[UK Broadband Merger Wave Begins: Nexfibre Acquires Netomnia For £2 Billion] Nexfibre Networks Ltd., A Broadband Joint Venture Owned By Telefonica Sa And Liberty Global, Has Agreed To Acquire Substantial Group, The Parent Company Of Fiber Challenger Brand Netomnia Ltd., In A Deal Valued At £2 Billion (approximately $2.7 Billion). This Marks The First Major Consolidation In The Crowded UK Broadband Market

USA Senate Health Committee To Hold February 25 Hearing For Trump's Surgeon General Nominee Casey Means

Four South African Men Who Joined Mercenary Forces Fighting In Ukraine And Were Trapped In Donbas Region Have Landed At Johannesburg Airport, Sabc News Reports

The Nasdaq Composite Index Rose 1.0% On The Day, Closing At 22,808.36 Points

[Trump: Japanese-Built Natural Gas Power Plant In The US Will Be The Largest] US President Donald Trump Stated That A Giant Natural Gas Facility In Ohio Will Become The Largest Power Plant In The United States, With Enough Capacity To Power Millions Of Homes. Japan Is Expected To Invest $33 Billion In The Project. Led By Sb Energy, A Subsidiary Of Japan's SoftBank Group, The Project Has Been Described By US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick As Having A Generating Capacity Of 9.2 Gigawatts (GW)—equivalent To Approximately Nine Conventional Nuclear Reactors. The Final Cost And Payer For The Project Are Currently Unclear. Typically, The Cost Of New Power Plants Is Borne By Consumers, And The Construction Cost Of Large Gas-fired Power Plants Has More Than Doubled In Recent Years

[US Insurers' Dollar Hedging Surpasses "Liberation Day" Peak] As The Dollar's Volatility Has Intensified Since The Beginning Of The Year, Insurers Have Been Buying Dollar Forward Contracts To Hedge Their Positions. According To Data From Clearwater Analytics Holdings Inc., Since Mid-January, US Insurers' Purchases Of Dollar Forward Contracts Have Surged, Surpassing The Peak Reached Last Year When The Dollar Fell After President Trump Announced "Liberation Day" Tariffs. The Bloomberg Dollar Index Is Down 1.7% Since 2026. "The Dollar Has Experienced Much Larger Declines, But The Trading Activity Of US Insurers This Year Is Remarkable," Said Matthew Vegari, Head Of Research At Clearwater. "Companies Are Hedging Against Further Weakness, And They Seem To Be Acting Quite Decisively."

In Early Trading On The US Stock Market, Major Sector ETFs Showed Mixed Results, With The Energy Sector ETF And Regional Banking Sector ETF Rising By More Than 1%, While The Utilities ETF Fell By Nearly 1%

[Key Takeaways From The Fed's January Meeting Minutes] 1. Discussions Within The Fed Regarding The Path Of Interest Rates. 2. The Fed's View On US Inflation. 3. Discussions Within The Fed Regarding The Labor Market

Spot Gold Rises Nearly 2% To $4977.42/Oz

Toronto Stock Index .GSPTSE Rises 112.12 Points, Or 0.34 Percent, To 33008.67 At Open