Fauzi Muda/iStock via Getty Images Investment Thesis In the past article, I warned investors about ABR's deteriorating investment portfolio. I was the first to issue a sell rating on the ticker in 2024. Since then, shares are down 40%, while the total return is a negative ~28%. At the same time, ABR's management has made significant progress in managing its assets. This includes foreclosures and l...
Fauzi Muda/iStock via Getty Images Investment Thesis In the past article, I warned investors about ABR's deteriorating investment portfolio. I was the first to issue a sell rating on the ticker in 2024. Since then, shares are down 40%, while the total return is a negative ~28%. At the same time, ABR's management has made significant progress in managing its assets. This includes foreclosures and loan modifications that allow borrowers more time to stabilize their properties by increasing occupancy rates and rent income. Things aren't perfect, but at 66 cents on the dollar, this company seems undervalued, trading as a collapsing entity despite its positive GAAP and non-GAAP net income, metrics that reflect its value creation. The dividend will almost certainly be cut again. However, even with this short-term headwind, I believe this might be the time to adopt a contrarian strategy. Seeking Alpha Portfolio and Business Model Arbor Realty ( ABR ) mainly provides bridge financing to multi-family real estate projects. Roughly 40% of their activity is in Texas and Florida, with Arizona, New York, and Georgia also constituting 8%, 8%, and 7% of the portfolio at cost, respectively. Bridge financing is a temporary loan designed to provide relief until more permanent financing is secured. About 99% of ABR's bridge loans had a maturity date within 12.9 months ( p. 5 ) as of December 31, 2025 (although one needs to acknowledge that many of the loans carry extension options, which extend the average maturity to ~19.9 months). Bridge loans constitute 94% of the total investment portfolio ($11.4 billion out of a total loan portfolio at a cost of $12.1 billion). In terms of real estate type, multi-family properties constitute ~73% of the underlying assets, single homes represent ~26%, while office, retail, and other properties represent the remaining ~1%. ABR's bridge financing fills a very particular gap, financing properties that are not yet eligible for GSE financing. GSEs requi...
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies speaks during the Digital X event on September 07, 2021 in Cologne, Germany. Palantir is still using Anthropic's Claude as the artificial intelligence startup's clash with the Pentagon plays out, CEO Alex Karp told CNBC Thursday. "The Department of War is planning to phase out Anthropic; currently, it's not phased out," Karp told CNBC's Seema Mody at Palanti...
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies speaks during the Digital X event on September 07, 2021 in Cologne, Germany. Palantir is still using Anthropic's Claude as the artificial intelligence startup's clash with the Pentagon plays out, CEO Alex Karp told CNBC Thursday. "The Department of War is planning to phase out Anthropic; currently, it's not phased out," Karp told CNBC's Seema Mody at Palantir's AIPcon 9 in Maryland. "Our products are integrated with Anthropic, and in the future, it will probably be integrated with other large language models." The Department of Defense officially designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk last week, but is still using Claude models to support the war in Iran, as CNBC previously reported. This is breaking news. Please refresh for updates.
EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR) hasn't been in "growth mode" for nearly nine years, but that may finally be coming to an end. In this video, I'll talk about the big move EPR just made, why this 6%-yielding dividend stock could be worth a look right now, and what to look for going forward. *Stock prices used were the morning prices of March 11, 2026. The video was published on March 12, 2026. Continue r...
EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR) hasn't been in "growth mode" for nearly nine years, but that may finally be coming to an end. In this video, I'll talk about the big move EPR just made, why this 6%-yielding dividend stock could be worth a look right now, and what to look for going forward. *Stock prices used were the morning prices of March 11, 2026. The video was published on March 12, 2026. Continue reading
Shopify SHOP shares have declined 10.8% over the past six months, underperforming the broader Zacks Computer and Technology sector's growth of 3.4% and the Zacks Internet-Services industry's surge of 37.9%. The decline reflects uncertainty around the pace at which SHOP can sustain its growth trajectory while continuing to scale investments in product innovation, AI-powered commerce tools and merch...
Shopify SHOP shares have declined 10.8% over the past six months, underperforming the broader Zacks Computer and Technology sector's growth of 3.4% and the Zacks Internet-Services industry's surge of 37.9%. The decline reflects uncertainty around the pace at which SHOP can sustain its growth trajectory while continuing to scale investments in product innovation, AI-powered commerce tools and merchant solutions. SHOP shares have delivered mixed performance relative to peers, including Amazon AMZN, Wix.com WIX and Commerce.com CMRC, over the past six months. Amazon, WIX.com and Commerce.com shares have declined 7.5%, 47.3% and 38.4%, respectively, during the same period. SHOP Stock’s Performance Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research SHOP Shares Are Overvalued Shopify shares carry a Value Score of F, which denotes that the stock is overvalued. The shares trade at a premium compared with both the broader sector and industry. Shopify trades at a forward 12-month price-to-sales multiple of 11.14X, well above the sector’s 6.18X and the industry’s 7.04X. The premium becomes difficult to justify when compared with peers, such as Amazon, Wix.com and Commerce.com, which trade at P/S multiples of 2.8X, 2.25X and 0.68X, respectively. The elevated multiple appears difficult to justify, given structural gross margin pressure from a continued mix shift toward lower-margin Merchant Solutions revenues and rapid Shopify Payments penetration. Transaction and loan losses nearly doubled to $417 million in 2025 from $227 million in 2024. A challenging macroeconomic environment, including tariff-related uncertainty and softening consumer spending, compounds these headwinds. Price/Sales Ratio (F12M) Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research SHOP’s 2026 Earnings Estimates Revisions Are Steady The Zacks Consensus Estimate for SHOP’s first quarter 2026 earnings is pegged at 32 cents per share, unchanged over the past 30 days and indicating ye...
The European Commission is considering relaxing carbon-permit supply rules and allowing more state aid as part of an emergency plan to cut spiking power prices, according to people familiar with the plans. The EU’s executive arm is also exploring whether to temporarily ease rules on granting free emissions permits to companies in its carbon market, as well as allowing lower grid fees and energy ta...
The European Commission is considering relaxing carbon-permit supply rules and allowing more state aid as part of an emergency plan to cut spiking power prices, according to people familiar with the plans. The EU’s executive arm is also exploring whether to temporarily ease rules on granting free emissions permits to companies in its carbon market, as well as allowing lower grid fees and energy taxes, the people added, speaking anonymously to comment on the private talks. The commission will present its options, which are still subject to change, at an EU leaders’ summit in Brussels on March 19. The event’s agenda has been overtaken by the unfolding war in Iran, which has disrupted oil and gas shipments and elevated energy prices. The commission declined to comment. EU leaders are fretting that the extra costs will further burden companies already straining under energy prices that outstrip those in US and China. Europe’s plans to revive its moribund manufacturing sector, and to get the continent competing globally, are largely reliant on whether officials can lower energy costs. European natural gas prices have already nearly 60% this month, and markets are preparing for disruptions to continue for months. In further signs of strain to global energy markets, Oman’s key oil export terminal was evacuated and two crude tankers were hit in Iraqi waters this week. The crisis also threatens to boost inflation at a time when Europe’s economic growth is still sluggish. Read More: EU Warns Iran Conflict Could Push Bloc’s Inflation Above 3% While next week’s summit is not expected to produce a final decision on energy measures, leaders will attempt to give the commission marching orders on which proposals to pursue. Those may include a fast-tracked revision of a carbon market mechanism, which automatically controls the supply of emissions permits. Under this plan, the so-called Market Stability Reserve, which withholds extra pollution allowances from circulation, would be re...
Russia has received €6bn (£5bn) from selling its fossil fuels in the fortnight since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran, new data suggests. The revenues imply the country took an extra €672m in oil, gas and coal sales during March, as combined average daily prices have surged by 14% from February. The vast majority of that increase, about €625m, appears to have been made from trading oil – a...
Russia has received €6bn (£5bn) from selling its fossil fuels in the fortnight since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran, new data suggests. The revenues imply the country took an extra €672m in oil, gas and coal sales during March, as combined average daily prices have surged by 14% from February. The vast majority of that increase, about €625m, appears to have been made from trading oil – according to figures by the thinktank, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). The numbers have been released after Donald Trump indicated earlier this week that he would ease US sanctions on Russian oil in response to soaring global prices after the start of the conflict – which began on 28 February with US and Israeli airstrikes that killed Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei. The CREA publication coincided with an International Energy Agency (IEA) warning that the war has cut the Gulf’s oil and gas production by at least 10m barrels of oil a day and has created “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market”. Russia’s commodity revenues are seen as a vital part of its state budget to fund military spending, including in Ukraine. Alexander Kirk, a sanctions campaigner at the NGO Urgewald, said: “When markets panic, authoritarian exporters cash in. In less than two weeks, Russia has earned an estimated €6bn from fossil fuel exports, money that ultimately feeds the Kremlin’s war machine. “Easing sanctions now would not stabilise markets. What it would do is allow Russia to sell the same oil for a far better price. US sanctions have forced Russian crude to trade at a steep discount. A rollback closes that gap overnight and hands the Kremlin a revenue boost worth billions, at the very moment that pressure is starting to bite.” CREA figures published before the start of the conflict showed that the money Russia earned from exporting oil and gas dropped over the previous 12 months, even as the country’s oil exports increased in volume. The ...
‘They’ve given me a talkshow,” says Claudia Winkleman in the trailer. “Agreed, an error. It might be excruciating.” Such wry self-deprecation continued in the official announcement. “I’m obviously going to be awful,” she said. “That goes without saying but I’m over the moon the BBC are letting me try.” On Friday the 13th – lucky for viewers? – the 54-year-old hosts the inaugural edition of her epo...
‘They’ve given me a talkshow,” says Claudia Winkleman in the trailer. “Agreed, an error. It might be excruciating.” Such wry self-deprecation continued in the official announcement. “I’m obviously going to be awful,” she said. “That goes without saying but I’m over the moon the BBC are letting me try.” On Friday the 13th – lucky for viewers? – the 54-year-old hosts the inaugural edition of her eponymous chatshow. The Claudia Winkleman Show’s title might not be the mots exciting, but it’s a quietly revolutionary TV moment. It also makes this arguably the biggest week of the presenters’s career. No pressure. As the teak-tanned face of the BBC’s two marquee franchises, The Traitors and Strictly Come Dancing, Winkleman has established herself as the premier presenter on primetime TV. Now our highest-rating host, she has deposed the ubiquitous Ant and Dec after their 24-year reign. This week’s launch, however, is next level. For the first time, her name is above the door. She’s riding high. Can she continue her hot streak? She couldn’t have had a better warmup. Last weekend, Winkleman was a surprise addition to Channel 4’s coverage of Crufts. At Birmingham NEC for the world’s biggest dog show, the mutt-mad presenter was in her element. She helped groom a black spaniel whose long, silky ears made her resemble raven-maned Winkleman herself. She threatened to french kiss a cute terrier, promised chicken-and-gravy dinners to her favourite pooches and did her special “dog voice” to a cavalier king charles spaniel. With a litter of puppies on her lap, Winkleman declared: “I’m never leaving. This is actual heaven.” Her screen relationship with Crufts stalwart Clare Balding recalled her decade-long pairing with Tess Daly on Strictly Come Dancing, the sports presenter playing the patient big sister to Winkleman’s anarchic younger sibling. She caused canine chaos by joining a Golden retriever display team. When a tearful Lee Cox – owner of best in show champion Bruin the clumber s...
US natural gas futures swung between slight gains and losses as traders weighed fears of a continued disruption to Middle East supplies against expectations that a government report would show a smaller-than-normal weekly withdrawal from storage. Deeply negative gas prices in West Texas could also spur producers in the Permian to curtail output, said Eli Rubin , senior energy analyst at EBW Analyt...
US natural gas futures swung between slight gains and losses as traders weighed fears of a continued disruption to Middle East supplies against expectations that a government report would show a smaller-than-normal weekly withdrawal from storage. Deeply negative gas prices in West Texas could also spur producers in the Permian to curtail output, said Eli Rubin , senior energy analyst at EBW Analytics Group. At the same time, the economics of high crude prices could trump deeply uneconomic gas production, which occurs in the Permian as a byproduct of oil output. Futures for April delivery +2.6c, or +0.8%, to $3.235/mmbtu on Nymex, as of 9:24am ET The volume-weighted average price for next-day delivery at the Waha hub, an indicator for Permian gas prices, was -$7.35/mmbtu as of 9:24am ET, according to traders monitoring intraday trade data Weather: Morning forecasts little changed from Wednesday, with well-above-average temperatures expected across the western half of the US from March 17-21 and cooler readings in the East: Commodity Weather Group See WHUT for a map of latest 6-10 day weather forecast: NOAA Click here for two-week temperature forecasts for the U.S. Storage: Gas inventories probably fell -41 bcf last week, based on median analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg Five-year-average gas inventory change for the week ended March 6 is -64 bcf Stockpiles totaled 1.886 tcf as of Feb. 27, 2.2% below the five-year average EIA to report weekly storage data at 10:30am New York time Thursday Daily BNEF Gas Data: Lower-48 dry gas production on Thursday ~112.3 bcf/day, or +5.3% y/y Lower-48 total gas demand on Thursday ~84.7 bcf/day, or +7.7% y/y Dry gas exports to Mexico on Thursday ~6.9 bcf/day, or +0.2% w/w Estimated gas flows to LNG export terminals on Thursday ~20.2 bcf/day, or +5.5% w/w Gas Market News: European Gas Prices Follow Oil Higher as Shipping Crisis Worsens LNG WRAP: Asian Prices May Average About $16 in April and May BNEF Theme: US Natural Gas Stable...
(RTTNews) - Shares of Incannex Healthcare Inc. (IXHL) are falling about 35 percent on Thursday morning trading following the announcement of an enhanced clinical development strategy for IHL-42X, its lead oral drug candidate for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, and a securities purchase agreement with healthcare-dedicated institutional investors for the issuance and sale of 2 million shar...
(RTTNews) - Shares of Incannex Healthcare Inc. (IXHL) are falling about 35 percent on Thursday morning trading following the announcement of an enhanced clinical development strategy for IHL-42X, its lead oral drug candidate for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, and a securities purchase agreement with healthcare-dedicated institutional investors for the issuance and sale of 2 million shares and accompanying warrants. The company's stock is currently trading at $3.8950, down 35.33 percent, over the previous close of $5.97 on the Nasdaq. It has traded between $2.4 and $49.8 in the past one year. The updated development strategy aims to optimize efficacy, strengthen the clinical data package, and potentially accelerate the pathway toward registration while maintaining strong capital efficiency. Meanwhile, the company intends to use proceeds from the offering to complete the DReAMzz Phase 2 study for IHL-42X and other corporate-related purposes. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Ondas Holdings has had a busy week, and could soon send short sellers packing Ondas Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ONDS) stock is buzzing this morning, up 2.6% to trade at $10.10, after the drone technology company announced a strategic partnership with Palantir Technologies (PLTR). On Monday, Ondas agreed to merge with U.S. defense contractor Mistral. Ondas stock traded at only 57 cents a year ago. Now, th...
Ondas Holdings has had a busy week, and could soon send short sellers packing Ondas Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ONDS) stock is buzzing this morning, up 2.6% to trade at $10.10, after the drone technology company announced a strategic partnership with Palantir Technologies (PLTR). On Monday, Ondas agreed to merge with U.S. defense contractor Mistral. Ondas stock traded at only 57 cents a year ago. Now, the shares are above their year-to-date breakeven level, with support in place at their 80-day moving average. Today's pop also has the shares breaking out of a downtrend from their Jan. 12, five-year high of $15.28. A short squeeze could power a move back to that peak. Short interest is up 38.1% in the last month, and the 157.78 million shares sold short account for 35.6% of ONDS' total available float.
spawns/iStock via Getty Images In the midst of an already volatile trading year in 2026, the last few weeks in the stock market have turned decidedly more bearish as investors weighed the potential impacts from an extended conflict in the Middle East. Tech shares that were already being hammered due to the "SaaSpocalypse" narrative continued to sell off further, despite strong Q4 results. Netskope...
spawns/iStock via Getty Images In the midst of an already volatile trading year in 2026, the last few weeks in the stock market have turned decidedly more bearish as investors weighed the potential impacts from an extended conflict in the Middle East. Tech shares that were already being hammered due to the "SaaSpocalypse" narrative continued to sell off further, despite strong Q4 results. Netskope ( NTSK ), the AI-focused cybersecurity platform, is one of the most prominent recent victims. Despite reporting healthy Q4 results that featured healthy retention rates and improving margins that tilted full-year free cash flow positive, the stock sold off more than 15% post-earnings, interrupting a rebound rally that had taken the stock off February lows around $9 (which was when Claude released cybersecurity features that spooked the sector). Data by YCharts I last wrote a buy article on Netskope in February, when the stock was trading at YTD lows in the mid-$9s. Since then, the company's Q4 earnings print has only deepened my conviction in the company. Netskope is amply proving that companies are feeling the need to reinvest in their cybersecurity amid the shift to running AI applications and agents, which open up new vulnerability points. The company continues to showcase excellent growth at scale while also maturing into an FCF-positive company. One of the main reasons shares of Netskope sold off is that Netskope's earnings directly preceded the stock's lockup expiration, which expires on March 13 . This is the date at which insiders, who were barred from selling post-IPO for a 180-day window, will be able to unload their shares. But recall that Netskope went public at $19 per share. After the post-earnings selloff, the stock is hovering closer to $10: nearly half of the IPO price. Netskope's price provides a self-regulating mechanism here: there aren't likely going to be many insiders who want to dump shares while it's priced irrationally low. With this in mind, I'm ...
Analysts have been eager to weigh in on the Technology sector with new ratings on Palantir Technologies (PLTR – Research Report), Power Integrations (POWI – Research Report) and Fortinet (FTNT – Research Report). Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Truist Financial analyst Arvind Ramnani maintained a Buy rating on Palantir Technologies today. The company’s shares closed last Wednesday at $152.35. Accordi...
Analysts have been eager to weigh in on the Technology sector with new ratings on Palantir Technologies (PLTR – Research Report), Power Integrations (POWI – Research Report) and Fortinet (FTNT – Research Report). Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Truist Financial analyst Arvind Ramnani maintained a Buy rating on Palantir Technologies today. The company’s shares closed last Wednesday at $152.35. According to TipRanks.com, Ramnani is a 1-star analyst with an average return of -2.0% and a 46.5% success rate. Ramnani covers the Technology sector, focusing on stocks such as CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Epam Systems, and Globant SA. ;'> The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Palantir Technologies with a $191.76 average price target, implying a 26.9% upside from current levels. In a report issued on February 27, Rosenblatt Securities also initiated coverage with a Buy rating on the stock with a $150.00 price target. See the top stocks recommended by analysts >> Power Integrations (POWI) Stifel Nicolaus analyst Tore Svanberg maintained a Buy rating on Power Integrations today and set a price target of $56.00. The company’s shares closed last Wednesday at $45.13. According to TipRanks.com, Svanberg is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 21.1% and a 60.1% success rate. Svanberg covers the Technology sector, focusing on stocks such as MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd, and Silicon Laboratories. ;'> The word on The Street in general, suggests a Strong Buy analyst consensus rating for Power Integrations with a $52.50 average price target. Fortinet (FTNT) In a report released today, Adam Borg from Stifel Nicolaus maintained a Hold rating on Fortinet, with a price target of $85.00. The company’s shares closed last Wednesday at $84.54. According to TipRanks.com, Borg is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 10.2% and a 59.1% success rate. Borg covers the Technology sector, focusing ...
NEW YORK, March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Knowledge Group (MKG) today announced the appointment of David Margines to its Board of Directors. The move deepens the company's commitment to AI- and analytics-driven drug commercialization and its leadership in technology-enabled services. David Margines has been leading the development and deployment of AI and machine learning products for more ...
NEW YORK, March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Knowledge Group (MKG) today announced the appointment of David Margines to its Board of Directors. The move deepens the company's commitment to AI- and analytics-driven drug commercialization and its leadership in technology-enabled services. David Margines has been leading the development and deployment of AI and machine learning products for more than 10 years, first at Google and currently at Waymo, the world's leading autonomous vehicle company. At Waymo, David serves as Director of Product for Perception and Data Infrastructure, developing safety-critical software in a highly regulated environment. His work sits at the intersection of advanced AI systems, scalable data platforms, and rigorous safety standards—experience that directly aligns with MKG's mission to bring precision, intelligence, and accountability to healthcare engagement. "David's deep expertise in building and deploying AI products at global scale will be transformative for MKG as we continue investing in AI-driven solutions and advanced analytics that, together with our medical and scientific expertise, maximize the commercial and clinical potential of our clients' brands," said Leon Behar, Chief Executive Officer of Medical Knowledge Group. "His leadership in his field reflects the same level of complexity, precision, and responsibility that defines our work. We are thrilled to welcome him to the Board." Prior to Waymo, David scaled several technology startups across a range of industries, with a focus on marketing, building sales teams, and delivering enterprise software and solutions. His combination of product leadership, operational scaling, and go-to-market strategy brings a rare, full-spectrum perspective to MKG's scalable and non-linear growth strategy. David graduated from Yale University with a degree in Ethics, Politics, and Economics—an academic foundation that complements his technical leadership with a deep understanding of governan...
Chilean Smiljan Radić Clarke wins architecture's highest honor toggle caption Iwan Baan/The Pritzker Architecture Prize Smiljan Radić Clarke was named the newest Pritzker Prize-winner — an award often called the Nobel of architecture — Thursday morning. Was he surprised by his win? "Yes, completely," the Chilean architect told NPR in an email. "[It's] a huge honor. And possibly, in the very near f...
Chilean Smiljan Radić Clarke wins architecture's highest honor toggle caption Iwan Baan/The Pritzker Architecture Prize Smiljan Radić Clarke was named the newest Pritzker Prize-winner — an award often called the Nobel of architecture — Thursday morning. Was he surprised by his win? "Yes, completely," the Chilean architect told NPR in an email. "[It's] a huge honor. And possibly, in the very near future, a bit of a headache, since it will probably mean being far more exposed than I would like." toggle caption Tom Welsh for The Pritzker Architecture Prize The designer, known professionally as Smiljan Radić, is not exactly underexposed. But he is not as well known internationally as earlier Pritzker winners, such as Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Renzo Piano, Frank Gehry and I.M. Pei. Radić, who is 60 and the second Chilean architect to win the award, has designed dozens of buildings that have earned him a formidable reputation in artistic and intellectual circles. The New York Times described him as "a rock star among architects" in 2014, after his contribution to London's prestigious Serpentine Pavilion. Sponsor Message For that annual installation that showcases cutting-edge architects, Radić designed a glowing rotund pod, almost alien in appearance, perched upon weathered quarry stones. Architecture critics were captivated. "Seeming to belong at once to a world of science fiction and to a primordial past, the pavilion could well serve as the film set for a post-apocalyptic drama," wrote Ellis Woodman in his review for The Telegraph. "And yet… it also invites association with the use of ruins and grottoes in the eighteenth century English landscape garden…. What is most captivating about Radić's heroically peculiar pavilion is the way that it seems to stand out of time." Radić grew up in an immigrant family in Santiago. His father's parents came from Croatia, and his mother's from the United Kingdom. Although he colloquially uses his father's surname, he told Pritzker of...
Muscovites have been turning to walkie-talkies and pagers amid unexplained disruptions to internet services in the capital, as the Kremlin appears to ramp up control over online activity in Russia. Users in central Moscow, as well as in St Petersburg, first reported difficulties accessing mobile internet about a week ago. Many said they were unable to load websites or apps, while some lost service...
Muscovites have been turning to walkie-talkies and pagers amid unexplained disruptions to internet services in the capital, as the Kremlin appears to ramp up control over online activity in Russia. Users in central Moscow, as well as in St Petersburg, first reported difficulties accessing mobile internet about a week ago. Many said they were unable to load websites or apps, while some lost service altogether, leaving them unable to make phone calls. The Kremlin said this week that the outages were being introduced to “ensure security” and would remain in place “as long as additional measures are necessary”, without providing further details about the reasons behind the restrictions. For months, users across Russia have complained about widespread mobile internet shutdowns, though the disruptions have drawn far less scrutiny than those now affecting Moscow’s inner centre, the country’s political and economic hub. The outages were a “massive headache”, said Dmitry, a 31-year-old consultant in Moscow. “I’m having trouble ordering a taxi, sending work emails, or even just messaging my family.” Human rights activists said the shutdown could be linked to Moscow testing a new so-called “whitelist” system, under which only a limited number of government-approved websites and essential online services would remain accessible to Russians. Officials in Moscow previously said the “whitelist” of available websites would include “all resources needed for life”, including marketplaces, delivery services and online pharmacies. But observers say the system would dramatically censor Russians’ access to the wider web. Internet shutdowns have become increasingly common in Russia since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In 2025, the country ranked first globally for the number of internet disruptions, according to estimates by the research group Top10VPN. Russian officials have previously claimed internet shutdowns were an effort to thwart Ukrainian drone attacks, though experts say su...
Human rights groups urge hospitals not to use Palantir software Credit: Shutterstock.com Palantir’s contract to run the NHS federated data platform (FDP) could cause “data-driven state abuses of power”, health justice charity Medact has warned. US firm Palantir signed a £330m contract with NHS England in 2023 to provide the FDP. but there has been increasing concern about the firm’s provision of s...
Human rights groups urge hospitals not to use Palantir software Credit: Shutterstock.com Palantir’s contract to run the NHS federated data platform (FDP) could cause “data-driven state abuses of power”, health justice charity Medact has warned. US firm Palantir signed a £330m contract with NHS England in 2023 to provide the FDP. but there has been increasing concern about the firm’s provision of surveillance software to government agencies and law enforcement including the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Medact’s report, ‘Briefing: Concerns regarding Palantir Technologies and NHS data systems‘, published on 12 March, warns that health data from the FDP could potentially be used for US-style immigration raids. It quotes 2020 research, published by Patients not Passports, which found that 57% of migrant organisations reported migrants had avoiding healthcare because of fears of being charged for NHS care, data sharing and other migration enforcement concerns. “Palantir’s high profile work with ICE, alongside the existing data sharing agreements between the Home Office and the NHS, is likely to worsen this,” Medact argues. It recommends that trusts and integrated care boards decline the implementation of FDP or other Palantir products and instead prioritise in-house or open source software. In January, the British Medical Association (BMA) highlighted reports from the US that formerly separate datasets including medical records, had been processed and linked by ICE using Palantir’s bespoke Immigration OS platform. A chief analytical officer in the NHS told Digital Health News: “While the technology issues raised in this report could potentially be levelled at a number of other suppliers, the ill-will that Palantir keeps creating is becoming a major distraction for NHSE, not necessarily because of any FDP developments but because of the continual association with news issues such as ICE and the recent US bombing of Iran. “There is increasing unwillingness ...
A man was injured on Thursday evening after a lithium battery he was carrying caught fire on a Hong Kong bus in Tsuen Wan, filling the vehicle with thick smoke. Police received a report at 7.21pm about the fire on the bus travelling on Citybus route E21, which was heading along Tsuen Wan Road towards Kowloon at the time. Smoke suddenly erupted in the front section of the upper deck as the vehicle ...
A man was injured on Thursday evening after a lithium battery he was carrying caught fire on a Hong Kong bus in Tsuen Wan, filling the vehicle with thick smoke. Police received a report at 7.21pm about the fire on the bus travelling on Citybus route E21, which was heading along Tsuen Wan Road towards Kowloon at the time. Smoke suddenly erupted in the front section of the upper deck as the vehicle passed Chun Shing Factory Estate in Kwai Chung. Advertisement Firefighters arrived on the scene shortly after and deployed a water jet and a breathing apparatus team to combat the blaze. The fire was extinguished by 7.37pm. Police said the male passenger suffered injuries to his thighs. Advertisement Photos circulating online show that the fire left the upper deck of the bus heavily charred and blackened, and its windows shattered.
Agape ATP ( ATPC ) announced on Thursday that it has received confirmation from the Nasdaq that the company has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq. ATPC is +33.81% to $5.16. Source: Press Release More on Agape ATP Corporation Agape ATP announces potential Nasdaq delisting over low share price; shares down Financial information for Agape A...
Agape ATP ( ATPC ) announced on Thursday that it has received confirmation from the Nasdaq that the company has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq. ATPC is +33.81% to $5.16. Source: Press Release More on Agape ATP Corporation Agape ATP announces potential Nasdaq delisting over low share price; shares down Financial information for Agape ATP Corporation
Key Points Bitcoin is down more than 40% since reaching an all-time high last October. The fear surrounding the crypto market suggests this is a good time to buy. 10 stocks we like better than Bitcoin › Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) looked unstoppable last year, surging to an all-time high of $126,198. Analysts and public figures in the crypto space, including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, were predicting...
Key Points Bitcoin is down more than 40% since reaching an all-time high last October. The fear surrounding the crypto market suggests this is a good time to buy. 10 stocks we like better than Bitcoin › Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) looked unstoppable last year, surging to an all-time high of $126,198. Analysts and public figures in the crypto space, including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, were predicting that Bitcoin could reach $1 million per coin by 2030. There's far less enthusiasm surrounding Bitcoin now that its price has fallen over 40%. And that's why this is a great time to invest. 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 » CoinMarketCap's Crypto Fear and Greed Index is firmly in the "fear" section, with a score of 26 (as of March 10). As recently as last week, it was below 20, indicating extreme fear. This index can be a useful way to gauge whether the crypto market is overvalued or undervalued. It's by no means perfect, but since most stock valuation metrics don't work with cryptocurrencies, investors need to take what they can get. The current score indicates that investors are highly bearish on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. But the bull case for Bitcoin hasn't changed. It's the largest digital asset by a wide margin, accounting for $1.4 trillion of the $2.4 trillion crypto market. The creation of the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve last year and more institutional support through Bitcoin ETFs should raise the cryptocurrency's price floor. The supply limit of 21 million coins makes it somewhat scarce and could make it more valuable, provided demand continues to grow. To be clear, Bitcoin might not have reached the bottom yet. No one has any way of knowing when or if it will rebound. Still, it has historically recovered from every bear market and crypto winter, going on to set new all...
A red fox that sneaked onto a cargo ship off the coast of Southampton has successfully made it thousands of miles across the Atlantic and is now in the care of the Bronx Zoo in New York.
A red fox that sneaked onto a cargo ship off the coast of Southampton has successfully made it thousands of miles across the Atlantic and is now in the care of the Bronx Zoo in New York.
FactoryTh/iStock via Getty Images First Quantum Minerals ( FQVLF ) said Thursday it agreed to sell the Çayeli copper-zinc mine in Turkey to Cengiz Holding for $340M in cash. Located on the Black Sea coast in northeastern Turkey, the Çayeli mine has produced copper and zinc concentrates from underground operations since 1994. Separately, UBS upgraded First Quantum ( FQVLF ) to Buy from Neutral with...
FactoryTh/iStock via Getty Images First Quantum Minerals ( FQVLF ) said Thursday it agreed to sell the Çayeli copper-zinc mine in Turkey to Cengiz Holding for $340M in cash. Located on the Black Sea coast in northeastern Turkey, the Çayeli mine has produced copper and zinc concentrates from underground operations since 1994. Separately, UBS upgraded First Quantum ( FQVLF ) to Buy from Neutral with a C$50 price target, up from C$38, citing the restart of the Cobre Panama mine that looks increasingly likely in 2026. More on First Quantum Minerals First Quantum Minerals Presents at J.P. Morgan 2026 Global Leveraged Finance Conference - Slideshow First Quantum Minerals Q4 2025 Earnings Call Presentation First Quantum: Market Euphoria Could Moderate Despite Robust Copper Price