Key Points Amazon's massive AI investments aren't as scary as they might seem. The company has significant growth opportunities in addition to AWS. Wall Street remains bullish about Amazon stock despite its pullback. 10 stocks we like better than Amazon › One of the world's best-performing stocks of all time has been a dud in recent months. Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) plunged after the company...
Key Points Amazon's massive AI investments aren't as scary as they might seem. The company has significant growth opportunities in addition to AWS. Wall Street remains bullish about Amazon stock despite its pullback. 10 stocks we like better than Amazon › One of the world's best-performing stocks of all time has been a dud in recent months. Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) plunged after the company announced its fourth-quarter results on Feb. 5, 2026. The stock is now below its peak achieved in early November of last year by a high double-digit percentage. However, buying Amazon stock when it's down this much has always paid off in the past. Will it again? 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 » Amazon's AI investment isn't as scary as it seems Amazon's steep sell-off is primarily due to investors' fears about the company's massive investments in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. The company projects capital expenditures of around $200 billion this year, with much of that spending focused on AI. However, Amazon's huge AI investment isn't as scary as it seems (or, at least, shouldn't be). CEO Andy Jassy noted in Amazon's Q4 update that the customer demand for Amazon Web Services (AWS) in running core and AI workloads is soaring. Indeed, AWS' revenue jumped 24% year over year in Q4 -- its fastest growth rate in 13 quarters. Jassy said that AWS is "monetizing capacity as fast as we can install it." With this strong demand, it only makes sense that Amazon would invest as much as possible in building out its AI infrastructure. Some investors are concerned that the company is doing too much too quickly, though. But Jassy pointed out in the Q4earnings callthat management has "deep experience understanding demand signals in the AWS business and then turning that capacity into strong retu...
Rotork plc press release ( RTOXF ): FY Non-GAAP EPS of 16.90p. Revenue of £777.3M (+3.0% Y/Y). More on Rotork plc Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Rotork plc Historical earnings data for Rotork plc Financial information for Rotork plc
Rotork plc press release ( RTOXF ): FY Non-GAAP EPS of 16.90p. Revenue of £777.3M (+3.0% Y/Y). More on Rotork plc Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Rotork plc Historical earnings data for Rotork plc Financial information for Rotork plc
Millions of households in England will pay even higher water bills than previously expected, after the competition regulator gave its final verdict on industry spending plans for the coming years. Five water companies had appealed to the Competition and Markets Authority to let them raise bills higher than was initially allowed by Ofwat, the industry watchdog. On Tuesday, the CMA said it would let...
Millions of households in England will pay even higher water bills than previously expected, after the competition regulator gave its final verdict on industry spending plans for the coming years. Five water companies had appealed to the Competition and Markets Authority to let them raise bills higher than was initially allowed by Ofwat, the industry watchdog. On Tuesday, the CMA said it would let them raise annual bills by an extra 2.2% on average. The five companies – Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East – together serve 14.7 million customers. Thames Water, Britain’s biggest provider with another 16 million customers, also initially appealed but then pulled out amid crisis talks to try to cut its debt burden and secure its future. Under England and Wales’s mostly privatised water system, Ofwat sets the amount that suppliers can charge customers over a five-year period. It said in December 2024 that average annual household bills could rise 36% to £597 by 2030 to help pay for maintenance and investment. The appealing companies had argued they should be allowed to spend more than that, however, to pay for upgrading their creaking networks of pipes, sewers and reservoirs. The CMA said on Tuesday it would let them spend an additional £463m in revenue – 17% of the total £2.7bn extra that the five firms had requested. The extra spending will be funded by the 2.2% increase for customers, which comes on top of a 24% average increase already allowed by Ofwat across those five companies. Water bills in England and Wales are already set to rise again by an average of £33 a household in April, in the latest above-inflation increase. Last year’s annual rise was £123, at the start of the five-year period. The decision could prove a political headache to Emma Reynolds, the environment secretary, after the industry’s ratings hit rock bottom last October amid record levels of sewage spills. The pollution scandal has returned to the spotlight in recent weeks afte...
Jacques LOIC France recorded a trade deficit of € 1.84B in January of 2026, much lower than estimates of a €4.6B deficit. The exports in France increased to € 5.34B in January from € 5.30B in December of 2025. The imports in France decreased to € 5.53B.1M in January from € 5.73B in December of 2025. More on France EWQ: Falling Real Rates Delayed The Bear Case, But 2026 May Not EWQ: French Stocks R...
Jacques LOIC France recorded a trade deficit of € 1.84B in January of 2026, much lower than estimates of a €4.6B deficit. The exports in France increased to € 5.34B in January from € 5.30B in December of 2025. The imports in France decreased to € 5.53B.1M in January from € 5.73B in December of 2025. More on France EWQ: Falling Real Rates Delayed The Bear Case, But 2026 May Not EWQ: French Stocks Remain Attractively Valued Heading Into 2026 Germany records trade surplus in January, exports at 20-month high European indexes take a dip as volatility spikes, yields surge Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on iShares MSCI France ETF
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Spirax Group plc press release ( SPXSF ): FY GAAP EPS of 221.20p. Revenue of £1.7B (+1.8% Y/Y). Group revenue up 5% organically. 2026 guidance We anticipate mid-single-digit organic growth in Group revenues, well ahead of IP. While the Middle East represents only 1% of Group revenue, there is potential for some disruption to supply chains reliant upon transport through the region. We currently ant...
Spirax Group plc press release ( SPXSF ): FY GAAP EPS of 221.20p. Revenue of £1.7B (+1.8% Y/Y). Group revenue up 5% organically. 2026 guidance We anticipate mid-single-digit organic growth in Group revenues, well ahead of IP. While the Middle East represents only 1% of Group revenue, there is potential for some disruption to supply chains reliant upon transport through the region. We currently anticipate this impact to be largely in the first half of the year. Group adjusted operating profit margin is expected to increase further on an organic basis over the currency adjusted 2025 margin of 19.8%, with operating leverage driving growth in adjusted operating profit ahead of the organic growth in revenues. More on Spirax Group plc Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Spirax Group plc Historical earnings data for Spirax Group plc Dividend scorecard for Spirax Group plc Financial information for Spirax Group plc
Tesla Inc.'s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Vice President of Finance, Sendil Palani, announced his departure from the automaker as yet another senior executive leaves the Elon Musk-led company. Sendil Palani Departs Tesla In a post on the social media platform X on Monday, Palani shared the news with users, hailing the 17 years he spent with the EV giant. He also hailed the "commitment and collaboration" across t...
Tesla Inc.'s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Vice President of Finance, Sendil Palani, announced his departure from the automaker as yet another senior executive leaves the Elon Musk-led company. Sendil Palani Departs Tesla In a post on the social media platform X on Monday, Palani shared the news with users, hailing the 17 years he spent with the EV giant. He also hailed the "commitment and collaboration" across teams at Tesla. Thanking Musk for his "first principles thinking," Palani shared that when Tesla achieves "abundance" and "money ceases to have meaning," the lessons applied by Musk would be the "most valuable commodity in our economy." He also said that "Tesla's mission" was so "ambitious and complex" that any narrative about the company was "naturally an oversimplification." Elon Musk Hails Sendil Palani Responding to Palani's post, Musk took to the social media platform X and thanked Palani. "Thanks for an epic contribution over many years!" Musk said in the post. High-Profile Exits Tesla's Europe Surge Amid falling sales, Tesla's European performance could come as a boost for the company. The company recorded a 10% surge in February registrations, with markets like France, Spain, Germany and Portugal reporting strong growth for the automaker. According to Benzinga Edge Rankings, Tesla scores well on the Momentum and Quality metrics. Tesla also offers a favorable price trend in the Long term. Price Action: TSLA gained 0.49% to $398.68 at Market close on Monday, and surged 0.23% to $399.61 during overnight trading. Check out more of Benzinga's Future Of Mobility coverage by following this link. Photo courtesy: Shutterstock
Paul Thomas Anderson’s capering clash between a demented repressive regime and ragtag freedom fighters is both cartoonish and deadly serious – and perfectly tuned to its times Viva la revolution and don’t forget your password, your pronouns, your plaid gown and your gun. One Battle After Another, from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, is the brawling rebel insider of this year’s Oscar race; a ...
Paul Thomas Anderson’s capering clash between a demented repressive regime and ragtag freedom fighters is both cartoonish and deadly serious – and perfectly tuned to its times Viva la revolution and don’t forget your password, your pronouns, your plaid gown and your gun. One Battle After Another, from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, is the brawling rebel insider of this year’s Oscar race; a state-of-the-nation Hollywood spectacular that feels as disunited and unstable as the country it depicts. The film hates America and it loves it, too. It’s on the side of the angels even when it’s not quite sure who they are. It lights a candle to curse the darkness, and prays to God it hasn’t picked up a stick of dynamite by mistake. “We have to stay out of politics,” Wim Wenders advised his fellow directors at last month’s Berlin film festival, and yet One Battle After Another is political to its fingertips, hard-wired to the here and now and perfectly anticipating the tenor of Donald Trump’s second term. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Bob, the one-time firebrand turned burnt-out stoner, who belatedly hauls himself off the couch when his daughter Willa (Chase Infiniti) is captured. Freely adapted from Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland, the film updates the book’s jaundiced post-60s hangover for the ICE-age 2020s as the plot careens from the migrant detention camp to the sanctuary city to uncover a Christian Nationalist cell within the US federal government. The self-styled “Christmas Adventurers” are on a heaven-sent mission to make America great again. They say, “If you want to save the planet, you always start with immigration.” Continue reading...
Sudanese scientists who have been promised research posts at leading UK universities have spoken of their “shock” and “sadness” that their hopes have been dashed after Shabana Mahmood’s decision to end study visas for people from their country. More than 200 Sudanese postgraduates and undergraduates fear they will no longer be permitted to take up places at 46 universities, including Oxford, Cambr...
Sudanese scientists who have been promised research posts at leading UK universities have spoken of their “shock” and “sadness” that their hopes have been dashed after Shabana Mahmood’s decision to end study visas for people from their country. More than 200 Sudanese postgraduates and undergraduates fear they will no longer be permitted to take up places at 46 universities, including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London, with some claiming that their lives have been torn apart by the home secretary’s “blunt” intervention. On Wednesday, Mahmood suspended student visas for applicants from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, saying she was “taking the unprecedented decision to refuse visas for those nationals seeking to exploit our generosity”. “[Asylum] claims by students from Cameroon and Sudan spiked by more than 330%, posing an unsustainable threat to the UK’s asylum system,” a Home Office statement said. Home Office sources said visa applications received from students in the four countries will be processed as usual until 26 March. However, it is “extremely unlikely” that they will also be able to acquire a valid “confirmation of acceptance for studies” before the cutoff. Opponents say the government’s claims of visa exploitation are a distortion, given that just 120 Sudanese students applied for asylum in the year up to September, out of a total of more than 110,000 asylum claims. Wijdan Abdallah Salman Ahmed, a 38-year-old molecular biologist living in Sudan, had been offered a place to study a master’s in regenerative medicine at Queen Mary University of London and was being considered for a Chevening scholarship before Mahmood’s policy change. “When the war began in Sudan, my family and I were displaced to my grandfather’s home in a village near Shendi in River Nile State,” she said. “The situation became even more difficult when attacks by the Rapid Support Forces led to our family losing nearly everything we owned, including my laptop.” Disco...
Crispin Odey, the multimillionaire financier fighting various lawsuits relating to allegations of sexual misconduct, is to launch a case against the financial services regulator over his exile from the City. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fined Odey £1.8m and banned him from the financial services industry last year. It found that he had displayed a “lack of integrity” by attempting to frus...
Crispin Odey, the multimillionaire financier fighting various lawsuits relating to allegations of sexual misconduct, is to launch a case against the financial services regulator over his exile from the City. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fined Odey £1.8m and banned him from the financial services industry last year. It found that he had displayed a “lack of integrity” by attempting to frustrate an investigation by his own hedge fund into allegations of sexual harassment, which he denies. Odey had already launched a £79m libel claim against the Financial Times, which first published claims about his behaviour towards junior female staff. The fund, Odey Asset Management, shut down in the wake of the allegations. He is also facing civil personal injury claims by five women, including one who accused him of rape, which he also denies. Those cases are scheduled to be heard together in joint proceedings in June. Odey will begin a separate legal case on Tuesday against the FCA over the disciplinary action it took in response to his alleged obstruction of an internal investigation into his behaviour that was launched in September 2020. According to the regulator’s opening submission, Odey wielded his power as the fund’s majority shareholder to bypass governance structures and protect his own position in breach of City rules. The FCA claims he is not a fit and proper person to run a financial services company, having shown a “reckless disregard” for compliance that caused the company to breach its regulatory obligations. Odey’s case against the FCA has previously led to the disclosure that an internal report into his conduct uncovered at least 46 historical allegations of inappropriate conduct towards female employees. In his opening submission, Odey will say that FCA officials had a “hostile animus” towards him, referring to emails between staff at the regulator, one of which referred to him as presiding over a “culture where it’s okay to be a perv”. He claims the r...
Karim Benzema doesn’t often involve himself in French politics. At the end of January, though, the striker gave a glowing endorsement of Jean-Michel Aulas, the former Lyon president who is leading the city’s mayoral race. “He has everything it takes to do well,” Benzema said in a video played on the news channel LCI as Aulas was being interviewed. “He’s someone who people listen to, he knows where...
Karim Benzema doesn’t often involve himself in French politics. At the end of January, though, the striker gave a glowing endorsement of Jean-Michel Aulas, the former Lyon president who is leading the city’s mayoral race. “He has everything it takes to do well,” Benzema said in a video played on the news channel LCI as Aulas was being interviewed. “He’s someone who people listen to, he knows where he wants to go and he has a lot of experience,” the former Real Madrid player added. The Lyon-born striker was later joined by Bafétimbi Gomis in showing support for their former boss. “This is not the candidacy of a party, but that of a Lyonnais,” Aulas announced when he launched his campaign in September. The 76-year-old is looking to oust Grégory Doucet, the Green mayor who was elected six years ago and is leading a left-wing coalition. As Sunday’s first round approaches, the challenger has been consistently leading in the polls, on about 40%. A second round will follow a week later if none of the four main candidates get 50% of the vote. Although Aulas claims to be above party politics, a “civil society” candidate in his own words, he has worked to secure the backing of several opposition parties. His team consists of a coalition ranging from the Renaissance party of France’s presdent, Emmanuel Macron, to the right-wing Les Républicains. Aulas spent 36 years at Lyon until 2023, during which the club rose from the second division to win seven consecutive titles, and remains an important figure in French football. He is the vice-president of the French football federation (FFF) and president of the national women’s football league, roles which have led to concerns being raised over potential conflicts of interest. Recently, Aulas was made to row back on a campaign promise to build a stadium in Lyon’s La Duchère neighbourhood for the local fifth-tier club. The FFF’s ethics committee had stepped in to remind him he was to “refrain from making any campaign promises linked t...