AT&T, Inc. T introduces a Connected AI solution to expedite smart manufacturing processes. The Connected AI solution features advanced, Gen AI-powered modeling and analytics. The solution finds out bottlenecks in the process, identifies root causes and also provides recommendations to fix them. Its integrated edge AI monitors the effectiveness of machines, figures out faults, and provides actionab...
AT&T, Inc. T introduces a Connected AI solution to expedite smart manufacturing processes. The Connected AI solution features advanced, Gen AI-powered modeling and analytics. The solution finds out bottlenecks in the process, identifies root causes and also provides recommendations to fix them. Its integrated edge AI monitors the effectiveness of machines, figures out faults, and provides actionable insights and optimized maintenance planning. The solution comes with predictive maintenance that helps prevent problems and reduce downtime. The solution’s AI-powered cybersecurity swiftly flags any issues, and speeds up detection and threat minimization processes. Gen-AI-powered knowledge management feature retains and retrieves institutional knowledge and uses the technical know-how at the right places to streamline operations. The feature addresses one of the key issues of the manufacturing companies, which is the loss of vast knowledge when a long-term employee retires. The lack of a unified data sharing system and disjointed operations led to delayed insights, and reactive maintenance led to high downtime and inefficient manufacturing practices. AT&T’s leading-edge platform, which integrates 5G, edge AI and a generative AI platform, effectively addresses these issues. The company has collaborated with industry leaders, such as MicroAI, NVIDIA and Microsoft in this venture. NVIDIA is offering fast video analytics and conversational AI capabilities. Generative AI at the edge is powered by Microsoft’s Azure Open AI. Pilot test results have shown significant improvement across several parameters. How Are Competitors Faring? AT&T faces competition from Verizon Communications, Inc. VZ and Vodafone Group Plc. VOD in the industrial IoT and smart manufacturing space. Verizon is rapidly expanding into private 5G networks and industrial automation solutions. Verizon is also collaborating with AWS to develop fiber and edge network infrastructure for AI applications. Vodafone ha...
South Dakota Investment Council cut its stake in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) by 11.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 49,057 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock after selling 6,325 shares during the quarter. South Dakota Investment Council's holdings in Tesla were worth $21...
South Dakota Investment Council cut its stake in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) by 11.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 49,057 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock after selling 6,325 shares during the quarter. South Dakota Investment Council's holdings in Tesla were worth $21,817,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Level Four Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in Tesla by 0.9% in the third quarter. Level Four Advisory Services LLC now owns 27,780 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $12,354,000 after buying an additional 249 shares in the last quarter. Manske Wealth Management grew its position in Tesla by 3.1% during the 3rd quarter. Manske Wealth Management now owns 2,941 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $1,308,000 after acquiring an additional 88 shares during the last quarter. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC increased its holdings in Tesla by 27.3% in the 3rd quarter. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC now owns 46,893 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $20,866,000 after purchasing an additional 10,067 shares in the last quarter. BlueStem Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in Tesla by 3.6% in the third quarter. BlueStem Wealth Partners LLC now owns 4,954 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $2,203,000 after purchasing an additional 173 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Becker Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Tesla by 2.3% during the third quarter. Becker Capital Management Inc. now owns 4,504 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $2,003,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 66.20% of the compa...
South Dakota Investment Council lessened its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) by 14.7% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 143,855 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after selling 24,773 shares during the quarter. Advanced Micro Devi...
South Dakota Investment Council lessened its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) by 14.7% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 143,855 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after selling 24,773 shares during the quarter. Advanced Micro Devices makes up approximately 0.5% of South Dakota Investment Council's investment portfolio, making the stock its 28th largest position. South Dakota Investment Council's holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $23,274,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 0.9% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 155,997,751 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $25,238,876,000 after buying an additional 1,348,892 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 72,069,259 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $10,226,628,000 after purchasing an additional 581,330 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 36,690,685 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $5,181,556,000 after acquiring an additional 514,445 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the second quarter valued at approximately $3,094,662,000. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 6.1% during the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 12,534,569 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $1,778,655,000 after acquiring an addit...
(RTTNews) - Euro Tech Holdings Co. Ltd.(CLWT), on Tuesday, announced that its board approved a share repurchase program to buyback up to 250,000 ordinary shares for an aggregate purchase price of up to $350,000 over the next 12 months. The company also said its 2025 stock repurchase program concluded on February 20. Under the program, the company repurchased 301,966 ordinary shares for an aggregat...
(RTTNews) - Euro Tech Holdings Co. Ltd.(CLWT), on Tuesday, announced that its board approved a share repurchase program to buyback up to 250,000 ordinary shares for an aggregate purchase price of up to $350,000 over the next 12 months. The company also said its 2025 stock repurchase program concluded on February 20. Under the program, the company repurchased 301,966 ordinary shares for an aggregate $355,585. The repurchased shares have been classified as treasury stock. The company said the board believes the current share price does not reflect the company's future prospects and is below its net asset value per share. On Friday, February 27, Euro Tech closed trading at $1.2100 on the Nasdaq. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Above the pastel murals of trees, paintbrushes, crayons and microscopes, black smoke rises. The glass windows of the school have been blown out by the force of the blast, and its curtains hang shredded from the frames. Against one burned-out wall, the remains of a playground lie scattered: a red plastic slide, a jumble of child-sized chairs. On an overturned bookshelf a pair of pink plastic sandal...
Above the pastel murals of trees, paintbrushes, crayons and microscopes, black smoke rises. The glass windows of the school have been blown out by the force of the blast, and its curtains hang shredded from the frames. Against one burned-out wall, the remains of a playground lie scattered: a red plastic slide, a jumble of child-sized chairs. On an overturned bookshelf a pair of pink plastic sandals have been neatly placed, now covered in dust from the blast. The missile hit during the school’s morning session. In Iran, the school week runs from Saturday to Thursday, so when US and Israeli bombs began falling at around 10am on Saturday, classes were under way. At a point between 10am and 10.45am, a missile directly hit Shajareh Tayyebeh school, in Minab, southern Iran, demolishing its concrete building and killing dozens of seven to 12-year-old girls. Footage released by Iran foreign press office shows destruction inside girls' school Photographs and verified videos from the site, which the Guardian has not published due to their graphic nature, show children’s bodies lying partly buried under the debris. In one video, a very small child’s severed arm is pulled from the rubble. Colourful backpacks covered with blood and concrete dust sit among the ruins. One girl wears a green dress with gingham patches on her pockets and the collar, her form partly obscured by a black body bag. Screams can be heard in the background. One distraught man stands in the ruins of the school, waving textbooks and worksheets as rescuers dig by hand through the debris. “These are the schoolbooks of the children who are under these ruins, under this rubble here,” he shouts. “You can see the blood of these children on these books. These are civilians, who are not in the military. This was a school and they came to study.” View image in fullscreen Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble. Photograph: AP According to Iranian state media, up to 168 people were killed by the strike ...
Target (TGT) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.44 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.17 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.41 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +12.29%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this retailer would post earnings of $1.76 per share when it actua...
Target (TGT) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.44 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.17 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.41 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +12.29%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this retailer would post earnings of $1.76 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.78, delivering a surprise of +1.14%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates two times. Target, which belongs to the Zacks Retail - Discount Stores industry, posted revenues of $30.45 billion for the quarter ended January 2026, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.21%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $30.92 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates just once over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Target shares have added about 15.8% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 0.5%. What's Next for Target? While Target has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, t...
MARION, NORTH CAROLINA / ACCESS Newswire / March 3, 2026 / Greene Concepts, Inc. (OTCID:INKW), owner and operator of a 60,000-square-foot bottling facility in Marion, North Carolina, and producer of the premium artesian spring water brand Be Water™, announced today that its six-pack 16.9 fluid ounce bottles are now available for purchase on Amazon.com, expanding consumer access through one of the ...
MARION, NORTH CAROLINA / ACCESS Newswire / March 3, 2026 / Greene Concepts, Inc. (OTCID:INKW), owner and operator of a 60,000-square-foot bottling facility in Marion, North Carolina, and producer of the premium artesian spring water brand Be Water™, announced today that its six-pack 16.9 fluid ounce bottles are now available for purchase on Amazon.com, expanding consumer access through one of the world's largest e-commerce platforms. The Amazon listing provides customers with convenient direct-to-door delivery of Be Water, supporting the Company's continued execution of multi-channel distribution strategies that combine retail placement, e-commerce expansion, and direct-to-consumer accessibility. Be Water™ availability on Amazon reflects the Company's ongoing operational execution and alignment with evolving consumer purchasing habits, where online ordering and rapid delivery continue to play a growing role in beverage sales. Key Benefits of Amazon Availability Expanded Consumer Reach: Access to Amazon's nationwide customer base increases brand visibility and purchase convenience. Direct-to-Consumer Delivery: Customers can order Be Water six-packs online for home or office delivery. Scalable Distribution Channel: E-commerce supports efficient scaling without geographic limitations. Brand Visibility: Placement on a major marketplace increases search exposure and consumer awareness. Support for Distribution Strategy: Amazon complements existing retail and partnership initiatives by providing an additional sales channel. Be Water's 16.9 fluid ounce six-pack format is designed to meet everyday hydration needs while reinforcing the brand's positioning as an American artesian spring water sourced and bottled in Marion, North Carolina. "Having Be Water on Amazon is an important step in broadening access to our product and meeting consumers where they already shop," said Lenny Greene, President and CEO of Greene Concepts, Inc. "This strengthens our distribution footprint an...
Oracle’s ORCL AI-driven backlog expansion is strengthening its growth outlook and improving forward revenue visibility. In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO) climbed sharply year over year, reflecting robust AI-related demand from large enterprise customers. RPO, expected to convert within the next 12 months, increased 40%, highlighting strong near-term reve...
Oracle’s ORCL AI-driven backlog expansion is strengthening its growth outlook and improving forward revenue visibility. In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO) climbed sharply year over year, reflecting robust AI-related demand from large enterprise customers. RPO, expected to convert within the next 12 months, increased 40%, highlighting strong near-term revenue realization and reinforcing confidence in sustained top-line momentum. Cloud remains the main growth driver. Quarterly cloud revenues jumped 34% year over year to $8 billion, making up about half of the total revenues. This shift shows Oracle’s successful move toward recurring, AI-based revenue streams. Cloud Infrastructure led the way, boosted by higher GPU demand and quick growth in multi-cloud database use. These trends suggest that AI investments are now turning into real revenue growth instead of just long-term potential. Management expects $4 billion in incremental revenues in fiscal 2027 tied directly to the recently signed AI contracts, alongside an unchanged fiscal 2026 revenue forecast of $67 billion, reinforcing forward visibility and contractual demand strength. Oracle is aligning capital expenditure closely with contracted demand, prioritizing revenue-generating infrastructure and defined return thresholds. This disciplined allocation strategy helps mitigate overbuild risks while supporting scalable AI expansion. With AI embedded across its infrastructure, database and applications stack, Oracle appears well-positioned to convert rising enterprise AI demand into durable, multi-year growth. The Zacks Consensus Estimate projects year-over-year total revenue growth of 16.6% in fiscal 2026 and 27.6% in fiscal 2027, supporting the case for sustained growth. How Oracle’s AI Backlog Stacks Up Against Rivals Despite Oracle’s ambitious push into AI infrastructure, hyperscalers like Amazon AMZN and Salesforce CRM present formidable competitive headwinds. Amazon creat...
Iran Expands Strikes On Gulf Energy Infrastructure As More Oil Hubs Hit One day after a reported Iranian drone strike forced Saudi Arabia's largest oil refinery offline, with high-resolution post-strike satellite imagery showing visible damage, multiple reports on Tuesday morning suggest additional energy infrastructure in two Gulf states has also been targeted in suspected Iranian drone attacks ....
Iran Expands Strikes On Gulf Energy Infrastructure As More Oil Hubs Hit One day after a reported Iranian drone strike forced Saudi Arabia's largest oil refinery offline, with high-resolution post-strike satellite imagery showing visible damage, multiple reports on Tuesday morning suggest additional energy infrastructure in two Gulf states has also been targeted in suspected Iranian drone attacks . Bloomberg reports that " falling debris " from an intercepted drone sparked a major fire at the United Arab Emirates' major oil-trading hub of Fujairah. The Fujairah Media Office wrote on X that civil defense units are suppressing the fire at the energy facility, while operations at the storage terminal and an oil refinery were suspended one day earlier. 🇦🇪 A major fire broke out at Fujairah port, UAE, one of the world’s largest oil storage facilities, following an Iranian drone strike on an oil depot. pic.twitter.com/Jsx4jG39na — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 3, 2026 Fujairah is a major storage, blending, trading, and ship-refueling hub on the Gulf of Oman , near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz but outside the Persian Gulf. This makes it a partial bypass route if Hormuz is threatened. The energy hub hosts the Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline, which lets Abu Dhabi export crude directly to the Arabian Sea, and S&P Global says the port is linked to a 1.5 million b/d pipeline. Footage circulating on X shows another incident earlier, this time at the Port of Salalah, of what appears to be an Iranian drone striking energy-related infrastructure. 🇴🇲 The moment an Iranian drone impacted the Port of Salalah in Oman pic.twitter.com/YUE7UXXT6J — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 3, 2026 On Monday, a reported Iranian drone strike on Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura complex caused Saudi Arabia's largest refinery to go offline. GEOINT from spatial intelligence firm Vantor shows high-resolution satellite imagery of the aftermath : Meanwhile, Brent crude futures and European natural gas have s...
Oracle’s ORCL AI-driven backlog expansion is strengthening its growth outlook and improving forward revenue visibility. In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO) climbed sharply year over year, reflecting robust AI-related demand from large enterprise customers. RPO, expected to convert within the next 12 months, increased 40%, highlighting strong near-term reve...
Oracle’s ORCL AI-driven backlog expansion is strengthening its growth outlook and improving forward revenue visibility. In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO) climbed sharply year over year, reflecting robust AI-related demand from large enterprise customers. RPO, expected to convert within the next 12 months, increased 40%, highlighting strong near-term revenue realization and reinforcing confidence in sustained top-line momentum. Cloud remains the main growth driver. Quarterly cloud revenues jumped 34% year over year to $8 billion, making up about half of the total revenues. This shift shows Oracle’s successful move toward recurring, AI-based revenue streams. Cloud Infrastructure led the way, boosted by higher GPU demand and quick growth in multi-cloud database use. These trends suggest that AI investments are now turning into real revenue growth instead of just long-term potential. Management expects $4 billion in incremental revenues in fiscal 2027 tied directly to the recently signed AI contracts, alongside an unchanged fiscal 2026 revenue forecast of $67 billion, reinforcing forward visibility and contractual demand strength. Oracle is aligning capital expenditure closely with contracted demand, prioritizing revenue-generating infrastructure and defined return thresholds. This disciplined allocation strategy helps mitigate overbuild risks while supporting scalable AI expansion. With AI embedded across its infrastructure, database and applications stack, Oracle appears well-positioned to convert rising enterprise AI demand into durable, multi-year growth. The Zacks Consensus Estimate projects year-over-year total revenue growth of 16.6% in fiscal 2026 and 27.6% in fiscal 2027, supporting the case for sustained growth. How Oracle’s AI Backlog Stacks Up Against Rivals Despite Oracle’s ambitious push into AI infrastructure, hyperscalers like Amazon AMZN and Salesforce CRM present formidable competitive headwinds. Amazon creat...
Oracle’s ORCL AI-driven backlog expansion is strengthening its growth outlook and improving forward revenue visibility. In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO) climbed sharply year over year, reflecting robust AI-related demand from large enterprise customers. RPO, expected to convert within the next 12 months, increased 40%, highlighting strong near-term reve...
Oracle’s ORCL AI-driven backlog expansion is strengthening its growth outlook and improving forward revenue visibility. In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO) climbed sharply year over year, reflecting robust AI-related demand from large enterprise customers. RPO, expected to convert within the next 12 months, increased 40%, highlighting strong near-term revenue realization and reinforcing confidence in sustained top-line momentum. Cloud remains the main growth driver. Quarterly cloud revenues jumped 34% year over year to $8 billion, making up about half of the total revenues. This shift shows Oracle’s successful move toward recurring, AI-based revenue streams. Cloud Infrastructure led the way, boosted by higher GPU demand and quick growth in multi-cloud database use. These trends suggest that AI investments are now turning into real revenue growth instead of just long-term potential. Management expects $4 billion in incremental revenues in fiscal 2027 tied directly to the recently signed AI contracts, alongside an unchanged fiscal 2026 revenue forecast of $67 billion, reinforcing forward visibility and contractual demand strength. Oracle is aligning capital expenditure closely with contracted demand, prioritizing revenue-generating infrastructure and defined return thresholds. This disciplined allocation strategy helps mitigate overbuild risks while supporting scalable AI expansion. With AI embedded across its infrastructure, database and applications stack, Oracle appears well-positioned to convert rising enterprise AI demand into durable, multi-year growth. The Zacks Consensus Estimate projects year-over-year total revenue growth of 16.6% in fiscal 2026 and 27.6% in fiscal 2027, supporting the case for sustained growth. How Oracle’s AI Backlog Stacks Up Against Rivals Despite Oracle’s ambitious push into AI infrastructure, hyperscalers like Amazon AMZN and Salesforce CRM present formidable competitive headwinds. Amazon creat...
jbk_photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images SoFi Technologies ( SOFI ) has partnered with Mastercard ( MA ) to enable settlement of the former's U.S. dollar stablecoin across the latter's payments network. SoFi-USD is the San Francisco-based financial services provider's fully reserved U.S. dollar stablecoin, the first to be offered by a U.S. nationally chartered and insured deposit bank on ...
jbk_photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images SoFi Technologies ( SOFI ) has partnered with Mastercard ( MA ) to enable settlement of the former's U.S. dollar stablecoin across the latter's payments network. SoFi-USD is the San Francisco-based financial services provider's fully reserved U.S. dollar stablecoin, the first to be offered by a U.S. nationally chartered and insured deposit bank on a public, permissionless blockchain. Both companies will explore how issuers and acquirers can settle card-based transactions with Mastercard using SoFi-USD. Furthermore, the stablecoin is expected to be supported across Mastercard's multi-token network, a digital asset platform that helps connect traditional money with digital assets. Additionally, the unit SoFi Bank is expected to settle its credit and debit transactions powered by the Mastercard network in SoFi-USD. The Galileo technology platform is expected to be among the first to offer its clients and their issuing banks the choice to settle transactions in the stablecoin. "With SoFi-USD as a settlement currency across Mastercard’s network, card issuers and acquirers can more easily enable the millions of businesses they serve around the globe to instantly settle transactions, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week," said SoFi CEO Anthony Noto. "Bringing stablecoin settlement on our network will connect regulated stablecoins with the reliability, security, and reach that consumers, businesses, and financial institutions expect. And this effort expands choice and flexibility across the payments ecosystem in how people pay or get paid," said Sherri Haymond, global head of digital commercialization at Mastercard. SOFI shares were -1.58% to $18.10 Tuesday pre-market, while MA was -1.22% to $514.62. More on Sofi, Mastercard SoFi's Reset Could Be A Generational Entry Point SoFi After The Selloff: Market Overreaction And Opportunity Ahead SoFi Is Much Cheaper Than It Looks Baron Durable Advantage Fund adds PWR; cuts stake in AVGO, M...
The board of directors of HCI Group ( HCI ) on Tuesday has authorized a program to repurchase up to $80 million of the company’s common shares. The share repurchase program has a term of one year, does not obligate HCI Group to acquire a specific number of shares of common stock, and may be canceled or suspended at any time without notice. HCI +2.02% premarket to $177.27. Source: Press Release Mor...
The board of directors of HCI Group ( HCI ) on Tuesday has authorized a program to repurchase up to $80 million of the company’s common shares. The share repurchase program has a term of one year, does not obligate HCI Group to acquire a specific number of shares of common stock, and may be canceled or suspended at any time without notice. HCI +2.02% premarket to $177.27. Source: Press Release More on HCI Group HCI Group: Growth Plateauing, Hold At Current Levels HCI Group: Buy One, Get One Free HCI Group signals $80M share repurchase and explores strategic M&A for 2026 growth Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on HCI Group
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georgeclerk Visa ( V ) and Bridge, Stripe's ( STRIP ) stablecoin infrastructure platform, plan to bring stablecoin-linked cards to more than 100 countries, expanding their global card issuance product, the companies said Tuesday. The two companies first introduced the stablecoin-backed cards in 2025. Now, through Bridge's partnership with Lead Bank, those card transactions can be settled onchain w...
georgeclerk Visa ( V ) and Bridge, Stripe's ( STRIP ) stablecoin infrastructure platform, plan to bring stablecoin-linked cards to more than 100 countries, expanding their global card issuance product, the companies said Tuesday. The two companies first introduced the stablecoin-backed cards in 2025. Now, through Bridge's partnership with Lead Bank, those card transactions can be settled onchain with Visa ( V ). Bridge-enabled stablecoin-linked cards are now live in 18 countries, with planned expansion to more than 100 countries across Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East by the end of 2026. Earlier this year, Lead Bank joined Visa's ( V ) stablecoin settlement pilot. Bridge is also enabling the stablecoin infrastructure behind the bank. The pilot seeks to evaluate: How stablecoin settlement can enhance settlement optionality for issuers and program managers; Operational efficiency gains from on-chain reconciliation and faster fund movement; and The role of stablecoin infrastructure platforms – such as Bridge – in simplifying blockchain interactions for institutions. Additionally, Visa ( V ) is evaluating potential support for Bridge-issued assets in future flows, with a focus on how these assets can complement Visa's global network and introduce a new settlement pathway for partners, the company said. "Expanding our work with Bridge gives us one more way to bring the speed, transparency, and programmability of stablecoins directly into the settlement process," said Cuy Sheffield, head of crypto at Visa ( V ). Still, Visa ( V ) stock dropped 1.2% in premarket trading. Visa's ( V ) and Mastercard's ( MA ) stocks have underperformed the S&P 500 in the past year amid concerns that AI and stablecoins may make traditional payment rails obsolete. Mastercard ( MA ) also announced a stablecoin-related partnership on Tuesday. The card payment network said SoFi Technologies' ( SOFI ) fully reserved U.S. dollar stablecoin will support settlement across Mastercard'...
Ayar Labs, a chip startup backed by NVIDIA and AMD, has raised $500 million in a Series E funding round, valuing the company at $3.8 billion. The round includes investors such as Neuberger Berman, MediaTek, and the Qatar Investment Authority, as well as Alchip Technologies, ARK Invest, Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, and 1789 Capital. The company operates in a specialised area known as co-packa...
Ayar Labs, a chip startup backed by NVIDIA and AMD, has raised $500 million in a Series E funding round, valuing the company at $3.8 billion. The round includes investors such as Neuberger Berman, MediaTek, and the Qatar Investment Authority, as well as Alchip Technologies, ARK Invest, Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, and 1789 Capital. The company operates in a specialised area known as co-packaged optics, part of the broader field of silicon photonics. Its goal is to replace copper interconnects inside servers with optical, fibre-based links. Instead of moving data as electrical signals through copper, Ayar’s chips send data as light. This approach is designed to reduce energy use and increase data transfer speed between processors in AI systems. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, Ayar Labs is among a small group of companies working to change how semiconductors are connected inside server racks. The publication noted that the company has developed “some of the most advanced applications” of co-packaged optics, according to its investors and executives. The shift comes as the artificial intelligence industry moves from training large language models to running them in real-world applications such as chatbots and AI agents. This stage, known as inference, requires chips to respond quickly and efficiently to user queries. As AI systems scale, moving data between chips consumes significant power, creating bottlenecks. “We’re solving one of the biggest hardware issues that’s causing bottlenecks in AI,” said Mark Wade, Ayar Labs’ chief executive. He said the company has spent 15 years developing its core technologies and anticipated that copper connectivity would eventually limit computing performance in the 2020s or 2030s. Specialised in co-packaged optics Ayar Labs says its optical interconnect chips can deliver between four and twenty times more computing throughput per watt compared to traditional copper-based connections. Copper links, while widely used, fac...
Euro Tech ( CLWT ) announced on Tuesday that its board of directors has approved a program to repurchase up to 250,000 shares of its issued and outstanding ordinary shares for an aggregate purchase price of up to $350,000. The company said it will repurchase its shares in the open market or through negotiated or block transactions from time to time based on market and business conditions over the ...
Euro Tech ( CLWT ) announced on Tuesday that its board of directors has approved a program to repurchase up to 250,000 shares of its issued and outstanding ordinary shares for an aggregate purchase price of up to $350,000. The company said it will repurchase its shares in the open market or through negotiated or block transactions from time to time based on market and business conditions over the next 12 months. The company also announces that its 2025 stock repurchase program, which commenced on February 20, 2025, and terminated on February 20, 2026, has concluded. Under the 2025 stock repurchase program, the company repurchased a total of 301,966 ordinary shares for an aggregate consideration of $355,585. The repurchased shares have been classified as treasury shares. CLWT +5.78% premarket to $1.28. Source: Press Release More on Euro Tech Holdings Most and least shorted industrial stocks with over $2B market cap Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Euro Tech Holdings Financial information for Euro Tech Holdings
Key Points The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF allows investors to get exposure to large-cap U.S. stocks. The median balance of a Vanguard retirement account is a little over $38,000. A $10,000 investment in the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 20 years ago would be worth nearly $80,000 today. 10 stocks we like better than Vanguard S&P 500 ETF › The average American has a little over $148,000 in retirement savings, acco...
Key Points The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF allows investors to get exposure to large-cap U.S. stocks. The median balance of a Vanguard retirement account is a little over $38,000. A $10,000 investment in the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 20 years ago would be worth nearly $80,000 today. 10 stocks we like better than Vanguard S&P 500 ETF › The average American has a little over $148,000 in retirement savings, according to the latest edition of Vanguard's How America Saves report. But this figure is a bit skewed by higher-balance accounts. In fact, only three in 10 defined contribution plan accounts held at Vanguard have a balance of more than $100,000. On the other hand, the median balance of a Vanguard retirement account, which means that half of accounts have more and half have less, is $38,176. Of course, this includes some accounts where the balance should be low, such as 401(k) accounts owned by employees who recently started working, or old accounts from former employees who only stayed at their job for a few years. But this is still an alarmingly low figure. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Saving for retirement doesn't require extraordinary effort You might be surprised how effectively you can build retirement savings without saving money aggressively or taking outsized risks with individual stocks. As an example, let's say that 20 years ago, you invested $10,000 in a low-cost S&P 500 index fund, like the one that Vanguard offers. It is available in both ETF or mutual fund form, as the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) or the Vanguard S&P 500 Index Fund Admiral Shares (NASDAQMUTFUND: VFIAX). Now, this investment would have taken place in March 2006. That's not long before the financial crisis sent the S&P 500 plunging by more than 55% from its peak. And the past 20 years also include the C...
Sempra (Symbol: SRE) has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel , signifying a stock with above-averagestatistics including a strong 3.1% yield, as well as being recognized by prominent asset managers as being a socially responsible investment, through analysis of social and environmental criteria. Environmental criteria include considerations like the environment...
Sempra (Symbol: SRE) has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel , signifying a stock with above-averagestatistics including a strong 3.1% yield, as well as being recognized by prominent asset managers as being a socially responsible investment, through analysis of social and environmental criteria. Environmental criteria include considerations like the environmental impact of the company's products and services, as well as the company's efficiency in terms of its use of energy and resources. Social criteria include elements such as human rights, child labor, corporate diversity, and the company's impact on society — for instance, taken into consideration would be business activities tied to weapons, gambling, tobacco, and alcohol. According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, Sempra is a member of the iShares USA ESG Select ETF (SUSA), making up 0.18% of the underlying holdings of the fund, which owns $8,667,728 worth of SRE shares. The annualized dividend paid by Sempra is $2.58/share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend ex-date was on 06/26/2025. Below is a long-term dividend history chart for SRE, which the DividendRank report stressed as being of key importance. Indeed, studying a company's past dividend history can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue. SRE operates in the Electric Utilities sector, among companies like NextEra Energy Inc (NEE), and Southern Company (SO). Top 25 Socially Responsible Dividend Stocks — Income To Feel Good About » Also see: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Wells Fargo & Co (Symbol: WFC) has been named as a Top 25 ''Dividend Giant'' by ETF Channel , with a staggering $34.86B worth of stock held by ETFs, and above-averagestatistics including a strong 2.18% yield, according to the most recent Dividend Channel report. The report noted a strong quarterly dividend history at Wells Fargo & Co, and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamen...
Wells Fargo & Co (Symbol: WFC) has been named as a Top 25 ''Dividend Giant'' by ETF Channel , with a staggering $34.86B worth of stock held by ETFs, and above-averagestatistics including a strong 2.18% yield, according to the most recent Dividend Channel report. The report noted a strong quarterly dividend history at Wells Fargo & Co, and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points. The annualized dividend paid by Wells Fargo & Co is $1.8/share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend ex-date was on 02/06/2026. Below is a long-term dividend history chart for WFC, which the report stressed as being of key importance. Indeed, studying a company's past dividend history can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue. 25 Dividend Giants Widely Held By ETFs » Also see: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Thor Industries (THO) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.04 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.03 per share. This compares to a loss of $0.01 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +60.00%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this recreational vehicle maker would post a loss of $0.11 ...
Thor Industries (THO) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.04 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.03 per share. This compares to a loss of $0.01 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +60.00%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this recreational vehicle maker would post a loss of $0.11 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.41, delivering a surprise of +472.73%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times. Thor Industries, which belongs to the Zacks Building Products - Mobile Homes and RV Builders industry, posted revenues of $2.13 billion for the quarter ended January 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 7.43%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $2.02 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Thor Industries shares have lost about 6.8% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 0.5%. What's Next for Thor Industries? While Thor Industries has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record o...