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(RTTNews) - Steak 'n Shake, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Biglari Holdings Inc. (BH), said it will remove microwaves from all its restaurants by April 15 as part of a broader push to improve food quality and adopt traditional cooking methods.

PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images There are far more options for dividend and income investors today than in previous years. While many seeking stable and substantive distributions in the past have turned to a list of solid but often limited equity offerings such as Procter & Gamble ( PG ), Altria ( MO ), and Kimberly-Clark ( KMB ), recent innovation in investment funds has opened up new opportunities. A type of income investing that has become much more nuanced is with funds such as covered call investments using more aggressive options-based strategies. One of the more common covered call funds that has had wide appeal is the JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF ( JEPI ). Data by YCharts JEPI has offered investors total returns of 93.52% since the fund's inception in May of 2020, while the S&P 500 has offered investors total returns of 154.7% during this same time period. I last wrote about the JP Morgan Equity Premium Income ETF ( JEPI ) in September of 2025, and I rated the fund a sell. I am upgrading this investment to a hold today. The economic outlook has improved over the last several months, with consumer spending levels increasing and GDP estimates for next year rising. JEPI's options-based approach should benefit from what should be a more stable market with an upward bias this year for multiple reasons. This ETF should be able to offer investors substantive income and solid overall returns this year. The JP Morgan Equity Premium Income ETF ( JEPI ) is invested 14.77% in technology, 12.40% in health care, 11.98% in industrials, 11.02% in financials, 10.75% in consumer cyclicals, 6.58% in consumer defensives, 5.70% in communication, 4.98% in utilities, 2.75% in real estate, 1.99% in energy, and 1.85% in basic materials. The fund's five largest individual equity holdings are Johnson & Johnson, Alphabet ( GOOG ), Analog Devices ( ADI ), Amazon ( AMZN ), and AbbVie ( ABBV ). The fund uses a selection process for positions that focuses on holdings that ar...

In trading on Friday, shares of Zurich Finl Svcs (Symbol: ZFSVF) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $715.88, changing hands as high as $719.27 per share. Zurich Finl Svcs shares are currently trading up about 1.2% on the day. The chart below shows the one year perfo

In trading on Friday, shares of Visteon Corp (Symbol: VC) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $104.20, changing hands as high as $105.05 per share. Visteon Corp shares are currently trading up about 6.2% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of V

JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Enbridge ( ENB ) will not take on the development risk of building a proposed new oil pipeline from Alberta to Canada's West Coast, CEO Gregory Ebel said Friday, noting the long timelines and shifting political landscape. Enbridge ( ENB ) was selected by Alberta's provincial government to provide technical and regulatory expertise related to a potential new pipeline, but Ebel said the uncertainty around the project made it difficult to justify committing significant capital. "I don't think investors or the infrastructure companies should be taking on all that risk of development in jurisdictions that have historically created challenges," Ebel said on Enbridge's ( ENB ) earnings comference call , according to Bloomberg, adding the company does not need to pursue such opportunities given its existing slate of projects. Ebel cited Enbridge’s ( ENB ) experience with the canceled Northern Gateway pipeline, when the company spent ~C$600M on the project before "the rug was pulled out from underneath" and it was terminated, as an example of the risks involved. Enbridge ( ENB ) executives also said increased Venezuelan crude exports would not undermine its plans to send more Alberta oil sands barrels to Texas refineries. "The U.S. Gulf Coast is the world's best heavy refining market, and Canadian crude is a meat-and-potato part of the diet there," Colin Gruending, Enbridge's ( ENB ) head of liquids pipelines, said on the call. "The Venezuela piece is a supplement to Canadian heavies, not a replacement," Ebel said. More on Enbridge Enbridge Q4 2025 Earnings Call Presentation Enbridge Preferred Stock: Still The Best Investment Grade Preferred Stock Enbridge Q4 2025 Earnings: I See An Equity Bond

原油年内首次出现两周连跌，交易员权衡OPEC+可能扩大供应的前景、美国与伊朗的核谈判进展以及近期整体市场的疲软。 WTI本周下跌1%， 周五收盘基本持平。美国总统特朗普表示，美国已向中东增派一艘航空母舰，以防未能与伊朗达成核协议。“如果我们没有达成协议，我们就需要它，” 特朗普在白宫表示。他还补充称，他认为谈判最终会取得成功。交易员一直密切关注华盛顿和德黑兰之间紧张局势是否升温，因为这可能对来自中东的供应构成威胁。 早些时候，油价下跌，与会代表称，OPEC+成员认为有空间在4月恢复增产，因其认为有关供应过剩的担忧被夸大。与会代表称，该组织尚未承诺采取任何行动方针，也尚未在3月1日会议前启动正式讨论。 原油期货市场连续第二周下跌，终结2026年初以来的连涨势头。此前，包括美伊对峙在内的多轮地缘政治紧张局势为油价提供支撑。 市场交投在美国总统日假期前可能趋于清淡，从而放大价格波动。 WTI 3月期货结算价上涨0.1%，报每桶62.89美元。 布伦特4月期货结算价上涨0.3%，报每桶67.75美元。 责任编辑：李桐

【有線新聞】警務處處長周一鳴指正跟進「新型碰瓷黨」交通意外索償詐騙案，呼籲專業人士不要做失德行為。另外，警方申請撥款超過40億元安裝約6萬支「銳眼」鏡頭，周一鳴強調已盡量壓縮成本。 本港去年錄得逾8.9萬宗罪案，近半屬於詐騙案。警務處處長周一鳴指會集中應對投資騙案，商經局亦期望立法會年內通過收緊電話卡實名登記制。 另外，涉及交通意外索償的「新型碰瓷黨」四人早前被捕，周一鳴指警方正跟進一百宗案件，正調查涉案醫生或律師專業操守是否出現問題。周一鳴：「我們在抽絲剝繭進行一些工作，我們會有下一浪行動。但我在此想說，所有市民包括一些專業人士，大家飽讀詩書，不要做一些缺德、失德的事情，我相信這些是天理不容，整個社會都不能接受。」 周一鳴又說，警隊引入科技例如無人機監察以及閉路電視，成功阻止罪案發生，計劃2028年在全港完成安裝約6萬支「銳眼」鏡頭，申請撥款超過40億元，強調已盡量壓縮成本。周一鳴：「現在說的不是一年，聽下去都是一個不少的數字。當然對我們來說每分每毫的公共資源都應好好利用，但如果我能夠因為閉路電視安裝後，香港治安繼續良好，能夠營造更好的營商環境或者更多旅客，市民願意投資，我想整體很難只用40億元說這樣太多。」 至於宏福苑大火，三人被控發佈煽動刊物等罪，周一鳴稱不能讓煽動意圖萌芽，強調政府會接受有質素及建設性意見。他又透露跨部門調查小組落口供的程序接近完成，目前主要是進行科學鑑證。

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Kinder Morgan ( KMI ) shares clocked seven straight sessions of gains, as the stock rose 1% at $32.32 on Friday. The energy infrastructure company gained 4.5% in the preceding six sessions. KMI is up 17% over the past one month. "Kinder Morgan leverages irreplaceable U.S. energy infrastructure and a dominant natural gas network to drive robust cash flow and dividend growth," pointed out a recent Seeking Alpha analysis. Looking at Seeking Alpha's Quant Rating, KMI has a Hold rating with a score of 3.2 out of 5. The company received A- in the prospect of profitability, while it received D+ in valuation. Turning to the Wall Street community , 12 analysts gave KMI a Buy and above rating. Nine analysts have given the stock a Hold recommendation, while one recommended Sell. Seeking Alpha analysts are positive and see the stock as a Buy. More on Kinder Morgan Kinder Morgan, Inc. 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Kinder Morgan Remains A Valuable Dividend Payer Kinder Morgan: Strong Growth, Natural Gas Focus, AI Catalyst Goldman sees further upside in the energy rally, flagging 10 buy-rated stocks Kinder Morgan projects $19.8Bcf/day LNG feed gas demand in 2026 as backlog advances to $10B

2月14日热门中概股涨跌不一， 纳斯达克 中国金龙指数（HXC）收跌0.1%。 上涨股当中（按市值从高到低）， 拼多多 涨0.06%， 网易 涨2.06%， 联电 涨1.31%， 腾讯音乐 涨4.52%， 中通 涨0.76%，小鹏汽车涨1.38%， 哔哩哔哩 涨1.02%，中国新城农村涨1.52%。 下跌股当中（按市值从高到低）， 台积电 跌0.51%， 阿里 巴巴 跌2.05%， 日月光半导体 跌0.28%， 百度 跌0.99%， 京东 跌1.38%，携程跌0.06%， 中华电信 跌0.14%， 富途 控股跌0.52%， 贝壳 跌1.07%， 理想 汽车跌1.81%， 华住酒店集团 跌1.48%。 美股周五收盘涨跌不一，三大股指本周均录得跌幅。市场继续权衡人工智能发展对物流、房地产及软件等行业造成的影响。美国1月核心CPI创近5年新低。 道指涨48.95点，涨幅为0.10%，报49500.93点；纳指跌50.48点，跌幅为0.22%，报22546.67点；标普500指数涨3.41点，涨幅为0.05%，报6836.17点。 本周美股三大股指均录得跌幅，道指下跌1.23%，纳指下跌2.1%，标普500指数下跌1.39%。 领涨中概股列表： 领跌中概股列表： （截图来自新浪财经APP 行情-美股-中概股热门板块）下载新浪财经APP 责任编辑：张俊 SF065

Shutthiphong Chandaeng/iStock via Getty Images The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose a better-than-expected 0.2% in January , which was the smallest monthly increase since July, leaving the annualized rate at 2.4%, which is the lowest rate since last May. We are trending in the right direction thanks to the decline in energy prices and used vehicles. TradingEconomics The core rate, which excludes food and energy, rose an as expected 0.3% last month, lowering the annualized rate to 2.5%, which is its lowest level since March 2021. This is progress. Shelter costs rose 3% over the prior year, which was down from 3.2%. The continued decline in shelter costs should be the most important factor in reestablishing the disinflationary trend. As I have discussed many times before, the shelter calculation for rent prices accounts for all rents in force rather than what today’s rent cost is relative to what it was a year ago. In many parts of the country rents are outright declining. Regardless, we need older rental contracts that reflect price increases from nearly a year ago to fall off the rolling 12-month period and be replace with current rates. That should drive inflation lower this year. TradingEconomics There is also the high probability that the Supreme Court will rule against President Trump’s tariffs that fall under the Emergency Powers Act in the coming weeks. That would lower input costs for businesses and prices on certain goods for consumers. This good news has brought 2-year Treasury yields ( US2Y ) down to their lowest level since 2022, and as a proxy for where the Fed funds rate will be moving forward, suggests that the Fed will cut at least twice before year end. I maintain that we will see three cuts totaling 75 basis points. Bloomberg The probably for the next rate cut to occur at the Fed’s June meeting has risen to better than 50% after this morning’s CPI report. CME The expectation that lower rates will come sooner has lit a fire under risk assets, with sto...

TORONTO, Feb. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Edesa Biotech, Inc. (Nasdaq:EDSA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing host-directed therapeutics for immuno-inflammatory diseases, today reported financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2025 and provided an update on its business.

"An Astonishing Sign Of Cultural Decay..." Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Sure, Take That Time-Out “Crisis is when brittleness meets shock. “ - Yuri Bezmenov’s Ghost on X By shutting down the government for a minimum of ten days supposedly over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Wile E. Coyote Democratic Party is about to blow up another Acme bomb in its mangy muzzle . I will tell you why. First, this DHS business is just a stupid prank to bamboozle the public. It will not shut down ICE operations, as Chuck Schumer pretends. ICE was already funded with $75-billion in last year’s Big Beautiful Bill. The shutdown will only defund the Coast Guard and airport security. (Does that sound smart?) Second, senators will be leaving the DC swamp and going home to their states where, it turns out, polls show that voters of both parties combined overwhelmingly favor election reform by 84-percent. The House has passed the SAVE Act onto the Senate for action, up or down. For at least ten days of the shutdown, the senators will have to explain why proving that you are a citizen to vote is a bad idea — or conversely, why allowing non-citizens to vote is a good idea. So, thanks, Democrats, for sending the senators home to face their voters. Eventually, senators will have to return to the US Capitol and take up the SAVE Act. The act will require proof of citizenship to register, photo ID to vote in person and for requesting an absentee ballot. The bill would prohibit universal mail-in voting, require absentee ballots be received by election day, impose a five-year prison sentence for helping anyone to register without correct documents, and provisions to clean up the states’ voter rolls. Additional legislation still in the House, introduced by Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI), would provide for Election Day only in-person voting by paper ballots , and yet other bills awaiting action would eliminate electronic vote-tallying machines. All the provisions above are comm...

(RTTNews) - After showing a lack of direction early in the session, stocks saw some strength in afternoon trading on Friday before once again giving back ground going into the end of the day. The major averages eventually ended the day narrowly mixed.

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Tesla’s stock eked out a gain on Friday, the 13th, to finish another volatile week for the stock. Shares snapped a four-day winning streak on Thursday, with Tesla stock down 2.7%. Friday the 13th typically is OK for Tesla shares.

Key PointsCentrus Energy reported fourth-quarter 2025 financial results last week that disappointed investors.

World stock indexes struggled for inspiration Friday as investors remained cautious after heavy selling of companies seen vulnerable to AI deployment and concerns about tech sector valuations more broadly.Amid growing concerns over the massive investments by AI heavyweights, investors also worry that software, logistics and even real estate companies will see their operations upended by artificial intelligence advances.

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When I first started saving for retirement in my 20s, I did so in an IRA. At the time, my company didn't have a workplace retirement plan to offer, so I figured an IRA was my best bet. Once I got access to a 401(k) plan , I made a switch. And since that first job of mine out of college, I've funded a number of IRAs and 401(k), including the solo 401(k) I opened for myself several years ago. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading