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Kristen Clarke, who led the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division during the Biden administration, will become general counsel for the NAACP as the organization signals a stepped-up legal response to what it calls intensifying assaults on voting rights and civil liberties. The move follows a year of litigation by the group against new ele…
March 25 - Meta Platforms said it will lay off a few hundred employees across its Reality Labs unit, social media teams and recruiting operations, with a smaller number of roles affected in its sales organization. The reductions come as the company moves to rein in rising costs tied to heavy investments in artificial intelligence and escalating emp…
SIX Group AG's chief executive expressed guarded optimism about this year's initial public offering (IPO) market in Switzerland and Spain, saying the operator sees no withdrawals but expects some listings to be postponed amid uncertainty tied to the war in Iran. The company noted a stronger stance compared with last year and highlighted a robust Sw…
Deutsche Bank strategist Henry Allen tells clients that global bonds and equities are moving together in a pattern associated with stagflation as the war in the Middle East continues. However, Allen argues the scale of the current sell-off is smaller than the market shocks seen in 2022 or during the 1970s, citing three key differences: markets are …
Global passenger schedules continue to be heavily disrupted after the escalation of conflict in the Middle East led to the closure of key regional airspace. Airlines from Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia have imposed lengthy suspensions or reduced services to destinations including Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Tel Aviv. The can…
Arm's debut of a physical AI CPU with marquee customers has re-rated the stock. With $165.3B market cap, strong technical momentum, and a clear path to higher royalties and chip sales, I put forward a mid-term bullish swing trade (45 trading days) with an entry at $150, stop at $135, and an initial target of $185. The thesis balances execution risk…
eGain Corporation has launched the eGain AI Knowledge Suite specifically designed for retail banking institutions such as community banks, regional banks, and credit unions. This new solution integrates AI-powered knowledge management, sales guidance, and regulatory compliance tools to improve frontline productivity, customer experience, revenue gr…
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said he welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to seek negotiations aimed at ending the war with Iran and urged that any diplomatic opening be given a chance. Wadephul, speaking in Berlin alongside Tunisian counterpart Mohamed Ali Nafti, highlighted a short postponement of an ultimatum and called on Tehr…
A collision at LaGuardia Airport between an Air Canada Express plane and a Port Authority fire truck has killed the two pilots and injured dozens, and has prompted investigations into whether federal or local entities can be held legally responsible. Recordings indicate an air traffic controller cleared both the aircraft to land and the truck to cr…
Beyond Meat said it will postpone the release of its fourth-quarter financial results by roughly one week to March 31, citing the need for extra time to complete internal processes. The maker of plant-based meat substitutes earlier delayed its annual report after finding material weaknesses in controls over inventory accounting, including issues wi…
Christopher D. Clark, president of Royce Small-Cap Trust, acquired 4,500 shares on March 24, 2026 for $16.69 apiece, a transaction valued at $75,105. After the purchase Clark directly holds 47,235 shares. The trust currently yields 7.2%, has paid dividends for 40 consecutive years, and trades at $16.86 with a $2.01 billion market capitalization and…
Shares of several major memory and storage companies fell Wednesday following Google's announcement of TurboQuant, a compression approach that can reduce key-value cache size to 3 bits without retraining and that showed marked memory and performance improvements in tests. The decline in select memory-related stocks occurred even as the Nasdaq 100 m…
Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. disposed of 15,000 shares of AFLAC Inc. common stock on March 23, 2026, in transactions totaling about $1.6 million, according to a Form 4 filing. The sales occurred in two tranches at weighted average prices of $106.78 and $107.36. After the trades, Japan Post directly held 52,046,800 AFLAC shares. AFLAC's recent four…
Mortgage borrowing costs rose sharply last week, pushing the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage to 6.43% in the week ended March 20. Rising oil prices tied to the Iran war have driven Treasury yields higher, eroding refinance incentives and weighing on both purchase and refinance loan applications, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.
Jorey Chernett, who holds a 10% stake in Oncology Institute, Inc. (NASDAQ: TOI), acquired 125,000 shares on March 24, 2026, at a weighted average price of $3.11 per share, for a total of $388,750. The purchase brings Chernett's direct holdings to 10,401,929 shares. The transaction occurred amid a 13% decline in the stock over the prior week, althou…
Wolfe Research is lowering its fiscal 2026 operating income projections for Amazon as rising diesel prices push up shipping costs. The broker quantifies a multi-quarter hit to operating income driven by fuel, models substantial incremental costs for the first half of the year, and notes a potential offset from higher Prime pricing even as it holds …
The White House announced plans to appoint top technology executives, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). An initial group of 13 industry members was named, among them Google co-founder Sergey Brin and AMD C…
SEALSQ Corp announced an expansion of its Quantum Fund to $200 million, aiming to accelerate investments in quantum technology across the full value chain, including semiconductors, cryptography, AI, and space-based infrastructure. The company, with strong cash reserves and no debt, has already deployed $30 million and targets an additional $100 mi…
SentinelOne announced an expanded multi-year strategic collaboration with Google Cloud to build integrated security solutions that combine the two firms' technologies. The agreement extends SentinelOne’s Singularity Platform availability to three Google Cloud regions - North America, Frankfurt, and Saudi Arabia - and targets solutions for data sove…
Bernstein analyst Guillaume Delaby argues that conditions in Middle Eastern oil services mirror those that produced the 1970s oil supercycle. Citing historical price shocks, company performance metrics and present capital spending patterns, Bernstein sees scope for a broad recovery in oil-services equities, with some names and regions potentially p…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday named the inaugural members of his President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, appointing a series of well-known figures from the technology sector. The council will be co-chaired by David Sacks and Michael Kratsios and is charged with advising on policies to strengthen U.S. leadership in science a…
Albemarle has officially initiated the environmental review for its inaugural Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) project in Chile. The U.S.-based company, the world’s largest lithium producer, says the project is designed to nearly double lithium recovery while reducing the volume of brine removed from the Salar de Atacama. Plans include building a DL…
Our Bond, Inc., an AI-driven company focused on Preventative Personal Security, announced its recent listing on the Nasdaq and will ring the Nasdaq Closing Bell. The company supports over 1.4 million security requests globally and aims to expand its impact using AI technology to enhance personal security worldwide.
Astronics (ATRO) has patched several near-term execution issues and added targeted revenue from bolt-on deals. With a $2.48B market cap, improving free cash flow and a growing aircraft lighting and electrical-systems market, the risk/reward looks favorable for a mid-term trade. I recommend a controlled long position with a stop below recent support…
SRx Health Solutions announces a strategic move to hedge its decentralized finance portfolio by investing in gold assets while reducing its hedge on emerging markets. The company also reiterated progress towards completing its merger with EMJ Crypto Technologies, a digital asset treasury platform, including filing required documentation with the SE…
