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French giant Sanoain is a leading global manufacturer of construction materials and building solutions and it is now doubling down on its investment in North America. Mark Rayfield is CEO of the region. Mark, welcome to the property place. So glad to have you here. >> Very happy to be here. Um, Sangobane is a 350 year old company. Why now is it saying North America and the US specifically is the place to be given all the headwinds that we have in the economy? >> Well, you know, we were founded making the mi ...

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran has suggested that the burden of trade tariffs is not being shouldered by Americans, as widely believed by economists. Miran, during an event at the Boston University Questrom School of Business, stated that accounting treatment may be obscuring the true burden of tariffs, as reported by Reuters on Monday. He pointed out that the data might show a U.S. entity bearing the burden is “entirely inappropriate” because, in reality, it is just the U.S. subsidiary of a foreign ...

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 10, 2026) - Nevada Organic Phosphate Inc. (CSE: NOP) (OTCQB: NOPFF) ("NOP" or the "Company"), a B.C. based leader in organic sedimentary phosphate exploration, is pleased to announce continued progress in the interpretation of assay results from the first six drill holes within the Upper Phosphatic Zone ("UPZ") at Murdock Mountain. The weighted average grade of 10.93% P₂O₅ is now supported by a growing body of geochemical evidence showing that the mat ...

Baron Fund, an investment management company, released its Q4 2025 letter for “Baron Asset Fund”. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Equities experienced a strong fourth quarter, capping off a volatile year. However, the Russell Midcap Growth Index (the Index) ended the quarter down 3.70%. In this environment, the Baron Asset Fund returned 7.89% (Institutional Shares), surpassing the Index by 11.59 percentage points. Favorable stock selection led to the outperformance of the Fund in the quarter. ...

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google was hit with an EU ​antitrust complaint by the European Publishers Council ‌on Tuesday over its AI-generated summaries known as AI Overviews, a ‌move that could add weight to an ongoing EU investigation into the issue. Rivals have voiced concerns that Big Tech's dominance in new technologies could shut them ⁠out while publishers ‌have been critical of tech giants using their content without paying them.' "It is ‍about stopping a dominan ...

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 10, 2026) - Metalite Resources Inc. (CSE: METL) (OTC Pink: JNCCF) (FSE: D68) ("Metalite" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced (see the Company's press releases dated January 20, 2025 and February 4, 2025) non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") of 4,900,669 units of the Company (the "Units") for total gross proceeds of $735,100. Each Unit was sold at a price of $0.15 and comprised of one common sha ...

The European Publishers Council has complained to EU antitrust regulators about Alphabet unit Google's AI-generated summaries known as AI Overviews, the lobbying group said on Tuesday. ...

On CNBC's “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Bryn Talkington, managing partner of Requisite Capital Management, named Horizon Kinetics Inflation Beneficiaries ETF (NYSE:INFL) as her final trade.Stephen Weiss, chief investment officer and managing partner of Short Hills Capital Partners, picked Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) .On the earnings front, Amazon.com reported mixed fourth-quarter financial results on Feb. 5. The company reported fourth-quarter net sales of $213.39 billion, up 14% year over year. The re ...

SolarAfrica has secured R1.5bn ($93.9m) in financing to advance its 114MW SunCentral 2 solar project in the Northern Cape, South Africa. Funding came from FirstRand Bank, through its Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) unit, alongside Investec Bank’s corporate and institutional banking division. The SunCentral 2 solar project is expected to deliver its first power supply by 2026. This development is part of SolarAfrica's broader initiative to expand access to clean energy using utility-scale renewable generation ...