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IHG Hotels & Resorts posted a 13% jump in operating profit to $1.3 bn for 2025, driven by a record 443 hotel openings that added 65,100 rooms. Group RevPAR rose 1.5% overall, with Europe‑EMEAA up 4.6% while Greater China fell 1.6%. Adjusted EBITDA increased 12% to $1.3 bn, even as net debt climbed $551 m to $2.5 bn. The company also launched the premium Noted Collection brand and authorized a $950 m share‑buyback for 2026.
New York City Council is poised to adopt the Delivery Protection Act, a licensing regime that would require final‑mile delivery operators, including Amazon’s third‑party partners, to obtain city permits and directly employ warehouse workers. The legislation follows a city comptroller...
Getty Images announced a $3.7 billion acquisition of Shutterstock, aiming to create a global leader in stock photography. The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a provisional assessment that the merger could restrict the supply of editorial images in...
District of New Jersey Judge Michael E. Farbiarz ordered the Justice Department to produce a comprehensive list of every court order it violated since Dec. 5, a request that was unthinkable a year ago. The government’s own filing identified 52 distinct...
#Mission300 is strengthening grids across #Africa. For example, a 225 kV transmission ring now links Guinea to Senegal, The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. This transmission ring is a vital component of the West African Power Pool, which spans 14 countries. https://t.co/kWAgiIv7Oa https://t.co/T8tpU9C76L
Sound Transit’s 1 Line logged more than 200,000 boardings on the Seahawks Super Bowl parade day, setting a new regional transit record. The figure eclipses the previous high of 160,000 rides recorded during a multi‑event weekend in September. Heavy fan participation...
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is confronting a funding crisis as half of its 13 member cities consider exiting, prompting scrutiny of ridership, costs and safety. Ridership has rebounded to about 78% of pre‑COVID levels, with the newly added Silver...
CRISPR Therapeutics shares rose over 12% after reporting Q4 2025 earnings that showed a larger‑than‑expected loss and minimal recognized revenue. The company’s flagship therapy CASGEVY generated $54 million in sales, but under its revenue‑sharing deal with Vertex only $0.86 million was recorded. CRISPR...
Interesting and rare shot of unique Cuban MiG-17 that was locally adapted with underwing pylons for two R-13 air-to-air missiles. Modification was unsuccessful: the missile was too long, so it interfered with the use of flaps. Also Soviets were unhappy.
Level‑5 announced the February 25 launch of the Orion & Lumen DLC for Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, marking the game’s third major update. The new trailer teases a storyline featuring the mysterious Disciples of Orion and the Football Frontier International stage....
North County Transit District (NCTD) will break ground this year on a $33 million extension of the Coaster commuter rail to San Diego’s Convention Center, creating a new downtown station steps from Petco Park, the Gaslamp Quarter and the Rady Shell. The...
In this episode of the "No Market" series, host Stacey Richter talks with Dr. Jacob Asher, a former chief medical officer for major health plans, about why commercial carrier marketplaces—especially in California—are stagnant and lack true competition. They identify six...
Gossamer Bio is set to announce results from its Phase 3 trial in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) before the end of February. The readout follows a Phase 2 study that delivered modest, sub‑par efficacy, which the company attributes to an...
Turkey’s defence firms Havelsan and VN Maritime have signed a strategic MoU with Italy’s Piloda Defence to develop uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and hybrid naval platforms. The partnership targets a first procurement contract in Italy by the first half of...
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is providing technical‑assistance funding to Palau’s National Aviation Administration to upgrade Palau International Airport (ROR). The assistance will update the airport’s master plan, evaluate runway extensions for larger aircraft, and outline broader aviation...
Sony Music Group France announced the acquisition of Spookland, a Paris‑based independent label and publishing company best known for representing French singer‑songwriter Jain. The deal, whose financial terms were undisclosed, transfers recorded‑music and publishing rights, as well as the full...
London Gatwick is gearing up for its busiest summer since 2019, with 62 airlines serving the airport and a record‑wide network of more than 230 destinations. Emirates has added a fourth daily Airbus A350 service to Dubai, marking the first A350...
The Centre County Metropolitan Planning Organization, together with Penn State, launched a 10‑15‑minute survey on Feb. 9 to assess resident interest in passenger rail options for the region. Backed by $60,000—$48,000 from the Federal Highway Administration and $12,000 local match—the study...
United and American are locked in a fierce capacity battle at Chicago O'Hare, where United has been expanding its footprint and defending gate positions. United CFO Michael Leskinen publicly dismissed American’s Chicago hub as "temporary" and warned that American could...
DHL Group is expanding its dedicated air‑freight cold‑chain network, adding more than 30 GDP‑compliant aviation hubs and a new Brussels‑Cincinnati corridor. The rollout is part of a €2 bn investment in DHL Health Logistics and includes a dedicated Boeing 777 freighter painted...
Nintendo released Animal Crossing: New Horizons version 3.0.1 on February 18, 2026, targeting both Nintendo Switch 2 and the original Switch. The patch addresses performance slowdowns, item duplication, NPC pathing, and visual glitches introduced with the 3.0 launch. Specific fixes include correcting cloud alignment...
EU GAS STORAGE facilities are now less than one-third full, with more than a month of the winter heating season probably still ahead. Storage facilities were on average 32.5% full on February 17, the second lowest seasonal fill in records...
Stephen Chapman, a veteran UK passport official, lauded the country's end‑to‑end passport issuance system for its efficiency, security, and alignment with ICAO standards. He warned that rising fraud and border‑security threats are driving the adoption of advanced features such as...
Large enterprises now standardize clean, cloud‑first technology architectures, yet many digital transformations still miss their business targets. The piece explains that the failure stems not from technical flaws but from architecture being sidelined during day‑to‑day decision making, where cost, risk...
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Gamecity Hamburg is allocating €400,000 in non‑repayable prototype funding, with individual grants of up to €80,000 for digital‑game projects. The application window runs from February 23 to March 30, 2026, and targets developers, start‑ups, and SMEs that are based in or relocating...
In a FixEd podcast episode, newsletter veteran Dan Oshinsky outlines how AI, quality content, and strategic partnerships will shape newsletters in 2026. He warns that AI‑powered inbox tools could either elevate newsletters into curated feeds or diminish engagement if they...
SEC Chair Paul Atkins used a Texas A&M law symposium to unveil a second wave of securities‑litigation and disclosure reforms. He urged Texas to consider "loser‑pays" fee‑shifting bylaws and to permit mandatory arbitration provisions for corporations incorporated under state law....
Gold Fields has boosted its Tarkwa mine reserves by 70%, raising them to 7.4 million ounces and resources to 11.2 million ounces as it prepares for a lease renewal due in April 2027. The company is navigating Ghana’s new sliding...
TEGNA has secured a multi‑year extension to broadcast Seattle Kraken NHL games on its twin Seattle‑Tacoma stations, KCPQ and KZJO. The deal reinforces TEGNA’s local sports portfolio as the company approaches the final stages of its merger with Nexstar Media...
Researchers applied cyclic OSK (Oct4‑Sox2‑Klf4) gene therapy to memory‑encoding neurons in aged mice, achieving partial cellular reprogramming without full pluripotency. The intervention reversed senescence‑related gene expression, restored youthful epigenetic patterns, and normalized synaptic plasticity in both hippocampal and prefrontal engrams....
Envi Lodges announced Envi Paje, a beachfront retreat opening in June 2026 on Zanzibar’s Paje Beach, marking its third Tanzanian property. The lodge will host 22 private villas that fuse sustainable materials with local Zanzibari craftsmanship, and feature Signature Ocean...
The legal profession has repeatedly expanded whenever new technology—typewriters, word processors, computerized research, e‑discovery, and document automation—was introduced, contrary to predictions of job loss. Each wave cut the cost of producing legal work, which in turn created more demand, higher...
Chatted with @kaileyleinz and @JMathieuReports on @BloombergTV about Trump’s military buildup in the Middle East. My take: Strikes on Iran are increasingly likely based on the scale of airpower and types of equipment we’ve seen flow into the region. https://t.co/mueW9lox9q
PhonePe dominates UPI transaction volume with a 51% market share, while Paytm commands only 6% but leads merchant‑payment monetisation. Paytm’s merchant device network and loan services generate higher margins—about 9 basis points versus PhonePe’s 4—resulting in ₹38.6 billion revenue and ₹2.8 billion...
Ukraine’s government is positioning battery energy storage systems (BESS) as a strategic asset to keep the power grid alive amid Russian attacks and to enable future integration with the European grid. Lawmakers have introduced tax breaks, licensing exemptions and accelerated...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provides an independent Procedural Officer and, for newer regimes, a Procedural Complaints Adjudicator to resolve procedural disputes in competition, merger, digital markets and consumer enforcement cases. Parties must apply within five working days after...
ClearBank has appointed former Uber payments chief Tristan Kirchner as its European CEO to accelerate the bank’s cross‑border growth. The fintech already holds an EU banking licence and serves more than 30 clients across multiple markets. Kirchner will oversee the...
Businesses of all sizes are embracing peer‑to‑peer payment apps such as Venmo, Zelle and Cash App to streamline vendor payments and employee reimbursements. The convenience has sparked a surge in fraud, with New York regulators reporting more than $390 million in losses...
Jeff's Bagel Run has surpassed the 30‑location milestone, adding four new shops in Madison, Alabama; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rolesville, North Carolina. The fast‑casual brand, founded in Orlando in 2019, leverages scratch‑bakery methods and a recent acquisition of...
Anthropic is pushing its Claude AI model into electronic health record (EHR) systems, arguing that integration is essential for real‑time clinical value. The company highlighted a roster of 25 healthcare partners, including Abridge, Novo Nordisk, Genmab and Banner Health, to showcase both...
Regional banks with $10‑$100 billion in assets leveraged mergers and acquisitions to outpace the broader market in 2025, boosting core deposits by more than 8% versus the industry’s 4% average. The 27 midsize lenders that completed deals saw a collective 29%...
Modern Treasury just became a PSP competing with Stripe and Adyen. But that undersells it massively. What they really did was rethink what a PSP needs to be in 2026. 👇 https://t.co/UQF88miBKC
L3Harris Technologies secured its largest full‑rate production contract to supply communications systems for 26 shipsets destined for the U.S. Navy’s Virginia‑class fast‑attack and upcoming Columbia‑class ballistic‑missile submarines. The award, granted by General Dynamics Electric Boat, spans production through 2033 and...
Avowed’s latest Anniversary Update adds a Custom Difficulty option, but it does not soften the game’s hardest setting, Path of the Damned. The toughest achievement, “A Test of Your Reflexes,” still requires completing the story on that difficulty, keeping the...
Malawi has signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. trading firm Traxys North America to market graphite from the Kasiya rutile‑graphite project, aiming to supply up to 80,000 tonnes annually to the United States’ Project Vault strategic reserve. The deal,...
Nordlicht I’s first monopiles and transition pieces were finished ahead of schedule by EEW and CS Wind, marking a key milestone before offshore construction begins later this year. The 68 steel structures, up to 80.5 metres long and 1,290 tonnes heavy, position the project...
British Gas, owned by Centrica, saw operating profits in its residential supply business drop 39% to £163 million in 2025, partly due to an £80 million hit from the UK’s warmest year on record, which reduced heating demand. Despite the profit slump,...
Altitude Angel’s Drone Assist, once the UK’s go‑to flight‑planning app, has become effectively abandoned after the company entered administration in late 2025 and its assets were sold to Spain’s Indra Group. The app’s maps no longer reflect the Ministry of...
Bonterms has introduced a DocuSign IAM extension that links its library of standard agreements and guided‑negotiation playbooks directly to DocuSign’s webform and Navigator platform. The app enables users to launch a deal, negotiate terms, sign electronically, and automatically sync contracts...
TikTok has introduced a U.S.-focused Local Feed that surfaces geographically relevant videos based on device signals. The move arrives as local journalism grapples with shrinking newsrooms and dwindling consumer willingness to pay for news. By embedding hyperlocal content in its...
