Getty Images Power Integrations ( POWI ), a supplier of high-voltage power conversion solutions for the semiconductor industry, was essentially stuck with the stock basically going sideways for eight months or so. That changed in April when POWI went pretty much vertical by gaining as much as 48.9% at one point. However, the foundation supporting this large and rapid appreciation in the stock pric...
Getty Images Power Integrations ( POWI ), a supplier of high-voltage power conversion solutions for the semiconductor industry, was essentially stuck with the stock basically going sideways for eight months or so. That changed in April when POWI went pretty much vertical by gaining as much as 48.9% at one point. However, the foundation supporting this large and rapid appreciation in the stock price does not appear to be very solid. It seems to rely rather extensively on assumptions, especially as it relates to future growth, something that could become an issue with the next earnings report due on May 7. POWI comes back to life in a big way In my September 2025 article about POWI, I mentioned how POWI’s decision to essentially make a fresh start with a new CEO was probably unavoidable with the way the company had underperformed for years. The company had, for instance, made a number of what eventually turned out to be overly optimistic growth projections into the future by prematurely calling for a recovery in demand, which it was forced to subsequently retract as it became clear demand would not be as strong. This change at the helm could conceivably result in POWI doing better, but I also pointed out how the stock remained in a downtrend, which went back several years. Accordingly, I decided to rate POWI a hold in the article. Source: Thinkorswim app The chart above shows how the prior rating proved to be on point for months with the stock basically going sideways, mostly in the forties, which is where the stock traded when the aforementioned article was written. Notice, for instance, how the stock stayed below the $50 price point, starting in August, for well over half a year, as shown in the chart. This stayed true up to and including March, before POWI made its way into the fifties, which paved the way for a powerful rally in April that went pretty much vertical at one point. This resulted in POWI breaking through the long-term trendline mentioned in the previo...
Precision Drilling press release ( PDS ): Q1 GAAP EPS of $1.34 misses by $0.41 . Revenue of $526M (+6.0% Y/Y) beats by $154.45M . Cash provided by operations was $63 million and the Company repurchased 36,874 shares for $4 million and reduced long-term debt by $25 million. Precision ended the quarter with $41 million of cash and more than $430 million in available liquidity. Adjusted EBITDA decrea...
Precision Drilling press release ( PDS ): Q1 GAAP EPS of $1.34 misses by $0.41 . Revenue of $526M (+6.0% Y/Y) beats by $154.45M . Cash provided by operations was $63 million and the Company repurchased 36,874 shares for $4 million and reduced long-term debt by $25 million. Precision ended the quarter with $41 million of cash and more than $430 million in available liquidity. Adjusted EBITDA decreased 10% to $124 million from $137 million in the first quarter of 2025. The decrease was primarily due to higher share-based compensation expense of $19 million compared with $3 million in the same period last year, as well as increased rig reactivation costs. For additional information on share-based compensation, please refer to "Other Items" later in this news release. More on Precision Drilling Corporation Precision Drilling: Soon Debt-Free And Increasing Shareholder Returns Precision Drilling Corporation (PD:CA) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Precision Drilling GAAP EPS of -C$3.23, revenue of C$478.51M Historical earnings data for Precision Drilling Corporation Financial information for Precision Drilling Corporation
Photo: VCG Chinese companies cannot legally fire employees simply to replace them with cost-saving artificial intelligence, courts in the country have ruled, setting a significant precedent for labor rights as automation sweeps the tech sector. A technology company’s effort to reassign and drastically cut the pay of an employee because their job could be automated by AI — which ultimately led to t...
Photo: VCG Chinese companies cannot legally fire employees simply to replace them with cost-saving artificial intelligence, courts in the country have ruled, setting a significant precedent for labor rights as automation sweeps the tech sector. A technology company’s effort to reassign and drastically cut the pay of an employee because their job could be automated by AI — which ultimately led to the worker’s dismissal — was deemed an illegal termination by courts in Hangzhou.
“你用过 Work Buddy 吗?超出我想象的生产力。” 一周前,我被一个北京的财经记者朋友推荐了 Work Buddy,她热情安利这款腾讯旗下的集成 AI 软件,理由是,使用 Claw 的第一秒,她认为“ AI 成精了”。 第二天,她对我说,她跟 Claw 说话的方式像带实习生——温柔指令、鼓励教育,希望它给出更好的内容。虾也给面子,很短时间内交出的稿子,客户非常满意。 第三天,她回过神,慌了...
“你用过 Work Buddy 吗?超出我想象的生产力。” 一周前,我被一个北京的财经记者朋友推荐了 Work Buddy,她热情安利这款腾讯旗下的集成 AI 软件,理由是,使用 Claw 的第一秒,她认为“ AI 成精了”。 第二天,她对我说,她跟 Claw 说话的方式像带实习生——温柔指令、鼓励教育,希望它给出更好的内容。虾也给面子,很短时间内交出的稿子,客户非常满意。 第三天,她回过神,慌了,觉得自己很快会被替代。 让人类从兴奋到焦虑,虾只用了一篇稿子的时间。再后来她想通了,或者说选了一种更经济的方式想通:“我们这些不聪明的人,就享用AI的成果就好了——接受自己的平庸。” 一只虾,三天,把一个人从狂喜推到危机,再从危机推到和解。 于是事情开始变得刺激起来。 制造爆点:为什么腾讯的“虾”更出圈? 养虾这件事的底层逻辑其实不复杂:把 AI Agent 包装成一个虚拟宠物,“虾”的概念植入,用户不需要懂什么是“工作流编排”、什么是“prompt”,只需要有需求、会聊天——在这个过程中,Agent 的记忆能力、个性化响应、多步任务执行这些“硬核功能”,就被展示了。 图说/Work Buddy的操作页面,图源/Work Buddy 很熟悉,不是吗?豆包就是这样抢占了 Chatbot 的市场。 那凭什么腾讯的虾更出圈? 先看营销。腾讯在深圳总部楼下摆摊免费装机,造出一场被媒体称为“中国群众的 AI 时刻”的线下奇观;马化腾凌晨两点发朋友圈,亲自把产品矩阵命名为“自研龙虾、本地虾、云端虾”——用老板个人 IP 把事件热度再拔一层。 紧接着跑到龙虾之都盱眙,跟当地龙虾集团搞联名,把“AI龙虾”和“美食龙虾”的双关玩成了一场跨界行为艺术。再往社区走,“企鹅虾友会”的微信龙虾大赛里,11岁小学生和 72岁阿姨同场竞技;腾讯云直播间请农技专家教养殖户养真龙虾,3万人在线围观。一套组合拳打完,“养虾”线上线下鲜活起来,变成全民叙事。 再看内容种草,腾讯也花了不少功夫。B站用“保姆级教程”“ 8分钟上手”等内容密集占领搜索入口,按垂类铺 KOL ——科研、办公、副业全方位,把“不会用”的流失漏斗直接堵死。小红书打“伪素人种草”,标题清一色“说实话”“我为什么选了 Work Buddy”,用第一人称真诚叙事绕过广告免疫系统。抖音打“职场爽感短视频”,聚焦“实习生五分钟搞定周报”“一人公司...
Semiconductor stocks have been on a tear recently, driving Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) to a new all-time high. Its market cap is over $5 trillion at the time of this writing (April 27), and its financial performance supports the stock price. In its 2026 fiscal year, which ended Jan. 25, revenue increased 65% to $215.9 billion. Although the numbers look good, Nvidia has one notable issue. It's extremely ...
Semiconductor stocks have been on a tear recently, driving Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) to a new all-time high. Its market cap is over $5 trillion at the time of this writing (April 27), and its financial performance supports the stock price. In its 2026 fiscal year, which ended Jan. 25, revenue increased 65% to $215.9 billion. Although the numbers look good, Nvidia has one notable issue. It's extremely reliant on GPU demand in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers -- at $193.7 billion, data center revenue accounted for most of its sales. And much of that demand comes from just a handful of hyperscalers. Image source: Nvidia. Continue reading
沃什上任后的主要的挑战,一是美国债务问题及债务利息负担较高的情况下,如何完成“降息+缩表”的政策意图;二是“缩表+降息”的诉求,是否与现行的美国准备金制度和利率水平相匹配 北京时间2026年4月30日凌晨,美联储公布2026年4月联邦公开市场委员会(FOMC)议息会议结果:会议以11:1的投票维持联邦基金利率目标区间3.50%—3.75%不变,会前市场对本次议息结果几无悬念。投反对票的是斯蒂芬.米兰(Stephen I. Miran),他在本次会议继续倾向于降息25基点;而克利夫兰联储主席哈马克、明尼阿波利斯联储主席卡什卡利、达拉斯联储主席洛根三人支持利率维持不变,但同时表示不支持在货币政策声明中纳入宽松倾向的措辞(supported maintaining the target range for the federal funds rate but did not support inclusion of an easing bias in the statement at this time),这一定程度代表了他们三人下一次的投票倾向。同时,这部分作为会议声明公布出来,也是美联储鹰派控制通胀预期的一个技巧。4月议息会议是鲍威尔作为美联储主席的最后一次露面,他表示卸任主席后仍将继续担任理事一段时间。会议结束后,美股有涨有跌,美元指数上升后有所回落,国际原油价格上涨,黄金价格大跌后有所回升。 推荐进入 财新数据库 ,可随时查阅宏观经济、股票债券、公司人物,财经数据尽在掌握。
Suzano S.A. press release ( SUZ ): Q1 Revenue of BRL11B. Net income totaled BRL 4.3 billion More on Suzano S.A. Suzano S.A. (SUZ) Presents at Global Emerging Markets Corporate Conference 2026 - Slideshow Suzano: Expecting Resumed Deleveraging In 2026 Suzano S.A. (SUZ) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript UK regulators to investigate the proposed JV between Kimberly-Clark and Suzano Suzano S.A. reports...
Suzano S.A. press release ( SUZ ): Q1 Revenue of BRL11B. Net income totaled BRL 4.3 billion More on Suzano S.A. Suzano S.A. (SUZ) Presents at Global Emerging Markets Corporate Conference 2026 - Slideshow Suzano: Expecting Resumed Deleveraging In 2026 Suzano S.A. (SUZ) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript UK regulators to investigate the proposed JV between Kimberly-Clark and Suzano Suzano S.A. reports Q4 results
Federal agents, including members of the Department of Homeland Security, the Border Patrol, and police, attempt to keep protesters back outside a downtown U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on Oct. 4, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a three-year budget plan that would pave the way for Congress to c...
Federal agents, including members of the Department of Homeland Security, the Border Patrol, and police, attempt to keep protesters back outside a downtown U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on Oct. 4, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a three-year budget plan that would pave the way for Congress to consider an additional $70 billion for immigration enforcement activities by federal agents. The House voted 215-211, with no Democrats supporting it. House Speaker Mike Johnson held the vote open for more than five hours as he worked to get enough of his fellow Republicans to embrace the measure. Some, from farm states, were holding out for a future vote on expanding sales of gasoline blended with ethanol. The Senate approved the plan on April 23. With the House going along, it will be up to Republicans in both chambers to put together details of the $70-billion proposal and win passage before sending it to President Donald Trump to sign into law. Republicans are hoping to do so in May and will be using a special, rarely used procedure that allows them to steer the legislation through the Senate without any support from Democrats. Republicans used the same procedure last year to ram through around $130 billion in funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agencies — a huge boost that Trump requested to carry out his massive migrant deportation campaign. Republicans have resisted Democrats' attempts to constrain ICE and Border Patrol operations in U.S. cities that have triggered protests, especially after two U.S. citizens were shot dead by federal agents this year in Minneapolis. By the end of this week a series of agencies operating under the Department of Homeland Security will run out of funding unless Republicans in Congress come to an agreement on a separate bill for the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30. The Senate has passed a bill to fund DHS...