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Vivani Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: VANI) saw its chairman, Gregg Williams, buy 1,866,492 shares in two transactions on February 15, 2026, for about $1.98 million. The company recently closed a $4.5 million financing and reported favorable results from a 6-year Early Feasibility Study of its Orion Visual Cortical Prosthesis System, even as market data fl…
Analysts at Evercore ISI anticipate Walmart will deliver robust fourth-quarter results but are forecasting a restrained outlook for the current fiscal year, with initial annual EPS guidance expected around $2.80-$2.90. That range would sit about 3%-5% below the consensus midpoint among analysts. Evercore highlighted Walmart's market-share gains and…
An unusually large group of Democratic candidates this cycle are foregrounding religious belief in their campaigns in an effort to attract Christian voters who have historically favored Republicans. Several candidates are clergy or seminarians and explicitly link faith to policy stances on immigration, economic justice and abortion. The approach fa…
Kevin Warsh, nominated to lead the Federal Reserve, has argued for a materially smaller central bank balance sheet. But analysts and economists say the Fed’s present operating framework and the banking system’s demand for reserves make a significant contraction difficult without substantial regulatory and operational changes - moves that would take…
Applied Digital (APLD) sits at the intersection of two durable trends: long-term, non-cancellable lease contracts that convert capacity into contracted revenue, and an outsized ramp in demand for AI/HPC power density. Those two tailwinds justify a tactical long trade over the next 45 trading days, but the company’s stretched valuation, negative fre…
A 2019 Supreme Court decision in Rucho v. Common Cause removed the ability of federal courts to review partisan gerrymanders, legal experts say, clearing the path for an intensifying cycle of mid-decade mapmaking. High-profile rulings preserving newly drawn maps in Texas and California, and similar efforts in multiple states, have provoked widespre…
After four months of declines the U.S. dollar may be ready for a pause or modest rebound as a mix of political and economic developments eases previous pressures. Market positioning and derivatives flows show investors hedging against further dollar falls, while some strategists turn more constructive on the currency given improving U.S. growth pro…
Zurich Airport's stock pulled back after the operator and airline users agreed a new four-year flight-operations charge regime beginning Oct. 1, 2026, that will lower overall airport charges by roughly 10%. Barclays analyst Andrew Lobbenberg described the settlement as more challenging than market expectations, with passenger charges falling more s…
UBS Global Research judges the UK telecom sector to be under structural strain, with modest early-2026 improvements in pricing discipline offset by ongoing pressure from slow ARPU growth, intense competition, and elevated strategic risks tied to regulation, network investment and consolidation. The bank’s coverage assigns a broadly cautious-to-nega…
A nonprofit organization and two Washington residents filed suit in federal court seeking to halt the Trump administration’s proposed overhaul of East Potomac Park, including the century-old public golf course. Plaintiffs say the administration’s move to terminate a long-term lease and pursue reconstruction violates a congressional act from 1897 an…
A Santa Clara County judge declared a mistrial after jurors failed to reach unanimous verdicts in the case of five current and former Stanford students charged over a 2024 pro-Palestinian occupation that left the university president’s office damaged. The jury split on felony counts of vandalism and conspiracy to trespass, and prosecutors have indi…
UBS upgraded its rating on SSP Group Plc to "buy" from "neutral" and raised its 12-month price target to 245p from 180p, citing a material improvement in the company’s ability to convert earnings into free cash flow and rising aviation capacity across key markets. The bank projects free cash flow to recover strongly through FY30, expects leverage t…
Morgan Stanley analysts warn that the rollout of new artificial intelligence models creates structural risks for equity markets, yet they highlight contradictory aspects of the narrative that may benefit certain infrastructure and software providers. The firm points to recent weakness in the tech-heavy Nasdaq and mega-cap stocks, while advocating f…
Northrop Grumman beat Q4 2025 estimates, but conservative 2026 guidance (4% revenue growth, flat free cash flow) leaves limited upside at current valuations. The trade idea: a tactical long that captures upside if F/A-XX or similar high-profile contract momentum returns, while protecting against guidance-driven weakness.
The UK unemployment rate climbed to 5.2%, the highest level since January 2021, renewing market and analyst expectations that the Bank of England may begin cutting interest rates in March. A range of major banks and economic research firms point to weakening hiring, falling payrolls and moderating wage growth as the main drivers behind forecasts fo…
Mizuho began coverage of BitGo Holdings with an Outperform rating and a $17.00 price objective, implying a 58% upside from the stock's current trading level of $10.76. The firm emphasized BitGo's institutional custody franchise, recurring software-and-services revenue, and its potential to scale transactional revenue via the Go Network. Data from I…
Citizens reaffirmed a Market Outperform rating on Alphabet Inc. and left its $385.00 price target unchanged, pointing to AI-driven expansion of search as a core growth driver. The firm highlighted that AI can broaden the types of queries search can serve and extract greater commercial intent, while Alphabet pursues debt financing for AI infrastruct…
Analysts continue to favor Salesforce shares as the company's Agentforce AI offering posts rapid revenue growth and a major U.S. Army contract underscores demand for its solutions. At the same time, seat-based licensing dynamics and AI product pricing create competing pressures for the vendor's revenue model even as margins and trailing revenue rem…
India's equity benchmarks closed modestly higher, with the Nifty 50 up 0.17% and the BSE Sensex gaining 0.21%. Sector strength in Consumer Durables, Capital Goods and Public Sector Undertakings underpinned the advance. Market breadth was positive on both primary exchanges, while volatility eased and commodity and currency moves were mixed.
Recent CFTC filings reveal that institutional investors have markedly reduced net-long positions in Nasdaq 100 futures, trimming exposure by more than $7 billion since mid-January and increasing short bets by roughly $3 billion. The move reflects growing uncertainty about how artificial intelligence will reshape business models, prompting repositio…
Citizens has reiterated a Market Outperform rating and maintained a $12.00 price target on PubMatic Inc (NASDAQ:PUBM). The target implies more than 80% upside from the stock's current price of $6.54, with shares trading close to a 52-week low after a greater than 58% decline over the past year. The firm points to a strong cash position, the rollout…
Citizens has reiterated a Market Outperform rating and preserved an $11.00 price target on MFA Financial Inc. shares, pointing to a wide valuation gap versus book value. The firm’s call comes just ahead of MFA’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings release and follows recent company actions including a declared quarterly cash dividend and continued focus o…
Kepler Cheuvreux has moved Unilever (LON:ULVR) from Buy to Hold, citing limited near-term upside following a strong post-spin rally. The brokerage lifted its target to 5,900p from 5,800p even as it notes the shares now trade at a premium to long-term valuation averages. Management's guidance for 2026 met expectations, but Kepler sees constrained sc…
Citizens reiterated a Market Outperform rating on Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ: CCRN) and set a $11.00 price target, implying roughly 36% upside from the current $8.08 share price. The firm pointed to a strong balance sheet - including no debt and about $120 million in pro forma cash after the Aya merger termination - along with a healthy curre…
Shares of London Stock Exchange Group rose about 1% after the company disclosed a strategic partnership with Bank of America to integrate LSEG’s data, analytics and workflow tools across the bank’s platforms. The move follows recent pressure on the stock amid concerns over artificial intelligence-driven disruption and represents an opportunity to b…
