England's Six Nations campaign plunged deeper into crisis as second-half yellow cards for Sam Underhill and Maro Itoje paved the way to victory for a joyous Italy in Rome. It is a third successive Six Nations defeat for England and Italy's first-ever win in the fixture after 32 unsuccessful attempts. For head coach Steve Borthwick another uninspired and insipid performance, 18 months out from the ...
England's Six Nations campaign plunged deeper into crisis as second-half yellow cards for Sam Underhill and Maro Itoje paved the way to victory for a joyous Italy in Rome. It is a third successive Six Nations defeat for England and Italy's first-ever win in the fixture after 32 unsuccessful attempts. For head coach Steve Borthwick another uninspired and insipid performance, 18 months out from the Rugby World Cup, raises the most awkward and far-reaching questions. England will go to their final-day meeting with France next week, earmarked as a possible Grand Slam decider at the start of the tournament, as minor characters attempting to somehow avoid their first single-win campaign in Six Nations history. While England had made heavy weather of building a lead, they seemed well insulated against such a seismic shock with an 18-10 advantage and a little more than 20 minutes left. However, Underhill was dispatched to the sin-bin for a high hit on Northampton's Danilo Fischetti before captain Itoje followed for mindlessly slapping the ball out of Italy scrum-half Alessandro Garbisi's hands. England lost two players for 10 minutes and Italy gained momentum for the rest of the match, delivering the decisive blow eight minutes from time as Paolo Garbisi, Monty Ioane and Tomasso Menoncello combined thrillingly to put Leonardo Marin in under the posts. At the final whistle, England's players stood around stunned as the disco lights and celebrations erupted around them. Italy had claimed history - England look to an uncertain future. More to follow
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) had a rough week, falling 2.95% as tariff anxiety, macro uncertainty, and a VIX spike to 23.75 rattled blue-chip investors. That fear gauge is now sitting at its 88th percentile over the past year, we’ll see if that continues as much of this week’s sell-off came from worries the ... Dow Jones Movers: IBM Leads, Sherwin-Williams Drags as Analysts Clash o...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) had a rough week, falling 2.95% as tariff anxiety, macro uncertainty, and a VIX spike to 23.75 rattled blue-chip investors. That fear gauge is now sitting at its 88th percentile over the past year, we’ll see if that continues as much of this week’s sell-off came from worries the ... Dow Jones Movers: IBM Leads, Sherwin-Williams Drags as Analysts Clash on Salesforce
PayPal (PYPL 1.41%), one of the world's largest digital payment companies, was once a promising growth stock. Yet over the past five years, its stock has declined nearly 80% as intense competition, the loss of eBay (EBAY 0.02%) as a top customer, and a challenging macro environment throttled its growth in active accounts and revenues. From 2021 to 2025, PayPal's year-end active accounts only grew ...
PayPal (PYPL 1.41%), one of the world's largest digital payment companies, was once a promising growth stock. Yet over the past five years, its stock has declined nearly 80% as intense competition, the loss of eBay (EBAY 0.02%) as a top customer, and a challenging macro environment throttled its growth in active accounts and revenues. From 2021 to 2025, PayPal's year-end active accounts only grew from 426 million to 439 million. That was well below its original goal (which it later abandoned) of hitting 750 million active accounts by 2025. As its account growth stalls out, it's trying to drive more transactions through its branded checkout platform, Venmo peer-to-peer payments app, debit cards, and buy now, pay later (BNPL) services to offset that pressure. At the same time, it's downsizing its higher-volume, lower-value platforms (including its backend platform Braintree) to stabilize its margins and transaction take rates. It's also cutting costs and aggressively repurchasing its shares to boost its EPS as its top-line growth cools. But for 2026, it still expects EPS to decline by mid-single digits as its branded checkout platform struggles to stand out in a sea of similar services. So while PayPal's stock might seem cheap at nine times this year's earnings, it might deserve that discount valuation. Therefore, it might be smarter to invest in another financial giant with a wider moat: American Express (AXP 2.05%). Why is American Express a better buy? American Express is often compared to Visa (V 0.68%) and Mastercard (MA 0.46%), but it operates a different business model. Visa and Mastercard don't issue their own cards -- they only partner with banks, which issue the cards and take on the debt. They generate most of their revenues by charging merchants "swipe fees" whenever those cards are used. American Express is both a card-issuing bank and a payment network operator. Therefore, it backs its own cards with its own balance sheet and earns interest on those acco...
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Even by the Six Nations’ usual standards this has been a remarkable tournament. And to the list of stunning outcomes can now be added the biggest result in the history of Italian rugby. For the first time in 33 attempts they have beaten England at rugby union and no one could possibly claim the boys in blue did not deserve their long-awaited special day. Entering the final half hour it had seemed ...
Even by the Six Nations’ usual standards this has been a remarkable tournament. And to the list of stunning outcomes can now be added the biggest result in the history of Italian rugby. For the first time in 33 attempts they have beaten England at rugby union and no one could possibly claim the boys in blue did not deserve their long-awaited special day. Entering the final half hour it had seemed as though England might just leave Rome with their dignity intact. Instead, not for the first time in this championship, they were the architects of their own downfall with the momentum of the game swinging decisively after two visiting forwards, including captain Maro Itoje, were sent to the sin-bin simultaneously. Italy, 18-10 down at one stage, sensed their chance and struck the decisive blow in the 71st minute when the replacement Leonardo Marin dived over to finish a stunning counterattack try set up by forceful running from Monty Ioane and Tommaso Menoncello, who had earlier scored a fabulous solo try of his own. Not surprisingly the roar at the final whistle could have been heard in the Alps. Precise translations of the home chants were not immediately available but it was not hard to imagine something along the lines of “Jonny Wilkinson, Martin Johnson, David Beckham, Jamie Oliver; your boys took one hell of a beating …” It all felt light years away from the days when Italy were losing 36 Six Nations games in a row, a seven-year streak that only ended in 2022. Their head coach, Gonzalo Quesada, has done a spectacularly good job since he took over two years ago and here was the definitive proof. View image in fullscreen Leonardo Marin is congratulated after touching down his vital try. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images What to say about England? They will assuredly be hurting as they head to Paris, via a short training camp in Verona, for next week’s final round. At least they scored a couple of well-taken first-half tries through Tommy Freeman and Tom Roebuck bu...
New CEO Greg Abel just delivered his first annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway's (BRKA 0.34%)(BRKB 0.27%) shareholders, a tradition that former CEO Warren Buffett carried out for the past six decades. The letter was 18 pages and provided a ton of details on how Abel plans to run the company, a detailed overview of all of Berkshire's operating businesses, and, of course, comments on Berkshire's mas...
New CEO Greg Abel just delivered his first annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway's (BRKA 0.34%)(BRKB 0.27%) shareholders, a tradition that former CEO Warren Buffett carried out for the past six decades. The letter was 18 pages and provided a ton of details on how Abel plans to run the company, a detailed overview of all of Berkshire's operating businesses, and, of course, comments on Berkshire's massive, roughly $318 billion equities portfolio. Interestingly, Abel called out four stocks that Berkshire owns, which together account for a large portion of the portfolio. These are "businesses we understand well, have a high regard for their leaders, and expect will compound over decades." Abel also said he expects "limited activity in these holdings," providing big clues about Berkshire's investment strategy that Buffett rarely did. Here are the four stocks Abel referenced that he expects to compound for decades. Apple -- 18.9% of portfolio The iconic consumer tech giant Apple (AAPL 0.96%) has long been the largest position in Berkshire's portfolio, at one point accounting for 40% of it. Buffett reportedly got interested in the company, which Berkshire first bought in 2016, when Buffett saw how distraught his friend became when he thought he'd lost his iPhone. Expand NASDAQ : AAPL Apple Today's Change ( -0.96 %) $ -2.49 Current Price $ 257.80 Key Data Points Market Cap $3.8T Day's Range $ 254.43 - $ 258.76 52wk Range $ 169.21 - $ 288.62 Volume 1.8M Avg Vol 48M Gross Margin 47.33 % Dividend Yield 0.40 % Still, some might have been a bit surprised to see Abel include Apple on this list, since Berkshire has trimmed its stake in Apple by about 75% in recent years. As Buffett has said in the past, Berkshire usually does not trim positions, but will eventually sell the entire stake once it starts selling. Apple could be a unique case, given how large the position has become and how well large tech and artificial intelligence stocks have performed in recent years. At the time, B...
The six men, aged from 20 to 49, were arrested at the same location in Harrow on suspicion of assisting an offender. One was also arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.
The six men, aged from 20 to 49, were arrested at the same location in Harrow on suspicion of assisting an offender. One was also arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.
A bombing at a nightclub in Peru has injured 33 people, including minors, authorities said Saturday. The explosion happened in the pre-dawn hours at the Dalí nightclub in the province of Trujillo along Peru’s northern coast, according to a statement from the local emergency operations center. It’s a region that has recently been plagued by violence and crime. It wasn’t immediately clear who was re...
A bombing at a nightclub in Peru has injured 33 people, including minors, authorities said Saturday. The explosion happened in the pre-dawn hours at the Dalí nightclub in the province of Trujillo along Peru’s northern coast, according to a statement from the local emergency operations center. It’s a region that has recently been plagued by violence and crime. It wasn’t immediately clear who was responsible and a motive wasn’t immediately known. At least five of the injured people were in serious condition, according to Gerardo Florián Gómez, the executive director of the Trujillo Health Network. Some of the victims suffered amputations and shrapnel wounds and were undergoing surgery, he told reporters. Among the injured were three minors aged 16 and 17, Florián Gómez said. Fiorella Mantilla, who was at the nightclub when the blast took place, told reporters that she had glass embedded in her legs and recalled that “it sounded as if the sound system had suddenly been turned off”. In a witness video published by local newspaper La República, some people in the club yelled: “Bomb!” and then: “Let’s go!” following the explosion. A person who filmed the scene then focused on a woman lying on the floor and said: “Help the girl!” The explosion took place less than a month after another blast in the same city that damaged 25 homes but caused no injuries or fatalities. Extortion and illegal mining plague the La Libertad region, whose Andean portion is home to the largest gold-producing area in Peru. In 2025, the region experienced 286 explosions, 136 of which occurred in the city of Trujillo, according to official figures. The expansion of organized criminal groups has led to an increase in related crimes such as extortion.
Oscar nominee Timothee Chalamet is the front runner to take home the golden statuette for Marty Supreme – but he definitely has not won fans in the ballet and opera worlds. In a town hall discussion late last month with Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey hosted by CNN and Variety, the 30-year-old Chalamet was discussing the future of movie theatres and whether the advent of streaming will spell doom...
Oscar nominee Timothee Chalamet is the front runner to take home the golden statuette for Marty Supreme – but he definitely has not won fans in the ballet and opera worlds. In a town hall discussion late last month with Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey hosted by CNN and Variety, the 30-year-old Chalamet was discussing the future of movie theatres and whether the advent of streaming will spell doom for cinemas. “If people want to see it – like Barbie, like Oppenheimer – they’re going to go see it and go out of their way to be loud and proud about it,” Chalamet said. Advertisement “And I don’t want to be working in ballet or opera or things where it’s like, ‘Hey, keep this thing alive, even though like no one cares about this any more.’ All respect to the ballet and opera people out there,” he added to laughs from the audience. “I just took shots for no reason.” Timothee Chalamet appears in a scene from “Marty Supreme”. Photo: A24 via AP The world’s opera and ballet companies were not entertained.
As the earnings season winds down, investors are turning their attention to updated quant ratings following the latest round of corporate results. The scores provide a snapshot of how companies rank across key factors such as valuation, growth, profitability, momentum, and revisions after reporting their quarterly performance. Below is a snapshot of mid-cap utility companies with market capitaliza...
As the earnings season winds down, investors are turning their attention to updated quant ratings following the latest round of corporate results. The scores provide a snapshot of how companies rank across key factors such as valuation, growth, profitability, momentum, and revisions after reporting their quarterly performance. Below is a snapshot of mid-cap utility companies with market capitalizations between $2B and $10B, highlighting those with the highest and lowest quant ratings after the earnings season, underscoring the stocks that strengthened their fundamentals as well as those that lagged behind. Top-quant rated stocks: Central Puerto ( CEPU ), Quant Rating: 4.81, Strong Buy . New Jersey Resources ( NJR ), Quant Rating: 4.68, Strong Buy . Northwest Natural ( NWN ), Quant Rating: 4.48, Buy . ONE Gas ( OGS ), Quant Rating: 4.39, Buy . Portland General Electric ( POR ), Quant Rating: 3.94. Buy . Bottom quant rated stocks: Pampa Energia ( PAM ), Quant Rating: 2.19, Sell . Chesapeake Utilities ( CPK ), Quant Rating: 2.24, Sell . TransAlta ( TAC ), Quant Rating: 2.24, Sell . Ormat Technologies ( ORA ), Quant Rating: 2.27, Sell . UGI Corp ( UGI ), Quant Rating: 2.28, Sell . More on State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF Endangerment Finding And The XLU Market Sector Review: Extreme Market Bifurcation XLU: Why Did It Top Last October? Most and least shorted utilities stocks with up to $2B market cap OTTR, HE draw highest short interest in utilities sector; BIP and RNW see lowest short interest
David Barnett has learned a lot since first launching PopSockets more than a decade ago. As the tale goes, the former philosophy professor was looking for an easy way to hold his headphones and went on to create one of the most viral phone accessories of all time: A device that grips to the back of the phone and can be used as a kickstand or a handle — better known as the PopSocket. Barnett sat do...
David Barnett has learned a lot since first launching PopSockets more than a decade ago. As the tale goes, the former philosophy professor was looking for an easy way to hold his headphones and went on to create one of the most viral phone accessories of all time: A device that grips to the back of the phone and can be used as a kickstand or a handle — better known as the PopSocket. Barnett sat down with Equity this week to talk about his journey building this company from his garage, why he decided to never take on traditional venture capital funding, and some of the lessons he’s learned while scaling the business. “I was a philosophy professor, so I had no experience with manufacturing,” he recalled, adding that he also lacked experience in business, tax, accounting, and finance. “I burned through a lot of money with no revenue,” he continued, adding that he had “wave after wave of manufacturing defects” during the early days. Still, he managed along and was able to land in a local toy store where he would often stop by to watch how customers interacted with his brand. “The sales were quite slow,” he said. He adjusted the Popsocket a bit, and that’s when everything started to take off. “That was the point where I thought, ‘Okay, this could work in retail.” From there, he spoke about the hits and misses of entering retail (including a dispute he had with Amazon that briefly caused him to pull his product from the website). He spoke about adapting the product even more, protecting intellectual property, and when he knew it was time to step down as CEO and let someone else take the reins. “The greatest lesson I’ve learned is that it’s all about the people,” he said, adding that he was looking for this trait in his successor. “I think that’s the most important skill one can have as a leader.”
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Swinney would 'consider' US military plane ban from Prestwick Airport The first minister says he wants clarity from the UK government about whether the planes were involved in the US-Israeli action in the Middle East.
Swinney would 'consider' US military plane ban from Prestwick Airport The first minister says he wants clarity from the UK government about whether the planes were involved in the US-Israeli action in the Middle East.
The surprise offer by the president of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, to not attack countries in the neighbourhood so long as their airspace and US bases within their territories are not used to attack Iran has provoked a storm inside the country as the military appeared to contradict him, if not outright overrule him. There were also calls for a new supreme leader to be installed as quickly as possible...
The surprise offer by the president of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, to not attack countries in the neighbourhood so long as their airspace and US bases within their territories are not used to attack Iran has provoked a storm inside the country as the military appeared to contradict him, if not outright overrule him. There were also calls for a new supreme leader to be installed as quickly as possible, as a means of marginalising the president. Attacks on facilities in Bahrain and elsewhere have continued, and there were unconfirmed reports that Bahrain had become the first Gulf country to fire back at Iran. Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, seemed as focused on the likelihood of escalation, rather then de-escalation. “The US had committed a blatant and desperate crime by attacking a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island. Water supply in 30 villages has been impacted. Attacking Iran’s infrastructure is a dangerous move with grave consequences. The US set this precedent, not Iran.” There are as many as 400 water desalination plants across the Gulf, and if they come to be viewed as legitimate targets, a drinking water crisis of unimaginable proportions could face the region within days. The backlash over Pezeshkian’s offer was made worse by his including an apology to the region on behalf of himself and the nation in his pre-recorded address on state TV. He also implied that after the US attack on its top command, rudderless armed forces may have been forced to make targeting decisions on their own. He suggested they had fired at will. Pezeshkian’s position was not helped by president Trump characterising his offer as a surrender, describing it as the first time Iran had been forced to admit defeat to its regional rivals in a thousand years. Pezeshkian had specifically said those seeking Iran’s surrender would take that wish to their grave. But Pezeshkian, not always the clearest communicator and not always empowered to make decisions, insisted his off...
As Warren Buffett approached the end of his tenure as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA 0.39%) (BRKB 0.27%), he went on a selling streak unlike any in history. He sold more stock than he bought in each of the last 13 quarters of his time in charge of Berkshire's massive marketable equity portfolio. That led to an astounding cash pile of $373 billion at the end of 2025. Buffett took the axe to some o...
As Warren Buffett approached the end of his tenure as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA 0.39%) (BRKB 0.27%), he went on a selling streak unlike any in history. He sold more stock than he bought in each of the last 13 quarters of his time in charge of Berkshire's massive marketable equity portfolio. That led to an astounding cash pile of $373 billion at the end of 2025. Buffett took the axe to some of Berkshire's biggest positions, and last quarter was no different. He continued to trim its massive stake in Apple (AAPL 0.96%) and began selling Berkshire's Amazon (AMZN 2.62%) shares as well. Those sales totaled an estimated $4.5 billion. Meanwhile, Buffett started a new position in a company that's been around since the 1850s. Cutting a couple of longtime holdings Buffett invested over $30 billion in Apple between 2016 and 2018, making it one of his largest-ever investments. And boy, did it pay off. Berkshire's shares approached nearly $200 billion in value in 2023 prior to Buffett's decision to trim the position. At one point, the stock accounted for more than 50% of Berkshire's marketable equity portfolio. Even after selling more than three-quarters of its shares, the position is still worth about $60 billion today. Buffett has previously said he doesn't mind a high concentration of his highest-conviction stocks in a portfolio, a sentiment echoed by new CEO Greg Abel in his first letter to shareholders. While Buffett may have been comfortable with 50% of Berkshire's portfolio in a single stock, he probably wasn't as comfortable with the valuation of that stock. Apple's trailing P/E climbed from around 10 when Buffett first started buying the shares to about 29 when he first started selling shares in 2023 and 34 at the end of 2025. The valuation remains elevated, even on a forward-looking basis, with the stock trading for 31 times analysts' estimates for the next 12 months. Even after selling a huge chunk of Apple shares, the stock remains its largest marketable equity...
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A plaque honoring police service on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol on Saturday, March 7, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Allison Robbert | AP Photo Visitors to the Capitol will now have a visible reminder of the violent attack against the building on Jan. 6, 2021, and the officers who fought and were injured that day. Steps from the Capitol's West Front and where the worst of the fighting occurred, worker...
A plaque honoring police service on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol on Saturday, March 7, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Allison Robbert | AP Photo Visitors to the Capitol will now have a visible reminder of the violent attack against the building on Jan. 6, 2021, and the officers who fought and were injured that day. Steps from the Capitol's West Front and where the worst of the fighting occurred, workers quietly have installed a plaque honoring the officers, three years after it was required by law to be erected. The plaque was placed on the Senate side of the hallway because the Senate voted unanimously in January to install it after House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., had delayed putting it up. "On behalf of a grateful Congress, this plaque honors the extraordinary individuals who bravely protected and defended this symbol of democracy on January 6, 2021," the plaque says. "Their heroism will never be forgotten." The Washington Post first reported the installation of the plaque, which was witnessed by a reporter about 4 a.m. EST Saturday. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., led the effort to install it as he commemorated the fifth anniversary of the attack and described his memories of hearing people break into the building. "We owe them eternal gratitude, and this nation is stronger because of them," he said of the officers who were overwhelmed by thousands of President Donald Trump's supporters and eventually pushed them out of the building. The mob of rioters who violently pushed past police and broke in were echoing Trump's false claims of a stolen election after the Republican was defeated by Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. The crowd stopped the congressional certification of Biden's victory for several hours, sent lawmakers running and vandalized the building before police regained control. More than 140 officers from the U.S. Capitol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department and other agencies were injured. The fight to have the plaque installed came ...