PresentationAdam AuvilVice President of Investor Relations & Sustainability Good morning, and welcome to CNO Financial Group's investor briefing focused on our Consumer division. I'm Adam Auvil, Vice President, Investor Relations and Sustainability. Thank you for joining us today, and a warm welcome to our in-person audience. It's great to see you all. Our goal with these investor briefings is to provide investors with a deeper understanding of who we are and why you should invest in CNO Financial Group. We ...

PresentationPeter KeithMD & Senior Research Analyst Okay. All right. Good morning, everyone. So welcome to the Piper Sandler Growth Frontiers Conference. So my name is Peter Keith, senior research analyst covering consumer broadlines and hardlines. So I'm very pleased to have Rollins with us today. This is, to be honest, one of the fireside chats I've been looking forward to the most with the conference. We just picked up coverage of Rollins back in, I guess, it was early July. And we think it's a great con ...

Key Takeaways Microsoft's gaming revenues rose 10% YoY in Q4 FY25, with Xbox content and services up 13%.Game Pass hit nearly $5B in annual revenues and 500M monthly active users.Blockbuster titles and 40 games in development bolster long-term Xbox growth.Microsoft's (MSFT) gaming division is emerging as a vital pillar of its broader strategy, powered by the growing strength of the Xbox ecosystem. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, gaming arm delivered a 10% year-over-year revenue increase, with Xbox con ...

Klarna’s IPO has been years in the making. - Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg News Shares of online-payments provider Klarna jumped as much as 30% on Wednesday in the Swedish firm’s closely watched NYSE debut, the latest sign that a long-suffering IPO market is alive and kicking. Klarna traded at $52 early Wednesday afternoon, a day after its initial public offering price was set above the previously estimated range, before later trading around $48, up 20%. Most Read from The Wall Street Journal The offering ...

PresentationBrian SkorneySenior Research Analyst Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for being here. Well, I guess it's not quite afternoon yet, but almost lunch time. So hang in there. I'm Brian Skorney. I'm one of Baird's senior biotech analysts. Really, really excited to have with us as the next fireside chat, Cindy Perettie. She's the CEO of Kite, a subsidiary of Gilead that works on cell therapy. Very interesting acquisition that the company made going almost a decade now ago, but it's a big pa ...

Key TakeawaysMexico's Economy Minister has announced a significant increase in tariffs on cars and auto parts imported from Asia, particularly China, raising the rate from 20% to 50%.Klarna (KLAR) shares commenced trading on the NYSE at $52, marking a substantial 30% premium over its $40 initial public offering price.Paramount Global (PARA) is set to welcome Dane Glasgow, a prominent Meta (META) executive, as its new Chief Product Officer, tasked with leading tech innovation and product strategy.The latest ...

64 community organizations across Arizona, California and Nevada will each receive up to $150,000 in 2025 AHEAD program grants SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) announced today that it has awarded $8 million in economic development grants under the Access to Housing and Economic Assistance for Development (AHEAD) program. The grants will support 64 economic development projects designed to strengthen communities across its t ...

PresentationBrian SkorneySenior Research Analyst Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for being here. Well, I guess it's not quite afternoon yet, but almost lunch time. So hang in there. I'm Brian Skorney. I'm one of Baird's senior biotech analysts. Really, really excited to have with us as the next fireside chat, Cindy Perettie. She's the CEO of Kite, a subsidiary of Gilead that works on cell therapy. Very interesting acquisition that the company made going almost a decade now ago, but it's a big pa ...

Let's head over to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange where our own Leslie Picker is joined by Piachi. He is head of uh DMM floor trading at Citadel Securities. Leslie, hey Mike.Yeah, those shares set to open imminently essentially as you mentioned. It's indicated to open between 52 and $53 per share, which would be significant upside from that $40 per share that this company priced at uh last night. Uh Peter, as you mentioned, he is in the middle of getting these shares ready to open.He's known as th ...

Solana is getting hot again—and may be primed for an "epic end-of-year run," according to Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan.  The sixth-largest crypto asset by market cap is up more than 4% in the last 24 hours to $223, and earlier Wednesday hit $224.95—a mark it hasn’t held since February 1. Solana has risen 25% over the last 30 days, making it the largest gainer among the top 10 assets by market cap. “For the last 18 months, the recipe for strong returns in crypto has been clear: Take one part ...