Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) can rarely catch a break from market negativity these days. The company, which is now the largest company in the world by sales on a trailing 12-month basis, should be receiving accolades based on its strong performance and seemingly endless opportunities. There are few industries at this point where it doesn't touch some kind of base. But Amazon stock plunged after earnings ...
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) can rarely catch a break from market negativity these days. The company, which is now the largest company in the world by sales on a trailing 12-month basis, should be receiving accolades based on its strong performance and seemingly endless opportunities. There are few industries at this point where it doesn't touch some kind of base. But Amazon stock plunged after earnings recently, and it's down 8% over one year as of this writing. Is this an incredible opportunity for investors? Or is it a huge mistake to buy now? Let's check it out. Continue reading
AI startup Anthropic said on Thursday it has raised $30 billion in its latest funding round, which was co-led by investors including D. E. Shaw Ventures, ICONIQ and MGX, valuing the Claude chatbot maker at $380 billion. Investor interest in AI startups has continued to surge, driven by expectations of rapid growth and widespread commercial adoption, giving companies like Anthropic and ChatGP...
AI startup Anthropic said on Thursday it has raised $30 billion in its latest funding round, which was co-led by investors including D. E. Shaw Ventures, ICONIQ and MGX, valuing the Claude chatbot maker at $380 billion. Investor interest in AI startups has continued to surge, driven by expectations of rapid growth and widespread commercial adoption, giving companies like Anthropic and ChatGPT maker OpenAI soaring valuations. Other significant investors in the Series G funding round included Sequoia Capital, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture partners, Blackstone and affiliated funds of BlackRock.
After defying gravity for much of the past few years, Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) is finally coming back to earth, with the stock falling as much as 6.7% on Thursday. As of 2:00 p.m. ET, the stock was still down 5%. The catalyst that sent the data mining and artificial intelligence (AI) specialist lower was a bearish prediction by a well-known investor. Image source: Getty Images. Continu...
After defying gravity for much of the past few years, Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) is finally coming back to earth, with the stock falling as much as 6.7% on Thursday. As of 2:00 p.m. ET, the stock was still down 5%. The catalyst that sent the data mining and artificial intelligence (AI) specialist lower was a bearish prediction by a well-known investor. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Endangerment finding rollback will make families ‘sicker and less safe’, environmental advocate says US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration has revoked the bedrock scientific determination which gives the government the ability to regulate climate-heating pollution. The move was described as a gift to “billionaire polluters” at the expense of Americans’ health. The endangerment...
Endangerment finding rollback will make families ‘sicker and less safe’, environmental advocate says US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration has revoked the bedrock scientific determination which gives the government the ability to regulate climate-heating pollution. The move was described as a gift to “billionaire polluters” at the expense of Americans’ health. The endangerment finding, which states that the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere endangers public health and welfare, has since 2009 allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to limit heat-trapping pollution from vehicles, power plants and other industrial sources. Continue reading...
On February 11, Hodges Capital Management Inc. disclosed a buy of 228,146 Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) shares, an estimated $10.67 million trade based on quarterly average pricing. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing dated February 11, Hodges Capital Management Inc. bought 228,146 additional shares of Bank OZK in the fourth quarter. The estimated value of this trade was $10.67 ...
On February 11, Hodges Capital Management Inc. disclosed a buy of 228,146 Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) shares, an estimated $10.67 million trade based on quarterly average pricing. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing dated February 11, Hodges Capital Management Inc. bought 228,146 additional shares of Bank OZK in the fourth quarter. The estimated value of this trade was $10.67 million, calculated using the average closing price for the quarter. The fund’s total position value in Bank OZK increased by $9.97 million by quarter-end, reflecting both the purchase and changes in the stock price. Top holdings after the filing: Continue reading
pingingz/iStock via Getty Images Introduction Nebius Group N.V. ( NBIS ) price action in recent months has been more or less aligned with the likes of a rollercoaster. Since my last coverage of the stock , in which I rated it a Strong Buy, it is down approximately 10%, while the market (S&P 500, SPX) has gained 2%. SA NBIS is one of the great trading vehicles in today's stock market. Still, there ...
pingingz/iStock via Getty Images Introduction Nebius Group N.V. ( NBIS ) price action in recent months has been more or less aligned with the likes of a rollercoaster. Since my last coverage of the stock , in which I rated it a Strong Buy, it is down approximately 10%, while the market (S&P 500, SPX) has gained 2%. SA NBIS is one of the great trading vehicles in today's stock market. Still, there are vast fundamental reasons to engage in ownership of NBIS stock. Those we will have a look at today, as the company just reported their Q4 2025 and FY 2025 earnings. We will use this release to check important business updates, as well as to stress-test my previous thesis: I am now rating Nebius a Strong Buy as well. My rating is based on the following factors: AI data center demand is still underestimated, and more contracts are likely to follow in the coming months and years. Its own ARR guidance reveals it to be cheaper than IREN on a forward P/S basis. Technicals support further upside. Financials Nebius delivered yet another strong quarter , with 2025 ARR coming in 25% above guidance of $1B, at $1.25B. This means ARR increased 14-fold YoY, and guidance for 2026 is reaffirmed at $8B at the midpoint, representing a 7X increase over 2025. Nebius noted they are "on track" to achieve said guidance. Their guidance for 2026 contracted power capacity has been revised to the upside for the second time now, starting at 1 GW and now having grown to at least 3 GW. NBIS IR Nebius put up a strong growth quarter, but it came in light versus the Street on the two lines that matter for near-term sentiment. Q4 revenue was $227.7M, up 547% YoY, but below the consensus of $246.1M. Adjusted EBITDA flipped positive to $15.0M, yet still missed the roughly $22.55M analysts were looking for. The GAAP net loss widened to $249.6M from $133.2M a year ago. And the capacity build remains extremely capital intensive: Q4 purchases of property and equipment were $2.1B versus $417.5M last year. As de...
A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on itself and formed a black hole.
A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on itself and formed a black hole.
BRUSSELS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google risks another EU antitrust headache as regulators said they are concerned that the U. tech giant may be unfairly driving online advertising prices higher, a letter to advertisers seen by Reuters showed.
BRUSSELS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google risks another EU antitrust headache as regulators said they are concerned that the U. tech giant may be unfairly driving online advertising prices higher, a letter to advertisers seen by Reuters showed.
Hasbro and Mattel, which both reported earnings on Feb. 10, are going in different directions. Hasbro posted fourth-quarter results that topped forecasts, while Mattel’s sales missed analysts’ expectations. Shares of Hasbro are now up nearly 25% in 2026 and are trading at a multiyear high, while Mattel’s stock tumbled almost 25% on its poor earnings.
Hasbro and Mattel, which both reported earnings on Feb. 10, are going in different directions. Hasbro posted fourth-quarter results that topped forecasts, while Mattel’s sales missed analysts’ expectations. Shares of Hasbro are now up nearly 25% in 2026 and are trading at a multiyear high, while Mattel’s stock tumbled almost 25% on its poor earnings.
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CEO and Co-Founder of Anthropic Dario Amodei speaks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters OpenAI has the largest private tech fundraising round on record. Rival Anthropic now has the second. Anthropic announced on Thursday the close of a $30 billion funding round at a $380 billion post-money valuation, more than...
CEO and Co-Founder of Anthropic Dario Amodei speaks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters OpenAI has the largest private tech fundraising round on record. Rival Anthropic now has the second. Anthropic announced on Thursday the close of a $30 billion funding round at a $380 billion post-money valuation, more than double what the artificial intelligence company was worth in September, when it last raised money. The company behind Claude is trying to keep pace with OpenAI, which last year closed a round of more than $40 billion led by SoftBank. The largest private deal before that was Ant Group's $14 billion capital raise in 2018. Developing and training AI models is extremely expensive , which is a big reason why Anthropic and OpenAI continue raising such large sums, as they have to pour money into computing resources like Nvidia's graphics processing units. They're also engaged in fierce competition with Google , which has announced plans to shell out up to $185 billion this year in capital expenditures, and is investing heavily in its Gemini products. Anthropic's most recent funding round was led by Coatue and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, according to a release. D. E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ and MGX also participated. Anthropic said the round includes "a portion" of the previously announced investments from Microsoft and Nvidia , which said in November that they plan to commit up to $5 billion and up to $10 billion, respectively. Founded by a group of former OpenAI researchers and executives in 2021, Anthropic has had early success selling to enterprises, while OpenAI has largely been a consumer company, thanks to ChatGPT's popularity. Anthropic's annualized revenue has climbed to $14 billion, the company said, after revenue last year reached roughly $10 billion. "Whether it is entrepreneurs, startups, or the world's largest enterprises, the message...
Very few people alive today have seen the Appalachian forests as they existed a century ago. Even as state and national parks preserved ever more of the ecosystem, fungal pathogens from Asia nearly wiped out one of the dominant species of these forests, the American chestnut, killing an estimated 3 billion trees. While new saplings continue to sprout from the stumps of the former trees, the fungus...
Very few people alive today have seen the Appalachian forests as they existed a century ago. Even as state and national parks preserved ever more of the ecosystem, fungal pathogens from Asia nearly wiped out one of the dominant species of these forests, the American chestnut, killing an estimated 3 billion trees. While new saplings continue to sprout from the stumps of the former trees, the fungus persists, killing them before they can seed a new generation. But thanks in part to trees planted in areas where the two fungi don't grow well, the American chestnut isn't extinct. And efforts to revive it in its native range have continued, despite the long generation times needed to breed resistant trees. In Thursday's issue of Science, researchers describe their efforts to apply modern genomic techniques and exhaustive testing to identify the best route to restoring chestnuts to their native range. Multiple paths to restoration While the American chestnut is functionally extinct—it's no longer a participant in the ecosystems it once dominated—it's most certainly not extinct. Two Asian fungi that have killed it off in its native range; one causes chestnut blight, while a less common pathogen causes a root rot disease. Both prefer warmer, humid environments and persist there because they can grow asymptomatically on distantly related trees, such as oaks. Still, chestnuts planted outside the species' original range—primarily in drier areas of western North America—have continued to thrive. Read full article Comments