NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq Private Market, a leading provider of liquidity, capital and investment solutions for private companies, employee shareholders and investors, today announced significant enhancements to its Transfer & Settlement business. The firm introduced AI-powered trade ingestion, automated agreement generation, and workflow management tools designed to drama...
NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq Private Market, a leading provider of liquidity, capital and investment solutions for private companies, employee shareholders and investors, today announced significant enhancements to its Transfer & Settlement business. The firm introduced AI-powered trade ingestion, automated agreement generation, and workflow management tools designed to dramatically simplify and accelerate the settlement of private market transactions. Settling private market transactions is fundamentally different from public markets. Unlike standardized public market infrastructure, private market settlements vary widely by issuer, lack unified processes, and often take months to complete. These challenges create friction for private companies, buyers, and sellers alike - and slow the velocity of private market liquidity. NPM’s mission is to modernize private market infrastructure. As part of that effort, the firm has been working closely with private companies to streamline the workflow from the moment two counterparties match on a transaction through the point at which shares and cash are fully transferred and settled. “Private market settlement has historically been manual, fragmented, and slow,” said Andrew Kroculick, COO at NPM. “Our goal is to bring structure, speed, and reliability to a process that was never designed to scale – while partnering directly with issuers to respect their unique requirements.” Addressing the Core Challenges of Private Market Settlement Today, two issues most significantly hinder private market settlement: A lack of standardized processes across private companies, each with its own transfer rules, documentation, and approval requirements. Extended settlement timelines, driven by manual coordination, document handling, and back-and-forth between multiple parties. NPM addresses these challenges by working directly with issuers to standardize settlement workflows on a company-by-company basis, while leveraging ...
SINGAPORE, Feb. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bit Origin Ltd (NASDAQ: BTOG) (“Bit Origin” or the “Company”), today announced that it has received a notification letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) on February 9, 2026, confirming that the Company has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). On February 21, 2025, the Compan...
SINGAPORE, Feb. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bit Origin Ltd (NASDAQ: BTOG) (“Bit Origin” or the “Company”), today announced that it has received a notification letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) on February 9, 2026, confirming that the Company has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). On February 21, 2025, the Company was notified by Nasdaq that its Class A ordinary shares failed to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 over the previous 30 consecutive business days. According to the notification letter received on February 9, 2026, Nasdaq staff has determined that for the last 14 consecutive business days, from January 20, 2026, to February 6, 2026, the closing bid price of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares has been at $1.00 per share or greater. Accordingly, the Company has regained compliance with Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), and this matter is now closed. “We are pleased to have successfully regained compliance with Nasdaq’s listing standards, confirming the effectiveness of our recent strategic actions,” said Jinghai Jiang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bit Origin. “Maintaining our Nasdaq listing is fundamental to our long-term strategy. We remain focused on executing our strategic initiatives and enhancing long-term value for our shareholders.” About Bit Origin Ltd Bit Origin Ltd (NASDAQ: BTOG) is an emerging growth company focused on digital asset innovation and blockchain-based strategies, including the development of its digital asset treasury initiatives and related ecosystem opportunities. For more information, please visit https://bitorigin.io. Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the expected timing and effects of the Reverse Stock Split and the Company’s ability to regain or maintain compliance with Nasdaq listing req...
Something happens every time I try to use an iPhone camera like a real camera. Here’s how it goes: I shoot RAW in addition to the default HEIC output, and since I have the RAW file I might as well edit it to my taste. And if I’m going to do that, I want to use Lightroom on my MacBook. You know, real software. Then I remember: iPhone photos hate real software. Moving image files between devices is ...
Something happens every time I try to use an iPhone camera like a real camera. Here’s how it goes: I shoot RAW in addition to the default HEIC output, and since I have the RAW file I might as well edit it to my taste. And if I’m going to do that, I want to use Lightroom on my MacBook. You know, real software. Then I remember: iPhone photos hate real software. Moving image files between devices is mysterious. If I Airdrop them to my Macbook will the HDR gain map tag along? Why do my photos always come out of Lightroom looking different than my edit? Where did that gain map go? I lack the patience to find out, so I just live with what my phone camera produces on its own and leave the heavy lifting to my “real” camera. This has its pros and cons. On the plus side, it’s way easier to deal with iPhone photos if they never leave the native camera app. But it also means leaving processing up to the iPhone, which tends to run amok with sharpening and raising shadows. I lean on the app’s built-in Photographic Styles (shout out to Rich Contrast, you’re a real one) to avoid this, but lots of people look to third party options like Halide’s Process Zero. Halide introduced this mode to its popular iPhone camera app last year. Process Zero promises to strip away the excess processing the native camera pipeline applies to images, resulting in photos with deeper shadows and less aggressive sharpening. Sounds great if you’re sick of the processed-to-death phone camera look! But I’ll admit to being a bit of a Process Zero skeptic. I lived through the pre-computational-photography era of crappy phone cameras, and I generally prefer the lower noise and usable low light photos you get with current camera tech. With a higher contrast photo style applied, it gets me close enough to the look I like, even if it feels like I’m taking pictures with a computer and not so much a camera. But Halide just released the second version of Process Zero in beta, adding a couple of features that got me ...
is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Though catching monsters and making them fight have always been core elements of the Pokémon brand, spinoffs like the Pokémon Snap and Detective Pikachu series have stood out by approaching the franchise from different angles. In differe...
is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Though catching monsters and making them fight have always been core elements of the Pokémon brand, spinoffs like the Pokémon Snap and Detective Pikachu series have stood out by approaching the franchise from different angles. In different (and often small) ways, recent mainline Pokémon titles like Sword / Shield, Scarlet / Violet, and Legends: Z-A have acknowledged that there are some players who would much rather spend their time hanging out and taking pictures with their monster friends. That leisurely approach to enjoying the Pokémon world doesn’t exactly gel with the main games’ focus on becoming a competitive champion, but it is exactly the sort of mindset you should have when you start playing Pokémon Pokopia for the Nintendo Switch 2. Co-developed by The Pokémon Company, Game Freak, and Koei Tecmo’s Omega Force division, Pokopia feels like Nintendo taking another stab at everything that makes Animal Crossing so enjoyable while experimenting with features from other crafting-forward games, like Minecraft. Pokopia uses conventions from the core Pokémon series to make its spin on classic life simulation game mechanics like building and nurturing relationships feel distinct. It’s a fun, cute game that plays just differently enough from Animal Crossing to say that Pokopia isn’t simply a Pokémon-themed New Horizons. But what delighted me most when I recently spent some hands-on time with the game was how — when you look past its bright, island-y vibes — Pokopia’s story seems to be teasing something dark and ominous about the Pokémon world. In Pokopia, you play as an unusual Ditto that has somehow ended up on an island after getting separated from its trainer. This Ditto isn’t great at transforming into other pokémon, and it doesn’t remember what happened to its partner. But after finding its lost trainer...
Kenneth Cheung/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images The Adolescence of Technology It hasn't been long since my last Buy article on Amazon.com, Inc. ( AMZN ), but the market further discounted Amazon since then despite having pretty good earnings: Seeking Alpha Here is a company that could soon be doing $1 trillion a year in annual revenue; the moat isn't what investors are questioning, it's the spen...
Kenneth Cheung/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images The Adolescence of Technology It hasn't been long since my last Buy article on Amazon.com, Inc. ( AMZN ), but the market further discounted Amazon since then despite having pretty good earnings: Seeking Alpha Here is a company that could soon be doing $1 trillion a year in annual revenue; the moat isn't what investors are questioning, it's the spending. This isn't just an Amazon problem; this is ubiquitous amongst the hyperscalers of the Mag 7. More from the most recent earnings call (emphasis added): CEO Andrew Jassy outlined a "strong growth" quarter with reported revenue of $213.4 billion, operating income of $25 billion, and trailing 12-month free cash flow of $11.2 billion. Jassy revealed, "We expect to invest about $200 billion in capital expenditures across Amazon, but predominantly in AWS because we have very high demand, customers really want AWS for core and AI workloads, and we're monetizing capacity as fast as we can install it. The $200 billion number was enough to sink the stock post earnings call: Market reaction to CAPEX guidance Data by YCharts The stock is down -14.12 % for the month of February despite positive guidance otherwise. Words from Amazon AI partner Anthropic might be a good guidepost to understand just where we sit. Just how far out are we from AGI or "artificial general intelligence"? Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently came out with a great white paper addressing just that. Here are some highlights: Three years ago, AI struggled with elementary school arithmetic problems and was barely capable of writing a single line of code. Similar rates of improvement are occurring across biological science , finance, physics, and a variety of agentic tasks. If the exponential continues—which is not certain, but now has a decade-long track record supporting it—then it cannot possibly be more than a few years before AI is better than humans at essentially everything. In fact, that picture probably u...
Security Operations Centers (SOCs) can now accelerate SAP detection and response, while managing unified cybersecurity workflows within their SIEM DENVER, Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Pathlock, a leader in Identity and Access Governance, today announced the release of the integration of its Cybersecurity Application Controls (CAC) solution with Microsoft Sentinel Solution for SAP. The integration...
Security Operations Centers (SOCs) can now accelerate SAP detection and response, while managing unified cybersecurity workflows within their SIEM DENVER, Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Pathlock, a leader in Identity and Access Governance, today announced the release of the integration of its Cybersecurity Application Controls (CAC) solution with Microsoft Sentinel Solution for SAP. The integration provides enterprise security teams with complete visibility into their SAP landscape and enables them to identify and respond to threats early — directly from their SIEM. SOC teams today are confronting an escalating wave of cyber threats affecting critical SAP applications, including profound zero-day vulnerabilities, insider misuse, and SAP exploits. But because SAP threat indicators often aren't surfaced in the same view as other application security data, SOC teams face critical visibility gaps that weaken their overall security posture. Pathlock's new integration seamlessly feeds enriched SAP security events, correlated insights, and critical alerts into Microsoft Sentinel Solution for SAP, giving Security Operations Centers (SOCs) a unified view of SAP and non-SAP risks in one place. "SAP systems play a critical role in the enterprise and are a treasure trove of sensitive data, making them attractive for cybercriminals, yet monitoring them often requires SOC teams to jump between specialized tools and workflows," said Damon Tompkins, CEO, Pathlock. "By integrating Pathlock's SAP threat detection capabilities with Microsoft Sentinel Solution for SAP, we eliminate that complexity and empower SOC teams to simplify end-to-end SAP threat protection." "Our holistic approach to enterprise security means we aim to provide customers with threat intelligence across the entire ecosystem, and SAP is a critical application and an important part of it. Pathlock's capabilities in SAP threat detection and response brought to Microsoft Sentinel Solution for SAP are a valuable contrib...
Apptronik Repeat investors including B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz and PEAK6, alongside new investors including AT&T Ventures, John Deere and QIA, back Apptronik to scale production and deployment of Apollo™ humanoid robots AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AI-powered robotics company Apptronik today announced a $520 million Series A-X funding round, with participation from exist...
Apptronik Repeat investors including B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz and PEAK6, alongside new investors including AT&T Ventures, John Deere and QIA, back Apptronik to scale production and deployment of Apollo™ humanoid robots AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AI-powered robotics company Apptronik today announced a $520 million Series A-X funding round, with participation from existing investors including B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz and PEAK6, and new investors including AT&T Ventures, John Deere and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). The Series A-X extension round follows a $415 million oversubscribed initial Series A raise in 2025, bringing Apptronik’s total Series A to more than $935 million and total capital raised to nearly $1 billion. After the initial Series A announcement, Apptronik continued to receive substantial inbound investor interest, leading the company to open the new extension of its Series A at a 3x multiple of the Series A valuation, underscoring strong investor confidence in Apptronik’s vision for AI-powered robots that support people in every facet of life. With this fresh capital, Apptronik will ramp up production of its award-winning humanoid robot, Apollo™, and expand its global network of commercial and pilot deployments. The investment will accelerate time to market and enable Apptronik to invest in projects that are needed to solve the use cases of its large number of retail, manufacturing, and logistics customers, including building state-of-the-art facilities for robot training and data collection. The funding will also fuel continued innovation in the company’s pioneering human-centered robot design, paving the way for its highly anticipated new robot set to debut in 2026. Apptronik has inked partnerships with some of the largest brands in the world, including Mercedes-Benz, GXO Logistics, and Jabil. Apptronik also has an industry-leading strategic partnership with Google DeepMind to build the next generation of huma...
University of Texas spinout Apptronik, a builder of humanoid robots for Google DeepMind among others, on Wednesday announced that it re-opened its Series A to raise a total of $935 million for the round. While the company did not disclose the valuation, TechCrunch separately learned that its post-money valuation is now about $5.3 billion. Apptronik previously announced a $350 million Series A a ye...
University of Texas spinout Apptronik, a builder of humanoid robots for Google DeepMind among others, on Wednesday announced that it re-opened its Series A to raise a total of $935 million for the round. While the company did not disclose the valuation, TechCrunch separately learned that its post-money valuation is now about $5.3 billion. Apptronik previously announced a $350 million Series A a year ago, but demand was so strong, according to the company, that it expanded the round to $415 million. Now it has raised another $520 million from earlier investors Google, Mercedes-Benz, and B Capital, alongside some new investors. While it may sound like the startup is just selling off ever bigger chunks of itself at its Series A price, that’s not exactly what’s happening. The company says its investors have paid progressively more for shares in each subsequent extension — valuing it at roughly triple the initial Series A valuation of around $1.75 billion, according to PitchBook. Why not just call this a Series B then? The company says it is still in early stages of development and was not actively seeking funding — rather it was dealing with inbound interest, says a source close to the company. Fair enough. Another $520 million in a year, especially at a higher valuation, would be hard to turn away, particularly for tech as expensive to build as bipedal robots. Closely watched competitor Figure AI, for instance, had raised nearly $2 billion total since its 2022 founding before announcing a further $1 billion round last fall. Part of the excitement over Apptronik is that it has partnered with Google DeepMind, as well as GXO and Mercedes-Benz, to deliver what the industry calls embodied AI — robots capable of perceiving their environment and taking physical action based on reasoning, rather than just following fixed instructions. The robot is being built for tasks like unloading trailers, picking warehouse inventory, and tending machinery, the company says. Despite retain...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), a developer of embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP and ruggedized FPGAs and chiplet solutions, today announced it will exhibit and deliver a technical presentation at Chiplet Summit 2026, the industry's premier conference focused on chiplet architectures, advanced packaging, and heterogeneous integration. QuickLogic logo (...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), a developer of embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP and ruggedized FPGAs and chiplet solutions, today announced it will exhibit and deliver a technical presentation at Chiplet Summit 2026, the industry's premier conference focused on chiplet architectures, advanced packaging, and heterogeneous integration. QuickLogic logo (PRNewsfoto/QuickLogic Corporation) Chiplet Summit 2026 will take place February 17–19 in Santa Clara, California. QuickLogic will exhibit at Booth #416, where attendees can learn how its eFPGA IP and eFPGA-based chiplets enable flexible, scalable architectures for advanced heterogeneous integration. In addition, QuickLogic will present a technical session titled: "Enabling Flexible Heterogeneous Integration with an eFPGA Chiplet on Intel® 18A" The presentation will be delivered by Trey Peterson, Applications Engineer at QuickLogic, during Session E-202 on Thursday, February 19, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. The session will explore how eFPGA chiplets can be used to add post-silicon adaptability and extend platform flexibility in advanced process nodes. Chiplet Summit 2026 Exhibit Hours Wednesday, February 18: 12:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Thursday, February 19: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. QuickLogic Booth: 416 About QuickLogic QuickLogic Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in eFPGA Hard IP, discrete FPGAs, and endpoint AI solutions. QuickLogic's unique approach combines cutting-edge technology with open-source tools to deliver highly customizable, low-power solutions for aerospace and defense, industrial, computing, and consumer markets. For more information, visit www.quicklogic.com. QuickLogic and logo are registered trademarks of QuickLogic. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders and should be treated as such. Cision View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/quicklogic-corporation-to-exhibit...
NetSuite Integration Platform enables customers to automate, orchestrate, and manage cross-application workflows NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SuiteConnect New York -- Oracle NetSuite, the #1 AI Cloud ERP, today announced the availability of the NetSuite Integration Platform, a low-code, AI-powered solution that enables organizations to automate and unify complex business workflows acros...
NetSuite Integration Platform enables customers to automate, orchestrate, and manage cross-application workflows NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SuiteConnect New York -- Oracle NetSuite, the #1 AI Cloud ERP, today announced the availability of the NetSuite Integration Platform, a low-code, AI-powered solution that enables organizations to automate and unify complex business workflows across their enterprise applications. Complementing NetSuite's unified data model, the NetSuite Integration Platform enables customers to easily connect NetSuite to third-party CRM, ecommerce, HR, supply chain, industry and other systems using natural language and prebuilt AI integrations. Oracle NetSuite Logo (PRNewsfoto/Oracle NetSuite) "By using AI to bring together mission-critical business data, we are helping our customers reduce technical complexity, move faster, and gain more value from the comprehensive AI capabilities embedded in NetSuite," said Evan Goldberg, founder and executive vice president, Oracle NetSuite. "With the new NetSuite Integration Platform, organizations can transform integration from a technical bottleneck into a strategic enabler to accelerate automation, enhance data quality, and free up resources to focus on growing their business." NetSuite and NetSuite Integration Platform are built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), which provides a unified data foundation for streamlined integration and faster execution. With an embedded AI Assistant, NetSuite Integration Platform empowers both business and IT teams to orchestrate end-to-end workflows through a visual, low-code environment, enabling:
The beaten-down consumer discretionary stock trades 64% below its all-time record. There aren't many companies that have the brand recognition that Nike (NKE 0.59%) does. Over the decades, its leadership within the sportswear market has supported its financial success. And with its marketing prowess, the business has resonated with people all over the world. It's not always an easy journey, howeve...
The beaten-down consumer discretionary stock trades 64% below its all-time record. There aren't many companies that have the brand recognition that Nike (NKE 0.59%) does. Over the decades, its leadership within the sportswear market has supported its financial success. And with its marketing prowess, the business has resonated with people all over the world. It's not always an easy journey, however. This consumer discretionary stock is not winning right now, as its price has declined 56% in the past five years (as of Feb. 6). Does Nike have what it takes to get to $100 per share? Patience is important Investors are seeking a 56% gain from the current price of $64. For what it's worth, Nike's all-time high stock price is around $166. This was reached in November 2021. Given that shares trade 64% below that record and show no signs of life, investors are lacking the optimism to be bullish. However, I think that it's only a matter of time for the stock to hit $100. It probably will take a few years, though, in a best-case scenario. Nike's turnaround will take time The current leadership team is working to boost Nike's growth, which has come under pressure in recent years. Competition, especially in the running category, is stiff. The company has failed to drive consumer excitement, with product innovation lacking. Nike also wants to strengthen ties with wholesale accounts that it abandoned during the pandemic-fueled e-commerce boom. Revenue is expected to rise by less than 1% in fiscal 2026, according to the consensus view among sell-side analysts. And earnings per share are expected to fall 28%. Nike is dealing with higher costs coming from the ongoing impact of tariffs. On an annualized basis, product costs are $1.5 billion higher now. CEO Elliott Hill is focused on getting the top line back to growth. After that, the profits should follow. Expand NYSE : NKE Nike Today's Change ( -0.59 %) $ -0.37 Current Price $ 62.67 Key Data Points Market Cap $93B Day's Range $ 62....
Americas hedge fund long large-cap crowdedness led by AMD, Broadcom, and Netflix; short crowdedness led by Occidental Petroleum NEW YORK & LONDON, February 11, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global hedge funds experienced volatility in January amid geopolitical headlines, policy shifts, and energy market swings, according to Hazeltree, a leading provider of integrated treasury and liquidity management sol...
Americas hedge fund long large-cap crowdedness led by AMD, Broadcom, and Netflix; short crowdedness led by Occidental Petroleum NEW YORK & LONDON, February 11, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global hedge funds experienced volatility in January amid geopolitical headlines, policy shifts, and energy market swings, according to Hazeltree, a leading provider of integrated treasury and liquidity management solutions for alternative asset managers. Key takeaways from the newly published January 2026 Hazeltree Crowdedness Report include: The most crowded sectors consistently fell into three sectors across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC: Information Technology – North America (Software & Services) and APAC (Technology Hardware & Equipment) Industrials – EMEA (Capital Goods) and APAC (Capital Goods) Financials – North America (Banks) and EMEA (Banks) In every region, these sectors appear at or near the top of both long and short crowdedness rankings, consistent with December 2025. This could potentially be seen as managers simultaneously expressing conviction and hedging within the same sector. The monthly report provides a look back at hedge fund long and short crowdedness across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, based on Hazeltree’s analysis of anonymized data from approximately 16,000 securities on its proprietary securities‑finance platform, representing more than 600 global funds. It includes the ten most crowded regional long and short positions, broken out by large-, mid-, and small-cap categories. Hazeltree defines the crowdedness score as a relative metric that normalizes the number of funds in the Hazeltree’s community longing or shorting a given security within a pre-defined group (by region and market cap) compared to its peers. When a fund longs a stock, it generally means that they either expect the price of the stock to go up or use longs to hedge their exposure from the shorts. On the contrary, when a fund shorts a stock, it generally means that they either expect the pric...
AI 'Disruption' Fears Go Global: France's Dassault Crashes Most On Record After 'Weak Guide' Dassault Systemes, which Nvidia has recently described as being at the epicenter of the "next frontier of artificial intelligence," suffered its largest intraday decline on record in Paris trading after issuing weaker-than-expected guidance. The miss reinforced the latest market narrative that some softwar...
AI 'Disruption' Fears Go Global: France's Dassault Crashes Most On Record After 'Weak Guide' Dassault Systemes, which Nvidia has recently described as being at the epicenter of the "next frontier of artificial intelligence," suffered its largest intraday decline on record in Paris trading after issuing weaker-than-expected guidance. The miss reinforced the latest market narrative that some software firms are vulnerable to AI-driven disruption, a fear that has crushed software stocks in recent weeks. Paris-based Dassault reported unaudited estimated financial results for the fourth quarter and guidance for the new year. The focus among traders was on the company's guidance for 2026 sales growth of 3% to 5%, well below the 5.9% consensus among Wall Street analysts tracked by Bloomberg. The downgraded outlook was attributed to a softening automotive sector and shrinking life sciences activity. Dassault also disclosed its annual run rate for the first time, a financial metric used in the software industry, but said growth was about 6% since the fourth quarter of 2023. "In a software industry that has been accelerating to subscription/ recurring revenues, this is likely to be seen as underwhelming," Jefferies analyst Charles Brennan wrote in a note. UBS analyst Michael Briest flagged in a note what he characterized as a " weak finish and a weak guide " for the software company. Briest wrote: How did the results compare vs expectations? A: Q4 revenues of €1,682m (cons. €1,750m) grew by 1.2% c/c (guidance 1-8%) and just 0.6% organically to €1,682m, with a weak Auto sector in Europe called out. Within this, total Software was flat at €1,523m (guidance 1-8%) with licences down 7% y/y to €358m and at the lower-end of guidance for (13)-9%, while recurring software grew by just 3% to €1,165m (guidance: +5-8%) with subscription up just 4% (guidance 8-12%) and support 2%. Q4 cloud revenues grew by 9% (Q3 25: +8%) but were up 38% for 3DX as Life Sciences fell by 4% y/y with Medida...
You may have noticed some changes in how news appears in Google search. The company recently rolled out a “Preferred Sources” feature that allows people to choose which outlets they’d like to see stories from, customised to their interests. By selecting the Guardian as a preferred source you’ll have more control over what shows up in your search results without having to rely on the algorithm alon...
You may have noticed some changes in how news appears in Google search. The company recently rolled out a “Preferred Sources” feature that allows people to choose which outlets they’d like to see stories from, customised to their interests. By selecting the Guardian as a preferred source you’ll have more control over what shows up in your search results without having to rely on the algorithm alone. Here’s how to do it. How to add the Guardian as a preferred source There are three easy ways to pick the Guardian as a preferred source on Google search. 1. You can click here, log into your Google account and select the first box featuring the Guardian. View image in fullscreen Google’s Preferred Sources form Photograph: Google 2. Or, as you’re searching on Google, you can click the star icon next to the “Top Stories” box and enter the Guardian as a preferred source there. View image in fullscreen The Preferred Sources button in Google search Photograph: Google 3. You can also click our “Prefer the Guardian on Google” button on any story and follow the prompts to select the Guardian as a preferred source. View image in fullscreen The preferred sources button on a Guardian article Photograph: The Guardian Selecting the Guardian as a preferred source is an easy way to surface more of our stories, more frequently, in both your “Top Stories” box as well as a dedicated “From Your Sources” section on Google’s search results page. You can pick as many preferred sources as you’d like, and change your selections at any time. No matter what you choose, you’ll still see content from other sites and get a mix of perspectives. Our commitment to readers Developments like Preferred Sources underline a larger challenge: as misinformation and AI-generated content become harder to avoid, how can readers find reporting they can trust? While we don’t control how platforms design these tools, our focus at the Guardian remains the same – making our journalism accessible wherever people look ...
The National Theatre is certainly mixing it up. A debut writer was showcased on its biggest stage last autumn (Nima Taleghani with Bacchae). Now a canonical playwright is in a space associated with the new and edgy – although Terence Rattigan fans may not recognise his lesser-performed 1963 play. It charts the fall of a megalomaniacal Romanian financier, Gregor Antonescu (Ben Daniels), and his reu...
The National Theatre is certainly mixing it up. A debut writer was showcased on its biggest stage last autumn (Nima Taleghani with Bacchae). Now a canonical playwright is in a space associated with the new and edgy – although Terence Rattigan fans may not recognise his lesser-performed 1963 play. It charts the fall of a megalomaniacal Romanian financier, Gregor Antonescu (Ben Daniels), and his reunion with his estranged son, Basil Anthony (Laurie Kynaston). The latter has changed his name and is trying to make it as a songwriter when Gregor re-enters his life, beleaguered with corruption charges and on the verge of exposure. Director Anthony Lau has put a thoroughly new spin on this old yarn but one which sadly drains the emotion and tragedy. Set in a 1930s basement apartment in Greenwich Village, the production has been jazzed up for this jazz age. Georgia Lowe’s set design gestures to the silver screen, with credits written across one wall in an art deco-style font, lighting up every time the relevant actors/characters appear on stage. View image in fullscreen Deliciously charged performance … Isabella Laughland as Countess Antonescu in Man and Boy. Photograph: Manuel Harlan Artifice is underlined in other ways, with green baize all around and initially a central table that stands in for a room. It suggests a giant game of snooker, with characters playing each other perhaps, as they clamber on to tables or shift them around. Knock Knock is written on top of the gangway representing the door. Is this all a big theatrical joke? The first half is pulled down by the weight of its laboured reinvention. The drama is so arch that it seems operatic – the bigger the performances, the more you feel removed from Rattigan’s subtexts. Kynaston projects bewilderment and anger but never seems quite at home. Basil’s betrayal by Gregor, who attempts to pimp him out to an American businessman, Mark Herries (Malcolm Sinclair), in order to save himself, gets lost in the overheated co...
AGI ( AGBK ) raised $240M in its U.S. IPO, valuing the Brazil-based fintech at ~$1.92B, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The Sao Paulo-based digital bank sold 20M shares at $12 apiece in its scaled-back IPO. The fintech had filed a preliminary prospectus to list its class A shares on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AGBK. Agibank is the latest Brazilian fintech to file for a public listing in the U....
AGI ( AGBK ) raised $240M in its U.S. IPO, valuing the Brazil-based fintech at ~$1.92B, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The Sao Paulo-based digital bank sold 20M shares at $12 apiece in its scaled-back IPO. The fintech had filed a preliminary prospectus to list its class A shares on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AGBK. Agibank is the latest Brazilian fintech to file for a public listing in the U.S. after the mobile banking app PicPay's ( PICS ) January debut . The stock is expected to begin trading on the NYSE later today, the newswire noted. More on AGI Inc Fast-Growing Brazilian Bank AGI Pursues U.S. IPO For Further Expansion Plans Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on AGI Inc Financial information for AGI Inc
HeartCore Enterprises ( HTCR ) announced on Wednesday that the company expects its FY 2025 revenue in the range of $8.5M to $9.5M and net income in the range of $3M to $4M. The company said that the year-over-year decline in consolidated revenue primarily reflects the strategic divestiture of the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, HeartCore Co. (“HeartCore Japan”), which was completed on October 3...
HeartCore Enterprises ( HTCR ) announced on Wednesday that the company expects its FY 2025 revenue in the range of $8.5M to $9.5M and net income in the range of $3M to $4M. The company said that the year-over-year decline in consolidated revenue primarily reflects the strategic divestiture of the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, HeartCore Co. (“HeartCore Japan”), which was completed on October 31, 2025. As a result of this transaction, approximately $7M to $8M of revenue previously generated by HeartCore Japan has been excluded from the company’s consolidated revenue for 2025. Despite the decline in revenue, the Company recorded an approximately $7M gain on the sale of HeartCore Japan, contributing to a significant improvement in profitability. As a result, HeartCore expects to report net income of $3M to $4M for fiscal year 2025, compared to a net loss of $5.2M in the prior year. Source: Press Release More on HeartCore HeartCore reports Q3 results Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on HeartCore Financial information for HeartCore
U.S. unexpectedly adds 130,000 jobs in January after a weak 2025 toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images North America Hiring grew a little warmer last month after a chilly year in 2025. A report from the Labor Department Wednesday showed U.S. employers added a better-than-expected 130,000 jobs in January — but an annual update shows hiring last year was much weaker than initially reported. The ...
U.S. unexpectedly adds 130,000 jobs in January after a weak 2025 toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images North America Hiring grew a little warmer last month after a chilly year in 2025. A report from the Labor Department Wednesday showed U.S. employers added a better-than-expected 130,000 jobs in January — but an annual update shows hiring last year was much weaker than initially reported. The news comes amid worries that the nation's jobs engine has been sputtering. Employment gains for November and December were revised down by a total of 17,000 jobs. Once a year, the Labor Department updates its jobs tally with more accurate but less timely information drawn from unemployment tax records. Wednesday's revision shows there were nearly 900,000 fewer jobs in the economy last March than originally counted. On average, employers added only 15,000 jobs a month in 2025. Sponsor Message "This does not remotely look like a healthy labor market," Federal Reserve governor Chris Waller said in a statement anticipating the revision. Waller urged his central bank colleagues to cut their benchmark interest rate last month in an effort to prop up the sagging job market. But most Fed policymakers voted to hold rates steady in January, after three rate cuts last year. Health care and construction led way Health care and construction were among the few industries that saw significant job gains in January. The warehouses and transportation industry lost jobs and the federal government continued to shed workers. Manufacturing added 5,000 jobs while hospitality added just 1000. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% the month before. That's quite low by historical standards. The unemployment rate among African Americans also fell, but remains elevated at 7.2%. Some of the weakness in job growth last year may reflect a drop in the number of available workers. The Trump administration has slammed the door on most people trying to enter the country, while aggressively deporting...
Penske Automotive ( PAG ) declares $1.40/share quarterly dividend , 1.4% increase from prior dividend of $1.38. Forward yield 3.41% Payable March 5; for shareholders of record Feb. 25; ex-div Feb. 25. The increase represents the Company's 21 st consecutive quarterly increase. See PAG Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Penske Automotive Penske Automotive Group: A Mixed Bag ...
Penske Automotive ( PAG ) declares $1.40/share quarterly dividend , 1.4% increase from prior dividend of $1.38. Forward yield 3.41% Payable March 5; for shareholders of record Feb. 25; ex-div Feb. 25. The increase represents the Company's 21 st consecutive quarterly increase. See PAG Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Penske Automotive Penske Automotive Group: A Mixed Bag That I'm Not Ready To Touch Penske Automotive Q4 2025 Earnings Preview Bottom 10 large-cap stocks with lowest dividend safety grade Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Penske Automotive Historical earnings data for Penske Automotive
AI tool converts store URLs into Meta and YouTube ads in minutes—no design or copywriting skills required RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ROAS Suite today launched its AI ad creation platform worldwide, enabling ecommerce brands to generate production-ready video ads for under $2 and image ads for $0.40—a fraction of traditional creative production costs. The platform requires only a ...
AI tool converts store URLs into Meta and YouTube ads in minutes—no design or copywriting skills required RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ROAS Suite today launched its AI ad creation platform worldwide, enabling ecommerce brands to generate production-ready video ads for under $2 and image ads for $0.40—a fraction of traditional creative production costs. The platform requires only a store URL to produce structured ad variants for Meta and YouTube, eliminating the need for prompts, scripting expertise, or copywriting skills. As customer acquisition costs climb, brands must test dozens of creatives weekly to combat ad fatigue. ROAS Suite automates this volume at scale. "Performance platforms reward creative volume, but most teams can't produce it fast enough," said Charles Ryder, founder of ROAS Suite and ecommerce veteran with over $15 million in paid social sales. "I've spent $25,000 on agencies to produce what our platform generates for under $100. The economics of creative production needed to fundamentally change." Unlike generic AI tools, ROAS Suite analyzes a brand's complete storefront—extracting logos, fonts, color palettes, product catalog data, and market positioning—to build brand-specific creative systems. The platform then generates complete ad assets tailored to different customer segments and funnel stages using proven direct-response frameworks. Key capabilities: Production speed: Hundreds of ad variations in minutes Cost structure: Video ads under $2, images under $0.40 Zero prompting: No AI expertise required Brand consistency: Automatically maintains visual identity and messaging Segmented output: Variants for different customer personas and funnel stages Beta access launches today at https://roassuite.com with a 7-day free trial including 500 credits—enough to produce 50 video ads or 250 image ads. About ROAS Suite: ROAS Suite is an AI ad production platform built for ecommerce brands scaling creative testing across Meta and YouTube....
robnroll/iStock via Getty Images Selling in tech stocks resumed after what looks like a dead cat bounce in last year’s leaders, and financials were also under pressure after a disappointing retail sales report for December raised questions about the strength of the consumer. Long-term bond yields edged lower, and investors continued to rotate into value and more cyclical sectors of the market, as ...
robnroll/iStock via Getty Images Selling in tech stocks resumed after what looks like a dead cat bounce in last year’s leaders, and financials were also under pressure after a disappointing retail sales report for December raised questions about the strength of the consumer. Long-term bond yields edged lower, and investors continued to rotate into value and more cyclical sectors of the market, as evidenced by another new all-time high for the equally weighted S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials. If you listen to the bears, the sky is falling, but there are always negative data points in the news flow. It is the direction of that data in aggregate that is pertinent, and it still points to expansion. Finviz It is easy to take your eye off the ball when you couple a disappointing retail sales report for December with a headline like “consumer delinquencies hit highest level in a decade,” as was reported by the New York Fed for the fourth quarter of last year. No doubt, it’s not good news, but it has to be put in context. Retail sales were flat in December compared to expectations for a 0.4% increase, and the year-over-year gain was an underwhelming 2.4%, resulting in an inflation-adjusted decline in sales. Bloomberg Retail sales account almost entirely for goods, with the only service sector category out of the 13 included in the report being restaurants and bars. Services account for approximately 70% of overall personal spending, which is why I focus more closely on the personal consumption expenditures report to measure consumer health. It covers all spending, including retail sales. In November, personal spending (PCE) increased at an inflation-adjusted (real) 2.5% over the prior year. That is a healthy level consistent with what we have seen over the past three years. I will wait for the December reading from the PCE before coming to any new conclusions about consumer health. FRED As for delinquency rates, they are rising, as we should expect during the middle of th...