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Two Mexican-flagged ships loaded with humanitarian aid entered Havana Harbor early on Feb. 12, with one vessel, the Papaloapan, seen carrying large stacks of white-wrapped pallets past the El Morro fortress. The delivery follows Mexico's mid-January halt of crude and refined product shipments under pressure from the Trump administration and comes a…
TD Cowen lowered its rating on Rigetti Computing to Hold from Buy, citing rising capital requirements, heightened competition after a defense benchmarking outcome, and a relatively high valuation despite recent share declines. The firm began coverage of D-Wave Quantum with a Buy rating, pointing to leadership in quantum annealing, early commercial …
Thursday's session produced notable swings across market-cap segments, with technology names among the busiest movers. Cisco and Micron were prominent among large-cap moves, while a range of companies from ICON to Fastly posted outsized percentage changes. The day featured steep declines for some names tied to downgrades or earnings misses and doub…
Turkey's stock market closed higher on Thursday, with the BIST 100 rising 2.85% to establish a new record high. Strength in the Banking, Leasing & Factoring and Metal Products & Machinery sectors powered the advance, while a handful of individual stocks recorded notable losses. Commodities and currency markets finished mixed, with gold and crude lo…
Crocs Inc. shares jumped roughly 20% after the company reported fourth-quarter results above analyst expectations and provided 2026 guidance that exceeded consensus. Management penciled in adjusted EPS between $12.88 and $13.35 for 2026, outlined a $100 million cost-savings target and signaled modest operating-margin expansion from fiscal 2025 leve…
E-Power Inc. (NASDAQ:EPOW) saw its shares climb 6% on Thursday after signing a memorandum of understanding with Kehui International Ltd to create a U.S.-based joint venture, E-Power Grid Inc. USA. The new company will concentrate on microgrids for AIDC, power equipment and power automation, with E-Power providing a cash infusion and Kehui contribut…
Barclays upgraded Analog Devices (ADI) from Equalweight to Overweight and raised its price target to $375 from $315, highlighting the company's concentrated industrial exposure, strong margin profile, and favorable inventory metrics. The firm also updated communications segment growth forecasts, projecting 43% expansion in 2026 and 15% in 2027. Oth…
Barclays has started coverage of Microchip Technology (MCHP) with an Equalweight rating and a $80 price target as the shares trade modestly above that level. The bank highlighted Microchip's exposure to Data Center and Aerospace & Defense markets while raising caution on microcontroller market-share pressure, high inventory days and leverage. Recen…
Barclays has begun coverage of ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ: ON) with an Equalweight rating and a $75 price objective, a level close to the stock's recent trading price. The bank cites the company's tight correlation with Purchasing Managers' Indexes and its substantial manufacturing ownership as positives, and enumerates several potential gross margin…
Bank of America told clients that the energy sector has entered a rotational bull market, supported by strong relative performance in January. The bank, however, cautions that the underlying supply picture and valuation constraints - including an estimated global oil oversupply and expectations that WTI will remain near $60/bbl - limit the potentia…
Fastly's stock jumped 64% after the company's fourth-quarter results surpassed analyst expectations. Revenue rose to $172.6 million, operating profit reached $21.2 million and EPS was $0.12. Management attributed the beat to event-related demand and large customers routing additional traffic to Fastly's network; network and security segments both s…
Willdan Group Inc saw its stock rise 1.9% after being chosen to carry out a $112 million energy savings performance contract with the City of San Diego. The scope covers energy and water efficiency upgrades at 40 city facilities, decarbonization work at 23 of those sites, and replacement of 39,000 city-owned streetlight fixtures, plus a range of el…
Adobe is trading within a stone's throw of its 52-week low after a broad software sell-off. The company still generates near $10B in annual free cash flow, a market cap of roughly $105.6B and a PE under 15. This trade idea buys into an oversold setup with a mid-term horizon, defined risk, and upside tied to durable enterprise penetration and AI-dri…
SuperCom Ltd (NASDAQ: SPCB) announced a new agreement with a Louisiana-based electronic monitoring service provider that will move the provider's GPS tracking operations onto SuperCom's PureSecurity™ platform. The deal, structured as recurring revenue tied to daily active units, is scheduled to begin rolling out within weeks and represents the comp…
Millions of documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice in late January revealed sustained contact between Jeffrey Epstein and several prominent Norwegian officials and diplomats. The disclosures have triggered police investigations, a rare parliamentary external inquiry and an independent review by the World Economic Forum into its CEO. T…
Anheuser-Busch InBev's management described 2025 as a challenging year but signaled that momentum has begun to improve in 2026. The company's CFO said the current year could see more normal cost patterns and highlighted potential to widen profit margins as the largest global brewer navigates ongoing cost pressures.
OneMedNet Corp's stock rose 16% on Thursday after the company disclosed record bookings for 2025 totaling $2.79 million in contract value. Bookings were 4.1 times the prior fiscal year, and management highlighted expanding deal sizes, strong enterprise demand, and a deliberate shift from project work to recurring subscription agreements as key cont…
Gold prices retreated after U.S. labor market data signaled ongoing economic strength, reducing expectations for imminent Federal Reserve interest rate cuts that typically bolster non-yielding assets. The dip in bullion prices pressured miners listed in the United States, South Africa and Canada, with several major producers posting declines.
UniFuels Holdings Ltd saw its shares rise after announcing its first ISCC-certified biofuel shipment of 2025 and the renewal of ISCC EU and ISCC PLUS certifications for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Uni-Fuels Pte Ltd. The moves underline the company's operational capability to source, certify and deliver sustainable marine fuels in alignment with EU…
SKYX Platforms is moving from concept to commercial scale: large project wins, a manufacturing partnership, a $3.25M strategic investment and a recent Nvidia tie-up materially de-risk near-term execution. Market cap sits below $300M and the share base is tight enough for upside if deployments and revenue recognition accelerate. This trade idea upgr…
Egypt’s central bank cut its key policy rates by 100 basis points, reducing the overnight deposit rate to 19% and the overnight lending rate to 20%. The move, consistent with market expectations, follows January data showing headline urban inflation at 11.9% and core inflation at 11.2%, down from 11.8% the prior month.
EpicQuest Education Group International Ltd (NASDAQ: EEIQ) saw its stock fall 19.6% after announcing a 1-for-16 reverse stock split approved by its board, a restructuring that will cut outstanding shares to roughly 1.5 million, change authorized share counts and raise the per-share par value. The company will keep trading under the EEIQ ticker on t…
Morocco's equities closed higher on Thursday with the Moroccan All Shares index up 1.52%. Gains were concentrated in the Banking, Beverage and Transport sectors, while a handful of large-cap names finished lower. Commodity prices and currency pairs saw mild moves during the session, and advancing issues outnumbered decliners on the Casablanca excha…
Leerink Partners downgraded ICON plc from Outperform to Market Perform and cut its price target to $105 from $220, citing uncertainty around an internal accounting review and broader industry pressure on cancellations and margins. The move follows a dramatic slide in ICON's share price and comes amid similar reassessments by other brokerages as the…
High new-vehicle transaction prices and mounting living costs are driving U.S. buyers away from fully loaded models toward basic trims. Automakers report stronger demand for entry-level variants, have trimmed prices on some lines and are seeing shifts in model mix that may alter production priorities.
