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Sai introduced Sai Perps, a perpetuals trading venue that seeks to combine the execution speed and user experience of centralized exchanges with the transparency and settlement guarantees provided by onchain infrastructure. The launch includes gasless transactions and a one-month trading competition running February 18 through March 19, 2026, with …
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it is rescinding an Energy Department provision called the 'fuel content factor,' which had let automakers count electric vehicles at elevated fuel-economy values when computing fleetwide Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) figures. The department cited a September appeals court decision in its rationa…
DraftKings director Harry Sloan purchased 100,000 Class A shares on February 17, 2026, at a weighted average price between $21.76 and $22.00, a transaction valued at about $2.18 million. The purchase leaves Sloan with 350,219 directly owned shares. The insider move comes amid multiple analysts lowering price targets following DraftKings' fourth-qua…
DraftKings shares rose modestly in premarket trading after company director Harry Sloan bought 100,000 Class A shares for roughly $2.19 million on February 17, 2026. The purchase, at $21.85 per share, brings Sloan's total stake to 350,219 shares and has been interpreted as a sign of insider confidence.
Capital Economics' market economist Elias Hilmer argues the AI-driven surge in tech stocks still has room to extend, even as U.S. tech underperforms emerging-market peers. The firm says any AI-related bubble in emerging markets looks smaller than past U.S. episodes and expects EM markets to be more resilient if a correction occurs.
MSA Safety Inc.'s Chief Accounting Officer, Jonathan D. Buck, disposed of 1,100 shares of company stock on February 17, 2026, at $203.48 per share, a transaction valued at $223,828. Buck also gifted 100 shares the same day. The moves come as MSA shares trade close to a 52-week high and after the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that exc…
Rosenblatt upgraded Cadence Design Systems to Buy from Neutral following a quarterly report that exceeded Wall Street expectations. The brokerage highlighted steady demand associated with AI and advanced-node chip projects, a rising backlog that provides revenue visibility into 2026, and a recent pullback in the stock as reasons for the upgrade. Ro…
Contact lens manufacturers anticipate steadier expansion in 2026 as shoppers increasingly adopt premium daily disposable lenses and global myopia prevalence rises. Industry leaders are positioned to capture higher-margin sales and more frequent repurchases, although price sensitivity and regional weakness present risks to growth.
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (NYSE: MSGS) saw a roughly 10% rise in premarket trading after announcing plans to explore a tax-free spin-off that would separate its New York Knicks and New York Rangers operations into two independent public companies. The proposed transaction would distribute 100% of the common stock of the new company pro-rat…
Humain, Saudi Arabia’s national artificial intelligence company, invested $3 billion in Elon Musk’s xAI as part of an upsized Series E round. The stake was classified as a "significant" minority holding and was converted into SpaceX shares following SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI. The move aligns with Saudi ambitions to expand AI capabilities and a pr…
Reports that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde may leave before her term ends have intensified attention on who could replace her, but markets have so far largely shrugged off the news. Investors continue to expect policy to remain on hold at 2% for the foreseeable future, while analysts say most likely successors would pursue simil…
Morgan Stanley's field trip in Riyadh underscores that competition among dark-store grocery delivery operators in the MENA region is escalating. The bank identified Careem and Talabat as standout public-market stories, noting a larger total addressable market for grocery than for food delivery, but with thinner margins per order. Both companies are…
Valley National Bancorp director Carlos Vazquez purchased 2,500 shares on February 17, 2026, spending $33,612 on the transaction. The bank, with a $7.47 billion market capitalization, is trading near its 52-week high after a roughly 40% rally over six months and reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat analysts' estimates on both EPS and reve…
Getty Realty Corp. announced a public offering of 4 million common shares that is expected to raise roughly $131 million in gross proceeds. The shares are being sold on a forward basis under agreements with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities. Getty said it will use net proceeds for property acquisitions, to repay borrowings under…
Sensei Biotherapeutics' stock jumped 200% following the announcement that it has acquired Faeth Therapeutics and completed a roughly $200 million private placement of Series B non-voting convertible preferred stock. The deal transfers Faeth’s lead investigational therapy PIKTOR to Sensei and funds will be directed primarily to advancing PIKTOR thro…
Evercore ISI reinstated coverage of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BCRX), assigning an outperform rating and a $17.00 price target. The firm’s analysis, issued after the company closed its acquisition of ATXS, implies roughly 150% upside versus the current share price, valuing the business at an enterprise value near $4.8 billion on a 2.9x peak s…
VNET Group Inc. saw its stock fall sharply in after-hours trading after the company disclosed that investment vehicles managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities had notified it of a Transfer Event and a Minimum Shareholding Event under the indenture for its amended 2% Convertible Notes due 2027. The notices, also sent to the trustee Citibank, N.…
Bank of America is rolling out an art consulting service for high-net-worth clients amid changing collector demographics and an increase in the use of artworks as collateral for loans. Deloitte estimates ultra-high-net-worth art holdings at $2.56 trillion in 2024, potentially rising to $3.5 trillion by 2030, and reports stronger demand for art-back…
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham in Abu Dhabi on Feb. 18. The meeting, held at Qasr Al Shati and reported by the UAE’s WAM news agency, lasted roughly an hour and a half and was accompanied by official photographs and video. The senator used a post on X to dismiss circulating so…
Upstart’s underlying AI platform is moving from proof-of-concept to clear commercial scale. Q4 showed big originations growth and profitable inflection points; the market has punished the stock into an attractive risk/reward window. We upgrade to Buy and lay out a mid-term (45 trading days) swing trade with entry, stop, and target.
TD Cowen increased its price target for Halozyme Therapeutics to $96 from $90 and kept a Buy rating after the company reported fiscal 2025 results that matched expectations and disclosed royalty revenue mix for the first time in its 10-K. Strong royalty growth, led by Hytrulo, and updated guidance drove the analyst's model revisions even as a surpr…
TD Cowen reduced its 12-month price target for Beta Bionics (BBNX) to $16 from $17 while leaving its rating at Hold. The firm highlighted revenue timing and prescription cadence as drivers for possible near-term estimate adjustments, even as margins beat expectations and the company issued its first 2026 revenue guidance. Other brokerages have take…
ATI Inc. sits squarely in the path of a potential jet-engine-driven cycle. The company’s high-performance materials and superalloys are critical to OEM ramps and aftermarket repairs. Fundamentals (strong free cash flow, high ROE) support a tactical long, but valuation and stretched technicals demand disciplined sizing and a clear stop. Trade plan: …
TD Cowen reduced its 12-month price target on Waystar Holding to $42 from $54 while retaining a Buy rating, citing concerns tied to artificial intelligence as a continuing valuation overhang. The company reported strong fourth-quarter results and solid trailing revenue and EBITDA, but shares have faced significant declines and analyst responses hav…
TD Cowen increased its price target on eToro Group to $55 from $50 and retained a Buy rating after the online brokerage reported fourth-quarter results on February 17. The firm raised 2026-2027 adjusted EPS estimates, cited improving messaging and execution, and noted the company remains attractively valued amid a recent share-price jump. Citizens …
