What Is Skimo? The New Olympic Sport, Explained in 60 Seconds
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-19 18:31
So, what's the new sport at the Olympics that involves running up a mountain on skis and tearing down the slopes. Here's everything you need to know about ski in 60 seconds. It's short for ski mountaineering.The basic objective of ski is to ski up and down the course as fast as possible. There's three phases: uphill, transition, and downhill. Skiers put these sticky strips called skins on the bottom of their skis to prevent slipping as they run uphill.On the steepest sections, competitors take off their ski ...
Amazon tops Walmart in annual revenue for the first time
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-19 18:30
Amazon's market cap surpassed that of Walmart's a long time ago, but only now um have Amazon's sales overall surpassed that of Walmart. Julie, and this is what's been so interesting is really over the past few years, we've moved away from comparing Walmart to Target and we've moved toward comparing Walmart to Amazon. And this is just another example.So many on both Main Street and Wall Street discussing this crossover this morning with Amazon surpassing $717 billion in sales in 2025, whereas Walmart posted ...
Janus Henderson Launches New CLO ETF, The Commodities Comeback | ETF IQ 2/19/2026
Bloomberg Television· 2026-02-19 18:27
>> WELCOME TO "BLOOMBERG ETF IQ ." I AM SCARLET FU. KATIE: I AM KATIE GREIFELD FOR A RARE THURSDAY EDITION OF "BLOOMBERG ETF IQ." SCARLET: IT IS A FULL HOUR SO WE HAVE THAT GOING FOR US. KATIE: NOT TODAY.LET'S GET TO THE BIGGEST STORIES IN THE $21 TRILLION GLOBAL ETF INDUSTRY. A SURGE IN OIL PRICES. SCARLET: WE TAKE A DEEP DIVE WITH KATHY KRISKEY AS THE ASSET CLASS CONTINUES TO BUILD ON ITS MOMENTUM.KATIE: IN JUST A MOMENT OR TWO WE WILL SPEAK TO JOHN KERSCHNER OF JANUS HENDERSON ON THE ETF THEY JUST LAUNCH ...
Bobbi Brown’s best advice for entrepreneurs in the cosmetics industry
Bloomberg Television· 2026-02-19 18:20
today. Um, if I wanted to start a company and I wanted to be Bobby Brown, um, and I want to start a cosmetics company, what would you recommend that I do. >> Well, first of all, there's nothing easy in life in general.But if you're a kid that is just coming out of college or even business school, I'd say go work for someone for a year. you know, go really like learn what you can before you start something and and maybe start ideulating and thinking what your company would be before you decide to do it. Don' ...
Ex-South Korean president sentenced to life in prison over martial law order
NBC News· 2026-02-19 18:19
Breaking news out of South Korea overnight. The country's former president, Yun Sukulele, was sentenced to life in prison for his role in an insurrection back in 2024. He was tried and found guilty of attempting to impose martial law in a bid to stay in power.Let's get straight to NBC News international correspondent Janice Mackie Freyer with more on this. So Janice, first just remind us what Yun did back in 2024 that led to this guilty verdict and why he said he did it. Joe, it was back in December 2024.Yu ...
Morning News NOW Full Episode – Feb. 19
NBC News· 2026-02-19 18:15
Breaking right now on Morning News Now, former Prince Andrew under arrest. The ex-royal taken into custody early this [music] morning amid growing scrutiny over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. More on his arrest, the [music] allegations, and what could come next.Also, new developments in day 19 of the search for Nancy [music] Guthrie. Investigators now zeroing in on partial DNA found in Guthri's home. They're also working to recover more video from surveillance cameras from the night she went missing ...
The connection between dementia and anxiety | Elaine Eshbaugh | TEDxUniversity of Northern Iowa
TEDx Talks· 2026-02-19 18:00
[applause] I'm going to make an assumption that you have experienced anxiety. And anxiety hits everybody a little bit differently, but it's not uncommon that someone might have racing thoughts, increased heart rate, nausea. If you're me, there's generally a lot of sweating involved as well.So, I'm going to put you in a place where maybe you do experience anxiety. Let's say you're sitting down to take an important test. You've studied.You know the material. And yet, despite being prepared, you start to get j ...
BREAKING: Georgia State Election Board hires private investigator, subpoenas GA Secy. of State
MSNBC· 2026-02-19 17:58
Right now, President Trump is heading ia to campaign in the special election race to replace his one-time ally turned and critic Marjorie Taylor Greene. But Trump's appearance while early voting is underway comes just weeks after the FBI seized boxes of 2020 ballots from a Georgia election hub, reigniting tensions over Trump's attempts to undo his loss six years ago. MSNOW's Vaughn Hilliard is reporting on the ground in Georgia, ahead of the president's visit for us.And Patricia Murphy is a political column ...
'How is this the 1st time he's being questioned': Congress deposes key Epstein benefactor Les Wexner
MSNBC· 2026-02-19 17:57
I'm Stephae Ruhl and this is the Midweek Nightcap. We are now 257 days away from the midterms and the fallout over the Epstein files continues today. House Oversight Committee LAWMAKERS, THEY TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO OHIO, HOME OF BILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN LES WEXNER WHO SAT FOR A CLOSED-DOOR DEPOSITION AS PART OF THE EPSTEEN INVESTIGATION.WEXNER WAS A LONG-TIME CLIENT OF EPSTEEN'S AND considered a key figure who facilitated Epstein's connections to the rich and the powerful. An unredacted portion of an FBI do ...
Ring CEO on facial recognition risks
The Verge· 2026-02-19 17:55
But when you connect a bunch of those databases, right, when you connect particularly to facial recognition, there's a there's a turn in the privacy conversation where the stakes ratcheted up really high, right. Where maybe we it's gone forever. There's a line. What's the line for you.I do think there's a there's a a balance between not allowing technology to exist that should exist that helps people and gives them more efficiency, gives them uh safer homes and then also obviously not creating to where you' ...