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Flex to Acquire Electrical Power Products for $1.1B, Expanding Power Infrastructure Portfolio
Flex Ltd. announced a definitive agreement to acquire Electrical Power Products for approximately $1.1 billion in cash. The target contributes roughly $323 million of annual revenue and delivers a mid‑to‑high‑teens EBITDA margin. Flex expects the transaction to be accretive to adjusted earnings per share in the first full fiscal year after closing.
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The escalating Middle‑East conflict is dampening confidence in aviation asset‑backed securities (ABS), prompting issuers to reassess new deals. Investors fear heightened geopolitical risk could trigger airline defaults and impair aircraft lease cash flows. Consequently, global issuance volumes are expected to stall, with pricing pressure evident across both U.S. and European markets. The broader ABS sector may see a shift toward more conservative structures as market participants seek protection.
Corebridge Financial reported a record $42 billion in 2025 sales, a 15% rise in adjusted pretax operating income to $760 million, and operating EPS of $1.22. The company completed the industry’s largest variable annuity reinsurance transaction, reducing legacy liabilities to roughly 1%...
Pangaea Logistics Solutions (Palomar) posted a record $2 billion gross written premium for 2025, a 32% increase, and adjusted net income of $216.1 million, up 62% year‑over‑year. Adjusted return on equity rose to 25.9%, surpassing its 2x target. The company completed the...
Motorsport Games reported a 37.7% year‑over‑year revenue increase to $2.6 million in Q2 2025, driven by Le Mans Ultimate DLC sales and rapid growth of its Race Control subscription service. Net income more than doubled to $4.2 million, delivering the company’s first positive operating...
loanDepot closed 2024 by completing its Vision 2025 cost‑reset program and announced a leadership transition, with CEO Frank Martell stepping down after the June 4 annual meeting. The fourth‑quarter adjusted net loss widened to $47 million, but pull‑through weighted rate‑lock volume...
Cooper‑Standard reported full‑year 2025 sales of $2.74 billion, a modest 0.4% increase driven by favorable foreign‑exchange and pricing recoveries. Adjusted EBITDA rose to $209.7 million, reaching the high end of management guidance, while GAAP net loss narrowed dramatically to $4.2 million. The company...
Avalara has launched an AI‑powered Agentic Tax and Compliance platform, featuring the Avi Agent that automates tax and regulatory tasks within Microsoft Dynamics ERP. The solution leverages natural‑language APIs and a proprietary LLM framework to handle complex rules across more...
KVH Industries reported a 27% jump in Q4 service revenue to $28.3 million, driven by rapid subscriber growth and a massive expansion of its Starlink LEO data pool. The company added roughly 2,000 vessels, pushing the total contract fleet above 9,000,...
Priority Technology Holdings reported broad‑based same‑store sales weakness in its merchant solutions segment, with restaurants, construction and wholesale trade hit hardest. A $2 million year‑over‑year revenue headwind stemmed from residual‑purchase runoff and lower end‑market revenue, improving from a $4.5 million drag earlier...
AerSale reported Q4 2025 revenue of $90.9 million, a 4% decline, while adjusted EBITDA rose 17.1% to $15.2 million. Excluding volatile flight‑equipment sales, revenue grew 9.8% in the quarter and 18.7% for the full year, driving a 38.2% increase in full‑year adjusted...
Oracle reported Q3 FY2026 results highlighting a $523.3 billion RPO backlog, up 433% year‑over‑year, and total cloud revenue of $8 billion, representing 33% growth and half of overall revenue. Cloud infrastructure surged 66% to $4.1 billion, with GPU‑related revenue jumping 177%, while multi‑cloud...
Investment banks and mortgage lenders are discussing a potential increase in the issuance of Credit Asset Securities (CAS) and Structured Trade Asset-Backed Credit Receivables (STACR) following a strong Q4 performance in the US mortgage market. The proposal aims to tap...
Kohl's reported a 3.9% decline in net sales for Q4 2025 and a 4% drop for the full year, driven by weaker store traffic and weather impacts. Despite the top‑line weakness, gross margin rose 25 basis points to 33.1% and...
Ultralife Corp reported Q2 2025 revenue of $48.6 million, a 13% increase year‑over‑year, driven by the Electrochem acquisition and a 61% jump in government defense sales within its battery segment. Net income fell to $0.9 million ($0.05 EPS GAAP) as...
Aviat Networks reported Q3 2026 revenue of $111.5 million, a year‑over‑year decline but a 5.9% increase in the first six months. Adjusted EBITDA rose to $11.3 million, representing 10.1% of revenue, while operating cash flow hit $23.9 million and net...
Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings reported a full‑year revenue of $122.8 million, a 25% increase, and posted a net income of $4.1 million, reversing a loss from the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA rose to $45.3 million, and management forecast 2026 revenue of $135‑$145 million with...
Global Infrastructure Partners and EQT, backed by CalPERS and Qatar Investment Authority, have agreed to acquire AES Corp in an all‑cash deal valuing equity at $10.7 bn and enterprise value around $33.4 bn, offering shareholders $15 per share—a 40.3% premium. Meanwhile, Volkswagen’s...
Arq Inc. reported FY2025 revenue of $120.3 million, a 10 % increase year‑over‑year, driven by record powdered activated carbon (PAC) sales. Gross margins fell to 27.9 % as the company incurred a $45 million non‑cash impairment and higher costs from its granular activated carbon...
MegaWatt Lithium and Battery Metals Corp. announced a proposed share consolidation at a 12‑to‑1 ratio, reducing its outstanding common shares from roughly 37.25 million to about 3.1 million. The consolidation will be effective once approved by the Canadian Securities Exchange, with no...
Two recent law review articles by Northwestern’s Max Schanzenbach and Harvard’s Robert Sitkoff examine the legal landscape of university endowment divestment driven by non‑financial motives. One paper outlines the legal challenges and potential liabilities of politically motivated divestment, while the...
"Durable ROIC is the economic signature of a high-quality business". Most investors chase growth. The best investors chase durable ROIC. 📈 Return on Invested Capital tells you how efficiently a company turns capital into profits—and the durable part is what separates great...
Bloomberg’s latest post outlines the fundamentals of trade surveillance, emphasizing its role in detecting insider dealing, spoofing, and other market abuse across asset classes. It details regulatory expectations that mandate scenario‑based alerts, robust audit trails, and periodic risk assessments. The...
Broker‑dealers earn billions by sweeping uninvested client cash into bank loans, a practice that generated $3.17 billion for Charles Schwab in Q4 alone. The launch of Altruist’s AI‑driven tax manager has sparked concerns that similar AI tools could automatically move idle cash...
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust posted a strong fourth‑quarter 2025, with total revenue and operating income rising 15.9% and 34.8% respectively, driven by a $73.2 million unrealized gain on partner investments. Net book value per unit climbed to $24.79, while the...
Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust reported strong fourth‑quarter and full‑year 2025 results, with rental revenue climbing 17% to $103.4 million and net income rising 12% to $115.7 million. NOI increased 17% year‑over‑year to $68.4 million, while FFO per unit grew 12% and...
Recent research demonstrates that machine learning can dramatically accelerate the pricing of complex derivatives and improve crash‑prediction analytics. A two‑stage framework using a Gaussian Process Regressor (GPR) trained on full volatility‑surface inputs delivers near‑instant valuations with sub‑percent errors for variance...
BETA Technologies reported FY2025 revenue of $35.6 million, a 136% increase from the prior year, while posting a net loss of $745.9 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $304.1 million. The company ended the year with $1.7 billion in cash and equivalents, underscoring a strong...
Oracle is building yesterday's data centers with tomorrow's debt Frontier labs like OpenAI want the newest chips. But Nvidia is shipping a new generation annually while data centers still take years to get up and running. That's a mismatch for the...
Boundless Bio Inc. reported its first ever revenue of $17.3 million in Q4 2025, while narrowing its GAAP loss to $0.58 per share, an improvement from $0.62 in the prior quarter. The company posted a net loss of $12.9 million...
NL Industries reported a Q4 2025 net loss of $31 million, or $0.63 per share, reversing a $16.5 million profit a year earlier. The full‑year 2025 results showed a $37.8 million loss, compared with $67.2 million earnings in 2024. Losses were driven by a...
Kronos Worldwide reported a Q4 2025 net loss of $82.8 million, or $0.72 per share, widening sharply from a $13.2 million loss a year earlier. For the full year, the company posted a $110.9 million loss, reversing the $86.2 million profit recorded in 2024....
Fluent, Inc. reported unaudited Q4 and full‑year 2025 results, highlighting that its Commerce Media Solutions (CMS) segment grew 101% year‑over‑year to $34.7 million in the quarter and $82.3 million for the year, now accounting for 56% of consolidated revenue. The company posted...
Repay Holdings reported adjusted earnings per share of $0.24 for Q4 2025 while posting a GAAP loss of $6.6 million on $77.7 million of revenue, a 0.7% decline year‑over‑year. Adjusted net income reached $22.4 million and adjusted EBITDA was $31.2...
Creative Media & Community Trust (CMCT) posted a Q4 2025 loss of $11.20 per share, equating to a $17.7 million net loss. Revenue rose modestly to $28.45 million versus $27.46 million a year earlier. The loss narrowed sharply from the...
The American Institute of CPAs has formally asked the IRS to broaden its First Time Abatement (FTA) program to cover additional penalty categories, including Section 6652, information‑return penalties, and estate‑gift tax filings. The AICPA also proposes automatic FTA application, a review...
Vicor (VICR) posted Q4 2025 diluted EPS of $1.01 on $107.3 million revenue, comfortably beating analyst forecasts. The company’s balance sheet remains robust, with $402.8 million in cash and only $74 million in total liabilities, giving it a cash‑to‑assets ratio of 57%. Despite...
Cost segregation is a tax strategy that breaks a property into its individual components—such as roofing, flooring, and fixtures—to assign shorter depreciation lives where appropriate. By reclassifying assets, investors can shift portions of the building’s cost from the standard 27.5‑...
Latin America has raised over $164 bn in green bonds since 2014, yet a $650 bn annual funding gap threatens the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Renewable sources now supply 70% of regional electricity, while the blue‑finance market expands with large blue‑bond...
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) unveiled a series of 16 short videos aimed at elected officials, marking its first foray into video‑based explanations of governmental financial reporting standards. The clips, ranging from five to ten minutes, break down core...
Nothing Technology Ltd received a First Gazette notice after failing to file its 2024 accounts, triggering a potential strike‑off process that could dissolve the company within two months. The overdue filing was due by 31 December 2025, and the latest publicly available...
$DSX isn’t giving up on acquiring $GNK - New bid at $23.50/shr (~14% above the rejected offer) - Spread ~7% - DSX (owns 14.5%) brought in $SBLK as a deal partner - Might be interesting at these levels - But keep in mind management...
Ready Capital posted a $232 million loss for the fourth quarter, an improvement from a $314 million loss a quarter earlier, as it restructures a $1.5 billion commercial‑real‑estate loan portfolio. Non‑accrual loans surged to 25% of the book, roughly $1.3 billion, driven by a...
Oklahoma Senate leaders unveiled a plan to redirect $254 million from the Teachers’ Retirement System’s apportionment subsidy toward a $2,500 teacher pay raise, additional school funding, and expanded private‑school tax credits. The proposal does not cut current retiree benefits but would...
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I am not sure if more SaaS companies should buy AI startups so they can catch up on tech Or… If more AI companies should buy cheap SaaS companies for the distribution and plug int their stuff
.@EchoStar's Ergen on $1 trillion+ @SpaceX IPO valuation: 'No amount is crazy here.' @HughesConnects subsidiary has $1.4B in debt due in Aug. EchoStar noncommital on paying it. @NSIL_India wants $117M in Hughes compensation for scrapping sat capacity deal. https://t.co/SLW1OgmkVx https://t.co/73JNfEGG6Z
"Golub Capital will act as sole administrative agent and joint lead arranger on the financing. Ares Credit funds and MidCap Financial will also act as joint lead arrangers on the financing." Should we be marking the private credit loans to Jiffy...
When Larry Ellison made the bid for Warner Discovery, his net worth was $350 billion. Today it's $200 billion. That's down $150 billion, more than the entire value of Warner. Keep that in mind as the Saudis retrench investments. https://t.co/DvJ2hRN8H1 https://t.co/Cv09NOzsS4
IS THE CREDIT BUBBLE HERE? Record Corporate Debt Explained | Trading Zone Ep. 94 https://t.co/saPNeSSafk
IS THE CREDIT BUBBLE HERE? Record Corporate Debt Explained | Trading Zone Ep. 94 https://t.co/22SJSkFetj
