Key market opportunities in Latin America's quick commerce include integration into super-apps and fintech ecosystems, driving growth through ecommerce and mobile usage. Partnerships and consolidation streamline operations, while expansion beyond meals into groceries and health products widens market scope. Latin American Quick Commerce Market Latin American Quick Commerce Market Dublin, April 30,...
Key market opportunities in Latin America's quick commerce include integration into super-apps and fintech ecosystems, driving growth through ecommerce and mobile usage. Partnerships and consolidation streamline operations, while expansion beyond meals into groceries and health products widens market scope. Latin American Quick Commerce Market Latin American Quick Commerce Market Dublin, April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Latin America Quick Commerce Market Size & Forecast by Value and Volu
“Bloomberg: The China Show” is your definitive source for news and analysis on the world's second-biggest economy. From politics and policy to tech and trends, David Ingles and Avril Hong give global investors unique insight, delivering in-depth discussions with the newsmakers who matter. (Source: Bloomberg)
“Bloomberg: The China Show” is your definitive source for news and analysis on the world's second-biggest economy. From politics and policy to tech and trends, David Ingles and Avril Hong give global investors unique insight, delivering in-depth discussions with the newsmakers who matter. (Source: Bloomberg)
Listen to Odd Lots on Apple Podcasts Listen to Odd Lots on Spotify Watch Odd Lots on YouTube Subscribe to the newsletter The last few decades have been marked by a number of megatrends in finance including the extraordinary growth of asset managers, the rising importance of technology, and the ascent of private markets. BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager, is emblematic of all these devel...
Listen to Odd Lots on Apple Podcasts Listen to Odd Lots on Spotify Watch Odd Lots on YouTube Subscribe to the newsletter The last few decades have been marked by a number of megatrends in finance including the extraordinary growth of asset managers, the rising importance of technology, and the ascent of private markets. BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager, is emblematic of all these developments. On this episode, we talk to BlackRock COO Rob Goldstein about the company's early technological history, the development of its famous risk management technology Aladdin, and how BlackRock is navigating being both a user and major provider of AI. We discuss his view of the 'SaaSpocalypse,' how BlackRock is thinking about token consumption and compute constraint, as well as the future of private markets.
The premise of this novel about a ballet dancer who baits love scammers into conversation is great – but the story feels overwritten and underfelt Martina Hefter’s Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? has caused much argument in German literary circles. It won the country’s most influential fiction award in 2024, and quickly sold 80,000 copies. But critics were divided: Die Zeit compared the book’s sed...
The premise of this novel about a ballet dancer who baits love scammers into conversation is great – but the story feels overwritten and underfelt Martina Hefter’s Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? has caused much argument in German literary circles. It won the country’s most influential fiction award in 2024, and quickly sold 80,000 copies. But critics were divided: Die Zeit compared the book’s seductive power to the love scammers it depicts, while Deutschlandfunk Kultur criticised its shallow characters and monotonous dialogue. I was instantly drawn in by the premise: a feisty middle-aged dancer trolling romance scammers, only to connect with a Nigerian man on the other end of the phone. Juno is a ballet dancer whose obsessions with ageing, death and her body have crippled her personality. With her career waning and most of her time spent caring for her ailing husband, Jupiter, she yearns for meaning. But she’s depressed, full of unexamined anger and guilt. Everywhere, through her scathing lens, she sees decay and deception. Unable to sleep, she baits love scammers into conversation. “Go ahead and write to women who are dumb enough to fall for that,” she thinks. “The main thing is that I have a counterpart.” Continue reading...
This entertaining profile of Paul Di’Anno – the heavy metal band’s lead vocalist from 1978 to 1981 – is dragged down by its subject’s irascible nature This respectful but (to its credit) not entirely reverential documentary profiles Paul Di’Anno (born Paul Andrews in 1958), the lead singer of heavy metal act Iron Maiden between 1978 and 1981. Fans of the band, and rock historians, will know that, ...
This entertaining profile of Paul Di’Anno – the heavy metal band’s lead vocalist from 1978 to 1981 – is dragged down by its subject’s irascible nature This respectful but (to its credit) not entirely reverential documentary profiles Paul Di’Anno (born Paul Andrews in 1958), the lead singer of heavy metal act Iron Maiden between 1978 and 1981. Fans of the band, and rock historians, will know that, while there are plenty of admirers of Di’Anno’s work in concert and on the first two Iron Maiden albums, the group went supersonic only after they parted ways with him. Their breakthrough album, The Number of the Beast, had Bruce Dickinson on lead vocals, so that sort of makes Di’Anno the Stuart Sutcliffe or Pete Best of Maiden lore, although the group have cycled through so many musicians and collaborators over the years comparison with the Beatles doesn’t map neatly. Either way, archive footage of the once studly looking Di’Anno in his prime, belting his heart out with a pleasingly gravelly voice that shaded more towards punk than classic metal crooning, is entertaining, even for total Maiden newbies. Nevertheless, you can see why he didn’t go all the way because, as viewers get to know him through the original footage shot for this film, it becomes clear that Di’Anno could often be an obstreperous, difficult-to-love character. Continue reading...
Highlights of this year’s international photography festival in Kyoto include Linder Sterling’s exclamatory collages, a retrospective of groundbreaking Daido Moriyama and a journey though apartheid South Africa with Ernest Cole Kyotographie is Japan’s foremost festival of international photography. Held each spring since 2013, each edition has a different theme – and this year it is “Edge”. It is ...
Former deputy PM has walked a line between loyalty and interventionism since resigning last September It is nearly eight months since Angela Rayner quit the cabinet because of her tax arrangements, but some might argue her influence on the government has not gone away. And soon she might return, whether as Keir Starmer’s saviour or, perhaps, his usurper. There is increasing speculation that the pr...
Former deputy PM has walked a line between loyalty and interventionism since resigning last September It is nearly eight months since Angela Rayner quit the cabinet because of her tax arrangements, but some might argue her influence on the government has not gone away. And soon she might return, whether as Keir Starmer’s saviour or, perhaps, his usurper. There is increasing speculation that the prime minister could carry out a small-scale reshuffle, primarily to bring back Rayner, his former deputy and one of Labour’s political heavyweights. Continue reading...
Non-local residents in Shenzhen can now buy property in some of the city’s core districts after the local housing authority eased restrictions and raised home-loan caps, a move likely to further improve the real estate prospects of mainland China’s top tech powerhouse. Those holding a valid residence permit can buy one residential unit in Futian and Nanshan districts, and Xinan in Baoan district, ...
Non-local residents in Shenzhen can now buy property in some of the city’s core districts after the local housing authority eased restrictions and raised home-loan caps, a move likely to further improve the real estate prospects of mainland China’s top tech powerhouse. Those holding a valid residence permit can buy one residential unit in Futian and Nanshan districts, and Xinan in Baoan district, without having to pay social security or individual tax for a year. The rules came into effect on...
Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly sit down with three-time Super Bowl champion Steve Young to discuss the challenges faced and lessons learned on his journey from the NFL to managing a $10 billion fund. (Source: Bloomberg)
Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly sit down with three-time Super Bowl champion Steve Young to discuss the challenges faced and lessons learned on his journey from the NFL to managing a $10 billion fund. (Source: Bloomberg)
The last few decades have been marked by a number of megatrends in finance including the extraordinary growth of asset managers, the rising importance of technology, and the ascent of private markets. BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, is emblematic of all these developments. On this episode, we talk to BlackRock COO Rob Goldstein about the company’s early technological history, the dev...
The last few decades have been marked by a number of megatrends in finance including the extraordinary growth of asset managers, the rising importance of technology, and the ascent of private markets. BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, is emblematic of all these developments. On this episode, we talk to BlackRock COO Rob Goldstein about the company’s early technological history, the development of its famous risk management technology Aladdin, and how BlackRock is navigating being bot
The biggest bottleneck to the AI revolution isn't chips or software-it's the power to run them. With the U.S. electrical grid reaching its breaking point, big tech is turning to on-site generation to keep the lights on.
The biggest bottleneck to the AI revolution isn't chips or software-it's the power to run them. With the U.S. electrical grid reaching its breaking point, big tech is turning to on-site generation to keep the lights on.
Richard Drury/DigitalVision via Getty Images We are always on the lookout for dividend increases. Whether it is on our website or social media platforms, we are always sharing dividend increase news. In this article, we are featuring 5 expected dividend increases in May 2026. You won't want to miss it! Why do we suspect these companies are going to announce a dividend increase in May? The dividend...
Richard Drury/DigitalVision via Getty Images We are always on the lookout for dividend increases. Whether it is on our website or social media platforms, we are always sharing dividend increase news. In this article, we are featuring 5 expected dividend increases in May 2026. You won't want to miss it! Why do we suspect these companies are going to announce a dividend increase in May? The dividend stocks featured in this article all have a history of announcing their annual dividend increases in May. The funny thing about large, blue-chip, dividend-paying stocks is that they are generally pretty consistent with dividend announcements. Management teams prefer announcing and paying dividends around the same time every quarter. Plus, shareholders like us also enjoy the predictability and consistency of dividend payments. Especially once you retire and live on your dividend income. The same consistency applies for dividend increase announcements. For the most part, companies announce their annual dividend increases in the same month every year. (Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule.) Each of the featured dividend stocks, when reviewing their history, has announced dividend increases in May in recent history. That is why we are so confident that each of the featured dividend stocks will once again increase its dividend in May. Why Dividend Increases Matter Dividends are the foundation of our goal to reach financial freedom. We continuously invest in dividend growth stocks to grow our passive income. If you haven't figured it out by now, we eat, sleep, and breathe dividends. With high inflation, buying undervalued dividend stocks that increase your dividend is as crucial as ever. That is why dividend growth is a major deciding factor in all of our stock purchase decisions. It is the third metric of our Dividend Stock Screener for a reason. For each stock, we review a company's history of increasing dividends (consecutive annual dividend increases) and its fi...
Activists sailing on dozens of boats attempting to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip to deliver aid say Israeli forces intercepted them, detaining the crews while the flotilla was sailing near the Greek island of Crete. (Image credit: Joan Mateu Parra)
Activists sailing on dozens of boats attempting to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip to deliver aid say Israeli forces intercepted them, detaining the crews while the flotilla was sailing near the Greek island of Crete. (Image credit: Joan Mateu Parra)