Inheritance tax (IHT) receipts from April to June hit a record high of £2.3bn, according to the latest figures from HMRC. This is £96m higher than the Treasury collected in the same period last year. Income tax, capital gains tax (CGT) and National Insurance Contribution (NIC) receipts for April 2026 to June 2026 were also…
rawintanpin/iStock via Getty Images Beyond the AI Boom In the second quarter, the stock market resumed its uptrend after a sharp 1Q decline triggered by the war in Iran. Market returns continued to be dominated by AI-related technology stocks as the S&P 500 gained 15.2%. Our equity funds delivered positive returns but trailed the index,…
The Samsung Electronics Co. signage at the company’s Seocho office building in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, June 29, 2026. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Samsung Electronics shares rose after the company said Tuesday it is creating a robotics division as the South Korean tech giant seeks new sources of growth. The newly…
Debasish Mishra, managing director and chief executive officer of SBI Funds Management Ltd., at a news conference in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, July 9, 2026. SBI Funds Managements biggest investors are seeking to raise as much as 116.9 billion rupees ($1.22 billion) in what’s expected to be India’s first billion-dollar IPO of the year. Photographer:…
The Justice Department has seized more than 1,000 domains illegally streaming World Cup matches. The seizures, announced Monday (July 20), took place in three different actions during the global soccer tournament, and were based on investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington Field Office and the National Intellectual Property…
The EPS-95 National Agitation Committee has long demanded an increase in the minimum monthly pension from ₹1,000 to ₹7,500, along with Dearness Allowance (DA). The issue was raised in the Lok Sabha, where the Minister of State for Labour and Employment was asked whether the government plans to increase the pension amount and provide greater…
Buyers from the United States and Gulf states have accounted for more than half of London’s ultra-prime residential transactions in the first six months of 2026, according to research from Beauchamp Estates. The agent’s Billionaire Buyers in London survey recorded 34 sales of properties valued above £15 million between January and June 2026, totalling £1.24…
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Palantir Technologies (PLTR +2.06%) and Sandisk (SNDK +2.67%) are two incredibly popular artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. However, Wall Street is looking at them differently right now. Palantir was a poster child stock for AI for years, and it gained 1,800% from 2019 through 2025. Sandisk wasn’t publicly traded as a separate company during most of…
There’s no two ways about it: Palantir Technologies (PLTR +2.06%) is a battleground stock. Bulls argue that the company’s proprietary artificial intelligence (AI)-infused decision-making matrix — dubbed Ontology — has no real competition, which is driving Palantir’s blistering sales growth. Bears argue that the stock’s egregious valuation is simply unsustainable, which has fueled the stock’s…