More than 20 years after it redefined fast shipping, Amazon is preparing to raise the bar on consumer expectations again by offering to fulfill customers' most urgent product needs in a half-hour or less for an extra fee. The company, which revolutionized online shopping in 2005 with two-day deliveries for Prime members, is rapidly opening small order-processing hubs in dozens of U.S. and foreign ...
More than 20 years after it redefined fast shipping, Amazon is preparing to raise the bar on consumer expectations again by offering to fulfill customers' most urgent product needs in a half-hour or less for an extra fee. The company, which revolutionized online shopping in 2005 with two-day deliveries for Prime members, is rapidly opening small order-processing hubs in dozens of U.S. and foreign cities to cater to shoppers who can't or don't want to wait for cough medicine to relieve flu symptoms or tomatoes for tonight's dinner salad. The ultrafast service, called Amazon Now, first launched in India last June.
Earnings Call Insights: Health Catalyst (HCAT) Q1 2026 Management View "We are pleased to report a strong first quarter with solid bookings and results that exceeded expectations on both Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA." (CEO & Director Benjamin Albert) "Setting a rigid time line for DOS Ignite migration efforts over the last 2 years has created a churn dynamic, which is heavily impacting 2026." (CEO ...
Earnings Call Insights: Health Catalyst (HCAT) Q1 2026 Management View "We are pleased to report a strong first quarter with solid bookings and results that exceeded expectations on both Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA." (CEO & Director Benjamin Albert) "Setting a rigid time line for DOS Ignite migration efforts over the last 2 years has created a churn dynamic, which is heavily impacting 2026." (CEO & Director Albert) "Two weeks ago, we announced a comprehensive operational and business restructuring we're calling Project Nexus." (CEO & Director Albert) "Project Nexus is expected to generate annualized run rate savings of approximately $30 million." (Chief Financial Officer Jason Alger) "For the first quarter of 2026, total revenue was $70.8 million" and "Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter was $9.1 million." (CFO Alger) Outlook "For full year 2026, we currently expect total revenue of $260 million to $265 million, adjusted EBITDA of $30 million to $33 million." (CFO Alger) "For Q2 2026, we currently expect total revenue of $68 million to $70 million, adjusted EBITDA of $9 million to $10 million." (CFO Alger) "Following the client by client review, we anticipate retaining at least $22 million of the previously identified $52 million of at-risk ARR, this leaves approximately $30 million of at-risk ARR." (CFO Alger) "The current expected impact will be approximately $20 million in 2026 and $10 million in 2027." (CFO Alger) Financial Results "For the first quarter of 2026, total revenue was $70.8 million" including "Technology revenue was $49.5 million, and professional services revenue was $21.3 million." (CFO Alger) "Adjusted gross margin for the first quarter was 51.5%" and "Adjusted technology gross margin was 55.3%, and adjusted professional services gross margin was 19.4%." (CFO Alger) "Adjusted net income per share was $0.02, with a weighted average share count of 72.6 million." (CFO Alger) "We ended the quarter with approximately $108.8 million of cash, cash equ...
Amazon rolls out Amazon Now, a 30-minute delivery service for groceries and essentials, now live in Seattle, Philadelphia, Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta.
Amazon rolls out Amazon Now, a 30-minute delivery service for groceries and essentials, now live in Seattle, Philadelphia, Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta.
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skynesher/E+ via Getty Images One of the market's biggest losers at the end of last week was Kodiak AI ( KDK ). The driverless trucking startup saw shares drop after reporting first-quarter results , which featured a major pushback of its first major delivery order as well as significant dilution from an equity raise. As a result, investors need to reduce their near-term expectations for the compa...
skynesher/E+ via Getty Images One of the market's biggest losers at the end of last week was Kodiak AI ( KDK ). The driverless trucking startup saw shares drop after reporting first-quarter results , which featured a major pushback of its first major delivery order as well as significant dilution from an equity raise. As a result, investors need to reduce their near-term expectations for the company and look more towards 2027 now for the big growth ramp. Previous coverage of the name It was back in late March that I previously looked at this company, detailing an intriguing potential growth story that was very expensive . Kodiak had reported a revenue beat for Q4 and signaled strong truck delivery growth this year, but also large losses and cash burn. The valuation was a bit extreme at that point, so I was neutral on the stock. Since then, shares have lost a little more than 1%, missing the US stock rally to new all-time highs, as the S&P 500 has gained more than 13% over that time. Q1 results and Atlas order delay For the March period, Kodiak AI reported revenues of $1.83 million. This number was up nearly 25% over the year-ago period, and it handily beat street estimates for $1.65 million. The company delivered eight additional fully driverless trucks in the quarter, bringing the total to 28, while trucks in service accumulated more than 23,500 cumulative hours of paid driverless operations, representing a 120% increase over the end of Q4 2025. Like many startups with very low revenue bases, Kodiak the business is losing a lot of money currently. The company reported a nearly $38 million operating loss for Q1, more than double the $18.6 million seen in Q1 2025. Kodiak actually reported a $26 million-plus GAAP profit in this year's quarter, but that was mainly due to an accounting item, a large non-cash revaluation of the company's common stock warrants. The biggest piece of business news, however, was the delay of the timeline for the company's 100-truck order to ...
When Tesla announced an expansion of its robotaxis to Dallas and Houston last month, some investors touted momentum for CEO Elon Musk’s mission to transform the electric-vehicle maker into an AI-powered, driverless-tech giant. Reuters reporters who recently tested Tesla’s robotaxis in those cities, however, found them to be still in a beta-testing phase. Tesla did not respond to requests for comme...
When Tesla announced an expansion of its robotaxis to Dallas and Houston last month, some investors touted momentum for CEO Elon Musk’s mission to transform the electric-vehicle maker into an AI-powered, driverless-tech giant. Reuters reporters who recently tested Tesla’s robotaxis in those cities, however, found them to be still in a beta-testing phase. Tesla did not respond to requests for comment for this story.
This affectionate portrait of chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa finds surprising emotional depth beneath the glossy surface of the Nobu brand – with a cameo from Robert De Niro In Japan, the sushi bar where the chef chops fish for the clientele is a kind of stage. In which case all the world’s a sushi bar for Nobuyuki Matsuhisa, whose deluxe Nobu chain has taken root in dozens of cities across the globe. Ma...
This affectionate portrait of chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa finds surprising emotional depth beneath the glossy surface of the Nobu brand – with a cameo from Robert De Niro In Japan, the sushi bar where the chef chops fish for the clientele is a kind of stage. In which case all the world’s a sushi bar for Nobuyuki Matsuhisa, whose deluxe Nobu chain has taken root in dozens of cities across the globe. Matt Tyrnauer’s chirpy documentary charts the rise of this affable but restless pioneer, motivated since the start of his career to break out of insular Japan and shake up its cuisine. Signature dishes like his iconic black cod with miso – made with Alaskan sablefish – or Peruvian-influenced yellowtail sashimi with jalapeno veer well off the sushi-restaurant template. But don’t call it fusion, Tyrnauer’s film says early on; it’s still Japanese food, just open to foreign ingredients and techniques. After a rocky start in life, in which a young Matsuhisa was placed on probation after reckless driving, he got “lost in sushi”. After stints in Peru and Alaska, it was setting up Matsuhisa restaurant on Los Angeles’ La Cienega Boulevard that made his name, introducing a sense of the unexpected and the lavish to the burgeoning western yen for sushi. Robert De Niro was one convert, making an offer to set up a New York branch that Matsuhisa refused; it was something he felt he wasn’t ready for. Several years on, they finally partnered to set up the first of the eponymous eateries. One of De Niro’s acquaintances questioned how Matsuhisa could be a master if he just had to chop raw fish. “Nobu wouldn’t like to hear you say that,” was the actor’s testy reply. Continue reading...
It is the most extracted solid material on Earth – but this extraction can threaten ecosystems and livelihoods Malé is one of the world’s most overcrowded cities, but it faces double pressure. As well as a growing population, the capital of the Maldives is also threatened by rising sea levels. Owing to climate breakdown, its living space is shrinking. So the justification for a land reclamation pr...
It is the most extracted solid material on Earth – but this extraction can threaten ecosystems and livelihoods Malé is one of the world’s most overcrowded cities, but it faces double pressure. As well as a growing population, the capital of the Maldives is also threatened by rising sea levels. Owing to climate breakdown, its living space is shrinking. So the justification for a land reclamation project seemed clear. Take sand from elsewhere in the archipelago and use it to build up the land available for Malé’s people. What could go wrong? After all, it’s only sand, right? Continue reading...
The two-time major champion has mused about life as a full-time streamer. But sport should be more than just a platform to grow an athlete’s brand Golf: a feeder sport for aspiring YouTubers? When Bryson DeChambeau, faced with the expiry of his LIV Golf contract at the end of this year and the implosion, possibly even sooner, of the now Saudi-less LIV Golf, mused last week that he might give up li...
The two-time major champion has mused about life as a full-time streamer. But sport should be more than just a platform to grow an athlete’s brand Golf: a feeder sport for aspiring YouTubers? When Bryson DeChambeau, faced with the expiry of his LIV Golf contract at the end of this year and the implosion, possibly even sooner, of the now Saudi-less LIV Golf, mused last week that he might give up life on tour to focus on his YouTube channel, most professional golf watchers scoffed. This was just a bluff, a move to gain leverage as DeChambeau, like every other LIV player, contemplates an uncertain future and negotiates the fraught path back to the PGA Tour. “I think, from my perspective, I’d love to grow my YouTube channel three times, maybe even more,” DeChambeau said . “I’d love to do a bunch of dubbing in different languages, giving the world more reason to watch YouTube. And then I’d love to play tournaments that want me.” Continue reading...
With my usual espressos off the menu, I was looking at a future of sluggishness and headaches. Then I embraced an alternative caffeine delivery system For reasons purely related to vanity, I’ve had to give up coffee. It’s not for ever, unless it takes me for ever to get my teeth whitened, so I’m not minded to wean myself off caffeine entirely. But it’s not for a short enough time that I can simply...
With my usual espressos off the menu, I was looking at a future of sluggishness and headaches. Then I embraced an alternative caffeine delivery system For reasons purely related to vanity, I’ve had to give up coffee. It’s not for ever, unless it takes me for ever to get my teeth whitened, so I’m not minded to wean myself off caffeine entirely. But it’s not for a short enough time that I can simply stop whining and weather the low-level headache, the mental sluggishness and the frankly unbearable taste of water. No problem, I thought: I will survive on energy drinks. What’s embarrassing about that? What could possibly be shameful about going into a Tesco, picking up a black and neon green can of Monster Energy, its name in a satanic font, at 8.05am? What could conceivably make anyone give me the fish eye, that I’m setting off the age-verification flashing light, and a dude is having to come over and attest that I am indeed over 16? All of that social opprobrium was before I’d even opened an energy drink and had to taste it. Continue reading...
Anthropic reportedly signed a $1.8 billion, seven-year cloud computing deal with Akamai Technologies Inc. to expand AI infrastructure for Claude amid rising demand. Bloomberg, citing sources, reported the deal on Friday. AI Compute Expansion Deal On Thursday, Akamai announced its...
Anthropic reportedly signed a $1.8 billion, seven-year cloud computing deal with Akamai Technologies Inc. to expand AI infrastructure for Claude amid rising demand. Bloomberg, citing sources, reported the deal on Friday. AI Compute Expansion Deal On Thursday, Akamai announced its...
Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceutical, China’s largest drug company by market capitalisation, has signed a global collaboration and licensing agreement with US pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) worth up to US$15.2 billion. Hengrui’s Hong Kong-traded shares climbed 5.3 per cent to HK$69.55 on Tuesday, while its Shenzhen stock rose 4.84 per cent to 56.11 yuan. The deal adds credibility to Chi...
Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceutical, China’s largest drug company by market capitalisation, has signed a global collaboration and licensing agreement with US pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) worth up to US$15.2 billion. Hengrui’s Hong Kong-traded shares climbed 5.3 per cent to HK$69.55 on Tuesday, while its Shenzhen stock rose 4.84 per cent to 56.11 yuan. The deal adds credibility to China’s growing reputation for innovative drug development. Industry players, however, said the country...
A 15-year-old Chinese girl who has been suffering from a severe blood disorder most of her life is slowly recovering after receiving a transplant from her newborn brother. Xiaoyan from southern China’s Guangdong province is now only 140cm tall, and weighs just 25kg. She was diagnosed with thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder, at three months old. Her father, a construction worker, and her jobl...
A 15-year-old Chinese girl who has been suffering from a severe blood disorder most of her life is slowly recovering after receiving a transplant from her newborn brother. Xiaoyan from southern China’s Guangdong province is now only 140cm tall, and weighs just 25kg. She was diagnosed with thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder, at three months old. Her father, a construction worker, and her jobless mother did not arrange standard treatment for her except for regular blood transfusions. It was...
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump 's face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is a high-stakes meeting full of risk...
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump 's face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is a high-stakes meeting full of risk along with reward. The meetings in Beijing, set for Thursday and Friday, could be a watershed moment for the adversarial superpowers, whose fragile relationship has been snarled up by a flurry of economic and political conflicts in the past year alone. The lingering Iran war and a longstanding dispute over Taiwan are also expected to loom large over Trump and Xi's discussions. Each of those thorny issues affects not just Washington and Beijing, but the rest of the world. "The stakes are extraordinarily high," said Professor Arthur Dong , a China expert and professor of strategy and economics at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. Trump is leaning into the hype. "Great things will happen for both Countries!" he wrote in a Truth Social post Monday. For China, however, Trump's visit is just the latest in a series of high-profile meetings with implications for geopolitics. An Iranian official met with his Chinese counterparts in Beijing last week, and Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit the city days after Trump leaves. Read more CNBC politics coverage Boeing, Citigroup CEOs set to join Trump on China visit next week Marco Rubio heads to the Vatican as 2028 presidential buzz ramps up Epstein files: Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick questioned by House Oversight panel Analysts of U.S.-China relations say they are keeping their expectations for deliverables out of the meeting low, as each side has incentives to try to thaw tensions and avoid international incidents. Trump and Xi want to "reconfirm their relationship and have that kind of stability,...
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Amazon worker pulls a cart of packages for delivery on in New York City, July 12, 2022. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Amazon is rolling out "ultra-fast" deliveries to get packages to consumers in 30 minutes or less in dozens of cities across the U.S., the company announced Tuesday, marking its most aggressive push yet int...
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Amazon worker pulls a cart of packages for delivery on in New York City, July 12, 2022. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Amazon is rolling out "ultra-fast" deliveries to get packages to consumers in 30 minutes or less in dozens of cities across the U.S., the company announced Tuesday, marking its most aggressive push yet into quick commerce. The company started piloting the service, called Amazon Now , in a handful of American cities in December. It's also launched deliveries in 15 minutes or less in parts of Brazil, Mexico, India and the United Arab Emirates. Amazon said in a blog post that it's expanding the service to new cities including Austin, Texas, as well as Denver, Minneapolis and Phoenix and more parts of Seattle, Philadelphia, Dallas and Atlanta. The company said it plans to bring Amazon Now to "tens of millions of customers in these and other cities" by the end of this year, up from the millions of customers that can access it today. After getting customers hooked on two-day shipping and then next-day delivery, Amazon has been working to make same-day arrivals the new standard, and is further pressuring gig economy companies like Instacart , DoorDash and Uber Eats, which drop off orders within a few hours. Amazon recently brought 1-hour and 3-hour delivery options to more parts of the U.S. And for over a decade, it's been working to make drone-based deliveries in an hour or less a reality, though the program has faced some challenges, including layoffs, safety incidents and regulatory setbacks. Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaking with CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2026. CNBC CEO Andy Jassy wrote in his latest annual shareholder letter that the investments in rapid delivery are worthwhile because they lead to higher conversion rates and keep shoppers returning to Amazon's site more frequently. Speeding up delivery could also dissuade shoppers from...
SEATTLE, May 12, 2026--Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced the rollout of its ultra-fast delivery service Amazon Now to dozens of cities and millions of customers across the U.S. Amazon Now, which provides thousands of fresh groceries, everyday household essentials, and locally relevant items in about 30 minutes or less, is now widely available in Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Philadelph...
SEATTLE, May 12, 2026--Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced the rollout of its ultra-fast delivery service Amazon Now to dozens of cities and millions of customers across the U.S. Amazon Now, which provides thousands of fresh groceries, everyday household essentials, and locally relevant items in about 30 minutes or less, is now widely available in Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Philadelphia, and Seattle, and is rapidly expanding in dozens more cities including Austin, Houston, Minneapol
CALGARY, Alberta, May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cal frac Well Services Ltd. (“Calfrac” or “the Company”) (TSX: CFW) announces its financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2026. The following press release should be read in conjunction with the management’s discussion and analysis and interim consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as at March 31, 2026. Al...
CALGARY, Alberta, May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cal frac Well Services Ltd. (“Calfrac” or “the Company”) (TSX: CFW) announces its financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2026. The following press release should be read in conjunction with the management’s discussion and analysis and interim consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as at March 31, 2026. All financial amounts and measures are expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.
AUSTIN, Texas and NEW YORK, May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- T1 Energy Inc. (NYSE: TE) (“T1,” “T1 Energy,” or the “Company”) today reported financial and operating results for the first quarter 2026. The Company will hold a conference call today at 8:00 am EDT.
AUSTIN, Texas and NEW YORK, May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- T1 Energy Inc. (NYSE: TE) (“T1,” “T1 Energy,” or the “Company”) today reported financial and operating results for the first quarter 2026. The Company will hold a conference call today at 8:00 am EDT.