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Federal investigators have taken possession of records connected to Arizona's 2020 election after issuing a subpoena to the Arizona Senate for documents related to the Republican-led Maricopa County audit. The move is part of a broader pattern of federal action in states contested in the 2020 presidential race, and follows a separate, court-authori…
Colombian equities finished higher on Monday, with the COLCAP index rising 2.31% as Industrials, Services and Agriculture sectors supported the advance. Energy heavyweight Ecopetrol led gains and reached a 52-week high, while select banking stocks registered the session's largest falls. Commodity and currency moves were mixed, and the US Dollar Ind…
Russia's benchmark MOEX Russia Index closed higher on Monday, rising 1.17% to a new three-month high as the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors provided upward momentum. Market breadth was mixed, with slightly more decliners than advancers, while commodity prices and currency pairs showed divergent moves during the session.
Australia has issued visas to five members of Iran’s women’s national football team after the players sought asylum while in the country for the Asian Cup. The decision followed public comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that he had discussed the situation with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Bu…
About 3,800 workers at JBS' beef plant in Greeley, Colorado, intend to begin a strike on March 16, the union representing them said, a move that threatens to severely curtail production at one of the country's largest beef-processing facilities. The labor action comes as beef prices hit record highs and follows disputes over wages, workplace charge…
MiniMed Group Inc. completed an initial public offering of 28 million shares priced at $20 each, generating roughly $538 million in net proceeds after underwriting fees and expenses. Shares began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on March 6 under the symbol MMED. A portion of the proceeds will support general corporate purposes, with the r…
Vermilion Energy (VET) owns meaningful upstream gas exposure in France, Netherlands, Germany and Ireland and is starting 2026 with lower debt, a raised quarterly dividend and bullish technicals. With market cap of $1.75B, a dividend yield north of 3%, and sizable short interest, VET offers an asymmetric trade if European gas prices spike. This idea…
Global equity markets opened under heavy selling pressure as the conflict with Iran entered a second week and crude surged, at one point climbing as much as 30% above $100 a barrel. Asian and European bourses fell sharply, but major U.S. indexes reversed early losses to finish higher after remarks from President Donald Trump signaled the war may be…
A small group of university students held a prolonged sit-in at the University of Havana, protesting repeated class disruptions linked to sharp reductions in fuel supplies that have left Cuba’s power grid close to collapse. Students demanded better measures from officials after January cuts to Venezuelan oil shipments and tighter U.S. sanctions str…
A handful of companies saw notable after-hours trading moves following earnings reports, clinical trial news, and a federal program selection. Hewlett Packard Enterprise climbed on revenue growth and guidance, Vertex Pharma jumped after positive phase 3 interim results, Joby Aviation gained after being named a partner in multiple White House-backed…
Two U.S. small businesses have brought the first private legal challenge to the Trump administration's newest 10% global tariff, arguing the administration is relying on an improper reading of an archaic law to reimpose duties that the Supreme Court recently struck down. The plaintiffs say the tariffs primarily harm small importers and American con…
Jay Graber, who has led Bluesky since 2021, will step down as CEO and assume the position of chief innovation officer. Advisor Toni Schneider will serve as interim CEO while the company’s board conducts a search for a permanent successor. Bluesky, which grew its user base during a November 2024 migration away from X, now counts more than 40 million…
Hims & Hers (HIMS) surged after resolving its dispute with Novo Nordisk and securing distribution of GLP-1 products on its platform. The deal removes a major overhang, pairs with a $1.15B Eucalyptus acquisition to accelerate international growth, and leaves the stock trading at a reasonable multiple for a recovery trade. This is a mid-term swing tr…
U.S. stock indexes finished higher on Monday, led by advances in Technology, Healthcare and Industrials. The Dow rose 0.50%, the S&P 500 gained 0.83% and the NASDAQ Composite climbed 1.38%. Market breadth was mixed across exchanges, with notable single-day percentage moves among small-cap and specialty listings. Key commodity and currency benchmark…
Canadian equities closed modestly higher on Monday, with the S&P/TSX Composite finishing up 0.32% as IT, materials and industrials stocks outpaced losses elsewhere. Volume breadth favored decliners, while volatility measures eased slightly and commodity prices, notably crude oil, moved lower on the session.
The Bovespa finished higher on Monday, supported by advances in the Public Utilities, Electric Power and Industrials sectors. The benchmark rose 0.86% in Sao Paulo, with a handful of stocks posting double-digit relative gains while others lagged, leaving decliners to outnumber advancers on the day.
National Vision Holdings Executive Chairman Fahs L. Reade sold 11,672 shares of common stock on March 6, 2026, in multiple trades executed under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. The transactions, completed at prices between $29.57 and $29.58, generated roughly $345,217. On the same day Reade exercised restricted stock units and received new RSU grants. Company …
Vice President Alan Waxman of Sixth Street Specialty Lending purchased 300,000 common shares indirectly through a trust for $5.53 million in two transactions on March 5 and March 6, 2026. The buys came at prices between $18.42 and $18.46 while the stock traded at $18.39, and follow a quarter in which the company posted results above expectations bu…
Anthropic has filed suit against the U.S. government, saying the administration retaliated after the company refused a Defense Department demand to remove safety restrictions on its Claude model. The company says it modified Claude for classified use, declined to permit deployment for lethal autonomous weapons or mass domestic surveillance, and was…
A San Francisco-based research coalition has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a U.S. visa policy that it says discriminates against non-citizen experts who study online disinformation and hate speech. The group contends the policy, advanced by the Trump administration and implemented through the State Department, chills critical research and adv…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has projected second-quarter revenue between $9.6 billion and $10.0 billion, a range that sits above the Wall Street consensus. The company attributes its outlook to growing demand for AI-optimized servers fitted with Nvidia chips, while reporting an 18% year-over-year rise in first-quarter revenue to $9.30 billion.
Higher global oil prices following U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran are driving up diesel costs in Brazil, presenting a near-term squeeze for producers moving a record soybean crop and completing second-season corn planting. With roughly 30% of diesel imported and demand at peak seasonal levels, agricultural groups warn that rising pump prices and loca…
On March 10, Air New Zealand halted its fiscal 2026 earnings guidance, pointing to the escalation of conflict in the Middle East and sharp, unprecedented volatility in global jet fuel markets. The airline had already signaled potential weaker second-half results in interim results released last month, when it reported a NZ$59 million loss before ta…
Walter 'Ted' Carter Jr. resigned as president of Ohio State University after informing the board of trustees that he had allowed an inappropriate relationship with someone who sought public resources to support her personal business. Carter had led the university for two years. The university provided no further details about the resources or the b…
AngloGold Ashanti (AU) looks like a high-conviction buy on a pullback. The shares are trading near the 50-day EMA and well below the 52-week high, while the company continues to demonstrate asset monetization, strategic investments, and a cash-generative portfolio. This trade targets a return to the upper-$120s over the next 180 trading days with a…
