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A federal judge in Boston dismissed the case of Any Lucia Lopez Belloza after she declined to board an ICE-arranged flight from Honduras to the United States. The judge said her refusal removed the court’s sole remaining basis for jurisdiction; her attorney plans to appeal. The litigation follows her detention at Logan Airport, a prior judicial ord…
Sheri B. Bronstein, Bank of America’s Chief People Officer, sold 60,000 shares on March 5, 2026, generating $2.99 million at weighted average prices between $49.65 and $50.24. The bank has several concurrent capital and strategic actions, including a Yen-denominated note redemption, new bond issuance, a role in an IPO, a data partnership with the L…
Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT) is a small-cap oil & gas producer trading at a low EV/EBITDA multiple and an elevated dividend yield. The company's path to positive free cash flow in 2027 looks achievable if production ramps and costs hold; that creates a tradeable asymmetric setup. This idea lays out an entry, stop, targets and the risks that could…
Japan, France and Canada are developing approaches separate from a U.S.-led critical minerals trade bloc to secure supplies of rare earths and other critical metals outside China. Proposed measures include import quotas, subsidies for Western Hemisphere projects, and a buyers' club led by Canada to build a dependable non-Chinese supply chain. Offic…
Former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has resigned from the board of Trump Media & Technology Group, according to an SEC filing. The filing states his departure was not the result of disagreements with management or the board. The move occurs as the company, known for its Truth Social platform, weighs a spinoff of the social network an…
Innospec Executive Vice President and CFO Ian Cleminson sold 2,380 shares of the company's common stock on February 27, 2026, through a series of transactions priced between $75.5001 and $77.0713. The sales totaled approximately $182197. After the trades, Cleminson retains direct ownership of 20,357 Innospec shares. The firm's stock has fallen abou…
S&P Dow Jones Indices carried out a routine but broad reconstitution of its indexes, adding Vertiv, EchoStar, Lumentum and Coherent to the S&P 500 while removing four other companies. The S&P 100 will also see semiconductor and industrial entrants, with veteran financial firms exiting that blue-chip list. Market participants anticipate substantial …
Goldman Sachs warned that oil prices may climb above $100 per barrel as early as next week unless there is evidence of a near-term recovery in crude and product flows through the Strait of Hormuz. The bank said it will revisit its price outlook if its assumption of a gradual normalization of flows over the coming days is not validated. Current base…
HP trades at roughly $19.47 with a market cap near $17.8B, a P/E around 7 and an EV/EBITDA of ~5.6. The stock has been punished by rising memory costs and conservative near-term guidance, but AMD design wins, healthy free cash flow ($2.88B) and a 6%+ dividend yield create a high-probability asymmetric trade. We outline an actionable entry, stop and…
Steven B. Klinsky, a director at New Mountain Finance Corp (NASDAQ: NMFC), purchased 237,873 shares of the company on March 5, 2026, at $8.10 per share, a transaction valued at $1,926,771. The stock was trading at $7.98 at the time of reporting, with New Mountain Finance maintaining a market capitalization of $807 million. The Form 4 filing details…
Dr. Vinay Prasad, who has led the Food and Drug Administration's division overseeing vaccines and biotech drug approvals for about a year, will leave the agency at the end of April. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary confirmed the departure and said federal health officials have begun looking for Prasad's replacement. Prasad had taken a one-year leave f…
BridgeBio Pharma director Andrea Ellis sold 64,921 shares on March 4, 2026, for $4,211,301 under a Rule 10b5-1 plan while exercising options to acquire the same number of shares at $8.45 each. The company reported Q4 revenue above estimates driven by Attruby sales, recorded a larger-than-expected adjusted loss, and said interim Phase 3 FORTIFY data…
Saks Global announced the closure of 15 additional locations as part of its bankruptcy restructuring, trimming underperforming outlets to prioritize more profitable, higher-end stores. The company said it is largely finished with store shutdowns but is still finalizing counts with some landlords. Inventory flow has started to recover as hundreds of…
President Donald Trump on March 6 warned that escalating costs tied to college football - particularly name, image and likeness (NIL) payments - are damaging collegiate athletics broadly. Speaking at a White House East Room event with sports leaders, he urged Congress to pass legislation to change how NIL deals are handled and said he might issue a…
Quest Diagnostics Senior Vice President Karthik Kuppusamy sold 2,628 shares on March 4, 2026, at $204.86 per share for about $538,372 and on the same day received 6,200 shares valued at $1,270,132 as settlement of a performance stock award. The transactions took place with shares trading close to a 52-week high; the company recently reported strong…
Christopher Gustanski, Phinia Inc.'s vice president of Operational Excellence, sold 3,812 shares of common stock on March 4, 2026, in a transaction valued at $277,239. The sale came as Phinia reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat on revenue but missed on earnings per share. At the time of reporting, the company's share price was lower than…
Patrick Plewman, senior vice president for Diagnostic Services at Quest Diagnostics (DGX), completed a planned sale of 2,855 shares on March 5, 2026, for $588,729 under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. The transactions followed the settlement of a performance stock award and occurred as the stock traded near its 52-week high. Plewman’s direct ownership after th…
With WTI back near $90/bbl, Devon Energy is one of the easiest macro-to-equity trades in U.S. exploration and production. The company’s lean cost structure and high operating leverage to oil prices mean incremental barrels translate quickly into free cash flow. This trade idea lays out entry, stop and targets for a long trade over a 180-trading-day…
U.S. equity markets closed lower, weighed by losses in Industrials, Technology and Basic Materials. The Dow fell to a new three-month low, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq also slipped, while volatility and commodity prices climbed sharply. Advancers were outnumbered by decliners across both the NYSE and Nasdaq.
An analysis prepared by the Panama Canal Authority shows a 2.8% increase in vessel transits in the first four months of its fiscal year through January, with tankers, car carriers and dry bulk ships accounting for most of the growth. The authority reported 114 more transits than the same period a year earlier, reaching 4,156 vessels, and highlighte…
Canadian equities closed lower Friday, with the S&P/TSX Composite retreating 1.57% as declines in the Consumer Discretionary, Industrials and Financials sectors weighed on the market. Aecon Group, Constellation Software and Curaleaf were the session's top performers, while Methanex, Algonquin Power & Utilities and Bitfarms led losses. Market volati…
Mexico's main stock gauge, the S&P/BMV IPC, closed down 1.54%, settling at a new one-month low as losses in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples led the decline. Market breadth favored decliners, and several large-cap names drove much of the movement. Commodities and currency markets also recorded notable moves during the ses…
The United Nations will elect a new secretary-general this year to serve a five-year term beginning January 1, 2027. The formal nomination period opened late last year and will include televised interactive dialogues in April. Several candidates have been nominated by their countries; the Security Council will conduct secret straw polls to reach co…
Oracle is trading like a busted AI bubble name despite $439.5B market cap, solid operating profitability, and an AI product cadence that still matters. With Q3 earnings due 03/10/2026 and recent headline-driven selling tied to lawsuits and capex concerns, this trade buys the fear: enter into the pullback, size appropriately, and use a tight stop to…
Colombian equities closed lower on Friday with the COLCAP index retreating 0.32% as losses in the Financials, Investment and Public Services sectors outweighed gains among select heavyweights. Notable movers included Etb, Ecopetrol and Grupo Argos on the upside, while Mineros, Grupo Aval preferred shares and Grupo Cibest led declines. Commodity pri…
