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Summary Alpha Industries and Peggy Gou collaborated on a limited-edition capsule blending military precision and nightlife energy The collection features the COCOON BOMBER JACKET (Alpha’s first) and the CWU-45 BOMBER JACKET in black and greyblue The drop also includes a versatile MINI WRAP SKIRT and padded cosmetic bag, designed for transitioning between day and night Alpha Industries and electronic music luminary Peggy Gou have joined forces for a limited-edition capsule collection, seamlessly blending the brand’s signature military precision with the vibrant energy of nightlife. Designed for those who embrace shifting identities and spaces, this collection focuses on making transitions effortless.…

Jewelry hasn’t lost its shine for gift-givers this holiday season, but business owners are expecting a bit more price sensitivity from customers after a surge in gold prices this year.The holiday season remains a key period for the jewelry industry, with gift items accounting for a significant share of yearly revenues. But jewellers have had to raise prices as the cost of gold sharply increased — soaring roughly 55 per cent year-to-date to top the US$4,000 per ounce mark.“Anybody and everybody I believe is raising prices and if they’re not, they should be. Because what you have in stock, you…

Plus, can I end my broadband contract when moving house? Show more In our Question Time podcast, Martin Lewis gives you answers on anything and everything, including: how to open savings accounts with limited ID, is there a way to make more cash from ISA bonuses, can I end my broadband contract if I’m moving house and does Martin prefer spaghetti hoops, or alphabetti spaghetti? If you’ve got a question for Martin on absolutely anything and everything, you can ask him in his Question Time podcast! Email your question to MartinLewisPodcast@bbc.co.uk. Show less Source link

WATCH the nail-biting moment an armoured drone retrieves a wounded Ukrainian soldier who had been stuck in no-man’s land for 33 days. The soldier had stepped on a landmine and kept himself alive with a tourniquet, as six previous attempts to rescue him had been unsuccessful. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! The soldier is protected inside from any drone attackCredit: X/@1MedArmy Six previous attempts to rescue the wounded solider has been unsuccessfulCredit: X/@1MedArmy On the seventh attempt, an unmanned vehicle set out on a painstaking five-hour-and-58-minute mission, crawling more than 40 miles along enemy lines. Despite being…

ANKARA, TURKIYE – AUGUST 26: In this photo illustration Google logo is being displayed on a mobile phone screen, in front of Meta logo in Ankara, Turkiye, on August 26, 2025. (Photo by Harun Ozalp /Anadolu via Getty Images)Anadolu via Getty ImagesDespite Alphabet’s stock (NASDAQ: GOOGL) climbing 45% this year compared to only a 2% gain for Meta Platforms’ stock (NASDAQ: META), a deeper analysis of their fundamentals suggests a potential opportunity.META, a key competitor to Alphabet, currently trades at a lower valuation (P/Operating Income) than GOOGL. However, it boasts higher revenue and operating income growth. This disparity between META’s…

United Utilities manages reservoirs across Cumbria and the North West as well as the region’s sewers and drainage. And downpours between November 3 and November 5 have seen the water company’s storage at Carlisle increase by 4.3 per cent while Haweswater and Thirlmere have increased by 13.7 per cent. Thirlmere Reservoir in May following a period of low rainfall. (Image: Garry Moore) It brings the total water stock at Carlisle to 95.9 per cent while Haweswater and Thirlmere are currently at 74.2 per cent. Cumbria’s reservoirs are recovering from shrinkage seen in May after an extremely dry spell which was…

Dispatch’s episodic, choice-based design makes it seem like a simple game to earn all the trophies for, and while that is largely true, it is currently impossible due to a bug. As of this writing, AdHoc Studio has not officially confirmed that there is a trophy bug, but there is plenty of anecdotal evidence from Dispatch players to prove it is true. Throughout Dispatch, players are tasked with several choices that will result in differing trophies. Some of these are based on big story moments, which Dispatch character is romanced, or silly choices throughout the game (such as which donut…

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR).And retail traders should know.We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don’t know. But when something this big happens with CIFR, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.So how do we know what these investors just did? Today, Benzinga’s options scanner spotted 32 uncommon options trades for Cipher Mining.This isn’t normal.The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between…

In a financial landscape where investment advice dominates social media, chartered accountant CA Nitin Kaushik has issued a timely reminder on the often-overlooked foundation of wealth building: the emergency fund. Highlighting why mixing emergency savings with investments can derail one’s financial stability, Kaushik compared the two to “a parachute and a rocket” — equally powerful but meant for completely different purposes.  In a detailed post on X (formerly Twitter), Kaushik wrote, “Why confusing ‘Emergency Funds’ with ‘Investments’ is like mixing a parachute with a rocket. Both are powerful. But they serve very different purposes — and getting this wrong can crash your financial…

When Dr. Jens Eichler started investigating hydrogen economy opportunities for 3M four years ago, many observers were keen about hydrogen’s use in household heating applications. Today, at least 38 different studies say that’s a bad idea for this new industry, but Eichler’s team had a strategic lens that had already moved it to more fertile ground. While competitors may often chase obvious applications, 3M’s approach to new ventures reveals a more nuanced playbook: architect entire industries by understanding when and where markets will actually materialize, not just which technologies might enable them. This involves deeply understanding customers and markets.The distinction…