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A family struggled with the payout pathway for maturing child savings bonds when those due to receive the funds became the issue and the stumbling block. When two sums of £37,537 each from Virgin Money were due to be paid  – agreeing on the right recipient stalled, Crusader was asked to help get the matter moving again. The investment was opened in 2010 for Jeffrey Cook’s now adult children with monies from their grandmother. “They were held in my children’s names and I was named as the ‘adult’ who administered the accounts on their behalf,” he told Crusader.If you’ve been affected…

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Metallurgical Study Work is Underway to Investigate Improved Recoveries TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / February 17, 2026 / Wolfden Resources Corporation (WLF.V) (“Wolfden” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has commenced metallurgical studies on its wholly owned Canoe Landing volcanic massive sulphide polymetallic deposit in central New Brunswick (see Figure 1) where the current potential precious metal value accounts for more than 50% of the total in-situ value. The deposit was discovered by Rio Tinto in the 1960’s and subsequently drilled by Brunswick Mining and Smelting (BM&S), a subsidiary of Noranda Mines Inc., who completed 70…

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JPMorgan sees shares of AeroVironment rising as demand for drones and space capabilities swell. The bank initiated the aerospace and defense stock with an overweight rating. Analyst Seth Seifman’s $320 price target implies that shares of AeroVironment could rally 31% from here. “AeroVironment (also known as AV) looks well-positioned to deliver mid-teens growth thanks to its exposure to fast-growing areas within defense, both domestically and internationally, including drones, counter-drone systems, and space,” Seifman wrote. “AVAV is also one of the more experienced defense companies that could benefit from DoD efforts to expand the industrial base and adopt a more commercial…

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Dangote signs $400 million equipment deal with China’s XCMG Refinery capacity to expand to 1.4 million bpd Petrochemicals, fertilizer output to rise sharply under plan Nigeria’s Dangote Group signed a $400 million contract on Monday with China’s XCMG Construction Machinery Co. to acquire construction equipment, as part of efforts to expand its oil refinery’s capacity from 650,000 barrels per day to 1.4 million barrels per day. Once the expansion is complete, the facility will surpass India’s Jamnagar refinery, which processes 1.24 million barrels per day, to become the largest in the world. The agreement will give the group access to a…

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For many Scottish families, the weekly shop has become an exercise in anxiety. The price of basics such as bread, milk and meat continues to climb, often blamed on a “perfect storm” of global forces like the pandemic and energy spikes. Yet, behind the headlines sits a more uncomfortable truth: while shoppers pay more, the people who actually produce our food are earning less and less. This is not simply bad luck; it is the result of a deeply unbalanced “hourglass” food system. At the top are tens of thousands of Scottish farms—from Highland cattle producers to dairy units in…

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North York, ON, United States, February 17th, 2026, FinanceWireUpdated Algorithm Demonstrates 77.3% Win Rate and Superior Loss Avoidance in Live Market TestingVector Algorithmics, a provider of algorithmic trading solutions, today announced a significant update to its futures trading algorithm. The enhanced system demonstrates substantial improvements in risk management and loss avoidance compared to the previous version.Comparative performance analysis reveals that the updated algorithm successfully avoided seven larger losses when compared to the original version. The original algorithm outperformed the updated version on only two trading days, with both versions achieving near-breakeven results on two additional days during the evaluation period.The…

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X Register for free to receive latest news stories direct to your inbox Register A Bromsgrove industrial building has been sold to Fogstar, a UK manufacturer of lithium batteries, in a transaction exceeding £1m. The property, Plot 11 Cartwright Road on Saxon Business Park in Stoke Prior, was previously owned by the family behind Worcestershire-based Falcon Contract Flooring. The building comprises a 9,672 sq ft detached warehouse with two-storey offices, a loading area, car park, and secure rear yard. Its location provides strong access to the UK motorway network via Junction 5 of the M5, three miles away. Sara Garratt…

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About the show: Today’s leaders face converging pressures: shifting geopolitics and capital flows, accelerating digital and AI adoption, evolving regulation, and rising expectations for inclusive growth. To build durable advantage, they must balance investment discipline with innovation and technology at speed—turning delivery confidence, talent and partnerships into results.How do leaders turn capital into investment-ready initiatives and sustain execution across Indonesia’s diverse markets? How do they scale innovation while safeguarding customers, trust and brand? When should they build shared platforms versus tailoring to local context, and who are the partners that make growth resilient? Source link

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Major oil producer Kazakhstan plans to commission a new refinery by 2033 to eliminate domestic fuel shortages and become a net fuel exporter, The Caspian Post reports, citing Vice Minister of Energy, Kaiyrkhan Tutkyshbayev.The new refinery, which will be Kazakhstan’s fourth, will have a processing capacity of 10 million tons of crude oil per year.Work on the planning and feasibility studies has started, the energy official was quoted as saying.     Earlier this month, Tutkyshbayev said that the central region of Ulytau is being considered as a location to host the new refinery.Last week, Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Kuwait, Yerzhan Yelekeyev, said…

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