Johnson & Johnson offers a compelling balance of growth, innovation, and shareholder returns. JNJ's robust financials, including a fortress-like balance sheet and consistent dividends, support its ability to drive growth and innovation. The company is well-diversified across thriving healthcare segments, with promising FDA approvals and strategic M&A initiatives enhancing its market position.

Twilio's Q4 report showed solid improvement in key metrics, with revenue growth accelerating from previous quarters. Key metrics improved across the board, highlighted by strong customer growth and an increase in the dollar-based net expansion rate. Shares pulled back as a lack of a revenue guidance increase for 2025 led investors to sell into a tremendous recent rally.

Holiday Inn owner IHG reported 3% growth in its annual room revenue on Tuesday, above market expectations, boosted by a pick-up in demand in the United States.

Please see below information about transactions made under the buy-back programme for Equinor ASA (OSE:EQNR, NYSE:EQNR) for shares to be used in the share-based incentive programmes for employees and management.

Please see below information about transactions made under the first tranche of the 2025 share buy-back programme for Equinor ASA (OSE:EQNR, NYSE:EQNR, CEUX:EQNRO, TQEX:EQNRO).

BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom, Feb. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new study from Juniper Research, the foremost experts in telecommunications markets, has forecast that global revenue from conversational AI services will grow from $14.6 billion in 2025 to more than $23 billion by 2027. It predicts this revenue, which originates from enterprise spend on conversational AI platforms, will be driven by the benefits of implementing agentic AI to services.

OXY has lost 21% over the past year. Weak crude prices are to blame.

MILAN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Farmfront Group (“Farmfront”), a leading global platform of irrigation providers backed by global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG), announces that it has signed a strategic commercial partnership and supply agreement with BF International Best Fields Best Foods Limited (“BFI”), a company of BF S.p.A. group (“BF Group”) to provide irrigation solutions to its subsidiary, BFI. The agreement is intended to support BF Group's international expansion plans and support agro.

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AvePoint, Inc. noted for its specialty in data management and data governance has significantly outperformed its peers from the software and Russell 2000 terrains with returns of +140% over 1 year. We discuss some of the key sub-plots of the next major catalyst - the Q4 earnings due to be held on the 27th of February, post market hours. We close with our thoughts on the technicals and the valuations which support a HOLD rating.

Elon Musk's Tesla is looking to hire senior staff in India, job advertisements posted this week showed, signalling progress in the electric vehicle maker's plans to enter the world's third-biggest auto market.

Rezolute is a microcap biopharma focused on developing therapies for hypoglycemia caused by hyperinsulinism, with promising late-stage trials for RZ358 and RZ402. RZ358 targets Congenital Hyperinsulinism and Tumor Hyperinsulinism, showing significant efficacy in reducing hypoglycemia in phase 2 trials. Financially, RZLT has a market cap of $279mn, $105mn in cash, and a cash runway of 5–7 quarters, with manageable expenses.

Gold holds above $2,900 as Fed rate cut speculation fuels demand. Silver stays strong at $32, with traders eyeing key resistance levels for further upside.

WISeKey Announces Holistic Technology Consolidation for Digital Trust Leadership Geneva, Switzerland, February 18, 2025 –WISeKey International Holding Ltd (“WISeKey”) (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a leading global cybersecurity, blockchain, and IoT company, today announces the consolidation of its advanced technologies into a unified ecosystem, aiming to enhance security, interoperability, and innovation. This initiative integrates AI, quantum-resistant cryptography, blockchain, and IoT security to ensure holistic digital trust across industries.

BAYAN LEPAS, Malaysia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ASE has officially launched its fifth plant in Penang, which will significantly build on the company's strong packaging and testing capabilities in the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone. The new plant is part of a strategic expansion plan that will expand the floor space of ASE's Malaysia facility from its current area of 1 million square feet to approximately 3.4 million square feet. Today's launch ushers in a new era of smart manufacturing for ASE in Mal.

This news release constitutes a "designated news release" for the purposes of the Company's prospectus supplement dated October 3, 2024 to its short form base shelf prospectus dated September 11, 2024 San Antonio, Texas--(Newsfile Corp. - February 18, 2025) - HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. (TSXV: HIVE) (NASDAQ: HIVE) (FSE: YO0) (referred to as the "Company" or "HIVE"), a global leader in sustainable data center infrastructure, is excited to announce the appointment of Craig Tavares as President and Chief Operating Officer of Buzz HPC, where he will lead the GPU Cloud and High-Performance Computing (HPC) data center business.

Met 2024 growth targets for sales revenue (+13% vs 2023) and total revenues (+10% vs 2023) Strong year-end cash position of €168.3 million Substantial clinical and regulatory progress in 2024, leading to multiple anticipated data readouts, product approvals and label extensions in 2025 2025 outlook reflects solid revenue growth and positive commercial cash flows to support strategic R&D investments with lower operating cash burn Saint-Herblain (France), February 18, 2025 – Valneva SE (Nasdaq: VALN; Euronext Paris: VLA) a specialty vaccine company, today reported its preliminary unaudited full-year 2024 revenue and cash results1 and provided a 2025 outlook. The Company will …

If approved, Dupixent would be the first and only targeted medicine to treat BP in the U.S.; FDA decision expected by June 20, 2025

Ring Energy operates in the Permian Basin with a high liquids mix and substantial reserve life, trading at a significant discount. Despite production increases, sales growth lagged due to lower NGL and natural gas prices, but new transit capacity could alleviate pricing pressures. Management focuses on debt reduction, aiming to reach a 1.0x leverage target by mid-2026, potentially enabling future acquisitions or production expansion.

The Dividend Triangle is a simple yet effective framework for identifying high-quality dividend-paying stocks. The Dividend Triangle focuses on three critical metrics that reflect a company's ability to sustain and grow its dividend over time - revenue growth, EPS growth, and dividend growth. Investing in dividend-paying stocks is about more than just yield.