A growing number of parents are letting their young children train with weights. But is it a good – or safe – idea? We ask the experts to weigh in Most parents remember the first time their baby smiled or when they took their first steps. Eve Stevenson recalls different milestones. “Watching my daughter, Madison, deadlift 35kg at the age of six was pretty cool,” she says, grinning with pride from her living room in south-west London. As a personal trainer (PT) and former British weightlifting champion, her daughter’s achievements shouldn’t really be that surprising. Still, Stevenson has been on the receiving end of some harsh opinions about her daughter and three-year-old son, Beau, doing resistance training with her. “People tell me it will stunt their growth or that it’s dangerous,” she says. She is also often accused of forcing her children to train, when actually it all started the other way round. “What child doesn’t look at their parents and want to do what they’re doing?” she asks. And although to many people the idea of a small child strength training or competing might feel jarring, Stevenson is among a growing number of parents who see value in helping their children build muscles. Continue reading...

Popped collar worn by Duchess of Sussex and Rama Duwaji is rising in popularity, with sales at John Lewis up 1,000% Shoppers are avidly searching for jackets that cover half your face – so much sales are up 1,000% year on year at John Lewis. The funnel-neck jacket is boxy, generously cut and comes with a permanently popped collar, between 9cm and 14cm high running from clavicle to nose; high enough to cover your mouth, low enough to see out – just. Continue reading...

While OpenAI’s CEO remains skeptical about space-based data centers, this stock is boldly betting that the future of AI infrastructure lies in orbit.

To get Industrial Strength delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . The longest stretch of weak US industrial demand on record is finally showing signs of ending, but fresh tumult in President Donald Trump’s global trade war threatens to paralyze corporate decision-making yet again. When US manufacturing activity expanded in January, it was just the third time that had happened in more than three years as manufacturers struggled through an inventory hangover spurred by the pandemic supply-chain roller coaster and the fallout from higher interest rates and inflation. The previous two positive readings came in early 2025 but the nascent recovery was handicapped by Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement of sweeping tariffs on every major US trading partner. The economy feels “eerily similar” to the cautious optimism of early last year — before tariffs “upset the apple cart,” Dover Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rich Tobin said at a Barclays Plc conference last week. “We lost, basically February to September last year with everybody dealing with, not only the absolute economic impact from the tariffs but the fear of the long tail of the tariffs.” There are now tangible signs of demand through rebounding order rates, he said. Dover, which makes aluminum can manufacturing equipment, gas station fuel pumps and industrial winches, notched its fastest organic sales growth since 2022 in the fourth quarter. Read More: Trash Haulers to Carmakers Feel Tariff Pain But mere days after Tobin spoke, the US Supreme Court voted 6-3 to strike down Trump’s signature tariff policy built on the invocation of a federal emergency-powers law that the justices said wasn’t intended to give the president such sweeping tax authorities. They left unanswered the question of refunds for the as much as $170 billion companies have paid out on tariffs implemented through those powers, leaving what is expected to be an extremely messy and complicated battle for a lower court to adjudicate . Trump...

美国12月营建支出环比 0.3%，预期 0.2%。

It’s Slim Fast for chads. This is Optimizer , a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here . In 2017, I was at rock bottom. My dad's health was rapidly failing; my relationship with my mom was on the rocks. I was in a not-so-great place in my career. My undiagnosed polycystic ovary syndrome was wreaking havoc on my health. I was already in a dark place when a situationship broke my heart, my roommate notified me they were moving out, and I received a surprise $5,000 vet bill for my dog. Stressed, depressed, … Read the full story at The Verge.

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Financial advisers have a suggestion for retail investors feeling rattled by all the doomsaying around artificial intelligence and its disruptive potential for stocks: diversify. This week drove home how sensitive investors are to the AI scare trade, after a piece of speculative fiction from US research firm Citrini Research posited a frighteningly bearish scenario involving AI agents triggering mass unemployment and an economic death spiral. The S&P 500 Index slid 1% on Monday in its wake, and some companies cited in the report sank even more. The tumble signaled that sentiment toward the American equities benchmark, whose biggest members have a heavy AI exposure, has grown increasingly shaky, as questions mount around the outlook for the tech behemoths that have powered the market higher for years. The Citrini post drew criticism from major financial institutions. But individual investors can be forgiven for wondering if they should lighten up on shares that are getting roiled by the AI angst, or even shrink their stock holdings altogether. Below is how several advisers say clients can protect themselves from such turbulence. In a nutshell, they say, investors can look outside the US, or beyond the big tech stocks that have been leading the market, or to the traditional haven of fixed income. Rest of the World For most of the past two decades, US stocks, and the biggest, most innovative tech companies in particular, have led global markets. Since the start of 2010, the S&P 500 is up more than 700% when including dividends, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 has returned almost 1,500%. By contrast, the rest of the world — as measured by the MSCI World ex-US Index — has gained about 240%. For some investors, the time may be right for some geographical diversification. That’s especially the case with the dollar sinking over the past year, which boosts returns on overseas markets for US investors. There are already signs that other markets are catching up. To start the y...

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ARLINGTON, Va., February 27, 2026--DeepSig, a pioneer in AI-native wireless communications, will showcase partner integrations at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, demonstrating how AI-native technologies are being integrated across Open RAN Infrastructure and portable spectrum intelligence platforms.

US Offers $10 Million For Capture Of Sinaloa Cartel Boss Brothers Following the Mexican Army Special Forces' decapitation strike against the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) by killing Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes - and, as we now know, with U.S. intelligence aiding the operation - the ongoing dismantling of the Mexican cartel command and control networks appears to be moving full steam ahead. On Thursday, the State Department issued a release stating that the U.S. government would offer $10 million for the capture of two alleged Sinaloa Cartel bosses in Tijuana: brothers Rene "La Rana" Arzate Garcia and Alfonso "Aquiles" Arzate Garcia. 🚨Alert: Wanted, Dead or Alive! Two of the Sinaloa Cartel’s top Narco Terrorist! DHS is offering up to $10M in rewards for info leading to the arrests and/or convictions of Tijuana Plaza bosses René and Alfonso Arzate-García! pic.twitter.com/vVNmrnoLfZ — US Homeland Security News (@defense_civil25) February 26, 2026 "These rewards are offered in coordination with the DEA San Diego Division and U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California in a unified effort to bring the Arzate-García brothers to justice," the agency said. State claims that the brothers controlled the Tijuana drug trafficking corridor for 15 years through violence, alliances, and corruption, helping sustain cartel operations, including flooding fentanyl into the U.S. The $10 million reward for both brothers, or $5 million per head, comes as the Justice Department unveils a new superseding indictment against René Arzate-García that now includes major narcoterrorism charges, continuing criminal enterprise, material support for a foreign terrorist organization, international drug trafficking, and money laundering. The rewards were announced four days after Mexican special forces killed CJNG boss El Mencho. Here's a useful cartel control map: Related: Mexico's Cartel Decapitation Strike Fallout: "Not The End, Just The Beginning" The broader ...

Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus will all be visible at same time in curved line across sky Six planets are set to parade across the sky this weekend in a rare celestial spectacle, experts have said. For the next few days, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus will all be visible at the same time in the night sky – although binoculars or a telescope will be needed to spot the latter two planets. Continue reading...

OpenAI's $110 billion funding round draws investment from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank Reuters

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The investment round -- one of the largest in Silicon Valley history -- includes $30 billion from Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, $30 billion from chip giant Nvidia, and up to $50 billion from Amazon, with additional investors expected to join as the round progresses.The Amazon investment will begin with $15 billion, followed by another $35 billion in the coming months when certain conditions are met, the companies said.

据港交所文件：中文在线集团股份有限公司向港交所提交上市申请书。

OpenAI said on Friday it is raising $110 billion in a blockbuster funding round that would value the ChatGPT ‌maker at $840 billion, in a deal that signals the feverish ‌pace of investment in artificial intelligence. The funding round includes a $30 billion investment from SoftBank, $30 billion ​from Nvidia, and $50 billion from Amazon, and comes ahead of the AI startup's expected mega-IPO later this year. Big Tech companies and large tech investors such as SoftBank are racing to forge partnerships with OpenAI - which is spending heavily ‌on data centers - betting ⁠that closer ties with the company would give them a competitive edge in the AI race.

Tritax Big Box REIT press release ( TTBXF ): Q4 Non-GAAP EPS of 8.38 pence. Net Rental Income of £305.3m. More on Tritax Big Box REIT plc Tritax Big Box REIT plc (TTBXF) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Tritax Big Box REIT plc 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Tritax Big Box REIT plc Historical earnings data for Tritax Big Box REIT plc Financial information for Tritax Big Box REIT plc

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AMZN plans a $200 billion capex surge for 2026 after record Q4 results, but shrinking free cash flow raises stakes for its AI growth ambitions.

Earnings Call Insights: Assured Guaranty Ltd. (AGO) Q4 2025 Management View Dominic Frederico, Deputy Chairman, President & CEO, stated that "we significantly advanced Assured Guaranty's key business strategies in 2025, positioning us for sustainable long-term growth." He highlighted new per share highs of $186.43 for adjusted book value, $126.78 for adjusted operating shareholders' equity, and $125.32 for shareholders' equity. Adjusted operating income per share reached $9.08, up from $7.10 in 2024, and present value of new business production (PVP) totaled $286 million. Frederico reported that the company "repurchased 12% of the common shares that were outstanding on December 31, 2024, while meeting our 2025 target of repurchasing $500 million of our shares." A quarterly dividend increase of 12% was also announced, marking 14 consecutive years of dividend growth. The CEO announced the acquisition of Warwick Re Limited, renamed Assured Life Reinsurance Limited, stating that "this acquisition further diversifies our revenue sources and has the potential for significant synergies with our financial guarantee and investment activities." The platform will focus on reinsuring fixed-term annuities and pension risk transfer annuities. Chief Operating Officer Robert Bailenson described U.S. public finance as a growth driver, with $206 million in PVP and a 19% increase in the second half. "We guaranteed over $27 billion of municipal par, 16% more than in 2024 across more than 1,500 primary and secondary market policies." He noted a 240% year-over-year increase in secondary market insured par and a 15% increase in deal count. Bailenson also outlined advances in technology and operational processes that "drove a substantial increase in our underwriting speed and capabilities, enabling faster credit assessments, quote turnaround times and deal executions." Chief Financial Officer Benjamin Rosenblum reported "fourth quarter 2025 adjusted operating income of $109 million or $2.3...

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Earnings Call Insights: Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF) Q4 2025 Management View Michael Ewald, CEO, highlighted that net investment income per share for the fourth quarter was $0.46, with an annualized yield of 10.6% on equity, and noted that this covered the base dividend of $0.42 per share by 110%. Q4 earnings per share were $0.43, and for the full year, net investment income per share was $1.88. Ewald stated, "Over the prior 3-year and 5-year periods, BCSF has consistently delivered an annualized ROE of 10%, driven by strong earnings supported by healthy credit performance and fundamentals across our portfolio." He emphasized a continued focus on the core middle market, maintaining tight underwriting standards, and achieving a weighted average spread on new first lien originations of 535 basis points during the quarter, compared to market averages of 500 basis points. Ewald addressed sector exposure, noting, "High-tech industries is one of our top sector exposures. However, only comprises approximately 11% of BCSF's total portfolio," with a focus on mission-critical enterprise software assets and low perceived AI disruption risk. He also pointed to stable credit quality, reporting "Nonaccruals remain low across our portfolio at 1.5% at amortized cost and 0.8% at fair value as of year-end. This was stable quarter-over-quarter, and no new companies were added to nonaccrual during the fourth quarter." Amit Joshi, CFO, stated, "Total investment income was $68.2 million for the 3 months ended December 31, 2025, as compared to $67.2 million for the 3 months ended September 30, 2025." Joshi also explained, "Net investment income for the quarter was $29.7 million or $0.46 per share as compared to $29.2 million or $0.45 per share for the prior quarter." Michael Boyle, President, explained that as of December 31, the portfolio at fair value was approximately $2.5 billion across 203 companies, with 64% in first lien debt and 16% in joint ventures, adding, "The weighte...

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格隆汇2月27日｜道琼斯指数跌1.59%，报48710.54点。美股多数银行股下挫， 花旗集团跌超5%， 美国银行、 富国银行跌超4%， 摩根大通、 巴克莱银行跌超3%，纽约梅隆银行跌近2%。

财联社2月27日讯（记者 何凡） 为加速新一代ADC药物开发进程，药明合联（02268.HK）与一家AI驱动生物科技公司达成授权交易，本次合作潜在交易总金额最高预计将超8亿美元，但值得注意的是，本次交易并未披露首付款金额。数据显示，今年以来中国创新药BD交易总金额已超500亿美元。 药明合联今日官宣，与Earendil Labs就药明合联自主研发的WuXiTecan-2载荷连接子技术授权达成战略合作。根据双方协议，药明合联将向Earendil Labs授权其自主研发的“WuXiTecan-2载荷连接子技术”，授予后者在全球范围内针对多个特定靶点ADC候选药物的独家开发权。Earendil Labs将结合该技术与自有的AI平台发现的双特异性抗体，推进对应靶点ADC候选药物研发。本次合作潜在总交易金额最高可达约8.85亿美元，包含首付款、若干研发、注册及销售里程碑付款。待合作ADC候选药物上市后，药明合联也将按照一定比例享受基于净销售额的特许权使用费。双方本次合作目的在于融合药明合联ADC技术平台与Earendil LabsAI驱动的抗体发现能力，加速下一代ADC药物的开发进程。 据悉，Earendil Labs是一家人工智能驱动的生物科技公司，专注于研发新一代创新生物药，用于治疗自身免疫性疾病、癌症及其他疾病领域。通过融合机器学习、生成式蛋白质工程与高通量实验技术，Earendil Labs及其关联公司Helixon通过优化药物发现与研究流程，以加速药物开发进程。其中公司的一体化集成平台，能够优化蛋白质类生物制剂的功能性、可生产性与可开发性，使其具备首创新药和/或同类最佳药物的潜力。 药明合联CEO李锦才在公司官微中表示：“Earendil Labs利用其独特的AI平台生成了具有差异化优势的双特异性抗体，与我们的WuXiTecan-2载荷连接子技术联用，有望开发出更有效、更安全的下一代ADC药物。” ADC药物兼具抗体药物的精准靶向特性和小分子细胞毒性药物的强杀伤力，根据Frost & Sullivan（沙利文）的预测，中国及美国是最大且增长最快的ADC市场，预计全球ADC市场2032年将达到1151亿美元，2023—2032年复合年增长率（CAGR）为30.6%实际上就在上月，药明合联就曾以高溢价收购东曜药业以增强公司在ADC领域的产能和市场地位。而在发布拟收购东曜...

Bob Lord/iStock Editorial via Getty Images This article was written by Kody Kester (Kody's Dividends). In the classic game of Monopoly, the high-value tiles tend to get all of the attention. Everybody wants to own Park Place and Boardwalk, right? That creates opportunities for other assets that fly under the radar. Think Electric Company and Water Works. These properties are relatively cheap and offer steady but not flashy return potential. This brings me to my topic of today, which is American Water Works ( AWK ). In the real world, AWK has spent almost two decades as a publicly traded company proving that water is the ultimate defensive play. When I last covered AWK with a Buy rating in January for Treading Softly, I liked that it wasn't just a utility but a dividend machine. At the time, the company had a 17-year dividend growth streak. I also thought it could achieve its high single-digit percentage annual EPS growth targets. The A S&P credit rating with a stable outlook was another positive. Finally, shares were trading at a double-digit percentage discount to our fair value estimate. Nearly two months later, I'm reiterating my Buy rating. AWK's growth outlook appears to be holding up. The company's debt-to-capital ratio is below its target, and it maintains ample liquidity. Sealing the deal on my Buy rating, shares are about as undervalued today as they were in January. The Growth Profile Remains Intact AWK Q4 2025 Earnings Presentation On February 18th, AWK released its earnings report for the fourth quarter ended December 31st, 2025. The company's operating revenue grew by 5.8% year-over-year to $1.27 billion in the quarter. For more color, that missed Seeking Alpha's analyst consensus during the quarter by $20 million . What was behind AWK's respectable topline growth for the fourth quarter? Once again, the biggest catalyst for AWK's operating revenue growth in the quarter had to do with favorable rate case decisions that have gone into effect in recent mon...

MSFT's Dynamics 365 jumps 19% in fiscal Q2, layers AI agents across ERP and CRM, and guides high-teen growth - can it power the next leg up?