Concentrix CEO Chris Caldwell joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Tamlin Bason to examine how AI is reshaping customer experience. As companies move from pilots to scaled deployment, Caldwell discusses how AI is enabling more personalized, real-time interactions, while introducing risks around consistency, trust and brand control. The conversation also explores the role of incumbents like Concent...
Concentrix CEO Chris Caldwell joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Tamlin Bason to examine how AI is reshaping customer experience. As companies move from pilots to scaled deployment, Caldwell discusses how AI is enabling more personalized, real-time interactions, while introducing risks around consistency, trust and brand control. The conversation also explores the role of incumbents like Concentrix in bringing the scale needed to implement AI effectively, bridging the gap between emerging tech
A recent study conducted by Motley Fool Research asked 2,000 retirees what actually matters when choosing where to live -- then scored every state accordingly. Quality of life carried the most weight at 31%, followed by healthcare, housing, crime, climate, taxes, and cost of living. The result is a ranking that punishes states that are cheap but hollow and rewards ones that deliver across the boar...
A recent study conducted by Motley Fool Research asked 2,000 retirees what actually matters when choosing where to live -- then scored every state accordingly. Quality of life carried the most weight at 31%, followed by healthcare, housing, crime, climate, taxes, and cost of living. The result is a ranking that punishes states that are cheap but hollow and rewards ones that deliver across the board. Three states separated themselves from the pack -- and here they are. The tax pitch is the first thing you often hear about Texas, and for good reason: no state income tax or tax on Social Security, pensions, 401(k)s, or IRAs. And there's no estate or inheritance tax either. For retirees living primarily on investment income and distributions, it's one of the most favorable structures in the country. Continue reading
The technology giant plans to support domestic partnerships with Bosch, Qnity Electronics and others through 2030. Its agreement with TDK will bring iPhone sensor production to the U.S. for the first time.
The technology giant plans to support domestic partnerships with Bosch, Qnity Electronics and others through 2030. Its agreement with TDK will bring iPhone sensor production to the U.S. for the first time.
Weak demand and global trade pressures hit ouput, with energy price rises expected to bring further drop Business live – latest updates Fewer cars rolled off UK production lines in February in what the industry called an “extremely worrying” slump even before the impact of the Iran war was felt. Vehicle production was 17% lower last month on the same period in 2025, according to the Society of Mot...
Weak demand and global trade pressures hit ouput, with energy price rises expected to bring further drop Business live – latest updates Fewer cars rolled off UK production lines in February in what the industry called an “extremely worrying” slump even before the impact of the Iran war was felt. Vehicle production was 17% lower last month on the same period in 2025, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, as exports dropped sharply. Continue reading...
The European Central Bank would probably have to act if the Iran war isn’t concluded by June, Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch said, urging patience in the meantime as officials assess the scale of the economic fallout. Policymakers, while ready to tighten monetary policy, aren’t rushing to take steps that could look like an overreaction, the Belgian central-bank chief told Bloomberg Televis...
The European Central Bank would probably have to act if the Iran war isn’t concluded by June, Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch said, urging patience in the meantime as officials assess the scale of the economic fallout. Policymakers, while ready to tighten monetary policy, aren’t rushing to take steps that could look like an overreaction, the Belgian central-bank chief told Bloomberg Television. “If the conflict is not over by June, then we are most probably way above our baseline, and that would warrant some kind of reaction,” Wunsch said Friday, saying he’s “comfortable” with market bets for at least two rate hikes this year. Officials are weighing whether they’ll need to raise borrowing costs to stop surging energy costs spilling from over into inflation more generally. President Christine Lagarde said this week that the ECB will act decisively and swiftly if needed, though for now it’s still monitoring the evolving effects of the war. Policymakers including Bundesbank chief Joachim Nagel have signaled rates may have to be lifted as soon as next month if the price outlook sours further. Others like Finland’s Olli Rehn have urged caution, arguing that the implications over the medium term aren’t straightforward. Weaker economic expansion could end up limiting second-round price effects, Wunsch said. He nevertheless considers a move on rates to be possible as soon as next month. “April is not out of the question,” Wunsch said. “If by April we have solid evidence the shock will be lasting and will lead to a big high and inflation that is likely to have some degree of persistence, we might have to do something. But we still have some time before the April meeting.” Last week’s ECB’s baseline scenario foresees consumer prices advancing 2.6% this year, significantly above the 2% target. In an extreme outcome where disruptions to energy supplies persist, inflation would even hit 6.3%. It’s not clear the ECB would have to react should inflation and growth stay clos...
claffra/iStock via Getty Images Investment Thesis About to complete a month, there are still a few signs of an agreement to end the war in Iran. Recently, President Trump announced a 5-day truce to carry out negotiations ; however, news coming from the Iranian authorities does not seem to be happy with the terms of the agreement. In this sense, news reports that Iran plans to charge a type of “tol...
claffra/iStock via Getty Images Investment Thesis About to complete a month, there are still a few signs of an agreement to end the war in Iran. Recently, President Trump announced a 5-day truce to carry out negotiations ; however, news coming from the Iranian authorities does not seem to be happy with the terms of the agreement. In this sense, news reports that Iran plans to charge a type of “toll” to guarantee the safety of ships transporting oil through the Strait of Hormuz. My intention in this article is to analyze the possibility of implementing this toll, the impacts on the transport and oil industry, as well as its contribution to a more inflationary scenario. Context Before the conflict in Iran, approximately 100 million barrels of oil were transported per day on various global shipping routes, and approximately 21 million barrels passed through the Strait of Hormuz. This means that for every 5 barrels of oil transported around the world per day, one passes through the Strait. I'm not even accounting for LNG and derivatives, so the Strait of Hormuz is extremely important to the world. Another detail that you should remember, reader, is that 76% of the oil that passes through there goes to Asia, especially China. Strait of Hormuz (US Energy Information Administration) Toll Analysis In this sense, there are several oil transport routes, but undoubtedly the most relevant is the route known as TD3C that takes oil from the Middle East Gulf to China. A VLCC usually takes 25 days to cover this route, and even before the war, shipping costs were around $60,000 per day, so the freight cost is around $1.5 million. Supertanker Earnings Soar (Bloomberg) However, the price of freight has skyrocketed, and it is not even possible to price this freight accurately today, but news reports indicate that the prices exceed $200,000 per day. This means that a freight charge for a VLCC that holds about 2 million barrels of oil has gone from $1.4 million before the war to $5 milli...
Getty Images Last year, on November 28, I recommended IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN ) as a buy for aggressive growth investors who can handle high risk. Since then, the stock has dropped about 12% from its March 23 closing price. Looking back, I should have made it clearer just how speculative this stock is. Although I mentioned that the company is transitioning from a Bitcoin miner to a renewable-po...
Getty Images Last year, on November 28, I recommended IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN ) as a buy for aggressive growth investors who can handle high risk. Since then, the stock has dropped about 12% from its March 23 closing price. Looking back, I should have made it clearer just how speculative this stock is. Although I mentioned that the company is transitioning from a Bitcoin miner to a renewable-powered AI cloud and data center company, I overemphasized the potential upside over the long term from its Artificial Intelligence ("AI") infrastructure buildout, and I failed to give enough weight to the near-term risk that the company still generates most of its revenue from Bitcoin mining. IREN Limited Second Quarter FY26 Results Press Release As of the end of IREN's December 2025 quarter, it still generated 91% of its revenue from Bitcoin mining. Since the Bitcoin market has been down around 23% over the last three months, IREN's second-quarter fiscal year ("FY") 2026 earnings results were poor. Data by YCharts The company's second-quarter results missed analyst revenue targets, mainly because Bitcoin mining revenue dropped 28% from the previous quarter, pulling total revenue down by 23%. This decline, caused by a weak Bitcoin market, might lead investors to revalue IREN more as a Bitcoin miner and less as a future AI infrastructure company. The market also reacted negatively to large non-cash charges and substantial costs associated with the company’s major investments in AI cloud services, causing an earnings-per-share miss . The company added insult to injury when it expanded its at-the-market (ATM) equity offering program to $6 billion on March 5—almost half of its market capitalization at the time of the announcement. The market often reacts negatively to ATM announcements because they may indicate a future dilutive event. In spite of the setback, there are still reasons for investors looking for potentially high returns to buy the stock on any dips. First, manageme...
Investing.com -- A sharp selloff in memory names following the debut of Google’s TurboQuant technology is creating an opportunity for investors, according to Bank of America.
Investing.com -- A sharp selloff in memory names following the debut of Google’s TurboQuant technology is creating an opportunity for investors, according to Bank of America.
In this article DE10Y-DE FR10Y-FR UK10Y-GB Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Crowds of pedestrians and shoppers walk along Weinstrasse toward Marienplatz in Munich, Germany, on March 14, 2026. Michael Nguyen | Nurphoto | Getty Images European government bonds continued to sell off on Friday, building on a rout that has seen multiple countries' borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs i...
In this article DE10Y-DE FR10Y-FR UK10Y-GB Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Crowds of pedestrians and shoppers walk along Weinstrasse toward Marienplatz in Munich, Germany, on March 14, 2026. Michael Nguyen | Nurphoto | Getty Images European government bonds continued to sell off on Friday, building on a rout that has seen multiple countries' borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs in recent weeks. Thursday saw the yield on Germany's 10-year bund — a benchmark for the euro zone — surge to the highest level since mid-2011 at the height of the euro crisis. On Friday morning, the 10-year bund added a further 6 basis points to trade at 3.1228%, holding above that 15-year high. Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions, and one basis point equals 0.01%. Yields on French government bonds, known as OATs, also extended gains on Friday, with the country's 10-year bond adding 9 basis points to also hover at their highest level since 2011. The previous day, the 10-year OAT surged by around 14 basis points. Last week, U.K. government borrowing costs hit their highest levels since the 2008 financial crisis, with yields on British gilts spiking as investors rushed to price in a resurgence of inflation and bets on more hawkish policy from the Bank of England. Benchmark 10-year U.K. government bond — or gilt — yields were up by another 10 basis points at 5.07% on Friday, having added 83 basis points over the last month. The sharp sell-off followed a speech from European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde, who said the ECB was prepared to raise its key interest rate even if inflation spikes brought on by the U.S.-Iran war were short-lived. They were also accompanied by sharp moves in bonds issued by other euro zone economies, including Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Poland, the Netherlands and Belgium. In an interview with The Economist published the same day, Lagarde labeled market views of a swift recovery from the Iran war "overly optimistic," telling th...
Guido Mieth Stock index futures were lower before the bell as U.S. President Donald Trump extended the pause on attacks against Iran’s energy infrastructure into April. Target ( TGT ) rose 0.21% in premarket trading amid reports of a new boycott effort. The American Federation of Teachers passed a resolution Thursday calling on its 1.8M members and others to shop at local stores for back-to-school...
Guido Mieth Stock index futures were lower before the bell as U.S. President Donald Trump extended the pause on attacks against Iran’s energy infrastructure into April. Target ( TGT ) rose 0.21% in premarket trading amid reports of a new boycott effort. The American Federation of Teachers passed a resolution Thursday calling on its 1.8M members and others to shop at local stores for back-to-school supplies instead of Target. The federation cited concerns over the retailer’s response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in its Minneapolis headquarters city, according to CNBC. Meta Platforms ( META ) fell 0.69% before the opening bell after the company disclosed a significant expansion of its data center investment in El Paso, Texas. The social media giant increased its planned investment to $10 billion from $1.5 billion as it aggressively pours resources into artificial intelligence to compete with rivals Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Micron Technology ( MU ) dropped 1.71% in premarket trade, extending a six-session slide that has erased roughly 23% from the stock. Shares remained under pressure as investors reassessed the outlook for memory pricing and AI-driven demand, despite Micron’s positioning as a key supplier of high-bandwidth memory used in artificial intelligence workloads. Apple ( AAPL ) was flat in premarket trading as investment firm Wedbush Securities said 2026 is shaping up as a “significant” year for product launches ahead of the tech giant’s annual developers conference. Analysts noted Apple has been focused on launching new products with greater processing performance and stronger memory to capitalize on growing demand for hardware devices capable of running AI. More related stories Apple's 50th Anniversary: A 'Solid Hold' For Wealth Preservation Meta Platforms Down 7%, Google Breaks Key Support - What Comes Next For The Tech Heavyweights? Micron Is Still One Of The Best Stocks In This Current Market Micron under pressure after 23% slide ...
Guido Mieth Stock index futures were lower before the bell as U.S. President Donald Trump extended the pause on attacks against Iran’s energy infrastructure into April. Target ( TGT ) rose 0.21% in premarket trading amid reports of a new boycott effort. The American Federation of Teachers passed a resolution Thursday calling on its 1.8M members and others to shop at local stores for back-to-school...
Guido Mieth Stock index futures were lower before the bell as U.S. President Donald Trump extended the pause on attacks against Iran’s energy infrastructure into April. Target ( TGT ) rose 0.21% in premarket trading amid reports of a new boycott effort. The American Federation of Teachers passed a resolution Thursday calling on its 1.8M members and others to shop at local stores for back-to-school supplies instead of Target. The federation cited concerns over the retailer’s response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in its Minneapolis headquarters city, according to CNBC. Meta Platforms ( META ) fell 0.69% before the opening bell after the company disclosed a significant expansion of its data center investment in El Paso, Texas. The social media giant increased its planned investment to $10 billion from $1.5 billion as it aggressively pours resources into artificial intelligence to compete with rivals Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Micron Technology ( MU ) dropped 1.71% in premarket trade, extending a six-session slide that has erased roughly 23% from the stock. Shares remained under pressure as investors reassessed the outlook for memory pricing and AI-driven demand, despite Micron’s positioning as a key supplier of high-bandwidth memory used in artificial intelligence workloads. Apple ( AAPL ) was flat in premarket trading as investment firm Wedbush Securities said 2026 is shaping up as a “significant” year for product launches ahead of the tech giant’s annual developers conference. Analysts noted Apple has been focused on launching new products with greater processing performance and stronger memory to capitalize on growing demand for hardware devices capable of running AI. More related stories Apple's 50th Anniversary: A 'Solid Hold' For Wealth Preservation Meta Platforms Down 7%, Google Breaks Key Support - What Comes Next For The Tech Heavyweights? Micron Is Still One Of The Best Stocks In This Current Market Micron under pressure after 23% slide ...