Bitcoin fell to its lowest level since last Friday’s selloff, diverging sharply from Asian equities that climbed to fresh records and highlighting investors’ lack of confidence in a sustained recovery. The largest cryptocurrency dropped as much as 2.8% to $66,664 during Asian trading hours on Wednesday. Ether, the second-biggest coin, fell 3.5% to an intraday low of $1,938. Those declines came eve...
Bitcoin fell to its lowest level since last Friday’s selloff, diverging sharply from Asian equities that climbed to fresh records and highlighting investors’ lack of confidence in a sustained recovery. The largest cryptocurrency dropped as much as 2.8% to $66,664 during Asian trading hours on Wednesday. Ether, the second-biggest coin, fell 3.5% to an intraday low of $1,938. Those declines came even as the MSCI Asia Pacific Index advanced 1.5% to an all-time high, extending its year-to-date outperformance over US and European peers. A gauge of emerging-market stocks also touched a record. The dollar declined. Renewed expectations of US rate cuts aren’t buoying digital tokens, where sluggish trading underscores the bleak mood gripping the sector since October. While large Bitcoin investors have started purchasing again, the token’s failure to attract wider buying puts it at risk of further declines. “The acceleration of price decline to $60,000 without corresponding volume spikes suggests thin order books and lack of buyer conviction at intermediate levels,” Kaiko analyst Laurens Fraussen wrote in a note. “This creates vulnerability to further downside on modest selling pressure.”
Welltower ( WELL ) declares $0.74/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 1.47% Payable March 10; for shareholders of record Feb. 25; ex-div Feb. 25. See WELL Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Welltower Welltower Vs. American Healthcare REIT: Why The Latter Is The Better Buy Today Welltower beats revenue in Q4; shares rise more than 1% Welltower FF...
Welltower ( WELL ) declares $0.74/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 1.47% Payable March 10; for shareholders of record Feb. 25; ex-div Feb. 25. See WELL Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Welltower Welltower Vs. American Healthcare REIT: Why The Latter Is The Better Buy Today Welltower beats revenue in Q4; shares rise more than 1% Welltower FFO of $1.45 beats by $0.01, revenue of $3.18B beats by $190M Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Welltower Historical earnings data for Welltower
The guidance for the first quarter of 2026 indicates flat revenue growth sequentially, suggesting potential challenges in maintaining growth momentum. The company's debt-to-equity ratio stood at 36%, with total debt amounting to $12.6 billion, which could pose financial risks. For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript . Story continues Q & ...
The guidance for the first quarter of 2026 indicates flat revenue growth sequentially, suggesting potential challenges in maintaining growth momentum. The company's debt-to-equity ratio stood at 36%, with total debt amounting to $12.6 billion, which could pose financial risks. For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript . Story continues Q & A Highlights Q: Can you provide more details on the company's revenue growth and gross margin for the fourth quarter of 2025? A: Dr. Wu Junfeng, Senior Vice President and Person-in-Charge of Finance, reported that the revenue for the fourth quarter was $2,489 million, marking a 4.5% sequential increase. The gross margin was 19.2%, which decreased by 2.8 percentage points sequentially due to increased depreciation. Q: What were the key factors contributing to the company's annual revenue growth in 2025? A: Dr. Haijun Zhao, Co-Chief Executive Officer, explained that the company's revenue in 2025 increased by 16.2% year over year to $9,327 million, driven by the reshuffling of the semiconductor industry chain towards localization and increased demand from Chinese local fabless companies. The gross margin improved by 3 percentage points to 21%. Q: How did the company's capital expenditure in 2025 compare to expectations, and what were the reasons for any differences? A: Dr. Zhao noted that capital expenditure in 2025 was $8.1 billion, higher than initially projected. This increase was due to robust customer demand, changes in the external environment, and extended equipment delivery times, necessitating advanced procurement of planned capacity. Q: What is the company's outlook for 2026 in terms of revenue growth and capital expenditure? A: Dr. Zhao stated that the company expects revenue growth in 2026 to be higher than the industry average, with capital expenditure remaining roughly flat compared to 2025. The company plans to continue expanding capacity and focus on internal o...
An immersive account of how the inhabitants of a liberal city – including the author’s father – survived fascism In December 1941, the Nazi authorities received a letter from a soldier complaining that, on his recent leave in Berlin, he had been thoroughly disgusted by what he saw. While his comrades were dying at the front, plenty of young men appeared to have dodged military duty and were now to...
An immersive account of how the inhabitants of a liberal city – including the author’s father – survived fascism In December 1941, the Nazi authorities received a letter from a soldier complaining that, on his recent leave in Berlin, he had been thoroughly disgusted by what he saw. While his comrades were dying at the front, plenty of young men appeared to have dodged military duty and were now to be found carousing in Berlin’s packed bars. The women were no better: husbandless but flush with ration coupons purloined from soldiers on leave, they were busy gorging themselves. “If Berlin were Germany,” huffed the complainant, “we would have lost this war years ago.” Berlin had always been a case apart. The legacy of the wild Weimar years – all that artistic and political radicalism, not to mention louche living – had continued under the Third Reich. The city remained defiantly itself and, despite the efforts of high command, mulish about being told what to do. That, at least, had been the situation in 1941. Continue reading...
When Mohammad Arshad fell to his death while constructing the first new stadium for the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, one of the main stadium contractors, the Belgian construction multinational Besix, promised it would take immediate steps to ensure all end-of-service and insurance payments were, “handled in a timely and respectful manner”. Almost a year later, Arshad’s family say they have yet ...
When Mohammad Arshad fell to his death while constructing the first new stadium for the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, one of the main stadium contractors, the Belgian construction multinational Besix, promised it would take immediate steps to ensure all end-of-service and insurance payments were, “handled in a timely and respectful manner”. Almost a year later, Arshad’s family say they have yet to receive either. Arshad’s death was the first known fatality of a migrant worker linked to the 2034 World Cup, and came after Fifa was heavily criticised for naming the gulf kingdom as tournament host. View image in fullscreen Mohammad Arshad, who died building a World Cup stadium in Saudi Arabia Human rights groups have warned there could be thousands of unexplained migrant worker deaths linked to the World Cup and other large-scale construction projects in Saudi Arabia. In its World Cup bid, Saudi Arabia promised to build 11 new stadiums and renovate four for the 2034 tournament. Arshad died on 12 March 2025, while working on a high platform at Aramco Stadium in the eastern city of Al Khobar. The platform tilted suddenly, and Arshad, who was not secured to it, was thrown to the ground. He later died in hospital, leaving behind his wife and three young sons in Pakistan. Under Saudi law, Arshad’s family are entitled to be paid compensation for his death, potentially worth as much as £63,250. They are also entitled to his outstanding salary and end-of-service benefits. His family, who live in the district of Mansehra, about two hours’ drive north of Islamabad, say the only money they have received has come from a voluntary donation from Arshad’s co-workers and stakeholders working on the project, matched funded by Besix. In response to a request to comment, Besix told the Guardian that end-of-service benefits had been transferred to the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation and should be paid shortly once the family had submitted the required documents. The company said it was al...
Understand the basics It is not a legal requirement to have breakdown cover – it is a safety net to ensure you are not left on the roadside if something happens to your vehicle. But you should be aware of all of the policy’s limitations when you buy one. The most basic policies start at £15. The price will depend on the provider you choose, whether you want to be brought home with your car, whethe...
Understand the basics It is not a legal requirement to have breakdown cover – it is a safety net to ensure you are not left on the roadside if something happens to your vehicle. But you should be aware of all of the policy’s limitations when you buy one. The most basic policies start at £15. The price will depend on the provider you choose, whether you want to be brought home with your car, whether you want coverage in Europe, if you get a replacement vehicle, and other features. The most basic level is simple breakdown cover. With this, if your car breaks down when you are more than a certain distance (for example, a quarter of a mile) from home, the insurer’s mechanic will attempt to fix it on the road and, if that is not possible, will tow it to an approved garage nearby. Consider extras With national cover, which costs more, your car will be towed to your home, or your destination, if you are going somewhere else. This could be useful for people who travel long distances for work or those who want to make sure a holiday is not disrupted. Another additional element is “home start”, which covers breakdowns at your home, or within the exclusion zone (such as the quarter-mile mentioned above) in cheaper policies. This could be helpful if your battery fails. Choosing an “onward travel” addition means that if your car needs repairs, then the insurer will provide you with a replacement vehicle, public transport or overnight accommodation if necessary. View image in fullscreen The ‘home start’ element will add to the cost of your annual breakdown cover. Photograph: Paul Thompson Images/Alamy Kara Gammell of comparison website MoneySuperMarket, says drivers should focus on the level of cover that they need when comparing policies and only buy the features they need. “Basic roadside assistance is usually the cheapest option, while national recovery, onward travel and at‑home start add extra protection, but can also add to the cost, so it’s important to tailor your policy,...
That’s Life! The magazine that shaped America – in pictures From grown men eating ice cream – gasp! – to Noël Coward sweating in the desert and a baseball team without pants – a new exhibition celebrates images from the era-defining magazine
That’s Life! The magazine that shaped America – in pictures From grown men eating ice cream – gasp! – to Noël Coward sweating in the desert and a baseball team without pants – a new exhibition celebrates images from the era-defining magazine
A transformative conservation project encompassing East Anglia’s large but secluded Fritton Lake has high-end hospitality and nature-rich experiences at its heart The scene is entirely black, white, grey and silver. It is cold, unusually dark and a film of ice is forming on the lake. I’m sitting in an unlit wooden sauna, alone, in immense silence. The only noise is the soft ticking of the stove as...
A transformative conservation project encompassing East Anglia’s large but secluded Fritton Lake has high-end hospitality and nature-rich experiences at its heart The scene is entirely black, white, grey and silver. It is cold, unusually dark and a film of ice is forming on the lake. I’m sitting in an unlit wooden sauna, alone, in immense silence. The only noise is the soft ticking of the stove as the heat rises. Across the water are ghostly silver birches and dark pines. Above them, Orion’s Belt shines bright. This vivid experience feels like midwinter in Canada, Finland or anywhere else about 60 degrees north. So it’s bizarre to know I’m a few miles south-west of Great Yarmouth. Fritton Lake is an anomaly. Like the Broads to the north, this deceptively big, sinuous lake was largely created by medieval peat-digging, but it’s nothing like its Norfolk cousins. Set in a sandy, hilly landscape of heaths and pines, the northernmost outpost of the wildlife-rich strip of sandy heathlands running up the Suffolk coast, the lake is deep and two miles long but so hidden by trees that many people don’t know of its existence. Continue reading...
Barbados prime minister and global climate action champion, Mia Amor Mottley, is on course for a third consecutive term in office, forecasts suggest, as voters head to the polls on Wednesday. Mottley is the country’s first female leader since its independence in 1966, and her strong international advocacy for climate action and support for small and vulnerable nations have made her an influential ...
Barbados prime minister and global climate action champion, Mia Amor Mottley, is on course for a third consecutive term in office, forecasts suggest, as voters head to the polls on Wednesday. Mottley is the country’s first female leader since its independence in 1966, and her strong international advocacy for climate action and support for small and vulnerable nations have made her an influential and popular global and regional leader, experts say. In a recent nationwide poll, nearly 80% of the decided voters interviewed said they would vote for Mottley’s ruling Barbados Labour party (BLP). The survey, commissioned by local outlets the Nation and Starcom, also gauged support for party leaders and found that 61.2% of respondents favoured Mottley, compared with only 18% for the leader of the opposition Democratic Labour party (DLP), Ralph Thorne. Only about 10% said they would consider voting outside the two main parties. The poll forecasts a consolidation of support for BLP, which under Mottley’s leadership celebrated landslide victories in 2018 and 2022. But it also shows voter apathy, with nearly half the electorate interviewed saying they were undecided or will not be voting. A high cost of living and crime were identified as some of the most pressing concerns for voters, with the DLP accusing the government of broken promises, and pledging to prioritise crime reduction, reduce taxes and improve affordability. The BLP has defended its record, arguing that it has kept its pledges to voters, “despite facing international crises, global uncertainty and volatility” brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, volcanic eruptions and tropical storms. According to the World Bank, Barbados’s economy has continued to show resilience through 2024 and into 2025, with real GDP growth at 4.0% in 2024, driven by “robust activity in tourism, construction, and business services”. On the ground in Barbados, retired manager Orville Browne agreed. “When things are rough internationally, you...
Nine-year-old Lamia is obliged by her school to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein, and meets a series of vivid characters as she shops for sanctioned ingredients There’s a terrific charm and sweetness in this debut from Iraqi film-maker Hasan Hadi, a Bake Off-style adventure about a little girl in early-90s Iraq required by her school to make a birthday cake in Saddam Hussein’s honour, despi...
Nine-year-old Lamia is obliged by her school to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein, and meets a series of vivid characters as she shops for sanctioned ingredients There’s a terrific charm and sweetness in this debut from Iraqi film-maker Hasan Hadi, a Bake Off-style adventure about a little girl in early-90s Iraq required by her school to make a birthday cake in Saddam Hussein’s honour, despite sanctions and the consequent shortage of every single cake-making ingredient. Hadi is a former Sundance Lab fellow and his film lists Hollywood heavy-hitters Chris Columbus and Eric Roth among its executive producers – who may just have induced Hadi to sprinkle some old-fashioned Tinseltown sugar into the mix. The moment when the little girl gazes at her reflection in the river is surely inspired by The Lion King. Among the largely nonprofessional cast is the unselfconsciously excellent Baneen Ahmad Nayyef as nine-year-old Lamia, whose greedy teacher gobbles the apple she has brought to school for her lunch. This blowhard announces that the class must draw lots for which of them will bake the Saddam cake; it falls to Lamia. In addition, her pal Saeed (Sajad Mohama Qasem) – who has a crush on Lamia – has to supply the fruit for this party, on which only the teacher will be gorging himself. Lamia sets off into town with her grandmother Bibi (Waheed Thabet Khreibat) on a desperate shopping expedition, carrying her pet cockerel, Hindi, who gives a great animal performance and whose unpredictable crowings clearly forced the actors to improvise lines around him. Continue reading...
When Jerome Kilty was stationed in London with the US army during the second world war, he doorstepped George Bernard Shaw. The octogenarian playwright, he recalled, “received us cordially”. Kilty went on to become an actor and playwright himself, and Shaw inspired his biggest success – this 1957 two-hander drawn from the author’s ardent if unconsummated correspondence with Mrs Patrick Campbell, t...
When Jerome Kilty was stationed in London with the US army during the second world war, he doorstepped George Bernard Shaw. The octogenarian playwright, he recalled, “received us cordially”. Kilty went on to become an actor and playwright himself, and Shaw inspired his biggest success – this 1957 two-hander drawn from the author’s ardent if unconsummated correspondence with Mrs Patrick Campbell, the original Eliza in Pygmalion. Campbell’s magnificence is lost to memory, while Shaw’s plays slide from the repertory. Why bother with their antique sparring? This revival depends on feeling performances by Rachel Pickup and Alan Turkington as two outsize personalities skirmishing between courtship and combat. The first act centres on efforts to stage Pygmalion. “I will be your pretty slut,” Campbell writes; contractual negotiations are all pang and flirt. Each is quick to pique: “I will sit here and howl,” Shaw snaps. “All I ask is to have my own way in everything.” Rehearsals founder on her misfiring Cockney accent and his intemperate direction, but the show triumphs. We then watch their relationship fracture, especially when each attempts to mine their relationship in play or memoir. Meanwhile Shaw’s curiosity takes him behind the scenes at his mother’s cremation; his pacifism makes him furious rather than consoling when Campbell loses a son to the war. A modern theatre-maker might navigate this material differently: scholars now frame Campbell as a psychologically acute performer rather than stroppy diva. Stella Powell-Jones’ production doesn’t always help a fusty script: touching when speakers gaze out, unsure how a letter will be received, but strenuous when she has the actors declaim at each other. Calico-clad (with a cartoon of Shaw on Turkington’s T-shirt), the actors move between the cloud-stippled curtains of Tom Paris’s design. Pickup, chandelier earrings quivering in outrage, becomes touchingly still in old age; Turkington, petulant hands stuffed in his pocket...
Residents of the UK’s most expensive flats have won a court case over defective pipework. If their homes are shoddily built, what hope do the rest of us have? Even multimillionaires can’t escape Britain’s cowboy builders, it seems. Last week, residents of One Hyde Park, the UK’s most expensive flats , won a £35m court case against the contractor that built their homes. The high court ordered the c...
Residents of the UK’s most expensive flats have won a court case over defective pipework. If their homes are shoddily built, what hope do the rest of us have? Even multimillionaires can’t escape Britain’s cowboy builders, it seems. Last week, residents of One Hyde Park, the UK’s most expensive flats , won a £35m court case against the contractor that built their homes. The high court ordered the construction company Laing O’Rourke to fix defective pipework that was discovered to be causing problems in 2014, only three years after the luxury development was completed. At the other end of the economy, tens of thousands of families are facing damp and mould issues also caused by botched building works. A National Audit Office investigation revealed in October last year that a staggering 98% of external insulation fitted under the previous government’s home-improvement schemes was installed so ineptly that it will have to be repaired or replaced. Phineas Harper is a writer and curator Continue reading...
French wine and spirits exporters saw their worst results since 2020’s Covid-19 shock last year, as companies were buffeted by stormy trade relations between China and the US, two of their biggest export markets. “It’s weighing on everyone’s morale,” said Gabriel Picard, president of the French Federation of Wine and Spirit Exporters (FEVS), during a press conference in Paris on Tuesday where he p...
French wine and spirits exporters saw their worst results since 2020’s Covid-19 shock last year, as companies were buffeted by stormy trade relations between China and the US, two of their biggest export markets. “It’s weighing on everyone’s morale,” said Gabriel Picard, president of the French Federation of Wine and Spirit Exporters (FEVS), during a press conference in Paris on Tuesday where he presented the annual figures. France exported a total of €14.3 billion (117.5 billion yuan) of wine and spirits last year, down by 7.9 per cent. More specifically, wine exports were down 4.1 per cent to €10.5 billion and spirit exports were down 17.4 per cent to €3.7 billion – with cognac exports plunging 23.8 per cent – according to FEVS data. Advertisement The total export value declined for the third consecutive year and marked the lowest point since 2020, Picard said, adding that a rebound this year might be difficult given the context. The 15 per cent tariffs US President Donald Trump imposed on French wine and spirits – along with similar duties levied by Beijing in response to EU tariffs on imports of China’s electric vehicles – were the main factors that dragged down the total exports, according to Picard. Advertisement While the United States remained the biggest export market for French wine and spirits at €3 billion, Trump’s tariffs, together with a strong euro, reduced exports by 21.2 per cent in 2025.
OP Corporate Bank plc Financial Statements Bulletin Stock Exchange Release 11 February 2026 at 9.00 am EET OP Corporate Bank plc's Financial Statements Bulletin 1 January–31 December 2025 OP Corporate Bank's operating profit increased by 18% to EUR 559 million (473). operating profit increased by 18% to EUR 559 million (473). Total income grew by 8% to EUR 833 million (773). Net interest income gr...
OP Corporate Bank plc Financial Statements Bulletin Stock Exchange Release 11 February 2026 at 9.00 am EET OP Corporate Bank plc's Financial Statements Bulletin 1 January–31 December 2025 OP Corporate Bank's operating profit increased by 18% to EUR 559 million (473). operating profit increased by 18% to EUR 559 million (473). Total income grew by 8% to EUR 833 million (773). Net interest income grew by 9% to EUR 576 million (529). Investment income totalled EUR 131 million (136). Net commissions and fees, EUR 75 million (75), were at the previous year's level. Other operating income increased by 54% to EUR 51 million (33). Impairment loss on receivables reversed came to EUR 32 million. A year ago, impairment loss on receivables totalled EUR 1 million. Operating expenses increased to EUR 306 million (298). The cost/income ratio improved to 37% (39). The loan portfolio grew by 2.8% to EUR 29.1 billion (28.3). The deposit portfolio decreased by 1.0% to EUR 17.0 billion (17.2). OP Corporate Bank is in charge of OP Pohjola's wholesale funding together with OP Mortgage Bank. The Corporate Banking and Capital Markets segment's operating profit increased by 12% to EUR 343 million (307). Net interest income grew by 13% to EUR 317 million (279). Net commissions and fees increased to EUR 9 million (6). Investment income totalled EUR 119 million (131). Operating expenses increased by 7% to EUR 128 million (120). Impairment loss on receivables reversed came to EUR 20 million (6). The cost/income ratio was 28% (28). operating profit increased by 12% to EUR 343 million (307). Net interest income grew by 13% to EUR 317 million (279). Net commissions and fees increased to EUR 9 million (6). Investment income totalled EUR 119 million (131). Operating expenses increased by 7% to EUR 128 million (120). Impairment loss on receivables reversed came to EUR 20 million (6). The cost/income ratio was 28% (28). The Asset and Sales Finance Services and Payment Transfers segment's operating pro...
OP PohjolaFinancial Statements BulletinStock Exchange Release 11 February 2026 9.00 am EET OP Pohjola's Financial Statements Bulletin 1 January–31 December 2025: Another strong year for OP Pohjola –...
OP PohjolaFinancial Statements BulletinStock Exchange Release 11 February 2026 9.00 am EET OP Pohjola's Financial Statements Bulletin 1 January–31 December 2025: Another strong year for OP Pohjola –...
OP PohjolaFinancial Statements BulletinStock Exchange Release 11 February 2026 9.00 am EET OP Pohjola's Financial Statements Bulletin 1 January–31 December 2025: Another strong year for OP Pohjola –...
OP PohjolaFinancial Statements BulletinStock Exchange Release 11 February 2026 9.00 am EET OP Pohjola's Financial Statements Bulletin 1 January–31 December 2025: Another strong year for OP Pohjola –...