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Why a Dividend Can Quietly Lose Its CushionTwo net-lease REITs can offer similar yields and even similar payout ratios yet behave very differently when refinancing pressure arrives. and illustrate this gap. Both generate steady rental income and support their dividends with comparable structures. But the timing and structure of their debt obligations create very different paths once interest rates begin to reset. The difference is not immediately visible in yield or payout metrics. It emerges over time as refinancing cycles begin to compress the financial cushion supporting the dividend. This is where a different lens becomes useful. This analysis uses…

Nvidia Breakout Signals Fresh Upside as AI Rally Resumes

new video loaded: Why Your Paycheck Feels SmallerBen Casselman, our chief economics correspondent, explains why wages are not keeping up with inflation and what that means for American workers and the economy.By Ben Casselman, Nour Idriss, Sutton Raphael and Stephanie SwartApril 18, 2026

Kevin Warsh, former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.Courtesy: Hoover InstitutionFederal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh travels to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to convince lawmakers he can carry out a presidential push for lower interest rates while remaining free of political constraints in setting policy.Follow CNBC’s live coverage of Kevin Warsh’s Senate committee confirmation hearingIn a much-anticipated hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, the former Fed governor will face questioning over a variety of subjects, from monetary policy to banking regulation to his own complicated personal financesNone likely will be more important than establishing the boundaries between the…

BitMEX, a derivatives-focused cryptocurrency exchange, said it has secured a custody partner to enable asset segregation and trading with off-exchange assets.The company announced Tuesday a partnership with Zodia Custody to allow traders to access derivatives while keeping collateral in segregated custody. The integration is immediately accessible via Interchange, Zodia Custody’s off-venue settlement solution.BitMEX CEO Stephan Lutz told Cointelegraph the move reflects lessons from past market failures, including the FTX collapse and the $1.4 billion Bybit hack, which exposed risks tied to unsegregated or compromised exchange-held funds.“Cases like the FTX collapse and the Bybit hack are examples of how custody failures…

Halliburton’s stock gains after profit more than doubled and beat expectations, even as the Middle East conflict took a bite out of the oil-services giant’s results.

The front page of the Javan newspaper (L) and the front page of the Jam Jam newspaper, which features a cartoon of US President Donald Trump drowning in the Strait of Hormuz with the headline “Marine Bluff,” are on sale at a newsstand in Tehran on April 13, 2026. Atta Kenare | Afp | Getty ImagesThe U.S. and Iran escalated their war of words as a shaky ceasefire nears expiry, with each side raising the stakes ahead of a second attempt at reaching a peace deal.Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, appeared to up the ante in a social media post…

The S&P 500 is staging a V-shaped recovery, giving the impression that everything from geopolitics to U.S. fiscal issues has been magically resolved. In reality, however, the situation is far from clear.Starting with the biggest pressure point for the global economy right now, the Strait of Hormuz: since Saturday night, traffic through it has ground to a halt again after the U.S. refused to lift restrictions on Iranian ports.The good news is that a new round of talks is set for this week, so de-escalation is still on the table. The bad news is that the gap between the two…

Most people still see as what the company has been for decades: a traditional industrial conglomerate. But that very image is beginning to shift.   What is currently being tested in Erlangen is not an isolated technology project—it is a glimpse of what Siemens aims to become in the coming years: the central platform for the digital transformation of industry.A robot as a signal—not as a productAt the Siemens plant in Erlangen, a novel, semi-humanoid robot was tested in collaboration with the British robotics company Humanoid: the HMND-01. Its field of application: logistics. Its significance: far greater.  The robot combines…

Casey’s announced it has distributed more than $1.3 million through its Cash for Classrooms program, awarding 100 grants to K–12 public and nonprofit private schools across 17 states. The annual program provides individual grants of up to $50,000 for physical improvements, material needs, teacher support and community engagement initiatives. The 2026 funding total includes nearly $1 million in customer donations, over $240,000 from Coca-Cola, and $100,000 from Casey’s, bringing the program’s total contributions since 2020 to $6.2 million. A notable award of $50,000 was given to West Liberty school district in Iowa, to build an all‑inclusive, sensory‑friendly playground designed to…