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  • Publicis agreed to buy LiveRamp at $38.50 per share, about a 30% premium, after LiveRamp reported 9% revenue growth and AI platform gains.
  • Analysts say agentic AI will make autonomous shopping agents dominant, letting apparel brands reclaim pricing and customer data over five to seven years.
  • Hims & Hers reported a margin hit after shifting from compounded to branded GLP-1s, prompting buy-the-dip swing trade recommendations.
  • Rep. Thomas Massie said Trump's weekend attacks aim to influence the Kentucky primary as Trump backs Massie's opponent.
  • U.S. special envoy Jeff Landry arrived in Nuuk ahead of the 'Future Greenland' conference to pursue economic ties amid Arctic negotiations.

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CoStar shares climb after CEO purchases $2.48M in stock

CoStar shares climb after CEO purchases $2.48M in stock

CoStar Group shares rose 3% on Tuesday after a Form 4 filing disclosed that CEO Andrew Florance bought $2.48 million of company stock. The filing shows the purchase of 55,720 shares at $44.52 apiece, bringing Florance's total holdings to 1,586,866 shares. The trade arrives as the shares have fallen 33% year-to-date amid concerns about AI-driven dis…

Warsaw Stocks Slide; WIG30 Drops 4.35% to One-Month Low

Warsaw Stocks Slide; WIG30 Drops 4.35% to One-Month Low

Poland's benchmark WIG30 closed sharply lower, falling 4.35% to a fresh one-month low as losses concentrated in Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Energy weighed on the market. While a handful of names gained, including Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA and X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA, large declines from KGHM and other energy and utility firms domina…

Copenhagen Stocks Slip as OMX Copenhagen 20 Drops 2.42% to Three-Year Low

Copenhagen Stocks Slip as OMX Copenhagen 20 Drops 2.42% to Three-Year Low

Denmark's equity market closed lower Tuesday, with the OMX Copenhagen 20 falling 2.42% to a fresh three-year low. Losses concentrated in Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Financials pushed more stocks down than up, while commodity and currency moves featured notable intraday volatility. AP Moeller - Maersk shares finished higher, while Rockwool, Genmab and …

Cigna’s CEO David Cordani to Retire; Brian Evanko Tapped as Successor

Cigna’s CEO David Cordani to Retire; Brian Evanko Tapped as Successor

Cigna announced that CEO David Cordani will retire and become executive chair on July 1, with longtime insider Brian Evanko, 49, succeeding him as chief executive. The move comes as Cigna transitions some customers to a new rebate-free business model that the company says will compress margins over the next two years. The change surprised at least …

Unloved SMCI Looks Poised for a Mean Reversion Rally — Tactical Long

Unloved SMCI Looks Poised for a Mean Reversion Rally — Tactical Long

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) has been punished for margin volatility even as top-line demand from AI infrastructure remains torrid. The stock’s valuation is constructive on sales multiples, short interest is elevated, and recent technicals show a base near the low-$30s. We lay out a mid-term, defined-risk long with a clear entry, stop and $45 target…

Small Firms Cite Tariffs and Inflation as Major Cost Drivers, Fed Survey Says

Small Firms Cite Tariffs and Inflation as Major Cost Drivers, Fed Survey Says

The Federal Reserve's 2025 Small Business Credit Survey, compiled by the 12 regional Fed banks, found that rising costs related to tariffs, inflation and wages were the dominant challenge for U.S. small firms in 2025. Retail and manufacturing firms reported the greatest tariff-related pressure; most firms sourcing foreign inputs saw price increases…

uniQure Shares Cut After FDA Signals Need for Sham-Controlled Phase 3 for Huntington’s Gene Therapy

uniQure Shares Cut After FDA Signals Need for Sham-Controlled Phase 3 for Huntington’s Gene Therapy

Analysts moved to lower uniQure N.V.'s ratings after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration indicated it would require a randomized, sham surgery-controlled Phase 3 trial for the company’s Huntington’s disease candidate, AMT-130. The FDA’s stance, communicated following a Type A meeting, reduces the likelihood of an accelerated approval pathway base…

Apollo CEO Predicts Prolonged Private Credit Shakeout as Defaults Rise

Apollo CEO Predicts Prolonged Private Credit Shakeout as Defaults Rise

Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan warned that the private credit industry faces a lasting shakeout amid rising defaults on loans to software companies. He cited recent bank loan failures and investor withdrawals from business development companies as signs of broader strain. Major asset managers offering retail-facing private credit funds hav…

Banc of California: A Regional Bank Play on a California Reflation

Banc of California: A Regional Bank Play on a California Reflation

Banc of California (BANC) is trading below tangible book and yields a modest cash dividend while free cash flow and recent earnings show the bank can fund buybacks and loan sales. With the stock near $18, an entry at $18.00, a stop at $16.00 and a target at $21.50 sets up a risk-managed long that plays rate tailwinds, CRE repositioning, and a posit…

Trump Says Iran Is Depleting Its Arms Stockpiles, Open to Talks with New Leaders

Trump Says Iran Is Depleting Its Arms Stockpiles, Open to Talks with New Leaders

In a brief phone interview with Politico, President Donald Trump said Iran is running out of key weapons and launchers, and signaled willingness to engage with a reconstituted Iranian leadership if one emerges. His comments, which were not echoed in a recent Pentagon briefing, come amid ongoing drone and missile attacks in the region and confirmed …

Hims & Hers: Pivoting Past GLP-1s — A Contrarian Long with Guardrails

Hims & Hers: Pivoting Past GLP-1s — A Contrarian Long with Guardrails

Hims & Hers (HIMS) has been hammered by regulatory and legal setbacks around copycat GLP-1 offerings, but underlying telehealth, dermatology and sexual health businesses still show growth and management is betting on international expansion via a $1.15B Eucalyptus acquisition. The stock trades at about $15.31 with a $3.49B market cap, attractive te…

Oslo OBX Drops 1.41% as Media, Transport and Financials Weigh on Market

Oslo OBX Drops 1.41% as Media, Transport and Financials Weigh on Market

Norway's Oslo OBX index finished the trading day down 1.41% as declines in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors outnumbered gains. Aker BP, Var Energi and Hafnia posted the session's largest advances and reached 52-week highs, while Subsea 7, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Storebrand led declines. Oil prices climbed sharply and key cu…

Labcorp EVP Disposes $155,999 in Shares as Company Posts Mixed Q4 Results and Deepens AI Pathology Ties

Labcorp EVP Disposes $155,999 in Shares as Company Posts Mixed Q4 Results and Deepens AI Pathology Ties

Labcorp Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs Sandra D. van der Vaart sold 547.5397 shares of the company's common stock on February 27, 2026, for $155,999, according to a Form 4 filing. The move occurred while the stock traded close to its 52-week high; Labcorp also reported fourth-quarter 2025 EPS above expectations but revenue slightly b…

Two Drone Strikes Damage U.S. Embassy in Riyadh; Roof Partly Collapses

Two Drone Strikes Damage U.S. Embassy in Riyadh; Roof Partly Collapses

Two unmanned aerial vehicles struck the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday, striking the roof and perimeter of the chancery and causing a partial roof collapse, the State Department confirmed. The building remained smoke-contaminated after a second strike and staff were ordered to shelter in place. No injuries have been reported.

Lithium Miners Retreat as EV Demand Softens and Middle East Strains Rise

Lithium Miners Retreat as EV Demand Softens and Middle East Strains Rise

Shares of lithium producers slid after a sharp drop in the most-active lithium carbonate contract on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange and reports of softer sales from major electric vehicle manufacturers. Escalating tensions in the Middle East added to concerns about future demand, prompting broad weakness across U.S., Chilean and Canadian lithium st…