Arsenal delivered a dominant and efficient display away to OH Leuven to take a 4-0 lead into the second leg of their Women’s Champions League playoff at the Emirates Stadium next week. Frida Maanum opened the scoring, Olivia Smith added the second, Maanum struck again and Alessia Russo finished things off against the Belgian side before midfielder Kim Little came off the bench late on to put the c...
Arsenal delivered a dominant and efficient display away to OH Leuven to take a 4-0 lead into the second leg of their Women’s Champions League playoff at the Emirates Stadium next week. Frida Maanum opened the scoring, Olivia Smith added the second, Maanum struck again and Alessia Russo finished things off against the Belgian side before midfielder Kim Little came off the bench late on to put the cherry on top of the evening, making a staggering 400th appearance for the club. The Champions League holders are 90 minutes away from an all-WSL quarter-final tie against Chelsea, who qualified automatically for a place among the final eight by finishing in the top four at the end of the league phase. It was never going to be as connected a performance for the travelling Gunners, with five changes made to the team that secured an impressive 1-0 win over WSL leaders Manchester City on Sunday. Arsenal have needed to rotate a little amid a hefty run of fixtures and although this was the first leg of a tie that would earn a spot in the Champions League quarter-final stage it was also the optimal time to rest legs, with Renée Slegers’ side having earned a 3-0 win against Leuven in their final game of the league phase. Arsenal were predictably dominant in position against the Belgian champions and that it wasn’t always the slickest of games for them didn’t matter. There were vital minutes in the legs of the returning Leah Williamson and the rarely used Laia Codina, Victoria Pelova and Chloe Kelly, and there was little doubt that they would break through the impressive Champions League debutants. The opening goal came in the 22nd minute, with Caitlin Foord’s ball in from the right headed goalwards by Maanum and although goalkeeper Lowiese Seynhaeve got a palm behind it at full stretch, she could not keep it out. Arno Van den Abbeel’s Leuven team earned a win against Twente and secured draws against Paris FC, Roma and Paris Saint-Germain in the league phase to deliver a playoff pla...
petekarici/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Booking Holdings ( BKNG ) share price has faced significant selling pressure in recent weeks just as the company is scheduled to report its Q4 and full fiscal year results next week. So far, the stock is down by more than 13% for the past 12 months after being in positive territory for most of 2025. Booking's major peer, Airbnb ( ABNB ), is also down s...
petekarici/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Booking Holdings ( BKNG ) share price has faced significant selling pressure in recent weeks just as the company is scheduled to report its Q4 and full fiscal year results next week. So far, the stock is down by more than 13% for the past 12 months after being in positive territory for most of 2025. Booking's major peer, Airbnb ( ABNB ), is also down sharply since the beginning of this year, which is a signal of potential deterioration within the travel industry. Data by YCharts At the same time, however, the positive performance gap of BKNG over ABNB has now completely disappeared in recent months as the former stock is experiencing significant selling pressure. This is either in anticipation of Booking's upcoming results being disappointing or investors are being irrational, which could create a buying opportunity. Which scenario it is should become clear when BKNG releases its quarterly report next week, and it is essential for investors to evaluate the results through the lens of the stock's relative pricing and the macroeconomic environment. Solid Past Performance Back in October, I warned against certain short-term risks continuing to weigh on BKNG performance, and so far the stock is down by 15% since then. As we saw above, this is not due to the Q3 report being released, but rather a change in sentiment in recent weeks. The last quarterly results did not suggest that there's something wrong and continued to support a positive valuation gap between BKNG and ABNB. Year-on-year growth of quarterly gross bookings was exceptionally strong at above 14% and surpassed that of ABNB. prepared by the author, using data from quarterly reports The same was true for margins, where BKNG had an operating margin of 45% during the last quarter - well-above the 40% reported by ABNB. Note that usually in the third quarter of each year, both companies reported similar margins in prior years. prepared by the author, using data from Se...
The advertising automation platform built for marketers announces a new Google Ads automation tool to bring search and social into one unified dashboard. SARASOTA, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / February 11, 2026 / BuyerBridge, a search and social advertising automation platform for agencies, today launched Google Ads support, its largest channel expansion to date. This update brings multi-channel ca...
The advertising automation platform built for marketers announces a new Google Ads automation tool to bring search and social into one unified dashboard. SARASOTA, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / February 11, 2026 / BuyerBridge, a search and social advertising automation platform for agencies, today launched Google Ads support, its largest channel expansion to date. This update brings multi-channel campaign management and automation into a single dashboard, giving marketing teams faster client onboarding, unified reporting, and centralized spend control across the world's largest advertising ecosystems. With search ad spend projected to exceed $350 billion in 2026, digital marketers need campaign management software that simplifies advertising across Google , Meta , TikTok , Snapchat , and Pinterest when managing large client operations. "Google is the biggest channel expansion in the history of our software," said Sarah Bikos, Director of BuyerBridge. "It's a massive step toward our vision to create a unified ad ops system that saves marketing teams countless hours." Google Ads is where buyer intent lives with people actively searching for what they want. Paid social is where the demand is created. Managing both has traditionally meant switching between platforms. BuyerBridge eliminates this friction by serving as a single paid media platform for cross-channel advertising. With Google Ads now in BuyerBridge, users can: Manage search and social ads from one login without switching between Google Ads Manager and Meta Business Suite Onboard new client accounts faster with a streamlined workflow Get faster PPC reporting with cross-channel ad reporting that exports in minutes Prove ROI with sales attribution reporting to see exactly which products Google Ads helped sell Simplify budget management across all accounts with one unified view of spend and performance BuyerBridge By the Numbers Since inception, BuyerBridge has powered advertising at scale for agencies and brands ...
The Trump administration warned that Peru is losing sovereignty over a Chinese-owned port near its capital city , after a local judge ruled that the port is exempt from some regulatory oversight. “Concerned about latest reports that Peru could be powerless to oversee Chancay, one of its largest ports, which is under jurisdiction of predatory Chinese owners,” the US State Department’s Bureau of Wes...
The Trump administration warned that Peru is losing sovereignty over a Chinese-owned port near its capital city , after a local judge ruled that the port is exempt from some regulatory oversight. “Concerned about latest reports that Peru could be powerless to oversee Chancay, one of its largest ports, which is under jurisdiction of predatory Chinese owners,” the US State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs said in a post on X on Wednesday . “Let this be a cautionary tale for the region and the world: cheap Chinese money costs sovereignty.” The warning is the most direct criticism yet from the Trump administration of Peru’s close ties to China, which is the South American nation’s top trading partner followed by the US. At issue is the Chinese-owned Chancay port, which cost $1.3 billion to build and was inaugurated by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2024. The port, which helps expedite shipments to China from South America, is operated by Chinese-owned Cosco Shipping Ports . While a local judge ruled against state oversight, the head of Peru’s infrastructure regulator Ositran, Veronica Zambrano, has been vocal in criticizing the decision, saying it will leave users of the port unprotected. Ositran oversees Peru’s other major ports, which are concessions on public land, while Chancay is a privately-owned port. “We understand that what has happened, because we have yet to be notified, is that there is a lower court ruling accepting their request, which is not to be supervised by Ositran,” Zambrano said . Gonzalo Rios, general manager at Cosco’s Peruvian unit, told local radio RPP that the port had sued to defend its rights as a private port and that users will still be able to file complaints in court or with the consumer protection agency. China has invested heavily in Peru in recent years, including in the electricity and mining sectors as well as shipping. Meanwhile, the US has designated Peru as a major non-NATO ally and is negotiating a contract wort...
Liens/iStock via Getty Images Energy Fuels ( UUUU ) +2.2% in Wednesday's trading as Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of the uranium explorer with a Buy rating and a $30 price target, pointing to the company's ownership of the highest-grade uranium deposit in the U.S. and the White Mesa Mill, which provides a competitive advantage as the only U.S. processing facility capable of handling both uraniu...
Liens/iStock via Getty Images Energy Fuels ( UUUU ) +2.2% in Wednesday's trading as Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of the uranium explorer with a Buy rating and a $30 price target, pointing to the company's ownership of the highest-grade uranium deposit in the U.S. and the White Mesa Mill, which provides a competitive advantage as the only U.S. processing facility capable of handling both uranium and rare earth elements. Goldman's Brian Lee noted Energy Fuels' ( UUUU ) three heavy mineral sands assets that are expected to come online over the next five years, which will supply monazite, a key feedstock for rare earth production, and expansion into production of light and heavy rare earths that positions the company uniquely compared to peers, particularly given high demand and pricing trends for heavy rare earths. The analyst also pointed to strong policy support for securing domestic supply and production capabilities for critical minerals as a favorable factor for Energy Fuels ( UUUU ) shares. More on Energy Fuels Energy Fuels: Fixing The Rare Earth Bottleneck Energy Fuels: Not For Investors Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Energy Fuels
Paul Dacre was “no shrinking violet” in the 27 years he edited the Daily Mail, he said in his witness statement to the high court in London this week. He had “captained a tough ship” in order to safeguard “the ‘patina’ and prestige that differentiated the Daily Mail from other titles, both the popular ones and the so-called quality newspapers”. Others have described the editor’s tenure, and the im...
Paul Dacre was “no shrinking violet” in the 27 years he edited the Daily Mail, he said in his witness statement to the high court in London this week. He had “captained a tough ship” in order to safeguard “the ‘patina’ and prestige that differentiated the Daily Mail from other titles, both the popular ones and the so-called quality newspapers”. Others have described the editor’s tenure, and the impact it had on the UK, differently. Widely regarded as “the most powerful print journalist in Britain” (Politico) until he stood down in 2021, to his critics Dacre was “the man who hated liberal Britain” (New Statesman), and even the country’s “most dangerous man” (Observer). This was the editor whom celebrities and politicians most feared, whose management diatribes were so notoriously foul-mouthed that they were nicknamed “the vagina monologues” on account of the number of times he used the word “cunt”. So who was the unassuming older gentleman who shuffled quietly to the stand in court 76 of the Royal Courts of Justice on Wednesday and was immediately asked, on the basis of his softly spoken evidence the previous day, if he could keep his voice up a bit? “I’ll do my very best,” responded Dacre, still barely audibly. Dacre was giving evidence for a second day in defence of the Mail’s publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), which has been accused by a group of claimants including Prince Harry, Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley of illegal information-gathering practices including bugging, phone tapping, hacking and “blagging” documents. ANL denies the claims. First, however, there was an apology from David Sherborne, the lead barrister representing the claimants. Sherborne’s line of questioning to Dacre on Tuesday had not pleased the judge in the case, Mr Justice Nicklin, who had said the “large bulk” of the barrister’s questions were irrelevant as this case was not a public inquiry into Associated Newspapers. Highly unusually, Nicklin had declared that Sherborne woul...
One feature is especially likely to slip: the expanded ability for Siri to tap into personal data. That technology would let users ask the assistant to, say, search old text messages to locate a podcast shared by a friend and immediately play it. In recent days, Apple instructed engineers to use the upcoming iOS 26.5 in order to test new Siri features, implying that the functionality may have been...
One feature is especially likely to slip: the expanded ability for Siri to tap into personal data. That technology would let users ask the assistant to, say, search old text messages to locate a podcast shared by a friend and immediately play it. In recent days, Apple instructed engineers to use the upcoming iOS 26.5 in order to test new Siri features, implying that the functionality may have been moved back by at least one release. Internal versions of that update now include a notice describing the addition of some Siri enhancements. Apple shares pared their gains on the news Wednesday. The stock was up 1.1% to $276.71 as of 2:52 p.m. in New York after earlier climbing as high as 2.4%. It remains a fluid situation, and Apple’s plans may change further. A spokesperson for the Cupertino, California-based company declined to comment. But testing uncovered fresh problems with the software, prompting the latest postponements, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private. Siri doesn’t always properly process queries or can take too long to handle requests, they said. In the spring of last year, Apple delayed the rollout, saying the new Siri would instead arrive in 2026. It never announced more specific timing. Internally, though, Apple settled on the March 2026 target — tying it to iOS 26.4 — a goal that remained in place as recently as last month. The upgraded Siri also would let users precisely control apps from Apple and third parties via their voice. All the new features were due by early 2025. The latest hitches are part of a long and trying saga for Apple, which first announced plans for the revamped Siri in June 2024. That year, the iPhone maker showed off capabilities that would let the assistant tap into personal data and on-screen content to better fulfill requests. After planning to include the new capabilities in iOS 26.4 — an operating system update slated for March — Apple is now working to spread them out over futu...
Available for over a year The paper that contributed to the resignation of President Nixon over Watergate and the Vietnam war is now having to rethink its future. The Washington Post’s owner - Amazon boss Jeff Bezos - has announced mass layoffs at the newspaper, which will fundamentally change how it covers the news. When Bezos bought the paper in 2013, he reassured staff about a “new golden era f...
Available for over a year The paper that contributed to the resignation of President Nixon over Watergate and the Vietnam war is now having to rethink its future. The Washington Post’s owner - Amazon boss Jeff Bezos - has announced mass layoffs at the newspaper, which will fundamentally change how it covers the news. When Bezos bought the paper in 2013, he reassured staff about a “new golden era for the Washington Post”, and later adopted a new slogan for the Washington Post “Democracy Dies in Darkness”. Justin and Anthony discuss why the cuts have happened and what the wider impact may be on US media. With Bezos defending the cuts as “the data tells us what is valuable and where to focus", we look at whether the role of money, influence, and closeness to President Trump could also be at play? HOSTS: • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent GET IN TOUCH: • Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB • Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 • Email Americast@bbc.co.uk • Or use #Americast This episode was made by Rufus Gray, Grace Reeve and Kris Jalowiecki. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on BBC Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app. You can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers. US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155 Americast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including Newscast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below. Newscast: https://www.b...
Tottenham's decision to sack Thomas Frank was made almost immediately after Tuesday night's loss to Newcastle. Chief executive Vinai Venkatesham, in conjunction with sporting director Johan Lange, made the call - one the club had been reluctant to make. But the sorry state of Tottenham's season meant not even Frank's biggest advocate could disagree with the decision. Early on Wednesday morning, Ve...
Tottenham's decision to sack Thomas Frank was made almost immediately after Tuesday night's loss to Newcastle. Chief executive Vinai Venkatesham, in conjunction with sporting director Johan Lange, made the call - one the club had been reluctant to make. But the sorry state of Tottenham's season meant not even Frank's biggest advocate could disagree with the decision. Early on Wednesday morning, Venkatesham made the recommendation to the Lewis family - the club's ownership - to dispense with Frank. In recent weeks a furious fanbase have directed their ire towards the Lewises amid a widely held belief that supporters' views about Frank were not being listened to. According to conversations with those closely connected with the ownership, that was not the case - and the Lewis family were attuned to the widespread discontent from Spurs fans. Of course, it would have been harder not to notice given the ferocity of ill feeling towards the Dane in recent weeks. But given they effectively handed the running of the club to Venkatesham when appointing him chief executive last summer, it is fair to say the ownership have not sought to intervene - feeling a decision should be made 'on the ground'. So, when the recommendation from Venkatesham to terminate Frank's employment arrived in the hours after the loss to Newcastle it was accepted immediately by the ownership board, who formally approved the decision. All that was left was for Frank to be officially informed of his departure - a formality that took place on Wednesday morning in a meeting between the manager, Venkatesham and Lange. Frank's appointment in June was welcomed at the time as a shrewd move. He had done a superb job at Brentford to, firstly, earn promotion from the Championship and then, crucially, consolidate their position as a Premier League club. But he lasted just eight months at Spurs amid player indiscipline, a split executive team and doubts over his tactical approach.
solarseven/iStock via Getty Images Year to date in 2026, U.S. smallcap stocks represented by the iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF ( IJR ) have significantly outperformed largecap stocks tracked by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( SPY ), marking a notable reversal after years of underperformance. IJR is up 10.9%, exceeding the larger SPY index, which moved up only 1.4% YTD. In light of this development, ...
solarseven/iStock via Getty Images Year to date in 2026, U.S. smallcap stocks represented by the iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF ( IJR ) have significantly outperformed largecap stocks tracked by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( SPY ), marking a notable reversal after years of underperformance. IJR is up 10.9%, exceeding the larger SPY index, which moved up only 1.4% YTD. In light of this development, b elow is a list of the top 10 small-cap financial stocks ranked by their last price percentage above their 200-day simple moving average (200D SMA). The list features primarily regional banks from the United States. The list is topped by Amerant Bancorp ( AMTB ), with a last price percentage vs 200DSMA of 19.95%. Plumas Bancorp ( PLBC ) and Ares Commercial Real Estate ( ACRE ) follow closely behind, with Columbia Financial ( CLBK ) and Kearny Financial ( KRNY ) rounding out the top five. Notable among the rankings are two stocks with Strong Buy Quant Ratings: Columbia Financial, Inc. ( CLBK ) with a rating of 4.56 and Capitol Federal Financial ( CFFN ) with a rating of 4.70. Regional banks dominate the list, accounting for nine of the ten positions, with only Ares Commercial Real Estate ( ACRE ) representing the mortgage REIT sector. Here is the list: Amerant Bancorp ( AMTB ), last price percentage vs 200DSMA: 19.95% Plumas Bancorp ( PLBC ), last price percentage vs 200DSMA: 19.94% Ares Commercial Real Estate ( ACRE ), last price percentage vs 200DSMA: 19.76% Columbia Financial ( CLBK ), last price percentage vs 200DSMA: 19.64% Kearny Financial ( KRNY ), last price percentage vs 200DSMA: 19.54% Northfield Bancorp ( NFBK ), last price percentage vs 200DSMA: 19.40% Capitol Federal Financial ( CFFN ), last price percentage vs 200DSMA: 19.07% Bankwell Financial Group ( BWFG ), last price percentage vs 200DSMA: 19.05% MVB Financial ( MVBF ), last price percentage vs 200DSMA: 18.92% Flushing Financial ( FFIC ), last price percentage vs 200DSMA: 18.49% Financials ETFs: ( XLF ), (...
It’s already quite easy to use Cash App. However, on Wednesday, the payment platform owned by Block, Inc. introduced a new feature designed to make its user experience significantly easier: payment links. The feature allows app users to send payments via a hyperlink that can be attached to a variety of communications. Users can access the links by taking the typical steps in Cash App’s payment tab...
It’s already quite easy to use Cash App. However, on Wednesday, the payment platform owned by Block, Inc. introduced a new feature designed to make its user experience significantly easier: payment links. The feature allows app users to send payments via a hyperlink that can be attached to a variety of communications. Users can access the links by taking the typical steps in Cash App’s payment tab, but instead of clicking “add recipient,” the user now has the option to click “share link.” Choosing this will create a link that can subsequently be added to texts, emails, and DMs as a payment request. The recipient clicks the link, which preloads the requested payment amount, allowing the transaction to be facilitated quickly. Cash App says that the links can be used for recurring payments as well as group payments. Cash App introduced the new feature after surveying Gen-Z users and finding that it was common for multiple communications to occur around payments. The links are designed to alleviate any social awkwardness that may accompany those communications while also making payments more direct. “Payment links make moving money even more seamless, but just as importantly, they make the task of requesting money feel more human and less awkward,” said Kristen Anderson, P2P & Networks Product Lead at Cash App. “We’ve heard from our customers that sending in-app payment requests and push notifications can sometimes come across as overly formal or even passive-aggressive. Payment links solve this by allowing customers to send requests through whichever platform feels most natural so that they can add context, levity, or humor to the conversation.” Cash App has added a number of new features lately, including an AI chatbot that debuted late last year and is designed to advise users on their finances, as well as a new benefits program with a high-borrowing limit.
Antonio_Diaz/iStock via Getty Images Intro Having written about Lyft, Inc. ( LYFT ) twice last year — in September and November — I have to admit that my only Strong Buy is one of the relatively few names that has underperformed so far. To put this into context, I did some quick back‑of‑the‑envelope checks. Out of the 28 companies I’ve rated as either Sell or Buy since I started writing for SA abo...
Antonio_Diaz/iStock via Getty Images Intro Having written about Lyft, Inc. ( LYFT ) twice last year — in September and November — I have to admit that my only Strong Buy is one of the relatively few names that has underperformed so far. To put this into context, I did some quick back‑of‑the‑envelope checks. Out of the 28 companies I’ve rated as either Sell or Buy since I started writing for SA about six months ago, I’ve got 4 definite misses, 4 that have been trading sideways (hovering within a range of ±2%), and 20 that could be described as winning calls to date. Overall, I think it's a pretty decent result, with a non-miss rating accuracy of 86% and a straight win rate of 71%. Having built this nice backing for myself, I need to return to Lyft and face the harsh reality: it is down about 30% from the level where I rated it positively. I had hoped yesterday’s after-hours earnings would offer some support for my positive thesis, but that didn’t happen. As of this writing, Lyft is trading about some 15% lower. Since I’ve covered Lyft’s broader story in more detail in my earlier pieces, I’ll skip the longer story this time and go straight to the point — trying to figure out what exactly caused the market to hit the stock with such a sharp, nearly 20% selloff. Q4 and FY2025 Earnings Heading into Q4, Lyft earnings were expected at $0.32 per share, with revenue projected at $1.75 billion. When the results came out, the figures were pretty confusing at first glance. Revenue was reported at $1.6 billion, marking quite a wide miss , while net income surprisingly even exceeded revenue at $2.8 billion, resulting in an EPS of $6.72. Once the extraordinary items were taken out, the picture meaningfully changed. Adjusted revenue came in at about $1.8 billion, beating expectations by roughly $50 million, as the original headline number had factored in a $168 million hit from legal, tax, and regulatory reserve changes and settlements. Working out the normalized net income was mor...
Apple has just released the latest major updates for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, and all the other operating systems it released back in September of 2025. The 26.3 updates for these operating systems are fairly mild, focusing mostly on bug fixes and security patches, but Apple is adding a handful of iPhone features designed to make it easier to use third-party devices in Apple's ecosystem....
Apple has just released the latest major updates for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, and all the other operating systems it released back in September of 2025. The 26.3 updates for these operating systems are fairly mild, focusing mostly on bug fixes and security patches, but Apple is adding a handful of iPhone features designed to make it easier to use third-party devices in Apple's ecosystem. The first is a "transfer to Android" feature that will facilitate switching away from Apple's phones into the Android ecosystem. Apple offers to transfer "photos, messages, notes, apps, and more," as well as the user's phone number, but won't transfer things like Bluetooth pairing information or sensitive data from the Health app. Whether third-party apps can have their data transferred is likely tied to the AppMigrationKit developer framework that Apple added in iOS 26.1. Apps using this framework can import and export data to and from other devices and also access and download content the app has stored in the cloud. Apple notes that AppMigrationKit only functions for transfers from an Apple device to a non-Apple device; Apple already has several systems in place for preserving and transferring data and settings when upgrading from one iPhone to another. Read full article Comments