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Today, Jan. 28, 2026, investors are weighing fresh foundry talks, insider buying, and AI optimism against Intel’s recent losses.Today’s Change(11.06%) $4.86Current Price$48.79Key Data PointsMarket Cap$219BDay’s Range$46.32 – $49.2852wk Range$17.66 – $54.60Volume5.7MAvg Vol98MGross Margin34.77%Intel (INTC +11.06%), designs and manufactures microprocessors and related technologies, closed Wednesday at $48.78, up 11.04%. The stock moved higher after reports of prospective Nvidia and Apple foundry deals and insider buying. Investors are watching whether these partnerships can offset earlier concerns about Intel’s 2026 outlook.Trading volume reached 200 million shares, about 107% above its three-month average of 96 million shares. Intel IPO’d in 1980 and has grown…

Liz Truss’s 49-day tenure as prime minister left her little time to put her stamp on the UK economy. Markets reacted sharply to her “mini” Budget plans; a £60bn package of tax cuts was swiftly abandoned as gilt yields soared and the value of the pound plummeted. The episode marked a break from expected market behaviour: usually, the forces that push bond yields higher (such as rising interest rates) would also support a stronger currency. But in 2022, the opposite happened. Analysts coined the term “moron risk premium” to describe the extra interest that investors demanded in the face of unpredictable…

Benjamin Binet-Laisne, who left Goldman Sachs Group Inc this week as head of precious metals trading, is set to join Mercuria Energy Group, according to a person familiar with the matter.It’s the latest high-profile hire in metals for Mercuria, better known for trading oil and gas. Since bringing in former Trafigura Group metals co-head Kostas Bintas in 2024, the firm has built out its division trading copper, aluminum and other metals to around 150 people.Binet-Laisne didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment over Linkedin.The push to build these trading teams comes as heightened geopolitical risks and investor flight from…

United Utilities is investing more than £3.4 million to upgrade more than four miles of water mains as part of a wider £380 million programme. Upgrades include 575 miles of pipes across the North West over the next five years. The work begins on January 26 and aims to strengthen the water network and reduce the risk of leaks and bursts. Stephen Walker, head of water services for United Utilities in Lancashire, said: “Throughout the next five years, we are upgrading more than 100 miles of water mains across Lancashire as part of a wider programme to ensure we can…

Created: Jan 28, 2026 04:27 PM (Updated: Jan 28, 2026 06:12 PM) David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance (File photograph by Akil Simmons)Property owners across the island must provide updated information, for the first time in 11 years, to make sure that rental values are accurate and up to date.The island’s last full property revaluation was completed in 2015, while the 2020 assessment was cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.A government spokeswoman said that revaluation return forms, required under the Land Valuation and Tax Act 1967, can be completed online and hard copies will be mailed only to…

In pharmaceutical and especially advanced therapy manufacturing, the pressure to scale up, accelerate timelines, and cut costs has never been greater. In response, many organisations have turned to new digital systems, layers of oversight, and waves of automation, only to discover that performance hasn’t improved and that what they thought was the solution, now is the problem. Teams are drowning in endless dashboards, redundant controls, and “initiative fatigue”. Yet, the manufacturers truly outperforming their peers share a defining trait: a ruthless commitment to simplicity, built on Lean principles and purposeful automation. Lean thinking: A timeless framework for a changing industry…

Got an Instagram notification asking if you want to pay £3.99? Here’s what you need to know There was chatter in the Sky News office this morning after some of us woke up to notifications from Facebook and Instagram asking if we wanted to pay £3.99 a month for their platforms – or continue to use them for free.So what are you paying for? Essentially, it’s to get rid of personalised ads. We knew the subscription was coming after Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, announced it in September. But if you’ve also just received a notification, here’s what you need…

In this photo illustration, the Commvault Systems, Inc. logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesCommvault Systems (CVLT) shares have decreased by 31% in the past day and are currently priced at $89.13. The sharp drop came after the company’s most recent earnings release. While Commvault reported strong revenue and earnings beats, its forward guidance and growth expectations disappointed investors, who had been pricing in acceleration rather than just in-line forecasts. Concerns about slower near-term growth in subscription revenue and a high valuation multiple also weighed on…

As precious metals touch record highs, investors are once again weighing the gold-versus-silver trade-off. According to “Gold is Talking, Silver is Screaming: A Case for Prudent Repositioning”, a recent report by WhiteOak Mutual Fund, the current rally has entered a phase where the distinction between the two metals matters more than ever for portfolio strategy. The report argues that gold and silver are sending very different signals. Gold’s rise reflects macroeconomic stress—currency weakness, geopolitical risk and concerns over fiscal stability in advanced economies. Silver’s sharp surge, on the other hand, points to heightened speculative activity layered on top of industrial…

What is forex day trading? Forex day trading is the practice of opening and closing currency pair positions within the same trading day. Forex day traders buy and sell multiple currency pairs on the same day with the aim of taking advantage of small market movements, while avoiding overnight funding costs (which apply if a position stays open past 10pm UK time). Also referred to as intra-day trading, day trading isn’t for the part-timer, as it takes time, focus, dedication, and a mindset to match. It involves making fast decisions and executing many trades for a relatively small potential profit…