Key Takeaways Altria delivered $4B to shareholders in the first half of 2025 through dividends and buybacks.The company paid $3.5B in dividends and repurchased 10.4M shares for $600M at an average $57.71.MO ended June with debt-to-EBITDA at 2.0x, supporting stability and ongoing shareholder returns.Altria Group, Inc. ((MO) underscored a shareholder-first approach in the first half of 2025, returning more than $4 billion through dividends and share repurchases. This figure highlights the company’s consistent ...

Key Takeaways GEHC signs agreement to acquire icometrix, an AI brain imaging analysis firm.The acquisition aims to bolster GEHC's precision care strategy, particularly Alzheimer's treatment monitoring.GEHC will add the first FDA-cleared CAD solution for detecting side effects of amyloid-targeting therapies.GE HealthCare (GEHC) has recently announced plans to acquire Belgium-based icometrix, a company specializing in AI-powered brain imaging solutions, in a move designed to advance its precision care strateg ...

Sagimet Biosciences Inc. (SGMT) has been beaten down lately with too much selling pressure. While the stock has lost 15.8% over the past four weeks, there is light at the end of the tunnel as it is now in oversold territory and Wall Street analysts expect the company to report better earnings than they predicted earlier.We use Relative Strength Index (RSI), one of the most commonly used technical indicators, for spotting whether a stock is oversold. This is a momentum oscillator that measures the speed and ...

FiscalNote Holdings, Inc. (NOTE) has been beaten down lately with too much selling pressure. While the stock has lost 29.3% over the past four weeks, there is light at the end of the tunnel as it is now in oversold territory and Wall Street analysts expect the company to report better earnings than they predicted earlier.We use Relative Strength Index (RSI), one of the most commonly used technical indicators, for spotting whether a stock is oversold. This is a momentum oscillator that measures the speed and ...

Businessman analyzing financial data on a digital tablet, evaluating business metrics, charts, and graphs for informed decision-making.gettyWe’ve got a frankly, bizarre dynamic setting up in stocks right now.Global stocks are clobbering their American cousins this year. But here’s the disconnect: This is happening even though US stocks are hitting all-time highs seemingly every day.On the surface, it sounds like both of these can’t be true. But as we’ll see below, this setup makes total sense. We’ll also lo ...

PresentationOperator Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to DAVIDsTEA's Second Quarter Results Webcast for fiscal 2025. Today's webcast is being recorded [Operator Instructions] Before we get started, I would like to remind you of the company's safe harbor language. This webcast includes forward-looking statements about expectations for the performance of the business in the coming quarter and year. Each forward-looking statement contained in this webcast is subject to risks and uncertainties that ...

Chevron signed a deal with Israel's state-owned pipeline operator to kickstart construction of the Nitzana natural gas pipeline to transport gas from the Leviathan gasfield to Egypt, the U.S. company ... ...

I focus on producing objective, data-driven research, mostly about small- to mid-cap companies, as these tend to be overlooked by many investors. From time to time, though, I also look at large-cap names, just to give a fuller sense of the broader equity markets.Analyst’s Disclosure:I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, and no plans to initiate any such positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I ...

Let's get some fresh economic data just crossing. For that, we'll turn back to Rick Santelli. Morning, Rick.Yes, good morning again, Carl. We have business inventories. This is the July number, first month of course of the third quarter.And it comes in exactly as expected. Inventories on the business side up 2/10 of a percent. And that's exactly what we have in the rearview mirror for our final June read as well.We do see that the yield curve has steepened. This morning's data has brought two-year note yiel ...

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