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Eastern Co director Galbato Chan purchased 962 common shares on March 16, 2026, in a transaction disclosed on a Form 4 filing. The acquisition was executed under The Eastern Company Director’s Fee Program pursuant to rule 16b-3(d). The move comes as the company trades at a P/E of 20.92 and carries a $124 million market capitalization, following a f…
SoFi Technologies shares fell about 4% after Muddy Waters Research disclosed a short position and published a set of allegations that the fintech has misstated debt, inflated earnings and used off-balance-sheet structures that obscure borrowings. Muddy Waters quantified at least $312 million in unrecorded borrowings and said reported metrics includ…
Analysts have revised upward expectations for debt issuance by the largest hyperscalers after Amazon completed a near-record $54 billion investment-grade bond sale. Banks and research teams say elevated capital needs to build AI data center capacity will likely sustain heavy issuance from Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and Oracle through 2026 an…
Tuesday's session produced sizable swings across the market, with technology, healthcare and consumer stocks among the most active. Eli Lilly fell after a downgrade tied to obesity market concerns, while Micron rose on ramping shipments of HBM4 memory for Nvidia AI chips. Several large- and mid-cap names moved more than 10% on company-specific news…
Markets face a dense calendar on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, with the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision, accompanying FOMC statement, economic projections and press conference taking center stage. Earlier in the day, the Producer Price Index and its core variant are due, and the Energy Information Administration will publish weekly crude oil …
Harrow is moving from niche compounding toward a broad ophthalmic platform. Management reaffirmed 2025 revenue of $270-$280M, is doubling multiple sales forces, and is integrating Melt Pharmaceuticals to extend procedural sedation reach. With heavy short interest and near-term technical oversold signals, this is a tradeable long targeting a re-rati…
Palantir has been punished by the market; underlying commercial traction and government backlog argue for a tactical long. This trade idea offers a mid-term swing plan with clear entry, target and stop while highlighting catalysts and the key risks that would flip the thesis.
Bernstein has identified a set of equipment and materials providers in the chip testing and advanced packaging ecosystem that it believes are well placed to capture rising demand tied to artificial intelligence chips and increasingly intricate semiconductor packaging methods. The research note emphasizes suppliers of grinding, dicing, bonding and t…
Halliburton Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer Beckwith Van H. completed a sale of 19,618 Halliburton shares on March 16, 2026, generating $663,480 at $33.82 per share. The transaction, carried out under a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted August 13, 2025, leaves Beckwith with a direct stake of 344,535.49 shares. The sale occurs as …
Jeffrey Shannon Slocum, Halliburton Co's director, executive vice president and chief operating officer, sold 5,441 shares on March 16, 2026, for $33.82 per share, totaling $184,014. Following the transaction, Slocum retains direct ownership of 187,422.952 shares and holds options on additional shares. The sale was carried out under a Rule 10b5-1 t…
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul told a Berlin audience that a military solution to the Iran conflict is unrealistic and that engineered regime change would risk chaos harmful to Germany, the region and Iranians. Speaking at an event hosted by the ZEIT media group alongside his French counterpart, Wadephul also said now is not the time to li…
Avidbank Holdings director Mike Rosinus sold 56,882 shares on March 16, 2026, for $27.41 per share, a transaction valued at about $1.56 million. The stock trades near $27.17 and has risen roughly 24% over the last year. The sale follows mixed fiscal 2025 fourth-quarter results and comes as analysts maintain price targets between $33 and $37 and Inv…
Pono Capital Four, Inc. completed a SPAC initial public offering on March 16, 2026, raising $120 million through the sale of 12 million units at $10 per unit. Each unit includes one Class A ordinary share and a right to receive one-fifth of a Class A share upon completion of an initial business combination. D. Boral Capital LLC acted as sole bookru…
The U.S. House Oversight Committee has issued a subpoena for former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to provide a sworn, closed-door deposition on April 14 as part of its investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein. The panel alleges the Justice Department may have withheld material in its release of millions of Epstein-related documents. Bondi a…
The Space Force's Golden Dome missile defense initiative will require $185 billion under its stated objective architecture, $10 billion more than the prior budget, program director Space Force General Michael Guetlein said. The rise accompanies the addition of Lockheed Martin, RTX and Northrop Grumman as prime contractors and will accelerate develo…
Marvell just demonstrated that its role in AI infrastructure is more substantial than many investors realize. Strong fiscal Q4 results, aggressive FY2027 guidance, improving technicals, and a clean balance sheet support a mid-term long trade: entry $91.15, stop $80.00, target $120.00 over the next 45 trading days.
The Golden Dome missile defense program has had its cost estimate raised to $185 billion to accelerate space-based capabilities, with Lockheed Martin, RTX and Northrop Grumman joining as prime partners. The funding increase targets three specific space efforts, including the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS), while program lead…
Emirates Global Aluminium will begin routing alumina imports and finished aluminium through the Port of Sohar in Oman while the Strait of Hormuz remains shut due to the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Producers in the Gulf are diverting cargo to ports outside the strait and trucking materials onward. Market anxiety has pushed aluminium price…
Director Patrick E. Bowe sold 15,000 shares of Andersons, Inc. on March 16, 2026, in a transaction valued at $1,056,150. The sale occurred with the stock trading near its 52-week high and after a period of significant share-price appreciation. The company also reported fourth-quarter results showing higher-than-expected adjusted EPS but revenue bel…
Belgian equities finished the trading session higher, with the BEL 20 index rising 0.74%. Gains were concentrated in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors. Market breadth favoured advancing stocks by 55 to 41, and 12 issues ended unchanged. Key commodities and currency benchmarks showed mixed moves at the close.
Paris equities ended higher on Tuesday, with the CAC 40 rising 0.49% and the SBF 120 up 0.52%. Oil & Gas, Utilities and Financials were cited as sector leaders. Key individual movers included gains at Stellantis, TotalEnergies and AXA, while Hermes, Dassault Systèmes and LVMH weighed on the benchmark. Commodity prices climbed and the CAC 40 VIX rea…
Frankfurt stocks finished the session in positive territory, with the benchmark DAX climbing 0.67%. The MDAX and TecDAX outperformed the main index, gaining 1.78% and 1.11% respectively, driven by strong showings in utilities, insurance and consumer-oriented names. Energy-related commodities and precious metals also moved higher, while currency pai…
Italian equities closed with gains on Tuesday, driven by strength in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Utilities sectors. The domestic benchmark advanced 1.22% at the close in Milan, with Tenaris, Eni and Stellantis among the top performers. Amplifon recorded the largest decline, hitting a five-year low.
Netherlands equities ended the trading day higher, with the AEX posting a 0.50% gain. Strength in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors underpinned the advance. Top session performers included BE Semiconductor Industries, Relx and CVC Capital Partners, while Universal Music Group, Randstad and Heineken were among the laggards.
Portugal's PSI index closed up 0.50% as gains in Utilities, Telecoms and Technology stocks underpinned the session. Energy names including Galp Energia and renewable EDP Renovaveis were among the day's leaders, while select consumer and industrial names lagged. Commodity prices rose on the session and currency moves were limited.
