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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) said its depreciation expense will rise by roughly 30% in 2026 as the company maintains elevated capital spending to expand wafer capacity and meet growing domestic demand. Management highlighted shifts in the semiconductor supply chain toward Chinese production, heavy investment in equipment, a…
Summary: Jeffrey J. LaValle, Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (NYSE: ZWS), sold 6,097 shares on February 10, 2026, realizing $315,824 at a weighted average price of $51.80. The sale followed recent equity awards - 18,407 shares vested as performance stock units on February 6 and 2,334 restricted stoc…
Alignment Healthcare Chief Executive Officer John E. Kao sold 180,000 shares on February 10, 2026, for $3.68 million under a pre-arranged trading plan. The transaction occurred as the stock has appreciated strongly over six months and follows positive analyst updates and company membership guidance for 2026.
Alignment Healthcare CHRO Andreas P. Wagner sold 22,238 shares on February 10, 2026, at $20.47 per share to satisfy tax-withholding obligations tied to vested restricted share units. The company is forecasting 24-27% member growth by year-end 2026 and has drawn upward revisions to price targets and ratings from multiple analysts.
Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser warned that inflation remains elevated and signaled policymakers are prepared to act to bring it back within the target range. Hauser cited robust credit growth as a sign that the current stance of interest rates is not sufficiently restrictive, and reaffirmed the central bank's readiness to t…
Jana Partners Management, LP sold 1,959,221 shares of TreeHouse Foods (THS) on February 10, 2026, for about $47.9 million at a weighted average price of $24.48. The activist investor continues to hold 3,862,116 shares. Separately, Jana settled cash-settled derivative swaps with reference termination dates in April and September 2026. TreeHouse Food…
Select Water Solutions President and CEO John Schmitz sold Class A common shares totaling roughly $661,026 across two transactions in early February. The trades were carried out under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan. Separately, the company declared a quarterly cash dividend and disclosed a tax-withholding share disposition tied to equity compensation. …
Democratic lawmakers criticized what they described as an attempted effort by the Justice Department under President Donald Trump to secure indictments against members of Congress who produced a brief video urging military and intelligence personnel not to follow unlawful orders. Senators and representatives directly involved said a grand jury decl…
Tony Wu and Jimmy Ba, two of the co-founders of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence venture xAI, have announced their resignations in social media posts. Their departures mark further attrition within the start-up, which now counts half of its original 12 co-founders as having left. Reports indicate Ba's exit followed internal pressures to improve …
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals CEO Julia Marie Eastland sold 8,755 shares of common stock via automatic transactions on February 6 and 9, 2026, to cover tax withholding tied to vested restricted stock units. The trades totaled $21,239 at prices between $2.3929 and $2.4297. The company recently halted active development of azenosertib for uterine serous c…
Oil futures climbed in Asian trading as markets weighed ongoing uncertainty in U.S.-Iran relations and the potential for higher Chinese travel-related fuel consumption during an extended Lunar New Year holiday. A softer dollar and anticipation of U.S. economic data provided additional support, while geopolitical developments kept a risk premium in …
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals Chief Medical Officer Ingmar Bruns executed two automatic sales of company common stock totaling $7,998 in early February 2026 to satisfy tax withholding obligations tied to vested restricted stock units. The transactions took place on February 6 and February 9, 2026, at prices between $2.3929 and $2.4297 per share. Separat…
Vincent Vultaggio, principal accounting officer and principal financial officer at Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (ZNTL), sold 39,224 shares of the company’s common stock across three trades between February 6 and February 10, 2026, generating $97,556. The early-February sales included automated transactions to cover tax obligations tied to vested restri…
Snap Inc. Chief Technology Officer Robert C. Murphy executed sales of 2,000,000 Class A shares on February 6 and February 10, 2026, raising roughly $10.6 million. The trades were carried out under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan and accompany charitable gifts totaling 601,453 shares. The moves occur as Snap’s stock hovers close to its 52-week low a…
D. Boral Acquisition I Corp. has priced an initial public offering of 25 million units at $10 per unit, generating $250 million in gross proceeds. The units are scheduled to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker DBCAU on February 11, 2026. Each unit contains one Class A ordinary share and one-half of a redeemable public warrant…
Hedge fund Ancora Holdings has amassed roughly $200 million of Warner Bros. Discovery stock and intends to push the company to evaluate Paramount Skydance's bid for the studio unit instead of the proposed sale to Netflix. Ancora says Warner did not sufficiently engage with Paramount's offer and is prepared to mount a proxy fight while continuing to…
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp Chief Administrative Officer Mark W. Peterson executed a sale of 35,267 shares on February 10, 2026, for roughly $1.8 million, following the recent vesting of performance stock units and the grant of restricted stock units. The company also reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and adjusted EBITDA, while St…
D. Boral Acquisition I Corp. has priced an initial public offering of 25 million units at $10.00 apiece, producing gross proceeds of $250 million. Units are slated to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol DBCAU on February 11, 2026, and the offering is expected to close on February 12, 2026, subject to customary closing conditi…
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp's Chief Financial Officer David J. Pauli sold 7,639 shares on February 10, 2026, generating roughly $395,700. The sale follows a separate February 6, 2026, vesting of performance stock units that added 15,778 shares to his holdings. The company reported quarterly revenue and adjusted EBITDA above consensus, prompting…
Todd A. Adams, Chairman and CEO of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (NYSE: ZWS), sold company shares totaling $28.1 million across February 9-10, 2026, after taking delivery of 569,734 shares from vested performance stock units on February 6. The company posted revenue and adjusted EBITDA above Street and Stifel estimates, announced a quarterly divi…
The yen sustained gains on Wednesday, supported by a rally in Japanese equities and investor expectations that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s decisive election victory could lead to more fiscally cautious policies. The dollar showed signs of fragility ahead of the U.S. non-farm payrolls report, following weaker U.S. retail sales and a slowdown in …
Gold and silver gained in early Asian trading after U.S. retail sales for December came in softer than expected, boosting speculation that economic momentum is easing. Markets are looking to upcoming nonfarm payrolls for clearer signals on the labor market and potential Federal Reserve policy shifts. Despite the uptick, metals remain volatile and r…
Gold and silver prices advanced after U.S. Treasury yields fell following data showing December retail sales were unchanged. The slowdown in household spending, particularly on motor vehicles and other big-ticket items, reduced near-term pressure on monetary policy and lifted demand for non-yielding bullion. Market participants are now focused on U…
Power Integrations director Balu Balakrishnan sold $532,053 of company stock across two transactions on Feb. 9 and Feb. 10, 2026, to cover tax liabilities associated with performance and restricted stock awards. The semiconductor firm reported a fourth-quarter 2025 EPS of $0.23 versus expectations of $0.22, though shares fell in after-hours trading…
Power Integrations President and CEO Jennifer A. Lloyd sold 3,322 shares on February 9, 2026, at $46.5697 per share, generating proceeds of $154,704. Earlier in the week she received 5,885 shares via the vesting of a Performance Stock Unit tied to 2025 performance. The company reported fourth-quarter 2025 earnings of $0.23 per share versus a $0.22 …
