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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Bumble — Bumble stock soared about 21% after the dating app reported strong fourth-quarter adjusted EBITDA and revenue results. The company’s adjusted EBITDA outlook for the first quarter also exceeded analyst consensus estimates, according to FactSet. Netskope — The security and networking company’s stock fell 17% on weak guidance. NetScope expects an adjusted first-quarter loss of 6 cents to 7 cents a share, compared with the 6 cents a share expected by analysts surveyed by FactSet. The company also expects its full-year loss to be larger than analysts expected. Private Credit…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), along with Sen. Angus King (I-ME) (left), speaks during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill with Gen. Gregory Guyot, commander of the U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command (USNORTHCOM), Mark Ditrebson, assistant secretary of defense for Homeland Defense and Inter-American Security Affairs, and Charles Young III, principal deputy general counsel at the Department of the Army. December 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesSen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday questioned why the U.S. Transportation Command and the State Department aren’t doing more to get stranded Americans out…

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker will soon hold the first hearing on the Iran war, with testimony from senior Pentagon officials, CNN reported. Details such as when and who will appear have not yet been decided. Asked if he expected Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Cain to attend, Wicker told CNN: “I can’t give you that information yet, but I’m hoping to have a hearing with senior Defense Department officials.” “Yes, this would be an oversight of the war itself,” he explained. “We will continue to monitor.” Mr Wicker…

Jonny Clayton became the first player to achieve a second win in Premier League 2026 with a 6-1 victory over Luke Humphries on the sixth night in Nottingham.This means that in addition to Creighton’s victory in Glasgow Night 3, he has won two of the three finals he has played so far, although he lost to Luke Littler in Cardiff’s Night 5 last time out. Remarkably, Clayton took the win limping all night due to gout, but the problem did not affect his darts and he won over Humphries, Stephen Bunting and Michael van Gerwen. Use Chrome Browser for a…

Last week, Grammarly released a controversial feature that uses AI to simulate editorial feedback. This makes it feel like we’re getting critiques from novelist Stephen King, the late scientist Carl Sagan, and technology journalist Carla Swisher. But Grammarly didn’t get permission to use the names of the hundreds of experts included in the feature, called “Expert Review.” One of the authors affected, journalist Julia Angwin, filed a class action lawsuit against Superhuman, the parent company that owns Grammarly, alleging that the company violated her privacy and publicity rights, as well as those of other writers it impersonated. A class action…

On March 12, 2026, a foreign tanker carrying Iraqi heavy oil caught fire and was damaged in Iraqi territorial waters after an unidentified attack targeted two foreign tankers near Basra, Iraq, according to Iraqi port officials. Mohamed Ati | ReutersWith the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz, two alternative oil pipelines in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have suddenly attracted global attention. The first is Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline Network (Petroline), a roughly 750-mile system that transports crude oil throughout the kingdom, linking Abqaiq on the kingdom’s oil-rich eastern Gulf coast to the port of Yanbu…

adobe CEO Shantanu Narayan will step down after a successor is appointed and said he will remain chairman of the design software company. Shares fell 7% in extended trading. Mr. Narayan joined Adobe in 1988 as vice president and general manager and became CEO in 2007. Under Narayan, Adobe has moved from software licensing to subscriptions for Creative Cloud application bundles and is currently expanding with generative artificial intelligence. He tried to buy a fast-growing design software company figmaBut regulators pushed back, and the two companies ended the deal, resulting in Adobe paying Figma a $1 billion penalty.”On behalf of…

WASHINGTON, DC – In September, the United States launched dozens of deadly military strikes against suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific Ocean.Nearly six months later, surprisingly little is known about the strike. The identities of the approximately 157 people killed have not been made public. No evidence against them has been made public.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listBut the United Nations and a group of international law experts hope to change that in testimony before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Friday.The international hearing is the first of its kind since the strike…

Dating app maker Bumble is venturing into generative AI. During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, Bumble introduced a new AI assistant it calls “Bee.” The assistant is designed to be a personal matchmaker, learning users’ “values, relationship goals, communication style, lifestyle, and dating intentions” through private chats. Then use those insights to find more relevant matches for your users. Bee is currently in the pilot phase and being tested internally, but Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd told investors that the company will soon launch a beta version. The company envisions that with Bee, it will be…

Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong.Yaolshen | Moments | Getty ImagesAs the Iran war challenges Dubai’s safe-haven image, expanding tax breaks for Hong Kong family offices could attract high-net-worth individuals reconsidering their exposure to the Middle East, lawyers and consultants told Inside Wealth.”There is a growing interest in Hong Kong. This interest has exploded, particularly in the last two weeks,” said Gaven Chong, partner and fund formation lawyer at Charles Russell Speechlies. Chong, who is based in Hong Kong, said he speaks almost every day with families considering setting up family offices in Hong Kong, including those who have previously left…