BT Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Monday: Morgan Stanley reiterates Nvidia as overweight Morgan Stanley says it's optimistic heading into the company's GTC Conference this week. "We believe that NVIDIA is due to catch up to other stocks in the supply chain, and see this as a very good entry point." KBW upgrades Rocket Companies to outperform from market perform KBW says it sees a "hi...
BT Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Monday: Morgan Stanley reiterates Nvidia as overweight Morgan Stanley says it's optimistic heading into the company's GTC Conference this week. "We believe that NVIDIA is due to catch up to other stocks in the supply chain, and see this as a very good entry point." KBW upgrades Rocket Companies to outperform from market perform KBW says it sees a "higher earnings floor." "We view that under our KBW base case outlook for mortgage industry fundamentals (volumes and margins) and RKT earnings, current shares screen favorably, and we estimate a +50% total return over the next 12 months." Guggenheim initiates JFrog as buy Guggenheim says the software company is firing on all cylinders. "As the de facto system of record for governing software artifacts, JFrog plays a strategic role not only in software development but also in enterprise risk management. 2025 was a standout year marked by accelerating Cloud growth and total revenue growth, driven by overconsumption and an inflection in security adoption, while FCF margin expanded to 27%." BTIG upgrades Upstart Holdings to buy from neutral BTIG says it's bullish on the company's recent bank charter application. "We upgrad e UPST shares to Buy with a $43 target price. Our target is 6x 2027 EPS if our bank expense savings math is right, and 9x if our bank math is wrong." Read more. Jefferies upgrades Simply Good Foods to buy from hold Jefferies says it likes the company's exposure to healthy eating. "We upgrade SMPL to Buy given category exposure and valuation; SOTP ex-Atkins confirms shares do not account for solid Quest growth & protein exposure F28E Sales 3Y CAGR EBITDA Margin Adj." Jefferies initiates Abivax as buy Jefferies said in its initiation of Abivax that the biotech company is underappreciated. "We view obefazimod (obe) as a 'unicorn' in the large market of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) given strong efficacy in the format of a safe, easy oral pill." Read more. Ever...
The Bibby Stockholm barge, which was moored off Portland, Dorset, to accommodate asylum seekers, attracted many negative headlines – from evacuation after the discovery of legionella bacteria, to the suicide of Albanian asylum seeker Leonard Farruku and angry far-right protests. But an exhibition launching this week reveals a less reported side of life on the barge, where enduring connections betw...
The Bibby Stockholm barge, which was moored off Portland, Dorset, to accommodate asylum seekers, attracted many negative headlines – from evacuation after the discovery of legionella bacteria, to the suicide of Albanian asylum seeker Leonard Farruku and angry far-right protests. But an exhibition launching this week reveals a less reported side of life on the barge, where enduring connections between asylum seekers and members of the local community were forged and continue long after the last group of asylum seekers left the vessel in November 2024. View image in fullscreen Enjoying a BBQ in Weston. Photograph: Theo McInnes Bibby Boys, by Theo McKinnes and Thomas Ralph, which tracks the entwined lives of the asylum seekers and the community, is they say, “testament to the men’s enduring spirit”. The barge opened to accommodate asylum seekers on 7 August 2023. Described by Amnesty International as “reminiscent of the prison hulks of the Victorian era”, its arrival on the remote peninsula attached to the mainland by a single road, maximised the optics of punishment for the asylum seekers who had no choice about living there. The previous government, like the current one, was under pressure to end use of “luxury” hotels for asylum seekers. The barge divided the local community, and far-right activists from groups such as Patriotic Alternative arrived from other parts of the country to try to amplify discord. Facing the asylum seekers were many local residents who came with welcome packs and flowers for the newly arrived men. They formed Portland Global Friendship Group (PGFG) and changed Portland’s slogan “Keeping Portland Weird” to “Keeping Portland kind”. View image in fullscreen Davide and Reece. Photograph: Theo McInnes “We felt these are human beings on our island. We ought to be reaching out to them as we would to any stranger. It almost felt like a civil and moral humanitarian duty,” said Giovanna Lewis, one of the members of the group. As a local councillor at...
Image: AMD From a purported Medusa Point benchmark and an FSR 4.1 sighting to a possible RDNA 5 update, things are happening on the AMD front. To start with, we have what are said to be Geekbench scores for a 10-core Medusa Point CPU. It should always be noted that CPU scores have been spoofed many times over the years, but these appear to be legitimate. Medusa Point is an AMD mobile part based on...
Image: AMD From a purported Medusa Point benchmark and an FSR 4.1 sighting to a possible RDNA 5 update, things are happening on the AMD front. To start with, we have what are said to be Geekbench scores for a 10-core Medusa Point CPU. It should always be noted that CPU scores have been spoofed many times over the years, but these appear to be legitimate. Medusa Point is an AMD mobile part based on the Zen 6 architecture and expected to be featured in laptops in the upcoming months. The particular processor seen here has 10 cores / 20 threads and an impressive 32 MB L3 cache. It has a base clock frequency of 2.4 GHz, and testing was done in a system with 32 GB of RAM. Multiple outlets have reported that the CPU topped at around 1.3 GHz during testing, so these scores should not be considered indicative of top performance for it. Image: GeekBench Next up is a potential update to AMD FSR with version 4.1 reportedly being in the works. AMD has yet to officially announce FSR 4.1 but that hasn’t stopped from what appears to be DLL files for it briefly being spotted on AMD’s servers. Owners of Radeon RX 9060 XT, 9070, and 9070 XT GPUs are keeping a keen eye out for it due to possible Redstone updates. The files were deleted, but not before one Reddit user had posted a link to them. Regardless, AMD is likely to officially launch them in an upcoming driver update. Lastly is a bit of an oddity as spotted via VideoCardz regarding Dual Issue on RDNA 5 GPU. A code change request was made to gfx13 to improve the ability of RDNA 5 GPUs to perform two math calculations at the same time. Updated code shows two new entries called GFX13GenD and GFX13GenD3, which include test files. It remains to be seen exactly how this will affect gaming-related tasks or application settings, but any improvement is always welcome. Join the discussion in The FPS Review Forums...
Despite the attacks on Dubai, Harper says the business community there is "resilient". Restaurants have been offering deals to get people back into restaurants and "the malls still seem to be busy". People "underestimate Dubai and its ability to survive a downturn", he added.
Despite the attacks on Dubai, Harper says the business community there is "resilient". Restaurants have been offering deals to get people back into restaurants and "the malls still seem to be busy". People "underestimate Dubai and its ability to survive a downturn", he added.
Sonia Bompastor ‘a bit sad’ at League Cup changes while Andrée Jeglertz steels Manchester City for season’s climax Sonia Bompastor said losing the opportunity to play in the League Cup was a “bit sad,” but she understood the reason for excluding teams that qualify for the Champions League next season. With Chelsea rarely outside the European places the Blues’ 2-0 League Cup final victory over Manc...
Sonia Bompastor ‘a bit sad’ at League Cup changes while Andrée Jeglertz steels Manchester City for season’s climax Sonia Bompastor said losing the opportunity to play in the League Cup was a “bit sad,” but she understood the reason for excluding teams that qualify for the Champions League next season. With Chelsea rarely outside the European places the Blues’ 2-0 League Cup final victory over Manchester United on Sunday may well be their last foray in the competition for some time. “I think I understand the reason why the decision is made,” she said after goals from Lauren James and Aggie Beever-Jones secured the win. “For a club like Chelsea, we are playing a lot of games, our schedule is busy, so I understand the reason behind the decision. As much as we want to be competing in every competition and going as far as possible and grabbing as many titles and trophies as possible, I understand. Of course, when you have one competition that is probably going away from you it’s a bit sad.” Suzanne Wrack Continue reading...
When the conflict with Iran quickly expanded to include the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Feb. 28, the entire cryptocurrency market flinched. XRP, (XRP +4.11%) whose issuer Ripple has cultivated some deep roots in Dubai, which has been consistently under attack, is in a particularly uncomfortable moment. Do the underlying causes of that discomfort warrant avoiding or selling the coin? Let's walk t...
When the conflict with Iran quickly expanded to include the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Feb. 28, the entire cryptocurrency market flinched. XRP, (XRP +4.11%) whose issuer Ripple has cultivated some deep roots in Dubai, which has been consistently under attack, is in a particularly uncomfortable moment. Do the underlying causes of that discomfort warrant avoiding or selling the coin? Let's walk through what's at stake. Dubai is a hub in the crypto world Global financial centers like New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Dubai are particularly important locations in crypto because they're where vast amounts of capital concentrates. They also tend to be where crypto tax laws are looser. Ripple established its Middle East headquarters in Dubai in 2020, and about 20% of its global customer base operates in the region. In 2025, the company became the first blockchain payments provider licensed by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). Most ambitiously, Dubai's Land Department selected the XRP Ledger (XRPL) for a real estate tokenization initiative, with secondary trading of tokenized assets going live last month. Expand CRYPTO : XRP XRP Today's Change ( 4.11 %) $ 0.06 Current Price $ 1.47 Key Data Points Market Cap $90B Day's Range $ 1.41 - $ 1.49 52wk Range $ 1.14 - $ 3.65 Volume 3.1B The conflict puts Ripple's position at risk, but not how you might assume. Physical damage is not the problem here, and sales of XRP by the warring parties probably won't be substantial enough to matter if they happen at all. The bigger threat is what the conflict will do for Dubai's identity as a safe and stable hub for cryptocurrency and fintech. If the city's appeal for institutional capital fades as investors become reluctant to be exposed to physical risk, all of Ripple's various regional partnerships, regulatory authorizations, and asset tokenization projects will lose a lot of their shine. And that means Ripple will almost certainly need to look elsewhere in the world to find...
Key Points XRP is presently not directly exposed to risk from the conflict with Iran. But its degree of indirect exposure is significantly higher than other cryptocurrencies. It's facing a macro environment that might deteriorate -- and factors related to Dubai. 10 stocks we like better than XRP › When the conflict with Iran quickly expanded to include the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Feb. 28, th...
Key Points XRP is presently not directly exposed to risk from the conflict with Iran. But its degree of indirect exposure is significantly higher than other cryptocurrencies. It's facing a macro environment that might deteriorate -- and factors related to Dubai. 10 stocks we like better than XRP › When the conflict with Iran quickly expanded to include the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Feb. 28, the entire cryptocurrency market flinched. XRP, (CRYPTO: XRP) whose issuer Ripple has cultivated some deep roots in Dubai, which has been consistently under attack, is in a particularly uncomfortable moment. Do the underlying causes of that discomfort warrant avoiding or selling the coin? Let's walk through what's at stake. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Dubai is a hub in the crypto world Global financial centers like New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Dubai are particularly important locations in crypto because they're where vast amounts of capital concentrates. They also tend to be where crypto tax laws are looser. Ripple established its Middle East headquarters in Dubai in 2020, and about 20% of its global customer base operates in the region. In 2025, the company became the first blockchain payments provider licensed by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). Most ambitiously, Dubai's Land Department selected the XRP Ledger (XRPL) for a real estate tokenization initiative, with secondary trading of tokenized assets going live last month. The conflict puts Ripple's position at risk, but not how you might assume. Physical damage is not the problem here, and sales of XRP by the warring parties probably won't be substantial enough to matter if they happen at all. The bigger threat is what the conflict will do for Dubai's identity as a safe and stable hub for cryptocurrency and finte...
Chevron Corporation CVX is advancing the development of the Aphrodite gas field offshore Cyprus by awarding a key engineering contract to Worley Limited WYGPY. The agreement covers front-end engineering design (FEED) and procurement services, representing a crucial step in progressing one of the Eastern Mediterranean’s most significant offshore gas developments. As operator of the field, Chevron c...
Chevron Corporation CVX is advancing the development of the Aphrodite gas field offshore Cyprus by awarding a key engineering contract to Worley Limited WYGPY. The agreement covers front-end engineering design (FEED) and procurement services, representing a crucial step in progressing one of the Eastern Mediterranean’s most significant offshore gas developments. As operator of the field, Chevron continues to drive technical and engineering work to move the project closer to a final investment decision. The FEED phase will help refine the project’s technical design, cost estimates and execution strategy as the partners prepare for long-term production. Scope of the Engineering Work Under the contract, Worley will deliver FEED services across all major components of the Aphrodite Field Development Project. The work will cover a floating production unit, subsea infrastructure, a gas export pipeline and onshore gas receiving facilities. The company will also oversee procurement activities for critical equipment associated with the offshore production system and related onshore infrastructure. The engineering work builds on earlier pre-FEED and bridging studies completed during the previous year, ensuring continuity in the project’s technical planning. A Strategic Offshore Resource in the Eastern Mediterranean The Aphrodite gas field lies roughly 160 kilometers south of Limassol within Block 12 of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone. Spanning about 120 square kilometers, the offshore reservoir sits near other major regional discoveries, such as the nearby Leviathan gas field. Exploration confirmed significant gas resources within the reservoir, making Aphrodite one of the most important offshore energy assets in the region. Its development is expected to contribute to the broader expansion of Eastern Mediterranean gas production and strengthen regional energy supply. Partnership Driving the Project Forward Chevron, currently carrying a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), operates the Aphr...
Aspen Group ( ASPU ) announced that effective March 16, Matt LaVay moved from chief financial officer to chief executive officer and joined the company’s board. Longtime CEO Michael Mathews transitioned to executive chairman of the board. Mathews will remain actively involved full-time, focusing on strategy, growth initiatives, and long-term value creation. More on Aspen Financial information for ...
Aspen Group ( ASPU ) announced that effective March 16, Matt LaVay moved from chief financial officer to chief executive officer and joined the company’s board. Longtime CEO Michael Mathews transitioned to executive chairman of the board. Mathews will remain actively involved full-time, focusing on strategy, growth initiatives, and long-term value creation. More on Aspen Financial information for Aspen
Hewitt discovered that by going to his own company's dashboard and trying to view another which he didn't own and pressing the back key four times, he was suddenly able to see the dashboard of the other company.
Hewitt discovered that by going to his own company's dashboard and trying to view another which he didn't own and pressing the back key four times, he was suddenly able to see the dashboard of the other company.
Shell Plc sees long-term global demand for liquefied natural gas continuing to grow because of its flexibility and reliability, even as the conflict in the Middle East brings volatility to prices. The company expects consumption for the fuel to surge by at least 45% by 2050 from 2025 levels, it said Monday. It expects demand to range between 610 million to 780 million annually by mid-century. The ...
Shell Plc sees long-term global demand for liquefied natural gas continuing to grow because of its flexibility and reliability, even as the conflict in the Middle East brings volatility to prices. The company expects consumption for the fuel to surge by at least 45% by 2050 from 2025 levels, it said Monday. It expects demand to range between 610 million to 780 million annually by mid-century. The report comes as global LNG markets have been upended by the war in the Middle East, with traffic through the Strait of Hormuz — a crucial transit for fuel shipments — reduced to a trickle. While Shell didn’t comment on the impact from the conflict, Bloomberg reported that it has declared force majeure , a contractual clause that allows a company to interrupt shipments to some customers, due to the shutdown at the world’s largest export plant in Qatar. The report, a variation of the company’s annual outlook, compiles industry analysis. This year Shell extended the range of its forecast by a decade to 2050. The oil and gas major said the data in Monday’s report was “accurate as of March 16, 2026,” but any final LNG outlook could vary “due to the evolving conflict in the Middle East.” Read More: LNG Suppliers Declare Force Majeure on Contracts From Qatar Shell bets Asia will continue to be the main demand driver as it remains the center of global economic growth at least until 2050. While European nations chase their net zero targets, they will continue to need LNG as renewable roll-outs lag, the report said. The anticipated increase in demand comes as the market is poised to be oversupplied. Still, the increased fuel availability will help lower global gas prices, which Shell expects will boost price-sensitive “latent demand.” However, the timelines for some LNG projects remain uncertain because of costs, supply and labor issues, Shell said. Last week, Bloomberg reported that QatarEnergy is pushing back the start of a major liquefied natural gas expansion project to at least ...
The final series of the BBC’s sharp sendup of boarding school in the UK is a riot of sex, scandals and final exams. This is striking, charming TV that has been impressive from first to last Daniel Lawrence Taylor’s teen drama Boarders is a bit of a Trojan horse. From the aesthetic, you’d be forgiven for mistaking it for a shiny CBBC comedy. But the series, which follows a group of Black, inner-cit...
The final series of the BBC’s sharp sendup of boarding school in the UK is a riot of sex, scandals and final exams. This is striking, charming TV that has been impressive from first to last Daniel Lawrence Taylor’s teen drama Boarders is a bit of a Trojan horse. From the aesthetic, you’d be forgiven for mistaking it for a shiny CBBC comedy. But the series, which follows a group of Black, inner-city teens through the looking-glass into an elite boarding school, is a sharp satire of these institutions. It doesn’t just take aim at the pomp and tradition of British boarding schools – although there’s plenty of familiar sending up of rugby lads. It also goes further to explore the range of incredibly complex dynamics that emerge every day for Black people in elite institutions. Take its first two seasons, which took an unexpectedly cynical look at the business of diversity, equality and inclusion. After the teens enrol at the fictional St Gilbert’s, it quickly emerges that their scholarship programme is an attempt to rehabilitate the school’s image, which took a knock after a pupil poured champagne on a homeless man. Continue reading...
Open this photo in gallery: A security guard stands watch outside Meta Platforms headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., in 2022. The tech giant is reportedly planning for mass layoffs as it bets heavily on AI.PETER DASILVA/Reuters Meta Platforms META-Q shares rose nearly 3 per cent on Monday following a Reuters report that the social-media giant plans to lay off 20 per cent or more of its work for...
Open this photo in gallery: A security guard stands watch outside Meta Platforms headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., in 2022. The tech giant is reportedly planning for mass layoffs as it bets heavily on AI.PETER DASILVA/Reuters Meta Platforms META-Q shares rose nearly 3 per cent on Monday following a Reuters report that the social-media giant plans to lay off 20 per cent or more of its work force to offset heavy spending on artificial intelligence and bet on productivity gains from the technology. If Meta settles on the 20-per-cent figure, the cuts will be the biggest since a late 2022 and early 2023 restructuring it dubbed the “year of efficiency,” which eliminated around 21,000 jobs. After falling behind in the AI race, Meta has spent heavily in recent years to catch up by building data centres and waging a talent war. It expects a capital outlay of up to US$135-billion in 2026, roughly double of last year’s spending. The expenditure is meant to secure the cloud capacity needed to train and run AI models, and Meta will spend up to US$27-billion for such services from Nebius under a deal on Monday. Higher sales, same headcount: How AI is transforming work at Canada’s biggest companies While the spending has powered improvements in Meta’s ad-tools and boosted sales, it has yet to roll out an AI model that can challenge industry leaders OpenAI, Anthropic and Google GOOGL-Q. Meta has been working on a new model called Avocado, but the performance of that model has also lagged expectations. A 20-per-cent staff cut could amount to about US$6-billion in cost savings, or a 5-per-cent boost to adjusted core earnings, Rosenblatt Securities analyst Barton Crockett said. “This doesn’t have to stop at 20%. There could be more down the road if AI is truly this impactful on staff productivity.” Meta, whose work force totalled 79,000 at the end of December, said on Friday, “this is speculative reporting about theoretical approaches” in response to Reuters’ request for comment....
Let's be clear. History doesn't really have much of an influence on what next year's Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will be. The current method of calculating the Social Security COLA was established in 1975. Since that time, COLAs have been implemented automatically by comparing consumer prices in the third quarter of one year with prices in the same period the prior year. So...
Let's be clear. History doesn't really have much of an influence on what next year's Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will be. The current method of calculating the Social Security COLA was established in 1975. Since that time, COLAs have been implemented automatically by comparing consumer prices in the third quarter of one year with prices in the same period the prior year. So, the 2027 Social Security COLA will depend on inflation data from the third quarter of 2026. Since the modern COLA calculation method has been in place, the median annual increase has been 3%, with annual adjustments ranging from 0% to 14.3%. Recent projections for the 2027 COLA -- and why they'll probably be wrong The Senior Citizens League, which provides one of the most closely watched and highly regarded Social Security COLA estimates, recently predicted a 2.8% increase in 2027. That would be exactly in line with the increase that was implemented for 2026. However, it's impossible to know for sure. And there are two big caveats to keep in mind. The 2.8% estimate is based on what we know at this time. It includes current and projected inflation data, but it's important to realize that we don't have any of the inflation data that will actually be used in the COLA calculation. In fact, initial estimates for the 2026 COLA were far lower than the 2.8% we ended up getting. Second, the 2.8% estimate was made before the Iran conflict escalated and energy prices soared. As of this writing (March 12), oil had risen by 65% in 2026 and by more than 35% so far in March alone. This is significant because energy prices are not only a major component of the Consumer Price Index, which is used to calculate inflation, but also because they can exert inflationary pressures elsewhere in the economy. For example, rising fuel prices mean it will cost grocery stores more to transport their products, and this would likely be passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices. With all of tha...
Pebblebrook Hotel ( PEB ) declares $0.01/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 0.35% Payable April 15; for shareholders of record April 15; ex-div April 15. See PEB Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Pebblebrook Hotel Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Pebblebrook Hotel Trust: Buybacks, Discount, And 8% Yield With Prefe...
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Francisco Blanch, head of commodities and derivatives research at BofA Securities, sees the risks of recession growing “by the week” if the Iran war continues into April and May. Blanch says, “The war is gonna transform the way we think about commodities, more fundamentally.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Francisco Blanch, head of commodities and derivatives research at BofA Securities, sees the risks of recession growing “by the week” if the Iran war continues into April and May. Blanch says, “The war is gonna transform the way we think about commodities, more fundamentally.” (Source: Bloomberg)