Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) is one of the best performing S&P 500 stocks so far in 2026. On April 27, Vertiv acquired Strategic Thermal Labs/STL, a specialist in advanced liquid-cooling technologies, to enhance its thermal management capabilities for high-density AI and HPC. This acquisition focuses on the critical interface between server-side liquid cooling and infrastructure, […]
Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) is one of the best performing S&P 500 stocks so far in 2026. On April 27, Vertiv acquired Strategic Thermal Labs/STL, a specialist in advanced liquid-cooling technologies, to enhance its thermal management capabilities for high-density AI and HPC. This acquisition focuses on the critical interface between server-side liquid cooling and infrastructure, […]
Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) is one of the best performing S&P 500 stocks so far in 2026. On March 31, Corning and Meta (NASDAQ:META) officially broke ground on a significant expansion of Corning’s optical cable manufacturing facility in Hickory, North Carolina. This project is a key component of a multiyear agreement valued at up to $6 […]
Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) is one of the best performing S&P 500 stocks so far in 2026. On March 31, Corning and Meta (NASDAQ:META) officially broke ground on a significant expansion of Corning’s optical cable manufacturing facility in Hickory, North Carolina. This project is a key component of a multiyear agreement valued at up to $6 […]
New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert says EPA chief Lee Zeldin has rescinded regulations, cut or eliminated departments and terminated the jobs of many scientists. Trump calls Zeldin "our secret weapon."
New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert says EPA chief Lee Zeldin has rescinded regulations, cut or eliminated departments and terminated the jobs of many scientists. Trump calls Zeldin "our secret weapon."
juststock/iStock via Getty Images Market Review Tectonic shifts occurring in markets due to major U.S. policy changes. U.S. policy shifts have caused the start of significant underlying changes to the global economy and geopolitical order. In the first quarter, non-U.S. developed markets advanced. During the period, investors generally favored value-oriented and defensive, low volatility stocks ve...
juststock/iStock via Getty Images Market Review Tectonic shifts occurring in markets due to major U.S. policy changes. U.S. policy shifts have caused the start of significant underlying changes to the global economy and geopolitical order. In the first quarter, non-U.S. developed markets advanced. During the period, investors generally favored value-oriented and defensive, low volatility stocks versus growth-oriented names. Tariff confusion weighing on business leaders and investors. Uncertainty has caused business leaders to delay decision-making. In the U.S., weaker sentiment and consumer patterns suggest a potential stagflationary environment. Europe showed signs of modest economic improvement, and Germany announced plans for increased military and infrastructure spending. Selection among consumer discretionary stocks detracted. An underweight position relative to the benchmark in broadline retailer Alibaba Group Holding hurt returns after the stock rose on news of Alibaba's artificial intelligence work with Apple and DeepSeek. On Holding was also a drag as the athletic shoe and apparel company's stock pulled back ahead of its scheduled earnings report. Online travel company MakeMyTrip was another notable detractor. Health care sector holdings were a source of weakness. Novo Nordisk was a notable detractor compared with the benchmark due to implications of a study on weight-loss results from the use of semaglutide, while potential future pricing discounts for its popular weight-loss drugs also concerned investors. Biotechnology industry holding CSL also notably weighed on performance. Terumo detracted as shares of the medical device company sold off ahead of its earnings report. Utilities sector position contributed to relative performance. Spanish multinational electrical utility company Iberdrola was the driving force of outperformance in the sector compared with the benchmark as the company continued to execute well, completing an acquisition and announcing a ...
Breakfast, lunch, dinner: there’s no meal I can’t spoil with my desire to get more than my fair share. And it’s been this way ever since I was a kid I have identified my worst character trait. In such a crowded field, this has been no easy task. This one wins out because it’s two equally unappealing traits rolled into one. They both concern food, or rather eating. Number one: I cannot stop covetin...
Breakfast, lunch, dinner: there’s no meal I can’t spoil with my desire to get more than my fair share. And it’s been this way ever since I was a kid I have identified my worst character trait. In such a crowded field, this has been no easy task. This one wins out because it’s two equally unappealing traits rolled into one. They both concern food, or rather eating. Number one: I cannot stop coveting what others have on their plates. Number two: I cannot bear to give anyone anything off my own plate. The hypocrisy is as unattractive as a half-eaten pot of yoghurt covered in mould. A Russian study into whether “moral transgression might enhance gustatory pleasure” has concluded that it does. French fries were fed to participants in a number of ways, one of which saw one person eating another person’s chips. Deliciously, these (identical) chips were considered by the thieves to be altogether nicer. It would also be nice if I could cite this as the logic behind my desire to pilfer from the plates of others, but for me it’s not always about the taste, or hunger. I just want it for the sake of wanting it, like a dog looks at you longingly when you’re eating even if you’re eating something the dog wouldn’t want. Continue reading...
Taitai6769/iStock via Getty Images Nippon Steel ( NPSCY ) ( NISTF ) said Wednesday its US Steel business plans a $1.9B investment to build a new direct reduced iron facility at the Big River Steel Works in Arkansas, which it said is the first of its kind in the U.S. US Steel said the new facility will leverage its 2022 investment into direct reduced-grade pellet capabilities at its Minnesota Ore O...
Taitai6769/iStock via Getty Images Nippon Steel ( NPSCY ) ( NISTF ) said Wednesday its US Steel business plans a $1.9B investment to build a new direct reduced iron facility at the Big River Steel Works in Arkansas, which it said is the first of its kind in the U.S. US Steel said the new facility will leverage its 2022 investment into direct reduced-grade pellet capabilities at its Minnesota Ore Operations Keetac plant, linking its mining operations, EAF feedstock creation, and steel production at Big River Steel Works. By sitting DRI production at Big River, where the $3B-plus Big River 2 expansion is now in full production and there are four electric arc furnaces, the company said the investment will eliminate the need to ship DRI to the facility and builds in a competitive sourcing advantage for Big River's feedstock. " From iron ore in Minnesota to steel production in Arkansas, this $1.9B investment strengthens our ability to create steel that is truly mined, melted, made in America, from start to finish," US Steel President and CEO David Burritt said. "By vertically integrating DRI production directly at Big River Steel Works, we enhance efficiency, secure our competitive advantage, and position US Steel for long term success." More on Nippon Steel Historical earnings data for Nippon Steel Financial information for Nippon Steel
COVID Cover-Up: Hiding Star Researcher Ralph Baric's Ties To Global Pandemic Authored by Paul D. Thacker via RealClearInvestigations , In March 2020, a couple of months after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States, editors at the journal Nature Medicine appended a note to a coronavirus study it had published five years prio...
COVID Cover-Up: Hiding Star Researcher Ralph Baric's Ties To Global Pandemic Authored by Paul D. Thacker via RealClearInvestigations , In March 2020, a couple of months after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States, editors at the journal Nature Medicine appended a note to a coronavirus study it had published five years prior. “ We are aware that this article is being used as the basis for unverified theories that the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 was engineered, ” the journal editors wrote . “There is no evidence that this is true; scientists believe that an animal is the most likely source of the coronavirus.” The prestigious journal appears to have taken this extraordinary action for two reasons. First, the study described cutting-edge gain-of-function research that mixed different viruses together to create a man-made chimera, or hybrid of both viruses – experiments some suspected were the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused the pandemic. Second, the study’s authors were Shi Zengli of the Wuhan Institute of Virology – a research lab in the city that was ground zero for the pandemic – and Ralph Baric, the world's leading expert on coronaviruses, of the University of North Carolina. The renowned virologist Simon Wain-Hobson said that note was an early sign of the years-long effort by the scientific establishment to distract the public and obscure the link between lab studies to create dangerous viruses and the COVID pandemic that wrecked the global economy and killed millions across the planet. During a March talk at the National Institutes of Health, Wain-Hobson blasted former NIH leaders Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci for funding these lab studies and then misleading the public about their dangers. “ Sorry to be blunt ,” Wain-Hobson told NIH researchers . “I know these are former colleagues.” Since the pandemic’s outbreak six years ago, a slew of emails and documents release...
Wave of measures has helped cut offending in stores by a fifth last year as new retail crime law comes into force Co-op is secretly marking commonly-stolen items including alcohol and laundry detergents with invisible “forensic spray” to track them, in the latest crackdown on shoplifting as a new law on retail crime kicks in. The grocer is to use the technique, which helps the retailer to identify...
Wave of measures has helped cut offending in stores by a fifth last year as new retail crime law comes into force Co-op is secretly marking commonly-stolen items including alcohol and laundry detergents with invisible “forensic spray” to track them, in the latest crackdown on shoplifting as a new law on retail crime kicks in. The grocer is to use the technique, which helps the retailer to identify where stolen items are being resold and report them to the police, across the country after testing it in Manchester and London since last year. Continue reading...