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A former member of the French Senate, Joel Guerriau, has gone on trial in Paris accused of slipping ecstasy into a lawmaker's drink with the intent of sexually assaulting her. The accused, who resigned from the Senate in October 2025, denies the allegations. Toxicology tests reportedly found traces of ecstasy in the victim's blood and in the defend…
A late-week rate check by the New York Federal Reserve coincided with a sharp drop in the USD/JPY pair, a move Bank of America Securities says raises the probability of coordinated intervention. The yen strengthened to its strongest level since late November as USD/JPY fell, and BofA outlines possible U.S. Treasury objectives behind the Fed’s FX de…
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased its price objective on Glacier Bancorp to $58 from $55 while keeping its rating intact, citing stronger conviction in the bank’s near-term earnings trajectory following fourth-quarter 2025 results. KBW highlighted Glacier as a "Top Idea for 2026," pointing to a pronounced net interest income expansion story and div…
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised its price objective on Webster Financial (WBS) to $77 from $75 while holding its Outperform rating. KBW points to robust fourth-quarter results, accelerating loan growth trends, and improving credit quality through 2025, along with the company's strongest buyback quarter of 2025. Webster also reported an earnings and …
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased its price objective for 1st Source (SRCE) to $72.00 from $69.00 while keeping its rating unchanged after the bank reported better-than-expected operating earnings. The quarter benefited from stronger pre-provision net revenue, a smaller provision, and a 20-basis-point expansion in net interest margin, offset in par…
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased its price target on S&T Bancorp Inc. (STBA) to $44.00 from $42.00 while keeping its existing rating. The raise follows a stronger-than-expected finish to 2025, with pre-provision net revenue beating KBW's forecast by $0.05 per share, supported by higher net interest income and fee revenue. S&T completed a repurchas…
Governments and regulatory bodies across Europe, Asia, the Americas and Oceania have taken a range of actions this month in response to sexually explicit images created by xAI's Grok chatbot on X. Measures include formal investigations, content takedown orders, temporary blocks, and demands for improved safeguards as officials assess compliance wit…
Wolfe Research analyst Stephanie Roth identifies a 90-minute window during the January Federal Open Market Committee meeting as the most probable time for President Trump to announce his choice for the next Federal Reserve chair. The timing aligns with a Jan. 31 vacancy and the need to address potential attention around a Fed that did not cut rates…
Willdan (WLDN) has pulled back to the high-$120s after tagging fresh 52-week highs, but the setup still leans bullish. The company’s mix of energy/sustainability work for utilities and engineering/consulting for public agencies creates a practical, vertically integrated positioning for grid modernization and electrification projects. Technically, W…
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased its price objective on Atlantic Union Bankshares to $40.00 from $38.00 while leaving its rating unchanged. The adjustment follows a quarterly report that topped forecasts on earnings and revenue driven by higher net interest income and fee income, even as expenses rose. Management kept 2026 guidance intact and anal…
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised its price target on Bar Harbor Bankshares to $35 from $34 on Monday while retaining a Market Perform rating. The move followed quarterly results that delivered $0.93 in operating earnings per share, aided by improved pre-provision net revenue, a modest expansion in net interest margin, and lower loan loss provisions. …
Saudi Arabia will reduce the scale of its flagship Neom development following a government review of its gigaprojects. Major elements of the plan, including The Line and the Trojena ski resort, are being scaled back, and the kingdom has delayed hosting the Asian Winter Games that had been set for 2029. Analysts point to a reassessment of project sc…
Firoz Tarapore, CEO of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Capital, told delegates at the Airline Economics conference that engine manufacturers and smaller suppliers are the principal constraints on aircraft production. He contrasted those bottlenecks with what he described as "enormous progress" at Boeing and warned of forthcoming consolidation amon…
Hungarian energy company MOL has reached a binding agreement to acquire a 56.16% stake in Serbia’s oil firm NIS from Gazprom Neft and Gazprom for a sum reported by Serbia’s president to be between €900 million and €1 billion. The transaction requires approval from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, and Russian sellers face a March 24 divest…
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman contributed $10,000 to a GoFundMe for the family of Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. The campaign had raised more than $1 million and listed Ackman’s contribution. The donation follows an earlier $10,000 gift by Ackman to a fundraiser for an immigration officer involved…
Zijin Gold has agreed to purchase Canada’s Allied Gold for about C$5.5 billion (approximately $4.02 billion), the companies said, as high gold prices bolster miner cash flows and encourage consolidation. Zijin will pay C$44 per share, representing roughly a 5.4% premium to Allied’s last closing price, and Allied’s U.S.-listed shares rose nearly 4% …
Futures tied to Canada's resource-heavy main index rose as metals prices pushed higher, helping the S&P/TSX composite finish the week at a record closing level. Investors appeared to put recent tariff threats from the U.S. to the side as gold and silver reached new peaks, while U.S. equity futures hovered near the flatline ahead of a key Federal Re…
H.C. Wainwright increased its price target for ImmunityBio Inc. (IBRX) to $10.00 from $8.00 and kept a Buy rating following favorable regulatory feedback for the company’s ANKTIVA therapy and encouraging clinical results across multiple programs. Other firms have also raised targets, and recent corporate financing flexibility adds to investor atten…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized a single-patient expanded access Investigational New Drug application for OKYO Pharma’s topical investigational therapy urcosimod (0.05%) to treat severe neuropathic corneal pain at the University of South Florida. The small-cap biotech, which recently appointed Robert J. Dempsey as CEO, is plann…
H.C. Wainwright has maintained its Buy rating and $34.00 price target on WhiteFiber Inc (NASDAQ:WYFI) after the company disclosed preliminary fourth-quarter 2025 sales. The firm noted preliminary revenue slightly above its estimate and said it will await the full audited results before revising forecasts. The disclosure coincided with WhiteFiber's …
Saudi Arabia's equity market closed slightly higher, with the Tadawul All Share rising 0.02% to reach a one-month high. Gains were concentrated in the Energy & Utilities, Cement and Building & Construction sectors, while a larger number of individual issues fell than rose. Several names hit multi-month and all-time highs during the session. Commodi…
The South African Reserve Bank faces a close call this week between keeping its policy rate unchanged or implementing a 25 basis point reduction. UBS analysts say their view is tilted toward no change, as the central bank may prefer to wait for the March meeting after reviewing the government budget due February 12 and January inflation adjustments…
SS&C Technologies (SSNC) is the kind of stock that rarely trends on social media, yet it sits in the workflow of asset managers and financial institutions where automation and AI actually get budget. With steady cash generation, a reasonable valuation for a sticky software franchise, and a technically compressed pullback from the 2025 highs, SSNC o…
The National Bank of Hungary is widely expected to maintain its current policy rate at its forthcoming meeting, with analysts citing stronger services inflation and a larger-than-anticipated fiscal deficit as key reasons to defer cuts. UBS and Bloomberg consensus forecasts point to unchanged policy for this session, even as the central bank had sig…
Bob’s Discount Furniture, a Bain Capital-backed home furnishings chain based in Manchester, Connecticut, has filed to go public in the U.S., seeking a valuation up to $2.48 billion. The company plans to offer 19.45 million shares at $17 to $19 apiece to raise as much as $369.6 million, and expects material revenue growth for fiscal 2025 driven by c…
