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President Donald Trump said on Friday that Richard Grenell - who was appointed last year as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - will transition out of his role. Matt Floca, the center's vice president of facilities operations, will be elevated to chief operating officer and executive director, the president added in a …
Susan Chapman-Hughes, a member of Toast Inc.'s board, sold 8,500 Class A shares on March 12, 2026, generating $246,245. The transaction leaves her with 14,530 Toast shares. The sale comes against a backdrop of a 31% share decline over six months and mixed fourth-quarter 2025 results that produced a revenue beat but an EPS miss, prompting varied ana…
Signet (SIG) trades at an attractive multiple relative to its cash generation and carries multiple near-term catalysts: persistent jewelry spending (Valentine's strength), rising lab-grown adoption, and margin tailwinds from product mix and cost actions. With EV/EBITDA ~4.8 and P/FCF ~5.7 versus a $3.34B market cap, there's tangible upside if comps…
U.S. equities closed lower on Friday as declines in Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials pushed the market down. The Dow fell to a fresh three-month low, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted larger percentage drops. Individual stocks registered both sharp gains and steep losses, and commodity and currency markets showed notable moves.
Canadian equities declined at Friday's close, with the S&P/TSX Composite falling 0.91%. Losses were concentrated in the Materials, Information Technology and Clean Technology sectors. A handful of names bucked the trend, while several large declines among resource-related issuers weighed on the broader index. Volatility measures rose and commodity …
Brazil's Bovespa ended the session down 0.91%, touching a one-month low as losses in Real Estate, Basic Materials and Financials pressured the market. While a handful of mid-cap names posted gains, heavier declines in petrochemical, steel and healthcare stocks pulled indices lower. Commodity and currency moves accompanied equity weakness, with oil …
The U.S. Treasury issued three updated general licenses on Friday that broaden waivers to Venezuela-related sanctions. The changes are intended to facilitate investment and activities tied to Venezuela's energy sector and to permit fertilizer exports directly to the United States, with the stated goal of supporting American farmers and maintaining …
The U.S. State Department is offering up to $10 million for information on 10 senior Iranian military and intelligence figures, including the newly named Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. The list focuses on officials connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which Washington has designated a foreign terrorist organizatio…
Metals Acquisition Corp. II completed a $230 million initial public offering, selling 23 million units at $10 each and exercising the underwriters' overallotment. The SPAC also closed a concurrent private placement of 5,066,666 warrants, raising an additional $7.6 million. The funds from the public deal were placed in trust ahead of the company’s s…
Moody's downgraded WPP Plc to Baa3 from Baa2 and cut related short-term and backed senior unsecured ratings, shifting the outlook to stable. The ratings action reflects prolonged pressure on operating results, expected elevated adjusted gross debt to EBITDA near 4.2x-4.5x over the coming 12 months, and significant restructuring costs. WPP reported …
Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) has a renewed regulatory runway for its lead cell therapy deramiocel. With a new PDUFA timeline in play, a compact float (~48.8M) and vigorous trading, we see an asymmetric risk/reward for disciplined long entries. This is a high-risk, high-reward position intended for investors who accept regulatory binary outcomes and…
Fitch Ratings upgraded StandardAero, Inc. (NYSE:SARO) and Dynasty Acquisition Co. Inc. to a Long-Term Issuer Default Rating of BB+ from BB, citing deleveraging after the IPO, EBITDA leverage falling below 3.5x and improved execution on the LEAP engine platform. Fitch also affirmed Dynasty’s secured revolver and term loan at BBB- with a Recovery Rat…
Fitch Ratings raised British American Tobacco plc's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating to A- from BBB+ and removed the company from Under Criteria Observation, assigning a Stable Outlook. The upgrade rests on BAT's diversified global footprint, strong and consistent cash flow generation, rising contribution from next-generation products and a conserva…
S&P Global Ratings upgraded Eldorado Gold to BB- from B+ with a positive outlook, pointing to stronger adjusted EBITDA in 2025, a healthier leverage profile and ongoing development milestones at Skouries and the near-complete McIlvenna Bay project acquired via a definitive deal for Foran. The ratings firm projects meaningful production growth and s…
S&P Global Ratings upgraded Wolverine World Wide Inc. (NYSE:WWW) to B+ from B and assigned a stable outlook, saying the company should maintain leverage comfortably below 5x over the coming year after stronger operating performance and improved profitability through year-end 2025. The upgrade reflects gains from Saucony and Merrell, significant del…
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington after earlier discussions with Vice President JD Vance about the passage of a bill enabling Seoul to implement a $350 billion investment commitment in the United States. South Korean officials confirmed the meeting but provided no further details; the White …
Severe storms on March 13 left over 396,000 homes and businesses without electricity across the U.S. Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, with Ohio recording the largest number of outages. State-level data from PowerOutage.us shows concentrated impacts in multiple states, and a unit of American Electric Power reported the highest single-utility outage total i…
Kaillie Humphries, the 40-year-old bobsledder who switched from competing for Canada to the United States in 2019, presented President Donald Trump with the Order of Ikkos at a White House event honoring women. Humphries praised Trump for policies she said support biological women in sport and expand access to IVF. Video of the presentation circula…
A federal judge has ordered that subpoenas issued by the Justice Department to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell be blocked, concluding the government offered little evidence of criminal conduct and that the investigation appeared aimed at pressuring the Fed to lower interest rates or force Powell from office. Powell had publicly disclosed the pr…
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Friday aimed at lowering barriers to housing construction and loosening mortgage-related regulatory constraints. One order targets state and local permitting and other regulatory obstacles to homebuilding; the other seeks to reduce mortgage-related regulatory burdens to help community banks exte…
Shares of InMode Ltd. climbed 6.4% on Friday after the company’s board approved a new buyback program permitting the repurchase of roughly 10% of outstanding shares, or about 6.38 million ordinary shares. Management said repurchases will be funded with available cash and may be executed in the open market or by other permitted means.
Firefly Neuroscience's stock surged after the company reported research advancements using its AI-powered EEG/ERP platform that could help differentiate the three primary ADHD subtypes. The firm's FDA-510(k)-cleared Evoke System collected resting and cognitive EEG scans that the company says may indicate whether a patient is hyperactive and impulsi…
A U.S. federal judge has voided subpoenas the Justice Department issued to Federal Reserve Board officials that sought documents connected to Chair Jerome Powell. The ruling states the subpoenas seemed designed to coerce Powell into changing his policy stance or stepping down, and found the government's evidence thin and unpersuasive. Powell has li…
PAR Technology Corporation priced a private placement of $250.0 million in 4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031, prompting a greater-than-10% decline in its shares. The company intends to use most proceeds to repurchase outstanding 1.50% convertible notes due 2027 and a portion to buy back common stock, while the remaining funds are earmarked fo…
General Dynamics Chairman and CEO Phebe N. Novakovic sold 32,918 shares of the company on March 11, 2026, generating approximately $11.6 million in proceeds. The transactions were executed in two tranches at prices between $352.96 and $354.505. Novakovic retains significant direct and indirect holdings, while the company announced a quarterly divid…
