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EyePoint Pharmaceuticals filed a complaint in Middlesex County Superior Court on March 20, accusing Ocular Therapeutix of disseminating false or misleading statements about EyePoint and its experimental eye drug Duravyu. The suit seeks injunctive relief, a public retraction, and monetary damages and legal fees. Ocular said it stands by its statemen…
Sezzle said it has dismissed independent auditor Baker Tilly and named PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as its auditor for 2026, according to a corporate filing. The company disclosed a material weakness in internal controls tied to classification of cash flows related to notes receivable for fiscal 2024 and 2025. Baker Tilly's audit opinions for those…
The Defense Logistics Agency has granted US Foods Inc. (NYSE: USFD) a maximum $137,113,715 contract to supply full-line food and beverage items to U.S. military services. The firm-fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity agreement was awarded to US Foods - Los Angeles, based in La Mirada, California, and i…
Mexican stocks closed lower on Friday, with the S&P/BMV IPC sliding 1.63% to register a new one-month low. Losses were concentrated in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples. Market breadth favored decliners, while gold fell sharply and crude oil advanced; the peso showed modest weakness versus the U.S. dollar.
Aerovironment Inc. has been awarded two contracts by the U.S. Army totaling about $135 million for reconnaissance platforms and associated equipment. The larger award funds procurement and delivery of P550 Long Range Reconnaissance systems under a firm-fixed-price arrangement, while the smaller contract covers Red Dragon systems and a suite of supp…
Colombia's benchmark index, the COLCAP, climbed 1.40% at Friday's close with gains concentrated in the Industrials, Services and Agriculture sectors. Top performers included Grupo Cibest, Corporacion Financiera Colombiana and Interconexion Electric, while Mineros, Organizacion Terpel and Celsia were among the session's laggards. Commodity and curre…
Russia's benchmark slipped modestly on Friday, with losses concentrated in Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Telecoms. Market breadth favored decliners, while select energy names outperformed. Volatility readings retreated and major commodity contracts moved sharply, with crude rising and gold falling. Currency pairs showed significant moves against the…
BHAV Acquisition Corp completed an initial public offering of 10 million units at $10.00 per unit, raising $100 million. Each unit comprises one Class A ordinary share and one right, with the company depositing the offering proceeds into a trust account. The units began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol BHAVU on March 19, 2026; t…
U.S. stocks finished lower on Friday as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Basic Materials sectors pushed benchmarks down. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.97% to a new three-month low, the S&P 500 retreated 1.51% and the NASDAQ Composite dropped 2.01%. Market breadth favored decliners, and volatility, commodity and currency moves accom…
Canada's main stock gauge closed lower, with the S&P/TSX Composite slipping 1.69% to register a new three-month low. Materials, Healthcare and Information Technology sectors were among the heaviest drags. Market breadth was negative, while implied volatility rose and commodity prices moved unevenly, with gold falling and crude and Brent oil advanci…
The Pentagon announced that the Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience (PIPIR) will launch a Japan-led solid rocket motor production program, take coordinated steps to standardize and build small military drones across the region, and study creating an ammunition loading and packaging line in the Philippines. The group added Thailand an…
Brazil's Bovespa index closed down 2.25% on Friday, dropping to a new one-month low as losses in the Real Estate, Public Utilities and Industrials sectors weighed on the market. Market breadth was negative, with decliners outnumbering advancers by a wide margin. Select names posted gains, while a handful of large-cap stocks recorded steep declines.…
UBS is recommending that investors increase exposure to alternative assets to help manage a more volatile market and elevated geopolitical risks. The bank cited hedge funds, private equity and infrastructure as key areas that can offer new return streams and reduce overall portfolio risk, while warning of the unique risks that come with alternative…
BARK Inc (NYSE:BARK) shares tumbled 21.6% on Friday after the company’s Special Committee declined an unsolicited acquisition proposal from the GNK/Lemonis Group and ended its current strategic review. A separate proposal from Great Dane Ventures had been withdrawn earlier. The company said pursuing its standalone plan and disciplined execution bes…
Bank of America identifies the Iran conflict as a growing risk to the global automotive sector. Rising oil prices are widening the economic case for battery electric vehicles (BEVs), but the bank warns that sustained disruption could push Brent crude far higher, drive lasting cost inflation and eventually suppress consumer demand once current hedge…
Mexico's state oil company, Pemex, will delay any major changes to its crude export plan until mid-term oil price trends become clearer, Finance Minister Edgar Amador said. The minister described the recent price rise linked to the Middle East conflict as likely short-lived, but left open the possibility of revisiting the strategy if geopolitical t…
Goldman Sachs says damage at Qatar's Ras Laffan and wider outages are removing supply from global LNG markets, lifting European gas prices above €60/MWh. The bank raised its Brent crude forecasts for 2026 and 2027 and highlighted companies with high spot exposure or LNG trading operations - notably BP and Vår Energi - as likely beneficiaries of sus…
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman met with several senior Trump administration officials this month to press for the retirement of the government's senior preferred shares in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which represent a $370 billion claim on the two mortgage-finance companies. The meetings are part of a broader push by investors seeking returns as th…
Stocks experienced notable intraday swings on Friday, with major technology and chipmakers among the decliners while a number of mid- and small-cap issues posted sizable gains. The session ranged from heavy losses in several large-cap semiconductor and tech names to outsized rallies in select mid- and small-cap companies.
Traders face a compact set of U.S. economic releases on Monday, March 23, 2026, including construction spending, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index and the Atlanta Fed GDPNow estimate. While no high-impact, three-star items are scheduled, these reports together provide a snapshot of regional activity, construction sector flows and a running mo…
Roblox Corp. will begin taking a share of revenue from game sponsorships as part of a broader revision of its advertising guidelines. Starting May 4, the company will define what counts as an ad, restrict certain ad categories for players under 13, and bar reward-based ad formats for that age group. Roblox says standardizing policies and measuremen…
Hyundai Motor said it has logged four minor injuries connected to rear power-seat operations in new Palisade SUVs as the company continues an investigation and keeps sales of certain 2026 Palisade trims suspended. The automaker recalled 68,500 vehicles in the United States and Canada after a March 7 incident that resulted in the death of a two-year…
Jefferies identifies Coca-Cola as its top protein investment, driven by fairlife distribution expansion, and recommends exposure to BellRing Brands and Simply Good Foods despite near-term headwinds and lowered guidance from some analysts. The bank points to sustained consumer demand for protein-enriched products and current valuations as opportunit…
JPMorgan has moved Air Products and Chemicals to an Overweight rating, citing the company's relatively predictable earnings and a potential rebound in helium pricing after recent supply disruptions. The bank expects a smaller-than-previously-estimated EBITDA hit from helium in fiscal 2026 and points to structural revenue exposure to chemicals and r…
McCormick has spent the last decade assembling a portfolio of spices, sauces and condiments through acquisitions such as Frank’s RedHot, French’s and Cholula. The company is now reportedly in talks with Unilever over a potential purchase of Unilever’s food business, a unit Barclays analysts value at over $30 billion. While the deal could dramatical…
