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Sweden's equity market finished higher on Wednesday, with the OMX Stockholm 30 closing up 0.15% to a new all-time high. Strength in the Basic Materials, Financials and Telecoms sectors underpinned the advance. Boliden led individual gains and reached an intra-session peak, while NIBE Industrrier B plunged, producing the session's largest decline am…
Joseph M. Erlinger, President of McDonald’s USA, sold 333 shares of McDonald’s common stock on February 23, 2026, under a prearranged 10b5-1 trading plan for $110,033. The transaction leaves him with 8,732.89 shares. The move coincides with a cluster of analyst upgrades and target adjustments, while valuation metrics and dividend history are highli…
Jonathan Banner, Executive Vice President and Chief Impact Officer at McDonald’s CORP (NASDAQ:MCD), sold 6,200.66 shares on February 23, 2026, for roughly $2.06 million and exercised options to acquire 4,600 shares at $266.20 per share. The sale occurred as McDonald’s shares traded near a 52-week high of $336, while an InvestingPro analysis indicat…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to the Caribbean on Feb 25 to meet regional leaders concerned that a worsening humanitarian situation in Cuba could spill over into migration, security and economic instability across the basin. The visit follows U.S. steps to block oil shipments to Cuba and seeks regional cooperation on migration and dr…
Bank of America downgraded Molson Coors to Underperform from Neutral after the brewer's fourth-quarter results and management commentary at the CAGNY conference. The broker trimmed its price target to $42 from $50 and lowered earnings forecasts for 2026 and 2027, highlighting outsized earnings sensitivity to volume declines and continued share pres…
Scotts Miracle-Gro Executive Vice President, CFO & CAO Mark J. Scheiwer purchased 693 shares of company common stock on February 24, 2026, for $71.435 per share, totaling $49,504. The transaction was disclosed in a Form 4 filing. The purchase occurs as SMG trades close to its 52-week high and after the company reported first-quarter 2026 results th…
Goldman Sachs has warned that faster adoption of artificial intelligence could raise U.S. unemployment this year, and has estimated notable monthly net job losses in industries most exposed to automation. Since last October, corporations across sectors have publicly linked job reductions to AI-driven restructurings and efficiency programs, with ann…
A panel of Brazil's Supreme Court has unanimously convicted a former lawmaker and four others for their roles in the 2018 assassination of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. The justices determined that the killings were ordered to prevent Franco and her party from obstructing an illegal landgrabbing operatio…
The WIG30 index closed higher in Warsaw on Wednesday, rising 1.61% to a new all-time high. Advances were concentrated in Basic Materials, Media and Construction names, with KGHM Polska Miedz SA, CD PROJEKT SA and BUDIMEX SA posting notable gains. Market breadth favoured winners, while select retail and technology-related stocks lagged. Commodity pr…
Upstart is an attractive swing trade: the stock is oversold, loan originations and revenue growth are re-accelerating, and the market cap sits under $3 billion. With Q4 proof points and a reasonable entry near $28, risk/reward tilts positive into a mid-term (45 trading day) horizon if macro keeps improving and guidance holds.
Blackbaud reports faster-than-anticipated uptake of AI tools among nonprofits, with CEO Mike Gianoni saying the technology is increasing customer spending and strengthening the company's competitive position. The firm is rolling out autonomous AI offerings, including a Development Agent, and cites its exclusive philanthropic dataset and forecasting…
The OMX Copenhagen 20 closed lower on Wednesday, falling 0.96% to a fresh three-year low as declines in Personal & Household Goods, Software & Computer Services and Healthcare weighed on the market. Market breadth favored losers, and several large-cap names recorded notable moves while commodities and currency pairs showed mixed performance.
BTIG increased its price target for Golar LNG Ltd. to $53 from $50 while retaining a Buy recommendation, citing higher-than-expected fourth-quarter adjusted EBITDA and meaningful production gains from the Gimi unit. Golar reported Q4 adjusted EBITDA of roughly $91 million, outpacing consensus, and operators reported January Gimi output at an annual…
Corteva says it expects the previously announced split of its seed and pesticide operations to be completed sometime in the fourth quarter. The company plans to identify headquarters, senior leadership teams and the CEO of the newly formed unit in the first half of the year, and executives at a recent industry conference expressed optimism about de…
OpenAI said on Feb 25 that it banned a number of ChatGPT accounts tied to Chinese law enforcement, romance scammers and coordinated influence operations. The company reported that some accounts combined its chatbot with social media and other tools to run dating frauds, impersonate attorneys and U.S. officials, and to gather information about U.S. …
A draft decree from Colombia's labor ministry proposes shifting 25 trillion pesos managed by private pension funds into the public administrator Colpensiones. The move would affect individual accounts of people who transferred to the public system under a 2024 reform now under constitutional court review, and follows a Finance Ministry proposal to …
Baird cut First Solar to Neutral from Outperform after the company reported mixed Q4 results and issued 2026 guidance that fell short of both the brokerage's model and consensus estimates. The downgrade reflects concerns about lower revenue and EBITDA guidance, absence of GAAP earnings guidance, policy risks, and near-term margin pressure as intern…
Eleven state attorneys general have urged the Department of Justice to undertake a comprehensive review of Netflix's proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers, warning that the transaction could concentrate market power in Subscription Video on Demand services, harm consumers through higher prices and lower-quality content, and damage the theatrical …
Morocco's equity market closed lower after the session on Wednesday, with the Moroccan All Shares index down 0.30%. Losses in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors contributed to the decline. Market breadth favored falling issues over advancers while several individual stocks posted notable moves and one miner hit an all-time high. Oil and Bren…
An analysis by Barclays using FINRA TRACE data indicates U.S. primary credit markets are the most competitive on record, driven by elevated demand for new corporate bond issuance. The trend has produced tighter allocations, heavier early-stage trading and greater secondary-market turnover, particularly for the most liquid sectors and large deals.
Norwegian equities closed modestly higher on Wednesday, with the Oslo OBX rising 0.17%. Strength in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors underpinned the advance. Hoegh Autoliners, Norsk Hydro and Subsea 7 were among the day's top performers, while SalMar, Tomra Systems and Mowi paced declines. Ma…
Israeli equities closed lower, with the TA 35 falling 0.15% as retreating Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Communications sectors weighed on the market. Market breadth favored decliners, while Camtek climbed to a record closing price. Crude, Brent and gold moved modestly and the shekel strengthened against the dollar and euro.
Bel Fuse Inc. director Peter E. Gilbert sold 4,500 shares of Class B common stock on February 24, 2026, realizing proceeds of $1.07 million. The shares transacted between $238.38 and $239.00 as the stock traded close to its 52-week high of $248.61 after a 183% return over the prior 12 months. The company recently reported a fourth-quarter beat acro…
Stablecoins are increasingly used as practical money-management tools, BVNK co-founder Chris Harmse tells reporter Nina Shah, citing data that show transactional behavior rather than speculation. Lower fees, faster settlement and global access are driving adoption, with market size and supply expanding materially. Regulators, banks and critics rema…
Residents of the West Bank village of Susiya say a group of masked men, identified by locals as Israeli settlers, set fire to vehicles and tents late on Tuesday. Local witnesses and video footage show the attackers approaching the community and burning property. The Israeli military says it dispatched troops and opened an investigation. United Nati…
