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Canaccord Genuity moved PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) from Buy to Hold and cut its price target to $42.00 from $100.00 as the stock trades around $41.70 near its 52-week low. The firm acknowledged healthy cash generation and attractive valuation metrics even as other brokers adjust ratings and targets following PayPal's fourth-quarter 2025 results and signs…
Stryker Group President James Andrew Pierce reported multiple stock transactions on February 2, 2026, including the sale of 475 shares and the exercise of options for 13,840 shares. The moves were disclosed in a Form 4 filing that also shows additional disposals and current direct and indirect holdings. Separately, Stryker reported fourth-quarter 2…
UBS initiated coverage of SEI Investments (NASDAQ: SEIC) with a Buy rating and a $115 price objective, implying roughly 37% upside from the stock's recent trading level of $84.13. The bank highlights SEI as a beneficiary of secular growth in alternative asset management, improved execution under new leadership, and projected medium-term EPS expansi…
Lloyds Banking Group is preparing to enlarge its corporate and institutional banking unit as part of a strategic review due to be disclosed in July, with plans to boost lending to large corporate clients, widen services to financial institutions and scale certain international operations, including a small US office.
Jabil SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer Gary K. Schick reported the sale of 422 shares on February 2, 2026, executed under a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted January 31, 2025, totaling $102,871. The company also priced $1 billion in senior notes, declared a quarterly dividend, made a minority investment in Eagle Harbor Technologies, and updated its boa…
Compass Point upgraded PayPal from Sell to Neutral while cutting its price target to $51 from $55, citing the stock's reflection of near-term uncertainty amid a CEO transition. The firm flagged market share losses and execution risks on the company's updated checkout strategy, but noted limited downside given valuation and pronounced buybacks. Othe…
UBS Group AG reported a 56% year-on-year increase in net profit attributable to shareholders for the fourth quarter, driven by stronger revenues in wealth management, transactional activity and contributions from its investment bank and global markets units. The Swiss lender also declared a $3 billion share buyback for 2026, raised its dividend by …
Taiwan's benchmark slipped at the close Wednesday, with the Taiwan Weighted falling 1.37% as losses in Electricity and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors pressured the market. A mix of strong single-stock gains and heavy declines produced notable intraday volatility, while oil, Brent and gold futures moved higher and selected currency pairs showed …
Pharming Group (PHAR) is trading at $17.26 with a market cap of roughly $1.20B. Recent regulatory noise on a pediatric expansion for Joenja® clouds the near-term outlook, but the approved adult label, a recent acquisition that adds late-stage product potential, improving volume patterns, and a manageable capital structure argue for a tactical long.…
AAR Corp's chairman, president and CEO John McClain Holmes III sold 10,000 shares on February 3, 2026, realizing $1,084,363 at a weighted average price of $108.4363, while also exercising options and donating shares to charity. The moves come as the stock trades near a 52-week high and follows a fiscal quarter that topped analyst estimates, prompti…
Sovereign yield premiums in the euro area have fallen to levels not seen since the 2008 Lehman collapse, driven by expectations of ECB rate cuts and growing prospects for joint debt. However, investors and analysts warn that further convergence toward a single, tightly unified spread may be constrained unless the EU advances banking union, capital …
Lenders are soliciting new investors to take on billions of dollars in construction loans issued for Oracle's data centre expansion. Roughly $56 billion of those loans have been assigned investment-grade ratings and are secured by future Oracle leases linked to a $300 billion arrangement with OpenAI. The investment-grade treatment has broadened pot…
Relatives of Keith Porter Jr., 43, who was shot and killed outside his Los Angeles apartment on January 31, have asked California Attorney General Rob Bonta to order an independent inquiry. Family attorneys, including Ben Crump, said they do not trust the Los Angeles Police Department to carry out a fair and transparent investigation. The U.S. Depa…
Wintrust Financial Corp Vice Chair Lee David Eric sold 558 shares on January 30, 2026, for $147.42 each, totaling $82,260 and leaving him with 16,085 shares. Since the sale, WTFC has traded up to $156.04, close to its 52-week peak of $156.16. The bank announced a 10% quarterly dividend increase to $0.55 per share and has attracted elevated analyst …
Activity in India's services sector rebounded in January, with HSBC's services PMI rising to 58.5 from 58.0 in December, driven by a faster expansion in new business and stronger export orders. Employment growth was only marginal, while input costs increased, prompting firms to raise output charges.
Ford Motor Company and Chinese automaker Geely are engaged in discussions over a possible manufacturing partnership that could see Geely vehicles built at Ford’s European factories. The talks, which have been underway for months, also cover automated driving technology. The manufacturing conversations are reportedly the most developed element of th…
Levi Strauss & Co. SVP and General Counsel David Jedrzejek sold 2,248 shares of Class A common stock on February 3, 2026, for $44,060, after receiving restricted stock units and stock appreciation rights on January 30, 2026. The company reported Q4 2025 results that beat consensus on both EPS and revenue, yet the stock fell in after-hours and subse…
Ford Motor Co. and China's Geely are engaged in sustained discussions about a potential partnership that could include Geely using Ford factory space in Europe to produce vehicles and a framework for sharing vehicle technologies, including automated driving systems. Multiple sources describe talks concentrated on European manufacturing as more adva…
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman sold 17,997 Class A shares on January 30, 2026, in transactions tied to option exercises that generated roughly $3.3 million. The stock has since fallen to $165.41, a 14.36% decline over the past week. The trades were executed through The XYZ Revocable Trust under a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted in May 2025. Huffman still holds …
Chevron Chief Financial Officer Eimear P. Bonner carried out a sequence of stock transactions at the end of January 2026, selling 32,100 shares for roughly $5.6 million while simultaneously acquiring the same number of shares via option exercise. The moves were made under a pre-established trading plan and were followed by additional disposals and …
Fortinet President and CEO Xie Ken sold 175,637 shares on Feb. 2, 2026, realizing roughly $14.3 million, while also exercising stock options on Feb. 1 and Feb. 2 and disposing shares to cover RSU-related taxes. The moves come as the company prepares to report quarterly results and as brokerages and market checks deliver a range of views on demand a…
Boeing said it expects to start handing over upgraded 787-9 and 787-10 Dreamliners to airline customers in the first half of the year. The changes raise the maximum takeoff weight, allowing carriers either longer stage lengths or several tons of extra freight. The company also reiterated plans for 777X certification in the second half, while noting…
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran has resigned as chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, concluding a temporary dual appointment that drew criticism over potential conflicts. Miran had been on unpaid leave from the CEA after his unexpected move to the Fed’s Board of Governors and can remain at the central bank until a Senate-co…
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said the state will join the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) after the United States formally left the WHO last month. The decision, announced on Tuesday, follows California's enrollment in January and represents a state-level effort to maintain ties to WHO-coordinated out…
Most Asian currencies traded in narrow bands as the dollar steadied following a recent rebound, while the Japanese yen weakened further ahead of a snap lower-house election. Investors are parsing the implications of a U.S. Fed chair nominee and awaiting key U.S. payrolls data, even as regional central bank moves and a U.S.-India trade deal influenc…
