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A Form 4 filing shows AXT Inc. CEO Morris S. Young sold 37,905 shares on March 13, 2026, at a weighted average price of $51.1283 for a total of $1.93 million. The trade occurred as the stock traded close to its 52-week high after a 2,614% year-over-year gain. Separately, AXT reduced its fourth-quarter revenue outlook amid export-permit restrictions…
AXT Inc.'s Chief Financial Officer, Gary L. Fischer, executed two block sales on March 12 and March 13, 2026, disposing of a total of 88, (please see article for full total) shares for roughly $4.5 million. The transactions occurred as the company narrowed its fourth-quarter revenue outlook due to fewer export permits for indium phosphide substrat…
Tyler Technologies director Glenn A. Carter sold 1,624 shares on March 12, 2026, at $349.14 each for $567,003 and exercised options to acquire additional shares the same day. The stock has fallen from a 52-week high of $621 to trade near $350, and the company has announced a $200 million buyback under a larger repurchase authorization amid fourth-q…
An Apollo Global Management executive told a UBS audience that private equity firms have likely overstated the value of software companies they bought, and that private credit lenders tied to those deals could face sizable losses as public tech shares fall and AI advances reshape demand. Apollo has said software represents under 2% of its assets un…
Elizabeth Loveman, senior vice president and controller at NACCO Industries Inc (NYSE: NC), sold 1,662 shares of Class A common stock on March 13, 2026, in a Form 4 filing. The sale came as the company reported a fourth-quarter 2025 net loss tied to one-time pension settlement charges, even as revenue rose 5% year-over-year to $66.8 million. Invest…
Margaret Ryan, a former military judge who joined the Securities and Exchange Commission in early September, has resigned as director of the agency's enforcement division effective immediately. Her departure comes roughly six months after taking the post and follows a leadership installation process begun by Republican Chairman Paul Atkins last Apr…
Eni reported two new gas discoveries in Libya’s offshore Metlaoui formation that together exceed 1 trillion cubic feet. Libyan state oil company officials say the finds should yield about 130 million cubic feet per day, supplying domestic demand and exports to Italy with rapid connection possible to the nearby Bahr Essalam field.
UniCredit submitted a low-ball unsolicited bid for Commerzbank to force merger talks and break an 18-month deadlock. Holding nearly 30% of the German bank after a September 2024 stake purchase, UniCredit values Commerzbank at about 35 billion euros. The offer increases pressure on shareholders and signals UniCredit’s option to buy more shares on th…
Jefferies has reinstated a Buy rating on Eaton following the company's closing of its acquisition of Boyd Thermal. The brokerage sets a $430 price target based on roughly 24 times Eaton's 2026 enterprise value to EBITDA estimate and says the deal substantially broadens Eaton's data center thermal-management offerings while having limited near-term …
Stocks displayed notable intraday volatility Monday, with large-cap semiconductor names including Micron and Intel posting some of the largest gains. Other sectors and market-cap cohorts produced mixed results, from double-digit jumps in certain mid- and small-cap issues to notable declines in a handful of names.
Traders face a packed economic schedule on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, with the National Association of Realtors' Pending Home Sales report and the American Petroleum Institute's weekly crude inventory figures among the highlights. Additional data include ADP private employment estimates, a 20-year Treasury bond auction and a series of Fed-related rel…
SoFi offers a high-conviction trade setup after CEO Anthony Noto's $1M stock purchase and a deepened Mastercard partnership for SoFiUSD. Fundamentals show rapid customer and revenue growth, improving profitability, but the stock still trades at a premium to last year's fundamentals. This idea lays out an entry, stop, targets and the reasons to own …
CTMX popped to a 52-week high on massive volume as investors price in clearer evidence that CytomX's Probody platform is delivering conditionally activated activity in tumors. Fundamentals remain mixed, but the technical breakout, rising short-covering, and upcoming clinical readouts make a disciplined long trade attractive for a mid-term swing.
President Donald Trump said the United States retained the option to strike oil infrastructure on Iran's Kharg Island after ordering attacks on military targets there. He said US forces left the island's oil facilities intact for now - referring to them as "the pipes" - but warned that could change if Iran interferes with maritime traffic through t…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is evaluating support measures to help firms in its jurisdictions cope with disruptions from the Iran war, including higher energy prices, limited fertiliser access and travel interruptions that threaten tourism revenues and financial flows, EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso said.
Israeli police said shrapnel from ballistic missiles fired by Iran, along with fragments from Israeli interceptors, fell around Jerusalem’s walled Old City and near several key religious sites on Monday. No casualties or major damage were reported at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or the plateau known to Muslims as the Al-Aqsa compound and to Jew…
ChoiceOne Financial Services Inc. (NASDAQ: COFS) Secretary Adom Greenland purchased 500 shares of the company's common stock on March 12, 2026, in a transaction totaling $13,700. The trade was disclosed in a Form 4 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2026. The shares were acquired at an average price of $27.40, and the stock is trading close to that le…
European Union foreign ministers decided against expanding the Aspides naval mission into the Strait of Hormuz at this time, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said. While ministers expressed a desire to bolster the operation's resources, they did not agree to alter its mandate. The Aspides mission, created in 2024 to protect commercial shipping f…
Sterling Infrastructure rallied after a strong quarter and continues to look like a solid pick-and-shovel play into data center and transportation buildouts. Healthy free cash flow, low leverage, and a pivot toward higher-margin e-infrastructure work support upside, while valuation is rich but not extreme for a growth-infrastructure story. Trade pl…
Eledon Pharmaceuticals' anti-CD40L antibody tegoprubart (AT-1501) is showing meaningful clinical momentum as a potential alternative to calcineurin inhibitors in kidney transplantation. With positive Phase 2 BESTOW data, real-world use in a genetically modified pig kidney transplant, and a strengthened balance sheet from a $57.5M financing, ELDN lo…
Avidbank Holdings director Mike Rosinus sold 7,953 shares on March 13, 2026, at $27.49 per share, netting $218,627. The company recently reported mixed fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 results, and analysts foresee a 2026 EPS turnaround even as some research flags the stock as overvalued at present levels.
The Justice Department has asked U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to revisit his recent order that effectively halted a criminal inquiry into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The subpoenas, issued in January, sought records on renovation cost overruns at the Fed's headquarters and Powell's testimony to Congress. The judge had concluded prosec…
Monro (MNRO) has been punished for margin hits and restructuring costs, but fundamentals and cash generation argue the stock can recover from an oversold setup. At roughly $15.30 and a market cap near $459M, Monro trades below book and at cheap cash-flow multiples while still producing meaningful free cash flow and a high dividend yield. This trade…
At Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran, families of those killed in the U.S.-Israeli air campaign gather to bury relatives. Gravediggers prepared plots in Section 42 while mourners displayed grief and, for some, anger toward Israel and the United States. Iranian officials say the conflict, which began with air strikes on February 28, has killed more…
Director Eichten Estia J. sold 2,000 shares of Vicor Corp (VICR) common stock on March 13, 2026 at $174.00 per share, resulting in a transaction value of $348,000. Following the sale, the director retains direct ownership of 188,838 shares. The disposition was executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on December 11, 2025. InvestingPro anal…
