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Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste reported a modest increase in passenger traffic in the fourth quarter but saw EBITDA decline by roughly 5% to MXN4.9 billion. Revenue excluding construction held steady at MXN7.3 billion year-over-year, while higher operating costs and weaker aeronautical revenues reduced margins by 333 basis points to 66.4%. Results…
TheRealReal (REAL) Chief Product & Tech Officer Luke Thomas Friang sold 19,609 shares on Feb. 23, 2026 to cover withholding taxes tied to a vesting equity award, generating $210,208. On the same date he was granted 72,203 restricted stock units that will vest in twelve equal quarterly installments. After the transactions Friang directly owns 551,85…
Palantir (PLTR) has retraced ~35% from its all-time high and is trading near $129 with oversold technicals and recent contract momentum. Fundamentals show solid cash flow generation and high ROE, but valuation is demanding. This trade idea lays out an entry at $128.90, a stop at $115.00, and a $175.00 target over a mid-term (45 trading days) horizo…
VeriSign (VRSN) is trading near its 52-week low after a multi-month pullback. The company's registry monopoly, predictable free cash flow and management's willingness to buy back shares create a favorable setup for a mid-term swing trade. Technicals are oversold, fundamentals remain intact, and valuation sits at a reasonable multiple of cash flow f…
Jamie Thingelstad, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of SPS Commerce Inc. (NASDAQ: SPSC), sold 2,418 shares on February 24, 2026, for roughly $132,851 under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. The transactions occurred as the stock traded near its 52-week low and followed a recent restricted stock unit award. SPS Commerce reported Q4 2025 earni…
The Taiwan stock market ended Wednesday with modest gains as the Taiwan Weighted climbed 0.50% to a fresh all-time high. Strength in the Glass, Plastic and Optoelectronic sectors powered the advance, while a handful of individual names recorded double-digit percentage moves in both directions. Crude, Brent and gold futures moved higher, and US doll…
Kevin A. Henry, PulteGroup's Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, sold 5,173 shares of the company's common stock on February 24, 2026, for roughly $729,574. The transaction coincides with recent corporate financing activity and governance updates, including an $800 million senior note offering, the appointment of a new independent di…
Haruhiko Kuroda, who led the Bank of Japan's unconventional stimulus era, said the economy is in strong shape and called for a continued cycle of interest-rate increases together with tighter fiscal settings. He cautioned that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s expansionary spending and tax measures could aggravate inflationary pressures and elevate g…
Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. climbed in Taipei after a landmark supply agreement between AMD and Meta underscored growing demand for advanced chips. Investors are also watching upcoming quarterly results from Nvidia, a key TSMC client, for broader signals about artificial intelligence-driven chip consumption.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger delivered the Democratic rebuttal to the president's State of the Union address, focusing on rising consumer costs, the economic effects of tariff policy on farmers, and aggressive federal deportation operations. Speaking from Williamsburg's historic House of Burgesses, Spanberger criticized the administration's…
Most Asian currencies advanced modestly as traders evaluated the implications of newly implemented U.S. tariffs, with the Australian dollar jumping after domestic inflation data increased expectations for a Reserve Bank of Australia rate rise. The U.S. Dollar Index slipped in Asian trading while several regional pairs saw the dollar weaken.
Asian equity markets opened strongly after a rebound in U.S. shares, with technology-related names leading gains ahead of Nvidia's quarterly report. The dollar eased slightly, Treasury yields nudged up and oil ticked higher. Markets are also parsing political remarks on data centre power and awaiting a slate of macroeconomic releases and central ba…
Australian equities closed higher on Wednesday with the S&P/ASX 200 rising 1.17% to an all-time closing high. Strength in information technology, consumer staples and metals & mining underpinned the advance. Several individual stocks recorded double-digit moves in both directions, while volatility gauges and key commodity prices moved modestly.
Nippon Steel Corp (TYO:5401) saw its shares drop sharply after announcing plans to raise roughly 600 billion yen ($3.9 billion) through a zero coupon convertible bond sale to help refinance the $15 billion acquisition of United States Steel Corp. The upsized issuance - the largest ever by a Japanese company - heightened worries about potential shar…
SPS Commerce INC Chief Executive Officer Chadwick Collins sold 13,384 shares of company stock on February 20, 2026, for approximately $785128 under a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted in September 2025. The filing also shows Collins acquired 101,932 shares with a reported value of $0 and continues to hold a substantial position alongside indirect 401(k) hol…
CoreWeave General Counsel and Secretary Kristen J. McVeety sold 1,677 shares of Class A Common Stock on February 20, 2026, following the settlement of restricted stock units. The disposals, executed to cover tax-withholding obligations, totaled $152,325. The transactions occurred one day before the company’s scheduled earnings release and come amid…
The Japanese government has nominated academics Toichiro Asada and Ayano Sato to the nine-member board of the Bank of Japan. Market commentators say both nominees are regarded as reflationists, a development that could alter yield curve dynamics and market expectations for future BOJ rate decisions. Analysts differ on how large a policy impact the …
Hong Kong’s government forecasts economic expansion of 2.5% to 3.5% for 2026 and signaled a move toward stronger fiscal balance after years of deficits. Financial Secretary Paul Chan highlighted both external headwinds and new opportunities tied to shifting global trade patterns, and outlined a greater emphasis on technology and artificial intellig…
Douglas J. Herrington, CEO Worldwide Amazon Stores, sold 7,835 shares of Amazon common stock under a Rule 10b5-1 plan on February 23, 2026, generating $1,406,785. The same day he exercised options to acquire 16,087 shares at a $0 strike. Post-transactions, Herrington's direct and indirect holdings include 522,361 direct shares, 6,599.312 shares in …
Matthew S. Garman, chief executive of Amazon Web Services, sold 17,751 shares of Amazon common stock on February 23, 2026 under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan, generating $3,642,841. The transaction followed recent exercises of restricted stock units and comes amid several company developments including a robotics program pause, a federal fuel manufact…
President Donald Trump described the Supreme Court's decision to overturn elements of his tariff program as "unfortunate," and told lawmakers and the nation that he intends to continue his tariff agenda by relying on other legal statutes rather than seeking Congressional approval. He reiterated that tariffs were a key contributor to U.S. economic a…
HSBC reported 2025 pretax profit of $29.91 billion, beating a $28.86 billion analyst consensus, supported by growth in wealth fees and foreign-exchange income in its corporate and institutional banking unit. The results include $4.9 billion of adverse notable items tied to impairments, legal and restructuring costs; excluding those items, pretax pr…
Most Asian markets advanced, with Japan's Nikkei 225 and South Korea's KOSPI reaching record highs as technology stocks outperformed ahead of Nvidia's earnings. Australia also set a new peak led by Woolworths and major miners, even after hotter-than-expected CPI data. China extended gains after the Lunar New Year break and Hong Kong's tech names pa…
Brian Titus, vice president, controller and principal accounting officer at Corteva, sold 8,311 shares of the company on February 20, 2026, for proceeds of $636,199. The transactions, disclosed on a Form 4 filing with the SEC, occurred as Corteva shares traded close to a 52-week high. Titus also exercised stock options and had a portion of vested r…
Bill Gates addressed employees of the Gates Foundation in a scheduled town hall where he discussed documents and images related to his contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, apologized for drawing colleagues into meetings, and reiterated that he did not witness or participate in illicit conduct. The foundation said Gates spoke candidly and took responsibil…
