Walmart is getting the recognition it's been seeking for its e-commerce prowess.

Novartis will continue to do bolt-on deals and its capital allocation priorities remain unchanged, CEO Vasant Narasimhan said at a major industry conference that kicked off on Monday in San Francisco.

SEATTLE, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Air Group Inc., the parent company of Alaska Airlines Inc., Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. and Horizon Air Industries Inc., will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss 2025 fourth quarter financial results at 11:30 a.m. EST/ 8:30 a.m.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Class Action Attorney Juan Monteverde with Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), has recovered millions of dollars for shareholders and is recognized as a Top 50 Firm in the 2024 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report. The firm is headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City and is investigating Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCY) related to its sale to Allegiant Travel Company.

A rise to record highs in gold and silver after another tumultuous weekend for news headlines tied to Trump and the Federal Reserve, and to growing tensions in Iran, Venezuela, and Greenland, shows that a commodities supercycle is “firmly intact.”

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Pressure is mounting on the Federal Reserve to keep cutting interest rates, and dividend ETFs like Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X Shares (NYSEARCA:TMF), iShares Preferred and Income Securities (NASDAQ:PFF), and Schwab US TIPS ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHP) will be the first in line to benefit.

Below, we review the top 10 tech stocks of 2025, selected based on their price action, fundamentals, and presence within leading tech themes. Sandisk has claimed the crown as the S&P 500's top performer, delivering a stunning 559.4% return that outpaced the broader market by a wide margin. 2025 shifted the AI narrative. The focus rotated toward the "physical" layers of the stack, revealing that memory, storage, and energy are now the industry's critical bottlenecks.

Progressive keeps doing the boring thing extremely well: Scale up, keep margins intact, repeat. Over the past decade, PGR delivered a 92.2% average combined ratio while growing gross written premiums from $19.6B (2014) to $65.5B (2024). Costs are not drifting: The expense ratio has stayed below ~20%, supporting durable underwriting profitability across the cycle.

Popular quantum computing company D-Wave Quantum Inc. NYSE: QBTS has taken another step toward cementing its status as a leader in the field with its early-2026 announcement that it plans to acquire privately-held rival Quantum Circuits Inc. in a deal worth $550 million. The move is D-Wave's first major acquisition announced since it revealed well over $800 million in cash reserves in its second-quarter 2025 earnings results, prompting speculation among investors that the company was preparing to go on a buying spree.

Capital One Finance has agreed to pay $425 million over claims it misled consumers about a high-yield savings program.

The U.S. Global Jets ETF ( NYSEARCA:JETS ) captures exposure to the global airline industry without picking individual carriers.

Neils Christensen has a diploma in journalism from Lethbridge College and has more than a decade of reporting experience working for news organizations throughout Canada. His experiences include covering territorial and federal politics in Nunavut, Canada.

Technology giant Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) saw its stock gain in 2025 with shares up 11.5%. That gain underperformed against several of the leading broad stock market indexes.

Dole plc (DOLE) is rated Strong Buy, offering deep value and robust exposure to "real food" amid favorable long-term trends and policy tailwinds. DOLE's core banana segment faces industry-wide risks, but its size, vertically integrated assets and brand leadership provide strategic advantages. Recent divestitures and disciplined capital allocation enhance DOLE's financial flexibility, supporting dividends (~2.4% yield), new buybacks, and targeted high-return investments.

Alphabet became the fourth company to reach a $4 trillion market valuation on Monday, underscoring the scale of investor enthusiasm surrounding artificial intelligence and the dominance of mega-cap technology firms in global equity markets.

Meta will establish Meta Compute to construct tens of gigawatts of computing infrastructure this decade and hundreds of gigawatts more in the future, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday.

Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD) and Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE:LLY) have announced the creation of a new AI-focused co-innovation lab aimed at accelerating drug discovery and development. The lab will combine Lilly's expertise in medicine discovery, development, and manufacturing with Nvidia's AI and computing capabilities, the companies announced on Monday.

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