Staff at the British Council in Italy will go on strike over deep cuts that would slash about 80% of its workforce due to a funding crisis facing the organisation. Out of 130 of its teaching staff across Rome, Milan and Naples, 108 are being targeted as teaching activities in Italy face the axe. The move would end 80 years of British Council English language teaching in Italy as part of the organi...
Staff at the British Council in Italy will go on strike over deep cuts that would slash about 80% of its workforce due to a funding crisis facing the organisation. Out of 130 of its teaching staff across Rome, Milan and Naples, 108 are being targeted as teaching activities in Italy face the axe. The move would end 80 years of British Council English language teaching in Italy as part of the organisation’s global mission to promote British culture and education across the world, sources said. Shocked staff will protest next on Thursday to the British embassy in Rome, with another strike planned for 4 June. The British Council, a leading institution of soft power founded in 1934 which operates in about 100 countries, has been forcedto restructure due to a £197m government loan that dates back to the Covid pandemic. The loan, agreed under Boris Johnson’s Conservative government, has a reported annual interest of about £14m and must be repaid by September. A source said its operations in Italy had been “extremely badly hit”. They added: “Everybody is very shocked, very upset, very sad, obviously also very angry as well. Because our presence will be so small at the end of all this, it’s a very strong political message that Italy isn’t important.” The British Council conducts English language tuition for adults and children as well as corporate and business classes. It is understood its exams division would continue under partners and cultural events would remain. The British Council’s chief executive, Scott McDonald, has previously said the organisation could “disappear” within a decade, harming the UK’s global status and leaving an international vacuum to be filled by Russia and China, unless the government acts to save it. Politico reported that an internal consultation document lists 784 jobs “in scope” across the UK and Europe, with at least 404 roles expected to be “displaced”, which accounts for 15% of staff. Consultations are also understood to be taking place in ...
Nvidia NVDA slides as $90bn AI spree tests nerves Nvidia’s stock fell 4.3% in early trading after posting a 73.2% jump in annual revenue to $68.13 billion, as investors looked past the blowout print and fixated on a $90 billion deal binge designed to anchor the company at the center of the AI economy. The sell-the-news reversal capped a whiplash 12 hours for the most powerful name in semiconductor...
Nvidia NVDA slides as $90bn AI spree tests nerves Nvidia’s stock fell 4.3% in early trading after posting a 73.2% jump in annual revenue to $68.13 billion, as investors looked past the blowout print and fixated on a $90 billion deal binge designed to anchor the company at the center of the AI economy. The sell-the-news reversal capped a whiplash 12 hours for the most powerful name in semiconductors, and put a sharper focus on whether Jensen Huang’s aggressive capital deployment can lock in dominance—or dilute returns just as macro tailwinds start to normalize. Market reaction: valuation collides with velocity Nvidia’s retreat comes after a year of extraordinary price performance and surging data center demand, leaving little room for wobble in execution or capital allocation. The morning drop erased initial gains after the earnings release and bled into peers as semiconductors broadly slipped, a familiar pattern when market darlings spend big at the peak of enthusiasm. Analysts pointed to a straightforward dynamic: at today’s multiples, investors want a cleaner bridge from record revenue to sustained free cash flow, not an open-ended acquisition cycle. One recent downgrade flagged the size and spread of deals as a rising risk factor, while the retail cohort—usually hypersensitive to momentum shifts—questioned whether such a spree marks confidence or overreach. The message was plain: prove the flywheel, then feed it. The $90 billion playbook: build, buy, bind Huang’s strategy, as detailed in recent reporting, is to bankroll the AI buildout with a venture-style war chest that stretches across acquisitions, minority stakes, strategic supply pacts, and software tie-ins. The goal is not just to sell more accelerators; it is to bind emerging leaders—foundation-model labs, inference startups, and AI-first enterprise vendors—more tightly to Nvidia’s stack from CUDA to networking to inference services. That mirrors Big Tech tactics. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have all ble...
More than 40 people, including Greenpeace UK’s programme director, Amy Cameron, have been arrested after a protest outside pesticide company Syngenta’s Yorkshire headquarters. A number of the activists locked themselves on to 15 blue pesticide barrels outside the headquarters, blocking the gates and leading to the temporary closure of the local A62. Activists had transformed a roundabout outside t...
More than 40 people, including Greenpeace UK’s programme director, Amy Cameron, have been arrested after a protest outside pesticide company Syngenta’s Yorkshire headquarters. A number of the activists locked themselves on to 15 blue pesticide barrels outside the headquarters, blocking the gates and leading to the temporary closure of the local A62. Activists had transformed a roundabout outside the front entrance into a giant hazard symbol carrying the message “Syngenta poisons nature” with an arrow pointing directly at the building. The action took place on World Bee day. West Yorkshire police confirmed that “at 4.33am today (20 May), police received a report of a group of protesters outside the gates of a business premises off Leeds Road, Deighton, Huddersfield. Officers were deployed to the scene to monitor the situation and to ensure there was no wider disruption. “A number of people were subsequently arrested and taken into custody on suspicion of offences connected to the incident.” Greenpeace has accused Syngenta of driving wildlife decline and threatening UK food security by making and selling pesticides that poison British wildlife. A recent report by the NGO found that just one teaspoon of the Syngenta-made pesticide, Hallmark, was enough to kill 13 million bees. Greenpeace UK co-executive director, Will McCallum, said of the arrests: “Today’s arrests are a huge overreaction by police ... “If only the government channelled the same passion it shows for quashing peaceful protest into ending the silent crisis unfolding in our countryside. We need to drastically cut chemicals on our land and in our waterways, and farmers need funding to enable them to do it. This is crucial so that nature – the very foundations of our food system – can recover.” A spokesperson for Syngenta said: “Syngenta respects the right of Greenpeace and others to express their views and to engage in public debate on how food should be produced. We share the goal of protecting the enviro...
Astera Labs Inc. stocks have been trading up by 14.28 percent amid bullish sentiment on its AI infrastructure leadership. Spot the Next Big Runner Click Here for a Millionaire's POV on Trading ALAB SUBSCRIBE FOR ALERTS JOIN 50,000+ ACTIVE TRADERS Key Takeaways RBC expects Astera Labs to benefit from Amazon’s expanded Anthropic deal via its Scorpio X switches ramping for Trainium3 racks in Q3, driv...
Astera Labs Inc. stocks have been trading up by 14.28 percent amid bullish sentiment on its AI infrastructure leadership. Spot the Next Big Runner Click Here for a Millionaire's POV on Trading ALAB SUBSCRIBE FOR ALERTS JOIN 50,000+ ACTIVE TRADERS Key Takeaways RBC expects Astera Labs to benefit from Amazon’s expanded Anthropic deal via its Scorpio X switches ramping for Trainium3 racks in Q3, driving revenue growth in H2 and beyond. RBC sees additional long-term upside for Astera Labs from UALink and NVLink Fusion products at AWS and other hyperscalers. RBC reiterates its Outperform rating on Astera Labs and raises its price target from $225 to $250. Live Update At 12:32:37 EDT: On Wednesday, May 20, 2026 Astera Labs Inc. stock [NASDAQ: ALAB] is trending up by 14.28%! Discover the key drivers behind this movement as well as our expert analysis in the detailed breakdown below. Quick Financial Overview Astera Labs Inc. (ALAB) has been trading like a classic momentum AI name. Over the past several weeks, ALAB has ripped from a close of $183.31 on 2026/04/28 to $279.06 on 2026/05/20. That’s a big-time trend move, and traders are clearly leaning bullish. On the daily chart, ALAB has put in a series of higher lows from the $180s, then the $190s, then the low $200s, with volume and range expanding as it pushed into the $250–$280 zone. Intraday on 2026/05/20, ALAB opened near $252 and never broke the premarket lows, grinding up through $260 and holding above $270 for most of the session. That price action shows steady dip buying rather than wild, one-and-done spikes. More Breaking News Fundamentals back up the excitement. ALAB just printed quarterly revenue of about $308.4M with gross margin near 75.7%, which is elite for a hardware-focused name. Net income of roughly $80.3M and EBITDA around $78.3M show the business is already profitable, not just a story. At the same time, ALAB trades at a rich price-to-sales multiple near 39.8 and a P/E above 150, so the market is pricin...
Earnings Call Insights: Analog Devices (ADI) Q2 fiscal 2026 Management View "Second quarter revenue, profitability and earnings per share finished above the high end of our guidance, establishing new high watermarks for both revenue and for earnings," said (CEO & Chair of the Board of Directors Vincent Roche), adding, "we're currently seeing record demand for our products and solutions" despite "h...
Earnings Call Insights: Analog Devices (ADI) Q2 fiscal 2026 Management View "Second quarter revenue, profitability and earnings per share finished above the high end of our guidance, establishing new high watermarks for both revenue and for earnings," said (CEO & Chair of the Board of Directors Vincent Roche), adding, "we're currently seeing record demand for our products and solutions" despite "heightened geopolitical tensions and ongoing macroeconomic challenges." (CEO Roche) tied the setup to manufacturing flexibility and investment priorities: "our dynamic hybrid manufacturing model performs" and "our robust R&D investments across core Analog segments as well as digital, software and AI form the foundation for our growing criticality to our customers," while reiterating focus areas including "AI-driven computing and connectivity" and "autonomy." On growth engines, (CEO Roche) said, "our data center and ATE businesses are taking advantage of strong AI-driven infrastructure investments to achieve new highs" and added, "our confidence in their continued growth into '27 is increasing." He also flagged aerospace and defense strength: "our aerospace and defense business...reached a new revenue high this quarter" with demand supported by "national sovereignty concerns." On M&A, (CEO Roche) said, "our planned acquisition of Empower Semiconductor...will further augment our power technology portfolio," citing Empower’s "integrated voltage regulator" and "silicon capacitors" intended to enable "true vertical power delivery" and to "expand ADI's total addressable market within the hypergrowth AI accelerator space." Financially, (Executive VP & CFO Richard Puccio) reported, "Revenue in the second quarter was a record $3.62 billion," and said results were "led by our industrial and data center businesses." He added, "Second quarter gross margin was 73%" and "EPS was a record $3.09." Outlook (CFO Puccio) guided Q3 revenue to "$3.9 billion, plus or minus $100 million" and adjus...
The WHO said on Wednesday that the ongoing Ebola outbreak, which was declared a global public health emergency over the weekend, could worsen, with more than 130 deaths linked to the virus in eastern Africa so far. Following an emergency meeting in Geneva on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the epidemic caused by the Bundibugyo strain, for which no vaccines are ...
The WHO said on Wednesday that the ongoing Ebola outbreak, which was declared a global public health emergency over the weekend, could worsen, with more than 130 deaths linked to the virus in eastern Africa so far. Following an emergency meeting in Geneva on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the epidemic caused by the Bundibugyo strain, for which no vaccines are available, will remain a public health emergency of international concern. Tedros declared Ebola a PHEIC, the global body's highest level of warning, on Sunday, becoming the first WHO chief to take such a measure without consulting other experts due to the urgency of the situation. On Wednesday, Tedros confirmed that suspected Ebola cases have risen to 600 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring Uganda, with 139 suspected deaths so far. "We know the scale of the epidemic in DRC is much larger," he said, adding that while the risk of a potential spread of the virus is high at national and regional levels in Congo and Uganda, it is low at the global level. On Tuesday, the U.S. CDC said that an American doctor who contracted Ebola in the DRC has been transferred to Germany. Speaking alongside Tedros, WHO advisor Vasee Moorthy said that two potential vaccines are currently undergoing studies against the Bundibugyo strain, even though neither candidate has reached clinical development. More on the Ebola outbreak CDC imposes travel restrictions from three African countries to stem Ebola WHO declares Ebola emergency as Congo-Uganda outbreak raises global health concerns Ebola outbreak: CDC mobilizes response efforts; U.S. risk remains low AM Markets Need to Know: Elliott and Bio-Rad, Ebola outbreak, and more
Astera Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB - Get Free Report) was the recipient of some unusual options trading on Wednesday. Traders acquired 36,322 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 28% compared to the average volume of 28,406 call options. Get Astera Labs alerts: Sign Up Analyst Ratings Changes Several analysts recently weighed in on ALAB shares. UBS Group started coverage on Astera Labs in...
Astera Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB - Get Free Report) was the recipient of some unusual options trading on Wednesday. Traders acquired 36,322 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 28% compared to the average volume of 28,406 call options. Get Astera Labs alerts: Sign Up Analyst Ratings Changes Several analysts recently weighed in on ALAB shares. UBS Group started coverage on Astera Labs in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. They set a "neutral" rating and a $180.00 target price for the company. Citigroup raised their price objective on Astera Labs from $200.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. TD Cowen raised their price objective on Astera Labs from $140.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Evercore reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $297.00 price objective on shares of Astera Labs in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Astera Labs from $210.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Fifteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $233.75. View Our Latest Research Report on ALAB Insider Transactions at Astera Labs In other Astera Labs news, COO Sanjay Gajendra sold 230,639 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $198.22, for a total value of $45,717,262.58. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer directly owned 664,361 shares of the company's stock, valued at $131,689,637.42. This represents a 25.77% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transactio...
imaginima/iStock via Getty Images Thesis AeroVironment ( AVAV ) gets a hold at current levels, near $158. The company occupies the nexus of a generational shift in warfare away from costly legacy systems and toward cheap, disposable, AI-enabled drones, but near-term margin volatility, program uncertainty around the SCAR contract, and aggressive valuation keep me from upgrading to buy at these leve...
imaginima/iStock via Getty Images Thesis AeroVironment ( AVAV ) gets a hold at current levels, near $158. The company occupies the nexus of a generational shift in warfare away from costly legacy systems and toward cheap, disposable, AI-enabled drones, but near-term margin volatility, program uncertainty around the SCAR contract, and aggressive valuation keep me from upgrading to buy at these levels. I would be a buyer at $150–$152 and would sell if operating margins declined below 14% for two consecutive quarters. YCharts Company Overview AeroVironment, based in Arlington, Virginia, is another small drone business with a long history of designing and producing small unmanned aircraft systems for information gathering and target acquisition. Recently, the company has shown growing interest in counter-drone and directed-energy technologies. AeroVironment's most well-known recent technology is its line of Switchblade tube-launched loitering munitions. The Switchblade system's three variants include the 300, which is designed to knock out “softer targets”; the 600, which is designed to engage armored vehicles; and the 400, which can be used for medium-range anti-armor missions. AeroVironment produces other reconnaissance platforms, including the JUMP 20-X and VAPOR. Since the BlueHalo merger, AeroVironment has expanded into space, cyber, and directed-energy technology fields. The operational environment is simple: the current battlefields in Ukraine and the Middle East have shown that a low-cost, disposable drone system and loitering weapons can force an attrition against legacy air defenses. It is not a distant future scenario; it's happening already. AeroVironment stands to gain from that spending trend with battle-proven products already in combat. YCharts Financial Picture The latest quarter resulted in revenues of $454.7 million. This is a very positive revenue growth trend from the year-ago quarter and reflects that the topline story continues to be firmly on tra...
The first phase of the current artificial intelligence (AI) boom was all about training the foundational large language models (LLMs) needed to help answer queries and perform tasks. Training these AI models required a ton of processing power, which is where Nvidia (NVDA +1.76%) and its graphics processing units (GPUs) shone. Not only are Nvidia's GPUs powerful, but the company also smartly seeded...
The first phase of the current artificial intelligence (AI) boom was all about training the foundational large language models (LLMs) needed to help answer queries and perform tasks. Training these AI models required a ton of processing power, which is where Nvidia (NVDA +1.76%) and its graphics processing units (GPUs) shone. Not only are Nvidia's GPUs powerful, but the company also smartly seeded its CUDA software platform in places where early AI research was being done. This led to most early foundational code being written on its software and optimized for its chips, giving it a huge moat and making it the biggest AI winner. While AI model training remains important, this AI-focused market is starting to shift toward inference and agentic AI. New winners will emerge as factors such as memory, central processing units (CPUs), and cost per inference become more important. Let's look at three AI stocks that could become the next big AI winners. AMD: An agentic AI and inference winner The shift toward agentic AI and inference plays to Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD +7.61%) strengths. First, both require much higher CPU-to-GPU ratios: training at about 1:8, inference at around 1:4, and agentic AI at 1:1. AMD is the leader in the high-performance data center CPU market, so this is a huge tailwind for the company. On top of that, data center CPU prices should also be on the rise, as agentic AI needs more cores (sort of like individual workplaces with the chips), which should raise prices. Expand NASDAQ : AMD Advanced Micro Devices Today's Change ( 7.61 %) $ 31.50 Current Price $ 445.55 Key Data Points Market Cap $675B Day's Range $ 426.75 - $ 448.72 52wk Range $ 107.67 - $ 469.21 Volume 744K Avg Vol 39M Gross Margin 47.09 % AMD's chiplet GPUs, meanwhile, pack in more memory, which makes them ideal for inference, which tends to be more memory-bound than processing-bound. With large GPU inference deals in place, the company is set to be a winner in inference and agentic AI...
Investors in MediaAlpha, Inc. MAX need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the Aug 21, 2026 $17.50 Call had some of the highest implied volatility of all equity options today. What is Implied Volatility? Implied volatility shows how much movement the market is expecting in the future. Options with high levels of implied volatility sugges...
Investors in MediaAlpha, Inc. MAX need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the Aug 21, 2026 $17.50 Call had some of the highest implied volatility of all equity options today. What is Implied Volatility? Implied volatility shows how much movement the market is expecting in the future. Options with high levels of implied volatility suggest that investors in the underlying stocks are expecting a big move in one direction or the other. It could also mean there is an event coming up soon that may cause a big rally or a huge sell-off. However, implied volatility is only one piece of the puzzle when putting together an options trading strategy. What do the Analysts Think? Clearly, options traders are pricing in a big move for MediaAlpha shares, but what is the fundamental picture for the company? Currently, MediaAlpha is a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) in the Technology Services industry that ranks in the Bottom 30% of our Zacks Industry Rank. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current quarter has moved from 24 cents per share to 23 cents in that period. Given the way analysts feel about MediaAlpha right now, this huge implied volatility could mean there’s a trade developing. Oftentimes, options traders look for options with high levels of implied volatility to sell premium. This is a strategy many seasoned traders use because it captures decay. At expiration, the hope for these traders is that the underlying stock does not move as much as originally expected. Looking to Trade Options? Check out the simple yet high-powered approach that Zacks Executive VP Kevin Matras has used to close recent double and triple-digit winners. In addition to impressive profit potential, these trades can actually reduce your risk. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report MediaAlpha, Inc. (MAX) : Fr...
Torsten Asmus U.S. Treasury yields retreated sharply on Wednesday, reversing part of the previous session’s surge that had pushed long-dated borrowing costs to multi-decade highs as investors moved back into bonds amid easing geopolitical concerns. The benchmark U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield ( US10Y ) fell nine basis points to 4.58%, while the rate-sensitive U.S. 2-Year Treasury yield ( US2Y ) decli...
Torsten Asmus U.S. Treasury yields retreated sharply on Wednesday, reversing part of the previous session’s surge that had pushed long-dated borrowing costs to multi-decade highs as investors moved back into bonds amid easing geopolitical concerns. The benchmark U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield ( US10Y ) fell nine basis points to 4.58%, while the rate-sensitive U.S. 2-Year Treasury yield ( US2Y ) declined seven basis points to 4.05%. Meanwhile, the longer-end U.S. 30-Year Treasury yield ( US30Y ) slipped six basis points to 5.11%, backing away from levels that earlier in the week marked its highest point in roughly 19 years. Bond prices strengthened after comments from U.S. President Donald Trump suggested progress in diplomatic negotiations with Iran. According to a White House report, Trump said the United States is in the “final stages” of talks with Iran, helping improve investor sentiment and fueling demand for safer assets such as Treasurys. The move lower in yields follows Tuesday’s sharp climb across the curve, when concerns surrounding inflation, government debt levels, and fiscal uncertainty pressured fixed-income markets. Fixed Income ETFs: ( TLT ), ( TLH ), ( IEF ), ( IEI ), ( SHY ), ( SGOV ), ( SCHO ), ( BIL ), ( AGG ), ( BND ), ( VCIT ), ( MUB ), ( MBB ), ( JNK ), ( LQD ), ( HYG ), ( VTIP ), ( TIP ), ( SCHP ), ( STIP ), ( TIPX ), ( SPIP ), ( WIP ), ( GTIP ), ( LQDI ), and ( RINF ). More on markets Oil, yields, and the dollar form a triple threat against gold prices Only two sectors are driving the S&P 500 bull market higher since 2022 Fed hike fears grow as swaps signal over 80% chance of tightening by end of 2026 Value or Growth? These 20 stocks offer both as markets hover near record highs Magnificent Seven poised for technical breakout despite Dow struggles, Oppenheimer says
PPL Corporation’s PPL shares have gained 1% in the past six months compared with the Zacks Utility-Electric Power industry’s rise of 17.6%. The company also underperformed the Zacks Utilities sector in the same time frame. PPL Corporation has delivered an average negative earnings surprise of 2.07% over the past four quarters, while increasing competition in the transmission business could continu...
PPL Corporation’s PPL shares have gained 1% in the past six months compared with the Zacks Utility-Electric Power industry’s rise of 17.6%. The company also underperformed the Zacks Utilities sector in the same time frame. PPL Corporation has delivered an average negative earnings surprise of 2.07% over the past four quarters, while increasing competition in the transmission business could continue to pressure its operations. Yet, the company stands to benefit from growing data center demand, especially in Pennsylvania and Kentucky, where such facilities require substantial electricity consumption. Price Performance (One Year) Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Another operator in the same space, FirstEnergy Corp. FE, is making a substantial investment to strengthen its infrastructure to provide reliable services to customers. The company’s earnings surpassed estimates in three out of the past four reporting quarters and its shares have gained 5.5% in the past year. Should investors consider adding PPL to their portfolio based on the current softness in price movements? Let us delve deeper and find out the factors that can help investors decide whether it is a good entry point to add PPL stock to their portfolios. Factors Strengthening PPL Corporation’s Outlook PPL is also benefiting from economic growth and rising data center demand across its service territories. In Pennsylvania, advanced-stage data center demand has increased to nearly 28.3 gigawatt (“GW”) from 25.2 GW, while Kentucky’s economic development pipeline now indicates potential load growth of 12.9 GW through 2032, up from the earlier estimate of 8.5 GW. PPL Corporation plans to invest nearly $23 billion between 2026 and 2029, targeting an average annual rate base growth of around 10.3% through 2029. The company’s focus on generation, transmission and distribution projects, along with ongoing infrastructure upgrades, has helped improve service reliability and reduce customer outages. More than 60%...
Digital payments continue to gain share in global commerce as consumers and businesses increasingly shift toward card-based and embedded payment solutions. At the same time, rising cross-border spending, the expansion of digital wallets and continued fintech adoption are reshaping the competitive landscape for payment network operators, placing greater focus on transaction volumes, international e...
Digital payments continue to gain share in global commerce as consumers and businesses increasingly shift toward card-based and embedded payment solutions. At the same time, rising cross-border spending, the expansion of digital wallets and continued fintech adoption are reshaping the competitive landscape for payment network operators, placing greater focus on transaction volumes, international exposure and technology investments. Visa Inc. V and Mastercard Incorporated MA remain two of the largest players in the global payments ecosystem, benefiting from scalable network models and broad acceptance across markets. While both companies operate asset-light businesses tied to electronic payment growth, they differ in areas such as geographic mix, partnership strategy, value-added services and exposure to cross-border transactions. Let’s dive deep and closely compare the fundamentals of the two stocks to determine which stock is more attractive now. The Case for Visa Visa continues to benefit from strong momentum across consumer payments, commercial payments and money movement solutions. The company reported solid growth in Visa Direct transactions, commercial payment volumes and cross-border eCommerce activity during the quarter, supported by expanding partnerships with fintechs, digital wallets and global financial institutions. Visa is also broadening its ecosystem through products such as Visa Flex Credential and Visa as a Service, helping it capture both carded and non-carded payment flows. In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, payments volume rose 8% year over year, along with 12% and 9% growth in cross-border volume and processed transactions, respectively. This network effect, combined with broad acceptance and issuer relationships, underpins a highly scalable, asset-light model with strong operating leverage. It beat earnings in each of the past four quarters with an average surprise of 3.2%. Visa Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise Visa Inc. price-consens...
伊朗局勢|稱與伊談判踏最後階段 特朗普:願意多等待數天 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】美國總統特朗普稱跟伊朗的談判進入最後階段,願意花多數天等待伊朗回覆停火方案。 特朗普在海岸防衛隊學院畢業禮致辭...
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