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Enact Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results

GAAP Net Income of $177 million, or $1.22 per diluted shareAdjusted Operating Income of $179 million, or $1.23 per diluted shareReturn on Equity of 13.3% and Adjusted Operating Return on Equity of 13.5%Primary Insurance in-force of $273 billion, a 2% year-over-year increasePMIERs Sufficiency of 162% or approximately $1.9 billionBook Value Per Share of $37.66 and Book Value Per Share excluding AOCI of $37.87Returned over $500 million of capital to shareholders in 2025

Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. Reports 4Q25 and Year Ended December 31, 2025 Results and Quarterly and Special Annual Dividend

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (NYSE: APAM) (the “Company” or “Artisan Partners”) today reported its results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025 and declared a quarterly and special annual dividend. The full earnings release and investor presentation can be viewed at www.apam.com.

Enact Announces New $500 Million Share Repurchase Program and $0.21 Per Share Quarterly Dividend

RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enact Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACT) (Enact) a leading provider of private mortgage insurance through its insurance subsidiaries, today announced that its Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program under which the company may purchase up to $500 million of its common stock. The new share repurchase authorization is in addition to the company’s current $350 million share repurchase program, of which $30 million remains as of Janua...

Atlanticus Announces Approval of Quarterly Preferred Stock Dividend

ATLANTA, Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atlanticus Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: ATLC) (“Atlanticus,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”), a financial technology company that enables its bank, retail and healthcare partners to offer more inclusive financial services to millions of everyday Americans, today announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.476563 per share to Series B Cumulative Perpetual Preferred shareholders. The cash dividend will be paid on or a...

Powell Industries Declares an Increase to the Quarterly Cash Dividend

HOUSTON, Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Powell Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: POWL), a leading supplier of custom engineered solutions for the management, control and distribution of electrical energy, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved an increase to the quarterly cash dividend on the Company’s common stock to $0.27 per share, equating to an annualized dividend of $1.08 per share from the current $1.07 per share. The dividend is payable on March 18, 2026, to shareholders o...

Adobe’s Expanded Cognizant AI Partnership Might Change The Case For Investing In Adobe (ADBE)

In late January 2026, Cognizant announced an expanded global collaboration with Adobe to help enterprises use generative AI to create, govern and scale content and customer experiences across regulated and fast-growing industries. This move highlights how Adobe is positioning its Firefly and Experience Cloud technologies at the center of clients’ end-to-end content supply chains, from ideation through compliance and personalization. With recent analyst concerns about growth and competition...

QIAGEN präsentiert sein Hochdurchsatz-Automationssystem QIAsprint Connect für Labore weltweit auf der SLAS 2026

GERMANTOWN, Md. & VENLO, Niederlande--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) hat heute die erste öffentliche Präsentation von QIAsprint Connect auf der SLAS 2026 in Boston angekündigt. Damit steigt QIAGEN in den Markt für hochdurchsatzfähige Tischgeräte für die automatisierte Probenverarbeitung in Forschungslaboren ein. QIAsprint Connect wurde entwickelt, um Laboren eine effiziente Verarbeitung großer Probenmengen zu ermöglichen – bei gleichzeitig hoher Protoko

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. Announces Monthly Distribution of $0.1025 per Share

MIAMI, Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (the "Company") (NYSE: PFLT) declares its monthly distribution for February 2026 of $0.1025 per share, payable on March 2, 2026 to stockholders of record as of February 17, 2026. The distribution is expected to be paid from taxable net investment income. The final specific tax characteristics of the distribution will be reported to stockholders on Form 1099 after the end of the calendar year and in the Companys pe...

Tandy Leather Factory Announces Dividend to Stockholders

BENBROOK, Texas, Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (Nasdaq: TLF) today announced that its Board of Directors had declared the payment of a special cash dividend to its stockholders of $0.75 per share of common stock held. The dividend will be paid on or about February 24, 2026, to stockholders of record at the close of trading on February 9.

PennantPark Investment Corporation Announces Monthly Distribution of $0.08 per Share

MIAMI, Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PennantPark Investment Corporation (the "Company") (NYSE: PNNT) declares its monthly distribution for February 2026 of $0.08 per share, payable on March 2, 2026 to stockholders of record as of February 17, 2026. The distribution is expected to be paid from taxable net investment income. The final specific tax characteristics of the distribution will be reported to stockholders on Form 1099 after the end of the calendar year and in the Companys periodic...

Michael Burry Warns of Cascading Effects From Bitcoin Plunge

Michael Burry, the money manager made famous in The Big Short, warned that Bitcoin’s plunge could deepen into a self-reinforcing “death spiral,” inflicting lasting damage on companies that have spent the past year stockpiling the token.

Americans Scared to Outlive Their Assets: BlackRocks Magyera

BlackRock Head of US Wealth Advisory and Head of Retirement Jaime Magyera joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss retirement planning, BlackRocks target date funds and other retirement investment vehicles, and more. Magyera says that more Americans are "scared of outliving their assets than dying" and also discusses the so-called Great Wealth Transfer between men and women amid US population and demographic changes. Magyera speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. (Source: Bloomberg)

J.P. Morgan revises gold price target for 2026

If you have been watching gold this year, you know it has not traded like a sleepy inflation hedge. It has traded more like a meme stock with a 5,000?year backstory. That is why J.P. Morgan’s latest move on its gold forecast caught my attention. The bank now expects gold to reach $6,300 per ounce ...

Exclusive: KKR prepares OPI owner Wella Company for US IPO, sources say

Investment firm KKR is preparing OPI nail polish owner Wella Company for an initial public offering in the U.S. as soon as this year that could value the global beauty company at meaningfully more than the $4.3 billion KKR paid for it, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Liontown Resources Aktie: Einstiegschance?

Kulmbach (www.aktiencheck.de) - Liontown Resources-Aktienanalyse von "Der Aktionär":Markus Bußler vom Anlegermagazin "Der Aktionär" nimmt im "Der Aktionär TV" die Aktie von Liontown Resources Ltd. (ISIN: AU000000LTR4, WKN: A0LFDX, Ticker-Symbol: LIS, ASX-Symbol: LTR) unter die Lupe.Nicht nur bei Gold und Silber habe es zuletzt einen Crash gegeben. [mehr]

Toptal wurde von Newsweek als das zuverlässigste Unternehmen für professionelle Dienstleistungen in Amerika ausgezeichnet

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toptal, der weltweit größte Anbieter von vollständig remote arbeitenden Fachkräften, wurde von Newsweek und Statista in der Liste America’s Most Reliable Companies 2026 als das zuverlässigste Dienstleistungsunternehmen in Amerika ausgezeichnet. Die Liste bewertet die führenden US-Unternehmen anhand von Vertrauen, Zuverlässigkeit und konsistenter Leistung in ihrer Branche. In der Rangliste von Newsweek, die 300 Unternehmen aus allen Branchen umfasst, belegte Topta

Kaiser readies for pharmacy, lab worker strike as nurse walkout continues

Kaiser Permanente urged members on Tuesday to get laboratory tests done this week after unions representing pharmacy and lab workers filed to begin striking in Southern California on Monday and an ongoing strike by thousands of nurses and other health workers continued into a second week.

Eldorado Gold Aktie: Ein Deal mit Fragezeichen

Kulmbach (www.aktiencheck.de) - Eldorado Gold-Aktienanalyse von "Der Aktionär":Markus Bußler vom Anlegermagazin "Der Aktionär" nimmt im "Der Aktionär TV" die Aktie von Eldorado Gold Corp. (ISIN: CA2849025093, WKN: A2PA9H, Ticker-Symbol: ELO1, Toronto Stock Exchange-Symbol: ELD, NYSE-Symbol: EGO) unter die Lupe. [mehr]