Ormat and Google strike geothermal power deal, Rivian downgraded

Yahoo Finance Video and Josh Lipton

Wed, February 18, 2026 at 4:05 AM GMT+9

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Yahoo Finance Host Josh Lipton tracks today’s top moving stocks and biggest market stories in this Market Minute, including Ormat Technologies (ORA) striking a geothermal power deal with Alphabet’s Google (GOOG, GOOGL) while Rivian (RIVN) receives a downgrade from D.A. Davidson analysts.

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Video Transcript

00:00 Speaker A

It’s time for Yahoo Finance’s market minute. US stocks start the week with a volatile trading session. Wall Street continuing to assess AI jitters that have hammered markets in recent weeks, the Dow and the S&P 500 have fallen now four of the past five weeks amid that pressure.

00:15 Speaker A

Renewable power provider Ormat Technologies seeing shares pop after a new deal the company will provide geothermal energy for Google data center projects, projects expected to provide Google with around 150 megawatts of power.

00:27 Speaker A

And lastly Rivian gets hit with a downgrade over DA Davidson. That firm slashing its rating from neutral to underperform, noting that the R1 outlook was below its expectations.

00:36 Speaker A

DA Davidson also pointing out the risks with the R2 launch, adding that a lot has to go right for Rivian to make its numbers this year.

00:44 Speaker A

And that’s for Yahoo Finance market minute. Scan the QR code below to track the best and worst performing stocks in the trading session.

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