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Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock warned that the central bank may not wait for first-quarter inflation readings before raising interest rates further, and highlighted the risk that rising energy prices tied to a deteriorating Middle East conflict could push inflation expectations higher. Bullock described the upcoming March 17-18 …
Interactive Communications International, Inc. reported a sale of 17,610 shares of Giftify, Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFT) on February 26, 2026, at a weighted average price of $0.934 for a total of $16,447. The trade reduced the company's position but left it with 2,577,760 shares. The transaction was also reported by HI Technology Corp and Merrill Brooks Smi…
Japan's finance minister said authorities are tracking global markets with an "extremely strong sense of urgency" amid volatility linked to the Middle East conflict. Tokyo has maintained close contact with overseas financial officials, highlighted the possibility of currency intervention, and emphasized continued communication with international co…
Global currencies came under pressure as expanding military action in the Middle East raised concerns about energy supplies and the inflationary consequences for countries that rely heavily on imported fuel. The dollar strengthened on safe-haven flows, the euro and yen weakened after sharp moves, and policymakers signalled intervention and close mo…
President Donald Trump announced he will attend and deliver remarks at the White House Correspondents Association's annual dinner in April after declining to participate during his first term and last year. The invitation, extended by the association, designates him as the evening's honoree. The move ends a prolonged period of avoidance that reflec…
Dakota Gold (NYSE: DC) Vice President of Exploration James McCoy Berry sold 12,388 shares on February 27, 2026, to meet tax obligations tied to the vesting of performance share units. The sale occurred near the stock's 52-week high, while Berry simultaneously converted multiple tranches of PSUs into common shares and exercised a large block of opti…
InfuSystem Holdings' Executive Vice President and CFO Barry G. Steele purchased 2,064 shares on March 2, 2026, at $9.16 per share, a $18,906 investment that followed a subsequent rise in the stock to $9.29. The insider transaction brings Steele's direct holdings to 88,000 shares. Separately, the company posted fourth-quarter 2025 earnings that beat…
Michael A. Plater, a director at Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), sold 17,256 shares on March 2, 2026, for about $616,556 in multiple open-market transactions. The company reported fourth-quarter 2025 revenue of $142.9 million, beating a $132.8 million forecast, and EPS of $0.40, in line with expectations. Following the sale, Plater directly ho…
Annual shop price inflation in the UK slowed to 1.1% in February, the British Retail Consortium reported, driven by softer food price growth and declines in non-food categories. The BRC noted narrower rises for food overall, a drop in non-perishable food inflation to a four-year low, and a small fall in non-food prices. The trade group warned that …
British finance minister Rachel Reeves is poised to present a cautious budget update as investors fret over recent strikes and counter-strikes in the Middle East. Fresh forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will accompany her remarks, but she is widely expected to refrain from new spending measures ahead of a full autumn budget.…
The U.S. Department of State has ordered American citizens to immediately leave more than a dozen countries across the Middle East, citing safety risks during an intensifying round of strikes between the United States, Israel and Iran. The advisory names specific countries, follows an evacuation of U.S. Embassy staff in Amman and comes as Washingto…
Rio Tinto will progress a research and development program to extract primary gallium from its alumina refining operations in Quebec after receiving conditional non-repayable funding of up to C$18.95 million from the Government of Canada. The federal contribution, approved under Natural Resources Canada’s Global Partnerships Initiative, supplements…
Oruka Therapeutics Chief Operating Officer Laura Lee Sandler sold 5,000 shares of company stock on March 2, 2026, generating $167,821 in proceeds across two trades, and concurrently exercised employee warrants to acquire 5,000 additional shares for $39,000. The transactions occurred under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan and follow a period of subst…
Fitch downgraded Paramount Skydance Corp and Paramount Global to non-investment grade and placed ratings on Rating Watch Negative, pointing to media-sector competitive pressure, transformation-related cashflow strains and uncertainty over the debt-funded acquisition of Warner Bros. The agency warned of further downgrades while Moody’s and S&P Globa…
LifeVantage Corp director Dayton Judd purchased 33,197 shares across three transactions between February 26 and March 2, 2026, spending $152,422. The purchases, disclosed on a Form 4 filing with the SEC, leave Judd with 80,359 directly owned shares and 749,325 indirectly held through Sudbury Capital Fund, LP. The trades arrive amid a fiscal Q2 repo…
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced on March 2 that her office is investigating potentially unlawful conduct by federal agents involved in Operation Metro Surge. The office has created a portal for the public to submit videos and other evidence alleging crimes by Gregory Bovino and other federal officers. The probe follows the fatal sh…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated the United States would not deliberately target a school after Iranian state media reported that more than 160 people were killed in an attack on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, southern Iran. The reported strike occurred on the first day of U.S. and Israeli operations against Iran, drawing condemnati…
Contineum Therapeutics Chief Scientific Officer Lorrain Daniel S. sold 4,170 shares of Class A common stock on March 2, 2026, under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 trading plan. The transaction occurred as the company's shares traded near a 52-week high and following clinical trial results that prompted an analyst downgrade. Separately, Contineum priced an u…
Contineum Therapeutics' Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development, Tim Watkins, sold 3,611 Class A shares on March 2, 2026, at a weighted average price of $15.0153 and simultaneously exercised 3,611 options at $4.50. The company announced an upsized public offering priced at $12.25 per share and faces a recent analyst downgrade following mixed …
A February 28 threat assessment from the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis warns that Iran and allied proxy groups probably present a continuing risk of targeted attacks against the United States following reports of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s death in strikes attributed to Israel and the United States. While …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted an emergency request that reinstated a federal judge’s order blocking California provisions that limit school staff from disclosing a pupil’s gender identity to parents without the student’s consent. The decision, which the court’s three liberal justices opposed, pauses state protections while litigation con…
Daniel Breeze, senior vice president of corporate development at Royal Gold Inc., disposed of 1,400 shares of the company on March 2, 2026, realizing roughly $421,211 across two trades. The sale occurred while Royal Gold shares hovered close to a 52-week peak, following material restricted stock unit vesting earlier in the week. The company reporte…
Boyd Gaming CFO and Treasurer Josh Hirsberg sold 23,924 shares on February 26, 2026 for $2,054,114 after exercising an equal number of employee stock options at $17.75 each. The transaction leaves Hirsberg with substantial direct and indirect holdings while Boyd reports robust Q4 2025 results, a recent asset sale, and an executive retirement announ…
Exxon Mobil is a high-quality cash generator that benefits from higher oil prices, but geopolitical volatility around Iran is driving an outsized short-term premium into equities. I agree with a quant-style 'Hold' while uncertainty around the Strait of Hormuz persists. For traders who want a stab at upside, a small, mid-term swing long on a discipl…
Hercules Capital Chief Financial Officer Seth H Meyer acquired 14,000 shares of common stock on February 27, 2026, in a transaction valued at $200,620. The purchase occurred as HTGC shares have fallen over the past year and amid mixed company developments including a modest rise in estimated NAV per share, a loan amendment tied to potential FDA app…
