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Procter & Gamble is riding on this year’s rally in the consumer staples sector, but there’s reason to believe the rally isn’t over yet. Procter & Gamble’s stock is up 10% so far this year, a sharp reversal from a 13% decline in 2025 when investors worried about weak consumer demand and rising tariffs. The consumer staples sector rose nearly 6% last week and is up more than 12% year-to-date, its best start since 1997. Consumer staples stocks are typically considered defensive stocks and are of interest to investors during times of economic and market uncertainty. While some of the…
Businesses are producing more video than ever before. From years of broadcast archives to thousands of store cameras and countless production footage, much of it sits unused on our servers, unwatched and unanalyzed. This is dark data. It is a large, untapped resource that companies automatically collect but rarely use in any meaningful way. To tackle this problem, Aza Kai (CEO) and Hiraku Yanagita (COO), two former Googlers who had worked together at Google Japan for nearly a decade, decided to build their own solution. The two co-founded InfiniMind, a Tokyo-based startup that develops infrastructure to transform petabytes of unwatched…
Monday.comThe company’s stock plunged about 21% on Monday after the project management platform issued weak guidance to address growing concerns that artificial intelligence is disrupting software business models.The Israel-based company expected sales of $338 million to $340 million for the quarter, falling short of the $343 million expected by analysts surveyed by FactSet. For the full year, Monday.com expected sales of $1.452 billion to $1.462 billion, compared to FactSet’s forecast of $1.48 billion.Software stocks have been sold off in recent weeks due to growing concerns about the disruption of AI and worries that new agent tools could replace it. So…
Super Bowl 2026: Why Charlie Puth’s national anthem performance is worth watchingCharlie Puth’s rendition of the national anthem hit just the right note. After the “We Don’t Talk Anymore” singer performed the patriotic song ahead of the 2026 Super Bowl (February 8), she revealed who inspired her soulful interpretation of the song. “Thank you everyone for your kind words. It was an honor to sing the national anthem. I wrote an arrangement in a very specific way in honor of Whitney Houston. I hope you can hear it,” he wrote on July 8th. Charlie, who is currently expecting his first…
Pakistan’s government has ordered its cricket team to play against India in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Sunday.listen to this article | 1 minuteinformationPakistan’s cricket team will play the T20 World Cup against India on February 15 as per government orders, reversing an earlier decision to boycott matches against arch-rivals citing geopolitical tensions.”The Government of Pakistan directs the Pakistan team to participate in the scheduled ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches on February 15, 2026,” the government said in a statement on Monday.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe announcement came shortly after Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi…
The growing dominance of the U.S. stock market heading into 2026 is also benefiting sectors other than technology. Cyclical sectors such as energy and materials have performed best since the start of the year, but further rotation into other value-oriented sectors is expected. The real estate sector is gaining momentum both in absolute and relative terms. Data center REITs in particular are an interesting group to watch for increased participation given their ties to the AI investment theme. The iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (IYR) has remained within a trading range for the past year, contributing to its underperformance versus…
Bloomberg reports that Anthropic is in the final stages of raising $20 billion in new funding at a valuation of $350 billion, with investor demand pushing the company to raise twice the amount it planned to raise. The company raised $13 billion in equity funding just five months ago, but with fierce competition among Frontier Labs and ongoing computing costs, it wants to do so as soon as possible. Companies expected to participate in the round include Altimeter Capital Management, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Coatue Management, Iconiq Capital and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, but the bulk of…
AppLovin logo placed on a laptop in New York, February 26, 2025.Gabby Jones Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShort-seller Capital Watch accused a major brokerage firm, apologized, and amended its report. App Labin Financial crime shareholders. After the withdrawal, AppLovin’s stock price soared 14%.The report, released last month, alleges ties between Hao Tan and criminal organizations, but short sellers now claim that is inaccurate.”The statements alleging direct connections between Mr. Tang and Chen Zhi, Prince Group, Jinbei Group, Mr. Tang Run, and Mr. Yang Zhihui were inaccurate and did not meet our publication standards,” Capital Watch said in X’s apology published on…
london — The British Prime Minister’s chief of staff, Keir Starmer, resigned on Sunday over the scandal surrounding Peter Mandelson’s appointment as British ambassador to the US despite his links to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Morgan McSweeney told reporters on Sunday: “The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was the wrong one. He has undermined confidence in our party, our country and politics itself.” The Downing Street Chief of Staff is the most senior political advisor to the British Prime Minister. Mr McSweeney said he took “full responsibility” for advising Mr Starmer on his appointment last year,…
Inside Team USA’s 2026 Olympic gift bag, which includes a Starbucks Bearista Cup and more.Breezy Johnson I’m sliding from one snow hurdle to another. In fact, the alpine skier revealed that shortly after winning the women’s downhill title in World War II, her gold medal handle broke. 2026 Winter Olympics February 8th. “do do not have Dive into them. I was jumping up and down in excitement and it broke,” Breezy told reporters. Post-ceremony interviewbefore showing the removed medal to the camera. “So there’s a medal, there’s a ribbon, and this is the little piece that’s supposed to go into…