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  • U.S. returned a Chinese national suspected of drug smuggling to Beijing as bilateral law-enforcement cooperation increases ahead of the Trump‑Xi summit.
  • European allies say a military plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is unrealistic, urging diplomatic and legal measures instead.
  • Iranian forces are searching for a missing U.S. pilot after two American warplanes were downed over Iran and the Gulf, two airmen rescued.
  • Nomura now expects the Fed's first rate cut in September 2026, citing Middle East risks and temporary Fed leadership uncertainty.
  • Southern Russia suffered drone and missile strikes that killed one, injured several, and damaged commercial infrastructure and a ship.
  • Investors pitch Micron as a long on AI-driven memory dominance, citing strong cash flow and a path to outsized gains.

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Bakkt Shares Slip After Pricing of $48.1 Million Registered Direct Offering

Bakkt Shares Slip After Pricing of $48.1 Million Registered Direct Offering

Bakkt Holdings priced a registered direct offering that is expected to generate roughly $48.1 million in gross proceeds, prompting a roughly 5.8% drop in the companys stock. The deal includes Class A common shares and pre-funded warrants sold to one institutional investor and is slated to close on or around March 2, 2026, subject to customary condi…

Duos Technologies Shares Drop After $65 Million Common Stock Offering

Duos Technologies Shares Drop After $65 Million Common Stock Offering

Duos Technologies Group Inc priced an underwritten public offering expected to raise about $65 million in gross proceeds, prompting a near 15% decline in the stock. The deal includes an over-allotment option and is intended to finance expansion of the company’s Edge Data Center business, alongside working capital. Duos disclosed non-binding letters…

Colombia to Seek Reciprocal 50% Tariffs on Targeted Ecuadorian Products

Colombia to Seek Reciprocal 50% Tariffs on Targeted Ecuadorian Products

Colombia's commerce minister said the government will propose lifting duties on certain Ecuadorian imports from 30% to 50% in response to Ecuador's recent tariff hikes. Quito has already announced tariffs of 50% on Colombian goods beginning March 1 and increased a pipeline fee on crude, prompting halted shipments and heightened tensions between the…

OpenAI Proposes Cloud-Only Framework to Ease Anthropic-Pentagon AI Dispute

OpenAI Proposes Cloud-Only Framework to Ease Anthropic-Pentagon AI Dispute

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told staff the company is engaged in discussions about a possible agreement with the U.S. Defense Department that could allow OpenAI models to operate in classified settings while maintaining company principles and technical safeguards. No deal has been finalized and talks could fail, according to reporting that cited a person…

Xiaomi Forms Safety Advisory Panel Amid Scrutiny Over SU7 Crashes

Xiaomi Forms Safety Advisory Panel Amid Scrutiny Over SU7 Crashes

Xiaomi said it will convene an external advisory committee to evaluate the safety of its electric vehicles after a number of widely reported SU7 accidents. The firm also plans ongoing meetings with owners, media and experts, while maintaining a large internal safety organization and rolling out product and software changes for the SU7.

U.N. Warns South Sudan Has Reached a 'Dangerous Point' as Killings Escalate

U.N. Warns South Sudan Has Reached a 'Dangerous Point' as Killings Escalate

The U.N. human rights chief warned that South Sudan is confronting a perilous moment as a surge in killings and a deterioration of military discipline threaten the stability of a 2018 peace agreement. Documented deaths and a sharp rise in rights abuses, coupled with political turmoil following the suspension and charging of a key opposition leader,…

U.S. to Provide On-Site Passport Services in West Bank Settlement for First Time

U.S. to Provide On-Site Passport Services in West Bank Settlement for First Time

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has announced that consular officers will offer routine passport services this week in the West Bank settlement of Efrat, marking the first time American officials have provided such services on-site in a settlement. The move comes amid heightened tensions over settlement policy, new Israeli cabinet measures easing set…

FormFactor: HBM4 Is the Catalyst — Don't Fear the Multiple

FormFactor: HBM4 Is the Catalyst — Don't Fear the Multiple

FormFactor looks poised for an earnings inflection driven by HBM4 design wins and a stronger ASP mix in probe cards and test sockets. This trade idea lays out an actionable long with entry at $38.00, a stop at $30.00 and staged targets at $55.00 and $72.00 across a 180-trading-day horizon.

Archer to Fit Midnight Air Taxi with Starlink Satellite Internet

Archer to Fit Midnight Air Taxi with Starlink Satellite Internet

Archer Aviation said Friday it will integrate Elon Musk’s Starlink low-Earth-orbit satellite internet into its Midnight electric air taxi and undertake in-flight testing. The collaboration targets passenger Wi-Fi, operational communications between aircraft and ground teams, and a connectivity roadmap that could support future autonomous aircraft d…

SMCI: Betting on an AI-Led Rebound — A High-Conviction Position Trade

SMCI: Betting on an AI-Led Rebound — A High-Conviction Position Trade

Super Micro (SMCI) has ridden AI infrastructure demand to eye-popping revenue growth, yet investors are fretting margin erosion. With a market cap near $19.1B and a P/E in the low-20s, the stock looks priced for growth but not perfection. This trade targets a position-sized rebound over the next 46-180 trading days while protecting capital if margi…

Bernstein Raises Newmont Rating and Lifts Long-Term Gold Price Outlook

Bernstein Raises Newmont Rating and Lifts Long-Term Gold Price Outlook

Bernstein upgraded Newmont to Outperform and boosted its price target to $157 from $121 after materially raising its long-term gold price assumptions. The firm now models gold at $4,800 an ounce in 2026 and $6,100 an ounce in 2030, tying prices to net demand from central banks and ETFs as well as anticipated US rate cuts. The higher price deck lift…

Pakistan-Afghan Fighting Threatens to Entrench a Protracted Regional Crisis

Pakistan-Afghan Fighting Threatens to Entrench a Protracted Regional Crisis

Islamabad’s recent air strikes against Taliban-held sites in Afghanistan mark a sharp escalation in a long-simmering dispute over militant sanctuaries. The move, described by Pakistan’s defence minister as an "open war", follows years of fraught ties after the Taliban seized power in 2021. With major regional actors offering to mediate and U.S. for…

Buy the AI Dip in Alphabet - Tactical Swing into GOOG at $306

Buy the AI Dip in Alphabet - Tactical Swing into GOOG at $306

Alphabet is down from its February highs after a market-wide tech pullback. The pullback has pushed the stock toward key short-term support, with fundamentals — $73.3B free cash flow, $3.7T market cap, and a 31.8% ROE — arguing this is a lower-risk re-entry for a mid-term swing. We lay out an actionable trade with precise entry, stop and target and…