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Booking Holdings Announces a Massive 25-for-1 Stock Split. Here's What Investors Need to Know
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-19 21:01
Online travel agency Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) has long been one of the priciest stocks on the market. The parent company of Booking.com, Priceline, Kayak, and OpenTable, was trading for more than $4,200 per share as of the market close on Wednesday -- but that's all about to change. In conjunction with its fourth-quarter financial report, Booking announced plans for its first-ever forward stock split. Here's what investors need to know. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just r ...
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq slip as oil prices continue rally amid Iran-US tensions
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-19 21:00
The Financial Times reports: The fund, which trades under the ticker OBDC, also announced on Wednesday that it would sell $1.4 billion worth of holdings to institutional investors, creating the liquidity for investors to get their capital back. OBDC shares were down about 2% on Thursday. Recent concerns about private credit have taken many forms, with the most potent being the exposure that investors in these vehicles might have to investments in software companies — a favorite of the alternative invest ...
Japan’s $36 Billion Bet on U.S. Energy Dominance
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-19 21:00
Japan has made the first commitments under a $550-billion investment program that made part of its trade deal with President Trump. Those first commitments are worth $36 billion and include what Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has called “the largest natural gas generation facility in history.” The U.S. and Japan sealed a trade deal last summer, featuring a reduction in proposed tariffs—from 25% to 15%—on Japanese imports and a $550-billion Japanese investment pledge for the U.S. economy. Japan also p ...
Why Bandwidth Rocketed Higher Today
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-19 20:57
Shares of communications platform-as-a-service company Bandwidth (NASDAQ: BAND) were rocketing higher on Thursday, with shares up 14.5% as of 3:37 p.m. EDT. Bandwidth reported fourth-quarter earnings today, delivering mixed results, with a revenue miss but a profit beat. However, as is the case with most earnings reports, investors focused on guidance, which forecast an acceleration in revenue for 2026, along with margin expansion. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a r ...
Why One Expert Thinks Palantir's Slumping Stock Is an Opportunity for Investors
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-19 20:53
Key Takeaways Mizuho upgraded Palantir's stock to "outperform" from a neutral rating, suggesting the stock's recent slide could be an opportunity for investors to buy the shares at a discount. Wall Street analysts harbor some concerns that the stock could be overvalued after a strong run last year, though the average price target is still upbeat. Palantir shares have slumped lately. Does that make them a deal? Shares of Palantir (PLTR) were down about 1% in late Thursday trading. That leaves them d ...
Klarna Gets Crushed After Revenue Win Runs Foul
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-19 20:52
Klarna Gets Crushed After Revenue Win Runs Foul - Moby BREAKING NEWS Klarna is getting punished by Wall Street today after the payments company reported Q4 earnings that missed profitability expectations but nailed revenue. KLAR is down 26.5% at the time of writing, trading at lows of $13.9 after highs of $58. The brutal drop comes after their first $1 billion-dollar revenue quarter, coming in at $1.082 billion, up 38% year-over-year (58% in the U.S.). Gross merchandise volume (GMV) also did well, risi ...
Peregrine Closes 50,000-Share OLED Position Worth $7.3 Million
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-19 20:50
Peregrine Investment Management is a relatively small investment management firm, with just 19 holdings and $161 million in assets under management. And Universal Display isn’t the only stock it dropped between the third and fourth quarters of 2025. For example, it also liquidated a sizable holding in Circle Internet Group , a payment technology company and stablecoin issuer, which had been its third-largest position as of Nov. 6. In all, the firm’s assets under management dipped by $42.5 million dollars, o ...
Is XRP a Millionaire-Maker? Here's What Has to Go Right
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-19 20:50
If you invested $10,000 in XRP (CRYPTO: XRP), the native token of the XRP Ledger, on its earliest trade at $0.006 in 2013, you'd have $2.35 million today. But could this volatile altcoin churn out even more millionaire-making gains from a fresh $10,000 investment today? XRP overcame its biggest challenges The founders of Ripple Labs, a fintech company specializing its blockchain-based payments, created XRP in 2012. They pre-minted its entire supply of 100 billion tokens before its launch, and it can't be ...
Why these startup CEOs don’t think AI will replace human roles
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-19 20:47
As AI companies get bigger in valuation and usage, there is a constant debate about how AI is replacing humans in various jobs. Studies suggest that roles where AI can automate most tasks will be impacted, though some analysts believe that AI may also create jobs, with the displacement effect only transitional. David Shim, CEO of meeting notetaker and intelligence company Read AI, told TechCrunch at Web Summit Qatar earlier this month that even with the rise of AI tools, it will ultimately be humans wh ...
Why Wheels Up Experience Stock Is Plummeting Today
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-19 20:45
Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 seem likely to finish today lower than yesterday, but there's little doubt that Wheels Up Experience (NYSE: UP) stock will lose altitude. The private jet company reported fourth-quarter 2025 financial results today before the bell rang, and investors are clearly unhappy with the results, sending Wheels Up stock lower. As of 2:20 p.m. ET, shares of Wheels Up are down 11.7%. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report o ...