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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Recharging drones, tea & post robots, DNA in air conditioners & vegan leather

Simon Rose
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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Recharging drones, tea & post robots, DNA in air conditioners & vegan leather
Steve Caplin admires a Singapore company offering electric rental vans. In Denmark, they are developing drones that can recharge from power lines. Japanese scientists are experimenting with drones that can become a rolling wheel on land as well as fly. Hyundai are producing a robot that can deliver tea and post and cope with lifts. A new multitool lets you select the tools you would find most useful. Imperial College has grown a vegan leather shoe from bacteria which even dyed itself. And in Australia, they've found they can retrieve criminals' DNA from air conditioners.
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: Is it silver's turn to shine?

Simon Rose
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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: Is it silver's turn to shine?
Russ Mould of A J Bell explains why inflation – and the risk-free rate – are so important for pricing in markets. Expectations for interest-rate cuts being scaled back as inflation persists have helped gold reach record levels as investors look for stores of value. But Russ points out that silver has had less attention and is relatively cheap in comparison with gold. If there is a shift in the mood music, could it be silver's turn for a run?
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Russ Mould


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Gavin Oldham

Thought for the Week: Putting Dormant Assets to Work

Gavin Oldham
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Thought for the Week

Thought for the Week: Putting Dormant Assets to Work
Just in the United Kingdom alone, it has been estimated that there is £200 billion lying unclaimed as dormant assets. Better analysis is needed, more use should be made of search facilities by families — but the money needs to be put to work, prioritising inter-generational rebalancing. The Dormant Assets Act 2022 is a major step forward by Government, and the Reclaim Fund will enable its provisions to be put into practice. This will become an increasingly important contribution to empowering disadvantaged young people as the birth rate falls. Background music: 'Sea of Ancestry' by Jesse Gallagher.

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Georgie Frost

This Is Money: Beware fixed-rate savings trap, and secrets from an ISA millionaire

Georgie Frost
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This is Money

This Is Money: Beware fixed-rate savings trap, and secrets from an ISA millionaire
There's a warning for savers who's fixed term deals are coming to an end - don't take your eye off the ball now or risk having your returns wiped out in a matter of months. A year ago, there was a flurry of savers choosing fixed-rate bonds as they improved drastically. But if you don't act, the chances are it'll rollover into an awful rate. Helen Crane, Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost talk savings, just as we head into a new financial year. Also on the savings front, NS&I reveals the rate of the new British Savings Bond - is it worth it? And an ISA millionaire reveals all to This is Money on how he built up a seven-figure pot. Helen tackles another reader problem – this time, it's a case of the unwanted and unneeded SIM card costing a pensioner couple hundreds of pounds. And on the utilities front, Lee reveals how Ofcom saved him from a 75% rise in his monthly broadband costs, and why you should check if you're out of contract with your mobile phone. Mortgage approvals are up - but house prices nudge lower. What's going on? Meanwhile, research shows a record third of all homes are being bought by first time buyers – and they make up 89% of buyers in one Berkshire town. Lastly, entrepreneur Tim Armoo runs the rule over five money-making fads doing the rounds on social media – are any of them worth your time?
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Helen Crane


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Motley Fool Money

Motley Fool Money: Four Rules for Using AI (5/4)

Motley Fool Money
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Motley Fool Show

Motley Fool Money: Four Rules for Using AI (5/4)
Instead of the age of artificial intelligence, investors might be better off thinking of this as the age of co-intelligence. We dig into how you can embrace AI and put it to use. Jason Moser and Bill Mann discuss why Disney and Nelson Peltz were both winners in the company’s board fight, Alphabet’s rumored interest in marketing software provider Hubspot, and Spotify’s price hikes, the strength in Levi’s direct to consumer model, and a true blank check business. Then, 19 minutes in, Wharton Professor Ethan Mollick breaks down his four rules for using AI, and other tips from his new book Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI. Finally, 34 minutes in, Jason and Bill break down two stocks on their radar: Cognex and WD40. Stocks discussed: DIS, GOOG, GOOGL, HUBS, SPOT, LEVI, DJT, WDFC, CGNX. Host - Dylan Lewis; Guests - Jason Moser, Bill Mann, Ethan Mollick
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Jason Moser, Bill Mann, Ethan Mollick


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Motley Fool Money

Motley Fool Money: Valuation Matters (2/4)

Motley Fool Money
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Motley Fool Show

Motley Fool Money: Valuation Matters (2/4)
Value and growth investors don’t need to be at odds; they’re all playing the same game. Jim Gillies and Ricky Mulvey discuss payments company, Nuvei, going private and the deal's winners and losers, a demand shift to hybrid vehicles, and what Tesla’s deliveries miss means for the carmaker. Then, 16 minutes in, Robert Brokamp and Alison Southwick take a look at a couple’s real-life finances. Companies discussed: NVEI, PYPL, ADYE.Y, TSLA. Host - Ricky Mulvey; Guests - Jim Gillies, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp, Tyler Satre, Cristen Oehrig Satre
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Jim Gillies, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp, Tyler Satre, Cristen Oehrig Satre


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Adam Cox

Modern Mindset: Food Waste and City Harvest

Adam Cox
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Modern Mindset

Modern Mindset: Food Waste and City Harvest
Adam Cox is joined by Sarah Calcutt from City Harvest, and they discuss the large number of issues surrounding food waste. Sarah tells us some shocking stats, one of which states that if food waste was a country, it would be the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. https://cityharvest.org.uk/
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Sarah Calcutt


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Adam Cox

The Hypnotist: Hypnosis to Bet on Yourself and Your Future

Adam Cox
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The Hypnotist

The Hypnotist: Hypnosis to Bet on Yourself and Your Future
In a session designed to build confidence for those in client-facing industries and in sales, Adam Cox looks at risk — reward using an analogy of visiting a casino. In contrast to putting a bet or stake at risk, he suggests that the only thing at risk in business development is your time, and that the rewards can be substantial. Such a mindset change can enable a more confident strategy for the future.

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Simon Rose

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: The consumer sector & Topps Tiles

Simon Rose
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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: The consumer sector & Topps Tiles
Russell Pointon of Edison Group talks to Simon Rose about the consumer sector where the M&A activity is confirming that a lot of companies are looking cheap. Best off are those companies able to pass on inflation, such as Gregg's. While things should get better this year, the sector isn't out of the woods yet. While this week's trading update from Topps Tiles saw reduced estimates, Russell is encouraged by the minor fall in the share price. Although the environment is currently tough, the shares look cheap and should rebound sharply as things improve. There are notes on them and the consumer sector on the Edison website.
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Russell Pointon


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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: Kung Fu Panda 4, Godzilla x Kong – The New Empire, Mothers' Instinct & Shirley

Simon Rose
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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Kung Fu Panda 4, Godzilla x Kong – The New Empire, Mothers' Instinct & Shirley
James Cameron-Wilson reports box office up another 65% with Kung Fu Panda 4 #1 with over £5m. The animation is superb and the jokes were just good enough to keep James awake. #2 is Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire with £4.1m has amazing CGI and decent human performances from the likes of Rebecca Hall but James wasn't overimpressed with this, the 38th Godzilla film. He found #6 Mothers' Instinct with Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway to be a stylish 1960s thriller in the Patricia Highsmith mould, enjoying it so much he didn't want it to end. On Netflix, he found Shirley, with Regina King as Shirley Chisholm, fighting to become the first black woman in the US Congress a noble and nuanced history lesson, if not entirely compelling as a film.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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