How did Graeme Forster, a mathematician from Wales, wind up in Hamilton, Bermuda, running a stock portfolio? His curriculum vitae is a bit unusual. So are the incentive fees collected by his employer, Orbis Investment Management, on the $7.5 billion he looks after. Unusual, especially, is his quirky collection of 65 stocks.Forster is betting on antibody-based drugs with an unusual twist, on stockholder empowerment in Korea, on runaway inflation and, counterintuitively, on movie theaters. This looks nothing like an index fund. If it did, Orbis, compensated for beating indexes, would starve. Forster landed a Ph.D. from Cambridge in 2007 by…

The Toronto Blue Jays are looking to best the division rival New York Yankees in a series for the first time since they enjoyed a historic postseason win.In last year’s American League Division Series, the first-ever between the two rivals, the Blue Jays bested the Yankees in four games en…

WARM SPRINGS, Georgia (AP) — Wearing gauzy wings and floaty dresses in a rainbow of colors, with glitter and rhinestones shimmering on their faces, Black cosplaying creatives gathered in a woodland clearing in central Georgia to celebrate whimsy and magic.ATL Black Fae Fest is a three-day event where participants celebrate…

United States

Published on 19/05/2026 – 12:07 GMT+2 Denmark’s former monarch, 86-year-old Queen Margrethe, has been released from hospital after undergoing an angioplasty procedure last week, the palace said on Tuesday. “Her Majesty Queen Margrethe was discharged from Rigshospitalet today and is returning to Fredensborg Palace,” it said in a new statement…

Business & Money

Jerome Powell’s term as Federal Reserve Chair ended Friday, May 15, 2026. For the millions of Americans whose retirement savings sit in 401(k) plans, the moment invites a natural question: How did balances actually perform on his watch compared with those of his recent predecessors?The Fed doesn’t directly manage 401(k)…

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