Stew Leonard Jr, president and CEO of grocery store Stew Leonard's, said that grocery store owners don't want to raise prices on consumers, but that the landscape of high fuel and food prices has made it tough to maintain profit margins. (Source: Bloomberg)
Stew Leonard Jr, president and CEO of grocery store Stew Leonard's, said that grocery store owners don't want to raise prices on consumers, but that the landscape of high fuel and food prices has made it tough to maintain profit margins. (Source: Bloomberg)
DeFi Technologies ( DEFT ) said on Tuesday it reported preliminary unaudited 2025 revenue of $99.1 million and net income of $62.7 million, both record highs. The company said annual revenue rose 215% from a year earlier, while it swung to a profit from a net loss in 2024. For the fourth quarter, DeFi reported revenue of $20.0 million and net income of $28.9 million, compared with a loss a year ea...
DeFi Technologies ( DEFT ) said on Tuesday it reported preliminary unaudited 2025 revenue of $99.1 million and net income of $62.7 million, both record highs. The company said annual revenue rose 215% from a year earlier, while it swung to a profit from a net loss in 2024. For the fourth quarter, DeFi reported revenue of $20.0 million and net income of $28.9 million, compared with a loss a year earlier. Consensus for FY25 and Q4 revenues are $99.25M and $22.19M. DEFT +37.06% after hours to $0.7573. Source: Press Release More on DeFi Technologies Inc. Financial information for DeFi Technologies Inc.
Teladoc Health closed Tuesday up 6%, a day after it had announced after Monday's closing bell the appointment of Susan Salka to its board. Salka is the former CEO of healthcare workforce technology solutions and staffing services company AMN Healthcare Services. She spent 33 years there. Salka also serves on the board of Parexel and previously served on the boards of McKesson ( MCK ), Beckman Coul...
Teladoc Health closed Tuesday up 6%, a day after it had announced after Monday's closing bell the appointment of Susan Salka to its board. Salka is the former CEO of healthcare workforce technology solutions and staffing services company AMN Healthcare Services. She spent 33 years there. Salka also serves on the board of Parexel and previously served on the boards of McKesson ( MCK ), Beckman Coulter ( DHR ), and Playtex Products. Separately, Pineal Capital Market on Tuesday afternoon sent an open letter to Teladoc's board, stating, "the board’s slow pace of action around key areas leaves the company open to an opportunistic takeover approach given the depressed valuation of the company’s stock at present....We believe the current market price is heavily disconnected from the true embedded value of the business and significantly misprices its positive, longer-term prospects. Pineal is also urging the board to adopt a plan to unlock value based on three pillars: cost efficiencies; a $200M+ share buyback program; and a strategic review, including a potential breakup of Teladoc's two core businesses, integrated care and BetterHelp. More on Teladoc Health Teladoc Health, Inc. (TDOC) Presents at Barclays 28th Annual Global Healthcare Conference Transcript Teladoc Health, Inc. (TDOC) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Teladoc Health, Inc. 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Teladoc jumps as Deutsche Bank upgrades on valuation Teladoc upgraded at BofA on BetterHelp prospects
Two ships carrying jet fuel are headed from New York to England as the war in Iran throws global aviation fuel supply into disarray. The Puffin Pacific and Pyxis Lamda are crossing the Atlantic and expected to land in the UK in the coming days, according to energy data intelligence firm Kpler. The last time the US sent jet fuel from New York to Europe was in July 2024, according to Kpler. The unus...
Two ships carrying jet fuel are headed from New York to England as the war in Iran throws global aviation fuel supply into disarray. The Puffin Pacific and Pyxis Lamda are crossing the Atlantic and expected to land in the UK in the coming days, according to energy data intelligence firm Kpler. The last time the US sent jet fuel from New York to Europe was in July 2024, according to Kpler. The unusual trade route comes as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz curtails oil flows and fuel production . Most US jet fuel exports — which this year have averaged about 300,000 barrels a day — end up in Canada, Mexico and, to a lesser extent, the UK. New York and other northeast US states are normally short fuels like gasoline, diesel and jet given the region is home to major populations centers and limited refining capacity. The largest fuel pipeline in the country transports products from Gulf Coast refineries in Texas and Louisiana to the region. Read More: Trump Tells World to Buy More US Jet Fuel, But Supply Is Tight
Oracle stock rose 6% as the cloud-computing and database company began to reduce its work force. The cuts come as Oracle builds out costly data centers for artificial-intelligence development. The full scope of the layoffs isn’t clear, but some employees said internal metrics show the reductions thus far number in the thousands.
Oracle stock rose 6% as the cloud-computing and database company began to reduce its work force. The cuts come as Oracle builds out costly data centers for artificial-intelligence development. The full scope of the layoffs isn’t clear, but some employees said internal metrics show the reductions thus far number in the thousands.
Singapore-based investor Circulate Capital, which invests in and finances firms that recycle plastics and create eco-friendly packaging, has raised $220 million for a second Asia fund despite a global downturn in demand for environmental, social and governance funds. The first close of Circulate Capital Asia Fund II brings the firm’s total assets under management to $480 million, said CEO Rob Kapl...
Singapore-based investor Circulate Capital, which invests in and finances firms that recycle plastics and create eco-friendly packaging, has raised $220 million for a second Asia fund despite a global downturn in demand for environmental, social and governance funds. The first close of Circulate Capital Asia Fund II brings the firm’s total assets under management to $480 million, said CEO Rob Kaplan. The new fund is backed by Builders Vision , the family office set up by the grandson of Walmart Inc. founder Sam Walton, existing corporate funders like The Coca-Cola Co. and new institutional investors including the Emerging Markets Climate Action Fund, co-managed by Allianz Global Investors. The successful raise comes after a torrid year for funds that aim to advance ESG goals , with Morningstar Inc. reporting $84 billion in net outflows from sustainable mutual funds and exchange-traded funds last year. Even so-called impact funds, which aim to do good while also generating commercial rates of return, saw $5.7 billion in outflows last year , according to Bloomberg Intelligence. “Financial performance and impact aren’t trade-offs and they can and should go hand-in-hand,” said Chris Wu, vice president at Builders Vision. “With Circulate we saw an opportunity to drive really strong risk-adjusted market rate returns and we weren’t really trying to underwrite anything less than that.” Circulate Capital Asia Fund II will aim to raise a total of $300 million by the end of 2026 with around 20% net internal rates of return, according to a person familiar who declined to be named, citing confidential documents. The average ticket size will be around $15 million to $25 million and the fund will target companies in South and Southeast Asia. While plastics will be its main focus, it will also broaden to targets in other circular economy areas like fabrics recycling and sustainable packaging. When Circulate launched a more-than $100 million fund in 2019 , backed by some of the worl...
Greece’s stock market was upgraded to developed-market status by MSCI Inc., marking a milestone in the country’s recovery from its decade-long debt crisis. The reclassification will be made during an index review in May 2027 rather than the one in August 2026, MSCI said in a statement. The firm launched a consultation in January and received feedback from global participants, including asset manag...
Greece’s stock market was upgraded to developed-market status by MSCI Inc., marking a milestone in the country’s recovery from its decade-long debt crisis. The reclassification will be made during an index review in May 2027 rather than the one in August 2026, MSCI said in a statement. The firm launched a consultation in January and received feedback from global participants, including asset managers and broker dealers. The majority of participants in the consultation favored the proposed reclassification. The move returns Greece to the ranks of advanced equity markets more than a decade after it was demoted at the height of its sovereign debt crisis in 2013 — the first time a developed nation had been downgraded. In 2015, capital controls forced the Athens stock exchange to shut for five weeks as the country teetered on the brink of exiting the euro area. Once reclassified, Greece will be incorporated into the Developed Europe single-market index construction framework used to determine the MSCI Greece Indexes. The decision follows similar upgrades by FTSE Russell and S&P Global Ratings last year and is expected to widen the pool of capital available to Greek companies. About $18.3 trillion tracks MSCI’s equity benchmarks, and inclusion in developed-market indexes is typically seen as a long-term positive, particularly for larger, more liquid stocks. Read More: From Crisis to Comeback, Greece Eyes Return to Developed Markets Greece’s return to developed status adds to signs of a broader economic turnaround. The country regained investment-grade status for its sovereign debt in 2023 after more than a decade in junk territory. Its equity market has also outperformed many developed peers: the benchmark index has climbed about 320% since its pandemic-era low in March 2020, more than twice the gain of MSCI’s developed-markets gauge.
pidjoe/iStock via Getty Images Intro Given the ongoing Iran crisis and the resulting surge in oil prices, it’s natural for investors to look for potential beneficiaries in this elevated energy pricing environment. The most direct winners are, of course, oil producers, whose topline improves when crude prices rise. Oil is a global commodity, and although there are many regional blends priced differ...
pidjoe/iStock via Getty Images Intro Given the ongoing Iran crisis and the resulting surge in oil prices, it’s natural for investors to look for potential beneficiaries in this elevated energy pricing environment. The most direct winners are, of course, oil producers, whose topline improves when crude prices rise. Oil is a global commodity, and although there are many regional blends priced differently, overall prices tend to advance and decline broadly in sync. Natural gas, however, behaves differently. The market has been heavily disrupted as Qatar’s LNG exports are constrained, and roughly 20% of global LNG supply is effectively cut off due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Unlike oil, gas is transported around the world largely in the form of LNG, which means the ability to export depends on liquefaction capacity. In the United States, only about 14% of natural gas production can be liquefied and shipped to world markets. Why does this matter when looking at the solar panel giant First Solar right now? The fact is, natural gas remains the main source of electricity generation in the U.S. Since U.S. gas prices do not move in sync with global LNG markets, the higher global price environment hasn’t translated into higher domestic gas prices. Instead, U.S. natural gas prices have even declined slightly since the Iran crisis began, while global gas prices have surged more than 50%. EIA forecast for 2024–2027 US electricity generation by source: US Power Generation by Sources (EIA) FSLR’s position in that environment This means First Solar, which primarily sells utility-scale solar modules domestically in the U.S., does not directly benefit from rising global gas prices. At first glance, it might seem like a winner in a high‑energy‑price environment, as it provides an alternative to traditional fossils, but in reality, it isn’t — at least not directly or in the short term. Furthermore, after looking closely at First Solar, I found that their production is actual...
MF3d/E+ via Getty Images Introduction Super Micro Computer, Inc. ( SMCI ) is one of those names that I have yet to review despite its growing popularity in the market. I first heard of the company back when it reached over $100 a share, and it has since completely lost its gains since the GPU race started. With the slew of bad news over the past 18 months, I want to dive in to see if the company s...
MF3d/E+ via Getty Images Introduction Super Micro Computer, Inc. ( SMCI ) is one of those names that I have yet to review despite its growing popularity in the market. I first heard of the company back when it reached over $100 a share, and it has since completely lost its gains since the GPU race started. With the slew of bad news over the past 18 months, I want to dive in to see if the company still has value left or if it can be considered a falling knife. It will also be interesting to see if SMCI can go beyond the initial AI surge, in which it was able to dominate. Current Dynamics I first believe that it is important to dive into the company’s governance history to understand what has been going on, as it is not an isolated incident over the firm’s track record. It first started back in 2020 when the SEC first charged Super Micro with accounting violations . This followed on with the EY resignation as the company’s auditor as it was unwilling to be associated with the financial statements prepared by management. And the most recent example of this has been an actual federal criminal prosecution with an indictment charging Wally Liaw and other parties with assisting in the smuggling of restricted AI servers to China . This is allegedly a highly organized effort to bypass the Export Control Reform Act, with these parties using a Southeast Asian intermediary company. The scale is truly massive, with around $2.5B in sales routed through the scheme between 2024 and 2025. Though it is important to note that the company itself has not been named as a defendant in the case. This essentially creates a valuation problem for the stock, as if a large percentage of SMCI’s record-breaking growth was linked to illegal exports, the true and legitimate addressable market is essentially smaller than modeled. Furthermore, the reliance on a single Southeast Asian intermediary mirrors the high customer concentration, which has been a highlighted issue for the firm, as one customer...
On a recent Friday night, the US made two drastic moves that could end up altering the future of artificial-intelligence-powered warfare. Just after 5 p.m. Eastern time on Feb. 27, Donald Trump’s administration declared that Anthropic PBC, the $380 billion startup whose Claude-branded AI products have recently become ubiquitous, was a supply chain risk. In addition to making consumer-facing chatbo...
On a recent Friday night, the US made two drastic moves that could end up altering the future of artificial-intelligence-powered warfare. Just after 5 p.m. Eastern time on Feb. 27, Donald Trump’s administration declared that Anthropic PBC, the $380 billion startup whose Claude-branded AI products have recently become ubiquitous, was a supply chain risk. In addition to making consumer-facing chatbots and coding tools, Anthropic had major contracts to provide AI services to the military. That relationship had gone sour when the company refused to allow its tech to help enable mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons, while the government said it should be able to use the tech for all lawful purposes. Bloomberg Katrina Manson discusses her new book Project Maven (Source: Bloomberg)
Freshfields Partner and Co-Head of US Corporate and M&A Ethan Klingsberg discusses navigating regulation, key M&A strategies, and why in the next few months we may see 'transformative M&A.' He talks with Bailey Lipschultz and Katie Greifeld on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
Freshfields Partner and Co-Head of US Corporate and M&A Ethan Klingsberg discusses navigating regulation, key M&A strategies, and why in the next few months we may see 'transformative M&A.' He talks with Bailey Lipschultz and Katie Greifeld on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley talks to Market Domination Host Josh Lipton about a recently announced partnership between Delta Air Lines (DAL) and Amazon (AMZN) to use Amazon's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to provide internet access on flights.
Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley talks to Market Domination Host Josh Lipton about a recently announced partnership between Delta Air Lines (DAL) and Amazon (AMZN) to use Amazon's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to provide internet access on flights.
Zerostack ( ZSTK ) has entered into definitive agreements for a private $107M cryptocurrency financing transaction that will significantly expand its digital asset holdings, the company said on Tuesday. Investors in the financing contributed an aggregate of 142M native tokens of the Zero Gravity blockchain to Texas Blocker, a Texas corporation formed by ZeroStack to facilitate the financing, in ex...
Zerostack ( ZSTK ) has entered into definitive agreements for a private $107M cryptocurrency financing transaction that will significantly expand its digital asset holdings, the company said on Tuesday. Investors in the financing contributed an aggregate of 142M native tokens of the Zero Gravity blockchain to Texas Blocker, a Texas corporation formed by ZeroStack to facilitate the financing, in exchange for an aggregate of 9M shares of common stock of Texas Blocker. Upon closing of the exchange, which is expected to occur on or around July 5, 2026, Texas Blocker will become a wholly owned subsidiary of ZeroStack. ZeroStack expects to hold ~21% of the total supply of the Zero Gravity blockchain. The company also plans to redomicile from its current jurisdiction of incorporation, the Province of Ontario, to the State of Texas. ZSTK +1.94% after hours to $6.3. Source: Press Release More on Flora Growth Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Flora Growth Historical earnings data for Flora Growth Financial information for Flora Growth
Never miss an episode. Follow The Big Take daily podcast today. A month into the Iran War, the Trump administration continues to send mixed messages about when and how it will end. In addition to threats on electricity plants and oil wells if a deal isn’t reached, the president said he would consider destroying another piece of critical infrastructure: Iran’s water desalination plants. On today’s ...
Never miss an episode. Follow The Big Take daily podcast today. A month into the Iran War, the Trump administration continues to send mixed messages about when and how it will end. In addition to threats on electricity plants and oil wells if a deal isn’t reached, the president said he would consider destroying another piece of critical infrastructure: Iran’s water desalination plants. On today’s Big Take podcast, host Sarah Holder talks to Bloomberg defense policy and intelligence reporter Peter Martin about the Middle East’s reliance on desalination, the potential humanitarian crisis that targeting the plants could spark and how that action could fly in the face of international law. Read more: How the Iran War Is Exposing the Risks to Gulf Water Supply US Expands Threats to Iran Energy, Water as It Hails Talks Listen and follow The Big Take on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Terminal clients: click here to subscribe. This episode was produced by: David Fox; Editors: Paddy Hirsch; Fact-checker: Eleanor Harrison-Dengate; Sound Design/Engineer: Alex Sugiura; Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Senior Editor: Elisabeth Ponsot; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver; Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.
As the war in Iran enters its second month, and President Trump signals an end to the war, many Iranians are urging the U.S and Israel to keep striking their country. (Image credit: Atta Kenare)
As the war in Iran enters its second month, and President Trump signals an end to the war, many Iranians are urging the U.S and Israel to keep striking their country. (Image credit: Atta Kenare)
Never miss an episode. Follow The Big Take Asia podcast today Fueled by a powerful mix of FOMO and a government drive to accelerate AI adoption, OpenClaw has exploded in popularity across China. But as these agentic systems gain sweeping access to personal data, reports of them “going rogue” are beginning to surface. On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, host K. Oanh Ha sits down with Bloomberg’s Luz ...
Never miss an episode. Follow The Big Take Asia podcast today Fueled by a powerful mix of FOMO and a government drive to accelerate AI adoption, OpenClaw has exploded in popularity across China. But as these agentic systems gain sweeping access to personal data, reports of them “going rogue” are beginning to surface. On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, host K. Oanh Ha sits down with Bloomberg’s Luz Ding and Bloomberg Opinion’s Catherine Thorbecke to dig into the rapid rise of agentic AI in China, why it has taken hold so quickly and the mounting security concerns pushing users and regulators to reassess the risks. Read more: There’s Method to China’s OpenClaw Madness China’s OpenClaw Obsession Is a Risky Gamble on Experimental AI