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  • Lando Norris leads Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz during second practice at Monza

    Lando Norris leads Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz during second practice at Monza

    Lando Norris put McLaren at the top of the timesheets during Friday’s second practice session for the Italian Grand Prix, leading the way from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Williams’ Carlos Sainz – while home driver Kimi Antonelli spun out early on.

    After Lewis Hamilton led a Ferrari 1-2 in first practice, to the delight of the passionate Tifosi packing Monza’s grandstands and grass banks, drivers and teams returned to the track for another hour of running on Friday afternoon – FP2 getting under way at 1700 local time.

    All 20 cars were quick to emerge from their garages when the green light switched on at the end of the pit lane, with Oscar Piastri reclaiming his McLaren from F2 racer Alex Dunne and Franco Colapinto taking his Alpine back from reserve Paul Aron following their FP1 outings.

    Despite a cracked mirror, Piastri posted the fastest time of the opening minutes with a 1m 21.212s, before team mate Norris (who had coincidentally lost one of his mirrors altogether) lowered the benchmark to a 1m 21.012s – both drivers initially running medium tyres.

    Drama then ensued when Alpine driver Pierre Gasly went too deep entering the Ascari chicane, ran through the gravel and littered stones over the track, before Antonelli lost control of his Mercedes through Lesmo 2, beached it at the exit and caused a red flag.

    A brief stoppage followed as marshals cleared Antonelli’s car, allowing McLaren to carry out some mirror repairs on Piastri and Norris’ cars, with 45 minutes still remaining on the FP2 clock when Race Control declared that the circuit was clear once more.

    Further runs on Pirelli’s medium and hard compound tyres duly triggered a flurry of changes at the top of the times – Leclerc clocking a 1m 20.937s, Max Verstappen producing a 1m 20.710s and Sainz getting down to a 1m 20.583s.

    Elsewhere, Piastri and Kick Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto were shown clattering the kerbs at the exit of Lesmo 2, while Albon just about held onto his Williams after a dramatic mid-corner snap through Lesmo 1 – the latter two asking for checks to be carried out on their floors.

    Around halfway into the session, drivers began to make the switch to the soft tyres, bringing a new pace-setting effort of 1m 19.878s from Norris, despite the Briton being forced to abandon his first lap on the red-marked rubber via a moment exiting the Roggia chicane.

    Leclerc and Verstappen experienced troubles of their own on the soft rubber; Leclerc running wide exiting Lesmo 2 and reporting “no grip at all – like zero”; and Verstappen reporting that his car was becoming “really jumpy” and “really nervous on every little bump”.

    When the final soft-shod laps came in, before drivers switched their focus to longer runs, Leclerc made a significant improvement to go second to Norris by 0.083s, before another off at the Ascari chicane, while Sainz backed up his early-session pace to slot into third.

    Piastri wound up in fourth position, ahead of a trip to the stewards for allegedly entering the fast lane of the pit lane before the session restart, followed closely by Hamilton – who had a late trip through the gravel at the exit of Lesmo 2 – and Verstappen.

    Albon underlined Williams’ strong start to the weekend in seventh, despite his earlier dramas, ahead of Nico Hulkenberg’s Sauber, Yuki Tsunoda’s Red Bull and George Russell’s Mercedes, which returned to the track for the start of FP2 after his early-day hydraulic issues.

    Isack Hadjar was the quickest Racing Bulls driver in 11th, from Bortoleto (also noted by the stewards for an apparent yellow flag breach) and the Aston Martin and Haas machines of Lance Stroll, Oliver Bearman, Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon.

    The final positions were filled by Lawson, Gasly, the sidelined Antonelli and Colapinto, with drivers and teams now set to reconvene in the paddock to dig through the data and prepare for Saturday’s final practice session at 1230 local time.

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  • Fine Particulate Matter Exposure Tied to Lewy Body Dementia

    Fine Particulate Matter Exposure Tied to Lewy Body Dementia

    A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have revealed a possible molecular connection between air pollution and an increased risk of developing Lewy body dementia.

    The findings add to a growing body of evidence indicating how environmental factors may trigger harmful protein changes in the brain that lead to neurodegeneration.

    Lewy body diseases are a group of neurodegenerative disorders marked by the abnormal buildup of a protein, alpha-synuclein, in the brain. These clumps, known as Lewy bodies, are a hallmark of the conditions Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia.

    The study, published in Science September 4, builds on a decade of research linking exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) — tiny particles from industrial activity, residential burning, wildfires and vehicle exhaust — to a higher risk of developing these diseases, says lead investigator Xiaobo Mao, Ph.D., associate professor of neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a member of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering.

    In their new work, Mao’s team discovered that exposing mice to PM2.5 triggered the formation of abnormal alpha-synuclein clumps. These toxic protein clusters shared key structural and disease-related features with those found in the brains of patients with Lewy body dementia.

    “We have identified a novel strain of Lewy bodies formed after exposure to air pollution,” Mao says. “By defining this strain, we hope to establish a specific target for future drugs aimed at slowing the progression of neurodegenerative diseases marked by Lewy bodies.”

    The research began with an analysis of hospital data from 56.5 million U.S. patients admitted between 2000 and 2014 with neurodegenerative diseases. The team focused on patients hospitalized for the first time with Lewy body-related conditions and used data from their ZIP codes to estimate their long-term exposure to PM2.5. The scientists found that each interquartile range increase in PM2.5 concentration in these ZIP code areas resulted in a 17% higher risk of Parkinson’s disease dementia and a 12% higher risk of dementia with Lewy bodies.

    “The statistical association we uncovered is even stronger than what previous studies found when lumping all Alzheimer’s and related dementias together — highlighting Lewy body formation as a potentially pivotal pathway that warrants deeper biological investigation,” says Xiao Wu, Ph.D., a co-first and co-corresponding author of the study and assistant professor of biostatistics at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. “We hope to inspire researchers to conduct both epidemiologic and molecular studies that focus on dementia subtypes linked to Lewy bodies.”

    Exploring the biological reason for this association between exposure to PM2.5 and Lewy body dementia, Mao’s team of researchers exposed both normal mice and genetically modified mice lacking the alpha-synuclein protein to PM2.5 pollution every other day for a period of 10 months.

    “In normal mice, we saw brain atrophy, cell death and cognitive decline — symptoms similar to those in Lewy body dementia,” says study collaborator Ted Dawson, M.D., Ph.D., the Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Professor in Neurodegenerative Diseases and director of the Institute for Cell Engineering. “But in mice lacking alpha-synuclein, the brain didn’t exhibit any significant changes.”

    The researchers then studied mice with a human gene mutation (hA53T) linked to early-onset Parkinson’s disease. After five months of PM2.5 exposure, these mice developed widespread pockets of alpha-synuclein and experienced cognitive decline. Observed through biophysical and biochemical analysis, these protein clumps were structurally distinct from those that form during natural aging.

    The researchers also set out to determine whether air pollution effects varied by location. They found that mice exposed to separate samples of PM2.5 from China, Europe and the United States led to similar brain changes and development of alpha-synuclein pockets.

    “This suggests that the harmful effects of PM2.5 may be broadly consistent across different regions,” says Haiqing Liu, Ph.D., first author of the study and postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

    The researchers say changes in gene expression in the brains of PM2.5-exposed mice were strikingly similar to those found in human patients with Lewy body dementia.

    “This suggests that pollution may not only trigger the build-up of toxic proteins but also drive disease-related gene expression changes in the human brain,” says Shizhong Han, Ph.D., lead investigator at the Lieber Institute and for Brain Development and an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the school of medicine.

    “We believe we’ve identified a core molecular link between PM2.5 exposure and the propagation of Lewy body dementia,” Mao says.

    While genetic factors play a significant role in neurodegenerative disease, the researchers say people can potentially control their exposure to pollution.

    “Our next goal is to figure out which specific components in air pollution are driving these effects,” says Xiaodi Zhang, Ph.D., a first author of the study and postdoctoral fellow at the school of medicine. “Understanding that could help guide public health efforts to reduce harmful exposures and lower the risk of disease.”

    Reference: Zhang X, Liu H, Wu X, et al. Lewy body dementia promotion by air pollutants. Science. 2025;389(6764):eadu4132. doi: 10.1126/science.adu4132

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  • From two cars to 20,000: how Bluebird became Indonesia’s ride-hailing giant

    From two cars to 20,000: how Bluebird became Indonesia’s ride-hailing giant

    Businesswoman and philanthropist Noni Purnomo is the president commissioner of Jakarta-based transportation firm Bluebird Group. The family business has survived plenty of bumps in the road since her grandmother started it in the 1970s. Since taking charge, Purnomo has spearheaded initiatives such as Make Jakarta’s Sky Blue, One Ride One Seed, Blue Bird Peduli and the introduction of e-taxis. She has also seen off a series of challenges including the coronavirus pandemic, the advent of ride-hailing and Jakarta’s infamous traffic. 

    Monocle caught up with Purnomo in Hong Kong to discuss opportunities in the logistics business, doing right by both staff and customers, and how to keep a sense of perspective. Bluebird has approximately 40,000 staff and more than 20,000 vehicles, from cars and trucks to buses and limousines.

    Bluebird has 40,000 staff and more than 20,000 vehicles, from cars and trucks to buses and limousines. Tell us about the business.
    My grandmother founded it in 1972. She was a law professor with no knowledge of business but needed to pay for her three children’s education. When my grandfather passed away, we were left with nothing. Starting with two cars, she grew the company around a philosophy of giving happiness to others, hence the [positive image of the] Bluebird. Her main purpose was not just to fulfil her own financial needs but to grow a company that would be able to give back to the country by providing safe and reliable transportation services. She also cared about elevating the people who were working with us and their families. That’s still the purpose of the company.

    You did an IPO in 2014. What is the valuation of your company today?
    It went down a lot since the IPO because we got hit twice: in 2016 by ride-hailing, then in 2020 by the pandemic. I haven’t looked at the numbers. I try not to.

    What are the challenges of operating taxis in Jakarta? You’re trying to get cars around one of the world’s most traffic-clogged cities but you’re known for reliability and having nice, kind drivers. How do you do it?
    Praying. That’s the first thing. The biggest challenges for us – especially because we own and operate our own vehicles – are efficiency and productivity. So congestion is a major issue. We’re grateful for the latest technology that guides us through the traffic as efficiently as possible but it’s still a challenge. We’re trying to shift towards renewable energy; we hope that it will become cheaper. Gasoline takes up about 20 per cent of our revenue. We do our own maintenance and have depots so every night, every vehicle comes back to be cleaned and maintained. That’s about 3 per cent of our revenue. It’s a reason to look for different types of vehicles that need less maintenance, hence our electric taxis.

    Having more sustainable vehicles is an important part of your plan. What are the main difficulties when it comes to shifting the fleet to electric vehicles?
    When the former president announced the aspiration for Indonesia to become net zero by 2060, we took that opportunity to join in. In 2019 we launched our electric taxis but we still only have about 400 and there are a lot of challenges in implementing this change in Indonesia. It took us two years just to get the proper licences and to navigate the legislation and rules. But perhaps that’s the beauty of it: as long as there is chaos, there are also opportunities. If everything settled down, we would be flat. We always like to see opportunities in such challenges and Indonesia is still growing very rapidly.

    Tell us a little about how you run your company. What are some of the hurdles that you have cleared?
    I’m the third generation of my family in this business and you know what they say: the first generation founds the company, the second generation builds it and the third … Well, hopefully I have proven this wrong but the third tends to ruin the company. When I took over from my father, we were hit by ride-hailing, then we got clobbered by the pandemic. So how did I wake up every morning and still want to go to the office? I’m very privileged because I inherited a very strong company from my father, who had built it up with my grandmother. It had good values and we still focus on integrity every single day. We are the company that has returned the most lost belongings, not just in Indonesia but probably in the world too: we have returned about 70 per cent of items left in our taxis. A lot of our customers are tourists and have left the country so we can’t return everything. 

    Integrity remains very important, as well as our care for others. It’s one of the things that my grandmother always reminded me of when she was alive: the idea that we have to treat every person in the company as if they’re our own family. This helped us to get over certain challenges. For example, when ride-hailing arrived, it was the worst time for us. I remember in March 2016 there was a huge demonstration in Jakarta and everyone accused Bluebird of being behind the protest. It was devastating for us because, before then, Bluebird was associated with happiness. Suddenly people got angry with us on social media. Our drivers were giving their hearts and their time to serve the passengers but it was all doom and gloom. 

    As a leader, I needed to go to them and lift their energy levels back up. So we announced that the next day, we would offer free taxi rides for everyone for 24 hours [and pay our drivers]. Some people thought that it was just a PR gimmick but what we wanted was to lift the morale of our drivers as they were so down. The next morning, they came back to work heartened and that is the main reason that we survived at all.

    Unlike in the gig economy, your pitch to employees is that working for you is a point of pride. What does it mean to wear the Bluebird uniform?
    It’s made of batik, a traditional Indonesian fabric, because we’re 100 per cent Indonesian and it is given to our drivers when they become permanent. They have to be a temporary driver or trainee for about six months in order to become permanent. During this time they’re being trained but also monitored. The uniform is a symbol. You’re representing not just shareholders or the Bluebird family but also Indonesia itself.

    Your grandmother inspired you to help women who want to get into business and you do a lot through scholarships for your drivers and their families. Tell us a little about being a female leader and what you’re trying to do for young women.
    Most of the time I’m in a minority. Not just in the industry but in my family too: in my generation there are seven of us but just two are women. I’m not even the eldest. But we were all given equal opportunities and that comes with equal responsibilities. In 1998 we launched scholarships for the children of our drivers and during that time about 2 per cent of recipients were female. We give about 1,000 every year and today 52 per cent go to women. Hopefully, this means that our drivers and employees also understand the importance of equal opportunity. We also encourage our drivers’ wives and adult daughters to start businesses and give vocational training for this. All I ask of them is to give equal opportunity to both boys and girls and to ensure that girls can go to school too. That’s the programme’s purpose.

    Read next: In the UAE, flying taxis will soon be a reality

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  • IOC President creates four new working groups

    IOC President creates four new working groups

    “As part of our ‘Fit For The Future’ process, I had announced that we would immediately begin the process of forming key working groups. The groups announced today are the start of that process. They will allow us to meet deadlines, and bring important technical expertise to these complex and important discussions, while realigning where we feel that it is necessary to strengthen our Movement,” said President Coventry.

    She continued: “The ‘Fit For The Future’ consultations with stakeholders are ongoing, and these groups will receive constant feedback to make sure that everybody is fully aligned and that all recommendations are fully integrated.”

    In order to review the selection process of Olympic hosts, the Future Host Commission for the Games of the Olympiad will now focus solely on this topic. Therefore, the IOC President has created a new working group to focus on the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) only.

    • The YOG Working Group will look at the potential and relevance of the YOG. It will also take over the process for selecting the host for the 2030 YOG. This will allow for all recommendations to be fully integrated into the selection process. This working group will be chaired by IOC member Danka Hrbeková.

    • The Olympic Programme Working Group will focus on the sports programme. It will look to find a balance between the size of the Games, the relevance of the sports and disciplines, the integration of new sports and disciplines, and, potentially, identifying ways for sports to be added to or removed from the programme through a clear and transparent process. It will also consider the suggestion that traditional summer or winter sports could cross over, the timing of the Games, and the sports calendar. It will be chaired by IOC member Karl Stoss.

    • The Protection of the Female Category Working Group will look at how we can best protect the female category. The group will consist of experts and IFs. The names of the members of the working group will remain confidential for now to protect the integrity of the group and their work.

    • The Commercial Partnerships and Marketing Working Group will look at the IOC’s existing programmes, platforms and systems, how it engages with partners, and how it can evolve and ensure that it is fit for today’s competitive market. The Working Group will study other organisations’ business models and how they are using new platforms, and what potential the IOC might have to adapt. It will also explore how the capabilities of Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and Olympic Channel Services (OCS) can be further leveraged to create future revenue generation. It will be chaired by IOC member Luis Alberto Moreno.

    The working groups will also be able to invite relevant experts to join their discussions as they move through this process.

    The full list of members of the working groups can be found below:

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  • Bilawal calls for unified national response to Punjab floods

    Bilawal calls for unified national response to Punjab floods

    Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called for a united national response to the devastating floods in Punjab. He urged the federal and provincial governments to rise above political differences and prioritise relief efforts.

    During a visit to flood-affected areas in Kasur on Friday, Bilawal stressed that the scale of the disaster demands joint action, saying no single provincial government can tackle the crisis alone.

    “This is not a time for political point-scoring. Natural disasters demand national unity. We must all come together to help our people rebuild their lives,” he said.

    Read More: Chenab, Sutlej flooding push provincial death toll to 68

    Acknowledging the efforts of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, the PPP chairman praised her dedication during the emergency and called on the federal government to play a lead role in providing aid and infrastructure support.

    “CM Maryam is working hard in difficult circumstances, and that must be recognised. But the federal government must also play its part, just as it did during previous floods,” he said.

    Bilawal appealed for the declaration of an agricultural emergency in Punjab, pointing to extensive crop losses and widespread damage to the province’s rural economy.

    He also urged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to extend subsidies through the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and provide relief to the farmers in the form of seed, fertiliser, and electricity bill support.

    “Punjab’s agricultural sector is in crisis. Farmers need immediate help with inputs and loan relief. We cannot afford to damage the backbone of our economy,” he added.

    The PPP chairman criticised the Indian government for failing to uphold the Indus Waters Treaty, besides releasing excessive water exacerbating the flooding in Pakistan.

    “India’s refusal to share timely water data is a violation of international law and a threat to millions of lives. This is not just a breach of the Indus Waters Treaty — it is an attack on the Indus river system itself. This is water terrorism,” he said.

    Also Read: Punjab cuts off feed mills’ wheat supply

    He added that Pakistan would raise the matter at international forums and expressed confidence that India would eventually be compelled to either honour the treaty or return Pakistan’s rightful share of the rivers.

    Bilawal said his party stands ready to assist in both the relief and rehabilitation phases, and has instructed PPP members to fully support the Punjab government’s efforts.

    “We built two million houses in Sindh with federal support after the floods. With unity and commitment, we can do the same for Punjab,” he concluded.

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  • Deaf Republic review – a town under military occupation falls defiantly silent | Theatre

    Deaf Republic review – a town under military occupation falls defiantly silent | Theatre

    A town under military occupation refuses to buckle under. After a young deaf boy is shot while watching a puppet show, the citizens of Vasenka fall deaf themselves: refusing to speak, respond, even to hear military orders.

    The dramatic, book-length poem from 2019 by Ukrainian-born Ilya Kaminsky becomes an elaborately imagined theatrical fable from Dublin’s Dead Centre: not consoling, sometimes laborious, always demanding vigilance.

    If deafness is metaphor in Kaminsky’s poem, here it is a potent theatrical force. Dead Centre’s writer-directors Bush Moukarzel and Ben Kidd team up with sign language poet Zoë McWhinney. The spoken dialogue doesn’t capture Kaminsky’s flinty concision or wild incantation, but signing impels the show: a vivid choreography of communication. Signing, speech and surtitles are variously combined; panic and violence are loud in every register.

    Deaf citizens stand blank-faced before a soldier’s jokes and threats until he resorts to captions (“this is an accessible war!”). Their gestures are lyrical, witty, calmly insurgent, but refusal only goes so far. “Poems are no match for a man with a machine gun,” warns baleful puppeteer Momma Galya (a louche and gritty Derbhle Crotty).

    The plush textures of Kevin Gleeson’s sound design often blur and muffle the speaking world. Townsquare chatter and traffic envelop us, then falls silent. The story’s central couple (warmly played by Romel Belcher and Caoimhe Coburn Gray) are beguiling guides, often appearing in marionette form. Puppets become a vivid image of childish innocence turned sour, of people struggling to steer their own destinies. In death, humans are hauled up on ropes, defiance reduced to deadweight carcass.

    Artistic director David Byrne’s Royal Court continues to expand the theatre’s notion of authorship: ensembles can be auteurs. Dead Centre are masters of meta-theatrical dazzle. Here, we rarely watch in a single register. Live film sits atop the stage picture. Scenes are screened in dollhouse miniature then replicated at full scale (ingenious designs by Jeremy Herbert). A hovering drone scans the audience. There are so many moving parts that spectatorship becomes a testing exercise in awareness. Yet the production ultimately asks us to sit with defeat – a hard road, even if it fits our current geopolitical moment.

    At Royal Court theatre, London, until 13 September, then at the Samuel Beckett theatre, Dublin, 2-5 October, as part of Dublin Theatre festival

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  • Zero-emission construction machinery in China, 2025

    Zero-emission construction machinery in China, 2025

    Model offerings in China’s zero-emission construction machinery market are concentrated among a group of major players, with the top 10 manufacturers accounting for nearly 73% of all available models as of 2024. Most of these leading companies offered at least 10 electric models, highlighting their strong commitment to electrification. XCMG led with 33 models, followed by SANY (21), LiuGong (18), Shantui (15), and SDLG (14). Yutong, Sunward, Zoomlion, Lishide, and Jingong each accounted for between 7 and 10 models. The expansion of model offerings in the zero-emission construction machinery market suggests that electrification is no longer a niche effort but an increasing focus in product development across the industry. 

    The powertrain mix is dominated by battery electric machinery (BEM), which accounted for 65% of available models in 2024, followed by wired electric variants at 20%. Extended-range electric machinery (EREM)—battery-powered machinery equipped with an auxiliary power source, typically a small combustion engine, to generate electricity and extend range—accounted for 8% of the powertrain mix. Other technologies, including battery swap-capable and hydrogen fuel-cell systems, each represented less than 5% of the market.  

    Based on the power segments defined in current off-road engine emissions regulations, more than half of zero-emission models available as of 2024 fell within the 75–300 kW range, indicating a strong focus on medium-duty applications, while high-power segments (above 300 kW) remained nascent but are beginning to show signs of expansion. 

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  • News: CMN Weekly (5 September 2025) – Your Weekly CRISPR Medicine News – CRISPR Medicine News

    News: CMN Weekly (5 September 2025) – Your Weekly CRISPR Medicine News – CRISPR Medicine News

    1. News: CMN Weekly (5 September 2025) – Your Weekly CRISPR Medicine News  CRISPR Medicine News
    2. CRISPR’s Efficiency Triples With Spherical Nucleic Acid Delivery System  Northwestern University
    3. Flashpoint Therapeutics Announces Major Publication Supporting Application of its Proprietary Structural Nanomedicine Platform to CRISPR-based Therapeutics  Yahoo Finance
    4. New nanostructure makes CRISPR edits safer and three times faster  Drug Target Review

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  • prices hit record highs around the globe

    prices hit record highs around the globe

    Gold prices in Pakistan rose further on Friday after spot gold went up by $12 to $3,552 per ounce in the international bullion market following the greenback slightly losing value.

    The price of 24-karat gold per tola jumped by Rs1,200 to Rs377,900, while 10 grams of gold increased by Rs1,029, hitting Rs323,988 — both all-time highs.

    Dealers reported that buyers are increasingly hesitant to make large purchases at these elevated levels. Traders noted that while global momentum drove domestic rates higher, physical demand remained cautious at these high prices.

    Also Read: Salaried class pays 21% more tax

    Traders in the international market wait for the US non-farm payrolls report, which could influence Federal Reserve interest rate decisions.

    Recent increase in the price of yellow metal shows three per cent upward trend for the week after hitting a record high on Wednesday.

    Analysts said, expectations of a September Fed rate cut and a weaker dollar have strengthened gold’s appeal as a safe-haven asset amid global economic uncertainty.

    Meanwhile, silver also headed for its third straight week of gains, reflecting broader strength in precious metals markets.

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  • Samsara Stock Soars on ‘Internet of Things’ Firm’s Results, Outlook

    Samsara Stock Soars on ‘Internet of Things’ Firm’s Results, Outlook

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    Samsara’s second-quarter adjusted earnings per share and revenue exceeded analysts’ expectations

    • Samsara beat profit and sales forecasts as the “internet of things” platform firm benefited from big customers.

    • The company’s customers with annual recurring revenue of more than $100,000 jumped 31% year-over-year.

    • Samsara raised its full-year earnings and revenue guidance.

    Shares of Samsara (IOT) surged more than 15% Friday, a day after the “internet of things” platform company reported better-than-expected results and boosted its guidance as its base of big customers grew.

    Samsara, which provides technology for businesses to track and manage vehicles, equipment, and operations in real time, posted fiscal 2026 second-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.12, with revenue jumping 30% year-over-year to $391.5 million. Both exceeded Visible Alpha forecasts.

    Annual recurring revenue (ARR) at the end of the quarter increased 30% to $1.64 billion. The number of customers with ARR of more than $100,000 grew 31% to 2,771, and those accounted for about $1 billion of Samsara’s ARR.

    “We’re seeing firsthand how the rise of the AI-driven economy is amplifying demand for our platform,” CEO and co-founder Sanjit Biswas said.

    The company now sees full-year adjusted EPS of $0.45 to $0.47, up from its previous outlook of $0.39 to $0.41. It anticipates revenue in the range of $1.574 billion to $1.578 billion, compared to the earlier estimate of $1.547 billion to $1.555 billion.

    Even with today’s advance, Samsara shares are down about 5% year-to-date.

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