Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has roared higher in recent years as investors identified it as one of the companies winning in this artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. The company sells software platforms, including one leveraging the power of AI, that help customers make better use of their data. And demand for this software has skyrocketed, resulting in tremendous earnings growth for ...
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has roared higher in recent years as investors identified it as one of the companies winning in this artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. The company sells software platforms, including one leveraging the power of AI, that help customers make better use of their data. And demand for this software has skyrocketed, resulting in tremendous earnings growth for the company. Though this earnings strength has continued, the stock has faltered in recent times. Investors have worried about Palantir's high valuation -- and the possibility that, if an AI bubble forms, Palantir may be among the first to suffer as investors flee the most expensive stocks. Palantir stock has soared 1,700% over the past three years, but so far this year, the stock has lost about 20%. Is Palantir a stock to avoid right now -- or is it a once-in-a-decade buying opportunity? Let's find out. Continue reading
For Valentine’s Day, writers picked their favourite lesser-known film love stories – from a dom-sub chamberpiece to a magical teen comedy ‘It launched a million fantasies’: the greatest ever TV romances It’s the first rule of romcoms that opposites attract, and you can’t imagine two more different lovers than Poinsettia (Lynn Redgrave), a spark plug of a dame convinced that she is in a relationshi...
For Valentine’s Day, writers picked their favourite lesser-known film love stories – from a dom-sub chamberpiece to a magical teen comedy ‘It launched a million fantasies’: the greatest ever TV romances It’s the first rule of romcoms that opposites attract, and you can’t imagine two more different lovers than Poinsettia (Lynn Redgrave), a spark plug of a dame convinced that she is in a relationship with the 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini, and Fish ( James Earl Jones ), a gentle giant who spends his spare time wrestling a demon that only he can see. That makes for some of the film’s funniest moments, like when Poinsettia ruins a Madama Butterfly opera performance by loudly singing along to the aria. Charles Burnett’s touching film is about how Fish and Poinsettia find refuge with each other that lets them emerge from the fantasies protecting them from the real world’s cruelty, and they find a kind of late-in-life puppy love over dinner dates, cozy sleepovers and card games at their Barbary Lane-like boarding house. When I saw the restoration last 14 February, the theater was filled with couples who, like my boyfriend and I, seemed cozied up just a little closer than usual. Owen Myers The Annihilation of Fish is available on the Criterion Channel in the US Continue reading...
Photo: VCG China’s top market regulator has released anti-monopoly compliance guidelines for online platforms, taking aim at practices designed to eliminate fair competition. The guidelines, issued Friday by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), identify eight high-risk, anti-competitive behaviors, including algorithmic collusion, forced exclusivity deals, price discrimination and...
Photo: VCG China’s top market regulator has released anti-monopoly compliance guidelines for online platforms, taking aim at practices designed to eliminate fair competition. The guidelines, issued Friday by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), identify eight high-risk, anti-competitive behaviors, including algorithmic collusion, forced exclusivity deals, price discrimination and selling below cost.
Members warn NFWI decision has opened up toxic culture that deters younger women from joining At least 12 Women’s Institute (WI) groups are closing or considering closure after the organisation barred transgender women from membership. Members say more groups are likely to close, and that the federation’s decision has opened up a toxic, traditionalist culture that will deter younger women from joi...
Members warn NFWI decision has opened up toxic culture that deters younger women from joining At least 12 Women’s Institute (WI) groups are closing or considering closure after the organisation barred transgender women from membership. Members say more groups are likely to close, and that the federation’s decision has opened up a toxic, traditionalist culture that will deter younger women from joining. Continue reading...
They’re all over blurbs and social media, but do these bite-size labels lead to formulaic fiction? Plus the classics reimagined for a modern reader O pposites attract. He falls first. Coffee shop. Forced proximity. Sports romance. University sports romance. Ivy League university sports romance! Best friend’s brother. Brother’s best friend. Slow burn. Age gap. Amnesia. Wounded hero. Single father. ...
They’re all over blurbs and social media, but do these bite-size labels lead to formulaic fiction? Plus the classics reimagined for a modern reader O pposites attract. He falls first. Coffee shop. Forced proximity. Sports romance. University sports romance. Ivy League university sports romance! Best friend’s brother. Brother’s best friend. Slow burn. Age gap. Amnesia. Wounded hero. Single father. Single mother. Language barrier. The bodyguard. Fake dating. Marriage of convenience. If this list means nothing to you, you’re not a romance reader. Tropes, as these bullet-point ideas have come to be known, have taken over romance. Those who write, market and read romantic fiction use them to pinpoint exactly what to expect before the first page is turned. On Instagram, Amazon and bookshop posters you’ll find covers annotated with arrows and faux-handwritten labels reading “slow-burn” or “home-town boy/new girl in town”. Turn over any romance title and they’ll be there listed in the blurb. Continue reading...
The U.S. has no intention of abandoning its deep alliance with Europe and wants the region to succeed, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday. "We care deeply about your future and ours," Rubio told the Munich Security Conference. "We want Europe to be strong. We believe that Europe must survive, because the two great wars of the last century serve, for us, as history's great reminde...
The U.S. has no intention of abandoning its deep alliance with Europe and wants the region to succeed, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday. "We care deeply about your future and ours," Rubio told the Munich Security Conference. "We want Europe to be strong. We believe that Europe must survive, because the two great wars of the last century serve, for us, as history's great reminder, that ultimately, our destiny is, and will always be, intertwined with yours." -- This is a developing story. Check back for updates.