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Textron executive Lupone E Robert sold 28,056 shares of the company on February 17, 2026, for $2.77 million after exercising an identical number of options. The options were acquired under Textron's 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan and had vested in equal installments. Following the transactions, Robert's direct and indirect holdings are detailed, whi…
Australian equities finished higher on Thursday, with the S&P/ASX 200 rising 0.88% to reach a new three-month high. Sector strength in Energy, Telecoms Services and Resources underpinned the advance, while individual large-cap movers included both strong winners and steep decliners. Volatility and commodity prices showed modest movement and major c…
Mink Brook Asset Management LLC purchased DLH Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:DLHC) common shares in two transactions totaling $135,844, according to a Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The buys occurred at $5.50 per share on February 17 and 18, 2026. The moves add to sizable direct holdings by Mink Brook-affiliated entities as DLH re…
Airbus reported a 7% increase in fourth-quarter earnings per share to 3.27 euros, ahead of expectations, while revenue lagged estimates. The planemaker now expects 2026 commercial deliveries of 870 aircraft, below external estimates, citing significant shortages of Pratt & Whitney engines built by a unit of Rtx Corp. Airbus also trimmed its narrowb…
Airbus has reduced its near-term narrowbody production target because of substantial engine shortages from Pratt & Whitney, while reporting a 17% rise in adjusted fourth-quarter operating profit. The company now expects a monthly narrowbody production rate of 70-75 jets by the end of next year, stabilising at 75 per month beyond 2027, and has set d…
An internal directive from the Department of Homeland Security has instructed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to suspend DHS-funded travel, including deployments to disaster sites, after a partial DHS shutdown began. More than 300 FEMA disaster responders who were preparing for assignments have been told to stand down. The freeze comes as t…
Asian currencies broadly lost ground as a firmer U.S. dollar and hawkish signals from Federal Reserve officials put pressure on regional units. The South Korean won and Indian rupee were among the weakest, while the Australian dollar bucked the regional trend after jobs data pointed to a still-tight labor market. Thin trading ahead of and during Lu…
President Donald Trump will lead the first session of his newly formed Board of Peace on Thursday, convening representatives from dozens of countries to pledge reconstruction funds and discuss a potential international force for Gaza. Major hurdles - including the disarmament of Hamas, the scale of future funding, and who will manage humanitarian a…
Bill Gates withdrew from a scheduled keynote at India’s flagship AI summit just hours before he was due to speak, the Gates Foundation said, citing a desire to keep attention on the event’s priorities. The withdrawal, which followed the earlier cancellation by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, deepened an uneasy start to a conference intended to showcase In…
Coty Inc.'s Chief Financial Officer Laurent Mercier bought 5,000 Class A shares on February 10, 2026, paying $2.6499 per share for a total of $13,249. The purchase comes as the shares trade close to their 52-week low and after the company reported mixed second-quarter fiscal 2026 results that prompted adjustments from analysts and a ratings outlook…
David S. Marriott, a director at Marriott International and a reported 13D group member owning over 10%, sold 4,747 Class A shares on February 17, 2026 for roughly $1.7 million. The sale occurred as the stock traded near its 52-week high and after a period of significant six-month appreciation. The company continues to show strong margins and has d…
Freeport-McMoRan Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Maree E. Robertson sold 48,500 shares of common stock on February 13, 2026, for roughly $2.9 million, and separately sold 10,354 shares on February 15, 2026, to cover taxes from vested restricted stock units. The company has also formalized a Memorandum of Understanding with Indo…
OpenAI and Tata Consultancy Services will collaborate to construct local data centre capacity in India under OpenAI's Stargate initiative. The partners plan an initial 100 megawatt build with the ability to expand to 1 gigawatt. The agreement includes Tata Group wide deployment of ChatGPT Enterprise and TCS plans to use OpenAI's Codex for software …
CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP) is a classic binary biotech: tangible commercial traction with Casgevy ($116M annual run-rate and accelerating patient starts) meets a deep pipeline and in vivo ambitions. At a ~$5.15B market cap, the stock already discounts meaningful upside but still trades on clinical outcomes and adoption. This trade idea favors a spe…
Matthew E. Forstenhausler, a director at Sound Point Meridian Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPMC), bought 2,000 shares on February 13, 2026, according to a Form 4 filing. The purchase totaled $23,000 at $11.50 per share—roughly 9% above the stock's reported trading price of $10.53 and about 1% above its 52-week low of $10.41. After the transaction, Forste…
Microsoft issued a statement denying that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using its technology for mass surveillance of civilians while acknowledging it supplies cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools to ICE. The statement followed a media report that said ICE increased its use of Microsoft’s Azure cloud and related tools in t…
Microsoft director John W. Stanton bought 5,000 shares of Microsoft common stock at $397.35 per share, totaling $1.98 million. After the purchase on February 18, 2026, Stanton’s direct holdings rose to 83,905 shares, with an additional 3,622 shares held indirectly through a family trust. The transaction coincides with several AI industry updates, i…
Freeport-McMoRan announced it has reached a memorandum of understanding with the Indonesian government to extend operating rights at the Grasberg copper and gold complex for the life of the resource, subject to formal licence amendment and government approval. The accord preserves current governance and operating arrangements, keeps Freeport's 48.7…
Peloton Interactive's Chief Accounting Officer, Saqib Baig, sold 36,640 shares of Class A common stock for roughly $152,586 following an earlier exercise of Restricted Stock Units. The insider transactions came amid Peloton's fiscal second-quarter 2026 results that missed revenue expectations and prompted a range of analyst reactions.
Globe Life Co-Chairman and CEO Frank M. Svoboda sold 12,500 shares of common stock on February 17, 2026, generating $1,809,702 in proceeds and exercised options to acquire an additional 12,500 shares at $82.56 per share for $1,032,000. The company also reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that missed analyst expectations on both earnings per share …
A Reuters poll of economists finds a majority expect the Bank of Japan to lift its policy rate to 1% by the end of June, with a substantial minority forecasting a hike as soon as April. The survey - conducted after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's decisive Feb. 8 election victory - indicates a quicker timeline for additional tightening than previous…
Exelixis director Sue Gail Eckhardt sold 3,856 shares of the company's common stock on February 13, 2026, for roughly $168,854. The transaction occurred under a pre-established Rule 10b5-1 plan. The company reported a fourth-quarter 2025 EPS beat even as revenue fell slightly short of expectations, and analysts and management actions point to conti…
Julie Green, Invivyd Inc.'s Chief Human Resources Officer, sold 40,627 shares of the company's common stock across two trades on February 17-18, 2026, for roughly $63,350. The sales followed the vesting of restricted stock units and were intended to satisfy tax obligations after Green exercised options on 99,000 shares on February 15. Invivyd is re…
New Mexico's Department of Justice is investigating an allegation from a redacted 2019 email released by the U.S. Department of Justice that the late Jeffrey Epstein ordered the burial of two foreign girls on land outside his remote Zorro Ranch. The state has requested an unredacted copy of the email and is conducting a broader review as the state …
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) offers a rare combination for income investors: double-digit free cash flow, a multi-decade distribution growth streak, and a high single-digit yield in a defensive midstream franchise. We lay out a concrete trade: entry at $36.25, stop loss $34.50, target $40.50, with a swing horizon of 45 trading days. The thesi…
