Ralph Abraham, the principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has left that position, effective immediately, citing "unforeseen family obligations." Abraham, who previously served as Louisiana's surgeon general, was just sworn in on Dec. 15. His departure comes amid a shakeup at US Department of Health and Human Services agencies. Earlier in February, it was annou...
Ralph Abraham, the principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has left that position, effective immediately, citing "unforeseen family obligations." Abraham, who previously served as Louisiana's surgeon general, was just sworn in on Dec. 15. His departure comes amid a shakeup at US Department of Health and Human Services agencies. Earlier in February, it was announced that Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O'Neill, who was also serving as interim CDC director, was leaving both positions. National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya is the new acting CDC director. More on pharma companies Merck: Why Investors Should Remain Bullish Despite Patent Risks Pfizer: A Risky 6.3% Yield For Income-Oriented Investors Q4 Healthcare Dividends: Johnson & Johnson Kept Outshining Pfizer (Rating Upgrades) Bristol unveils positive phase 2 data for Reblozyl in alpha thalassemia Merck to split human health unit into two divisions
Are British companies up or down? Lucky, or unlucky? No one quite knows whether the UK’s preferential 10% deal with the US will hold after the US Supreme Court ruling on Friday which struck down Donald Trump’s tariff regime. Since then, the US trade envoy has said that all extant trade deals will be observed but even so, the uncertainty was such that over the weekend even government ministers were...
Are British companies up or down? Lucky, or unlucky? No one quite knows whether the UK’s preferential 10% deal with the US will hold after the US Supreme Court ruling on Friday which struck down Donald Trump’s tariff regime. Since then, the US trade envoy has said that all extant trade deals will be observed but even so, the uncertainty was such that over the weekend even government ministers were stumped. This afternoon our team report that the EU is about to freeze the ratification of its trade deal with the US as it seeks new details on what it all means. The worry for Britain is that, as Ellen Milligan reports , Donald Trump’s reaction to last Friday’s Supreme Court ruling — saying he would reimpose tariffs for all countries at 15% — means the UK could have the most to lose. This time a year ago Keir Starmer was days away from meeting President Trump in the Oval Office. Along with his newly-minted US ambassador Peter Mandelson and chief of staff Morgan McSweeney, Team Starmer would have been planning the moment when the prime minister pulled from his jacket with a flourish a hand-signed invitation from King Charles, offering Trump his second state visit. Weeks later and with a lower tariff rate of 10%, Starmer’s Britain looked smug. Twelve months on, down to the very week, and the British Chambers of Commerce estimates that if Trump’s new global rate of 15% applies to us, it will raise the cost of UK exports to the US by as much as £3 billion, impacting 40,000 British companies. A parallel deal for steel, pharmaceuticals and cars is expected to remain in place but other than that, sectors that send goods across the Atlantic — from whisky to toys — could get hit by Trump’s new elevated rate. While this not knowing should have pummelled the FTSE 100 this morning, in reality there were small gains for miners, and banks and oil kept up too. More from our Markets Today team down below. But it’s uncanny how the plot and cast of that Oval Office scene is now, 360-ish d...
Despite Apple’s underperformance relative to the technology sector over the past year, Wall Street analysts maintain a moderately optimistic outlook on its prospects.
Despite Apple’s underperformance relative to the technology sector over the past year, Wall Street analysts maintain a moderately optimistic outlook on its prospects.
From the frontline to underground shelters to children’s funerals, Kochetova has captured the war in Ukraine with power and humanity for the Guardian. ‘I have the same scars as the people I photograph,’ she says ahead of a major show Julia Kochetova is unlike most of the people who cover Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the Guardian. The photographer lives in Kyiv; she is Ukrainian. It is her coun...
From the frontline to underground shelters to children’s funerals, Kochetova has captured the war in Ukraine with power and humanity for the Guardian. ‘I have the same scars as the people I photograph,’ she says ahead of a major show Julia Kochetova is unlike most of the people who cover Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the Guardian. The photographer lives in Kyiv; she is Ukrainian. It is her country that is being invaded, her friends who are being killed. The war that began in 2014 and brutally escalated on 24 February in 2022 has infused every part of her existence. It is fundamental to her life choices, her relationships, her friendships, her career (when she was younger she had planned to go to art school in Germany, but photojournalism beckoned). She is at home on the frontline, and could give you battlefield first aid if you needed it. She is also a vegetarian who makes an exception for meat-based borsch ; reads poetry when we’re on the road together; and can wash and brush out her waist-length hair in unusual locations and at surprising speed. Her driving style lies somewhere on the spectrum between chaotic and shrewd, and she can recommend you a good place for a manicure in Kyiv. She is 32 years old. She has organised more funerals than anyone should have to do in a lifetime. Continue reading...
Soybeans reversed earlier losses to turn higher Monday as traders tried to unpack how changes to President Donald Trump ’s tariff regime will impact US crop shipments. Trump imposed a 15% global tariff over the weekend after the US Supreme Court ruled against his use of emergency powers to set reciprocal duties on countries around the world. The setback was viewed as strengthening Beijing’s hand i...
Soybeans reversed earlier losses to turn higher Monday as traders tried to unpack how changes to President Donald Trump ’s tariff regime will impact US crop shipments. Trump imposed a 15% global tariff over the weekend after the US Supreme Court ruled against his use of emergency powers to set reciprocal duties on countries around the world. The setback was viewed as strengthening Beijing’s hand in trade negotiations with Washington, making it harder for the US to press China for larger purchases of soybeans. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Sunday on CBS said that deals remain in place, and “we expect our partners to stand by them .” With much of American export demand linked to Trump’s initial deal with his counterpart Xi Jinping to boost soybean shipments to Asia, any disruption in trade flows could pressure prices. US growers are set to plant more beans at the expense of corn this spring, after the deal gave soy a price advantage. Soybeans initially fell Friday as farmers and traders assessed any potential fallout from the Supreme Court’s decision. However, futures started climbing early Monday in Chicago, testing recent three-months highs, as buyers in China were set to return from the Lunar New Year holiday on Tuesday. Futures traders have been adding to bullish positions on the expectations that China will buy more US beans. “I expect most of the other trade deals implemented over the past year to hold up,” StoneX chief commodities economist Arlan Suderman said. “However, the headlines surrounding the court’s decision continue to keep ‘uncertainty’ an issue in the US economy.” Soybeans were up 0.8% to $11.6275 a bushel as of 10:47 a.m. in Chicago Corn climbed 1.1% to $4.4475 a bushel Wheat gained 0.3% to $5.8175 a bushel
Spotify continues to test its AI-powered “Prompted Playlists” feature, now rolling out the tool to Premium subscribers in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and Sweden.
Spotify continues to test its AI-powered “Prompted Playlists” feature, now rolling out the tool to Premium subscribers in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and Sweden.
The release of a new artificial intelligence model from China's DeepSeek could mean a rough period will follow for Nasdaq stocks. The Chinese AI company has yet to announce a release date, but it's expected to be imminent following last week's conclusion of the Lunar New Year celebration. The startup has announced previous models early in the calendar year, most memorably in January 2025 — when th...
The release of a new artificial intelligence model from China's DeepSeek could mean a rough period will follow for Nasdaq stocks. The Chinese AI company has yet to announce a release date, but it's expected to be imminent following last week's conclusion of the Lunar New Year celebration. The startup has announced previous models early in the calendar year, most memorably in January 2025 — when the launch of the open-source reasoning model shocked the stock market with its high performance and low cost. On Jan. 27, 2025, the Nasdaq Composite tumbled 3% , while Nvidia lost nearly 17%. The launch of DeepSeek V4 could throw another wrench in the stock market. Last year, the startup alarmed investors when it said it only took two months , and not even $6 million, to build the model using lower-capacity Nvidia chips. That called into question the U.S.' lead in AI, as well as Big Tech's massive spending in datacenters. Even so, JPMorgan's trading desk said it's holding on to a tactically bullish view, adding that megacap tech could make a comeback and broader anxiety in AI could may start to dissipate. However, the bear case includes the possibility that Nvidia misses its earnings results, and that the stock market gets a DeepSeek Part Two moment. Here's how the S & P 500, Nasdaq and various chip-related ETFs responded after last year's DeepSeek release. Semiconductor stocks were especially hurt by the launch. On Jan. 27, 2025, the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) tumbled nearly 10%, and failed to recoup those gains one week to one month following the release. Software stocks as represented by the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) was not impacted to the same degree, but still underperformed the S & P 500. On Jan. 27, the ETF fell 1.7%, while the broader index was lower by 1.5%. As it is, the stock market is already in a fragile spot. Aside from DeepSeek, traders are weighing President Donald Trump's latest changes over the weekend to his tariff agenda, and an...
On February 19, 2026, Wick Capital Partners, LLC disclosed in an SEC filing that it sold 94,359 shares of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust - Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:GPIX) , an estimated $4.94 million transaction based on quarterly average pricing. According to an SEC filing dated February 19, 2026, Wick Capital Partners, LLC reduced its position in Goldman Sachs ETF Trust - Goldman...
On February 19, 2026, Wick Capital Partners, LLC disclosed in an SEC filing that it sold 94,359 shares of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust - Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:GPIX) , an estimated $4.94 million transaction based on quarterly average pricing. According to an SEC filing dated February 19, 2026, Wick Capital Partners, LLC reduced its position in Goldman Sachs ETF Trust - Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF by 94,359 shares. The estimated value of this trade was $4.94 million, based on the mean unadjusted close price for the quarter ending December 31, 2025. The stake's quarter-end value shifted by $5.23 million, reflecting both the effect of trading and underlying price movements. The trade decreased GPIX's share of the fund's 13F AUM to 1.88% following the sell, down from 2.76% before the quarter. Continue reading
Investing.com -- Apple’s App Store revenue growth is strengthening in February, with Morgan Stanley saying the latest data points to a faster pace of expansion heading into the March quarter.
Investing.com -- Apple’s App Store revenue growth is strengthening in February, with Morgan Stanley saying the latest data points to a faster pace of expansion heading into the March quarter.