The exchange-traded fund industry is having a record year with assets already hitting over $1 trillion+ and active managers are driving a big part of that growth.  "Third-quarter activity confirmed what we’ve seen building over the past several years: Active ETFs continue to drive innovation and flows," wrote Dan Aronson, Managing Director, ETF Client Product Specialist Group, in Janus Henderson’s ‘ETF Pulse’ through the 3Q.Active managers can be part of the decision-making in which stocks to include using ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xcel Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: XELB) (“Xcel” or the “Company”), announces today that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement for a private investment in public equity (“PIPE”) financing that is expected to result in gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $2.05 million, before deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes and working capital. Pursuan ...

SÃO PAULO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Suzano, the world's largest pulp producer, has commenced operations this week at its new fluff pulp production line located in its Limeira unit in Brazil's São Paulo state. This R$490 million investment increases Suzano's total fluff pulp production capacity by more than 400%, from 100,000 to 440,000 tonnes per year. The project involved converting the existing pulp line at the Limeira unit into a flexible machine, capable of producing both Eucafluff® and market pulp. ...

Data management stock Pure Storage (PSTG) has carved a choppy path lower since its Nov. 3 record high of $100.45, mostly due to a Dec. 3 post-earnings drop of 27.3%. At last check today, PSTG was down 4.6% to trade at $66.54 – roughly 33% below its all-time peak. The shares could soon stage a comeback, however, as the pullback has them running into technical support on the charts. On the daily chart, the 180-day moving average looks like it’s keeping today’s losses in check. More importantly, however, is th ...

(Photo by PEDRO UGARTE / AFP) (Photo by PEDRO UGARTE/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesOoof, it’s been a difficult season for Hollywood traditionalists: one of its most revered studios may be bought by Netflix; beloved Disney characters are headed to OpenAI’s controversial Sora AI video app; and now, the Oscars will be available only through Alphabet-owned YouTube and YouTube TV beginning in 2029. That latter announcement arrived today from the Motion Picture Academy, stunning news for an already bat ...

2025 was a big year for dealmaking, and activity has particularly focused on laggards in the small- and mid-cap space. In education, Coursera ( COUR ) just announced its all-stock purchase of its slightly smaller rival, Udemy ( UDMY ).With combined experience of covering technology companies on Wall Street and working in Silicon Valley, and serving as an outside adviser to several seed-round startups, Gary Alexander has exposure to many of the themes shaping the industry today. He has been a regular contrib ...

A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked Michigan state from enforcing a 2020 order to shut down Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline running beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes, a court filing showed. ...

US stocks, as represented by the benchmark S&P 500 index, are on track to close the year in green. But a so- called "Santa Claus rally†may not show up this year – and that doesn't paint a particularly rosy picture of what's to come in 2026, says Jonathan Krinsky, chief market technician at BTIG. ...

So, how does all of this ultimately though play out. Helma Croft is MD and head of global commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets. Helma, the key word here, sanction, right.This is not all oil coming Venezuela. It's not from Venezuela. It's not a complete blockade of all of Maduro's oil.So, how much do we think it is. And what kind of damage might it do. >> Well, it's certainly not the 250,000 barrels a day that Chevron exports from Venezuela.So, we're talking about the remainder. Are we talking about 5 t ...

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