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Jefferies has reaffirmed a Buy rating and $142.00 price objective for Crown Holdings (CCK) as the company’s share price sits close to a 52-week high following a strong 33% return over the past year. An investor visit to Crown’s Bowling Green beverage can plant is scheduled for March 16-17, while recent analyst activity shows both upward earnings re…
Evercore ISI cut its rating on Arcellx Inc. (NASDAQ:ACLX) to In Line from Outperform and set a $115.00 price target following Gilead Sciences' agreed acquisition of Arcellx. The all-cash offer of $115 per share plus a $5 contingent value right values the company at roughly $7.8 billion and has prompted other broker reactions, while questions about …
Mexican security forces located and killed Nemesio Oseguera, alias 'El Mencho', in a covert operation that began after a tip linked to a romantic partner. The operation culminated in violent clashes, the death of several cartel members and the targeted killing of an alleged top lieutenant, provoking a wave of arson, roadblocks and disruptions conce…
Alan S. McKim, Executive Chairman and CTO of Clean Harbors Inc, sold 100,000 shares of company stock on February 19, 2026, for $281.14 per share, totaling $28,114,000, and donated 10,000 shares to charity the same day. The insider transactions follow a quarter of stronger-than-expected revenue and adjusted EBITDA, a planned acquisition of Depot Con…
Monday's trading session produced pronounced moves across market-cap tiers, with notable declines among large-cap financial and technology stocks and sharp rallies in selected biotech and mid-cap names. Eli Lilly and Arcellx were among the biggest gainers, while MongoDB, Datadog and multiple mega-cap banks and card issuers posted sizable drops.
Markets head into Tuesday, February 24, 2026, with a dense slate of U.S. economic releases and Federal Reserve commentary. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence report is the standout item, while a broad set of housing indices, weekly employment data, wholesale trade figures, monetary policy speeches and a Treasury auction will together provide …
Jefferies raised its 12-month price target on Southern Co. (SO) to $102 from $99 but left its rating at Hold, citing the utility's guidance for roughly 8% annual EPS growth through 2030 backed by a multibillion-dollar capital program and a robust rate base expansion. The firm highlighted several near-term political and regulatory uncertainties that…
Jefferies raised its price target for Teledyne Technologies to $770 from $710 while keeping a Buy rating, pointing to key metrics disclosed in the company’s 10-K that highlight growth in U.S. government sales and steady international performance. Teledyne also reported record fourth-quarter sales and elevated non-GAAP margins, prompting other firms…
Morgan Stanley ranks leading tobacco companies based on execution in smoke-free alternatives while noting continued reliance on combustibles. Philip Morris International is highlighted for its multi-category strategy and established smoke-free revenue stream, while Altria is noted for U.S.-focused product launches and shifting industry volumes towa…
H.C. Wainwright raised its target price on ImmunityBio Inc. (NASDAQ: IBRX) to $15 from $10 while retaining a Buy rating, citing commercial momentum for ANKTIVA, which generated $113 million in revenue in 2025 and recently received European conditional marketing authorization. The company has reported substantial year-over-year sales and unit growth…
Gavin B. Stefanski, Chief Experience Officer of TFS Financial CORP (NASDAQ:TFSL), executed a sale of 7,000 shares on February 20, 2026, at $14.97 per share for proceeds of $104,790. The transaction follows a 22.9% share price increase over the last year, alongside an InvestingPro assessment that the stock is overvalued relative to a Fair Value of $…
C.H. Robinson's CEO characterized a recent, sharp selloff in the company's shares as a short-term reaction, saying the firm's scale and proprietary data make it hard for new AI-enabled freight platforms to displace established brokers. He predicts industry consolidation as smaller competitors struggle to match the data depth and domain expertise re…
The average U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rate retreated to 5.99% on Monday, the lowest level since 2022, as investors moved into bonds following a stock market sell-off. Cooling inflation, tariff uncertainty and signs of economic weakness in recent GDP data contributed to the decline in yields. Refinancing activity has risen sharply year-over-year a…
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told a conference in Washington that eurozone inflation and the bank's interest rate policy are in a "good place," repeating her long-standing guidance that indicates no policy change is being contemplated. She emphasized the need for constant reassessment and agility to determine whether interventi…
C.H. Robinson's shares fell sharply on February 12 amid a broader pullback in transportation and logistics stocks after claims from an AI vendor about dramatic freight volume scaling. CEO Dave Bozeman described the decline as a short-term market response, arguing the company's scale and proprietary data create barriers that make rapid displacement …
Raymond James has maintained an Outperform rating and a $75.00 price target on Tidewater Inc following the company’s announced acquisition of Wilson Sons Ultratug Offshore and affiliate Atlantic Offshore Services for $500 million, inclusive of assumed low-cost debt. The deal brings a 22-vessel platform supply fleet heavily tied to Brazil, with mana…
iPower Inc. (NASDAQ:IPW) saw its stock slide 28.9% on Monday after announcing a proposed strategic expansion into distribution of crypto infrastructure hardware. The company signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Nanopulse Technology Ltd. to explore commercialization of specialized hardware using iPower’s U.S.-based logistics and e-c…
Anthropic reported that three Chinese companies - DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax - created more than 16 million interactions with the Claude chatbot using about 24,000 fake accounts to improperly obtain capabilities for their own AI models. The firm says the groups relied on a technique called distillation and that the activity violated its terms o…
Abits Group Inc. saw its stock tumble after revealing a registered direct offering expected to raise roughly $2.1 million through the sale of ordinary shares and pre-funded warrants to institutional investors. The offering - priced at $2.65 per ordinary share, with pre-funded warrants at $2.64999 - is slated to close on or about February 24, 2026, …
McKesson director Maria Martinez disposed of 349 shares on February 19, 2026, for $939.865 apiece, totaling $328,012, leaving her with 301 shares. The sale occurred while McKesson shares were trading close to their 52-week high. The company recently reported fiscal Q3 results that beat analyst estimates, but the stock fell in after-hours trading de…
Morgan Stanley has reiterated an Overweight rating and a $171.00 price target on Gilead Sciences following the company's definitive agreement to acquire Arcellx for $7.8 billion. The deal grants Gilead global control of anito-cel, a BCMA-directed CAR-T therapy under FDA review for late-stage multiple myeloma, and includes $115 per share in cash plu…
Truist Securities reiterated a Buy rating and a $200 price target on Axsome Therapeutics, pointing to a 300-representative sales-force expansion ahead of an April 30 FDA decision on the ADA treatment and to recent financial performance that supports commercial momentum. The firm highlighted potential synergies across Axsome's product portfolio and …
The governor of Italy's southern Calabria region asserted that Cuban physicians remain indispensable to keeping local hospitals and emergency departments open, even as he told a visiting U.S. diplomat he would review plans to expand a programme that brought hundreds of Cuban doctors to the region. The meeting came amid heightened U.S. pressure on H…
FBI Director Kash Patel responded to criticism after video showed him celebrating with the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team in an Italian locker room, saying he was in Milan on official business and would cover any personal expenses. Democrats called the trip a wasteful diversion, and lawmakers have previously alleged misuse of the FBI's Gulfstream G…
A New York Federal Reserve measure of underlying inflation rose in December, driven by stronger services (excluding housing) and goods prices. The increase to 2.8% from 2.4% complicates the Federal Reserve's effort to return inflation to its 2% target, amid debates over the impact of large-scale import tariffs and evolving signals from other trimme…
