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Spectator
6 days ago
- Politics
- Spectator
Commons blow Lords away in shooting cup
The big guns of parliament were out in force this morning. The annual cross-party Commons v Lords shooting match has long been a fixture in the annual political calendar. After last year's contest was dominated by the shadow of the general election, this year was a much more relaxed affair. Peers and MPs descended on Ruislip to see which of the two Houses came out on top. And in the true spirit of the Parliament Act, it was the elected Commons who (narrowly) triumphed today… The final scores from an enjoyable morning of shooting proved to be 245 for the Commons versus 212 for the Lords. Captain Greg Smith, who stepped into the breach left by Bill Wiggin, received the silver cup, heroically rescued from the Bishops' Bar in the House of Lords. Kit Malthouse meanwhile wrestled the accolade of 'top gun' off the Earl of Effingham. Graham Brady, the captain of the Lords, graciously conceded defeat, assuring his fellow peers that his 'last minute transfer' from the Commons team had not seen him act as a double agent for MPs. As for Mr S, after a lamentable performance, there was only one piece of advice: musket better. The Commons team would be well shot of him next year…
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Equinox Gold Publishes 2024 Sustainability Report
Organized the Ride to Greenstone cycling relay from Vancouver, BC to Geraldton, ON, celebrating the opening of our new Greenstone Mine and raising C$1.24 million for the Geraldton District Hospital and over C$200,000 for local charities at our United States and Brazil mines Invested in our people, with continuation of our Leadership Academy in Brazil and launch of our new Emerging Leader Program in North America Invested in our communities, with 96% of total procurement spend remaining within host countries and 16% directed to local suppliers (up from 14% in 2023) Celebrated eight years without a lost-time injury ("LTI") at Mesquite and recorded zero LTIs at Greenstone and Castle Mountain in 2024, with a Company-wide LTI frequency rate of 0.49 per million hours worked (target 0.61) Advanced several water stewardship initiatives, including implementation of dry stack tailings and maintenance of a freshwater reservoir at our RDM Mine to serve both the mine and local communities Demonstrated best practices in tailings and heap leach management, with zero tailings or heap leach-related environmental or safety incidents Greg Smith, CEO of Equinox Gold, commented: "Responsible mining is foundational to how we operate at Equinox Gold. ESG principles are central to our culture, our business strategy, and the decisions we make each day. In 2024, we made meaningful progress on several fronts: improving our environmental performance, advancing water stewardship projects, increasing our social investments, and enhancing initiatives focused on ethical governance and transparency. We also expanded training, leadership and health and well-being programs for our workforce to ensure our team has the skills to work safely and thrive in their workplace. I am proud of our team's dedication to each other and to upholding our responsible mining commitments." Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 15, 2025) - Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX) (NYSE American: EQX) ("Equinox Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the publication of its 2024 Sustainability Report. Informed by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) frameworks, the report provides a comprehensive overview of the Company's performance and progress across key environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics, including safety, environmental stewardship, community engagement and ethical business practices. The report and detailed GRI and SASB data tables are available for review and download on Equinox Gold's website at . Story Continues Governance Upheld human rights across our organization, including human rights risk assessments, workforce ethics training and publishing our first Modern Slavery Report Achieved 100% acknowledgment of Equinox Gold's Supplier Code of Conduct from over 4,000 active suppliers Tied 8% of executive incentive compensation to ESG metrics Formalized a Company-wide Equity, Diversity and Inclusion strategy underpinned by four pillars: inclusive leadership, inclusive culture, workforce diversity and equity in practice, all committed to a merit-based workplace grounded in fairness and equity to empower our diverse workforce and drive innovation 2025 ESG PRIORITIES Continue to improve our health and safety and environmental performance Implement the objectives detailed in our Human Resources and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion strategic roadmaps Complete external assurance of the World Gold Council's Responsible Gold Mining Principles at two sites Complete training on Equinox Gold's Social Management Standards at all sites Implement a new Enterprise Risk Management system to improve risk management efficiency, data accessibility and reporting More information about Equinox Gold's 2024 performance, 2025 targets and commitments to responsible mining is available in the reports and other disclosure on our website at Equinox Gold Contact Ryan King Senior Vice President, Capital Markets and Strategy T: +1 778.998.3700 E: E: ir@ Cautionary Notes This news release contains certain forward-looking information and forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities legislation (collectively "Forward-looking Information"). Actual results of operations and the ensuing financial results may vary materially from the amounts set out in any Forward-looking Information. Forward-looking Information in this news release relate to, among other things: the ESG objectives and priorities, including expectations for the Company's health, safety and environmental performance. Forward-looking Information is generally identified by words such as "target", "ensure", "continue", "develop", "commitment" and similar expressions and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", or "should", or the negative connotation of such terms, are intended to identify Forward-looking Information. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such Forward-looking Information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on Forward-looking Information since the Company can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. The Company has based Forward-looking Information on the Company's current expectations and projections about future events and these assumptions include: the Company's ability to comply with environmental, health and safety laws or other requirements, standards or protocols; and the Company's ability to meet its ESG objectives, priorities and targets. While the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available, they may prove to be incorrect. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on Forward-looking Information contained in this news release. Forward-looking Information involves numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such Forward-looking Information. Such factors include those described in the section "Risk Factors in in the Company's MD&A dated March 13, 2025 for the year ended December 31, 2024, and in the section titled "Risks Related to the Business" in Equinox Gold's most recently filed Annual Information Form which is available on SEDAR+ at and on EDGAR at Forward-looking Information reflects management's current expectations for future events and is subject to change. Except as required by applicable law, the Company assumes no obligation to update or to publicly announce the results of any change to any Forward-looking Information contained or incorporated by reference to reflect actual results, future events or developments, changes in assumptions or other factors affecting Forward-looking Information. If the Company updates any Forward-looking Information, no inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional updates with respect to those or other Forward-looking Information. All Forward-looking Information contained in this news release is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. To view the source version of this press release, please visit
Yahoo
13-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Amazon boasts futuristic robots have 'a sense of touch.' Teradyne is key supplier behind this new innovation.
In May, Amazon (AMZN) announced its newest step forward in automation technology: a robot called Vulcan that is "changing the way we operate." On Thursday, shares of Teradyne (TER), the company supplying one of the robot's key features — its limbs — surged after a report revealed its involvement in Amazon's futuristic "robot with a sense of touch." Hunterbrook, a hedge fund and newsroom, along with thematic equity investor Citrini Research, published a report showing that the Vulcan robot's limbs are produced by robotics manufacturing firm Universal Robots, which Teradyne acquired in 2015 in an all-cash deal worth $285 million. Teradyne stock rose 6.3% on Thursday following the report. Hunterbrook — up roughly 13% net of fees year to date as of the end of Q2, according to an investor note reviewed by Yahoo Finance — labeled Teradyne a "pick-and-shovel" play in the AI and robotics sectors. The firm disclosed it was long on the stock when its story was published Thursday morning. Teradyne, which manufactures testing equipment for chips used in various electronics, saw its stock price surge during the pandemic amid a chip boom and a furious rally across risk assets, peaking at north of $160 in 2021. The stock has been volatile in the years since, falling as much as 50% from its peak and nearly reclaiming its record high a year ago. Shares settled at $97.05 on Friday, paring some of Thursday's gains. CEO Greg Smith noted on the company's first quarter earnings call that Teradyne's robotics division was working to withstand a "very challenging macro backdrop" but had just received the largest order in its history from a global automotive manufacturer. Smith also noted that the company was seeing customers push order delivery from the second quarter out into future quarters due to uncertainty around the Trump administration's tariff regime. In its report, Hunterbrook flagged that UBS analysts previously wrote in a note on Teradyne that conversations with the company "confirmed that Vulcan could represent the first tangible outcome of [Teradyne's] strategy to engage more directly with large OEMs," which has "already sparked interest from additional customers, potentially marking a turning point for [Teradyne's] industrial automation (IA) business." Thursday's report from Hunterbrook is the first to explicitly link Amazon to the firm. Teradyne declined to comment. Amazon did not respond to requests for comment. Amazon has touted its Vulcan robot as a major step forward in developing robots with a "sense of touch," the company said in its announcement about the technology. Picking and stowing items in Amazon's fulfillment sites has long been challenging for less dexterous robots, but Vulcan represents a significant leap forward, the company said. Smith told analysts and investors during Teradyne's Q1 earnings call that one of the company's biggest growth areas is poised to be advanced robotics. "We would want to significantly outgrow traditional industrial automation peers in this space, mainly because we're addressing an underpenetrated market, the advanced robotics segment," Smith said, "and especially the segment of robotics where people are trying to automate processes that need to be in the presence of people or interoperating with people."
Yahoo
13-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Amazon boasts futuristic robots have 'a sense of touch.' Teradyne is key supplier behind this new innovation.
In May, Amazon (AMZN) announced its newest step forward in automation technology: a robot called Vulcan that is "changing the way we operate." On Thursday, shares of Teradyne (TER), the company supplying one of the robot's key features — its limbs — surged after a report revealed its involvement in Amazon's futuristic "robot with a sense of touch." Hunterbrook, a hedge fund and newsroom, along with thematic equity investor Citrini Research, published a report showing that the Vulcan robot's limbs are produced by robotics manufacturing firm Universal Robots, which Teradyne acquired in 2015 in an all-cash deal worth $285 million. Teradyne stock rose 6.3% on Thursday following the report. Hunterbrook — up roughly 13% net of fees year to date as of the end of Q2, according to an investor note reviewed by Yahoo Finance — labeled Teradyne a "pick-and-shovel" play in the AI and robotics sectors. The firm disclosed it was long on the stock when its story was published Thursday morning. Teradyne, which manufactures testing equipment for chips used in various electronics, saw its stock price surge during the pandemic amid a chip boom and a furious rally across risk assets, peaking at north of $160 in 2021. The stock has been volatile in the years since, falling as much as 50% from its peak and nearly reclaiming its record high a year ago. Shares settled at $97.05 on Friday, paring some of Thursday's gains. CEO Greg Smith noted on the company's first quarter earnings call that Teradyne's robotics division was working to withstand a "very challenging macro backdrop" but had just received the largest order in its history from a global automotive manufacturer. Smith also noted that the company was seeing customers push order delivery from the second quarter out into future quarters due to uncertainty around the Trump administration's tariff regime. In its report, Hunterbrook flagged that UBS analysts previously wrote in a note on Teradyne that conversations with the company "confirmed that Vulcan could represent the first tangible outcome of [Teradyne's] strategy to engage more directly with large OEMs," which has "already sparked interest from additional customers, potentially marking a turning point for [Teradyne's] industrial automation (IA) business." Thursday's report from Hunterbrook is the first to explicitly link Amazon to the firm. Teradyne declined to comment. Amazon did not respond to requests for comment. Amazon has touted its Vulcan robot as a major step forward in developing robots with a "sense of touch," the company said in its announcement about the technology. Picking and stowing items in Amazon's fulfillment sites has long been challenging for less dexterous robots, but Vulcan represents a significant leap forward, the company said. Smith told analysts and investors during Teradyne's Q1 earnings call that one of the company's biggest growth areas is poised to be advanced robotics. "We would want to significantly outgrow traditional industrial automation peers in this space, mainly because we're addressing an underpenetrated market, the advanced robotics segment," Smith said, "and especially the segment of robotics where people are trying to automate processes that need to be in the presence of people or interoperating with people."
Daily Mirror
12-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mirror
Tories enjoy Ascot Ladies Day freebies on eve of historic assisted dying vote
Kemi Badenoch's shadow ministers Stuart Andrew, Greg Smith and Louie French were off to the races last month – on the same day Parliament sat miles away in Westminster Kemi Badenoch's Tory shadow ministers were off to the races enjoying Royal Ascot freebies – on the eve of an historic assisted dying vote. Stuart Andrew bagged two tickets with hospitality worth £550 to attend Ladies Day last month. Fellow shadow ministers Greg Smith and Louie French also went despite the daytime event falling when Parliament was sitting. Voters might have expected them to be hard at work in Westminster where debates took place on June 19 — and with MPs backing assisted dying the next day. But smartly-dressed Andrew was pictured glass in hand, enjoying the Ascot jolly. The Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport's partner who posted the image on social media even boasted about it being "the hottest day of the year". It comes after PM Keir Starmer and Labour ministers found themselves under fire last year over taking freebies. Dozens of miles away from Ascot, the Commons had a busy schedule on June 19, meeting at 9.30am and not adjourning until 5.17pm. The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed, the Solicitor-General, Lucy Rigby, and the Leader of the House, Lucy Powell, faced statements on UK infrastructure and warm home discount expansion also took place. Later, there was a motion to approve licensing hours for the Women's Euros, as well as debates on incontinence and water safety education. It is not known whether the Tory shadow ministers attended Parliament at all that day but with Ascot's gates opening at 10.30am and races starting at 2.30pm it would have given them little time at their desks. The trio voted against the assisted dying bill the following day. Andrew's tickets with hospitality came courtesy of Ascot Racecourse Ltd, the MPs' register of financial interests shows. His partner, Robin Rogers, deputy chairman for politics at Daventry Conservative Association, posted pictures of the couple on Instagram. He wrote: 'What do you do on the hottest day of the year? [sun emojis] It's obvious isn't it? Get trussed up like a turkey and head for Ascot!!!' With a series of horse and drinks emojis, he added: 'Not complaining today it's the Royal enclosure all the way!!' Shadow Sports Minister Louie French got two tickets 'and lunch with representatives of Ascot and British Horseracing' worth £590 on June 19, thanks to Ascot Racecourse. Tory Shadow Business Minister Greg Smith joined the fun, accepting two tickets worth £590 from Ascot Racecourse Ltd so he and a family member could go on the same day. In an earlier comment piece about assisted dying, Smith argued "we can all agree that the process for introducing such a consequential piece of legislation needs to be rigorous and thorough". And Tory MP and ex-minister Sir John Whittingdale – who also voted against the assisted dying bill – bagged hospitality and two tickets worth £3,600 to attend Ascot on June 19 too, courtesy of the Betting & Gaming Council. Andrew, French, Smith and Sir John were contacted for comment. A Conservative Party Spokesperson said: 'Racing is a valued part of the British economy, supporting 85,000 jobs and generating £4 billion a year. The industry is now under threat from Labour Government red tape and taxes."
