Summary: TD Securities raised Brookfield Corp.'s price target to $75 from $74, maintaining a Buy rating due to the company's resilient franchise and expected strong growth in distributable earnings.
Full articleSummary: Deep-pocketed investors have adopted a bearish approach towards Amgen AMGN, with 33% bullish and 66% bearish sentiment revealed through extraordinary options activities. Whales have been targeting a price range from $280.0 to $305.0 for Amgen over the last 3 months. Benzinga's Unusual Options board spots significant movements with a divisive mood among investors.
Full articleSummary: Adobe introduces new Firefly app with industry's first commercially safe video model.
Full articleSummary: The FCC is taking action to ensure entities comply with civil rights protections in the Communications Act, targeting Comcast for promoting discrimination.
Full articleSummary: Google announced new tools through Google Family Link for parents to manage their child's devices, with a focus on a more intuitive design and consolidating screen-time management tools into a single tab. The update also includes easier access to account management, privacy settings, and content filters, as well as simplified device management for parents with multiple children.
Full articleSummary: The trend of 'Home Depot Dating' has become popular among single individuals who visit the store to meet potential partners, with the company embracing and even promoting the trend on social media.
Full articleSummary: Home Depot offers great deals on Milwaukee, DEWALT, Bosch, and Makita tool kits, storage shelvings, and hammers on Thursday, February 13.
Full articleSummary: First report of damage to the new RTX 5090 Founders Edition due to melted power connectors and power supply damage emerges.
Full articleSummary: United Parcel Service (UPS) short interest has risen by 35.5% since the last report, with 2.29% of all regular shares sold short. Traders would take 1.93 days to cover their short positions on average.
Full articleSummary: US stocks were largely lower on Wednesday as investors digested hotter-than-expected January inflation reading and pared back bets on Federal Reserve interest rate cuts in 2025. The surprise inflation print pushed back investor bets on interest-rate cuts, with only one interest-rate cut priced in after most of the year having two. A fresh batch of earnings indicated Corporate America's resilience.
Full articleSummary: Apple has released a native Android app for Apple TV, allowing Android users to access Apple TV+ and MLS Season Pass through the Google Play store. The app is optimized for Android devices, providing familiar features and interface to users.
Full articleSummary: Microsoft employees from China AI Lab's DeepSeek had ties to Microsoft Research Asia, raising concerns of intellectual property theft and talent poaching. Microsoft denies any plans to close its AI labs in China despite internal debates.
Full articleSummary: Apple announced a new longitudinal research study called the Apple Health Study in collaboration with researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, aiming to investigate relationships between different aspects of health using data from its devices.
Full articleSummary: There are discussions about potential involvement of the U.S. government in TSMC sending engineers to Intel's fab, with the possibility of spinning off Intel's fab into a new entity jointly owned by TSMC and Intel.
Full articleSummary: Greenpeace International's lawyers have warned Dutch notary firm Loyens & Loeff about assisting JBS, the world's largest meat producer, in relocating its corporate headquarters to the Netherlands, citing concerns over corruption, deforestation, climate emissions, and human rights abuses. JBS has a history of environmental destruction, financial misconduct, and methane emissions. Greenpeace is urging the Dutch regulators to review Loyens & Loeff's role in enabling JBS's expansion and calling for JBS' listing to be blocked.
Full articleSummary: BlackRock World Mining Trust PLC reported unaudited net asset values at close of business on 11 February 2025.
Full articleSummary: Despite facing challenges with declining car sales and profits, Elon Musk is focusing on expanding Tesla's future business into robotics and AI, aiming to make the company worth more than the top five companies combined. Musk's ambitious vision has divided opinions, with some analysts believing in his plans while others raise concerns about Tesla's reliance on cameras and AI for autonomous driving.
Full articleSummary: Neqi, a popular Italian hair care brand, is making its U.S. debut exclusively in Target stores with products priced under $20. The brand is known for luxurious, vegan formulas developed by master perfumer Alberto Morillas.
Full articleSummary: Nike SB Jordan 4 is set to return with a new 'Midnight Navy' colorway featuring updates to improve skate performance and pay homage to the original AJ4 design. The release has been confirmed by a retailer without a specific date yet.
Full articleSummary: Union Pacific Railroad is seeking Construction Management services for CREATE Project WA1 with specific qualifications and criteria outlined. The deadline for proposals is March 14, 2025.
Full articleSummary: Franklin Templeton's OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund FOBXX is now available on Solana as tokenized digital assets, competing with BlackRock's BUIDL on Ethereum. Solana's total value locked has reached $9 billion, positioning it as the second most valuable DeFi ecosystem after Ethereum. Tokenization market projects growth to $30 trillion by 2034.
Full articleSummary: The Charles Schwab Corporation's 5.95% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D (SCHW.PRD) will trade ex-dividend on 2/14/25 with a quarterly dividend of $0.372, resulting in an approximate 1.47% decrease in share price. The current yield is 5.86% compared to an average of 6.46% in the 'Financial' preferred stock category.
Full articleSummary: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC (UPS) rates highest using Validea's Shareholder Yield Investor model by Meb Faber, focusing on cash return to shareholders through dividends, buybacks, and debt paydown.
Full articleSummary: Intel is potentially considering a closer collaboration with TSMC to revive its struggling fabrication units, according to Baird analyst Tristan Gerra. Intel may spin off its fab into a new entity jointly owned by TSMC and Intel, with TSMC running operations. Despite Intel's overall market share decline, it saw a slight increase in desktop MPU share in Q4 2024. Intel was among the top stocks bought by Congress members in 2024.
Full articleSummary: NYSE plans to bring an electronic securities exchange to Dallas by relocating NYSE Chicago as NYSE Texas, following the Texas Stock Exchange's filing to launch trading in 2026.
Full articleSummary: Amazon and Alphabet's increased spending on AI infrastructure should benefit Nvidia. Despite some challenges faced by Nvidia, positive statements from Amazon and Alphabet's CEOs should reassure investors about the chipmaker's future growth potential.
Full articleSummary: Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) to host a live webcast presentation at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) Conference with focus on delivering a Smoke-Free Future and expanding product portfolio.
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