Richard Drury/DigitalVision via Getty Images CEFA: Welcome to CEF Insights, your source for closed-end fund information and education, brought to you by the Closed-End Fund Association. Today we are joined by Mat Kirschner, Portfolio Manager with Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities Team and Lead Portfolio Manager for the Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund ( RQI ). Mat, thank you for being with us today. Mat Kirschner: Thank you for having me. CEFA: Mat, I mentioned the Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund, an actively managed strategy that invests in a broad range of real estate securities. Can you discuss the investment strategy as well as the key objectives of the fund? Mat Kirschner: Sure. The fund seeks a high level of current income with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. It does this by investing in real estate securities, which include common stock, preferred stock, and other equity securities of any market capitalization issued by real estate companies, including REITs and similar REIT-like entities. But as a sector-focused fund, we also provide an efficient and liquid way for all investors to access the large and dynamic commercial real estate market with the added benefit of active management. While past performance is no guarantee of future results, RQI's market price performance as of January 20th, 2026, is 8.7% annualized since inception in February 2002. CEFA: RQI's distribution rate has recently been increased. Can you comment on that? Mat Kirschner: Although not guaranteed, RQI's distribution rate has been high and consistent for the past decade. And recently, the fund raised its monthly distribution rate from $0.08 per share to $0.09 per share, reflecting the strength of RQI's balance sheet. RQI's distribution rate, based on market price, is now between 9% and 9.5%, paying monthly. The distribution rate increase reflects RQI's investment success over full market cycles and the realization of capital gains, which are being a...

In late 2025, the Department of Homeland Security zeroed in on the Twin Cities in Minnesota, supposedly in response to fraud allegations made by a right-wing influencer. In the months since, thousands of immigrants have been swept up by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. In January alone, two American citizens were killed while documenting ICE operations in the city. Two Customs and Border Protection agents deployed to Minneapolis fatally shot protester Alex Pretti on January 24th, triggering another wave of protests throughout the city — and another DHS crackdown. One local who was arrested while protesting at the site of Alex’s killing talked to The Verge about his harrowing experience in custody at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building and how the community is fighting back. We’ve anonymized his identity due to safety concerns. As told to Gaby Del Valle: The first thing I saw when I opened my phone was the footage. It was two weeks after Renee Good was killed. As soon as I saw the video of Alex Pretti’s murder, I started putting on warm layers and let my partner know I was heading to the scene. I arrived around 11. Federal agents had already started deploying chemical irritants: tear gas and pepper spray. I got shot in the chest by nonlethal rounds from about 30 yards away. Fortunately, I was wearing enough winter clothing that it didn’t hurt, but I most definitely felt the impact. I believe it was pepper balls. Still, they did not seem too pleased about it. I presume because it didn’t cause the injury they were hoping for. I was only there for about 15, 20 minutes before they fixated on me and grabbed me. I remember two agents moving in a pair toward me. One of them already had their gun drawn and was pointing it at me. They tackled me to the ground, and then had my legs crossed. They put my arms behind my back and cuffed me, and then they brought me back to the very middle of everything, where the majority of the ICE agents and other officers were. They ...

is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. For much of its existence, Apple’s streaming service has seemed intent to focus on quality over quantity, offering some great shows but often feeling barren in comparison to competitors like Netflix and Disney. But as Apple TV looks to expand its reach to hit a larger audience, it appears the “quantity” part of that equation is being addressed to some degree. Fresh off detailing returning series Ted Lasso and Sugar, Apple just announced a deluge of titles that will be streaming this year. Here’s everything that Apple announced or detailed just yesterday: the episodic thriller Imperfect Women, which starts streaming on March 18th a Jonah Hill-directed comedy called Outcome that hits on April 10th, and stars Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz the “darkly comedic thriller” Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, out on May 20th Margo’s Got Money Troubles, a series starring Elle Fanning, also out on May 20th another take on Cape Fear, this time in TV form (with Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg serving as executive producers), streaming on June 5th Lucky, a drama starring Anya Taylor-Joy, that premieres on July 15th a comedy film about tennis called The Dink that’ll stream on July 24th Mayday, a Ryan Reynolds-led buddy comedy, out on September 4th a feature film adaptation of, uh, Mattel’s Matchbox toy cars, streaming on October 9th the family-friendly feature Way of the Warrior Kid, due out on November 20th Oh, and season 2 of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters got a new trailer that provides a glimpse of its big new kaiju: That’s something new almost every month, and is on top of previously-known titles coming this year, like new seasons of Criminal Records, Your Friends & Neighbors, For All Mankind, and The Last Thing He Told Me, along with c...

ExxonMobil and Chevron are similar businesses; most investors will be just fine picking the higher yield. Chevron (CVX +2.04%) is just a little behind ExxonMobil (XOM +2.31%) most of the time. If investing in stocks were a marathon, it would be a bad thing because Exxon would win. But it's a good thing for Chevron that being slightly behind can still make a stock a great investment opportunity. Here's why you'll probably prefer Chevron over Exxon if you're a dividend investor. Is Exxon the winner? Exxon and Chevron are both integrated energy companies with globally diversified asset portfolios. However, Exxon is the larger business, with a market cap of nearly $600 billion. Chevron's market cap is roughly $350 billion. That said, both are among the world's largest energy companies. Exxon's return on capital employed (ROCE), a measure of how well a company invests its capital for shareholders, is higher than that of Chevron. Chevron sometimes jumps into the lead, but it normally lags just a little. Still, their ROCE trends are very similar, rising and falling at roughly the same times. And Chevron's ROCE is typically within the normal range of the peer group, noting that Exxon isn't the current industry leader on this metric. Exxon has the strongest balance sheet among its peers, with a debt-to-equity ratio of around 0.17x. Chevron's leverage is the second lowest at around 0.22x. Exxon is clearly in a better financial position, but both companies have rock-solid balance sheets. And both have the leeway to take on debt during market downturns to support their businesses and dividends until energy prices recover. Exxon's business strength has shone through in its streak of 43 consecutive annual dividend increases. That's better than Chevron's 38-year streak. Once again, Chevron is trailing Exxon, but it's hard to complain about a dividend streak as impressive as Chevron's. Expand NYSE : CVX Chevron Today's Change ( 2.04 %) $ 3.64 Current Price $ 181.68 Key Data Points ...

ElevenLabs , a startup using artificial intelligence to create a wide range of realistic voices, has more than tripled its valuation from a year ago to $11 billion in a fundraising round. The company is raising $500 million in a round led by Sequoia Capital , with investors Andreessen Horowitz and Iconiq also participating, ElevenLabs said in a statement on Wednesday. Sequoia partner Andrew Reed will join the board. ElevenLabs plans to use the funds to build out its technology, including a platform enabling its enterprise customers to use conversational agents for customer support, training, sales and other functions, which Chief Executive Officer Mati Staniszewski called an important growth engine. The company is also expanding internationally in more than a dozen cities in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. It’s struck partnerships with businesses including Deutsch Telekom AG , Deliveroo Plc , Revolut and the Ukrainian government, Staniszewski said in a post on LinkedIn. Lightspeed Venture Partners , Evantic Capital , and tech investment firm BOND joined the round as new investors. Additional investor participation may be disclosed later this month. The company last raised funds in early 2025 at a $3.3 billion valuation, though in a sign of keen investor appetite, it allowed employees to sell shares at a $6.6 billion valuation last year. Tech investors continue to pour funds into companies associated with AI, from applications to data centers. Anthropic, which makes the Claude large language model, is working on a secondary deal to let some employees sell shares at a $350 billion valuation at the same time as it pursues a funding round that could reach more than $20 billion. Read More: Anthropic Plans Employee Tender Offer at $350 Billion Valuation Staniszewski founded ElevenLabs with Piotr Dabkowski , an ex-Google machine learning engineer. The two were inspired by the poorly dubbed Hollywood films they grew up watching together in Poland, working on a techno...

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财联社2月5日讯（编辑 赵昊） 美国制药企业礼来发布了乐观的全年销售指引，在其减肥药需求强劲的推动下，公司进一步巩固了其在肥胖治疗市场的领先地位。 这一预期与竞争对手诺和诺德形成鲜明反差。诺和诺德周二警告投资者，由于减肥药市场价格竞争加剧，其今年销售额可能最多下滑13%。相比之下，礼来预计销售额最高可增长27%。 美股盘中，礼来股价逆市大幅走高，现涨超9%；诺和诺德则跌逾5%，前一交易日该股收跌12.56%。 目前减肥药市场需求旺盛，礼来和诺和诺德正面临远程医疗公司推出更便宜仿制版本的竞争。此外，特朗普也将降低药价列为优先事项，两家公司均达成协议，提供更低价格。 而与诺和诺德相比，礼来处于相对更有利的位置，其重磅药物——治疗糖尿病的Mounjaro和治疗肥胖的Zepbound——仍有约十年的专利保护期。 与此同时，诺和诺德的一些药物最快将于今年在部分国家面临仿制药挑战。 瑞穗证券分析师Jared Holz表示：“这进一步证明礼来正在主导这个赛道。诺和诺德处于追赶状态，大家都知道这一点。” 礼来预计2026全年销售额将在800亿至830亿美元之间，高于华尔街平均预期的777亿美元。公司预计2026年调整后每股收益为33.50至35美元，也高于分析师预期的33.08美元。 礼来还预计，今年肥胖药物市场将进一步扩大，因为特朗普政府同意将这类药物纳入美国联邦医保（Medicare）的覆盖范围，惠及更多老年患者。 礼来还正在等待其减肥口服药获批，最快可能在4月上市。诺和诺德今年已推出减肥口服药，开局表现强劲。礼来则准备迅速跟进竞争，公司已在产品获准上市前生产了数十亿剂口服药。 此外，礼来还推出了减肥针Zepbound的多剂量版本，这一举措帮助公司与特朗普政府达成合作协议。上月20日，FDA批准礼来销售可提供一个月剂量的新装置。 礼来首席财务官Lucas Montarce表示，公司计划在未来30天内推出多剂量注射笔。该产品将面向医保患者，同时也通过礼来直销平台提供现金支付购买。 BMO Markets分析师Evan Seigerman指出，即便整个行业面临价格压力，礼来凭借现有及在研药物组合，仍具备相对优势，“尽管礼来和诺和诺德在同一市场竞争，但面临的压力并不完全相同。” 礼来还在多个适应症中测试新一代的减肥药。例如，其减肥注射药retatrutide正在进行肥胖及心血管疾病、...

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Key Points It’s undeniable that those who invested in Nvidia stock years ago have enjoyed huge returns. Nvidia does have extensive growth plans for the future. Nevertheless, with a huge presence in index funds, most investors already have plenty of exposure to Nvidia. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been one the biggest success stories in the stock market. After having spent the first 20 years of its existence as a publicly traded company producing solid but not necessarily remarkable gains, the graphics processing unit pioneer finally hit its stride as the dual trends of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence powered demand of its chips. Now, Nvidia is the world's biggest company by market capitalization, and many investors believe the best is yet to come. In this series on Nvidia for the Voyager Portfolio, you've already learned about the history behind the chipmaker and the financial success it has generated in recent years. Today, this final installment in the three-part series looks at Nvidia's growth plans and concludes with an explanation of why many investors don't need to worry about purchasing shares of the stock. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » The buildout of AI infrastructure continues Nvidia has benefited greatly from voracious demand among hyperscalers and other tech first-adopters. These customers have done whatever it takes to obtain Nvidia chips, and the result has been huge gains in sales and profits for the chipmaker. The question, though, is whether those trends will continue. Nvidia definitely believes so, as it points to three key platform shifts that look likely to provide ongoing demand for years to come. Accelerated computing has become a staple of the tech industry, with those who fail to make aggressive capital expenditures to get it risking falling behind the...

SAS AB is in talks with Boeing Co. and Airbus SE about making a large purchase of widebody jets as the Scandinavian carrier bets on increasing demand for long-haul travel from its hub in Copenhagen, the airline’s chief executive officer said. The airline, now controlled by Air France-KLM , is considering Boeing’s 787 and 777X, as well as the Airbus A350 and A330neo models, CEO Anko van der Werff said in an interview in Dubai. SAS currently operates an all-Airbus widebody fleet, consisting of the A350 as well as older A330 jets. He didn’t specify how many aircraft the company is looking to buy, saying only it was “a size that is enough, I can already tell, to make people very interested — engine manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers.” The carrier built its network around connecting transatlantic traffic to cities in Asia, but that strategy has been hurt by the closing of Russian airspace following the invasion of Ukraine. SAS has since pivoted to increasing its own transatlantic services while expanding to destinations such as Dubai and Thailand’s Phuket and Krabi. Van der Werff downplayed the potential for tensions between Denmark and the US over Greenland to impact both traffic and a potential order for Boeing planes. The airline is seeing strong demand for its business class offering and said its hub model drew in connecting traffic. “It’s a few pockets, but no, it’s not widespread, and it’s not dramatic,” van der Werff said about crimped demand. SAS will add 70% more seats to Boston, 20% to San Francisco and 10% more capacity to Chicago, while increasing services to Seoul, Tokyo Haneda and Bangkok, it said in a statement Jan. 29. Air France-KLM announced last year it was boosting its stake in SAS to 60.5% from about 20% by acquiring the holdings of Castlelake LP and Lind Invest . The Franco-Dutch first acquired its stake in SAS in 2023 after the Scandinavian carrier underwent reorganization after seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The face of a winged angel bearing a striking resemblance to the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has been erased from a fresco in a historic Rome church, putting an end to a debacle that embarrassed the Vatican. The image on the wall painting in a chapel of the Basilica of St Lawrence in Lucina in central Rome was removed overnight, leaving the cherub headless. The dead ringer for Meloni appeared after restoration by an amateur artist, Bruno Valentinetti, with the likeness first reported by La Repubblica on Saturday. Valentinetti told the newspaper on Wednesday he had been asked to remove it by the Vatican. A spokesperson for the Vatican did not immediately respond to a request for comment. View image in fullscreen A fresco inside the Basilica of St Lawrence in Lucina, in Rome, shows a cherub bearing a striking resemblance to Giorgia Meloni. Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP Valentinetti for days denied he had deliberately restored the angel’s face to look like Meloni, before confessing. “Yes, it’s the prime minister’s face,” he told La Repubblica. “But it’s similar to the previous painting.” The altered painting was first completed in 2000 and is not protected by any heritage regulations. The likeness to Meloni prompted investigations by Italy’s culture ministry and the diocese of Rome, with cardinal Baldo Reina, the diocese’s vicar general, expressing “bitterness” over the incident. He warned “images of sacred art and Christian tradition cannot be misused or exploited”. Daniele Micheletti, the basilica’s parish priest, said he did notice “a certain resemblance” to Meloni but insisted he had instructed Valentinetti to restore the painting, which had suffered water damage, exactly as it was. View image in fullscreen The church has been filled with curious visitors keen to see the image for themselves. Photograph: Francesco Fotia/AGF/Shutterstock Since the story broke, the church has been filled with visitors curious to see the image for themselves. “There was a p...

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. Microsoft has a new head of security. Hayete Gallot, who left Microsoft in October 2024 to become the president of Google Cloud’s customer experience, is returning to the software giant as the executive vice president of security, reporting directly to CEO Satya Nadella. The move means Charlie Bell, formerly Microsoft’s security chief, is taking on a new role at the company. “I’ve also asked Charlie Bell to take on a new role focused on engineering quality, reporting to me,” says Nadella, in an internal Microsoft memo. “Charlie and I have been planning this transition for some time, given his desire to move from being an org leader to being an IC engineer.” Bell has spent nearly five years leading Microsoft’s security, compliance, and identity teams. The company has struggled with security in recent years, after a series of high-profile incidents rocked Microsoft. A scathing report from the Cyber Safety Review Board concluded in 2024 that “Microsoft’s security culture was inadequate and requires an overhaul.” Microsoft set out on its largest ever security transformation months before the report was published, after Chinese hackers breached US government emails through a Microsoft Cloud exploit. The Secure Future Initiative (SFI) has been focused on improving Microsoft’s security record, and avoiding any future incident where nation-state attackers could spy on Microsoft’s senior leadership team. Microsoft is still working to win back trust in cybersecurity. Hayete now takes on the efforts to continue SFI and ensure that Microsoft’s AI era is focused on security first. She previously spent nearly 16 years at Microsoft, with senior leadership roles across engineering and sales. “She brings an ethos that combines product building with value realization for customers...

The recent rout in tech stocks has sent many investors running for cover, but not everyone is retreating. "As a trader and/or investor, it doesn't matter," Tom Sosnoff, founder of Tastytrade and current CEO of Lossdog, told Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid. "That's where you want to jump in." Sosnoff argued that when intense selling pressure arrives alongside spiked volatility, the market is signaling "capitulation" — the point where the last of the weak hands finally give up. It is a philosophy that flies in the face of the fear gripping a generation of investors who, until recently, had only known an upward-trending market. Tech stocks, the undisputed darlings of Wall Street, are facing a brutal reckoning. A toxic cocktail of sticky interest rates, slowing growth concerns, and lofty valuations has triggered sharp pullbacks. Though the 2026 outlook is not uniformly dire, it does leave the sector looking more vulnerable than it has in years. High-flying tech players have seen share prices plummet by double-digit percentages, with some losing 40% or more of their value in just a few months. However, for a self-proclaimed contrarian like Sosnoff, these steep declines transform "hyped and overpriced" stocks into "interesting" propositions. "I don't understand where the pressure is coming from," he said, echoing the confusion shared by Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang regarding the sector's violent swings. Instead of trying to time the absolute bottom, Sosnoff said the key to navigating this environment isn't to chase every dip, but to focus on liquidity. "Don't get involved in stuff that doesn't have liquidity," he advised. "If it has liquidity, sure, you can nibble anywhere." Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 21. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images) · FABRICE COFFRINI via Getty Images If a stock maintains high trading volume despite a price drop, traders can enter and exit positions without getting t...

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In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, attends the inauguration of a new hub in France dedicated to the artificial intelligence sector, at the Google France headquarters in Paris, France, on Feb. 15, 2024. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Alphabet is set to report its fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday after the bell. Here's what analysts polled by LSEG are expecting: Earnings per share: $2.63 Revenue: $111.43 billion Wall Street is also watching several other numbers in the report. Here is what analysts polled by StreetAccount are expecting: Google Cloud: $16.18 billion YouTube advertising: $11.84 billion Traffic acquisition costs: $16.20 billion Alphabet's latest earnings results will test how far the company can rally Wall Street's favor. As one of the Street's top performers of 2025, Alphabet's stock has risen more than 70% in the past six months. Last month, Google became the fourth member of the $4 trillion club, joining Nvidia , Microsoft and Apple as the other companies that have achieved that milestone. Wall Street will be looking for more details on the recently announced deal for Google to revamp Apple's AI features, including the Siri virtual assistant, with the search company's Gemini artificial intelligence models. The deal is one of the most prominent yet for Gemini as the scale of Apple's user base boasts 2.5 billion active devices. During the fourth quarter, Google made a number of notable announcements. In November, the company launched its Gemini 3 models to strong reviews. Google also rolled out the seventh generation of its tensor processing units, called Ironwood . And Alphabet's driverless car unit Waymo also began opening its robotaxi routes to freeways in three major U.S. cities, marking a major milestone for the ride-hailing company. Amin Vahdat, Google's AI infrastructure boss, told employees that the company has to double its serving capacity every six months in order to me...

Mohamad Faizal Bin Ramli/iStock via Getty Images Fund performance The abrdn National Municipal Income Fund returned 1.48% for the fourth quarter on a net asset value basis, underperforming the 1.56% return of its benchmark, the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index. 1 The Fund's exposures to ultra-long duration bonds detracted from relative performance, and tobacco and industrial development revenue bonds were particularly unfavorable. However, hospital and multi-family housing revenue bonds added to performance. In addition, leverage provided a headwind, relative to the previous quarter, with the securities industry and financial markets association (SIFMA) rate averaging 2.74% during the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to an average of 2.46% in the previous quarter. In terms of credit quality, non-rated and CCC-rated bonds detracted from performance, while A- and B- rated bonds were positive. Market review The overall municipal (muni) bond market, as measured by the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, returned 1.56% for the fourth quarter of 2025. The long end of the muni market outperformed the short and intermediate segments of the market, with the Bloomberg Municipal 17-22 Year Index returning 2.20%, the Bloomberg Municipal 1-2 Year Index returning 0.56% and the Bloomberg Municipal 4-6 Year Index returning 0.50%. The taxable muni bond market experienced improved performance over the quarter, with the Bloomberg Taxable Municipal Bond Index returning 1.37% over the period, which compares favorably to the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index return of 1.10% over the same period. Meanwhile, high yield muni bonds underperformed their corporate counterparts, with the Bloomberg Municipal Bond: High Yield Index returning 1.15% over the period compared to a 1.31% return of US Corporate High Yield. According to an initial estimate, annualized US GDP expanded by a higher-than-expected 4.3% in the third quarter, compared to the 3.8% expansion recorded in the second quarter, and demonstratin...

Key Points GE Vernova’s stock has more than doubled over the past year. Its Power and Electrification businesses are booming as the AI market expands. It looks reasonably valued relative to its long-term growth potential. 10 stocks we like better than Ge Vernova › GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV), the former energy division of General Electric (NYSE: GE) that was spun off into a stand-alone company in 2024, is impressing many investors. Over the past 12 months, its stock has more than doubled, while the S&P 500 rose only 15%. Let's see why it attracted a stampede of bulls, and if it's still worth buying this month. Why did GE Vernova impress the market? In 2025, GE Vernova's Power business -- which sells heavy-duty gas turbines for combined-cycle plants, steam turbines for coal, gas, and nuclear plants, and provides fuel, maintenance, and upgrade services for nuclear plants -- accounted for 55% of its orders. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » Its Electrification business -- which sells transformers, breakers, substations, high-voltage direct current systems, and various automation, optimization, and protection services for electrical grids -- accounted for nearly a third of its orders. The rest of its orders came from its smaller Wind business, which mainly sells onshore and offshore wind turbines. Here's how those three segments fared, on an organic basis, over the past year. Organic Orders Growth (YOY) Q4 2024 Q1 2025 Q2 2025 Q3 2025 Q4 2025 Power 24% 28% 44% 50% 77% Electrification 122% (3%) (31%) 102% 50% Wind (41%) (43%) (5%) 4% 53% Total 22% 8% 4% 55% 65% The rapid expansion of the power-hungry cloud, data center, and AI markets drove more utility companies to upgrade their power plants and grids, generating strong tailwinds for both the Power and Electrification segments. The Wind segment struggled with delays at its onshore wind proje...

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google has taken the wraps off the Pixel 10A, the latest in its line of budget-friendly smartphones. A teaser shared on Wednesday shows off the new device in a powdery blue color, which will be available for preorder on February 18th. Based on the teaser shared by Google, the Pixel 10A looks a lot like its 9A predecessor. It features two cameras inside a flat, oblong cutout on the rear of the device, and it looks like it comes with some similarly-sized bezels. Google didn’t share any more details about the device’s specifications, so we’ll likely have to wait a little longer to hear more. We don’t know how much the Pixel 10A will cost, either, but one leak suggests that the pricing will remain unchanged in some regions, with options for 128GB and 256GB of storage. Google’s teaser also includes a link to sign up for emails to receive an “exclusive offer” on the Pixel 10A.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News AMD ( AMD ) shares had plunged 16% by noon trading on Wednesday, and most semiconductor stocks followed suit. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index ( SOX ) had dropped 4.7%, further demonstrating the red cloud over the sector. AMD's drop occurred the day after reporting its fourth-quarter results and guidance that surpassed market expectations. Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore said he was "surprised" at the weakness in the stock after the results, "as the numbers were quite good and AMD said the right stuff about the new products." Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ( TSM ) had declined 4%, while Intel ( INTC ) and Nvidia ( NVDA ) had both slid 3.5%. Marvell ( MRVL ) had dropped 2.5%, and Credo Technology ( CRDO ) had sunk 10%. Astera Labs ( ALAB ) had fallen 8%. Memory producers were also reversing recent gains. Micron Technology ( MU ) and WD ( WDC ) were both down 9%, while Seagate Technology ( STX ) had shed 6%. Sandisk ( SNDK ) had tumbled 11%. The declines in the sector mirrored the broader market, as the S&P 500 ( SP500 ) and the Nasdaq Composite ( COMP:IND ) had declined 0.4% and 1.4%, respectively. Data released on Wednesday demonstrated a weaker -than-expected U.S. private jobs report. T he U.S. private sector added 22,000 jobs in January , missing the 45,000 consensus and slipping from 37,000 in December, which was revised down from 41,000, according to data released by ADP. However, an extreme outlier in the semiconductor sector was Silicon Laboratories ( SLAB ), which has rocketed nearly 50% following news that Texas Instruments ( TXN ) had signed a definitive agreement to acquire the company for about $7.5B in an all-cash transaction. Texas Instruments had inched down 0.7%. Furthermore, Cirrus Logic ( CRUS ) had perked up 7% on its latest financial results . More on AMD and Silicon Laboratories AI And Credo Technology's Copper Cables Are Breaking Up (Rating Downgrade) AMD: Buy The Q4 Earnings Dip Here's Why AMD Isn'...

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In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Microsoft logo and lettering can be seen on the Microsoft Deutschland GmbH headquarters building in Parkstadt Schwabing in Munich. Matthias Balk | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Microsoft said Wednesday that top security leader Charlie Bell will take on a new role and that Hayete Gallot will return to the company to run security after a stint at Google . Bell joined Microsoft in 2021 after 23 years at Amazon , where he played a key management role inside Amazon Web Services. He was seen as a candidate to become CEO of AWS, but Amazon picked former executive Adam Selipsky to run the market-leading cloud. Bell is moving into a position focused on engineering quality as an individual contributor, or IC, continuing to report to CEO Satya Nadella . "Charlie and I have been planning this transition for some time, given his desire to move from being an org leader to being an IC engineer," Nadella wrote in a memo to employees . "And I love how energized he is to practice this craft here day in and day out!" The changes comes as investors worry that generative artificial intelligence models might damage the growth prospects of mature software companies. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that four sales executives were becoming executive vice presidents, in a move the company said was meant to improve its ability to stay close to clients while pursuing growth in AI. Microsoft shares are down 14% this year, and the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF has declined about 21%. In Microsoft's earnings report last week, the growth rate for Azure was weaker than some analysts expected. Gallot arrived at Microsoft in 2009, taking a role in strategy and business development. When she departed for Google's cloud unit to be president of customer experience in 2024, she was a corporate vice president working on selling products in a variety of categories, including security, according to her LinkedIn profile . ...

Ukrainian and Russian officials wrapped up a “productive” first day of ‌new US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi, Kyiv’s lead negotiator said on Wednesday, as fighting in Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II raged on. The ‍two-day trilateral meetings come after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had exploited a US-backed energy truce last week to stockpile munitions, attacking Ukraine with a record number of ballistic missiles on Tuesday. “The work was substantive and productive, focused on concrete steps and practical solutions,” Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, said on social media. Advertisement Shortly after the talks began, Russian forces struck a crowded ⁠market in eastern Ukraine with cluster munitions, killing at least seven people and wounding 15, the Donetsk region’s Governor Vadym Filashkin said. Umerov said he would prepare a report for Zelensky, and talks were expected to continue on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter said. Jared Kushner, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and other members of the US delegation attend trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Photo: UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs via Reuters Photographs released earlier in the day by the United Arab Emirates’ foreign ministry showed the three delegations sitting around a U-shaped table, with US officials seated at the centre, including special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.