Author: Jordan

Fleet Mortgages has reintroduced two- and five-year fixed-rate EPC A-C products and reduced rates across its wider buy-to-let range. The buy-to-let specialist lender said the EPC A-C products are available to landlords purchasing or remortgaging properties with an energy performance certificate rating between A and C. The products are available up to 75% LTV with a 3% fee. The two-year standard and limited company EPC A-C product is priced at 4.39%, while the five-year version is available at 5.04%. The HMO EPC A-C two-year product is priced at 4.69%, with the five-year product at 5.29%. Fleet said all EPC A-C…

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Jun 4, 2026 The latest refrigerated truck volume data from the USDA Agricultural Transport Service shows the top commodity by volume was watermelons, followed by potatoes and dry onions for the week ending June 2, 2026. The data, sourced from the USDA AgTransport dataset, tracks refrigerated truck movements across multiple regions and commodities.Top Commodities by VolumeWatermelons led all commodities with 3,797.3 ten-thousand-pound units. Potatoes ranked second at 2,804.0 ten-thousand-pound units, while dry onions reached 1,502.2 ten-thousand-pound units. Strawberries followed at 1,198.6 ten-thousand-pound units, and cucumbers totaled 1,070.7 ten-thousand-pound units. Other significant volumes included iceberg lettuce at 893.7, bell-type peppers at…

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India’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) landscape has entered a potentially transformative phase with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) introducing amendments that allow companies to undertake a portion of their CSR spending through Zero Coupon Zero Principal (ZCZP) instruments listed on the Social Stock Exchange (SSE).Through a Gazette Notifications on May 27, 2026, the MCA has expanded Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 by introducing a new eligible CSR activity: subscription to Zero Coupon Zero Principal instruments on the Social Stock Exchange. Simultaneously, amendments to the Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014 have introduced definitions of “Not for Profit Organisation”…

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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Montana’s corner-crossing debate intensifies. Tension rises between private property rights and public access, with landowners threatening to withdraw from access programs. Legal clarity remains elusive. Despite a federal ruling in Wyoming that legalized corner crossing in six states, Montana’s stance remains unclear. Citizen council explores solutions. The PLPW is tasked with balancing landowner concerns and public access, and is considering pilot programs and compensation. Public opinion favors legalization. The majority of Montanans support legalizing corner crossing, highlighting the need for resolution.…

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Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q1 behind us, let’s have a look at Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) and its peers. Personal loan providers offer unsecured credit for various consumer needs. The sector benefits from digital application processes, increasing consumer comfort with online financial services, and opportunities in underserved credit segments. Headwinds include credit risk management in unsecured lending, regulatory oversight of lending practices, and intense competition affecting margins from both traditional and fintech lenders. The 9 personal loan stocks we track reported a strong Q1. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus…

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Quick Read USO surged ~98% in 2026 while SPY gained just 11%, turning a $10,000 investment into roughly $19,800 versus $11,140. A Strait of Hormuz blockade slashed OPEC+ output by nearly 8 million b/d in Q2 2026, creating the supply shock that launched crude prices. The analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 stocks and SPDR S&P 500 ETF wasn’t one of them. Get them here FREE. If you put $10,000 into United States Oil Fund (NYSEARCA:USO) on the last trading day of 2025, when it closed at $69.16, you were sitting on roughly $19,800 by…

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Although the AI buildout has powered Wall Street’s bull market for three years running, the cash required to keep it going is starting to outrun the cash being generated. Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL | GOOGL Price Prediction) guided 2026 capital expenditures to $175 billion to $185 billion, after spending $91.45 billion in 2025. The freshest hook landed this week with reports of an $80 billion equity raise to fund 2027 capex. However, the historical mirror is unflattering. Late-cycle equity issuance after a capacity arms race has a way of marking the exact moment when the builders quietly pass the bill to a…

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A billionaire who led a private spaceflight in 2025 on a SpaceX Dragon that launched from Florida has been tapped to lead a future mission to Mars.Ahead of SpaceX’s most recent test flight of its massive Starship rocket, the company unveiled plans for a human-led voyage to the red planet. It’s just not clear when.The announcement comes as SpaceX, the commercial spaceflight company billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk founded in 2002, prepares the world’s largest rocket for NASA moon landings.In February, Musk also revealed that SpaceX had plans of building its own city on the moon. While the news represented a…

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The Mortgage Works is cutting rates by up to 0.22 percentage points across selected buy-to-let and limited company buy-to-let products. The changes take effect from Friday 5 June and apply to selected one-year, two-year and five-year fixed rates for new and existing customers. The reductions cover The Mortgage Works’ buy-to-let, let-to-buy, houses in multiple occupation and limited company buy-to-let ranges. Among the buy-to-let changes is a five-year fixed remortgage product at 4.22%, reduced by 0.22 percentage points, with a 3% fee and available up to 65% loan-to-value. The product includes free valuation and free legal work. The lender is also…

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