Coalition government agrees to remove parts of controversial law and allow homes to rely on fossil fuels Germany’s coalition government has been accused of abandoning its climate targets after agreeing to scrap parts of a contentious heating law mandating the use of renewables in favour of a draft law allowing homeowners to rely on fossil fuels. While the previous law required most newly installed...
Coalition government agrees to remove parts of controversial law and allow homes to rely on fossil fuels Germany’s coalition government has been accused of abandoning its climate targets after agreeing to scrap parts of a contentious heating law mandating the use of renewables in favour of a draft law allowing homeowners to rely on fossil fuels. While the previous law required most newly installed heating systems to use at least 65% renewable energy, often with a heat pump, the reformed legislation will allow households to keep using oil and gas. Continue reading...
Mike Johnson criticizes congresswomen’s verbal protests during speech The ‘golden age of America’? Trump delivers the State of the Union address – podcast A newly revealed diplomatic cable calls on US diplomats to work against attempts by foreign nations to regulate how US tech companies handle their citizens’ data, as “data sovereignty initiatives” gather steam in Europe over security concerns. M...
Mike Johnson criticizes congresswomen’s verbal protests during speech The ‘golden age of America’? Trump delivers the State of the Union address – podcast A newly revealed diplomatic cable calls on US diplomats to work against attempts by foreign nations to regulate how US tech companies handle their citizens’ data, as “data sovereignty initiatives” gather steam in Europe over security concerns. More from Reuters: President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate U.S. tech companies’ handling of foreigners’ data, saying in an internal diplomatic cable seen by Reuters that such efforts could interfere with artificial intelligence-related services. Experts say the move signals the Trump administration is reverting to a more confrontational approach as some foreign countries seek limits around how Silicon Valley firms process and store their citizens’ personal information - initiatives often described as “data sovereignty” or “data localization.“ Continue reading...
Scott Olson/Getty Images News Whirlpool’s ( WHR ) recent action to distribute additional shares of the company at a price of $69 per share drew fire from investor David Tepper, who called the decision “a striking lack of judgment on the part of the Board and senior management.” Tepper’s Appaloosa Management owns ~5.5M shares in the appliance manufacturer. At issue is the dilutive impact of the 6.8...
Scott Olson/Getty Images News Whirlpool’s ( WHR ) recent action to distribute additional shares of the company at a price of $69 per share drew fire from investor David Tepper, who called the decision “a striking lack of judgment on the part of the Board and senior management.” Tepper’s Appaloosa Management owns ~5.5M shares in the appliance manufacturer. At issue is the dilutive impact of the 6.8M offering of common shares and 10.5M in depository shares at $50 each. Tepper believes the offering was done at a cost of more than 10% even though Whirlpool’s ( WHR ) debt is trading at a tax-adjusted cost of capital below 5%. Moreover, Tepper accuses Whirlpool ( WHR ) of not doing enough to leverage U.S. tariffs through strategic partnerships or full or partial mergers with disadvantaged foreign competitors, a reluctance he blames on management’s focus on self-preservation. As a domestic producer, Whirlpool ( WHR ) stands to benefit from tariffs imposed on its rivals. However, in 2025, Whirlpool ( WHR ) still faced more than $300M in tariff-related costs due to the expense of importing raw materials and components from overseas. This impacted the company’s gross margin by as much as 250 basis points. “Invite domestic entities or foreign corporations who want to create American jobs and increase shareholder value,” Tepper urged, as “job preservation, while diluting outstanding equity interest in the company, should not be the goal.” “Over the years this management team has destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars of shareholder value. Enough is enough. There can be no more excuses.” Although Tepper seems to be pushing for a shift in strategy—at the very least—or a change in management—at the most—his letter has further weighed on shares, resulting in a ninth consecutive day in the red. More on Whirlpool Whirlpool: Fairly Valued As Stock Begins 2026 Outperforming Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Whirlpool Corporation 2025 Q4 - Results - Earning...
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QUALCOMM and Tata Electronics announced a partnership to manufacture automotive modules in India. The deal will add Tata Electronics to QUALCOMM Technologies' global manufacturing network for automotive products. Production is aimed at serving both India's domestic market and export demand as vehicles become more software driven. For investors watching NasdaqGS:QCOM, this move shows how the compan...
QUALCOMM and Tata Electronics announced a partnership to manufacture automotive modules in India. The deal will add Tata Electronics to QUALCOMM Technologies' global manufacturing network for automotive products. Production is aimed at serving both India's domestic market and export demand as vehicles become more software driven. For investors watching NasdaqGS:QCOM, this move shows how the company is positioning itself within the automotive technology supply chain. QUALCOMM shares most...
Micron Technology plans to invest at least $200b in new chip fabrication facilities in Idaho and New York. The company is accelerating its U.S. expansion in response to demand tied to AI infrastructure. Micron reports that its high bandwidth memory production is already fully booked for 2026 under multi year contracts. The company is prioritizing AI and enterprise markets and stepping back from lo...
Micron Technology plans to invest at least $200b in new chip fabrication facilities in Idaho and New York. The company is accelerating its U.S. expansion in response to demand tied to AI infrastructure. Micron reports that its high bandwidth memory production is already fully booked for 2026 under multi year contracts. The company is prioritizing AI and enterprise markets and stepping back from lower margin consumer memory products. Micron Technology (NasdaqGS: MU) is leaning hard into the...
Hi, it’s Julie in Los Angeles and Loren in Austin. The prospects for Boeing’s signature crew capsule are uncertain following last week’s release of a NASA investigation of the breakdowns that left two astronauts marooned in space for nine months. But first ... Three things you need to know today: • Jeffrey Epstein sought to bring entourage of women on 2013 SpaceX visit. • NASA delays moon mission ...
Hi, it’s Julie in Los Angeles and Loren in Austin. The prospects for Boeing’s signature crew capsule are uncertain following last week’s release of a NASA investigation of the breakdowns that left two astronauts marooned in space for nine months. But first ... Three things you need to know today: • Jeffrey Epstein sought to bring entourage of women on 2013 SpaceX visit. • NASA delays moon mission to fix rocket. • Price of Starlink gear in Iran soars as US threatens war. Searching for answers After two botched test flights, numerous investigations and plenty of embarrassing findings about the company’s engineering abilities, Boeing maintains its Starliner capsule has a future. That’s all the more surprising given the company is still working to address the thruster issues that derailed Starliner’s June 2024 flight to the International Space Station. Those problems left astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams marooned there for nine months , an incident for which the company just took quite a beating from NASA. The stinging investigative report from the agency, first reported by Bloomberg prior to its Feb. 19 release, had plenty of blame to pass around. According to the more than 300-page study, the miscues included faulty engineering by Boeing’s team, inadequate testing of the glitch-prone propulsion system and a troubling willingness by both parties to accept unexplained anomalies on two earlier uncrewed Starliner missions without digging down to the root cause. And yet, NASA and Boeing aren’t giving up on Starliner, the only alternative to SpaceX’s Dragon capsule for sending people to the ISS from US soil. Two critical tests are looming, provided Starliner is deemed safe to fly: Starliner-1, an uncrewed cargo run to the ISS that could happen as soon as April, followed potentially by the first crewed operational mission . (The Wilmore-Williams mission was officially a test flight.) “We’re implementing, robustly testing and analyzing design and op...
imaginima Hut 8 ( HUT ) swung to a loss in Q4 as its bottom line was hit with unrealized losses on digital assets during a quarter where bitcoin ( BTC-USD ) lost a quarter of its value. The company, which mines bitcoin and provides computing infrastructure, is in the midst of a transformation to a power-first strategy. "In 2025, this work translated into tangible growth and commercial progress acr...
imaginima Hut 8 ( HUT ) swung to a loss in Q4 as its bottom line was hit with unrealized losses on digital assets during a quarter where bitcoin ( BTC-USD ) lost a quarter of its value. The company, which mines bitcoin and provides computing infrastructure, is in the midst of a transformation to a power-first strategy. "In 2025, this work translated into tangible growth and commercial progress across our platform," said CEO Asher Genoot. "With enhanced capital allocation clarity following the carveout of our legacy ASIC compute business and the sale of our 310-megawatt portfolio of power generation assets, we believe we are positioned to scale with greater discipline, compound long-term value for shareholders, and build an enduring, generational business at the intersection of energy and technology," he added. Hut 8 ( HUT ) expects to advance its River Bend facility for delivery beginning in Q2 2027. Q4 net income of -$301.8M vs. $50.1M in Q3 and $152.0M in Q4 2024. The current quarter included $401.9M of primarily unrealized losses on digital assets, which contrasted with $308.2M of primarily unrealized gains on digital assets in the year-ago period. Q4 revenue of $88.5M, trailing the $95.6M consensus, increased from $83.5M in the previous quarter and $31.7M a year ago. Hut 8 ( HUT ) stock gained 2.4% in Wednesday morning trading. Power revenue shrank to $4.97M from $8.37M in Q3 and $9.95M in the prior Q4. Digital infrastructure revenue fell to $1.64M from $5.11M in the prior quarter and $2.52M a year ago. It produced $81.8M in Q4 compute revenue from Bitcoin mining, GPU-as-a-Service, and Data Center Cloud solutions. That compares with $70.0M in Q3 and $19.2M in Q4 2024. The company had ~$1.4B of cash and bitcoin ( BTC-USD ) held in reserve as of Dec. 31, 2025. By contrast, as of Sept. 30, 2025, Hut 8 ( HUT ) held 13,696 bitcoin in reserve with a market value of $1.6B. Q4 adjusted EBITDA of -$347.8M dropped from $109.0M in Q3 and $310.6M in the previous Q4. More on...
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/27/26, Power Integrations Inc. (Symbol: POWI), Badger Meter Inc (Symbol: BMI), and Crane Co (Symbol: CR) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Power Integrations Inc. will pay its
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/27/26, Power Integrations Inc. (Symbol: POWI), Badger Meter Inc (Symbol: BMI), and Crane Co (Symbol: CR) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Power Integrations Inc. will pay its
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/27/26, Bread Financial Holdings Inc (Symbol: BFH), Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (Symbol: HII), and Pitney Bowes Inc (Symbol: PBI) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Bread
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/27/26, Bread Financial Holdings Inc (Symbol: BFH), Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (Symbol: HII), and Pitney Bowes Inc (Symbol: PBI) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Bread
cherezoff/iStock via Getty Images A couple of years ago, private credit and especially BDCs ( BIZD ) were relatively unknown and not something that got frequently discussed in the media. It was mostly an institutional asset management base that transacted in the private credit field, primarily to access illiquidity premium and earn a couple of hundred basis points of additional spread over the pub...
cherezoff/iStock via Getty Images A couple of years ago, private credit and especially BDCs ( BIZD ) were relatively unknown and not something that got frequently discussed in the media. It was mostly an institutional asset management base that transacted in the private credit field, primarily to access illiquidity premium and earn a couple of hundred basis points of additional spread over the publicly traded high-yield ( HYG ) space. Then came the rapidly rising interest rate environment, which in combination with the massive growth of alternative asset management firms such as Blue Owl Capital ( OWL ), Apollo Global Management ( APO ), and Blackstone ( BX ), helped private credit gain traction across the board. The more stringent banking regulations and some regional bank struggles supported the trend as well. It was all mostly positive until the interest rates started to fall, and the new supply of capital that began chasing private credit deals pushed down the spreads. While these dynamics were indeed somewhat negative, the media and the overall investment world really turned bearish on private credit when First Brands and Tricolor went belly up and Jamie Dimon provided a very colorful and catchy characterization of private credit – i.e., when you see one cockroach, there are probably more. Starting from that moment, it seems that private credit has become the market's (and media's) favorite whipping boy. Currently, the two key drivers, which have placed the BDC sector in almost a free-fall state, are the fears of SaaS struggles spilling over to the SaaS-concentrated private credit area and OWL's private BDC liquidity issues, which could theoretically also confirm that SaaS risk is something that the market is worried about. Now, as is usually the case, the market goes from one extreme to another. In my recent piece titled – SaaS Panic, BDC Opportunity – I have provided great depth on why I think that the SaaS risks to high-quality BDCs are over-exaggerated and ...
Corn price action is fractionally mixed so far on Wednesday morning, holding near unchanged. Futures came back to close mixed on Tuesday, with front months March up ¼ cent and other contracts down 1 to 2 cents. March continues to liquidate ahead of Friday’s first notice day, with open interest...
Corn price action is fractionally mixed so far on Wednesday morning, holding near unchanged. Futures came back to close mixed on Tuesday, with front months March up ¼ cent and other contracts down 1 to 2 cents. March continues to liquidate ahead of Friday’s first notice day, with open interest...
Soybeans are trading with 1 to 3 cent gains as the market enters Wednesday trade. Futures posted gains of 4 to 5 ½ cents in most front months on Tuesday. Open interest was down 2,337 contracts on Tuesday, with March dropping 26,192 contracts ahead of FND on Friday. The cmdtyView...
Soybeans are trading with 1 to 3 cent gains as the market enters Wednesday trade. Futures posted gains of 4 to 5 ½ cents in most front months on Tuesday. Open interest was down 2,337 contracts on Tuesday, with March dropping 26,192 contracts ahead of FND on Friday. The cmdtyView...
Cotton price action is up 50 to 65 points so far on Wednesday morning. Futures posted 35 to 42 point gains across most contracts on Tuesday, with March unchanged on thin trade. Crude oil futures were down 18 cents per barrel on the day at $66.13. The US dollar index...
Cotton price action is up 50 to 65 points so far on Wednesday morning. Futures posted 35 to 42 point gains across most contracts on Tuesday, with March unchanged on thin trade. Crude oil futures were down 18 cents per barrel on the day at $66.13. The US dollar index...
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Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan (second left) and Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui (second right) attend a press conference on the new budget in Hong Kong on Feb. 25, 2026. Photo: VCG Hong Kong’s government unveiled a sweeping initiative to prepare its population for the age of artificial intelligence, earmarking HK$50 million ($6.4 million) in its annual b...
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan (second left) and Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui (second right) attend a press conference on the new budget in Hong Kong on Feb. 25, 2026. Photo: VCG Hong Kong’s government unveiled a sweeping initiative to prepare its population for the age of artificial intelligence, earmarking HK$50 million ($6.4 million) in its annual budget to help the workforce adapt to the disruptions of automation. Financial Secretary Paul Chan said Wednesday that the funding would support public agencies, technology firms and tertiary institutions in organizing AI courses, lectures and competitions. The program is designed to raise public understanding of the technology and ensure that residents can use AI responsibly.