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Image source: Getty Images When considering which stocks to buy, UK investors have a literal buffet of options before them. From the elite FTSE 100 down to AIM shares, there are potentially many lucrative opportunities at any time. Here, I’ll highlight one UK stock I’m buying and another I’m keen to avoid. Being disrupted? Let’s start with the one I’m giving a wide berth. This is ad agency WPP (LSE:WPP), the worst-performing stock in the FTSE 100 this year (down 55%). It’s not hard to see why. In H1, the company’s revenue less pass-through costs fell by 4.3% on a…

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This project will provide a white paper for a carbon coin that works in tandem with the existing carbon credit (offset) markets. As an active venture investor in carbon credit markets such as Pachama and Joro Technologies, and a major customer of these offsets with my husband Sergey Brin, I will be leveraging the current entrepreneurial ecosystem to identify the economic, policy, and technological requirements to scale a carbon credit coin. Relying heavily on my prior research in transaction cost theory, which discussed autonomous (AI) mechanism for information exchange, de-risking, and consensus, I’ll be applying a novel efficiency test (Coasean…

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ASTANA – With countries around the world racing to reach carbon neutrality goals, a mature carbon trading market is essential in unlocking this objective. Kazakhstan’s emission trading system (ETS), launched in 2013, can significantly benefit from integrating best practices,  from building digital platforms to developing a voluntary market and improving reporting standards, writes Assel Aben, a chief expert of the Department of Economic Policy Analysis at the Astana-based Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies.  Globally, momentum for the ETS is growing. Photo credit: ICAP Kazakhstan’s carbon market is advancing toward global climate goals but still lags in speed, scale, and maturity…

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Flora Wilson Brown’s six-hander, The Beautiful Future Is Coming, examines climate change across 250 years of real and imagined history. In 1856, Eunice begins to question whether carbon dioxide might signal that something is going terribly wrong. In 2027 London, Clare falls for Dan as she faces impending heatwaves and floods. By 2100 in Svalbard, Ana endures an 86-day storm raging outside, questioning the doomed future of our planet. The play has a fascinating premise, exploring how the consequences of climate change flow through past, present, and future generations. The combination of scientific inquiry and theatrical form is welcome, and the…

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It is hard to get excited after looking at Old Dominion Freight Line’s (NASDAQ:ODFL) recent performance, when its stock has declined 12% over the past three months. However, stock prices are usually driven by a company’s financial performance over the long term, which in this case looks quite promising. Specifically, we decided to study Old Dominion Freight Line’s ROE in this article. Return on equity or ROE is a key measure used to assess how efficiently a company’s management is utilizing the company’s capital. In simpler terms, it measures the profitability of a company in relation to shareholder’s equity. AI…

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Image source: Getty Images Businesses with lots of ‘optionality’ can make for exciting investments. Optionality is simply jargon for having multiple avenues of ongoing or potential growth. In other words, different ways to win. Here are two growth stocks I think fit the bill and are worth considering.  Established tech giant Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is a classic case study in building optionality. It started out as an online book seller, before morphing into the ‘everything store’ by allowing third parties to sell on its platform.  Today, Amazon is the e-commerce behemoth we all know, as well as a global leader in…

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By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Share markets edged higher in Asia on Monday ahead of what is likely to be an eventful week for U.S. interest rate policy, while oil prices slipped as risks to Russian supplies seemed to fade a little. A general risk-on mood saw indices in Japan and Taiwan make record peaks, while Chinese blue chips reached their highest in 10 months. U.S. President Donald Trump now seemed more aligned with Moscow on seeking a peace deal with Ukraine instead of a ceasefire first, after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. Trump will meet…

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The cost of college is going nowhere but up, and young parents today, who are still paying off their own student loans, are worried. Saving for college in a tax-advantaged 529 plan is one way new parents are preparing. Explore More: Never Do These 3 Things With Your Money, Says Personal Finance Pro Humphrey Yang Check Out: 6 Hybrid Vehicles To Stay Away From in Retirement But personal finance expert and Instagram content creator Eryn Schultz (@her.personal.finance) is underfunding her kids’ college fund on purpose. Here’s why. Schultz admits she went to a private college and had student loans. Her…

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Celebrates Indian Independence Day by Honoring the US-India Innovation Partnership CAMBRIDGE, Mass., August 15, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vyome Holdings (Nasdaq: HIND), a clinical-stage healthcare holding company targeting immuno-inflammatory and rare diseases in the US and global markets with large market potential, will be ringing the Nasdaq Opening Bell today in honor of its first day of trading as “HIND.” The occasion will also mark India’s 79th Independence Day. “The HIND journey begins today, a journey in which anyone, anywhere in the world can now participate thanks to our stock being on Nasdaq,” said Krishna Gupta, Chairman of Vyome. “Our commitment to shareholders…

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