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Airport security screeners received only a portion of their normal pay on Friday as a partial federal government shutdown continues. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed on Feb. 13 after lawmakers failed to reach agreement on immigration enforcement reforms demanded by Democrats, suspending operations funding for agencies includin…
Diane Leopold, newly appointed director at CMS Energy and Consumers Energy, bought 2,000 shares of CMS Energy on February 25, 2026, a transaction disclosed in a Form 4 filing on February 27, 2026. The purchase totaled $153,398, leaving Leopold with 2,769 shares directly owned. The trade occurred while the stock trades above estimated fair value and…
Lennox International director Shane D. Wall sold 100 shares of common stock on February 25, 2026, for $540.01 per share, a transaction totaling $54,001. The shares have since traded higher, reaching $568.72, and the company carries a market capitalization of $19.77 billion. Following the sale, Wall owns 2,205 shares. Independent analysis flags the …
A U.N. Special Rapporteur says Taliban regulations requiring female patients to follow a dress code, be accompanied by a male guardian and be treated by male medical staff are preventing women and children in Afghanistan from receiving timely emergency care. The measures are creating immediate risks - including denied ambulance transport and childb…
Wolfe Research upgraded Honeywell to Outperform from Peer Perform and raised its sum-of-the-parts (SOTP) valuation to $293 per share, citing improved execution under new management, a forthcoming aerospace spin-off expected in early July, and increased conviction in margin expansion in 2027-2028. The firm set a year-end 2026 price target of $293, w…
Poland's WIG30 finished the trading day down 0.09% as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Developers sectors weighed on the index. KGHM (WA:KGH), Jastrzebska (WA:JSW) and BUDIMEX (WA:BDXP) were the session's top performers, while Rainbow Tours (WA:RBW), CD PROJEKT (WA:CDR) and MODIVO (WA:MDVP) led decliners. Commodity prices for crude, Brent and g…
Investment firms that hold more than $230 million of debt issued by Tricolor Holdings have initiated litigation in New York claiming JPMorgan Chase, Barclays and Fifth Third Bancorp. enabled or ignored fraudulent conduct at the bankrupt used-car lender. The suit points to alarming audit findings from 2022 and 2024 and contends the banks prioritized…
Microsoft's fundamentals remain robust - double-digit returns on capital, $77B in free cash flow and manageable leverage - but recent selling has driven sentiment into a more negative zone. That combination creates an asymmetric risk-reward for a mid-term (45 trading days) long. This trade targets a rebound toward fairer multiples while keeping a h…
Renn Fund, Inc. (RCG) President and Co-Portfolio Manager Murray Stahl purchased 1,134 shares of common stock on February 26, 2026, at $2.85 per share, for a total outlay of $3,231. The trades were executed across several vehicles and resulted in incremental increases to both his direct and indirect holdings. The stock has a 13% year-to-date return …
Truck drivers are facing prolonged delays to offload soybeans at the Miritituba river terminal in Brazil’s Amazon basin as a record harvest of about 180 million metric tons strains export logistics. The congestion, compounded by Indigenous protests at a nearby transshipment facility and the government’s revocation of a decree supporting waterway ex…
The OMX Copenhagen 20 closed up 0.10% on Friday as gains in Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Technology helped lift the market. AP Moeller - Maersk's A and B shares and Vestas were the session's top performers, while Pandora, Oersted and Danske Bank lagged. Market breadth favored advancers and key commodity and FX benchmarks moved higher or lower acro…
Regan Mills, President of Product Test at Teradyne (TER), sold 788 shares on February 25, 2026, for $332.87 per share, totaling $262,301, under a 10b5-1 sales plan adopted November 25, 2025. The transaction was reported on a Form 4 filing with the SEC. Teradyne shares have risen 207% over the past year, trading at $320 with a market capitalization …
Deutsche Bank told clients that a proposed combination of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance - following Warner's board finding PSKY's $31-per-share offer to be a superior bid - would produce a powerful global streaming contender. Analyst Bryan Kraft adjusted his price target for Warner Bros. Discovery and characterized the competitive a…
Elauwit Connection Inc. said it will restate its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, after identifying a revenue recognition error tied to the percentage-of-completion input method for certain network design and installation contracts. The company estimates the mistake led to an overstatem…
Target is facing renewed investor pressure over executive leadership, board structure and its approach to rebuilding customer trust after a period of operational and reputational setbacks. Several institutional investors and advocacy groups have raised questions about recent public-facing decisions, the elevation of former CEO Brian Cornell to an e…
Morocco's main equities gauge finished Friday in negative territory, with the Moroccan All Shares index falling 1.25% at the close in Casablanca. Losses were concentrated in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors even as a handful of miners and related companies recorded notable gains. Market breadth favored decliners, and commodity and currency…
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) saw its stock fall about 7% on Friday after a short report from Hunterbrook criticized the valuation of software-related loans in the business development company’s portfolio and raised doubts over the sustainability of its dividend. The report cites concentrated exposure to software debt, rising payment-in-kind (PIK) r…
VNET Group Inc. (NASDAQ:VNET) saw its stock decline 6.9% after revealing a private placement of 81.0 million newly issued Class A ordinary shares to institutional investors. The offering is priced at $1.70 per Class A share - $10.20 per American Depositary Share, with each ADS representing six Class A shares - and is projected to generate gross pro…
The United States plans to put forward an American candidate to serve as executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, a State Department spokesperson said. The announcement follows Cindy McCain's statement that she will step down from the leadership role in three months because her health has not fully recovered after a mild strok…
Iridium has moved off its 2025 low and now shows improving technical momentum, healthy free cash flow and exposure to a growing satellite communications market. We upgrade to a mid-term long with a $22.99 entry, $20.00 stop and $30.00 target — a risk-reward profile we find attractive given current fundamentals and near-term catalysts.
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC recorded the purchase of a single share of Texas Pacific Land Corp (NYSE: TPL) common stock on February 26, 2026, a transaction disclosed in a Form 4 filing that increased the firm’s direct holdings to 3,479,381 shares. The purchase came as TPL shares have climbed 78% year-to-date and trade close to a 52-week h…
Frank C. Orsini, executive vice president and president of Seating at Lear Corporation, sold 7,133 shares of company common stock on February 26, 2026, for $135.50 per share, producing proceeds of $966,521. After the sale Orsini holds 16,795 Lear shares. Separately, Lear reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat estimates with EPS of $3.41 and…
California officials have opened a probe of Paramount Global’s winning bid for Warner Bros Discovery and signaled they will scrutinize the takeover aggressively. While Paramount’s political ties to the federal administration are expected to ease the path through Washington, state-level concerns over job losses and the local economic impact could po…
Mexico's state energy firm recorded a net loss of 155.23 million pesos in the fourth quarter and reported fourth-quarter revenues of 362.45 billion pesos. Production and refining volumes fell short of government targets, while the company carried $85.2 billion in financial debt at quarter-end and received 395.3 billion pesos in government support d…
Norwegian equities ended the trading session higher with the Oslo OBX advancing 1.02% to a fresh all-time high. Strength in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities supported the market. Subsea 7 SA was the session's top gainer, while Norwegian Air Shuttle and several large-cap names lagged. Commodity and FX mov…
