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Ned S Holmes, a member of the Board of Directors at Prosperity Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: PB), has completed a sale of common stock totaling 1,100 shares. The transactions, which took place on April 22, 2026, resulted in a total liquidation value of $76,842. This movement of equity occurs amid a period of significant activity for the financial instit…
Pantera Capital’s DAT Opportunity Fund, holding 6.7% of London-listed Satsuma Technology, is pressing the company to liquidate its roughly $50 million bitcoin position and return proceeds to shareholders. The request follows a roughly 99% decline in Satsuma’s share price from a £14 peak last June and leadership turnover.
The Swiss National Bank remains prepared to intervene in foreign exchange markets to manage the franc's value, Vice President Antoine Martin told RTS. While the franc has been a policy concern, it has softened versus the euro and the dollar since the onset of the conflict in Iran. SNB minutes confirm officials are keeping interest rates at 0% and m…
A recent shipment of Russian Urals crude delivered to Cuba has been refined and distributed, temporarily reducing widespread rolling blackouts. Officials say the volume will cover only a few days of fuel needs and that Cuba would require multiple similar deliveries each month to sustain power generation and industrial activity. Moscow has signaled …
Four European embassies have accused Russian authorities of attempting to obliterate remembrance of atrocities carried out under Soviet leader Josef Stalin after a memorial complex in Tomsk honoring victims of the NKVD was unexpectedly dismantled. The memorial - located on land thought to be a mass grave and including the so-called "Stone of Grief"…
OpenAI on Thursday released GPT-5.5, making the model available to Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise customers via ChatGPT and Codex. The update delivers higher scores across several coding, research and professional benchmarks, preserves per-token latency of the previous iteration while using fewer tokens for comparable tasks, and introduces a 1-…
On April 23, a Malta-flagged tanker completed a cross-country delivery of U.S. crude from Phillips 66’s Beaumont terminal to Monroe Energy’s Trainer refinery in Pennsylvania under a temporary Jones Act waiver issued by President Donald Trump. Ship tracking data from Kpler and LSEG show the HTM Warrior loaded light, sweet Bakken crude in early April…
Stocks across market-cap tiers experienced notable volatility on Thursday. Semiconductor and industrial names posted some of the strongest gains, while a number of service, software and specialty-equipment companies declined sharply. The session was punctuated by company-specific catalysts such as guidance and earnings beats, share-buyback authoriz…
Teck Resources Limited announced a quarterly dividend of $0.125 per share payable on June 30, 2026, demonstrating the company's ongoing commitment to shareholder returns amid its focus on responsible growth in the mining sector. The dividend applies to both Class A common shares and Class B subordinate voting shares.
Traders will close out the week with a sequence of scheduled data releases on Friday, April 24, 2026, that include the University of Michigan’s final consumer sentiment and expectations measures, Baker Hughes’ weekly U.S. and total rig counts, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s weekly Commitments of Traders reports across a broad set of…
A varied roster of companies across multiple sectors is slated to release quarterly results on Friday, April 24, 2026. Major names reporting before the market open include Procter & Gamble, HCA Holdings, Schlumberger and ENI SpA, while Hilltop Holdings is scheduled to report after the close. The list spans consumer goods, healthcare, oilfield servi…
Blackstone Inc.'s secondaries platform, Strategic Partners, reported $100 billion of assets under management in the first quarter, driven in part by renewed fundraising for its flagship secondaries fund and a broadened market for secondhand private fund stakes. Executives highlighted new inflows, a strong realized return on a recent vintage fund an…
VivoPower PLC has launched a formal competitive bidding process to select tenants for its recently acquired 41.5MW data center in Mo i Rana, Norway. The facility, powered by low-cost renewable hydroelectric energy, is attracting strong interest from AI neocloud operators and hyperscalers. The lease selection aims to optimize commercial terms, opera…
<p>AT&T's broadband franchise is quietly stabilizing margins and free cash flow while the stock trades at a multi-year discount to fundamentals. With a current price near $26.58, a 4%+ yield and an EV/EBITDA of ~6.5, the risk/reward favors owning the name into near-term catalysts tied to FirstNet upgrades and broadband monetization. This trade idea…
Brazil’s antitrust authority CADE has voted to return an inquiry into Alphabet’s Google to its general superintendence for formal administrative proceedings, saying the company’s handling of journalistic content has evolved since the probe began in 2019. The decision follows an interim chief’s recommendation that new developments - including genera…
Brazil’s antitrust authority CADE has approved a recommendation to expand its inquiry into Alphabet’s Google over how the company uses journalistic material. The move sends the matter back to CADE’s general superintendence for formal administrative proceedings, with officials citing changes in Google’s practices since the probe began in 2019 and co…
Progyny, Inc., a leading women's health and family building solutions company, announced it will report its Q1 2026 financial results after market close on May 7, 2026, followed by a conference call. The press release details access information for investors and media, highlighting the company's market recognition and commitment to innovative healt…
A recent operation using a swarm of small, fast Iranian boats to seize two container ships near the Strait of Hormuz underscores the persistent asymmetric maritime threat that remains despite strikes on Iran’s conventional navy. The tactic - backed by heavily armed Revolutionary Guards crews and integrated with shore-based missiles, drones, mines a…
KeyBanc Capital released a ranked list of five healthcare stocks led by Elanco Animal Health. The firm's selections include companies from animal health, digital musculoskeletal care, beauty and wellness technology, pharmacy automation, and fertility benefits management. The report notes recent corporate developments and analyst reactions for each …
Meta Platforms Inc. will reduce its workforce by about 10%, or nearly 8,000 employees, and will not fill roughly 6,000 open positions, according to an internal memo dated Thursday. The company says the moves are intended to improve operational efficiency and help offset large investments in artificial intelligence, including spending on talent, inf…
TeraWulf has moved from pure bitcoin mining toward high-density AI/HPC colocation and GPU leasing. With a $900M equity raise to fund a Hawesville campus and an enterprise value near $11.6B, the stock offers asymmetric upside if management executes on leasable capacity and GPU demand while carrying material execution and capital risks.
New figures from Italy’s multi-year budget plan and updated Greek estimates indicate that Greece will likely relinquish its position as the euro zone’s most indebted country this year, as Greece’s debt-to-GDP ratio is forecast to fall while Italy’s rises in 2026. The change reflects recent trajectories in public debt ratios and planned fiscal actio…
Nasdaq announced a package of upgraded market products to support a planned expansion of U.S. equity trading to 23 hours a day, five days a week. The exchange said the enhancements will improve data analytics and visibility across its three equity venues as it positions for greater global participation in U.S. stocks. Nasdaq expects the extended ho…
Shares of major software companies plunged on Thursday following earnings from ServiceNow and IBM that raised fresh questions about the resilience of subscription-based cloud models in the face of AI tooling. ServiceNow plunged 18% after signaling a geopolitical headwind to subscription revenue, while IBM slid 9.25% despite beating estimates but ho…
The White House has received proposed rule changes from the Securities and Exchange Commission that aim to simplify and accelerate the process for companies going public or raising capital. Key measures under review include a modernized shelf registration process to permit quicker securities issuance and an expansion of simplified disclosure standa…
