Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell has revealed he has been diagnosed with a “‘treatable’ not ‘curable’” cancer, and will be withdrawing from work while he receives treatment. The 67-year-old horror icon shared the news in a statement on social media on Monday night, writing to fans: “I’m sorry if that’s a shock – it was to me too.” Campbell, who often appears at fan conventions around the world, said ...
Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell has revealed he has been diagnosed with a “‘treatable’ not ‘curable’” cancer, and will be withdrawing from work while he receives treatment. The 67-year-old horror icon shared the news in a statement on social media on Monday night, writing to fans: “I’m sorry if that’s a shock – it was to me too.” Campbell, who often appears at fan conventions around the world, said he was making the news public now because he will need to cancel several upcoming public appearances in order to receive treatment. “The good news is, I’m not going to go into any more detail. I’m posting this, because professionally, a few things will have to change – appearances and cons and work in general need to take [a] back seat to treatment,” he wrote. “There are several cons this year summer [sic] that I have to cancel. Big regrets on my part. Treatment needs and professional obligations don’t always go hand-in-hand. “That’s about it. I’m not trying to enlist sympathy – or advice – I just want to get ahead of this information in case false information gets out (which it will). Fear not, I am a tough old son-of-a-bitch and I have great support, so I expect to be around a while. As always, you’re the greatest fans in the world and I hope to see you soon!” View image in fullscreen Theresa Tilly and Bruce Campbell in The Evil Dead. Photograph: New Line Cinema/Mike Ditz/Allstar Campbell is best known for his breakout performance as Ash Williams in the 1981 low-budget horror classic The Evil Dead, directed by his friend from high school Sam Raimi. Campbell continued to portray the chainsaw-wielding, wise-cracking hero in the progressively more comedic sequels 1987’s Evil Dead II and 1992’s Army of Darkness. He also played Ash in three seasons of the television series Ash vs Evil Dead between 2015 and 2018. Campbell has also appeared in Raimi’s Spider-Man films and several Coen Brothers films including Fargo and The Hudsucker Proxy, played Elvis in the cult horror-comedy ...
Arthur Kroeber, Founding Partner & Head of Research at Gavekal, says he does not expect any surprises from China when it announces its 2026 growth target. That goal, together with a new five-year plan for the economy, will be unveiled during the annual National People's Congress this week. Kroeber speaks on "Bloomberg: The China Show." (Source: Bloomberg)
Arthur Kroeber, Founding Partner & Head of Research at Gavekal, says he does not expect any surprises from China when it announces its 2026 growth target. That goal, together with a new five-year plan for the economy, will be unveiled during the annual National People's Congress this week. Kroeber speaks on "Bloomberg: The China Show." (Source: Bloomberg)
Commercial satellite imagery has captured what appears to be the first known strikes on an Iranian nuclear site since the start of the US-Israeli air operation, an independent policy institute said on Monday. The Institute for Science and International Security said imagery produced by Colorado-based Vantor showed two strikes on access points to the underground uranium enrichment plant at Natanz, ...
Commercial satellite imagery has captured what appears to be the first known strikes on an Iranian nuclear site since the start of the US-Israeli air operation, an independent policy institute said on Monday. The Institute for Science and International Security said imagery produced by Colorado-based Vantor showed two strikes on access points to the underground uranium enrichment plant at Natanz, which was hit by the US last June. David Albright, a former UN nuclear inspector and founder of the institute, said the strikes appeared to have occurred sometime between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning local time, based on the satellite imagery his group reviewed. Advertisement He was unable to identify whether the US or Israel hit the Natanz complex, one of the main facilities of Iran’s nuclear programme. The Natanz nuclear complex on March 1, 2026 (top) on March 2, 2026 (below) with damage observed on several buildings. Photo: Vantor via AFP He credited Ben Tzion Macales, an Israeli geo-analyst, as being the first to find satellite imagery of the Natanz strikes.
Key Points Sandisk has jumped more than 1,000% over the last six months. It continues to benefit from tight supply in the memory sector. Some investors are skeptical of its ability to build a sustainable business. 10 stocks we like better than Sandisk › Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) has been one of the top-performing stocks of the last six months, but its blistering growth slowed down in February. Still,...
Key Points Sandisk has jumped more than 1,000% over the last six months. It continues to benefit from tight supply in the memory sector. Some investors are skeptical of its ability to build a sustainable business. 10 stocks we like better than Sandisk › Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) has been one of the top-performing stocks of the last six months, but its blistering growth slowed down in February. Still, the flash memory-chip maker managed to tack on another double-digit gain, up 10%, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. 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 » There was no major news out on Sandisk last month, but the stock fluctuated with the broader memory and AI sectors. The company announced a secondary stock offering, though that won't bring in any money for the company as those shares were owned by Western Digital. As you can see from the chart below, the stock didn't have any real pattern over the month, but still managed to finish with solid gains. The memory boom continues Memory stocks have soared in recent months due to a shortage in the key chips from AI demand, and Sandisk has been the biggest winner lately, up more than 1,000% over the last six months in part because it's much smaller than industry leaders like Micron. In addition to the successful stock offering, CEO David Goeckeler said at an investor conference toward the end of the month that the company is focused on long-term supply agreements with data center customers. Doing so will help leverage the current surge in demand for long-term stability as the memory subsector is notoriously cyclical. Analysts expect strong growth at the company, forecasting revenue to more than double to $15.5 billion and for earnings per share to jump to $39.84 in fiscal 2026, meaning the stock still trades at a forward price-t...
格隆汇3月3日｜大华银行经济学家Enrico Tanuwidjaja和Vincentius Ming Shen报告称，随着基数效应减弱，印尼的通胀预计将在3月份恢复正常。他们表示，虽然2月份的总体CPI读数超出了印尼央行1.5%-3.5%的目标，但驱动因素被视为非结构性的，不太可能改变印尼央行的利率政策立场。这些经济学家指出，食品通胀仍是主要风险，但政府和央行正在共同努力解决这一问题。近期中东地区...
格隆汇3月3日｜大华银行经济学家Enrico Tanuwidjaja和Vincentius Ming Shen报告称，随着基数效应减弱，印尼的通胀预计将在3月份恢复正常。他们表示，虽然2月份的总体CPI读数超出了印尼央行1.5%-3.5%的目标，但驱动因素被视为非结构性的，不太可能改变印尼央行的利率政策立场。这些经济学家指出，食品通胀仍是主要风险，但政府和央行正在共同努力解决这一问题。近期中东地区的军事冲突可能会带来一些风险。大华银行认为，未来三个季度布伦特原油价格持续上涨15%将使通胀率上升约0.32个百分点。该行补充称，今年的平均通胀率可能在2.8%-2.9%之间，接近印尼央行目标区间的上限。
Senior gas executives say China is pressuring Iranian officials to avoid action that would disrupt Qatari gas exports or other energy shipments making their way through the Strait of Hormuz , a key maritime chokepoint. As the buyer of the vast majority of the Islamic Republic’s oil, China provides a vital economic lifeline for Iran. But the world’s largest energy importer depends more heavily on t...
Senior gas executives say China is pressuring Iranian officials to avoid action that would disrupt Qatari gas exports or other energy shipments making their way through the Strait of Hormuz , a key maritime chokepoint. As the buyer of the vast majority of the Islamic Republic’s oil, China provides a vital economic lifeline for Iran. But the world’s largest energy importer depends more heavily on the wider Persian Gulf region for both oil and gas supplies, and cargoes of both require transit through the narrow waterway. Qatar, which accounts for a fifth of global liquefied natural gas, is a particular concern. After an Iranian drone attack on Monday, Qatar halted production at Ras Laffan, the world’s largest LNG export facility — the first complete halt in nearly three decades of operation. China’s energy importers have been told that Beijing is trying to ensure vessels continue to move through Hormuz, according to executives at the state-owned firms who have been briefed by government officials. Government officials are pressing senior Iranian counterparts to ensure Tehran does not attack oil and LNG tankers traversing the Strait, and instead allows supplies to flow, according to several of the company executives, who asked not to be named as the conversations were not public. Tanker traffic through the critical artery has effectively halted since the US and Israel began a bombing campaign over the weekend that has prompted Iran to respond with missile strikes across the region. The executives said Iranian officials had also been asked to avoid striking exporting hubs like Qatar, which alone supplies 30% of China’s LNG, a significant portion of the total even accounting for output arriving by pipeline and from other sources. China has so far made only limited public statements on Iran, with Foreign Minister Wang Yi telling his counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Monday that while Beijing supported efforts to safeguard national security, Tehran should pay attention to the ...
Chinese smelters continue to churn out record quantities of copper, swelling stockpiles and threatening to slow the metal’s powerful gains. Refined copper output is expected to rise to almost 1.2 million tons this month, according to a poll of producers by Shanghai Metals Market covering most of the sector. That’s a 4.6% increase from February and a record high for the survey, putting year-to-date...
Chinese smelters continue to churn out record quantities of copper, swelling stockpiles and threatening to slow the metal’s powerful gains. Refined copper output is expected to rise to almost 1.2 million tons this month, according to a poll of producers by Shanghai Metals Market covering most of the sector. That’s a 4.6% increase from February and a record high for the survey, putting year-to-date output growth at 10%. Smelters have been able to keep their rapid expansion on the rails despite a shortage of ore globally and a consequent collapse in processing fees . The speculative rally in copper prices to an all-time high at the end of January has incentivized the release of more scrap, which is becoming available for plants to use as a replacement for concentrate, SMM said. A surge in the price of the copper byproduct sulfuric acid , which rose last month to the highest since at least 2014, is also supporting the economics of higher production, it said. Prices have risen because of constraints on Russian sulfur exports and strong fertilizer demand. Global copper inventories have soared as real-world buyers of the metal are deterred by lofty prices. That’s been compounded in China, the world’s biggest consumer, by a slowdown in demand over the Lunar New Year break. China’s statistics bureau releases its output data for January and February later this month. SMM’s survey undershoots the more comprehensive official figures, which saw refined output climb to a record of over 1.3 million tons in December. SMM said production could drop in April and May, when many smelters conduct annual maintenance.
Japan Post Insurance Co. plans to sell holdings of lower-yielding government bonds and replace them with higher-yielding debt on expectations for further interest-rate hikes, according to its chief executive officer. The life insurer expects the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates again as soon as April. It’s one of the nation’s biggest insurers and held ¥50.35 trillion ($320 billion) in securit...
Japan Post Insurance Co. plans to sell holdings of lower-yielding government bonds and replace them with higher-yielding debt on expectations for further interest-rate hikes, according to its chief executive officer. The life insurer expects the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates again as soon as April. It’s one of the nation’s biggest insurers and held ¥50.35 trillion ($320 billion) in securities at the end of last year. As Japanese bond yields jumped in the final quarter of last year, the firm’s valuation losses on domestic notes widened about 30% in the three months to ¥4.39 trillion. “It’s important to make adjustments in light of rising interest rates, to legitimately benefit from the rate hikes,” said CEO and President Kunio Tanigaki in an interview on Feb. 27. Market interest rates “will continue to rise in the near future,” he said. The insurer hasn’t changed its rate outlook since the eruption of the conflict in the Middle East over the weekend, a spokesperson said Tuesday. Life insurers like Japan Post are having to consider what to do with bonds they bought before the BOJ ended its super-easy monetary policy in March 2024, and some have said they are selling those off and replacing them with higher-yielding debt. While the Middle East turmoil has reinforced market expectations that the central bank won’t lift rates this month, swap rates suggest about 65% odds of a hike by the April meeting and certainty of a move by July. Yields on 30-year Japanese government bonds, a major investment target for insurers to match their long-term liabilities, have jumped about 1.5 percentage points since the BOJ started its current rate hike cycle. Japan Post Insurance expects benchmark 10-year JGB yields to rise to 2.5% in the year starting April 1 as the BOJ hikes rates in response to inflationary pressure and the yen’s weakening, said Hiroyuki Nomura , senior general manager of the insurer’s investment planning department, in the same interview. The yield was about ...
Getty Images By Elior Manier Stock markets have eased significantly during the Asian and European sessions, but it seems that US markets are remaining unfazed. Gapping lower by 1.50% across all benchmarks, stocks are now rallying back, now close to unchanged, and essentially filling the gaps. J.P. Morgan issued a buy-the-dips recommendation, which undoubtedly helped risk sentiment ease, but US sto...
Getty Images By Elior Manier Stock markets have eased significantly during the Asian and European sessions, but it seems that US markets are remaining unfazed. Gapping lower by 1.50% across all benchmarks, stocks are now rallying back, now close to unchanged, and essentially filling the gaps. J.P. Morgan issued a buy-the-dips recommendation, which undoubtedly helped risk sentiment ease, but US stocks remain at key inflection points. What is surprising is also seeing US treasuries sell off (10Y Yield back above 4.00%) despite ongoing intense exchanges in the Middle East – bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are also exploding higher as we speak. Markets were trading at the lows of their ranges, which could also have helped the rebound. Keep a close eye on sentiment throughout the week, as economic damage from the war is still far from reflected. The Strait of Hormuz and a potential closure there could be hurting sentiment more consistently throughout the week. Let's explore the key levels for weekly action by diving into today’s session charts and key trading levels for the major US indices: the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and S&P 500. Current Session's Stock Heatmap Current picture for the Stock Market (11:56 A.M. ET) – Source: TradingView – March 2, 2026 Despite the rebound around US benchmarks, individual equities are sending a mixed picture. Nvidia ( NVDA ), Microsoft ( MSFT ), Meta ( META ) and energy stocks are dominating the action. Dow Jones 1H Chart and Trading Levels Dow Jones (CFD) 1H Chart – March 2, 2026 – Source: TradingView Dow Jones rebounded significantly from its 48,103 overnight futures lows and is now facing a significant test at its gap-fill level and 50-hour MA (48,925 – morning highs). Closing above on the session would imply a buy-the-dip flows over war flows – odds for this could be compromised if news worsens. Rejecting the 50-hour MA (immediate test) could lead to further downside in US indexes - doing so could see a test of the overnight lows. Dow Jones t...