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Greencoat Renewables PLC has disclosed a new five-year strategic plan to 2030 that pairs a €100 million share buyback with targeted asset disposals, investments in hybridisation of existing sites, and a green digital infrastructure partnership. The company expects substantial cash generation from organic operations and asset recycling, while guidin…
Michele Farmer, Chief Accounting Officer at Pacific Biosciences of California, sold 2,979 shares on March 3, 2026, to satisfy tax withholding obligations tied to RSU vesting. The trade totaled $4,510 at a weighted average price of $1.514. Separately, Pacific Biosciences reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat analyst expectations on both EPS…
Suzan Kereere, PayPal’s President of Global Markets, sold 13,515 shares of PayPal on March 3, 2026, for a total of $621,984 under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted in March 2025. The trades occurred as PayPal shares trade near $46.75 and have fallen 31% over six months, while market commentary and unsolicited interest from potential buyers have in…
International Seaways Senior Vice President William F. Nugent sold 9,583 shares on March 2, 2026, for roughly $728,327 as the stock traded near a 52-week high. The company reported robust fourth-quarter 2025 results and declared a record quarterly dividend, while at least one analyst raised its price target to $80.
OSB Group lowered its common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital ratio target to 13-13.5% from 14%, freeing more than £100m of capital over a glide path and announcing a £100m buyback after reporting FY25 results in line with management expectations. The lender provided profitability guidance through 2029 and reiterated near-term margin and growth assumpt…
Yancoal Australia sold off after FY2025 results disappointed expectations. We view the pullback as a buying opportunity: the company's asset base, cash generation profile and exposure to a recovering seaborne coal cycle provide asymmetric upside over the next 180 trading days, while careful risk management limits downside.
Morgan Stanley has revised its China/Hong Kong Focus List by adding GigaDevice and Sinopec and removing Espressif Systems and Sunny Optical. The changes reflect the bank's expectations for NOR and DDR4 supply deficits in 2026 and its view that Sinopec's capacity profile and margins could support recovery in the petrochemical sector. GigaDevice also…
Japan’s largest labour federation, Rengo, said member unions are asking for an average wage increase of 5.94% in the 2026 wage negotiations, a demand underpinned by persistent inflation and chronic labour shortages. The figure is slightly below last year’s 6.09% request but still tops Rengo’s 2026 target of at least 5%. Separate union group UA Zens…
Tokyo's market closed higher Thursday, with the Nikkei 225 rising 1.72% as Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors provided upward momentum. Inpex Corp. hit a record intraday closing price, several other heavyweight names recorded notable gains, and marketwide implied volatility climbed to a six-month peak. Commodity and currency moves accompanied…
Indonesia's communications ministry has formally reprimanded Meta Platforms Inc, saying the company has insufficiently addressed the spread of online gambling, disinformation, defamation and hate speech across its services. The action follows an unscheduled visit by Communications and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid to Meta's operational offi…
Carnival (CCL) offers a pragmatic income trade: a modest current yield, below-market valuation (P/E ~14), and meaningful free cash flow ($2.6B) support a dividend-focused long trade. Technicals are soft but manageable; use a conservative stop and target near the 52-week high for a low-risk, income-oriented position over the next 180 trading days.
UroGen (URGN) recently re-rated as ZUSDURI builds clinical credibility for treating recurrent low-grade, intermediate-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). With a market cap near $980M, durable efficacy data and an experienced commercialization push, ZUSDURI has the potential to replace TURBT in specific patient cohorts, supporting upsid…
Coloplast has appointed Gavin Wood as its next President and CEO, effective May 1, 2026, concluding a year-long transition after the departure of Kristian Villumsen in May 2025. Wood, a Canadian executive currently based in Switzerland, brings roughly two decades of senior medical technology leadership, including roles at Johnson & Johnson and Möln…
Ferrari Group reported FY25 revenues of €359.4 million, a 3.0% year-over-year increase that fell slightly below analyst expectations. Constant-currency growth was 4.8%, short of the company's medium-term 6%-8% target, with foreign exchange movements subtracting 1.8 percentage points from reported growth. Quarterly trends showed a slower pace of exp…
Cricut CEO Ashish Arora disposed of 73,458 Class A shares across March 2 and 3, 2026, generating proceeds of $313,853 under a Rule 10b5-1 program. The sales leave Arora with just under 3.73 million shares. The stock trades at $4.52 and carries a $957 million market cap. Cricut posted a slight beat on Q4 2025 EPS and revenue but showed year-over-yea…
An IMF staff mission to Kenya has concluded after talks with Kenyan authorities focused on recent economic developments and technical preparations for a requested lending programme. The IMF said discussions highlighted the need for stronger fiscal discipline, improved fiscal credibility, and greater resilience to external shocks. Kenyan officials a…
Meta Platforms COO Javier Olivan disposed of 1,555 shares of the company's Class A common stock on March 2, 2026, in five transactions executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The trades totaled about $990,861 at $637.21 per share. Following the sales Olivan directly holds 16,113 shares. Meta's stock has since risen to $667.73, with the comp…
German government bonds are ceding ground to other traditional safe havens such as gold, the Swiss franc and the yen as investors reevaluate shelter options. Concerns over Germany's planned fiscal expansion, coupled with the European Central Bank's reduction of pandemic-era bond holdings, have prompted questions about a future supply-demand imbalan…
A consortium of investors classified as 10% owners of US Energy Corp (USEG) disposed of 709,449 common shares on March 2 and 3, 2026, generating roughly $907,086. The sellers include Joshua Lane Batchelor, Sage Road Capital, Banner Oil & Gas, Woodford Petroleum, and Benjamin Andrew Stamets. Separately, US Energy Corp sold 6,525,843 shares to Roth P…
Douglas M. Pasquale, a director at Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN), acquired 3,000 shares of common stock in multiple purchases between March 2 and March 3, 2026, for total consideration of $89,309. The purchases bring his total holdings to 23,022.313 shares. The trades occur amid active management buybacks, a recent mixed earnings report for fiscal…
DHL said it expects earnings before interest and taxes to top 6.2 billion euros in 2026, and free cash flow excluding acquisitions to be about 3 billion euros, aligning with analysts' average consensus, even as geopolitical tensions and trade disruptions press on air and sea routes and weigh on freight demand.
Three sources with direct knowledge say Ukraine’s F-16 fleet lacked sufficient U.S.-made air-to-air missiles for more than three weeks after partner supplies stopped, exposing a vulnerability in the country’s air defence network during a period of intensified Russian strikes. Supplies were restored in December when partners delivered AIM-9 missiles…
A senior European Central Bank supervisor says direct exposures of euro zone banks to the Iran-Israel conflict are small, but cautions that rising energy prices and a cooling economy could produce more serious strains on lenders' balance sheets. He also flagged rapid growth in synthetic securitisation as an area needing closer supervisory oversight…
The Taiwan Weighted index closed down 2.20% as losses concentrated in the Glass and Machinery sectors pushed the broader market lower. Several individual stocks posted double-digit moves in both directions, while oil, Brent and gold prices rose and the U.S. dollar strengthened versus the Taiwan dollar.
USANA Health Sciences (USNA) trades at a valuation that looks disconnected from its balance-sheet strength and recent top-line momentum. With no debt, positive free cash flow ($18.7M last reported), an EV/EBITDA of ~3.0 and a market cap around $355M, USNA offers a low-leverage way to play recovery in the functional supplements market. This trade id…
