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Legato Merger Corp. IV completed an initial public offering of 23 million units at $10 each, collecting $230 million after full exercise of a 3 million-unit over-allotment. The special purpose acquisition company began trading its units on NYSE American under the ticker "LEGO U." Proceeds from the IPO and a concurrent private placement were placed …
A WarrenAI screen built on InvestingPro metrics identifies four Canadian consumer staples companies with resilient demand profiles, attractive cash generation and upside potential heading into 2026. Dollarama, Loblaw, Alimentation Couche-Tard and Metro are singled out for their profitability, defensive characteristics and analyst support, with each…
Nike will cut 775 positions at its U.S. distribution centers, primarily in Tennessee and Mississippi, as the company increases automation to improve profitability. The move follows prior workforce reductions and comes amid declining gross margins and weak sales in China as Nike adjusts its product mix.
Shares of Geo Group and CoreCivic fell sharply on Monday after Border Patrol agents shot and killed a protester in Minneapolis over the weekend. Geo Group dropped 9% and CoreCivic declined 7% as investors weighed the potential for heightened scrutiny of immigration enforcement contracts and related policy responses.
IO Biotech Inc (NASDAQ: IOBT) stock fell 15.4% Monday after Piper Sandler downgraded the company from Overweight to Neutral and cut its price target to $0.50 from $3.00. The move followed IO Biotech's announcement that it is evaluating strategic alternatives including a merger, business combination, asset sale or potential liquidation. The firm pro…
Eastman Kodak Co. stock rose 4.7% Monday after the company unveiled four new regulated pharmaceutical products — two Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) formulations and two Water for Injection (WFI) items — all produced in a cGMP-compliant Rochester facility and immediately available to research laboratories, biopharma developers and contract developm…
U Power Limited (NASDAQ: UCAR) saw its shares jump after unveiling a regulatory-compliant program to tokenize real-world energy assets on the BNB Chain in partnership with infrastructure platform PicWe. The initiative, which uses the firm’s proprietary UOTTA modular technology and targets an initial deployment in Southern Europe, is part of a broad…
Brazil's main equity index closed modestly lower as declines in Basic Materials, Public Utilities and Electric Power sectors outpaced gains elsewhere. The Bovespa fell 0.18% at the close in São Paulo, with notable moves in names including Natura & Co, Cogna Educacao and Vale. Broader market indicators and commodity prices showed divergent trends, w…
BellRing Brands shares declined sharply after a Deutsche Bank analyst warned of a potentially challenging quarter and trimmed his price target. Weak tracked channel trends for the Premier Protein line and a modest fiscal first-quarter decline versus guidance have raised concerns that the company may need to revise its full-year targets.
Shares of LKQ Corporation rose modestly after the company said its board has started a comprehensive review of strategic alternatives that could include a sale of the company. The board has retained financial and legal advisers and is pursuing the previously announced process to explore a sale of its Specialty segment. LKQ made clear there is no se…
U.S. businesses increased borrowing to fund equipment purchases by 5.9% year-on-year in December, with new deals totaling $10.6 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis. The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association said total activity reached the second-highest level on record, even as bank-originated activity declined modestly month-to-month. Indus…
Michael Fiddelke, who becomes Target's chief executive officer on February 1, delivered a video message to employees condemning the recent violence in Minneapolis as "incredibly painful" and stressing the company’s priority on team and guest safety. His remarks stopped short of addressing specific recent deaths tied to immigration enforcement or an…
Nvidia introduced three open-source artificial intelligence models intended to produce faster and potentially more accurate weather forecasts. Announced at a meteorological conference, the models are designed to replace computationally expensive traditional simulations with AI-driven alternatives that, once trained, can run far more quickly and sup…
Satellogic Inc. disclosed a registered direct offering with a single institutional investor that will sell about 7.4 million Class A shares at $4.73 per share, expected to raise roughly $35 million in gross proceeds. The announcement prompted a 14.9% drop in the company's stock as the transaction represents material dilution and the offering price …
GameStop shares rallied in Monday trading after investor Michael Burry revealed in a Substack post that he has been adding to a position in the video game retailer. Burry cited the company’s cash flow, about $1.2 billion in net operating losses, minimal capital expenditure and his confidence in Chairman Ryan Cohen. The stock touched its highest lev…
BMO Capital Markets updated its 2026 forecasts for several leading food retail and distribution companies, trimming case-growth and earnings estimates modestly in some instances while keeping full-year guidance ranges largely intact. The revisions underscore uneven demand patterns, pressure on case volumes, and company-specific operational and stra…
Amplitech Group Inc. saw its stock fall 11.6% on Monday following disclosure of a registered direct offering totaling roughly $9.04 million. The company agreed to sell 2,230,000 units to institutional investors, each unit including a common share and two series rights to purchase additional shares at preset exercise prices. The offering is expected…
Stocks displayed disparate moves on Monday, with heavyweight technology names and networking firms posting gains while several chipmakers and select mega-caps lagged. The session featured notable large-cap and small-cap volatility driven by company-specific news, management changes, proposed funding announcements and capital raises.
Earnings season presses on with a broad roster of companies scheduled to report results Tuesday. Headliners include UnitedHealth Group, NextEra Energy, Texas Instruments, Boeing and Raytheon Technologies. Investors will receive estimated earnings per share and revenue figures ahead of results that cut across health care, energy, semiconductors, tra…
Traders face a busy economic calendar on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, highlighted by remarks from U.S. President Trump at 8:30 AM ET and the Conference Board Consumer Confidence report at 10:00 AM ET (forecast 90.1; previous 89.1). A string of housing, labor, regional Fed surveys, a 5-year Treasury note auction and weekly energy inventories are also …
Commvault Systems announced an expanded collaboration with Google Cloud that introduces multiple data protection and compliance capabilities for enterprise customers. The product updates include Air Gap Protect for immutable backups, Cloud Rewind for rapid recovery, a compliance-ready Archive Tier, and enhanced compliance search for Google Workspac…
Traws Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:TRAW) saw its stock rise 14.5% after announcing the completion of enrollment in a 90-patient Phase 2 trial of ratutrelvir, an oral COVID-19 therapy being developed as an alternative to Pfizer’s PAXLOVID. Early company analysis points to fewer adverse events, no viral rebounds so far, and faster symptom resolution; Traws als…
Spot gold advanced above $5,100 per ounce on Monday, marking a record level as investors sought refuge amid rising geopolitical tensions. The metal has risen 18% year-to-date in 2026, extending a multi-year upswing driven by global uncertainties and inflation worries. Silver also reached a record, while trading volumes and inflows into gold-backed …
NetSol Technologies Inc saw its stock rise 2.1% after naming Sardar Abubakr as chief financial officer, effective January 20, 2026. Abubakr will be based in Dubai and brings more than two decades of international leadership experience. The current CFO, Roger K. Almond, will shift to Chief Accounting Officer to retain responsibility for global accou…
Arbe Robotics Ltd. saw its stock fall 17.4% on Monday after announcing an underwritten offering of 11.5 million ordinary shares priced at $1.40 each. The Israel-based perception radar company expects roughly $16.1 million in gross proceeds before fees, and has given underwriters a 30-day option to buy up to an additional 1.725 million shares at the…
