Bringing Korean Luxury Skincare to Amazon's Curated Prestige Platform NEW YORK, March 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AP Beauty, a leader in luxury Korean skincare, debuts in Amazon's Luxury Stores in the U.S., bringing its clinically tested, high-performance formulas to Amazon's curated destination for prestige beauty. Customers can now discover the brand's science-driven skincare through an elevated di...
Bringing Korean Luxury Skincare to Amazon's Curated Prestige Platform NEW YORK, March 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AP Beauty, a leader in luxury Korean skincare, debuts in Amazon's Luxury Stores in the U.S., bringing its clinically tested, high-performance formulas to Amazon's curated destination for prestige beauty. Customers can now discover the brand's science-driven skincare through an elevated digital shopping experience designed for luxury shoppers. AP Logo Rooted in a legacy of research excellence, AP Beauty is renowned for pioneering Korean skincare innovations that deliver visible results and elevated sensory experiences. Each formula blends proprietary ingredients with precision–engineered textures to support visibly firmer, smoother, more radiant skin across all key anti–aging categories. Now Available in Amazon's Luxury Stores M.D. Collection - Clinically inspired formulas that support visible firmness, smoother texture, and improved resilience. Key products include M.D. Dual Repair Lift Cream and Rejuvenating Booster Shot M.D. Serum, delivering deep hydration, a strengthened moisture barrier, and a visibly lifted appearance. PRIME RESERVE Collection - The pinnacle of AP Beauty luxury skincare, crafted with Flavonoid 228KTM, a proprietary antioxidant–rich complex. Hero innovations, including the Retrinity Serum and Retrinity Cream, visibly enhance elasticity, refine texture, and strengthen skin for a more youthful appearance. A.O. Collection - Formulated with A.Oxinol™, delivering 3.7× the antioxidant power of Vitamin C derivatives*, The A.O. Collection visibly enhances clarity, smoothness and vitality while helping defend skin against external aggressors. *Based on the ingredient specific in vitro result High–Performance Cleansing Rituals AP Beauty's advanced cleansing portfolio elevates the first step of the skincare ritual, including Refining Powder–to–Foam Cleanser, Ultimate Oil–to–Milk Cleanser, and M.D. Micro Intensive Cream–to–Foam Cleanser designed t...
Earnings Call Insights: Stagwell Inc. (STGW) Q4 2025 Management View Mark Penn, Chairman & CEO, described 2025 as a year of "accelerating ex-advocacy growth, net new business, expanding firm cost controls and doubled free cash flow." Penn announced a "strong accelerated buyback" and highlighted a pivot toward AI application development, citing this shift as "paying off." The company reported 6% gr...
Earnings Call Insights: Stagwell Inc. (STGW) Q4 2025 Management View Mark Penn, Chairman & CEO, described 2025 as a year of "accelerating ex-advocacy growth, net new business, expanding firm cost controls and doubled free cash flow." Penn announced a "strong accelerated buyback" and highlighted a pivot toward AI application development, citing this shift as "paying off." The company reported 6% growth for 2025, led by 13% in digital transformation and 6% in Marketing Services, with organic growth of 9% and 5% in those segments, respectively. He noted "a sequential improvement of 250 basis points and a 10.1% gain over year-over-year" in the 2-year organic net revenue growth stack. Penn outlined expectations for "approximately 10% net revenue growth in 2026, principally organic in nature as political increases, new business rises, AI products come to market, and we focus on client retention." He cited several drivers: industry consolidation, e-commerce/media wins at GALE, new government contract opportunities, a political super cycle, improved client retention, and new AI-based business lines. Premium content creation remains in "very significant demand," with top 25 customers growing 20% year-over-year and now representing 29% of revenue. The Marketing Cloud segment surpassed $105 million in revenue and grew 34% organically for the full year. Penn announced a new partnership with AppLovin to enhance Stagwell’s media offering and revealed a $350 million expansion of the buyback authorization, with intentions to "use the $400 million of capacity we now have aggressively as long as our stock is undervalued." Ryan Greene, Chief Financial Officer, stated: "Revenue increased by 2.4% year-over-year to $807 million, and net revenue increased by 3.4% to $651 million. Both represent quarter records for Stagwell with growth concentrated in integrated creative, performance media and technology-enabled marketing." Greene highlighted margin improvement and the success of cost init...
Earnings Call Insights: Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR) Q4 2025 Management View CEO Sheldon Koenig stated, "2025 was a defining and transformative year for our company, representing our strongest performance to date. We fortified our financial foundation, continued our strong commercial execution and reinforced our commitment to the patients who inspire everything we do." Koenig highlighted the intro...
Earnings Call Insights: Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR) Q4 2025 Management View CEO Sheldon Koenig stated, "2025 was a defining and transformative year for our company, representing our strongest performance to date. We fortified our financial foundation, continued our strong commercial execution and reinforced our commitment to the patients who inspire everything we do." Koenig highlighted the introduction of "Vision 2040," which sets long-term ambitions for the company and is already in execution with the announced acquisition of Corstasis Therapeutics. Koenig described the Corstasis acquisition as "a transformational step that will give us 2 powerful global franchises to grow, our global bempedoic acid portfolio and Enbumyst, a first-in-class intranasal diuretic addressing meaningful needs in heart failure care." He emphasized the strategic fit, cross-selling synergies, and potential to address a $4-plus billion U.S. outpatient heart failure market. International expansion was highlighted with Daiichi Sankyo Europe increasing royalty revenue by 51% in Q4, expanding access to 30 countries, and launching in France. Otsuka launched NEXLETOL in Japan after regulatory approval, with early market reception described as surpassing expectations. The pipeline advanced with ESP-2001 nominated for primary sclerosing cholangitis and plans to initiate clinical studies by year-end. CFO Benjamin Halladay reported, "Fourth quarter 2025 total revenue was $168.4 million, an increase of 144%. U.S. net product revenue was $43.7 million compared to $31.6 million for the comparable period in 2024, an increase of approximately 38%. Collaboration revenue was $124.7 million compared to $37.6 million for the comparable period in 2024, an increase of approximately 232%, driven by a onetime payment of $90 million received from Otsuka related to regulatory approval and favorable NHI price listing." Halladay added, "We ended the year with $55 million less in debt by paying off the 2025 convertib...
The partnership commits to deploying at least one gigawatt of next-generation Nvidia Vera Rubin systems. These will power Thinking Machines’ frontier model training and enterprise AI platforms. Deployment is targeted for early next year. The agreement also includes joint efforts to design training and serving systems for NVIDIA architectures. It aims to broaden access to frontier AI and open model...
The partnership commits to deploying at least one gigawatt of next-generation Nvidia Vera Rubin systems. These will power Thinking Machines’ frontier model training and enterprise AI platforms. Deployment is targeted for early next year. The agreement also includes joint efforts to design training and serving systems for NVIDIA architectures. It aims to broaden access to frontier AI and open models for enterprises, research institutions and the scientific community. Jensen Huang Speaks on the Vision Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said. “Thinking Machines has brought together a world-class team to advance the frontier of AI. We are thrilled to partner with Thinking Machines to realize their exciting vision for the future of AI.” Murati, cofounder and CEO of Thinking Machines said. “This partnership accelerates our capacity to build AI that people can shape and make their own, as it shapes human potential in turn.” Background: A Startup Under Pressure Heath wrote that the company “lacks a clear product/business” direction. Sources also told him that “at least a few employees resigned after a tense all-hands meeting.” Murati founded Thinking Machines in early 2025 after leaving OpenAI in late 2024. She served briefly as OpenAI’s interim CEO during Sam Altman‘s temporary ouster in November 2023 before returning to her CTO role. NVDA Price Action: Nvidia shares were up 0.62% at $183.79 at the time of publication on Tuesday, according to Benzinga Pro data. Photo Courtesy: Below the Sky on Shutterstock.com
Tom Conrad’s tenure as CEO of Sonos Inc. kicked off with both personal and company crises. He had spent years as a board member of the audio company, which at the start of 2025 was dealing with the fallout of a disastrous app redesign from the prior spring. Around the time the board began discussing a leadership change, the massive Palisades Fire broke out near Conrad’s Los Angeles home. He and hi...
Tom Conrad’s tenure as CEO of Sonos Inc. kicked off with both personal and company crises. He had spent years as a board member of the audio company, which at the start of 2025 was dealing with the fallout of a disastrous app redesign from the prior spring. Around the time the board began discussing a leadership change, the massive Palisades Fire broke out near Conrad’s Los Angeles home. He and his wife, baby and dog packed into the car to flee to Santa Barbara, near where Sonos is based. His house survived the blaze but was robbed while he was gone. All the while, the company was closing in on naming him interim CEO. “It was a crazy week,” Conrad said. Since taking over the top spot in January 2025 — a role made permanent in July — Conrad has been tasked with reorienting a company that had cultivated a mass following only to see frustrated customers revolt after the overhaul of the app that runs its household speaker systems. The backlash led to executive departures, layoffs and a pause in new product releases. Now, the company is finding its footing. Sonos on Tuesday introduced its first new consumer product since late 2024, a $299 wireless speaker called the Sonos Play that slots in between its portable Roam 2 and larger, heavier Move 2. After Conrad dedicated most of last year to getting the much maligned app to a better place, complaints about the software have dramatically slowed. The stock has almost doubled from a multiyear low last April, while remaining well below its all-time high in 2021. Conrad, a former executive with Snap Inc., Pandora and the ill-fated Quibi, is looking to a new path for Sonos: Sell people on the flexibility and convenience of its whole-home system more than any singular product. This, he says, will gradually lead customers in Sonos’ 17 million homes to buy more of its hardware. “When you look at what we do, it is every dimension of sound,” he said in an interview at Sonos’ headquarters last month. Whether customers are ready to full...
Worawith Ounpeng/iStock via Getty Images By Kyle Richards Aggregate equity repurchases for midstream MLPs and corporations remained healthy in 4Q25 as Cheniere Energy ( LNG ) spent over $1 billion on buybacks for a second consecutive quarter. Familiar players also used their authorizations during the quarter. Buybacks complement ongoing dividend growth ( discussed last week ), which tends to be th...
Worawith Ounpeng/iStock via Getty Images By Kyle Richards Aggregate equity repurchases for midstream MLPs and corporations remained healthy in 4Q25 as Cheniere Energy ( LNG ) spent over $1 billion on buybacks for a second consecutive quarter. Familiar players also used their authorizations during the quarter. Buybacks complement ongoing dividend growth ( discussed last week ), which tends to be the primary means for returning cash to shareholders. This note digs into 4Q25 repurchase activity and compares 2025 total buybacks with recent years. Midstream Buyback Activity Remained Strong in 4Q25 For 4Q25, eight constituents of the broad Alerian Midstream Energy Index (AMNA) repurchased an aggregate $1.31 billion in equity, compared with nine names repurchasing a combined $1.59 billion in 3Q25 ( read more ). For context, 3Q25 total buybacks were the highest ever seen for AMNA constituents. Throughout 2025, 10 names in total repurchased $4.55 billion in common equity, and six names spent over $100 million. This marks a roughly 20% jump from the $3.76 billion repurchased across eight constituents in 2024, and narrowly beat the previous yearly record of $4.5 billion from 2022. As shown below, Cheniere’s buybacks were ~30% of the total repurchase spend in 2022 compared to almost 60% of the total in 2025. Cheniere led the way in 4Q25 with $1.02 billion in repurchases. Cheniere has typically had the highest quarterly buyback spend among midstream companies in recent years. This quarter matched the $1.02 billion spent in 3Q25, driving total 2025 repurchases for the company to $2.69 billion. Cheniere’s Board approved an incremental $9 billion in repurchase authorization in February, bringing its total buyback authorization to over $10 billion through 2030. MLPs MPLX ( MPLX ) and Enterprise Products Partners ( EPD ) followed, repurchasing $100 million and $50 million in common units during 4Q25, respectively. Looking ahead to 2026, EPD expects around $1 billion in discretionary ...
According to an Axios report, this effort will see the companies tapping into underused electricity grid capacity, as part of a new coalition named Utilize. Tesla Inc. (TSLA) and Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOG, GOOGL) have reportedly joined hands to address concerns of energy affordability. Add Asianet Newsable as a Preferred Source According to an Axios report, this effort will see the companies tapping i...
According to an Axios report, this effort will see the companies tapping into underused electricity grid capacity, as part of a new coalition named Utilize. Tesla Inc. (TSLA) and Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOG, GOOGL) have reportedly joined hands to address concerns of energy affordability. Add Asianet Newsable as a Preferred Source According to an Axios report, this effort will see the companies tapping into underused electricity grid capacity, as part of a new coalition named Utilize. Tesla shares were up nearly 1% in Tuesday’s pre-market trade, while Alphabet’s Class A shares were down around 0.3% at the time of writing. Retail sentiment around TSLA stock trended in the ‘extremely bullish’ territory on the platform. Get updates to this story developing directly on Stocktwits.< For updates and corrections, email newsroom[at]stocktwits[dot]com.
Over the last few years, Palantir Technologies (PLTR 2.86%) has evolved from a data analytics provider heavily utilized by the Department of Defense into one of the premier artificial intelligence (AI) operating systems purpose-built for the modern enterprise. Last summer, CEO Alex Karp laid out a vision for the company that would see it 10x its revenue while simultaneously reducing its headcount....
Over the last few years, Palantir Technologies (PLTR 2.86%) has evolved from a data analytics provider heavily utilized by the Department of Defense into one of the premier artificial intelligence (AI) operating systems purpose-built for the modern enterprise. Last summer, CEO Alex Karp laid out a vision for the company that would see it 10x its revenue while simultaneously reducing its headcount. While this goal may seem like a moonshot, the accelerating deployments of Palantir's Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) underscore the software's value to clients across various industries. If Palantir can achieve Karp's vision, I think it could grow to a $1 trillion valuation within the next five years. Palantir AIP is a prolific enterprise software tool For much of its history, the largest share of Palantir's growth was driven by deals with the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies. That dynamic continued to bolster the company's top line in 2025. Last year, Palantir won a 10-year deal with the U.S. Army worth up to $10 billion as well as a $795 million expansion of its deal with the U.S. military for its Maven Smart System. While the fact that the company is still tightening its relationship with the U.S. government is encouraging, Palantir's most lucrative potential lies in its ability to improve corporate workflows. In 2025, the company's U.S. commercial segment grew by 109% to $1.5 billion, and management's guidance is for it to grow by at least 115% in 2026. Expand NASDAQ : PLTR Palantir Technologies Today's Change ( -2.86 %) $ -4.48 Current Price $ 151.95 Key Data Points Market Cap $374B Day's Range $ 150.98 - $ 156.59 52wk Range $ 66.12 - $ 207.52 Volume 652K Avg Vol 49M Gross Margin 82.37 % A secret competitive advantage Large organizations increasingly need secure access to artificial intelligence systems that can navigate messy, disparate datasets in real-world environments -- from hospitals to global supply chains across manufacturing and logistics facil...
designer491/iStock via Getty Images Thesis The story for the past months has been around the crash in CLO equity funds. Even the large outlet Bloomberg jumped on the bandwagon with the following story: Bloomberg headline (Bloomberg) The crux of the issue has been the sudden decrease in value and total return as investors re-assess the health of the economy and credit spreads: Performance (YCharts)...
designer491/iStock via Getty Images Thesis The story for the past months has been around the crash in CLO equity funds. Even the large outlet Bloomberg jumped on the bandwagon with the following story: Bloomberg headline (Bloomberg) The crux of the issue has been the sudden decrease in value and total return as investors re-assess the health of the economy and credit spreads: Performance (YCharts) When looking at some of the largest funds like the Eagle Point Credit Company ( ECC ), the Oxford Lane Capital Corp ( OXLC ), the Carlyle Credit Income Fund ( CCIF ) and Sound Point Meridian Capital ( SPMC ) we see the same story: total returns between -30% and -41% in the past year. We are using a total return component in order to include the very high dividends included in the funds distributions. In today's article we are going to show readers that while the common equity has been under pressure for OXLC, its bonds are still safe and present a compelling opportunity. What does OXLC do? Let us start by looking at what a fund like OXLC actually does: Oxford Lane Capital Corp is a publicly-traded closed-end management investment company that has registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Our investment objective is to maximize our portfolio’s total return. Our current focus is to seek an attractive risk-adjusted total return by investing primarily in debt and equity tranches of CLO vehicles, which are collateralized principally by a diverse portfolio of senior loans, and which generally have little to no exposure to real estate loans, mortgage loans or pools of consumer-based debt, such as credit card receivables or auto loans. OXLC invests in CLO equity tranches, the most junior in a CLO structure: CLO capital structure (Pinebridge) The equity in a CLO is the most junior tranche and represents the first loss one as well. For this investors are compensated handsomely, with yields from 12% to 25%. In effect investors here take...