(RTTNews) - Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (AQST), a pharmaceutical company, Wednesday announced that it has appointed Matthew Greenhawt, as its Chief Medical Officer.

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(RTTNews) - OGE Energy Corp. (OGE) will host a conference call at 9:00 AM ET on February 18, 2026., to discuss Q4 25 earnings results.

(RTTNews) - Expand Energy Corporation (EXE) will host a conference call at 9:00 AM ET on February 18, 2026, to discuss Q4 25 earnings results.

格隆汇2月18日｜中国地震台网自动测定：02月18日20时58分在陕西商洛市洛南县附近（北纬34.31度，东经110.16度）发生3.9级左右地震，最终结果以正式速报为准。

Moody's executives dismiss AI fears after upbeat 2026 forecast, shares rise Reuters

格隆汇2月18日｜现货黄金站上4950美元/盎司，日内涨1.5%。

Rebecca Morrison hit an incredible shot against the USA to win the game and give Team GB a chance of progressing into the curling semi-finals.

The company is using edge models that take up only megabytes of space, can run on most phones with existing processors, and can work offline.

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates has listed a four-bedroom, 2½-bathroom home in Medina, Washington, for $4.8 million, a year after he said that he would never "downsize" his extensive holdings in the Pacific Northwest, according to Realtor.com. The 2,780-square-foot house...

Earnings season is wrapping up for the S&P 500. And it's telling investors where the biggest profits are being made.

格隆汇2月18日｜知名对冲基金阿帕卢萨资产管理公司(Appaloosa Management)创办人、美股传奇投资人泰珀(David Tepper)最新提交的2025年第四季13F持股申报显示，他在季内调整投资组合配置，重点加码美光与Meta，同时减持Whirlpool等，并新增韩国ETF，反映其在科技与景气循环类股之间进行再平衡。该对冲基金季内增持美光100万股，将总持股推升至150万股，总市值约4.28亿美元；增持Meta 23万股，将总持股提高至60万股，总市值约3.96亿美元。另一方面，该对冲基金减持Whirlpool 159万股，清仓Fiserv与Truist Financial，分别卖出全部92.5万股与138.75万股。

Business leaders tout AI as a path to shorter weeks and better balance. But without power, workers are unlikely to share the gains The front-page headline in a recent Washington Post was breathless: “These companies say AI is key to their four-day workweeks. ” The subhead was euphoric: “Some companies are giving workers back more time as artificial intelligence takes over more tasks.” As the Post explained: “more companies may move toward a shortened workweek, several executives and researchers predict, as workers, especially those in younger generations, continue to push for better work-life balance.” Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist and his newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com . His new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, is out now Continue reading...

Some of the tropes are familiar, but this brutally violent and gripping film sidesteps the cliches with committed acting and fierce storytelling punch Rising stars David Jonsson and Tom Blyth bring A-game performances for this brutally violent, gripping British prison movie, as lethal and nasty as a sharpened toothbrush. Screenwriters Hunter Andrews and Eoin Doran and director Cal McMau are feature first-timers, creating a film that is a deserved Bafta nominee in the outstanding British debut category. Some of the tropes are familiar, but this film sidesteps the cliches with the committed acting and fierce storytelling punch. The scene is an overcrowded jail (filmed in Shepton Mallet) whose ugly savagery and chaos we periodically see through the smartphone screen of someone gleefully filming it – the kind of jail which has forced the government’s policy of early prisoner release to take pressure off the system. Jonsson (from TV’s Industry) is Taylor, a shamblingly submissive and timid drug addict, who can hardly believe that this new arrangement means he is due for parole in a fortnight; he is pathetically excited at the thought of seeing his teenage son. Continue reading...

You can make curd with almost any leftover fruit, as long as you add a little lemon juice for acidity and blend it to that familiarly special smooth texture I love ingenious recipes like curd that have the superpower to turn a tired piece of fruit or a forgotten offcut into something utterly decadent. Lemon curd is the original and a classic, but you can make curd with almost any fruit, as long as you add a little lemon juice for acidity. Each version is intense, indulgent and dreamy. So, please approach with caution: this spread is deeply moreish, in the best possible way. Continue reading...

With Trump blocking Venezuelan oil imports and old power plants breaking down, the island – with Chinese help – is turning to solar and wind to bolster its fragile energy system Intense heat hangs over the sugarcane fields near Cuba ’s eastern coast. In the village of Herradura, a blond-maned horse rests under a palm tree after spending all Saturday in the fields with its owner, Roberto, who cultivates maize and beans. Roberto was among those worst affected by Hurricane Melissa, which hit eastern Cuba – the country’s poorest region – late last year. The storm affected 3.5 million people , damaging or destroying 90,000 homes and 100,000 hectares of crops. Continue reading...

A Paris exhibition showcases how the Magnum agency founder documented not just battle but also victims of war It is not often that you get to see a war photographer at work. Certainly not one who more or less defines our idea of the profession as it exists today, is widely considered to be its greatest practitioner and has been dead for more than 70 years. But as part of its new retrospective, the Museum of the Liberation of Paris has produced a remarkable candid film of Robert Capa on the job. He is largely unaware he is being filmed and the cameramen mostly do not know they are filming him. Continue reading...

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose Wednesday ahead of the Fed minutes. Nvidia stock jumped on its deal with Meta.

China is gearing up to harness the extended Lunar New Year holiday to attract more spending by international tourists, as the country looks to shake off a recent economic slowdown and pivot towards consumption-driven growth. In a rare joint initiative by nine central government departments, Beijing announced plans earlier this month to turn the holiday – which this year began on Sunday and runs through February 23 – into a “consumption feast that links regions and engages everyone”. The move...

At James Monroe Middle School, located in a remote part of California’s High Desert, posters commemorating teacher appreciation week were hung beside porta-potties. They were the only toilets left for faculty members after the campus’s sewage system collapsed last year. Sierra Sands Unified School District's inability to afford to repair the sewage system — and the subsequent decision to close the school — are the result of crimes committed decades ago, forcing officials to make a host of cuts. Its superintendent is worried about the growing risk of insolvency. This financial crisis goes beyond Sierra Sands and threatens public entities across the most populous US state. The growing strains are tied to a 2019 California law that removed the statute of limitations on sexual abuse lawsuits against public agencies, including school districts, unleashing a flood of litigation against governments, schools and other public agencies. Last year, Sierra Sands, which serves around 5,000 students, settled one case stemming from abuse in 1989, and its annual insurance premiums have since risen 73% over the last 3 years — some $690,000 — a big hit for a small district. It is currently negotiating with another victim, and the superintendent, April Moore, said a large settlement on the pending case could raise concerns about a potential state conservatorship. “Victims are due their justice, their due diligence and all their protections,” said Moore. “But I am tasked with protecting and serving our students of today, and they deserve everything we have and more. And when we're taking our limited resources away from them and their future, then I see injustice at a very large scale.” The 2019 law — known as AB 218 — was passed because many victims of horrific abuse had never been compensated for the long term harm they suffered. The law was a product of a growing awareness that the nature of sexual abuse leads many victims to block out their trauma until years later. In one case that...

Tesla alumni Drew Baglino raises a large round to build a giga-scale factory, this time at his own startup.

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Richard Drury/DigitalVision via Getty Images Co-authored by Kody's Dividends When was the last time you took a quick trip to the store? Perhaps you were driving to your final destination and realized you needed to grab something. So you parked your car, ran into a CVS ( CVS ) or Walgreens, ran back out to your car, and continued on your way. Perhaps you're missing an item from your pantry that you need for your meal, so you visit a grocery store, whether that be Albertsons ( ACI ), Walmart ( WMT ) Neighborhood Market, or a Publix. What do all of these experiences have in common? With each one of them, you went to a physical location to complete your purchase. That physical location had to be owned by someone, whether that was the store itself owning its property or whether that store, more likely, was leasing that property from someone else who owned it. Millions of Americans every single day step foot inside a physical retail location without a second thought of who potentially owns that location. They're simply conducting their day-to-day business, and stores have to have a physical presence if they want to capture that specific stream of business. If I need something right now, I can't go on Amazon and buy it. Because I need it today, which means I need to go get the tangible item from a physical location. The net lease sector is fragmented. There are many players and plenty of opportunities, and often the biggest players can unlock the best opportunities because of their size and scale. Today, I want to look at a Dividend Aristocrat who has the ability to capitalize on wonderful opportunities within this sector. Who knows, perhaps the last time you ran into a store, you were running along a property they own. Let's dive in! A Dividend Aristocrat With A $14 Trillion Runway Realty Income November 2025 Investor Presentation Realty Income ( O ) owns over 15,500 commercial real estate properties throughout the U.S., the U.K., and Continental Europe. O offers the bene...

Skyhobo/E+ via Getty Images And as noted in my 2026 market outlook article a couple of months ago, I can see the S&P 500 hitting 5,000 before this year is up. And even 4,000. We may only be 6 weeks into the new year. But that potential is as evident to me as ever. And I'm going to show you below what I see. First, a few key points from that article from 2 months ago: The bond market is much closer to "making its move." I'm talking about where the big moves occur, the ones that really rattle the stock market. At the longer end of the yield curve, in particular the 10-year and 30-year US Treasury. A higher move-in rates based on inflation and foreign investors tiring of US political stagnation that fails to address the deficit and debts, OR... A lower move in rates that is essentially a panic into what is still regarded as the safest investment on the planet. Here's an updated picture of the 10-year yield. It sure is looking like it's making its move. This is a daily chart, so there can still be plenty of noise in it for a while. But that PPO indicator at the bottom is more threatening now. Barchart The risks to the AI trade stem from the simple fact that the euphoria that drove stock prices to historically high valuation levels appears wildly overdone. And as in the year 2000, that could continue for a while. My charts will help me gauge that along the way, as they have since the 1990s. But that buildup, whereby the biggest companies are scrambling to bend their balance sheets to take on debt to fund the next great enhancer of human life on Earth (which AI probably is), leaves great uncertainty about the timing of return on investment. And the last I checked, large numbers of investors get tired of waiting for a long-term story to play out. Because I don't see strong signs that if the AI giants falter, there's an army of smaller, value, and non-US stocks that will fill the gap. Temporarily, yes, as in early 2000, when the Nasdaq 100 started falling hard, and 3 sector...

Getty Images While many investors are focused on a return on capital, I believe more conservatively minded investors ought to focus on a return of capital. This can be especially true for retirees and those seeking financial independence, which a growing recurring income stream can provide. This way, investors can focus their time on outside interests while letting the income roll in, rather than trying to time their stock sales in a choppy market. This brings me to Amcor plc ( AMCR ), which I last covered in October with a "Strong Buy" rating, highlighting its very attractive valuation, synergies from the Berry acquisition, and transition into high-margin packaging markets. These factors, combined with AMCR’s undervaluation, have driven stellar results since my last piece when it traded at $40.10. Since then, AMCR has gone on to produce a 27% total return, far surpassing the 3% rise in the S&P 500 ( SPY ) over the same timeframe. Who says you have to invest in Mag 7 stocks to see strong returns? In this article, I revisit AMCR, including recent business results . I discuss why at the current price of $50 and forward P/E of 12.6, it remains a solid "Buy " for income, value, and upside potential, so let’s dig in! Why AMCR? Amcor Plc is one of the world’s largest consumer packaging companies. It provides flexible and rigid packaging solutions for food, beverages, healthcare, beauty, personal care, and household products. AMCR has operations in more than 40 countries and generated $19.6 billion in total revenue over the trailing 12 months. Those familiar with the company may know that it recently absorbed Berry Global, which strengthened its global footprint. This created a broad, integrated packaging platform across the consumer and healthcare packaging space, both of which are long-term growth segments for AMCR. AMCR recently delivered solid fiscal Q2 2026 results (ended December 31, 2025), with net sales growing by 68% YoY (driven by the Berry acquisition) to $5.4 b...

Steel company Reliant has grown dividends for 15 years. Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images Introduction Over the last couple of months, money in the market has rotated away from technology stocks. The “Magnificent 7” large cap technology stocks — Alphabet Inc. ( GOOG ), Amazon.com Inc. ( AMZN ), Apple, Inc. ( AAPL ), Meta Platforms, Inc. ( META ), Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT ), NVIDIA Corporation ( NVDA ), and Tesla, Inc. ( TSLA ) — have been stalling, but under the surface, money is flowing into other sectors, particularly the commodity sector. Despite a recent pullback, the SPDR S&P Metals and Mining ETF ( XME ) is up about 35% in just the last 3 months from its low in mid-November. Commodities futures do not make sense for dividend growth or income investors, but there are several companies that people seeking dividend growth can invest in to benefit from the rotation into commodities. Miners like Royal Gold ( RGLD ), which I recommended back in September , clearly benefit from a rise in gold and silver. And there are other materials stocks outside the precious metals area that benefit as well: Steel Dynamics, Inc. ( STLD ), Nucor Corporation ( NUE ), and the stock I’ll talk about today: Reliance, Inc. ( RS ). Reliance’s Business The company’s history goes back to February 1939, when it operated a single metals service center that fabricated steel reinforcing bar in Los Angeles. The company went public in September 1994, and in February 2024, the company changed its name from Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company to Reliance, Inc. As a fabrication company, the company purchases aluminum, carbon, stainless and alloy steel, and other metal products from mills and then processes it to customer specifications. Reliance operates in 320 locations across 41 U.S. states and 10 foreign countries. The company focuses on smaller customers — with 125,000 customers across a variety of industries, including non-residential construction, aerospace, transportation, energy...

kynny/iStock via Getty Images First launched in 2016, the Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF ( BOTZ ) is something of the eminence grise of its theme, a first mover that succeeded in its performance and now holds a commanding $3.37 billion AUM. With a 0.68% expense ratio, BOTZ is less expensive than younger peers like The Robo Global Robotics & Automation ETF ( ROBO ) — 0.95% — or ARK Autonomous Technology and Robotics ETF ( ARKQ ) — 0.75%. Its semi-annual yield of .62% is slight, as the fund remains clearly focused on capital appreciation within its chosen focus: physical AI. As a passive vehicle, the ETF follows the “ Indxx Global Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Thematic Index ,” designed to track developed market companies that should benefit from the adoption / utilization of robotics and artificial Intelligence. This is a broad mandate that includes industrial and non-industrial robotics, AI, and unmanned vehicles, which in turn allows the ETF to position itself in older, more established players and new innovators around the world. All holdings must make at least 50% of their revenue from robotics or AI. All holdings must be from the developed world and have market caps of at least $300 million, though there is a leeway for “significant IPOs” that see $2 million in average daily volume. In contrast, competitor ROBO Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF ( ROBO ) is equally-weighted , with up to 200 holdings allowed based on revenue purity. At present, it has a more dispersed set of 79 holdings, none presently more than 3%. There are no big bets. At the other extreme: ARKQ is an actively managed ETF with only 38 holdings and big bets on Teradyne, Inc. ( TER ) (11%), Tesla, Inc. ( TSLA ) (10%), and military names like Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. ( KTOS ), Palantir Technologies Inc. ( PLTR ), and L3Harris Technologies, Inc. ( LHX ). It uses a battery of analysts to apply top-down and bottom-up research to specifically identify comp...

Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images Previous Coverage I initially covered Republic Services ( RSG ) a little more than a year ago and rated the stock a HOLD. At that time, the stock was trading for about $221 per share and appeared to be trading for a big premium. Following my first write-up about RSG, the stock continued climbing, despite my valuation model indicating it was already trading for a premium price. The stock peaked at almost $260 in early June 2025; however, by mid-November the stock had dwindled lower, declining by more than 20% to a tick above $200. This occurred following the company's weak Q3 earnings call, where lower volumes drove down the share price. So essentially, there's been a lot of price movement over the past year, but overall the stock has seen minimal change, while the S&P 500, measured by ( SPY ), has returned more than 7x that of RSG. Data by YCharts Q4 & Full-Year 2025 Earnings On Tuesday, February 17th, Republic Services announced their Q4 & full-year earnings, with quarterly non-GAAP earnings per share of $1.76, which was $0.13 above the consensus, on revenue of $4.13B, which missed by $80M, while full-year revenue was $16.6B and adjusted earnings per share was $6.85. Looking at the quarter first, revenue increased 2.2% year-over-year, with almost 3% coming from organic growth in the company's hallmark waste and recycling lines of work. Conversely, their environmental solutions business contributed negative 2% growth, while acquisitions made up the remaining 1.3%. Net income for Q4 came in at $545M, resulting in an operating margin of 13.2% and bottom-line earnings per share of $1.76, an 8% jump compared to the same period a year ago, with non-GAAP EPS also at $1.76, an 11.4% spike. Adjusted EBITDA grew $47M YoY, to $1.3B, thanks to continued margin expansion, but was partially hindered by lower commodity prices. Just to touch on the commodity prices a little further, for Q4 2025, the price per ton sold at the company's re...

O2O Creative/E+ via Getty Images It has been about seven months since my initial coverage of EQT Corporation ( EQT ). The stock price has stayed a bit flat but gave 3% returns, which justifies my buy rating from before. Today, the oil and gas market remains volatile, which can be a reason for the cautious stance by its investors. But new growth catalysts can support its upside potential, especially with its robust fundamentals. Valuation is still reasonable, while technicals warrant some caution despite bullish momentum. EQT Q4 2025: Evident Strength The oil and gas market has shown extreme volatility as price spikes and drops continued at the end of the year. Even so, EQT Corporation ended the year with solid results despite mixed market conditions. In its oil business segment, things were mostly unfavorable due to the price weakness, mainly driven by the OPEC oil hike in the second half of 2025. Meanwhile, its natural gas segment remained strong as the price rebounded, although sudden and sharp changes still happened. But since it relies much more on natural gas than oil, its performance strengthened. In Q4 2025, its operating revenue reached $2.39B , up by 47.0% YoY from $1.62B. All revenue components rose, which proved its robust performance. Even if you just concentrate on its actual sales of natural gas and liquids, the YoY increase was really high. If you look at its performance per product, natural gas had a higher sales volume. This should not be surprising since the price rose noticeably during the quarter. It even reached its one-year high after exceeding the $5.00 mark. This means more profits for exploring and producing natural gas, and so its sales volume also increased. This completely offset the weakness in its liquids segment, especially oil and NGLs. Sales Information (EQT Q4 2025 Release) Meanwhile, its operating expenses increased but remained very manageable. You can see that its transportation and processing expenses, production, exploration, o...