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Annual shop price inflation in the UK slowed to 1.1% in February, the British Retail Consortium reported, driven by softer food price growth and declines in non-food categories. The BRC noted narrower rises for food overall, a drop in non-perishable food inflation to a four-year low, and a small fall in non-food prices. The trade group warned that …
British finance minister Rachel Reeves is poised to present a cautious budget update as investors fret over recent strikes and counter-strikes in the Middle East. Fresh forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will accompany her remarks, but she is widely expected to refrain from new spending measures ahead of a full autumn budget.…
The U.S. Department of State has ordered American citizens to immediately leave more than a dozen countries across the Middle East, citing safety risks during an intensifying round of strikes between the United States, Israel and Iran. The advisory names specific countries, follows an evacuation of U.S. Embassy staff in Amman and comes as Washingto…
Rio Tinto will progress a research and development program to extract primary gallium from its alumina refining operations in Quebec after receiving conditional non-repayable funding of up to C$18.95 million from the Government of Canada. The federal contribution, approved under Natural Resources Canada’s Global Partnerships Initiative, supplements…
Oruka Therapeutics Chief Operating Officer Laura Lee Sandler sold 5,000 shares of company stock on March 2, 2026, generating $167,821 in proceeds across two trades, and concurrently exercised employee warrants to acquire 5,000 additional shares for $39,000. The transactions occurred under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan and follow a period of subst…
Fitch downgraded Paramount Skydance Corp and Paramount Global to non-investment grade and placed ratings on Rating Watch Negative, pointing to media-sector competitive pressure, transformation-related cashflow strains and uncertainty over the debt-funded acquisition of Warner Bros. The agency warned of further downgrades while Moody’s and S&P Globa…
LifeVantage Corp director Dayton Judd purchased 33,197 shares across three transactions between February 26 and March 2, 2026, spending $152,422. The purchases, disclosed on a Form 4 filing with the SEC, leave Judd with 80,359 directly owned shares and 749,325 indirectly held through Sudbury Capital Fund, LP. The trades arrive amid a fiscal Q2 repo…
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced on March 2 that her office is investigating potentially unlawful conduct by federal agents involved in Operation Metro Surge. The office has created a portal for the public to submit videos and other evidence alleging crimes by Gregory Bovino and other federal officers. The probe follows the fatal sh…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated the United States would not deliberately target a school after Iranian state media reported that more than 160 people were killed in an attack on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, southern Iran. The reported strike occurred on the first day of U.S. and Israeli operations against Iran, drawing condemnati…
Contineum Therapeutics Chief Scientific Officer Lorrain Daniel S. sold 4,170 shares of Class A common stock on March 2, 2026, under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 trading plan. The transaction occurred as the company's shares traded near a 52-week high and following clinical trial results that prompted an analyst downgrade. Separately, Contineum priced an u…
Contineum Therapeutics' Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development, Tim Watkins, sold 3,611 Class A shares on March 2, 2026, at a weighted average price of $15.0153 and simultaneously exercised 3,611 options at $4.50. The company announced an upsized public offering priced at $12.25 per share and faces a recent analyst downgrade following mixed …
A February 28 threat assessment from the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis warns that Iran and allied proxy groups probably present a continuing risk of targeted attacks against the United States following reports of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s death in strikes attributed to Israel and the United States. While …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted an emergency request that reinstated a federal judge’s order blocking California provisions that limit school staff from disclosing a pupil’s gender identity to parents without the student’s consent. The decision, which the court’s three liberal justices opposed, pauses state protections while litigation con…
Daniel Breeze, senior vice president of corporate development at Royal Gold Inc., disposed of 1,400 shares of the company on March 2, 2026, realizing roughly $421,211 across two trades. The sale occurred while Royal Gold shares hovered close to a 52-week peak, following material restricted stock unit vesting earlier in the week. The company reporte…
Boyd Gaming CFO and Treasurer Josh Hirsberg sold 23,924 shares on February 26, 2026 for $2,054,114 after exercising an equal number of employee stock options at $17.75 each. The transaction leaves Hirsberg with substantial direct and indirect holdings while Boyd reports robust Q4 2025 results, a recent asset sale, and an executive retirement announ…
Exxon Mobil is a high-quality cash generator that benefits from higher oil prices, but geopolitical volatility around Iran is driving an outsized short-term premium into equities. I agree with a quant-style 'Hold' while uncertainty around the Strait of Hormuz persists. For traders who want a stab at upside, a small, mid-term swing long on a discipl…
Hercules Capital Chief Financial Officer Seth H Meyer acquired 14,000 shares of common stock on February 27, 2026, in a transaction valued at $200,620. The purchase occurred as HTGC shares have fallen over the past year and amid mixed company developments including a modest rise in estimated NAV per share, a loan amendment tied to potential FDA app…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed the reinstatement of the Staten Island-centered congressional map used by Republican U.S. Representative Nicole Malliotakis, after a New York judge ruled the district's configuration unlawfully diluted the voting power of Latino and Black residents. The move preserves the boundaries for now while appeals pro…
Pan American Silver (PAAS) is the most direct large-cap way to play a structurally tight silver market. The company combines meaningful silver exposure, low net leverage, and a multi-mine footprint. Technicals show momentum after a big move in the metal; we lay out an actionable long trade with entry, stop and a 180-trading-day target that reflects…
Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock told a business conference in Sydney that the RBA's policy board could raise interest rates at its March meeting if it judged inflation expectations were at risk of becoming unanchored. She emphasised that the board would not necessarily wait for the full first-quarter inflation read due in late Ap…
Coherent (COHR) ripped higher after news of an Nvidia partnership and a strong Q2 beat. Fundamentals show accelerating demand in data center optics, recent bookings strength and healthy balance-sheet metrics. The stock is extended but momentum and near-term catalysts justify a mid-term swing buy at $301.83 with a $350 target and a $268 stop.
Following U.S. strikes on Iran, the U.S. dollar strengthened sharply, reestablishing itself as a primary safe-haven currency as investors moved into U.S. Treasuries. Market participants note the dollar's return to a crisis-era role after months of doubt, while some strategists caution that the currency's resilience may vary depending on the origin …
Jurors have begun deliberations in the rare criminal trial of a father accused of arming his son, who used the weapon in a September 2024 attack at a Georgia high school that left four people dead and seven wounded. The father, charged with multiple counts including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, denied culpability during an 11-…
A weekend U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran set off a wave of market volatility on Monday as oil and gas prices posted their largest gains in years. Global stock indices outside the United States and China fell roughly 1-3%, bond yields jumped, and safe-haven flows pushed currencies and commodities into disarray. The U.S. equity market offered a notable …
Shares of Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices slipped in after-hours trading after a report said U.S. officials are weighing limits on shipments of advanced AI accelerators to Chinese companies. The proposed measures would set per-customer ceilings for Nvidia's H200 chips and count shipments of AMD's MI325 chips toward those caps, while an earlier re…
