It’s not just Arm Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM) that’s betting big on the future of agentic AI with its new AGI CPU; Chinese tech giant Alibaba (NASDAQ:BABA) also has a new chip that specializes in running next-generation AI agents. Undoubtedly, if you’ve completely written off Alibaba or any of the other Chinese internet stocks amid their latest ... Alibaba Has a New Agentic AI Chip, Too—But Investors Do...
It’s not just Arm Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM) that’s betting big on the future of agentic AI with its new AGI CPU; Chinese tech giant Alibaba (NASDAQ:BABA) also has a new chip that specializes in running next-generation AI agents. Undoubtedly, if you’ve completely written off Alibaba or any of the other Chinese internet stocks amid their latest ... Alibaba Has a New Agentic AI Chip, Too—But Investors Don’t Seem to Care
The Iranian military said Iraq is exempt from shipping restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz that have strangled global energy flows for weeks. “Brotherly Iraq is exempt from any restrictions we have imposed on the Strait of Hormuz,” Iran’s military spokesman said in an Arabic-language video statement published by state-run Islamic Republic News Agency. The declaration has the potential to unleash ...
The Iranian military said Iraq is exempt from shipping restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz that have strangled global energy flows for weeks. “Brotherly Iraq is exempt from any restrictions we have imposed on the Strait of Hormuz,” Iran’s military spokesman said in an Arabic-language video statement published by state-run Islamic Republic News Agency. The declaration has the potential to unleash as much as 3 million barrels a day of Iraqi oil cargoes. It also comes just days after a French...
AlbertPego/iStock via Getty Images Mid-America Apartment Communities ( MAA ) is an apartment REIT that owns class A assets in growing markets and that aren't encumbered with much debt. Excess supply and interest rate fears have caused the stock to fall, which is giving investors a nice opportunity to purchase the underlying apartments at an attractive discount to their true worth. Introduction Mid...
AlbertPego/iStock via Getty Images Mid-America Apartment Communities ( MAA ) is an apartment REIT that owns class A assets in growing markets and that aren't encumbered with much debt. Excess supply and interest rate fears have caused the stock to fall, which is giving investors a nice opportunity to purchase the underlying apartments at an attractive discount to their true worth. Introduction Mid-America Apartments is a residential REIT with a portfolio of approximately 103,000 apartments spread mostly across the Sunbelt region of the United States. About three-quarters of the portfolio is located in large cities and their suburbs, while about a quarter of the units are located in mid-tier markets. Large markets include metros like Atlanta, Dallas, Orlando, and Tampa Bay, while mid-tier markets include smaller cities like Charleston, Greenville, Fredericksburg, and Richmond. The portfolio mostly consists of garden-style apartments, along with a good chunk of mid-rise units. Garden-style apartments have three stories or less, while mid-rise apartments are 4-9 stories. A high-rise is anything 10 stories or higher. While the portfolio is diverse with exposure in many different markets, the REIT is fairly concentrated in its top five markets. More than 40% of net operating income (NOI) comes from these metro areas. Investor Presentation There are a few reasons why MAA has focused on the Sunbelt region of the United States. These areas are growing faster than most other areas of the country. Salaries are relatively high -- especially in cities -- and state income taxes are lower. That translates into more dollars in a tenant's pocket. Unemployment is low. The weather is nice. And the real estate itself is cheaper than most other parts of the country. MAA specifically has an average lease-to-income level of around 20%, which is quite affordable. Investor Presentation Put it all together, and the Sunbelt offers a good deal for both the tenant and the landlord. Renting is ...
The great naturalist explores Britain’s backyards in Secret Garden – and it’s a delight. Plus: a celebrity travelogue with a difference. Here’s what to watch this evening 6pm, BBC One Continue reading...
The great naturalist explores Britain’s backyards in Secret Garden – and it’s a delight. Plus: a celebrity travelogue with a difference. Here’s what to watch this evening 6pm, BBC One Continue reading...
Social Security is an important part of most retiree budgets. It provides an income foundation that, hopefully, will be supplemented by other sources of income, like pensions and retirement savings. However, when to start collecting Social Security is a complex choice. Here are some important things to consider as you make your decision. You pay into Social Security while you are working, and when...
Social Security is an important part of most retiree budgets. It provides an income foundation that, hopefully, will be supplemented by other sources of income, like pensions and retirement savings. However, when to start collecting Social Security is a complex choice. Here are some important things to consider as you make your decision. You pay into Social Security while you are working, and when you stop working, you can start collecting it. However, there are some limits. The earliest you can start collecting Social Security is age 62. However, if you do so, you will permanently reduce the amount you collect each month relative to your full retirement age. Your full retirement age will fall between 65 and 67, depending on your birth year. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Several airports in Italy issued advisories of limited fuel supplies for the next few days as the conflict in the Middle East shows few signs of ending. Fuel restrictions for flights have been introduced at the airports of Bologna, Milan Linate, Treviso and Venice, according to a Notice to Airmen, or Notam advisories. The notices span from April 2 through to April 9. The advisories say Air BP Ital...
Several airports in Italy issued advisories of limited fuel supplies for the next few days as the conflict in the Middle East shows few signs of ending. Fuel restrictions for flights have been introduced at the airports of Bologna, Milan Linate, Treviso and Venice, according to a Notice to Airmen, or Notam advisories. The notices span from April 2 through to April 9. The advisories say Air BP Italia’s fuel jet A1 availability is limited. The limitations in Italy are among the earliest instances that fuel shortage in Europe are starting to impact operations since the conflict broke out in the Middle East and led to the effective closure of Strait of Hormuz — choking of supplies of crude, gas and products such as jet fuel to global customers. Europe is the main importer of jet fuel — including kerosene — from the Persian Gulf, with supplies from that region accounting for about half of European Union and UK imports, according to Vortexa data compiled by Bloomberg News. Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe’s biggest aviation group, has readied plans including potentially grounding planes in case demand drops and fuel prices escalate as hostilities in the Middle East drag on. Separately, International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol told the Financial Times that there are currently “ no physical shortages of jet fuel or diesel in Europe at the moment.” However, he warned that the situation may change in the coming weeks if the disruption to Middle East flows continues.
Walker Smith, 54, who worked for retailer for 17 years, says he grabbed bag from thief before they escaped A Waitrose employee of 17 years has described his devastation after being sacked for stopping a shoplifter who had ransacked a display of Lindt Gold Bunny Easter eggs. Walker Smith, a shop assistant at a branch of Waitrose in Clapham Junction, south London, was going about his normal duties w...
Walker Smith, 54, who worked for retailer for 17 years, says he grabbed bag from thief before they escaped A Waitrose employee of 17 years has described his devastation after being sacked for stopping a shoplifter who had ransacked a display of Lindt Gold Bunny Easter eggs. Walker Smith, a shop assistant at a branch of Waitrose in Clapham Junction, south London, was going about his normal duties when a customer stopped him. “They told me someone had filled up a Waitrose bag with the eggs,” he said. Continue reading...
Market volatility caused by Middle East conflict exposes energy traders to heavy losses and rumours of insider trading at the highest level On the weekend that US-Israeli drones first began to rain down on Tehran, energy traders across the world’s major financial centres began to redraw their strategies. When they returned to their trading desks on that March Monday morning, they found oil and gas...
Market volatility caused by Middle East conflict exposes energy traders to heavy losses and rumours of insider trading at the highest level On the weekend that US-Israeli drones first began to rain down on Tehran, energy traders across the world’s major financial centres began to redraw their strategies. When they returned to their trading desks on that March Monday morning, they found oil and gas prices spiking amid a market nightmare made real: the unprecedented shutdown of the vital trade route through the strait of Hormuz . Continue reading...
The Taybeh community has survived crusaders and the Ottoman and British empires, but the latest attacks leave its future in question Taybeh, a small hilltop town in the heart of the West Bank is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world. After increasing attacks from Israeli settlers it now feels itself under siege and is fighting for its very existence. The town’s ancient Greek name wa...
The Taybeh community has survived crusaders and the Ottoman and British empires, but the latest attacks leave its future in question Taybeh, a small hilltop town in the heart of the West Bank is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world. After increasing attacks from Israeli settlers it now feels itself under siege and is fighting for its very existence. The town’s ancient Greek name was Ephraim where, according to the gospels, Jesus hid with his disciples from the Jewish religious hierarchy, the Sanhedrin, before making his final fateful trip to Jerusalem. Continue reading...
As the Middle East is drawn into war, expats and influencers are under pressure to only share the positive side of the UAE. In reality many are at risk of being put behind bars, and often find the UK government has little interest in helping them get out A four-metre barbed-wire fence runs through the desert at the UAE‑Omani border. In the early hours of 17 February 2021, Albert Douglas, 58, a Bri...
As the Middle East is drawn into war, expats and influencers are under pressure to only share the positive side of the UAE. In reality many are at risk of being put behind bars, and often find the UK government has little interest in helping them get out A four-metre barbed-wire fence runs through the desert at the UAE‑Omani border. In the early hours of 17 February 2021, Albert Douglas, 58, a British businessman, was creeping along it, looking for a way through. Douglas, who cuts a slight figure, wears spectacles and has a broad, earnest smile, never expected things to come to this. He’d been forced to abandon his home on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah, the tree-shaped archipelago lined with upmarket residences, and go into hiding. Usually he’d be driving around in a Rolls-Royce, now he was in a pickup truck, being chauffeured by people smugglers. They’d transported him to the edge of the Al Ain border, which neighbours Oman, in the dead of the night. It was incredible, really, how fast the life he once led could evaporate. All that mattered now was getting to the other side of that fence. A few weeks earlier, Douglas had been sitting at home, watching his supreme court appeal via video link. He was being hounded by the Dubai authorities over debts incurred by his son Wolfgang Douglas’s company and, while Wolfgang was in the UK, Albert had been arrested. Albert was facing a £2.5m fine and a three-year prison sentence – this was his final chance for a reprieve. He had always believed the truth would prevail, but as he watched the hearing play out, his faith in the system deserted him. He decided to lie low in a friend’s apartment while he weighed his options. It soon became clear that he didn’t have any. “That’s when I decided to leave,” he says. “I left it not to the last minute, but the last second.” Continue reading...
Exposure response prevention may help her to cope with her anxiety and learn that she doesn’t need to respond to intrusive thoughts My daughter is 15 and has lived with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) for some time. Her compulsions change – counting, repetitive actions such as flicking light switches a certain number of times, showering/brushing her teeth in a particular order , placing things...
Exposure response prevention may help her to cope with her anxiety and learn that she doesn’t need to respond to intrusive thoughts My daughter is 15 and has lived with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) for some time. Her compulsions change – counting, repetitive actions such as flicking light switches a certain number of times, showering/brushing her teeth in a particular order , placing things in her bedroom in a certain way … She has had two courses of private therapy, but neither seemed to help. Both focused on the compulsions – for example, they’d encourage her to tackle one ritual at a time and try to eliminate it. It felt as though they were addressing the symptoms rather than the cause – ne w rituals can come to her in the moment and if one ritual is eliminated, it will quickly be replaced. Continue reading...