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Sempra expected to post earnings of $1.60 a share - Earnings Preview
Sempra SRE.N, SRE is expected to show a rise in quarterly revenue when it reports results on February 25 for the period ending December 31 2024The San Diego California-based company is expected to report a 24.9% increase in revenue to $4.36 billion from $3.49 billion a year ago, according to the m...Reuters
Fri, Feb 21
Stocks
BUZZ-KBW upgrades Blue Owl Capital to 'market perform'
** KBW upgrades business development company Blue Owl Capital OBDC.N to "market perform" from "underperform" rating** OBDC provides direct lending solutions to U.S. middle-market companies** Brokerage says it's upgrading as the technical selling pressure following the merger with...Reuters
Fri, Feb 21
Stocks
Prediction: This Will Be the Top-Performing Chip Stock Over the Next 10 Years (Hint: It's Not Nvidia)
Over the last couple of years, semiconductor stocks have been some of the biggest beneficiaries of the market's newest megatrend, artificial intelligence (AI). In particular, suppliers of graphics processing units (GPUs) to data centers such as Nvidia and Broadcom have witnessed abnormally high gain...The Motley Fool
Fri, Feb 21
Stocks
1 Spectacular Tech Stock Down 81% to Buy Hand Over Fist in February
E-commerce specialist dLocal (NASDAQ: DLO) has a clear mission, and that is to "enable global merchants to connect seamlessly with billions of emerging market users." The Uruguay-based company connects merchants to more than 2 billion people in 40 countries (and counting) through more than 900 diff...The Motley Fool
Fri, Feb 21
Stocks
BUZZ-Grid Dynamics surges after Q4 beat, rosy 2025 outlook
** Shares of IT services firm Grid Dynamics GDYN.O jump 20.9% premarket to $24.76 after qtrly results and full-yr rev guidance surpass expectations** Shares could open at over three-year high, if gains hold, and set to snap four-session losing streak** San Ramon, California-based GDYN late Thurs pos...Reuters
Fri, Feb 21
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New Delhi says it is looking into 'deeply troubling' information about USAID activities in India
India investigates possible election-influencing activity by USAIDTrump mentions that USAID spent $21 million on Indian voter turnoutIndian Express reports on Friday funds were for Bangladesh, not India NEW DELHI, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Indian authorities are looking into "deeply troubling" i...Reuters
Fri, Feb 21
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Musk's X gets German judge removed in battle over election data
Elon Musk-owned X has secured a German court motion to remove a judge overseeing a legal battle between the social media giant and two activist groups over sharing election data, a court document seen by Reuters on Friday showed.Reuters
Fri, Feb 21
Stocks
BUZZ-Bernstein cuts railroad operator PTs on slow start to 2025
** Bernstein cuts PTs on rail operators, citing slower start to 2025 due to cost pressures and weather-related challenges affecting shipping activity in Q1** "The railroads have gone from being a consensus long sector to being a relatively boring group, dragged down by anemic demand and struggli...Reuters
Fri, Feb 21
Indices
DXY: Short-covering lifts USD into weekend – Scotiabank
The US Dollar (USD) is trading higher on the day overall, with yesterday’s big winner, the JPY, this morning’s big loser after Japan’s January headline CPI reflected the anticipated pick up to 4.0% Y/Y, Scotiabank's Chief FX Strategist Shaun Osborne notes.Fxstreet
Fri, Feb 21
Cryptocurrencies
Grayscale’s $XRP ETF 19b-4 filing officially posted to the Federal Register, SEC approval clock starts
According to FOX News correspondent Eleanor Terret, Grayscale’s XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal has officially been posted to the Federal Register, officially starting the 240-day clock for the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) review process. The countdown began following the SEC’s acknowledgment of the filing on February 14, and the agency now has until […]Cryptopolitan
Fri, Feb 21
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Polish president tells Ukraine's Zelenskiy to stick to cooperation with Trump
WARSAW, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Poland's President Andrzej Duda said on Friday that he told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a telephpone conversation to remain committed to cooperation with Donald Trump."I suggested to President Zelenskiy to remain committed to the course of calm a...Reuters
Fri, Feb 21
Stocks
Bausch Health Companies Inc reports results for the quarter ended December 31 - Earnings Summary
Bausch Health Companies Inc BHC.TO reported quarterly adjusted earnings of $1.15 per share for the quarter ended December 31, identical to the same quarter last year. The mean expectation of six analysts for the quarter was for earnings of $1.13 per share. Wall Street expected results to range fr...Reuters
Fri, Feb 21
Stocks
BUZZ-Rivian falls on US vehicles recall
** Shares of EV maker Rivian RIVN.O fall nearly 3.7% to $13.11 in premarket trading** Co says it is recalling 17,260 vehicles in the U.S. due to a headlight issue that could reduce visibility and increase the risk of a crash** Says recall affects certain 2025 R1S SUVs and R1T pickup truck vehicles**...Reuters
Fri, Feb 21
Stocks
3 Reasons to Claim Social Security at Age 62
If you've done any amount of digging into the matter, then you've almost certainly been advised to wait as long as possible before initiating your Social Security retirement benefits. After all, while the full retirement age that would secure you 100% of your intended payments is between 66 and 67 -...The Motley Fool
Fri, Feb 21
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Four banks fined $132 million for sharing UK bond market information
Citi, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and RBC fined by CMAInformation sharing occurred over 2009-2013Traders used chatrooms to discuss gilt salesAdds RBC comment in paragraph 11By Tommy Reggiori Wilkes and Shashwat Awasthi LONDON, Feb 21 - Britain's competition regulator has fined Citi C.N, HSBC HSBA.L,...Reuters
Fri, Feb 21
Forex
FOREX-Dollar skims 2025 lows as bulls retreat; yen yoyos
Yen breaks below 150 on Japan CPI before retreating Euro sags after French, German PMIsSterling at two-month highs after UK retail salesUpdates with midday European pricesBy Amanda Cooper LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The dollar headed for a third straight weekly drop on Friday as traders reasoned t...Reuters
Fri, Feb 21
Stocks
BUZZ-UnitedHealth falls on report of DOJ's probe into co's Medicare billing practices
** Shares of healthcare conglomerate UnitedHealth UNH.N fall 8.7% to $458.7 premarket ** U.S. Department of Justice launched investigation into co's Medicare billing practices in recent months, Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with the matter ** DOJ's new civil fraud inve...Reuters
Fri, Feb 21
Other
Europe can afford to defend itself without US but needs more coordination, study says
BERLIN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Europe needs to spend around 250 billion euros ($261.6 billion) annually in defence investments to secure itself without U.S. support, a sum the bloc could bear given its economic strength, according to a study published on Friday.This spending, equivalent to 1.5% of the E...Reuters
Fri, Feb 21
