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Mike Kelliher, Chief Business Officer of Ardelyx, sold 9,695 shares of the company's common stock on February 20, 2026, in three transactions totaling $56,099 to satisfy withholding tax obligations tied to vested restricted stock units. The share price during those trades ranged from $5.705 to $5.865; the stock is trading at $5.75 and has fallen ne…
On February 20, 2026, Brady James Parker, Chief Human Resources Officer at Ardelyx, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARDX), sold 2,543 shares of common stock in two transactions to satisfy withholding tax obligations tied to vested restricted stock units. The trades totaled $14,867. The company concurrently reported several operational and regulatory developments, in…
The dollar softened as Asian markets resumed trading following holidays, with renewed uncertainty around U.S. tariff policy weighing on global trade prospects. Market participants parsed Supreme Court pushback on emergency tariffs, fresh presidential threats to raise duties, reports of U.S. rate checks in currency markets and signals from Federal R…
A senior U.S. administration official said DeepSeek trained its soon-to-be-released AI model on Nvidia's most advanced Blackwell chips, a development that may run afoul of U.S. export controls that bar sales of such chips to China. The company may strip technical indicators revealing American hardware use, and separate accusations by Anthropic clai…
Biodesix Chief Financial Officer Robin Harper Cowie sold 535 shares of company stock on February 23, 2026, for roughly $6,834, at a weighted average price of $12.7756. The transaction followed an options exercise on February 20, 2026, that yielded 1,469 shares via restricted stock units. The stock has risen 87.79% year-to-date even as the company w…
Kieran O’Kane, Chief Commercial Officer at Biodesix Inc. (NASDAQ: BDSX), sold 535 shares on Feb. 23, 2026 to cover tax obligations tied to recently vested restricted stock units. The transactions follow an option exercise on Feb. 20, 2026 that converted 1,469 RSUs into shares. Biodesix reported preliminary 2025 results showing revenue growth and EB…
Biodesix INC Chief Development Officer Gary Anthony Pestano sold 556 shares on February 23, 2026, for roughly $7,103 at a weighted average price of $12.7756. The transaction occurred as the stock traded close to an InvestingPro Fair Value of $13.12 and after preliminary results showed revenue growth and EBITDA profitability for 2025. Pestano had ex…
U.S. equity futures ticked higher Monday evening following a day of steep declines on Wall Street as uncertainty over new tariffs and anxieties about AI-related disruption in software pressured markets. Additional volatility stemmed from legal and geopolitical questions, including FedEx's suit seeking tariff refunds after a Supreme Court ruling and…
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China left its benchmark loan prime rates unchanged for a ninth consecutive month, keeping the one-year LPR at 3.00% and the five-year LPR at 3.50%. Authorities have signalled a preference for targeted policy measures and structural-tool adjustments - including a 25 basis-point cut last month - to shore up domestic demand amid an export-driven 2025…
Ameris Bancorp Chief Strategy Officer James A. LaHaise executed a sale of 6,641 shares on February 19, 2026, for $550,738, while also receiving 14,910 shares from a performance stock unit grant. The sale represented withholding to satisfy tax obligations tied to the grant. Following the transactions, LaHaise holds 111,470 shares. Ameris Bancorp's s…
Asian equity markets weakened in early trade Tuesday following a selloff on Wall Street that dented investor confidence. Concerns over U.S. tariff policy after a Supreme Court ruling, rising geopolitical strains and fresh warnings on AI-driven disruption combined to sap momentum. MSCI's broad Asia-Pacific index outside Japan moved from gains to a 0…
Adam Eltoukhy, Samsara Inc's Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, sold 4,688 shares of Class A common stock on February 20, 2026, for roughly $125,611 at an average price of $26.6981 per share. The trades took place while the stock is trading close to its 52-week low and amid fresh analyst coverage and company-reported safet…
Entegris INC (NASDAQ: ENTG) Senior Vice President and General Counsel Joseph Colella completed a series of equity transactions on February 19-20, 2026, including an open-market sale of 1,580 shares for roughly $207,754 and a separate disposition of 2,574 shares to cover tax obligations. On February 19 he also received 4,850 shares tied to the settl…
Olivier Blachier, Entegris' senior vice president and chief strategy officer, executed planned and tax-related sales of company stock in mid-February 2026 while also receiving performance-settled shares. The transactions occurred as Entegris traded close to its 52-week high and after the company reported a fourth-quarter earnings beat that prompted…
U.S. authorities ran foreign-exchange rate checks in January aimed at supporting the Japanese yen and were prepared to undertake joint intervention with Tokyo if requested, sources cited by the Nikkei told reporters. The New York Federal Reserve conducted the checks on behalf of the U.S. Treasury without a formal request from Japan’s finance minist…
A Reuters poll of economists forecasts the Bank of Korea will leave its policy rate at 2.50% at its February meeting and keep it unchanged through 2026. The unanimous view reflects concerns over currency weakness, rising housing prices and financial stability risks, even as consumer inflation sits at the central bank’s 2.0% target.
Michael Eugene Lee, Senior Vice President and Chief Regulatory Officer of Five Star Bancorp, disposed of 1,200 shares of the company's common stock on February 20, 2026, in a transaction valued at $47,160. The sale leaves Lee with 35,272 shares, some of which were granted under the Five Star Bancorp 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. Separately, Five Star…
Woodside Energy's shares reached their highest level in 18 months after the company reported record annual production and confirmed a full-year dividend of 112 U.S. cents per share. Net profit after tax fell to $2.72 billion as weaker realised oil and gas prices offset increased output, while underlying net profit was $2.65 billion.
A Ridgepost Capital director acquired 10,000 shares of the company's Class A common stock on February 19, 2026, for $86,500. The purchase came as the stock traded near its 52-week low; the transaction followed the company's rebranding from P10 to Ridgepost Capital, its new RPC ticker listing, and expansion into the Dubai International Financial Cen…
xAI has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense to make its Grok artificial intelligence model available for use in classified military systems, a defense official confirmed. The deal means Grok becomes the second AI model cleared for the military’s most sensitive intelligence, weapons development and battlefield applications, join…
Dino A. Rossi, a director at Krystal Biotech, sold 18,950 shares of common stock on February 19, 2026, in two transactions totaling $4.95 million, and on the same day exercised options to acquire 18,950 shares at $8.79. The company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that exceeded analyst forecasts for both EPS and revenue. The stock has risen 82%…
USANA Health Sciences Chief Legal Officer Joshua Foukas sold 4,461 shares on February 20, 2026, at $21.345 per share, netting about $95,220 and leaving him with no direct holdings, according to a Form 4 filing. The company recently adjusted its fiscal 2025 net sales target to roughly $925 million and issued an initial revenue range of $925 million …
A senior Trump administration official told U.S. authorities that Hangzhou-based DeepSeek used Nvidia’s most advanced AI processor, the Blackwell, to train its newest model, which could violate existing U.S. export controls that bar Blackwell shipments to China. The official said DeepSeek may have attempted to remove technical traces of U.S. chips …
Eric Sprott and an affiliated Ontario entity purchased 150,000 Class A shares of Hycroft Mining Holding Corp (HYMC) on February 20, 2026, at $42.05 per share, a transaction valued at $6,307,500. The acquisition increases their combined holdings to 36,903,704 shares and is disclosed amid a surge in Hycroft stock and a substantive update to the compa…
