NuScale Power (SMR +4.33%) and its shareholders just got some very good news. However, investors need to take the news with a grain of salt. Here's what you need to know about Europe's first nuclear power plant set to use NuScale Power's small modular reactors (SMRs). What does NuScale Power do? To date, NuScale Power's revenues have been tied to services it is providing to Fluor (FLR +1.72%). Flu...
NuScale Power (SMR +4.33%) and its shareholders just got some very good news. However, investors need to take the news with a grain of salt. Here's what you need to know about Europe's first nuclear power plant set to use NuScale Power's small modular reactors (SMRs). What does NuScale Power do? To date, NuScale Power's revenues have been tied to services it is providing to Fluor (FLR +1.72%). Fluor is a construction company working with RoPower, a Romanian power company, on a nuclear power plant. NuScale is acting as a consultant, basically helping RoPower prove that the plant it wants to build is a good idea. NuScale's real business, however, is building small modular nuclear reactors. It has approved plans for an SMR, but it hasn't actually built and sold one for commercial use. RoPower's plan is to link six of NuScale's SMRs to create one large nuclear power plant. The good news is that RoPower has decided to move forward with its power plant. That means that NuScale could finally have its first customer. NuScale Power still hasn't sold any SMRs The fly in the ointment, and one that has been known from the start, is that RoPower's investment decision is just the first step. RoPower now has to find the money to build the power plant it envisions. If it can't do that, then NuScale's good news will be a bust. It could take six months or more to line up financing. Expand NYSE : SMR NuScale Power Today's Change ( 4.33 %) $ 0.51 Current Price $ 12.18 Key Data Points Market Cap $3.9B Day's Range $ 11.23 - $ 12.33 52wk Range $ 11.08 - $ 57.42 Volume 44K Avg Vol 26M Gross Margin 33.84 % Until RoPower actually has the financing, NuScale Power's business model remains up in the air. Even if you assume RoPower can raise the funds it needs, NuScale Power's ability to scale up and deliver an SMR remains untested. Moreover, the company will likely remain unprofitable for much longer, given the investment that will likely be needed to start the manufacturing process. At the end...
The world's energy needs are only going up, thanks in large part to the growing demand for all things related to artificial intelligence (AI), including chatbots, models, and next-gen products and services. Growth-oriented investors have been targeting energy stocks in anticipation of the demand. One polarizing stock to own in recent years has been Plug Power (PLUG +2.35%). The hydrogen fuel cell ...
The world's energy needs are only going up, thanks in large part to the growing demand for all things related to artificial intelligence (AI), including chatbots, models, and next-gen products and services. Growth-oriented investors have been targeting energy stocks in anticipation of the demand. One polarizing stock to own in recent years has been Plug Power (PLUG +2.35%). The hydrogen fuel cell company can help offer solutions to rising energy needs. However, with poor financial results in the past, investors have been worried about its long-term viability. It has cratered a whopping 95% in just five years. But with the company recently reporting some impressive quarterly results, has Plug Power shown that it's on the right track, and that it's safe to buy the energy stock? Plug Power delivers solid numbers in Q4 On March 2, Plug Power reported its quarterly results for the last three months of 2025. The company's sales came in at $225.2 million, which was better than analyst expectations of $217 million. And on the bottom line, its adjusted per-share loss was $0.06 was not as bad as the $0.10 loss that Wall Street was anticipating. It was a strong performance for the company, which gave shares of Plug Power a boost, as they went from $1.81 before earnings to as high as $2.50 a couple of days later. While the energy stock has given back some gains since then, it is on a much more positive trajectory nonetheless. Expand NASDAQ : PLUG Plug Power Today's Change ( 2.35 %) $ 0.05 Current Price $ 2.18 Key Data Points Market Cap $3.0B Day's Range $ 2.01 - $ 2.21 52wk Range $ 0.69 - $ 4.58 Volume 882K Avg Vol 100M Gross Margin -3409.40 % Why the stock is still a highly risky option for investors An earnings beat, especially on both the top and bottom lines, is a great result for Plug Power, and it has certainly helped move the stock. But when it comes to long-term investing, it's the big picture that matters most, not how a company does from one quarter to the next. And t...
Key Points NuScale Power is attempting to build a business that makes small-scale modular nuclear reactors. RoPower, a Romanian power company, has just agreed to use six NuScale Power reactors. 10 stocks we like better than NuScale Power › NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) and its shareholders just got some very good news. However, investors need to take the news with a grain of salt. Here's what you need...
Key Points NuScale Power is attempting to build a business that makes small-scale modular nuclear reactors. RoPower, a Romanian power company, has just agreed to use six NuScale Power reactors. 10 stocks we like better than NuScale Power › NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) and its shareholders just got some very good news. However, investors need to take the news with a grain of salt. Here's what you need to know about Europe's first nuclear power plant set to use NuScale Power's small modular reactors (SMRs). What does NuScale Power do? To date, NuScale Power's revenues have been tied to services it is providing to Fluor (NYSE: FLR). Fluor is a construction company working with RoPower, a Romanian power company, on a nuclear power plant. NuScale is acting as a consultant, basically helping RoPower prove that the plant it wants to build is a good idea. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » NuScale's real business, however, is building small modular nuclear reactors. It has approved plans for an SMR, but it hasn't actually built and sold one for commercial use. RoPower's plan is to link six of NuScale's SMRs to create one large nuclear power plant. The good news is that RoPower has decided to move forward with its power plant. That means that NuScale could finally have its first customer. NuScale Power still hasn't sold any SMRs The fly in the ointment, and one that has been known from the start, is that RoPower's investment decision is just the first step. RoPower now has to find the money to build the power plant it envisions. If it can't do that, then NuScale's good news will be a bust. It could take six months or more to line up financing. Until RoPower actually has the financing, NuScale Power's business model remains up in the air. Even if you assume RoPower can raise the funds it needs, Nu...
Key Points Plug Power generated a top-and-bottom-line beat in its most recent quarterly results. It reached a milestone in 2025, with its top line eclipsing $700 million for the first time. Questions about long-term profitability, however, are likely to weigh on the stock. 10 stocks we like better than Plug Power › The world's energy needs are only going up, thanks in large part to the growing dem...
Key Points Plug Power generated a top-and-bottom-line beat in its most recent quarterly results. It reached a milestone in 2025, with its top line eclipsing $700 million for the first time. Questions about long-term profitability, however, are likely to weigh on the stock. 10 stocks we like better than Plug Power › The world's energy needs are only going up, thanks in large part to the growing demand for all things related to artificial intelligence (AI), including chatbots, models, and next-gen products and services. Growth-oriented investors have been targeting energy stocks in anticipation of the demand. One polarizing stock to own in recent years has been Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG). The hydrogen fuel cell company can help offer solutions to rising energy needs. However, with poor financial results in the past, investors have been worried about its long-term viability. It has cratered a whopping 95% in just five years. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » But with the company recently reporting some impressive quarterly results, has Plug Power shown that it's on the right track, and that it's safe to buy the energy stock? Plug Power delivers solid numbers in Q4 On March 2, Plug Power reported its quarterly results for the last three months of 2025. The company's sales came in at $225.2 million, which was better than analyst expectations of $217 million. And on the bottom line, its adjusted per-share loss was $0.06 was not as bad as the $0.10 loss that Wall Street was anticipating. It was a strong performance for the company, which gave shares of Plug Power a boost, as they went from $1.81 before earnings to as high as $2.50 a couple of days later. While the energy stock has given back some gains since then, it is on a much more positive trajectory nonetheless. Why the stock is still a...
89 Arrested In Florida Human Trafficking Operation, Sheriff's Office Says Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A sheriff’s office in Florida announced this week that an undercover operation led to 89 human and sex trafficking-related arrests, resulting in more than 1,200 separate felony charges. A Hillsborough County Sheriff vehicle as seen in a file photo. Google Maps vi...
89 Arrested In Florida Human Trafficking Operation, Sheriff's Office Says Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A sheriff’s office in Florida announced this week that an undercover operation led to 89 human and sex trafficking-related arrests, resulting in more than 1,200 separate felony charges. A Hillsborough County Sheriff vehicle as seen in a file photo. Google Maps via The Epoch Times The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, which includes the Tampa metropolitan area, said tha t the operation was carried out over several weeks and targeted individuals “seeking to sexually exploit children and purchase sex.” The suspects arrested allegedly believed they were communicating with underage victims and showed up at agreed upon locations but were instead met by undercover sheriff’s detectives , according to a news release issued by the department. They also located a missing 17-year-old girl who was being exploited, the news release said, adding that she was rescued, and her trafficker, identified by officials as 23-year-old Armani Hopkins, was arrested and charged in connection with the incident. It’s not clear if Hopkins has legal representation. Authorities gave more details about other suspects who were arrested by sheriff’s officials. Stephen Fabic, 41, a math teacher at Hillsborough High School, was arrested after he allegedly “offered to pick up a teenager and bring them to his home to engage in sexual activity during conversations with someone he believed to be a minor,” the office stated. Fabic was arrested and made a court appearance last month. An attorney speaking on his behalf, Daniel Fischetti, was quoted by local media outlet Fox 13 as saying that “it’s unknown what exactly happened the day of, or what the meeting was going to be, so I ask the court to take that into consideration when setting bond.” The Epoch Times has contacted his attorney for comment. John Altieri, 69, was also arrested in the operation after he allegedly “...
A leading supplier of materials that are essential for the manufacturing of semiconductor chips and related electronics, Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) has shed about 11% over the past week, pulling back from a recent high near $372 to around $328 as of Monday morning. Retail sentiment, measured on a 0-to-100 scale from Reddit activity, sits at ... Applied Materials Q1 2026 Free Cash Flow Hit $1....
A leading supplier of materials that are essential for the manufacturing of semiconductor chips and related electronics, Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) has shed about 11% over the past week, pulling back from a recent high near $372 to around $328 as of Monday morning. Retail sentiment, measured on a 0-to-100 scale from Reddit activity, sits at ... Applied Materials Q1 2026 Free Cash Flow Hit $1.04 Billion, So Why Is the Stock Sliding
Laser1987 Spirit Airlines ( FLYYQ ) is bringing back all of its furloughed pilots in an effort to “strengthen the foundation” of the carrier’s post-bankruptcy future and “meet the evolving needs of the business.” Shares of Spirit Aviation Holdings ( FLYYQ ), the parent company of the airline, rallied more than 30% on Monday. The beleaguered carrier, which entered bankruptcy twice in 2025, confirme...
Laser1987 Spirit Airlines ( FLYYQ ) is bringing back all of its furloughed pilots in an effort to “strengthen the foundation” of the carrier’s post-bankruptcy future and “meet the evolving needs of the business.” Shares of Spirit Aviation Holdings ( FLYYQ ), the parent company of the airline, rallied more than 30% on Monday. The beleaguered carrier, which entered bankruptcy twice in 2025, confirmed to CNBC that it sent notices to ~500 involuntarily furloughed pilots to return to work. The pilots were furloughed between September 2024 and November 2025 to achieve $100M in labor cost reductions. Another round of pilot furloughs scheduled for January 2026 was canceled due to a high attrition rate. Last year’s furloughs—which included flight attendants—were an attempt to right-size staffing with the ability to operate flights while in bankruptcy. But as most of the pilots left for other carriers, Spirit ( FLYYQ ) found that it had a depleted staff and was forced to further adjust its flight schedule. In December 2025, Spirit pilots approved a restructuring deal that temporarily reduced pay and retirement contributions. In return, the agreement limited the airline’s ability to seek further bankruptcy relief and gave pilots a $278 million unsecured claim tied to Spirit’s ( FLYYQ ) recovery. “Pilot attrition has been higher than forecast, making precise alignment between staffing and the reduced schedule more challenging,” the airline told employees in a memo last week cited by CNBC. “While these recalls won’t arrive in time to support the spring break—Easter period, they strengthen the foundation of our post-bankruptcy future.” The company also sent notices to bring its furloughed flight attendants back to work to “ease some of the operational issues since the furlough,” the union representing Spirit flight attendants said in a message to members. More on Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc. Spirit Airlines reaches deal to emerge from bankruptcy—Wall Street Journal Winter storm...
Amazon’s ecommerce business has summoned a large group of engineers to a meeting on Tuesday for a “deep dive” into a spate of outages, including incidents tied to the use of AI coding tools. The online retail giant said there had been a “trend of incidents” in recent months, characterized by a “high blast radius” and “Gen-AI assisted changes” among other factors, according to a briefing note for t...
Amazon’s ecommerce business has summoned a large group of engineers to a meeting on Tuesday for a “deep dive” into a spate of outages, including incidents tied to the use of AI coding tools. The online retail giant said there had been a “trend of incidents” in recent months, characterized by a “high blast radius” and “Gen-AI assisted changes” among other factors, according to a briefing note for the meeting seen by the FT. Under “contributing factors” the note included “novel GenAI usage for which best practices and safeguards are not yet fully established.” Read full article Comments
IBM ( IBM ) and Lam Research ( LRCX ) announced on Tuesday a collaboration aimed at developing new processes and materials to support sub-1 nm logic scaling. The companies said that the new agreement will focus on the joint development of novel materials, fabrication processes, and High NA EUV lithography processes to advance IBM's logic scaling roadmap. IBM and Lam have collaborated for more than...
IBM ( IBM ) and Lam Research ( LRCX ) announced on Tuesday a collaboration aimed at developing new processes and materials to support sub-1 nm logic scaling. The companies said that the new agreement will focus on the joint development of novel materials, fabrication processes, and High NA EUV lithography processes to advance IBM's logic scaling roadmap. IBM and Lam have collaborated for more than a decade to advance logic fabrication, notably enabling early generations of 7 nm, nanosheet, and EUV process technologies. Under this new five-year agreement, the companies intend to extend logic scaling to the sub-1 nm node. The work will focus on developing new materials, advanced etch and deposition capabilities for increasingly complex device architectures, and new High NA EUV lithography processes to enable next-generation interconnect and device patterning and accelerate industry adoption. "Using IBM's advanced research capabilities at the NY Creates Albany NanoTech Complex and Lam's end-to-end process tools and innovations, including Aether dry resist technology, Kiyo and Akara etch platforms, Striker and ALTUS Halo deposition systems, and advanced packaging technologies, the teams will build and validate full process flows for nanosheet and nanostack devices and backside power delivery. Together, these capabilities are aimed at allowing High‑NA EUV patterns to be reliably transferred into real device layers with high yield and enabling continued scaling, improved performance, and viable paths to production for future logic devices," said the company. IBM -0.00% premarket to $253.32. Source: Press Release More on IBM, Lam Research International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Presents at Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference 2026 Transcript If IBM Can Drop 13% In A Day, What Does This Say About These Market Conditions? Lam Research Corporation (LRCX) Presents at Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference 2026 Transcript Insider Trades...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Marvell: Debunking Undue Fears What a week we have had! Is the market volatility due to the war in Iran threatening to scupper the current advance in the semiconductor stocks, while also throwing the rest of the technology and growth plays off tangent? Well, I guess that downcast narrative is a little bit too early. I presented my opinions about why furt...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Marvell: Debunking Undue Fears What a week we have had! Is the market volatility due to the war in Iran threatening to scupper the current advance in the semiconductor stocks, while also throwing the rest of the technology and growth plays off tangent? Well, I guess that downcast narrative is a little bit too early. I presented my opinions about why further downside in the market should be used as an opportunity to capitalize with glee, and avoid getting sucked into the vortex of “irrelevant noise,” especially concerning whether oil prices ( CL1:COM ) will hit $200 or not. Instead of focusing on that arbitrary price target that depends on a multitude of unpredictable variables, why not focus on what really matters: the market signals? In this case, the signal from Marvell Technology, Inc. ( MRVL ) is unabashedly bullish, from what I've gleaned. Bullish because it represents my belief that its custom AI chips roadmap continues to advance strongly, even though it faced some unanticipated stumbles with its tier 1 hyperscaler, in this case, Amazon ( AMZN ), as I highlighted recently. So, it was really timely that management came out with the conviction to decisively refute any attempt to put down its ability to gain market share, particularly in both XPU as well as the suite of networking and optical solutions that are core to Marvell’s near term and forward outlook. And there can be no better way than what management attempted to do when they came up with guidance not just for the next fiscal year, which is FY2027, but also provided clarity through FY2028. To be really honest, I could hardly even find other management willing to provide guidance beyond one quarter sometimes, much less ask for a runway toward the entire year. In Marvell's case, management was ready to devote efforts and commit to two full years of guidance visibility, raising the stakes against its archrivals. MRVL has elevated investor confidence that the com...
koyu/iStock via Getty Images I previously covered AT&T Inc. ( T ) in November 2025, discussing the market's over-reaction to their FQ3'25 top-line miss arising from the declining legacy businesses and the recent announcement of two expensive acquisitions. Despite so, I had upgraded the stock to a Buy then, thanks to their promising growth profile across the consumer and fiber segments, aided by th...
koyu/iStock via Getty Images I previously covered AT&T Inc. ( T ) in November 2025, discussing the market's over-reaction to their FQ3'25 top-line miss arising from the declining legacy businesses and the recent announcement of two expensive acquisitions. Despite so, I had upgraded the stock to a Buy then, thanks to their promising growth profile across the consumer and fiber segments, aided by the richer forward dividend yields from the prior pullback. In this article, I shall discuss why I am reiterating my Buy rating for the T stock here, thanks to the renewed growth opportunities from the accretive acquisitions/intensified capex plans, despite the near-term balance sheet risks. This is significantly aided by the dual pronged return prospects across capital appreciation/dividend incomes, the promising shareholder returns at $45B through 2028 (dividends/share repurchases), and the reasonable valuations. T Hints At Multi-Year Reversal Cadence T 1Y Stock Price (Trading View) Since my last Buy rating, T has enjoyed an outsized breakout by +24.7% from the January 2026 bottom, with a similar rally also observed in its telecom peers in varying degrees. Much of their tailwinds are attributed to the ongoing market rotation to value/dividend-oriented stocks after the notably cooling AI trade , with numerous sectors, including REITs, tobacco, and energy sectors, also enjoying robust upward momentums over the past few weeks/months. T's Return To Growth (T) This is significantly aided by T signaling their return to growth after numerous years of negative growth profiles. For example, the telecom has been able to report an outsized consolidated revenue growth to $125.6B in FY2025 (+2.6% YoY) and adj EPS (ex DIRECTV) to $2.12 (+8.7% YoY). Much of their growth tailwinds are naturally attributed to the Mobility and the Consumer Wireline's robust growth profiles across the top/bottom-lines (adj EBITDA), with these outperformance well balancing the deteriorating legacy Business Wir...
Chinese analysts expect Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader, to continue and possibly harden his assassinated father ’s policies towards the US and Israel. The appointment of the 56-year-old cleric could signal a sense of continuity inside Iran, as well as stabilise ties between Beijing and Tehran, the analysts added. Iran’s Assembly of Experts confirmed on Monday that the younger Khamenei...
Chinese analysts expect Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader, to continue and possibly harden his assassinated father ’s policies towards the US and Israel. The appointment of the 56-year-old cleric could signal a sense of continuity inside Iran, as well as stabilise ties between Beijing and Tehran, the analysts added. Iran’s Assembly of Experts confirmed on Monday that the younger Khamenei would succeed the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the supreme leader – a post holding the final say over state affairs, including foreign policy and the nuclear programme Advertisement The new supreme leader’s wife was also killed during the joint US-Israeli military strikes against Iran that began on February 28 and have continued till now. Personal and national grievances could drive Khamenei to maintain his father’s hardline stance towards the United States and Israel, according to Zhou Rong, director of the Global South Countries Studies Centre at the Beijing-based think tank Grandview Institution. Advertisement “He may even be tougher because he is young,” Zhou added.
Creditors of Market Financial Solutions Ltd. , the failed UK mortgage company, are facing a shortfall of £1.3 billion ($1.8 billion) and have discovered a network of companies that were closely linked to its owner, according to fresh court filings. A judge on Tuesday placed a group of eight companies into administration following an urgent application from two creditors — Zircon Bridging Ltd. and ...
Creditors of Market Financial Solutions Ltd. , the failed UK mortgage company, are facing a shortfall of £1.3 billion ($1.8 billion) and have discovered a network of companies that were closely linked to its owner, according to fresh court filings. A judge on Tuesday placed a group of eight companies into administration following an urgent application from two creditors — Zircon Bridging Ltd. and Amber Bridging Ltd. While the group was supposed to be made up of legitimate borrowers from MFS, they were actually “closely connected” to Paresh Raja, the co-founder and chief executive officer of the London-based firm, the creditors argued. The allegations laid out in documents prepared for the court hearing add to that of so-called double pledging and improper diversion of loan repayments that creditors have already made against MFS. The firm, which borrowed more than £2 billion from backers including Barclays Plc and Apollo Global Management Inc.’s Atlas SP Partners unit, claimed to be operating one of the UK’s biggest providers of short-term bridge loans until its Feb. 25 collapse . MFS “has been subject to a well-publicized collapse, which has accelerated markedly in the last two weeks, revealing an estimated shortfall to creditors in excess of £1.3 billion due to improper and likely fraudulent conduct, including substantial lending to connected borrowers and the “double-pledging” of collateral,” according to the claim. A spokesperson for Raja didn’t immediately comment. Read More: CEO of Collapsed Lender MFS Spent on Artwork, Parties, Rapper