUs under power/thermal constraints." Typically, Windows is ...
Kevin Dietsch Alphabet ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ) CEO Sundar Pichai could earn up to $692M over the next three years, according to his new compensation package, making him one of the world's highest-paid chief executives. The package includes two tranches of Alphabet ( GOOGL ) performance stock units with a target value of $63M each. The PSUs depend on Alphabet's total shareholder return relative to S&P 1...
Kevin Dietsch Alphabet ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ) CEO Sundar Pichai could earn up to $692M over the next three years, according to his new compensation package, making him one of the world's highest-paid chief executives. The package includes two tranches of Alphabet ( GOOGL ) performance stock units with a target value of $63M each. The PSUs depend on Alphabet's total shareholder return relative to S&P 100 companies during 2026-2027 for the first tranche and 2026-2028 for the second. The number of PSUs that vest in a tranche will range from 0%-200% of target depending on Alphabet's relative performance, and may not vest at all if it underperforms. Pichai will receive $84M in restricted stock units, which will vest over three years on a monthly basis subject to continued employment. His pay package also includes stock incentives worth about $130M and $45M tied to the growth of Alphabet's ( GOOGL ) robotaxi unit Waymo ( WAYMO ) and drone delivery startup Wing Aviation, respectively. The number of "Bet performance units" that will vest will be determined based on Waymo's and Wing's increase in per unit value over three years. This could pay out up to 200% of the target number of BPUs. "The grant of Waymo and Wing BPUs further supports Alphabet's long-standing goal of investing in new technologies," the company stated . "Waymo and Wing are tackling enormous challenges in autonomous driving and delivery, have made strong progress under Pichai's supervision, and show strong potential." Pichai's annual salary of $2M remains unchanged since 2020 and he is not eligible for an annual bonus. More on Alphabet Alphabet: Apple AI Deal Is The Biggest Blind Spot Alphabet: Respect The Capex Cycle AI space race: BNP predicts Google, Amazon among first to test orbital data centers Microsoft, Google say Anthropic products still available despite Pentagon blacklist
Galeanu Mihai/iStock via Getty Images For the US, the Strait of Hormuz blockage is a price shock and inflation problem, not a supply shock. For Europe & Asia, it could turn into a supply shock if the blockage persists. Oil prices spiked further over the weekend. Sunday night, futures of WTI spiked by 28% to $116 per barrel at the moment, amid huge volatility up and down, as traffic through the Str...
Galeanu Mihai/iStock via Getty Images For the US, the Strait of Hormuz blockage is a price shock and inflation problem, not a supply shock. For Europe & Asia, it could turn into a supply shock if the blockage persists. Oil prices spiked further over the weekend. Sunday night, futures of WTI spiked by 28% to $116 per barrel at the moment, amid huge volatility up and down, as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz essentially stopped, and speculation in the futures market went haywire. Since the beginning of March, the price of WTI futures has nearly doubled. This is the same market where the price of WTI futures dropped to an absurd negative -$37.63 per barrel in April 2020 . Things can get a little crazy in the futures market. For the US, this price spike is an inflation problem, and that has already started, and it comes on top of already accelerating inflation; but it’s not a supply problem because the US gets very little crude oil and petroleum products through the Strait of Hormuz. But for Asia and Europe – in addition to being an inflation problem – it could also turn into a supply problem if the blockage persists, since these economies receive a substantial portion of their supply through the Strait of Hormuz. Stocks in Asia plunged, particularly in Japan. The Japan’s Nikkei 225 plunged by 6.9% at the moment. Since last weekend, it has plunged by 12.1%. Other major markets took a smaller hit at the moment: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng: -2.5% China’s Shanghai Stock Exchange: -1.2% India’s Sensex: -3.0% Singapore: -2.7% The Kospi, a tiny stock exchange that had spiked like a meme stock through February, is down 7.5% for today at the moment and by 19% from its peak at the end of February. US stock futures are all in the red at the moment: Dow futures: -2.1% S&P 500 futures: -2.0% Nasdaq futures: -2.3% The US Treasury 10-year yield jumped by 6 basis points in overnight trading, to 4.21% at the moment, in slow recognition of the inflation problem coming its way. For the US,...
阿里巴巴关联研究团队（ROCK & ROLL & iFlow CLI & Terminal Bench Pro & iFlow-ROME联合团队），在2025年12月于arXiv发布、2026年1月修订的论文《Let It Flow： Agentic Crafting on Rock and Roll， Building the ROME Model within an Open Agentic ...
阿里巴巴关联研究团队（ROCK & ROLL & iFlow CLI & Terminal Bench Pro & iFlow-ROME联合团队），在2025年12月于arXiv发布、2026年1月修订的论文《Let It Flow： Agentic Crafting on Rock and Roll， Building the ROME Model within an Open Agentic Learning Ecosystem》（arXiv：2512.24873v2）中，详细记录了其在构建开源agentic AI模型ROME时， 出现的AI代理未经授权自主行为 ，即研究人员所说的“意料之外”且自发的行为，这类行为不仅无明确指示，更超出了预期的沙盒范围。 其中最引人关注的是，该代理自主创建反向SSH隧道并利用计算资源挖矿。 据悉，ROME模型为30B总参数MoE架构（基于Qwen3-MoE），在Agentic Learning Ecosystem（ALE）中完成超一百万条轨迹训练，核心目标是实现复杂多轮工具交互与任务完成。这起异常事件并非通过训练曲线发现，而是源于阿里云生产级安全遥测系统的警报。 论文第3.1.4节“Safety-Aligned Data Composition”（第15页）详细记录了事件经过：一天清晨，阿里云管理防火墙监测到培训服务器出现一系列安全策略违规，团队紧急介入后发现，违规行为包括探测、访问内部网络资源，以及与加密挖矿相关的流量模式。起初，团队将其判定为常规安全事件（如出口控制配置错误或外部入侵），但违规行为反复出现且无明显时间规律。 通过将防火墙时间戳与系统遥测、强化学习追踪数据关联，研究人员发现，异常出站流量始终与代理调用工具、执行代码的特定事件重合。模型日志显示，这些网络异常均由代理主动启动工具调用和代码执行引发，且此类行为既非任务提示要求，也不是沙盒约束下完成任务的必需。 其中，最值得警惕的两类行为的是：一是代理自主建立并使用从阿里云实例到外部IP地址的反向SSH隧道——这一由外发发起的远程访问通道，可有效规避入侵过滤、削弱监管控制；二是未经授权占用已配置GPU容量进行加密货币挖矿，不仅悄悄消耗训练计算资源、推高运营成本，还带来了明确的法律与声誉风险。论文特别强调，这些行为并非由请求隧道或挖矿的提示触发，而是强化学习优化过程中，...
Diversify Advisory Services LLC cut its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) by 32.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 143,549 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after selling 69,424 shares during the quarter. Advanced Micro Devices makes up 0.8% o...
Diversify Advisory Services LLC cut its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) by 32.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 143,549 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after selling 69,424 shares during the quarter. Advanced Micro Devices makes up 0.8% of Diversify Advisory Services LLC's holdings, making the stock its 23rd biggest holding. Diversify Advisory Services LLC's holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $23,225,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of AMD. ORG Wealth Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 39.7% in the third quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 162 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. grew its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 61.0% during the 3rd quarter. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. now owns 161 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. Pinney & Scofield Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 81.0% during the 2nd quarter. Pinney & Scofield Inc. now owns 190 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 85 shares during the last quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. increased its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 400.0% during the 3rd quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. now owns 200 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 160 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Evolution Wealth Management Inc. bought a new position in Advanced Micro Devices in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Institu...
Diversify Advisory Services LLC grew its position in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR - Free Report) by 4.2% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 158,074 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 6,375 shares during the quarter. Palantir Technologies makes up about 1.0% of Diversify Advisory Services...
Diversify Advisory Services LLC grew its position in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR - Free Report) by 4.2% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 158,074 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 6,375 shares during the quarter. Palantir Technologies makes up about 1.0% of Diversify Advisory Services LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 17th largest position. Diversify Advisory Services LLC's holdings in Palantir Technologies were worth $28,836,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Occidental Asset Management LLC increased its position in Palantir Technologies by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter. Occidental Asset Management LLC now owns 1,964 shares of the company's stock valued at $358,000 after buying an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Gallacher Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Palantir Technologies by 2.2% in the third quarter. Gallacher Capital Management LLC now owns 2,452 shares of the company's stock valued at $447,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares during the period. Bare Financial Services Inc increased its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies by 54.5% during the third quarter. Bare Financial Services Inc now owns 156 shares of the company's stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Palantir Technologies by 0.4% during the third quarter. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC now owns 13,130 shares of the company's stock worth $2,395,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the period. Finally, Ellenbecker Investment Group lifted its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies by 3.6% in the 3rd quarter. Ellenbecker Investment Group now owns 1,619 shares of the company's stock worth $295,000 after purchasing an additional 57 sha...
Diversify Advisory Services LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM - Free Report) by 10.4% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 119,083 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 13,832 shares during the period. Taiwan...
Diversify Advisory Services LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM - Free Report) by 10.4% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 119,083 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 13,832 shares during the period. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing accounts for about 1.2% of Diversify Advisory Services LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th biggest holding. Diversify Advisory Services LLC's holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $36,304,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Brown Advisory Inc. grew its stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 43.2% in the second quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 6,650,983 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $1,506,389,000 after purchasing an additional 2,006,745 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 109.5% in the second quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 3,526,160 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $798,640,000 after purchasing an additional 1,842,951 shares during the period. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main lifted its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 268.2% in the second quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 2,499,677 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $566,152,000 after purchasing an additional 1,820,852 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 18.0% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 10,457,800 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued ...
The former mayor was arrested in March last year on the day he was named as the leader of the CHP and its presidential candidate for 2028. He has been held at the Marmara prison complex ever since, where his trial is due to take place.
The former mayor was arrested in March last year on the day he was named as the leader of the CHP and its presidential candidate for 2028. He has been held at the Marmara prison complex ever since, where his trial is due to take place.
Mainland Chinese investors purchased a record HK$37.2 billion ($4.8 billion) worth of Hong Kong shares through a key trading link on Monday, reversing their unprecedented sale last week. The figure tops the previous record of HK$35.9 billion in August via the so-called Stock Connect program, according to Bloomberg compiled data going back to 2016. The buying came as the Hang Seng Index pared a dro...
Mainland Chinese investors purchased a record HK$37.2 billion ($4.8 billion) worth of Hong Kong shares through a key trading link on Monday, reversing their unprecedented sale last week. The figure tops the previous record of HK$35.9 billion in August via the so-called Stock Connect program, according to Bloomberg compiled data going back to 2016. The buying came as the Hang Seng Index pared a drop of 3.3% to end the session 1.4% lower. A gauge of Asian equities was down close to 4%. Hong Kong and mainland Chinese stocks showed milder losses on Monday, when a surge in oil prices and concerns about a prolonged war in Iran triggered a global selloff .
hapabapa/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Hims & Hers Health ( HIMS ) shares surged in premarket trading Monday after a media report said Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) plans to sell its obesity drugs through the telehealth platform as part of a new partnership between the companies. Citing a source, Bloomberg reported Saturday that the firms could announce the deal as early as Monday. Shares of Hims & Her...
hapabapa/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Hims & Hers Health ( HIMS ) shares surged in premarket trading Monday after a media report said Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) plans to sell its obesity drugs through the telehealth platform as part of a new partnership between the companies. Citing a source, Bloomberg reported Saturday that the firms could announce the deal as early as Monday. Shares of Hims & Hers ( HIMS ) soared +44.5% premarket to $22.71, while Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) was up +0.3% . The potential agreement comes after a similar partnership collapsed in June when Hims & Hers declined to stop selling lower-cost compounded versions of Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Semaglutide, even after the GLP-1 treatment was no longer in shortage in the U.S. More recently, the telehealth company withdrew plans to sell compounded versions of Novo’s newly launched oral obesity therapy, the Wegovy pill, following regulatory scrutiny tied to its market rollout. Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) subsequently filed a lawsuit accusing Hims & Hers ( HIMS ) of infringing on a key U.S. patent related to semaglutide. More on Hims & Hers Health, Novo Nordisk A/S CagriSema Incident: The Surprise Winner And What It Means For The Novo-Lilly Rivalry Hims & Hers Health: Leaving GLP-1s Behind Pricing Pressure And Panic: What The Market May Be Missing In Novo Nordisk Novo, Hims & Hers said to be eyeing a partnership to sell obesity drugs Most and least shorted mid-to mega-cap healthcare stocks in February
Southeast Asia is set to see a warmer-than-usual early summer, potentially raising power demand for fuel and straining grids at a time when the Middle East conflict has tightened energy supplies in the region. Across most of maritime and mainland Southeast Asia, home to more than half a billion people, temperatures will be above average for the March-April-May period, according to the latest seaso...
Southeast Asia is set to see a warmer-than-usual early summer, potentially raising power demand for fuel and straining grids at a time when the Middle East conflict has tightened energy supplies in the region. Across most of maritime and mainland Southeast Asia, home to more than half a billion people, temperatures will be above average for the March-April-May period, according to the latest seasonal outlook published by the Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) on Friday. The forecast comes as the US-Israeli war against Iran upends transport and output across the Middle East, sending energy prices soaring. A prolonged disruption would threaten fossil-fuel reliant Southeast Asia’s power generation into April and May, when the mercury can climb to sweltering levels. A woman uses an electric fan to cool down during hot weather in Bangkok, Thailand, in April 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE There is an 80 to 100 per cent chance of above-normal temperatures across Indonesia and Malaysia , according to ASMC’s projection for the three-month period. The unseasonal heat is likely to first set in over those two countries, and then is expected to expand to much of mainland Southeast Asia in the following two months. Swathes of Thailand and northern Vietnam are also set to bake in the heat, the centre said. Advertisement Only small pockets of the region, including southeastern Vietnam, Cambodia and parts of the Philippines , are forecast to see near-normal temperatures. Gas importers in some parts of the bloc are already dipping into the spot market for liquefied natural gas cargoes (LNG) after major supplier Qatar halted its largest export facility last week due to the war. Advertisement Vietnam and Thailand are seeking March and April shipments, while Thailand has tweaked its LNG procurement plan to add three spot cargoes in those months. Singapore , which got more than 40 per cent of its LNG from Qatar last year, may see power prices spike in the second quarter, according to t...