Sports Direct founder says people in his employ recorded footage of Peter Cowgill meeting another retail boss The Sports Direct founder, Mike Ashley, has admitted to arranging surveillance footage that brought down his rival Peter Cowgill, the former JD Sports chair. Cowgill was secretly filmed in 2021 in a car talking with the Footasylum boss Barry Bown. JD Sports was in the process of acquiring ...
Sports Direct founder says people in his employ recorded footage of Peter Cowgill meeting another retail boss The Sports Direct founder, Mike Ashley, has admitted to arranging surveillance footage that brought down his rival Peter Cowgill, the former JD Sports chair. Cowgill was secretly filmed in 2021 in a car talking with the Footasylum boss Barry Bown. JD Sports was in the process of acquiring the trainer retailer at the time and the two companies were not allowed to share commercially sensitive information. Continue reading...
Key PointsCrown Advisors sold 35,000 TPB shares in the first quarter; the estimated transaction value was $3.90 million (based on quarterly average pricing).
Key PointsCrown Advisors sold 35,000 TPB shares in the first quarter; the estimated transaction value was $3.90 million (based on quarterly average pricing).
Key PointsVanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF offers broad exposure to international markets with a significantly lower expense ratio of 0.12% compared to the 0.25% fee for State Street SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF.
Key PointsVanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF offers broad exposure to international markets with a significantly lower expense ratio of 0.12% compared to the 0.25% fee for State Street SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF.
Winning? Do We Need To Understand UBI Submitted by Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Winning? Do We Need To Understand UBI Iran (and the potential for a deal) has continued to move markets. As the 30-year bond rose above 5% earlier this week, we got news that we have a new approach to resolving the conflict – a one-page MOU. Markets (ex-oil) rallied around various “deal” headlines all week. Spider...
Winning? Do We Need To Understand UBI Submitted by Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Winning? Do We Need To Understand UBI Iran (and the potential for a deal) has continued to move markets. As the 30-year bond rose above 5% earlier this week, we got news that we have a new approach to resolving the conflict – a one-page MOU. Markets (ex-oil) rallied around various “deal” headlines all week. Spider, Bret, and I spent some time discussing this on Friday’s Podcast – The U.S. Proposal to End the War (also available on Spotify and iTunes). Information continues to leak out in dribs and drabs about how those negotiations are doing. There continue to be conflicting messages. In the back of my mind, I’m increasingly forced to remember what we mentioned at the start of the conflict – Iran has never won a war but has never lost a negotiation. There was a time when that statement didn’t seem likely to be reflective of this conflict. From “unconditional surrender” to various other metrics (especially surrounding nuclear weapons capabilities) we seem to be drifting to – let’s open the Strait and figure out the rest later ? The U.S. has displayed exceptionalism on every military task that it has been asked to undertake during this conflict . While we have had a limited presence in the Strait, our maritime efforts have been successful in accomplishing the missions that have been defined. Yes, Project Freedom was short lived. Not so much because the U.S. couldn’t deal with the threat (we successfully defended ourselves against Iranian missiles, drones, and small boats), but because it became pretty clear that not many commercial vessels were ready, under current circumstances, to risk challenging Iran. We did argue, earlier in the week, that the admin’s assertion that Iran only has a few weeks before its economy collapsed, was underestimating the Iranians . They in all likelihood have prepared for this economic pressure and likely have significant IOUs with countries like China (an...
It was always going to be difficult to follow up the glories of booking a Europa League final place for Aston Villa but the draw at Burnley fell even below those expectations. This was supposed to be the day Villa all-but-secured Champions League football by beating an already-relegated team but instead went through the motions at Turf Moor. Villa are four points clear of sixth-placed Bournemouth ...
It was always going to be difficult to follow up the glories of booking a Europa League final place for Aston Villa but the draw at Burnley fell even below those expectations. This was supposed to be the day Villa all-but-secured Champions League football by beating an already-relegated team but instead went through the motions at Turf Moor. Villa are four points clear of sixth-placed Bournemouth with two games remaining but this felt like a missed opportunity, even if they do have the further backup of facing Freiburg in Istanbul for a place at Europe’s top table. Jaidon Anthony and Zian Flemming sandwiched goals from Ross Barkley and Ollie Watkins, ensuring Villa cannot afford to completely rest for the remainder of the domestic season. Continue reading...
On May 8, 2026, CM Management reported selling its entire 200,000-share stake in Centerra Gold (NYSE:CGAU) , an estimated $3.56 million trade based on quarterly average pricing. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing dated May 8, 2026, CM Management, LLC fully exited its position in Centerra Gold by selling 200,000 shares. The estimated transaction value was $3.56 million, ...
On May 8, 2026, CM Management reported selling its entire 200,000-share stake in Centerra Gold (NYSE:CGAU) , an estimated $3.56 million trade based on quarterly average pricing. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing dated May 8, 2026, CM Management, LLC fully exited its position in Centerra Gold by selling 200,000 shares. The estimated transaction value was $3.56 million, calculated using the mean unadjusted close within the first quarter. The quarter-end value of the position declined by $2.87 million, reflecting both the trade and price movements during the period. Centerra Gold is a mid-sized mining company with a diversified portfolio of producing assets in North America and Turkey. Its competitive edge lies in its wholly owned mining projects, such as the Mount Milligan and Öksüt mines. Continue reading
House where Monroe died, which hasn’t been occupied in seven years, is in limbo after current owners wanted to demolish it but were stopped by a public campaign Marilyn Monroe is said to have had more than 50 addresses in her lifetime, but only once, in the final months before she died from a drug overdose at the age of 36, did she have a house she could call fully her own. The Hollywood star, bur...
House where Monroe died, which hasn’t been occupied in seven years, is in limbo after current owners wanted to demolish it but were stopped by a public campaign Marilyn Monroe is said to have had more than 50 addresses in her lifetime, but only once, in the final months before she died from a drug overdose at the age of 36, did she have a house she could call fully her own. The Hollywood star, burned out by the failure of her marriage to the playwright Arthur Miller and by health problems that prompted a year-long hiatus from acting, bought herself a quintessential hacienda-style Spanish bungalow with a pool at the foot of the Santa Monica mountains in February 1962. Continue reading...
Integrated mental health care for maternity services, more perinatal psychiatrists and public awareness of the problem could deliver meaningful change The modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their work When Mia* was referred to me, she was 32 weeks pregnant and had not slept properly in two months. Her GP had told her it was “just pregnancy insomni...
Integrated mental health care for maternity services, more perinatal psychiatrists and public awareness of the problem could deliver meaningful change The modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their work When Mia* was referred to me, she was 32 weeks pregnant and had not slept properly in two months. Her GP had told her it was “just pregnancy insomnia”. Her obstetrician said it was normal and suggested she try going to bed earlier with a pregnancy pillow. By the time she sat in my consulting room, hands clenched around a damp tissue, she had been quietly planning how her partner and baby would be better off without her. Mia is not a real person. She is a composite – an amalgam of the hundreds of women I see each year in my perinatal psychiatry practice. But her story is so common it could be a template. A woman develops psychological symptoms during pregnancy or the postpartum period. She mentions them, tentatively, at an antenatal appointment. She is reassured that what she feels is normal. Weeks or months pass. By the time she reaches specialist care, she is freefalling into a crisis. Continue reading...
With the help of citizen scientists, researchers studying rare humpback ‘jaw-gaping’ believe the move could be a social display On the coast of Western Australia, a humpback whale is “pirouetting”, sweeping its pectoral fins through the water, its massive jaw hanging wide open. Surrounded by companions, the animal isn’t lunging for a meal: rather, it is putting on a mysterious behavioural display....
With the help of citizen scientists, researchers studying rare humpback ‘jaw-gaping’ believe the move could be a social display On the coast of Western Australia, a humpback whale is “pirouetting”, sweeping its pectoral fins through the water, its massive jaw hanging wide open. Surrounded by companions, the animal isn’t lunging for a meal: rather, it is putting on a mysterious behavioural display. This underwater ballet, captured on camera by an onlooker and shared online, is one of the clearest examples of a rarely documented phenomenon known as “gaping”. Continue reading...
Key PointsCrown Advisors sold 35,000 shares of AGM in the first quarter; the estimated transaction value was $5.73 million based on quarterly average prices.
Key PointsCrown Advisors sold 35,000 shares of AGM in the first quarter; the estimated transaction value was $5.73 million based on quarterly average prices.
FabrikaCr/iStock via Getty Images Electrification is driving structural copper demand across EVs, renewables, grids, and data centers. Investors can access this trend beyond miners via cables, equipment makers, and ETFs like EMET . Copper is increasingly positioned not just as an industrial metal but as a foundational input into global electrification, infrastructure modernization, and digital exp...
FabrikaCr/iStock via Getty Images Electrification is driving structural copper demand across EVs, renewables, grids, and data centers. Investors can access this trend beyond miners via cables, equipment makers, and ETFs like EMET . Copper is increasingly positioned not just as an industrial metal but as a foundational input into global electrification, infrastructure modernization, and digital expansion. While prior analysis has highlighted copper’s role in specific themes such as grid expansion, the broader investment case is increasingly defined by how demand is embedded across multiple systems. This extends beyond any single end market. Is the Market Asking the Wrong Question About Copper? Discussions around copper often focus on whether the market is facing a supply shortage. While supply constraints remain an important consideration, this framing may overlook a broader shift in how copper demand is evolving. Rather than focusing solely on supply, the more relevant question may be how demand is becoming embedded across electrification, infrastructure, and digital systems. Copper is not only a commodity tied to economic cycles but also a material increasingly required across multiple layers of the global economy, including power grids, transportation, and data infrastructure. This perspective suggests that copper demand is not driven by a single theme, but by the interaction of several long-term trends. As a result, the investment case may be shaped less by short-term supply imbalances and more by copper’s role in enabling ongoing capital investment and system-wide transformation. Why Is Electrification a Multiplier for Copper Demand? Electrification is not a single demand driver. Instead, it acts as a multiplier by increasing copper intensity across multiple sectors at the same time. Electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, and data centers all require significantly more copper than their legacy counterparts due to higher power requirements and more complex ...
Companies are rushing to cash in on “functional snacking,” but experts warn that the health benefits of fiber treats might not be all they’re cracked up to be.
Companies are rushing to cash in on “functional snacking,” but experts warn that the health benefits of fiber treats might not be all they’re cracked up to be.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is turning its custom chips into an exciting story. Graviton, Trainium, and Nitro could help reduce costs, strengthen AI positioning, and retain more value within Amazon's cloud platform. But with the stock already higher and spending still massive, investors have to decide whether the upside is worth the risk. Stock prices used were the market prices of May 2, 2026. The vide...
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is turning its custom chips into an exciting story. Graviton, Trainium, and Nitro could help reduce costs, strengthen AI positioning, and retain more value within Amazon's cloud platform. But with the stock already higher and spending still massive, investors have to decide whether the upside is worth the risk. Stock prices used were the market prices of May 2, 2026. The video was published on May 9, 2026. Continue reading
A South Korean cargo ship hit in the Strait of Hormuz six days ago was struck by unidentified aircraft, the foreign ministry in Seoul said on Sunday, days after the fire-damaged HMM Namu arrived in Dubai. US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran had “taken some shots” at the Panama-flagged vessel and urged South Korea to join US operations aimed at restoring normal shipping through the stra...
A South Korean cargo ship hit in the Strait of Hormuz six days ago was struck by unidentified aircraft, the foreign ministry in Seoul said on Sunday, days after the fire-damaged HMM Namu arrived in Dubai. US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran had “taken some shots” at the Panama-flagged vessel and urged South Korea to join US operations aimed at restoring normal shipping through the strait. The vital waterway has been virtually closed since the United States and Israel launched a war...