Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Verizon's board authorised up to $25 billion of share repurchases and raised the quarterly dividend 2.5 percent to $0.7075, part of a plan to return about $55 billion to shareholders through 2028.

Verizon added 616,000 postpaid phones in the fourth quarter of 2025, its best quarter since 2019, met its 2025 guidance and set a 2026 outlook of adjusted EPS of $4.90 to $4.95.

Calvin McDonald's seven-year run as CEO ends and CFO Meghan Frank and president André Maestrini take over as interim co-CEOs while the board looks for a permanent chief.

Emiliano and Kristal Marentes, owners of the acclaimed Elemi, open a strip-mall taquería in El Paso.

Oracle said it would raise $45 billion to $50 billion in 2026, half from a single bond sale and half from mandatory convertible preferred stock and a $20 billion at-the-market share programme, to build capacity for its AI customers.

Star Detective Precure! begins broadcast, the 23rd entry in Toei's long-running magical-girl franchise, following student Anna Akechi after a mysterious pendant flings her back nearly three decades to team up with an aspiring detective and transform into a Precure.

The day after its funding plan, Oracle sold $25 billion of notes in eight tranches and $5 billion of 6.50% mandatory convertible preferred stock, drawing what it called a record, substantially oversubscribed order book.

Kendrick Lamar won five Grammys on 1 February 2026, including a second straight Record of the Year for Luther with SZA, passing Jay-Z as the most-awarded rapper in Grammy history.

On 3 February 2026 a 2.9% rally to a record close of US$127.71 pushed Walmart's market value past US$1 trillion for the first time, a week into John Furner's tenure as CEO.

Barrows v. Oracle says Oracle misled investors that its AI data-center spending for OpenAI would quickly turn into revenue, covering stock bought June-December 2025.

On 4 February 2026 Texas Instruments and Silicon Labs signed a definitive agreement under which TI will acquire the Austin wireless-chip maker for US$231 per share in cash, an enterprise value of about US$7.5 billion.

On 4 February 2026 Raytheon, an RTX business, signed five up-to-seven-year framework agreements with the US Department of War to raise annual output of Tomahawk to over 1,000, AMRAAM to at least 1,900 and SM-6 to over 500, and to expand SM-3 interceptor production.

On 5 February 2026 Rio Tinto said it would not bid for Glencore, ending talks on a combination that would have been the world's largest miner, after the two sides could not agree terms.

NikeSKIMS' Spring '26 line, fronted by Blackpink's LISA and adding its first head-to-toe look with the Rift Satin shoe, went on sale across North America, Europe and the Middle East, the brand's first move beyond North America.