As Tokyo was completing the deployment on Tuesday of its two Type 25 missiles targeting China, a Chinese naval fleet entered the Sea of Japan, while bilateral tensions continued to escalate. China has strongly protested the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force’s addition of the newly designated Type 25 long-range surface-to-ship guided (SSM) missile and hypervelocity gliding projectiles (HGP). The depl...
As Tokyo was completing the deployment on Tuesday of its two Type 25 missiles targeting China, a Chinese naval fleet entered the Sea of Japan, while bilateral tensions continued to escalate. China has strongly protested the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force’s addition of the newly designated Type 25 long-range surface-to-ship guided (SSM) missile and hypervelocity gliding projectiles (HGP). The deployments were an example of “neo-militarism in Japan, which has become more than just a perilous...
imaginima/iStock via Getty Images Overview With the continued pullback in the indices, it can be scary to add to positions right now. However, there are plenty of high-quality ETFs that offer better price resilience than the indices because of their core focus on dividend-paying companies. This is where the Capital Group Dividend Growers ETF ( CGDG ) comes in. CGDG not only provides exposure to so...
imaginima/iStock via Getty Images Overview With the continued pullback in the indices, it can be scary to add to positions right now. However, there are plenty of high-quality ETFs that offer better price resilience than the indices because of their core focus on dividend-paying companies. This is where the Capital Group Dividend Growers ETF ( CGDG ) comes in. CGDG not only provides exposure to some of the highest-quality dividend companies, but it also diversifies its focus to global companies with primary operations outside of the U.S. With rising global tensions, uncertainty around interest rates, and an uptick in unemployment, I wanted to provide some updated insights on CGDG and its overall value proposition. Looking at the performance over the last twelve months, we can see that CGDG's share price has increased by nearly 15%, which is impressive considering the recent pullback in the market. When including all dividends paid out to shareholders, the total return jumps up to 16.4% over the same time frame. CGDG now offers investors a starting dividend yield of about 2%. While the starting yield isn't anything to get excited about, the magic is in the positive dividend growth potential over the next few years. I believe that patient investors will be able to see their annual dividend income effortlessly grow over time. Data by YCharts At the time of my last coverage , I issued a buy rating due to the global exposure away from the U.S. markets. Since then, the fund has outperformed the S&P 500 due to the recent pullback. At the time of my last coverage, I cited that the lack of exposure to specific growth companies could be a weakness. At the turn of the market cycle, it turns out that this weakness has actually become one of the reasons why CGDG can outperform over the next twelve months. If the start of 2026 is an indication of how the rest of the market will go, I believe that CGDG is an efficient holding for investors that may have a lower risk tolerance to u...
Alphabet Inc. ’s Google is facing demands from child development experts to prohibit videos created with artificial intelligence from being shown or recommended to young viewers across YouTube and YouTube Kids. More than 200 children’s specialists, advocacy groups and schools sent a letter to Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on Wednesday raising concerns abou...
Alphabet Inc. ’s Google is facing demands from child development experts to prohibit videos created with artificial intelligence from being shown or recommended to young viewers across YouTube and YouTube Kids. More than 200 children’s specialists, advocacy groups and schools sent a letter to Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on Wednesday raising concerns about what they view as a lack of substance in many AI-generated YouTube videos that claim to be educational. In the letter, the advocates also criticized the perceived low quality of kids’ content being mass-produced by AI generators, and the rise in creators on Google’s YouTube video service that use artificial intelligence to make clips aimed at profiting off the world’s youngest and most impressionable viewers . The child safety advocates worry that AI-generated material, some of it referred to as “AI slop,” affects kids’ attention spans and their ability to separate what’s real from what’s not. They also argue that time spent looking at a screen is replacing real-world activities that are key to children’s emotional and social development. “There is much we don’t know about the consequences of AI content for children,” the group wrote. “YouTube is participating in this uncontrolled experiment by pushing AI-generated content without research demonstrating its benefits and without acknowledging the child development principles that tell us it’s likely mostly harmful.” The letter was signed by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt , whose bestselling book The Anxious Generation kick-started a global movement to fight youth harm caused by social media and smartphones, as well as by child advocacy groups like Fairplay and the National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health . The American Federation of Teachers and several schools also signed. Google didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. AI-generated videos have become increasingly popular on YouTube, particularly tho...
A burst of 16 new and refiled initial public offering (IPO) applications on Tuesday – including Miniso-backed toy retailer Top Toy – signals a renewed push by companies to tap Hong Kong’s capital markets, as the city looks to cement its standing as a leading global listing venue despite intensifying competition and lingering headwinds. The filings, disclosed by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HK...
A burst of 16 new and refiled initial public offering (IPO) applications on Tuesday – including Miniso-backed toy retailer Top Toy – signals a renewed push by companies to tap Hong Kong’s capital markets, as the city looks to cement its standing as a leading global listing venue despite intensifying competition and lingering headwinds. The filings, disclosed by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) on March 31, span a range of sectors, though hard-tech firms dominate the pipeline. Companies...
Ousted Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA Chief Executive Officer Luigi Lovaglio says he’s “comfortable” with his decision to seek a new term and defy plans by the board of directors for a change at the top. He speaks on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
Ousted Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA Chief Executive Officer Luigi Lovaglio says he’s “comfortable” with his decision to seek a new term and defy plans by the board of directors for a change at the top. He speaks on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
From an interactive session of Sex With Friends to improvised Robot Karaoke, the Friday Live celebration of play and performance amid the museum’s venerable halls was a reminder of gaming’s cultural clout In the grand entrance of the Victoria & Albert Museum, beneath a looming dome with ancient statues visible through nearby arches, a programmer/DJ is busy live-coding a glitchy electronic music se...
From an interactive session of Sex With Friends to improvised Robot Karaoke, the Friday Live celebration of play and performance amid the museum’s venerable halls was a reminder of gaming’s cultural clout In the grand entrance of the Victoria & Albert Museum, beneath a looming dome with ancient statues visible through nearby arches, a programmer/DJ is busy live-coding a glitchy electronic music set. Either side of her, large LED displays show streams of code and strobing pixellated images as the bass pounds. She’s part of a group named London Live Coding, an experimental collective that makes music by writing and manipulating audio programs. It is loud, disorientating and brilliant, and I can’t help wondering what Queen Victoria and her husband would have made of it. The set is part of the museum’s long-running Friday Late evening series, a collaboration with the London Games Festival . It showcased a range of independent video games and immersive interactive experiences, focusing on the link between play and performance. Visitors were given a map and left to wander the halls, corridors and galleries looking for installations. You could play the Bafta-winning comedy game Thank Goodness You’re Here! on a giant screen beneath a 13th-century spiral staircase. You could wander down the darkened Prince Consort’s gallery and find groups of giggling pals playing the hilarious erotic physics puzzler Sex With Friends, in which ragdoll-like characters have to be guided into (consensual) sexual encounters – much to the amusement of spectators. Continue reading...
Almost 30 years after scientists mapped the nerves in the penis, they’ve done the same for the clitoris. At least men have stopped denying it exists There’s no excuse for being icliterate any more. It was a long time coming, but, almost 30 years after the web of nerves inside the penis was charted, we’ve finally got a similar 3D map of the nerves within the glans of the clitoris. You can’t see all...
Almost 30 years after scientists mapped the nerves in the penis, they’ve done the same for the clitoris. At least men have stopped denying it exists There’s no excuse for being icliterate any more. It was a long time coming, but, almost 30 years after the web of nerves inside the penis was charted, we’ve finally got a similar 3D map of the nerves within the glans of the clitoris. You can’t see all of the nerve branches of the clitoris via dissection or clinical imaging methods, which is why this sort of visualisation is so important. Ju Young Lee, one of the researchers behind the scan, has said she’s amazed it has taken so long for a project like this to materialise. But the clitoris has long been understudied and misunderstood. The Malleus Maleficarum, a 1486 guide to identifying witches, even described it as the “devil’s teat” and noted that if you found one, it would prove a woman was a witch . (The good news: not many men could find one. The bad news: you may just have discovered you’re a witch.) The assault on freedom with Mehdi Hasan and Arwa Mahdawi On Monday 8 June, join Mehdi Hasan and Arwa Mahdawi to discuss the current seismic changes in geopolitics, the alarming rise of populism and nationalism, and its global implications. Live in London and livestreamed worldwide. Book tickets here or at guardian.live Continue reading...
We need a 5% wealth tax on America’s 938 billionaires. Over a ten-year period, this bill would raise much-needed $4.4tn for public coffers Never before in American history have so few had so much wealth and power. Today, the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%. One person, Elon Musk, worth $805bn, owns more wealth than the bottom 53% of American households. And that inequality is getting w...
We need a 5% wealth tax on America’s 938 billionaires. Over a ten-year period, this bill would raise much-needed $4.4tn for public coffers Never before in American history have so few had so much wealth and power. Today, the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%. One person, Elon Musk, worth $805bn, owns more wealth than the bottom 53% of American households. And that inequality is getting worse. Last year alone, after receiving the one of the largest tax breaks in history from Donald Trump, 938 billionaires in America became $1.5tn richer. Since he was re-elected, Trump and his family have become $4bn richer. Never before in American history have we had such concentration of ownership. While profits soar, a handful of giant corporations dominate virtually every sector of our economy, charging higher and higher prices for the products they sell. Four Wall Street firms combined – BlackRock, Vanguard, Fidelity, and State Street – are the major stockholders of more than 90% of American corporations. Continue reading...
Within the lunar dirt is a type of helium so rare on Earth that a palm-sized container is estimated to be worth millions In the silent vacuum of space, five autonomous robots churn through the lunar surface, digging up a loose layer of rock and dust and leaving rows of uniform tracks in their wake. Stopping only to recharge at a central solar power station, the car-sized machines process the lunar...
Within the lunar dirt is a type of helium so rare on Earth that a palm-sized container is estimated to be worth millions In the silent vacuum of space, five autonomous robots churn through the lunar surface, digging up a loose layer of rock and dust and leaving rows of uniform tracks in their wake. Stopping only to recharge at a central solar power station, the car-sized machines process the lunar dirt internally to extract a type of helium so rare on Earth that a palm-sized container is estimated to be worth millions. Once processed, the precious resource is loaded into a launcher and ejected back to Earth. Continue reading...
Diamonds might not be forever in a film centred around a massive, ticking bomb on a building site, which is equal parts violent and silly There are some lively if borderline ridiculous shenanigans in this London heist thriller from screenwriter Ben Hopkins and director David Mackenzie, brazening out its innate silliness with chutzpah, heavily researched police and army lingo and athletic plot cont...
Diamonds might not be forever in a film centred around a massive, ticking bomb on a building site, which is equal parts violent and silly There are some lively if borderline ridiculous shenanigans in this London heist thriller from screenwriter Ben Hopkins and director David Mackenzie, brazening out its innate silliness with chutzpah, heavily researched police and army lingo and athletic plot contortions. It’s a violent affair of double-cross and triple-cross that ups its narrative game in the final act for the massive reveal: a head-spinning story of diamonds, some fake … yet also … some real. And it also deploys the classic thriller moment, popularised by TV’s The Night Manager : the three-second bank transfer of millions of illicit dollars, which you can tensely monitor on your smartphone in real time. Oh my God, will the money go through OK? (You’ll need solid wifi or 5G.) Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays Major Will Tranter, a bomb disposal officer called in when what looks like a gigantic unexploded second world war device is discovered in a London building site, making a worrying ticking noise. The police are under the direction of the Met’s chief superintendent; this is a dull role with none of the juiciness of the guys’ parts, played deadpan by Gugu Mbatha-Raw. She shuts off the electricity in the whole area for fear of the bomb igniting power cables, then evacuates and cordons off the entire zone – not realising a crew of bank robbers is in there, led by Theo James and Sam Worthington, who are now able to work without fear of being discovered by some pesky member of the public as they tunnel through a wall into a safe-deposit vault from a neighbouring basement. Continue reading...
Trump issued executive order in January 2025 that seeks to undo birthright citizenship, overriding the constitution Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The US supreme court will hear arguments on Wednesday over whether Trump can reverse generations of precedent and deny birthright citizenship to babies born on US soil, which would impact hundreds of thousa...
Trump issued executive order in January 2025 that seeks to undo birthright citizenship, overriding the constitution Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The US supreme court will hear arguments on Wednesday over whether Trump can reverse generations of precedent and deny birthright citizenship to babies born on US soil, which would impact hundreds of thousands of children annually. On his first day in office, Trump issued an executive order that sought to undo birthright citizenship, overriding the US constitution – or, as his administration has argued, interpret the constitution correctly, in defiance of supreme court precedent. Continue reading...
Maui Land & Pineapple press release ( MLP ): FY GAAP EPS of -$0.54. Revenue of $19.46M (+68.3% Y/Y). More on Maui Land & Pineapple Financial information for Maui Land & Pineapple
Maui Land & Pineapple press release ( MLP ): FY GAAP EPS of -$0.54. Revenue of $19.46M (+68.3% Y/Y). More on Maui Land & Pineapple Financial information for Maui Land & Pineapple
A week after OpenAI said it would shutter its artificial intelligence video generator, Sora, rival tools like Kling AI and RunwayML are already gaining ground. Kling AI, a video generator app owned by China’s Kuaishou Technology , saw global weekly active users jump 4% to an average of 2.6 million last week from the prior week, according to iOS and Android data that market intelligence firm Sensor...
A week after OpenAI said it would shutter its artificial intelligence video generator, Sora, rival tools like Kling AI and RunwayML are already gaining ground. Kling AI, a video generator app owned by China’s Kuaishou Technology , saw global weekly active users jump 4% to an average of 2.6 million last week from the prior week, according to iOS and Android data that market intelligence firm Sensor Tower shared with Bloomberg News. Even before OpenAI said it would shut down Sora, Kling AI was leading in global monthly active users, averaging 7.8 million in March compared with 4.7 million for Sora. (The website and app for Sora will go away on April 26, while the developer platform will be discontinued later this year, on Sept. 24.) Other apps also saw a bump: RunwayML and Vidu each notched a 1% increase in weekly active users the same week. (Runway AI Inc.’s app is only available on Apple Inc.’s app store, while Beijing Shengshu Technology Co.’s Vidu is on both iOS and Android.) In another sign of investor confidence in their technology, Runway and Shengshu both raised new funding in February. Read More: AI Video Startup Runway Valued at $5.3 Billion With New Funding OpenAI’s decision to discontinue support opens the door for smaller rivals to win users and gain revenue in a niche that’s seeing surging demand from creatives, filmmakers and marketers. Alphabet Inc. ’s Google, Meta Platforms Inc. and Elon Musk’s xAI have also included text-to-video and image-to-video capabilities within their respective chatbots in the past year. Those companies don’t break out specific usage numbers for those features. With the exception of Meta’s video generator, which can only be accessed within the Meta AI website or app, most companies offer their video models in developer tools for individual or enterprise use. Sora was released as a standalone app to much fanfare last fall, as it attracted users with an easy-to-navigate tool and social features to share their creations with othe...
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, asked the Trump administration for details on its work investigating and regulating collections of “zombie” second mortgages, old loans that homeowners hadn’t heard from lenders about in years before being hit with huge bills. In a letter sent Tuesday to acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought, Warren called the a...
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, asked the Trump administration for details on its work investigating and regulating collections of “zombie” second mortgages, old loans that homeowners hadn’t heard from lenders about in years before being hit with huge bills. In a letter sent Tuesday to acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought, Warren called the administration’s approach to the issue a “dereliction of its duty” and said she remained concerned for Americans at risk of losing their houses to debt collectors that revive the loans. Last year, Bloomberg News reported that thousands of people across the US have been confronted with demands to pay back second mortgages that they took out before the 2008 financial crisis and that they often believed were cancelled or otherwise no longer due. Some debt collectors have demanded money after too much time had passed, borrowers have shown in court. In other cases, owners of the debt have sought unlawful amounts of back interest. The companies often bought the loans for pennies on the dollar, then reaped windfall profits by threatening foreclosure to get homeowners to pay. Under the Biden administration, the CFPB issued guidance and held a public hearing to call attention to zombie loans. The agency had also opened at least three investigations into companies involved in collecting the debts and expected cases to be filed last year, Bloomberg reported. The Trump administration denied that it had abandoned the cases, without elaborating. Over the past year, Vought has tried to fire most of the bureau’s staff and has gutted its enforcement work, abandoning dozens of cases and settlements with companies. “Recent reporting indicates that the CFPB had been preparing cases against multiple parties involved in zombie mortgages,” Warren, the ranking member of the Banking Committee, wrote to Vought. “While the White House stated that it was ‘completely false to claim work on these cases h...
In recent years, a new “city bus” trend has been gathering pace in southern China. It offers a fresh spin on the “city walk” craze and sees buses transformed into roving venues for karaoke, film screenings and even yum cha. In Guangdong province, some young people are embracing what they see as the most local way to explore the region: using themed public buses to take in the slow rhythms of every...
In recent years, a new “city bus” trend has been gathering pace in southern China. It offers a fresh spin on the “city walk” craze and sees buses transformed into roving venues for karaoke, film screenings and even yum cha. In Guangdong province, some young people are embracing what they see as the most local way to explore the region: using themed public buses to take in the slow rhythms of everyday life. While eating is banned on public transport in most mainland cities, passengers on...
RIDGELAND, Miss., April 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) (“Cal-Maine Foods,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “company”), the largest egg company in the United States and a leading player in the egg-based food industry, today reported results for its fiscal 2026 third quarter, ended February 28, 2026. Unless otherwise indicated, all comparisons are to the comparable period...
RIDGELAND, Miss., April 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) (“Cal-Maine Foods,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “company”), the largest egg company in the United States and a leading player in the egg-based food industry, today reported results for its fiscal 2026 third quarter, ended February 28, 2026. Unless otherwise indicated, all comparisons are to the comparable period of fiscal 2025.
Rising costs versus strong demand. As the costs of AI grow, so does the debate over whether Big Tech stocks should have a place in your portfolio. On this episode of Trader Talk, Slatestone Wealth Partner and Chief Market Strategist, Kenny Polcari, Yahoo Finance Head of News, Myles Udland, Man Group Chief Market Strategist, Kristina Hooper, and Former Ellevest VP of People, Amanda Polcari, discuss...
Rising costs versus strong demand. As the costs of AI grow, so does the debate over whether Big Tech stocks should have a place in your portfolio. On this episode of Trader Talk, Slatestone Wealth Partner and Chief Market Strategist, Kenny Polcari, Yahoo Finance Head of News, Myles Udland, Man Group Chief Market Strategist, Kristina Hooper, and Former Ellevest VP of People, Amanda Polcari, discuss what Kenny calls a huge opportunity.