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Altimmune Chief Financial Officer Gregory L. Weaver bought 5,000 shares of company common stock on March 6, 2026, spending $17,700 at $3.54 per share. The purchase comes as the stock has slipped nearly 15% over the prior week and is trading nearer its 52-week low of $2.90 than its high of $7.73. Recent fourth-quarter 2025 results showed a wider-tha…
Vertiv, Lumentum and EchoStar recorded intraday gains after S&P Dow Jones Indices announced their inclusion in the S&P 500, with Coherent also named to join. The additions take effect before the open on March 23 as part of the quarterly reconstitution, which will push four other companies into the S&P SmallCap 600 and alter the S&P 100 membership.
American Bitcoin Corp. director Richard Busch acquired 68,000 shares on March 5, 2026, paying $1.15 per share for a total of $78,200, according to a Form 4 filing. The purchase comes while ABTC shares trade close to a 52-week low and follows a quarter that showed revenue growth alongside a net loss influenced by non-cash fair value adjustments. The…
Bank of America says rapid advances in generative AI are creating a major challenge for the software sector, even as startups post eye-catching ARR gains. Anthropic’s annualised recurring revenue reached $19 billion in early March, up 110% from $9 billion at end-2025, a surge that coincided with a $30 billion Series G and a $380 billion valuation. …
Relmada Therapeutics' stock climbed 25% after the company published 12-month interim results from its Phase 2 study of NDV-01 in high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. The data show strong complete response rates and no progression to muscle-invasive disease. Relmada outlined plans to begin a registrational Phase 3 program in mid-2026 and an…
Shares of Aureus Greenway Holdings jumped sharply after reports that the company will merge with Powerus, a West Palm Beach drone manufacturer supported by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. The planned reverse merger would list Powerus on the Nasdaq in coming months and is positioned against growing U.S. interest in domestic drone suppliers.
Reports say finance ministers from the Group of Seven economies are set to discuss tapping strategic petroleum reserves to alleviate supply strains created by the ongoing conflict in Iran. The escalation has sent Brent and WTI crude surging above $100 per barrel, rattling global equities and prompting concerns about shipping, insurance and upstream…
A federal judge has determined that Kari Lake was not lawfully serving as acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media during much of 2025, voiding a set of decisions she made to reduce staff and curtail Voice of America operations. The ruling, delivered March 7, favors VOA journalists and a federal employees union and could upend cuts that remai…
Futures tied to Canada’s primary equity gauge fell on March 9 as intensifying conflict in the Middle East pushed oil to multi-year highs and heightened investor concern about inflation. March S&P/TSX composite futures were down roughly 0.92% early Monday, while Wall Street futures also moved lower. The escalation followed a high-profile political a…
Crude oil surged above $100 per barrel as the conflict in the Middle East entered its second week, driving U.S. pump prices above $3 per gallon and reigniting concerns about inflation amid weak U.S. labor data. Markets across bonds and equities fell sharply, while policymakers face pressure over strategic reserve releases and how to respond to the …
A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declined to pause a district court order that prevents the Department of Homeland Security from terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Haitian nationals. The panel rejected the administration's request to halt the February injunction while it a…
Since returning to office, President Donald Trump and his administration have escalated a coordinated legal strategy at the Supreme Court that challenges the authority of lower-court judges to review or block executive actions. An analysis of emergency filings shows the Justice Department has repeatedly told the justices that judges are improperly …
Morgan Stanley adjusted its European sector weightings, dropping software sharply to underweight and lifting energy to overweight as it rebalanced a 30-sector model that factors in accelerating AI capability and continued geopolitical risk premiums in energy markets. Semiconductors climbed to the top spot while several consumer and financial sector…
Federal immigration agents in Tennessee arrested a Colombian journalist working for a Spanish-language outlet in Nashville, taking her into ICE custody on allegations of visa violations. The Department of Homeland Security said she will receive due process as she remains detained while her lawyers filed an emergency petition in federal court contes…
JPMorgan strategist Mislav Matejka told clients that equity markets could weaken further in the short term before stabilising, describing a period of derisking tied to geopolitical escalation that the bank expects to be brief. While position-squaring is underway and some oversold areas are emerging, near-term risks from oil and bond markets and ris…
Hezbollah reported that its fighters engaged Israeli troops deployed by helicopters in eastern Lebanon during an overnight airborne raid, marking a second such operation in the area in recent days. The exchange comes as the conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group enters its second week, with continuing Israeli airstrikes in Beirut's south…
The Justice Department has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to revive President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at four major law firms, contending that federal judges improperly invalidated directives that lie within presidential authority. The challenge follows a brief reversal in the administration’s litigation stance a…
Morgan Stanley has adjusted its Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) equity stance by downgrading the United Arab Emirates and Egypt to Equal-Weight and upgrading Saudi Arabia to Overweight. The changes reflect heightened geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East and a tactical move to increase exposure to markets that stand to benefit …
Hims & Hers shares climbed sharply in premarket trading after media reports said Novo Nordisk is preparing to distribute its weight-loss medications via the telehealth company's platform, a move that could settle a pending patent-infringement suit and ease U.S. regulatory pressure. Analysts called the report a clear positive for Hims’ stock, but qu…
Indian equity benchmarks closed lower on Monday, with losses concentrated in the Auto, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors. The Nifty 50 dropped 1.73% to a fresh six-month low while the BSE Sensex fell 1.71%. Market breadth was negative, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles hit 52-week lows, and India VIX surged to a one-year high. Crude oil rose sharply amid …
Barclays lowered its price target on Xiaomi Corporation ADR shares to $30 while keeping an Overweight rating, citing higher memory prices and a weak IoT comparison in the fourth quarter of 2025. The bank reduced its smartphone volume and margin forecasts, expects IoT revenues to decline year-over-year through most of 2026, and noted potential margi…
Morgan Stanley analyst Michael Wilson wrote on Monday that the S&P 500 may be approaching the latter part of its recent rolling correction. He remains "constructive over the next 6-12 months" as earnings growth picks up and market breadth improves, while cautioning that the path of oil prices, the dollar, and Fed policy will influence how long vola…
Bank of America warns that sustained high crude prices, combined with a divergence between the Bank of Japan's wait-and-see approach and the tightening tendencies of the Federal Reserve and some European central banks, is weighing on the Japanese yen. The research note highlights Japan's reliance on Middle Eastern crude, political pressure for stim…
Morgan Stanley strategist Martijn Rats warns that sustained interruptions to shipments through the Strait of Hormuz could require oil prices to climb substantially - potentially well above $130 per barrel - to force demand reduction. The note highlights a supply shock on the order of roughly 20 million barrels per day, impacts already visible at As…
Rising hostilities between the U.S. and Iran have pushed Brent crude past $100 per barrel and raised concerns about renewed inflationary pressures. Investors will parse key U.S. inflation measures this week while the Federal Reserve enters a pre-decision blackout period. Corporate earnings from Oracle and Adobe add further focus, with AI-related sp…
