Why Needham Analysts Slashed Their Price Targets on IBM Stock Ahead of Earnings IBM is seeing tempered targets from Needham as macro pressures linger, though growth and margins remain steady. Barchart · Apr 12
‘Blind spots’ but no institutional bias: key points after MPs question senior BBC figures A parliamentary select committee has questioned Michael Prescott, the adviser who wrote the memo that led to the resignation of the BBC’s director general, Tim Davie The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2025
BBC in crisis: key questions to answer as Commons select committee meets MPs will examine Michael Prescott’s claims of liberal bias in coverage of Gaza, racial diversity and trans issues The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2025
‘Not for the faint-hearted’: is running the BBC an impossible job? After Tim Davie’s resignation, the next director general will face internal strife, external noise and looming talks over the corporation’s existence and purpose The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2025
BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands The BBC has long weathered accusations of bias. So why did the latest scandal lead to the resignations of the BBC’s director general and head of news? Many have pointed to the BBC board’s internal divisions over how to respond to a memo – leaked to The Daily Telegraph –… The Conversation · Nov 14, 2025
BBC faces crisis as top executives quit over Trump edit BBC Director General Tim Davie and CEO of news Deborah Turness have resigned amid reports suggesting that a BBC documentary misleadingly edited Donald Trump’s speech from January 6, 2021. Newslaundry · Nov 10, 2025
Boris Johnson trying to undermine BBC leadership, insiders fear after leak Director general under pressure after release of memo criticising reporting on Trump, trans rights and Gaza The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2025
Israeli author David Grossman says his country is committing genocide in Gaza Writer says for many years he has refused to use word but now must ‘with immense pain and with a broken heart’ The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2025
Dow Bleeds Red Due to Big Blue: Stock Market Today Six of the official GICS sectors were in the green, led by communications services, technology and energy stocks. Kiplinger · Jul 24, 2025
Paychex Faces Growth Gap: Can It Deliver On 2026 Targets? The primary challenge in Paychex Inc.'s (NASDAQ:PAYX) latest results and guidance is reconciling the fiscal fourth quarter's 3% year-on-year organic revenue growth with the 5% guidance for fiscal 2026, according to Stifel. Benzinga · Jun 26, 2025
Brilliant, moving, thought-provoking! Simon & Schuster is dispensing with book blurbs – will it make any difference? It is rare to see a newly published book that doesn’t come with a ringing endorsement from at least one or two familiar names. Well known authors will laud a new title as “brilliant”, “moving” or “thought-provoking” and testify that they were “unable to put it down” – or something… The Conversation · Feb 5, 2025
What IBM's New Free Cash Flow Forecast Means for Investors IBM stock is higher Thursday after the tech giant beat Q2 earnings expectations and raised its free cash flow guidance. Here's what you need to know. Kiplinger · Jul 25, 2024
An experts’ guide: culture to help understand the Israel-Palestine conflict Writers and Middle East specialists choose key works – histories, novels, podcasts, documentaries and more – to explain the current crisis The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2023
'Any means necessary': the police who adopt the skull symbol of the ultra-violent comic book vigilante the Punisher In Travis Linnemann’s book The Horror Of Police, he quotes David Grossman, founder of the “bulletproof warrior” seminar series, notorious for teaching police that killing is “just not that big of a deal.” The Conversation · Dec 6, 2022
The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2022 Anguish of war permeates Boston Symphony's 2022-23 season The Boston Symphony Orchestra is sounding a somber note with a new season that will give musical expression to the horrors of war