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Brown & Brown taps Dori Henderson as CITO to spearhead AI and tech strategy
Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) has appointed Dorothea “Dori” Henderson as Chief Information Technology Officer, effective February 23, 2026.
Tech
nVent declares quarterly dividend following record infrastructure growth
nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT), a global leader in electrical connection and protection solutions, announced Monday that it will pay a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.21 per ordinary share on May 8, 2026.
Tech
Alibaba debuts Qwen 3.5 to challenge U.S. rivals and local peers
Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) has launched its most advanced artificial intelligence model to date, Qwen 3.5, claiming the system outperforms major U.S. competitors while dramatically lowering the cost of high-level machine reasoning.
Insights
What’s behind the panic-buying of gold?
In times of uncertainty, we often look for something solid to hold onto. Lately, it seems the world’s investors have decided that “something solid” is, quite literally, gold.
The metal’s soaring price is more than just a market trend; it's a global barometer of anxiety.
When faith in currencies, governments, and traditional financial systems begins to waver, we see a familiar flight to the perceived safety of this timeless asset.
Surprise! Lithium gets a recharge
Well, pull out the party hats and dust off the stock tickers.
Lithium, the commodity that investors and analysts had all but left for dead in the great market purge of 2023-2024, is back.
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Billionaire bears take a swipe at Tesla
The stock market has long treated Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) less as a traditional automaker and more as a futuristic technology cult, with its valuation soaring on the gravitational pull of its CEO, Elon Musk.
This persistent "Musk Premium" has burned countless short-sellers.
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Can Bitcoin bring down the global financial system?
Bitcoin has vaporised more than US$800 billion in its latest crash and sucked US$1 trillion out of the broader crypto market.
With nearly US$2 trillion in market value and rising allocations from Wall Street firms, ETFs, pension funds, and insurers, Bitcoin is increasingly woven into traditional finance.
Economy
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Washington dodges shutdown, but the clock is already ticking again
Washington has pulled itself back from the brink, passing a $1.2 trillion stop-gap deal that reopened most of the US government after days of disruption.
Trump tells Davos audience US economy is booming
Trump used his Davos speech to tout US economic dominance, promote crypto, and revive his push for Greenland.
Economy
Japan’s bond selloff is gathering pace
Japan’s bond market has been sliding all week, with the 10-year yield now near 2.37% and the 40-year pushing above 4.2%, both multi-decade highs.
