First, distributed power systems, which include renewable generation and advanced battery storage, will mushroom across the world, especially in areas with weak grid infrastructure. This will replace a lot of fossil fuel energy, which is centralized and relies heavily on large-scale power plants and a strong grid. We are embracing the profound shift towards a net-zero energy era. The future energy system, to my mind, can be defined by three words: distributed, intelligent, circular. These developments point to a broader reality: in many regions, clean energy is being adopted not just for climate goals, but also because technological progress has made it the most commercially viable option. In California, we see what future power systems will look like at the grid scale. As storage capacity expands, the "duck curve" created by high renewable penetration has been significantly eased. In 2025, the grid recorded more than 1,800 hours when clean energy met or exceeded total electricity demand, showing what becomes possible when renewables and storage grow together. A similar transformation is underway in industrial applications. In Pakistan, the rapid growth of distributed solar, combined with CATL's energy storage solutions, is providing reliable power to local cement plants, cutting electricity costs by half. CATL is enabling renewable energy to achieve true economic competitiveness across a range of applications. In the mining sector, solar-plus-storage systems powered by CATL have been deployed in Chile and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, supplying electricity to remote operations at about one-fourth the cost of diesel generators. This revolution is enabled by science and technology progress, which delivers practical solutions and drives down costs. According to the IEA and BNEF, over the past decade, the cost of LFP batteries and solar has fallen by about 80%. Sustainable energy solutions have evolved from being technically feasible to becoming an economically...

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This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) looks ready to take its AI relationship with OpenAI to the next level. According to Bloomberg, the chipmaker is close to putting about $20 billion into OpenAI's latest funding round, which would make it Nvidia's biggest investment ever. People familiar with the talks say most of the pieces are already in place, though nothing is officially signed yet and the final terms could still shift. Still, if this goes through, it would be a clear signal that Nvidia wants more than just a supplier role in the AI boom. That's notable given the confusion around Nvidia's earlier comments about a potential $100 billion investment. CEO Jensen Huang later clarified that number was never a hard commitment, stressing that Nvidia prefers to look at OpenAI funding one round at a time rather than writing one massive check upfront. Even so, the direction is obvious. Nvidia has already said it plans to invest heavily over time to help build massive AI data centers powered by its hardware, much of it tied to OpenAI's growth.

Google parent Alphabet has become a key winner in the artificial intelligence race. Its upcoming quarterly results could determine how far the stock can go from here. Shares of Alphabet have gained more than 8% year to date and 64% over the past 12 months, making a huge comeback from its initial slump as the company has wowed the market with its Gemini AI chatbot and image generation models, Tensor Processing Units (TPU) business, Google Cloud growth and overall strong profitability. The company's self-driving car business, Waymo, has also gained increasing attention given its recent funding round that values the company at $126 billion. For its fourth quarter, analysts polled by LSEG expect Alphabet to report about 20% earnings growth. The company is coming off of a third-quarter earnings and revenue beat , fueled by strong AI-driven momentum in its cloud business. Customer demand for enterprise AI infrastructure, including chips and Gemini 2.5 demand, fueled growth, the company said. GOOGL 5Y mountain Alphabet stock performance over the past five years. The Street remains bullish heading into its quarterly print due after Wednesday's close. Of the 61 analysts covering the stock, 16 rate it a strong buy and 36 give it a buy rating, according to LSEG. Nine analysts maintain a hold rating. However, some analysts believe the stock could be overvalued at current levels, as the consensus LSEG price target predicts about 2% potential downside ahead. Bank of America's Justin Post, for one, recently reiterated his buy rating on Alphabet and kept his $370 price target on shares, which suggest a possible uptick of 8% from its latest close. He remains constructive on Alphabet's 2026 setup as he expects Google search and cloud businesses will see higher engagement and conversion rates due to its Gemini and TPU strength. "Sentiment is positive, plus Meta has set a high bar for 1Q, and we think strong Gemini traffic data points, optimism on 1Q ad growth, commentary suggesting AI...

"I've been in love with Saturday Night Live since forever," he recalled. "Seeing clips of SNL in the US I always thought, 'I wish we had that. Why don't we have something like that?' So the fact that we do now, and I get to be part of it, blows my tiny mind."

Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) on Wednesday doubled down on its commitment to keep ads out of its chatbot, Claude, and revealed a suite of new ads ahead of the Super Bowl that will poke fun at its main rival, OpenAI (OPAI.PVT). In mid-January, OpenAI announced plans to begin testing ads with some users in its flagship product, ChatGPT, as it ramps up monetization efforts. "There are many good places for advertising. A conversation with Claude is not one of them," Anthropic wrote in a post on its website published Wednesday. "We want Claude to act unambiguously in our users’ interests. So we’ve made a choice: Claude will remain ad-free. Our users won’t see 'sponsored' links adjacent to their conversations with Claude; nor will Claude’s responses be influenced by advertisers or include third-party product placements our users did not ask for." In one ad released Wednesday, which the Wall Street Journal reports will air during Sunday's Super Bowl, Anthropic portrays a young man asking a therapist how to communicate better with his mother. The answer bears many of the hallmarks of LLM-produced responses that have come to define the genre — complimenting the user on the question, offering specific action items — before tailing off into an ad for a fictional dating service. OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot has so far been the definitive product of the AI boom, with OpenAI's release of ChatGPT in November 2022 kicking off the AI frenzy that has dominated financial markets and the business world since. As of late December, the company had nearly 900 million weekly ChatGPT users. Competition from Google's (GOOG, GOOGL) Gemini model has presented OpenAI's biggest challenge for its consumer business, but Anthropic's focus on AI tools for businesses and developers has opened another flank for OpenAI in recent months. Its Claude Code assistant has been a viral hit in the developer community and has been tagged as a key catalyst in the recent market sell-off focused on software stocks. Anthropic C...

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Less than a week after Google showed off Project Genie, a tool powered by an AI world model that lets users generate interactive 3D experiences from prompts, Roblox is sharing some early ideas about how it wants to use AI world models and prompts to let creators generate experiences and change them in real time — something it calls “real-time dreaming.” In a virtual briefing, Roblox SVP of engineering Anupam Singh showed The Verge an example of what real-time dreaming might look like using a prerecorded video. In the short demo, an AI-generated viking-themed world responded in real-time to prompts that added a tsunami wave and then a boat for the viking character to board. You can see what appears to be the same demo I was shown in this video featuring Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki. Roblox’s real-time dreaming is still in a “research stage,” Karun Channa, senior director of product, tells The Verge, and there’s no timeline for when the tools will be available. I couldn’t try real-time dreaming myself, so I can’t vouch for how well the experience may actually work right now in practice. The experiences I made with Project Genie last week weren’t very good, and even though Roblox’s demo showed off the real-time changes (which Project Genie isn’t capable of), I’m still skeptical that the ability to change the experiences on the fly with prompts will make a meaningful difference in how enjoyable they will be. ”The next frontier of creation on Roblox is the continued AI-driven evolution of our creation platform that will allow creators to generate immersive environments, iterate, debug, and collaborate with their teams all through natural language prompts,” Singh says in a blog post. “If someone can dream it, they should be able to bring it to life.” But Roblox doesn’t envision these types of AI world model tools completely taking over from traditional g...

There’s been a clear shift over Fallout’s second season. While the show started out as a relatively goofy introduction to the postapocalyptic wasteland, one that nailed the vibes of the games perfectly, season 2 has been intent on making the world even bigger. And nowhere was that more clear than in the season finale, in which a number of story threads and characters raced toward what seemed to be some kind of conclusion. Instead, the show left everyone hanging, with the promise that things will get even bigger going forward. Spoilers to follow for the first two seasons of Fallout. While much of this season could be described as plodding, the pace picked up significantly toward the end. And there’s a whole bunch of stuff to keep track of: the bloodthirsty Legion appear to have settled their civil war and are now marching to New Vegas; Lucy (Ella Purnell) is trying to stop her father, Hank (Kyle MacLachlan), from using a mind-control device to bring some semblance of peace to the wasteland; Maximus (Aaron Moten) is fighting a losing battle against a herd of Deathclaws as he tries to save the residents of the Strip; the Ghoul (Walton Goggins) has inched oh-so close to finding his family who have been tucked away in a cryogenic sleep for two centuries; the newly awakened dwellers of Vault 31 are being massacred by rad roaches; and Vault 33 is verging on a riot after discovering their leader Stephanie (Annabel O’Hagan) is actually — gasp — a Canadian. That’s a lot, and for much of season 2 those threads have remained largely independent of each other, which is part of what has made it feel occasionally disjointed. And while the finale brought much of it together, it still felt a overstuffed. Certain plotlines — in particular Lucy’s brother, Norm (Moises Arias), and his strange journey with the Vault 31 crew — were undercooked. But the areas the show did focus on all point to how much bigger Fallout’s world really is. For starters, there’s Hank. He’s spent much of the se...

Last year, Roblox launched an open-source AI model that could generate 3D objects on the platform, helping users quickly design digital items such as furniture, vehicles, and accessories. The company claims the tool, called Cube 3D, has so far helped users generate over 1.8 million 3D objects since it was rolled out last March. On Tuesday, the company launched the open beta for its anticipated 4D creation feature that lets creators make not just static 3D models, but fully functional and interactive objects. The feature has been in early access since November. Roblox says 4D creation adds an important new layer: interactivity. With this technology, users can design items that can move and react to players in the game. Image Credits:Roblox ​At launch, there are two types of object templates (called schemas) that creators can try out. The first is the “Car-5” schema, which is used to create a car made of five separate parts: the main body and four wheels. Previously, cars were a single, solid 3D object that couldn’t move. The new system breaks down objects into parts and assigns behaviors to each so that they function individually within the virtual world. The AI therefore can generate cars with spinning wheels, making them more realistic and interactive. ​ The second is called “Body-1,” which can generate any object made from a single piece, like a simple box or sculpture. The first experience with 4D generation is a game called Wish Master, where players can generate cars they can drive, planes they can fly, and even dragons. Techcrunch event TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Tickets Live On June 23 in Boston, more than 1,100 founders come together at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 for a full day focused on growth, execution, and real-world scaling. Learn from founders and investors who have shaped the industry. Connect with peers navigating similar growth stages. Walk away with tactics you can apply immediately Save up to $300 on your pass or save up to 30% with grou...

New Zealand house prices fell for a second straight month in January, hitting a two-and-a-half year low as buyers stay on the sidelines until they are more assured about the economic recovery. Prices fell 0.1% from December when they dropped 0.2%, property consultancy Cotality said Thursday in Wellington citing its home value index. From a year earlier, the gauge fell 1%, taking it to the lowest since July 2023. Optimism about property prices has been fanned by a drop in interest rates and initial signs of the economic recovery that is needed to boost employment and give households certainty about their future incomes. Until that happens, buyers are prepared to delay purchases particularly as there is a flood of available houses on the market. “There’s still a good stock of listings out there for buyers to choose from and a cautious attitude persists, especially as the recovering economy has yet to improve job security and employment levels,” said Kelvin Davidson , chief property economist at Cotality in Wellington. “The net result is that buyers aren’t in a rush to bid up prices, although vendors aren’t generally having to drop their expectations much either.” January, like December, is a relatively quieter month in the real estate industry because of summer vacations. The Reserve Bank in November cut the Official Cash Rate to 2.25% — down 325 basis points since July 2024 — but investors are betting the next move will be up, most likely before the end of this year. Accordingly, mortgage interest rates edged higher in December after reaching their lowest in more than three years in November. A report yesterday showed the first increase in employment in 18 months, but the jobless rate rose because more people were seeking work than were able to be hired. Economists and the RBNZ expect the jobless gauge has peaked, which will feed into rising wages later this year. Read more: New Zealand Jobless Rate Climbs to 5.4% Even as Hiring Jumps In turn that will help stoke mod...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. GitHub is making Claude by Anthropic and OpenAI’s Codex AI coding agents directly available inside GitHub today. A new public preview adds Claude and Codex to GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio Code, for users with a Copilot Pro Plus or Copilot Enterprise subscription. The move is part of Agent HQ, GitHub’s vision to make AI agents native to how developers use GitHub every day. Developers can now choose Copilot, Claude, Codex or other custom agents when they’re creating a task. Each coding agent will consume a premium request, and developers can assign agents to issues and pull requests. Developers will also be able to judge how Copilot, Claude, and Codex perform, and weigh up how each AI coding agent has generated a solution. “Context switching equals friction in software development,” says Mario Rodriguez, chief product office at GitHub. “With Codex, Claude, and Copilot in Agent HQ, you can move from idea to implementation using different agents for different steps without switching tools or losing context.” Claude and Codex AI agents showing up inside GitHub. Image: GitHub GitHub has been quick to embrace rival AI models and agents to improve its own Copilot offering. Developers are already able to access models from Anthropic, Google, xAI, and OpenAI in GitHub Copilot, so integrating in rival AI coding agents feels like a natural next step. Access to Claude and Codex will expand to more GitHub Copilot subscription types soon, and GitHub is also working with Google, Cognition, and xAI to bring more agents into GitHub, Visual Studio Code, and the Copilot CLI. GitHub’s embrace of rival AI coding agents comes as Microsoft is increasingly trialing Anthropic’s Claude Code tool. Developers inside Microsoft have been asked to compare Claude Code with GitHub Cop...

Croissance de 6,5 % du chiffre d’affaires 2025 Confirmation de la feuille de route Fleurieux-sur-l’Arbresle - France - le 4 février 2026 à 18h. Safe Group publie son chiffre d’affaires annuel consolidé pour l'exercice 2025, qui s'établit à 5,4 millions d'euros, en hausse de 6,5 % par rapport à 2024. En K€ 2025(1) 2024(2) Variation en % Chiffre d’affaires 5 372 5 041 + 6,5 % (1) Chiffre d’affaires 2025 non audité (2) Source : Rapport Financier Annuel 2024 Une croissance portée par l'international Safe Group enregistre un chiffre d'affaires de 3,4 millions d'euros en France, en progression de 6 %, confirmant ainsi la solidité du marché. L’activité à l’export est en hausse de + 35 %, reflet d’une forte dynamique à l’international, avec un chiffre d’affaires qui se porte désormais à 1 million d’euros. Sur la zone économique européenne, le groupe enregistre un léger recul avec un chiffre d’affaires à 0,9 million d’euros. Transformation du mix d'activités et perspectives L'année 2025 marque une évolution significative de la structure des revenus du Groupe. Les premiers efforts ont notamment été portés sur l’amélioration de la capacité industrielle, et sur la refonte profonde de l’organisation commerciale, garantissant au Groupe un nouveau maillage plus fin et plus dynamique. Ce nouveau mix d’activités reflète la vision stratégique impulsée il y a 2 ans, articulant développement à l'international et le renforcement de l’activité de production. Pas à pas, le Groupe poursuit ainsi sa transformation et son déploiement pour consolider sa croissance rentable. À propos de Safe Group Safe Group est un groupe français de technologies médicales réunissant Safe Orthopaedics, pionnier des solutions prêtes à l'emploi pour la chirurgie de la colonne vertébrale, et Safe Medical, spécialiste de la sous-traitance de dispositifs médicaux orthopédiques. Fort d'environ 90 collaborateurs et de sites de production en France et en Tunisie, le groupe développe des technologies mini-invasives pro...

At the end of 2025 and into early 2026, I made some moves to increase the income I generate by buying more of these three stocks. In late 2025 and early 2026, I made some sizable moves in my portfolio, resulting in increased stakes in three dividend stocks. Here's what I did and why. Adding more of a good thing In the second half of 2025, I decided to increase my position in Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP 0.30%) because of its evolving business. The core of the company has always been renewable energy, such as hydroelectric, solar, and wind. Management added energy storage to that, and -- the real kicker for me -- nuclear power. Brookfield Renewable owns 50% of Westinghouse, which is a service provider to the nuclear power industry. At this point, Brookfield Renewable has a toehold in all the most important clean energy segments. On top of that diversification, it also operates on a global scale. It's a one-stop shop for anyone looking to add renewable power to their portfolio. That's true for customers, too, since it has important deals with Microsoft and Google to help power those companies' AI data center buildouts. Add in a lofty 5% yield, and you might decide to add it to your portfolio, too. Expand NYSE : BEP Brookfield Renewable Partners Today's Change ( -0.30 %) $ -0.09 Current Price $ 30.20 Key Data Points Market Cap $9.3B Day's Range $ 29.91 - $ 30.64 52wk Range $ 19.29 - $ 32.72 Volume 17K Avg Vol 743K Gross Margin 17.10 % Dividend Yield 4.93 % Consumer staples are out of favor Belt tightening among consumers and a shift toward healthier eating options have been negative for the consumer staples sector, leading the entire segment to underperform. I used that market dynamic to harvest some losses in late 2025 to offset gains elsewhere in my portfolio. I sold Hormel Foods (HRL +2.88%) and Clorox (CLX +1.61%). Expand NYSE : HRL Hormel Foods Today's Change ( 2.88 %) $ 0.71 Current Price $ 25.33 Key Data Points Market Cap $14B Day's Range $ 24.82 - $ 25.43...

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No Global Recession In 2026, But Period Of Poor Growth Continues Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The IMF estimates for 2026 show no signs of recession. However, the global economy remains in a period of poor growth, high debt, persistent inflation and low productivity. There may not be a recession, but citizens feel poorer as net real wages decline in most economies, remaining below pre-pandemic levels. Why? Because in most developed economies, GDP growth is bloated by government spending, which means high debt, followed by rising taxes that hurt investment and productivity. The IMF has had to revise its United States estimates to more than double what they expected in early 2025, while Argentina clearly outperforms both the global and regional averages. Global GDP growth is projected at 3.3% in 2026 and 3.2% in 2027, slightly above the October 2025 projections and broadly in line with 2025 levels. US outperforms advanced economies The positive surprise is the United States. Advanced economies are expected to grow by about 1.8% in 2026 and 1.7% in 2027 thanks to higher US figures, while emerging markets and developing economies reach around 4.2% and 4.1%, respectively, despite a slowdown in China. The IMF calls this “resilient growth” after a year of warning about risks. This is surprising, because many analysts point out that we should be worried when the IMF starts giving bullish messages. Despite the ironic comments, the IMF does warn about the poor levels of economic development in the leading economies. The main drivers of economic strength come from AI‑related investment, accommodative financial conditions and private sector flexibility, which offset the negative impact of geopolitical risk and trade negotiations. The US will be the only G7 economy escaping stagnation in 2025-2027 The Fund was clearly wrong about its estimates for the US economy published last year. It now projects US growth at 2.4% in 2026, another relevant upward revision from its October 2025 f...

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Palantir has skyrocketed in recent years, making savvy investors a fortune. With the S&P 500 stock down 32% since November, am I a buyer today? You’re reading a free article with opinions that may differ from The Motley Fool’s Premium Investing Services. Become a Motley Fool member today to get instant access to our top analyst recommendations, in-depth research, investing resources , and more. Learn More . You’re reading a free article with opinions that may differ from The Motley Fool’s Premium Investing Services. Become a Motley Fool member today to get instant access to our top analyst recommendations, in-depth research, investing resources , and more. Learn More . Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) stock joined the S&P 500 in September 2024. But just 16 months before then it was trading for $7, and looked more likely destined for semi-obscurity than the prestigious blue-chip index. Fast forward to today, Palantir stock has skyrocketed to around $145. For those keeping score, that’s an eye-popping gain of almost 1,900%! Clearly, anyone who invested just under three years ago has made out like a bandit. They might even be a paper millionaire, depending on whether or not they backed up the truck. But the question now is, can this high-calibre growth stock still potentially create future millionaires? Another blowout quarter As a quick reminder, Palantir helps governments and businesses make sense of their messy data to improve efficiency and produce better decisions. Its Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) connects AI with data, driving automation across various real-world operations. The firm’s customers range from dozens of blue-chip companies to the FBI, CIA, and NHS. And in Q4 2025, its customer count grew 34% year on year, as it closed 180 deals valued at no less than $1m, 84 deals of at least $5m, and 61 at $10m or more. Revenue exploded 70% higher to $1.4bn, marking an uptick in the growth rate. Indeed, this trend has been accelerating like a runaway tr...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has seen his net worth surge in 2026 — but unlike past years, the jump isn’t coming from a rally in the EV maker’s stock. This time, the boost comes from a merger between two of his own companies. SpaceX, xAI Merger Boosts Musk's Net Worth Heading into 2026, the net worth of the word’s richest person was already so large that he could buy every MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL team with money left over. With SpaceX and xAI moving toward a merger, Forbes has updated its estimate of Musk's wealth — declaring him the first person in history to surpass $800 billion. Forbes now pegs Musk's net worth at $852 billion, up $84 billion following a combined valuation of $1.25 trillion for the two companies. Before the merger, Musk held roughly 42% of SpaceX, worth about $336 billion at its latest $800 billion valuation, and around 49% of xAI, valued at roughly $122 billion based on a $250 billion assessment. The polarizing tech titan now owns around 43% of the combined company, according to Forbes, with $542 billion of his net worth coming from the SpaceX/xAI tie-up. He also owns around 12% of Tesla, which adds $178 billion to his wealth. Tesla stock options valued at $124 billion are also factored into Forbes' net worth calculations. Forbes estimates that Larry Page, co-founder of Google, is the second richest person at $281 billion. Musk's wealth is $578 billion ahead of Page, also a new record. What's Next For Elon Musk's Net Worth? Musk's net worth has passed significant milestones over the past year. The Tesla CEO became the first person worth $500 billion, $600 billion, $700 billion and now $800 billion, all milestones accomplished since October 2025. The EV maker’s move to shift FSD from a one‑time purchase to a subscription — along with plans to halt production of some vehicle models to prioritize Optimus Bot manufacturing — could signal Musk pushing toward those milestones. If Tesla is able to hit some of the milestones lined up in the pay p...

涉企圖行刺特朗普 男子被判終身監禁 官斥漠視法律、毫無悔意 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】前年9月在佛羅里達州高爾夫球場企圖暗殺美國總統特朗普的男子勞斯，被判終身監禁。 聯邦法官指勞斯精心策劃行刺一位重要的總統候選人，漠視法律，事後亦毫無悔意，決定判處終身監禁、不得假釋。 59歲的勞斯前年在佛羅里達州一個高爾夫球場企圖暗殺特朗普被捕，去年9月被裁定企圖暗殺重要總統候選人、襲擊聯邦人員等，五項罪名全部成立。宣判當日，他在庭上企圖以利器自殘，一度引發混亂。

Infographic showing how the value of one euro has changed against the US dollar since its introduction on the financial markets in 1999, zoomed in from January 1, 2025. The euro reached its highest level since June 2021 at the end of January 2026, at $1.20 (Sylvie HUSSON) · Sylvie HUSSON/AFP/AFP Global stock markets largely stabilised Wednesday even though a tech-led selloff on Wall Street spurred by AI disruption fears continued. The Dow managed to climb to just shy of its all-time high as corporate earnings encouraged a shift out of tech stocks, while the Nasdaq Composite dipped amid continuing concern about the impact of AI. European and Asian markets mostly closed higher, with London's FTSE setting a fresh record. "The dust settled on Wednesday after a dramatic session for tech-related stocks amid new AI disruption" on Tuesday, said Dan Coatsworth, head of markets at AJ Bell. Nevertheless investors were still shifting out of tech stocks, with most of the so-called Magnificent Seven tech stocks like Nvidia and Facebook-parent company Meta falling. "We're seeing a lot of rotation from growth stocks to value stocks, moving from tech into other sectors, and a lot of dispersion of individual stock results," said Steve Sosnick of Interactive Brokers. Investors were spooked Tuesday by news that AI startup Anthropic -- which created the Claude chatbot -- had unveiled a tool that could be used by firms to carry out legal work. The announcement hit firms in the software, financial services and asset management industries, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ending Tuesday down 1.4 percent. "Investors fear the AI juggernaut will cut deeply into earnings as agents take over workflows and replace more traditional programmes," said Susannah Streeter, chief investment strategist at Wealth Club. Downbeat sales projections from Advanced Micro Devices compounded the darker mood, with the company's share price tanking more than 15 percent. Investors will be looking at earnings re...

欧洲政府债券小幅上涨，此前欧元区通胀率下降促使市场预计，欧洲央行决策者周四公布政策决定时，基调有可能会略偏鸽派。 2年期德国国债收益率下跌3个基点，至2.10%，低于上周触及的2.15%，2.15%为12月下旬以来最高。 分析师预计，欧洲央行将连续第五次会议维持2%的借贷成本不变；他们将密切关注欧元走强带来的通胀率放缓是否会引发今年降息的讨论。 英国长期国债收益率上升，其中30年期收益率上涨3个基点，至5.32%，创11月份以来最高；短期收益率基本持平。 英国央行预计也将维持利率不变；市场关注的焦点在于，是否会有更多决策者投票支持降息。 市场： 德国10年期国债收益率下跌3个基点，报2.86%； 德国国债期货上涨25个点，报127.94； 意大利10年期国债收益率下跌2个基点，报3.48%； 意大利与德国国债利差基本持平，报61个基点； 法国10年期国债收益率下跌2个基点，报3.48%； 10年期英国国债收益率上涨2个基点，报4.54%。 责任编辑：丁文武

Demonstrators hold signs during a rally for healthcare funding outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Sept. 30, 2025. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images Millions of people are likely to drop their health insurance now that enhanced premium subsidies for consumers who buy coverage on the Affordable Care Act marketplace have expired. That could increase costs for remaining enrollees, leading some experts to warn of a potential "death spiral" in the ACA market. The lapse of enhanced premium tax credits at the end of 2025 led insurance premiums to more than double for the average subsidy recipient, to $1,904 per month in 2026 from $888 last year, according to estimates from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group. Young, relatively healthy people are the most likely to drop their policy if they deem premiums to be too high and think coverage is not worth the cost, economists said. That would leave an older, sicker population of enrollees, who are more likely to use their insurance and require costly care, economists said — which might prompt insurers to raise premiums further to offset the higher costs in a self-reinforcing cycle. watch now VIDEO 4:22 04:22 Dr. Vin Gupta on how the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies will affect Americans Money Movers "If these [relatively young, healthy] individuals, whose health care costs are lower on average, exit the risk pool, the average cost of care will increase and thereby cause premiums to increase further," Meredith Rosenthal, chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said recently in a written interview with the university. "The worry is that this process can spiral (known as a "death spiral") and lead to further disenrollment and even higher premiums," she said. Millions of young people may drop ACA coverage An Obamacare sign at a Miami insurance agency on Nov. 12, 2025. Joe Raedle | Getty Images About 22 million Amer...

JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images CME Group ( CME ) on Wednesday turned in a double-beat on fourth-quarter headline results, bolstered in part by the highest Q4 average daily volume on record. Q4 adjusted EPS of $2.77, topping the $2.74 average analyst estimate, rose from $2.68 in the prior quarter and $2.52 a year ago. Revenue of $1.65B, vs. $1.64B consensus, climbed from $1.54B in Q3 and $1.53B in last year's Q4. "Looking ahead, we're focused on further increasing the $80 billion in average daily margin efficiencies we provided our market users in Q4, as well as expanding access through initiatives such as U.S. Treasury clearing, 24/7 cryptocurrency trading and prediction markets," said Chairman and CEO Terry Duffy. Clearing and transaction fees increased to $1.33B from $1.23B in both Q3 and a year before. Market data and information services revenue drifted up to $208.0M from $202.5M in Q3 and $181.6M in Q4 2024. Average daily volume was the all-time highest fourth quarter at 27.4M contracts, up from 25.3M in Q3 and +7% from Q4 2024. Non- U.S. ADV reached 8.3M contracts in Q4, up 9% Y/Y, including Asia up 18% and EMEA up 6%. Total expenses were $629.1M in Q4, up from $565.0M in the previous quarter and $578.2M in 2024's Q4. CME ( CME ) shares slipped 1.3% in midday trading. More on CME CME Group Inc. (CME) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript CME Group Inc. 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation CME Group's Strengths Are Real, But Already Priced In (Rating Downgrade) CME Group targets 1%–1.5% revenue lift through new fee adjustments while expanding 24/7 crypto and securities clearing CME Non-GAAP EPS of $2.77 beats by $0.03, revenue of $1.65B beats by $10M

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JHVEPhoto The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday categorized a product recall initiated by Abbott Laboratories ( ABT ) affecting certain lots of its glucose monitor sensors as the most serious type after seven deaths linked to the issue. The announcement came after Abbott ( ABT ) reported that faulty glucose readings tied to some of its FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors have caused 860 serious injuries and seven deaths as of Jan. 7. The company has informed the patients impacted by the recall through letters sent on Nov. 25. According to Abbott ( ABT ), the faulty devices can cause inaccurate clinical decisions impacting people with diabetes if incorrect readings go undetected in the long term, leading to findings of lower than actual blood glucose levels. The FDA provided a link to the list of affected product lots and advised patients to immediately discontinue the use of FreeStyle Libre 3 if their products are included in the recall. More on Abbott Laboratories Abbott: Long-Term Investment Opportunity For Dividend Growth Investors Abbott Laboratories: Double-Digit Earnings Growth Makes It A Buy Abbott Laboratories: The Market's Overreaction Is The Long-Term Investor's Opportunity Insider trades: JNJ, Intel, IBM among notable names Abbott Laboratories snaps six straight sessions of losses

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