Key Points As geopolitical tensions persist and some fear a looming recession, many investors are withdrawing funds from tech stocks and allocating them to perceived safer investments. That’s partly why the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is down about 8% from its all-time high (as of writing), which it hit late last year, lagging the two other…
With only the occasional short-lived reprieve, since the beginning of this year investor worry has grown as stocks have lost ground. The CBOE S&P 500 Volatility index — often referred to as the market’s “fear gauge,” or VIX — has risen to a multi-month high. Often, once such an extreme level is reached, it precedes…
THE SEMI FINAL HURDLE It’s Geopolitics World Cup playoff day, dear reader, and Gibraltar are playing Latvia in a winner-takes-all clash. Sadly, for football romantics, that game is the first leg of a Nations League promotion/relegation playoff. Uefa’s scheduling feels a bit cruel, like making some poor flunky do the graveyard shift while Bacchanalia Revisited…
A woman who defrauded more than £23,000 in benefits claiming she was too ill to go outside has avoided jail after she was caught surfing and ziplining in Mexico. Catherine Wieland, 33, claimed she suffered anxiety so crippling she was housebound, but the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said it discovered she had been…
“He’s a nice man. He was a terrible President,” Trump said of Carter in 2019. “He’s been trashed within his own party. He’s been trashed.” And now, nearly half a century later, it’s like we’ve all jumped into a time machine. The U.S. mired in a seemingly endless conflict with Iran. Oil prices shooting through…
Moscovites woke up on March 6 to an inconvenient new reality: the city centre no longer had a mobile internet connection. Residents with smartphones were suddenly cut off from browsing online, using messenger apps or completing everyday tasks like ordering taxis, using contactless payment systems and even accessing public toilets. Even stranger was the lack of communication…
By Daniel Flynn and Olena Harmash KYIV, March 26 (Reuters) – Ukraine is using long-range strikes on energy infrastructure to maintain pressure on Russia after international oil sanctions on Moscow were eased this month in the wake of the Iran war, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Washington issued a 30-day waiver this month for countries to…
March 26, 2026, 1:08 p.m. ET A former Heine Brothers Coffee employee filed a federal discrimination complaint, claiming she was fired for discussing her Christian beliefs. The employee, Paige Rogers, alleges she was questioned by co-workers about her faith before sharing her views on sin and same-sex relationships. Heine Brothers Coffee initially cited violation of…
飯局遇上舊相識。四十年前在加拿大認識了林醫生，當年醫生仍是醫學生，而林醫生已在接受專科訓練，同是香港人，他對醫生特別關照。 後來，大家各奔前程，回港後也沒有聯絡。難得偶遇，當然開心大談陳年往事。暢談之際，林醫生問道：「Tony，當年你當醫學生也沒那麼『飛仔』，甚麼時候開始『飛仔』起來的？」 醫生一時語塞，「飛仔」一詞實在久違，很久很久沒有人以此相稱了。腦海不禁自問：「飛仔」如何定義？醫生又有沒有資格當「飛仔」呢？ 五六十年代，「飛仔」是指行為不檢、遊手好閒，甚至蝦蝦霸霸的不良少年。而「飛仔」的「飛」字相信來自髮型，那年代紅透半邊天的貓王（Elvis Presley）和占士甸（James Dean）都梳着「飛機頭」（Pompadour），即額前頭髮留長，用頭蠟拱起像飛機前端。那些年，不少香港年輕人相繼仿效，其中不乏不良少年，他們梳起飛機頭、穿起時髦衣裝，便被統稱為「飛仔」，惡意更會罵句：「死飛仔」。 林醫生當然並無貶意，也不會覺得醫生是不良少年，相信他是指醫生的打扮。雖稱不上「飛機頭」，但醫生確實有gel頭，惟他不明白醫生的苦處，頭髮天生硬朗，除鏟短作平頭裝外，便只能靠gel來控制。至於衣裝，醫生承認有別於一般同袍，但喜歡打扮的醫生也不少，醫生只是其中之一。 故此，「飛仔」這稱呼實在不敢當，再回想漫畫《老夫子》作者王澤筆下的「飛仔」形象，實在也不想當。 Source link
If last Thursday trading was taking place below the 1.6300 level, today one euro is worth more than 1.6660 Australian dollars. The upward trend seen in recent days has been driven by a combination of factors, including: → Bullish factor for the euro: The European Central Bank (ECB) has revised its 2026 inflation forecast upwards…