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Energy Fuels press release ( UUUU ): FY GAAP EPS of -$0.38 misses by $0.06 . Revenue of $65.92M (-15.6% Y/Y) beats by $1.39M . 2026 Guidance: The Company expects to continue mining its Pinyon Plain, La Sal and Pandora mines to process and/or stockpile ore and
Energy Fuels press release ( UUUU ): FY GAAP EPS of -$0.38 misses by $0.06 . Revenue of $65.92M (-15.6% Y/Y) beats by $1.39M . 2026 Guidance: The Company expects to continue mining its Pinyon Plain, La Sal and Pandora mines to process and/or stockpile ore and
everythingpossible/iStock via Getty Images Dear Baron International Growth Fund Shareholder, Performance Baron International Growth Fund® (the Fund) retreated 2.96% (Institutional Shares) during the fourth quarter of 2025, while its primary benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (the Benchmark), appreciated 5.05%. The MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI Growth Index (the Proxy Benchmark) gained a more modest 2.44...
everythingpossible/iStock via Getty Images Dear Baron International Growth Fund Shareholder, Performance Baron International Growth Fund® (the Fund) retreated 2.96% (Institutional Shares) during the fourth quarter of 2025, while its primary benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (the Benchmark), appreciated 5.05%. The MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI Growth Index (the Proxy Benchmark) gained a more modest 2.44% for the quarter. For the full year 2025, the Fund gained 21.16%, while the Benchmark appreciated 32.39% and the Proxy Benchmark again gained a more modest 25.74%. While disappointed with our fourth quarter results, which in our view resulted largely from a healthy correction in several strong performing stocks heading into the quarter, we are content with our full-year results as measured by our outperformance against the Morningstar Foreign Large Growth Category average, in what proved a difficult relative performance year for quality growth investors. * In our view, the dominant theme of AI continued to captivate attention and drive returns during the fourth quarter, though we highlight that during the recent quarter the market was increasingly segmented into AI haves and have nots. We believe a broad universe of quality growth businesses traditionally viewed as competitively advantaged and protected by barriers to competition due to intellectual capital, proprietary data, and/or deep client entrenchment began to be viewed as vulnerable to AI disruption – triggering material multiple compression. Examples include software developers, data-centric and information service businesses, e-commerce operators, online advertising and travel-related businesses. While we believe companies that do not invest or move quickly enough to leverage AI to protect and enhance their strategic position will be at some risk, we also believe many competitively advantaged businesses will successfully maneuver to gain market share and improve customer experience while maintaining or expanding p...
French inflation accelerated more than expected in February, while remaining well below the European Central Bank ’s 2% goal. Consumer prices in the region’s second-largest economy rose 1.1% from a year ago after a 0.4% increase the previous month, statistics agency Insee said. That’s below the 0.8% median forecasts in a Bloomberg survey of economists. Months of tepid inflation in France haven’t w...
French inflation accelerated more than expected in February, while remaining well below the European Central Bank ’s 2% goal. Consumer prices in the region’s second-largest economy rose 1.1% from a year ago after a 0.4% increase the previous month, statistics agency Insee said. That’s below the 0.8% median forecasts in a Bloomberg survey of economists. Months of tepid inflation in France haven’t worried the ECB as stronger price gains elsewhere keep the bloc’s average near target. While data for the euro area as a whole aren’t due until next week, readings from Spain and Germany due later Friday are expected to come in at 2.3% and 2.1%. The ECB has kept interest rates at 2% since last June and President Christine Lagarde continues to describe policy as being in a good place. Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau has sounded more dovish than other Governing Council members, warning that a firmer euro and cheap imports from China risk weighing on inflation this year. He’s repeatedly urged the ECB to remain agile and pragmatic when setting borrowing costs. France’s central bank expects the country’s price growth to pick up in the coming months, reaching 1.3% for 2026. Friday’s release showed energy costs dragged less on inflation in February after an increase in regulated prices the same month a year ago. Goods prices also fell less than in January, while closely watched services inflation edged up to 1.8%. A separate report on consumer spending showed a 0.5% monthly increase in January — slightly above economist forecasts for a 0.4% rise. Lagarde Finds ECB Staff Disillusioned by Lack of Opportunities ECB Closely Watching Trends in Foreign Exchange, Villeroy Says Lagarde Says ECB Must Keep Watching Perceptions of Inflation Bank of France’s Villeroy Says Successor Needs European Anchor
Xi Purge Latest: China's Top Legislature Abruptly Sacks 9 Top Military Officials China has removed nine military lawmakers from its national parliament, escalating President Xi Jinping's purge of senior defense officials, which has been a months-long trend , tracked closely by global headlines. In this latest move, first reported internationally by Bloomberg Thursday, the country's top legislative...
Xi Purge Latest: China's Top Legislature Abruptly Sacks 9 Top Military Officials China has removed nine military lawmakers from its national parliament, escalating President Xi Jinping's purge of senior defense officials, which has been a months-long trend , tracked closely by global headlines. In this latest move, first reported internationally by Bloomberg Thursday, the country's top legislative body stripped Ground Force Commander Li Qiaoming and Information Support Force Political Commissar Li Wei of their seats , along with seven other officers . Illustrative file image: Reuters The dismissals were handed down this week, with state-run Xinhua reporting from the 14th National People's Congress that those targeted include Ground Force's chief Ding Laifu; Central Military Commission officials Bian Ruifeng and Wang Donghai; Navy officers Shen Jinlong and Qin Shengxiang; Air Force's Yu Zhongfu; and Rocket Force's Yang Guang. State media has not immediately issued details for the dismissals, or specifics on investigations. Back in late January, when Xi's own right-hand military man, Gen. Zhang Youxia - at the time vice chairman of the Central Military Commission - was abruptly removed, the charge was simply "grave violations of discipline and the law." Such language is often presented in such crackdowns as a euphemism for corruption, which President Xi has in the recent past described as " the biggest threat". But critics as well as Western observers say this has served as a convenient and public PR mechanism for sidelining political rivals, and strengthening Xi's power and hold on the levers of power. Such is likely also the case with the new firings of these nine military officials. In this fresh case, Beijing has only offered that the officials are suspected of "serious discipline and law violations" - again, just like with the ambiguous Zhang Youxia case. Xi sent a campaign to eliminate corruption in the armed forces into overdrive around mid-2023, months after s...