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Moody's Ratings has affirmed Flowers Foods' Baa3 long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings but shifted the outlook to negative from stable. The agency cited elevated leverage following the Simple Mills acquisition, slower-than-expected deleveraging driven by category softness and margin pressures, and forecasts that leverage will remain elevate…
U.S. equity markets closed mixed on Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average edging up 0.10%, the S&P 500 eking out a 0.05% gain and the Nasdaq Composite retreating 0.22%. Sector rotation drove the split, as gains in Utilities, Basic Materials and Industrials were offset by losses in Technology, Telecoms and Consumer Services. Market breadth fa…
Mexico’s benchmark S&P/BMV IPC advanced 0.79% at Friday’s close, driven by strength in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples. Leading individual winners included Grupo Carso, Grupo Financiero Inbursa and Alsea, while Coca-Cola Femsa, Orbia and Sigma were among the weakest performers. Commodities and FX showed mixed moves, with…
Moody's Ratings has affirmed PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas & Electric Company's ratings while revising their outlooks from stable to positive, a change that touches roughly $44 billion of outstanding debt. The agency cited expected improvements in cash flow metrics through 2026-2027, progress on wildfire mitigation, and strengthened California l…
Canadian stocks closed higher on Friday, with the S&P/TSX Composite rising 1.87%. Gains were concentrated in the Materials, Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare sectors. Magna International and Trisura Group were among the session leaders, while Advantage Oil & Gas, Colliers and CAE were the largest decliners. Market breadth favored advancers and …
S&P Global Ratings has lowered its credit rating on Advantage Solutions Inc. and placed the company on CreditWatch negative following an announced exchange offer for outstanding term loan and note obligations. The rating action reflects uncertainty over lender participation and the potential for some creditors to be subordinated, alongside sector p…
Colombian equities finished higher on Friday with the COLCAP index up 1.73% as gains in Industrials, Services and Agriculture propelled the market. Top session movers included a modest rise for Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA and declines for several cement, fuel and financial names. Commodity and currency markets showed modest moves alongside…
S&P Global Ratings has shifted Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp.'s outlook to negative while maintaining its 'B' issuer credit rating, pointing to elevated leverage and weakening margins. The agency highlights downside risks to its base case tied to comparable-sales performance, the potential impact of cost cuts on profitability, and continued softn…
Russian equities rose at Friday's close, with the MOEX Russia Index finishing 0.42% higher. Telecoms, power and oil & gas names helped drive the advance. Market breadth favored gainers, the Russian Volatility Index plunged to a one-year trough, and key commodity and FX benchmarks moved modestly in mixed directions.
Shares of Sunrise New Energy Co Ltd, which does business as E-Power Inc., climbed 27.4% at Friday's close following the announcement of a long-term anode material supply contract with a global top-5 lithium-ion battery manufacturer and a mutual strategic intent to co-invest in a 30,000-tonne-per-year anode production plant in Indonesia.
Disc Medicine Inc.'s stock tumbled after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Complete Response Letter for bitopertin, the company's investigational therapy for erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP). The FDA said it requires results from the ongoing Phase 3 APOLLO study before it can rule on approval. Disc Medicine provided updated timing f…
The autoparts retail sector remains resilient as consumers keep older vehicles on the road. A recent comprehensive analysis by WarrenAI identifies five names that illustrate the sector’s split between richly valued growth franchises and more attractively priced value opportunities. Investors are urged to weigh quality against price, as differences …
Researchers from multiple institutions, with assistance from OpenAI’s GPT-5.2, report a result showing that tree-level scattering amplitudes for configurations with one negative-helicity gluon and the rest positive are nonzero in a constrained momentum alignment they call the half-collinear regime. The work, set out in a preprint titled "Single-min…
The Bovespa closed down 0.90% in Sao Paulo on Friday, led lower by declines in Basic Materials, Industrials and Financials. Market breadth favored advancers, but several heavyweight names fell. Commodities and FX showed divergent moves, while implied volatility on Bovespa options ticked higher.
Incyte issued a conservative sales projection for its topical drug Opzelura for 2026 that fell short of Wall Street forecasts, deepening investor concern about the company’s ability to replace revenue as its top product Jakafi approaches patent expiration. The company reported stronger-than-expected overall revenue for the quarter but missed on adj…
United Airlines has notified investors it is in a contractual dispute with Rolls-Royce over engines and maintenance services tied to a long-delayed order for 45 Airbus A350 aircraft. The carrier says the British engine maker breached terms of a 2010 agreement and is seeking return of a $175 million prepayment plus additional sums. Rolls-Royce denie…
A Philadelphia jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $250,000 to the family of Gayle Emerson, who alleged long-term use of the company’s talc-based baby powder caused her ovarian cancer. The verdict, returned in a Pennsylvania state court, included $50,000 in compensatory damages and $200,000 in punitive damages. Emerson filed suit in 2019 and died…
Alphabet raised $31.51 billion in a global bond offering across U.S. dollar, sterling and Swiss franc markets, drawing heavy investor demand but prompting concern over the absence of standard covenants protecting existing and future bondholders. The issuance included a 100-year sterling 'century' bond and followed a wave of large debt placements by…
XFLH Capital Corporation completed an initial public offering of 10 million units at $10.00 apiece, raising $100 million. The Cayman Islands-based special purpose acquisition company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker XFLHU on February 12, 2026. The offering included an underwriter option to purchase up to 1.5 million add…
Homebuilder equities advanced Friday following cooler-than-expected inflation data, which lifted hopes for Federal Reserve interest-rate reductions and pushed the 10-year Treasury yield lower. The S&P 1500 Homebuilding Index rose roughly 2.1% as most constituents traded higher. Individual movers included Taylor Morrison, Meritage, Century Communiti…
SpaceX is exploring a dual-class share arrangement for a planned initial public offering this year and is adjusting its governance ahead of the sale, according to people familiar with the matter. The firm, which acquired the founder's AI startup xAI, is targeting a blockbuster valuation that could exceed $1.5 trillion. Discussions are ongoing and d…
A number of listed companies are scheduled to release quarterly results on Monday, February 16, 2026. Bridgestone will report before markets open, while BHP Billiton (two listings), Sonoco Products, Otter Tail and Armada Hoffler Properties are due after the close. The release schedule includes consensus EPS estimates and revenue projections where a…
SpaceX is considering a dual-class share structure for a planned initial public offering slated for later this year, a move that would create a class of shares with enhanced voting rights for select holders and allow insiders, including Elon Musk, to retain control while holding a minority of economic ownership. The company is also reported to be a…
Shares of The GEO Group climbed 6.2% on Friday after the administration announced a $38.3 billion Detention Reengineering Initiative aimed at expanding U.S. immigration detention capacity. The plan calls for acquiring and renovating large detention centers, adding processing sites, and integrating existing facilities into a new national detention n…
OpenAI is partnering with two defense technology contractors chosen by the Department of War to supply voice-to-digital-instruction software for a six-month, $100 million prize challenge aimed at enabling plain-language command of large autonomous drone fleets. The firm's contribution is explicitly constrained - it will not power weapons integratio…
