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  • Trump accused Iranian forces of firing on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and warned failure to accept a U.S. deal could trigger strikes.
  • Israel published a map showing forces deployed 5–10 km inside southern Lebanon, establishing a new buffer zone near the border.
  • Kuwaiti authorities detained U.S.-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin amid a Gulfwide crackdown on sharing footage of the Iran conflict.
  • UK counterterror police launched an investigation into arson attacks on Jewish sites and are probing possible Iranian-linked involvement.
  • U.S. Energy Secretary said gasoline prices have likely peaked but may remain above $3 per gallon until next year.
  • Google is reportedly negotiating with Marvell to co-develop two AI chips aimed at improving inference efficiency and reducing reliance on Nvidia GPUs.

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Monte Rosa Stock Climbs After Promising MRT-2359 Prostate Cancer Data

Monte Rosa Stock Climbs After Promising MRT-2359 Prostate Cancer Data

Monte Rosa Therapeutics saw its shares rise in premarket trading after presenting Phase 1/2 data for MRT-2359 combined with enzalutamide in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. The data showed complete PSA responses and disease control in a small AR-mutant subgroup and a broader RECIST disease control rate across evaluable patients, wit…

Bernstein Sticks With Market Perform on PayPal as Buyout Buzz Persists

Bernstein Sticks With Market Perform on PayPal as Buyout Buzz Persists

Bernstein SocGen Group maintained a Market Perform rating and a $45 price target on PayPal Holdings Inc. following media reports that the company has drawn takeover interest. The firm highlighted sum-of-the-parts valuation prospects for PayPal's businesses after a steep share-price decline, while other analysts and corporate developments have added…

Medtronic’s MiniMed Group Files to Raise $784 Million in IPO

Medtronic’s MiniMed Group Files to Raise $784 Million in IPO

MiniMed Group, the diabetes business spun out of Medtronic, filed to raise up to $784 million in an initial public offering, proposing to sell 28 million shares at $25 to $28 each. The filing outlines the unit’s recent financials, product mix, global footprint, and the extent of Medtronic’s retained voting power.

Yahoo Finance and Coinbase Link Platforms to Let Users Trade Crypto Directly

Yahoo Finance and Coinbase Link Platforms to Let Users Trade Crypto Directly

Yahoo Finance has formed a partnership with Coinbase to enable users to move from crypto and equity tickers on Yahoo's site directly to Coinbase to execute trades. The agreement includes integration of Coinbase data and insights into Yahoo Finance, a promotional one-month Coinbase One offer for users, and plans for deeper ties between Yahoo Finance…

World Bank Flags Wide Gap Between Gender-Equal Laws and Real-World Enforcement

World Bank Flags Wide Gap Between Gender-Equal Laws and Real-World Enforcement

A World Bank report finds a substantial divide between laws designed to secure women’s economic rights and the enforcement mechanisms and institutions needed to make those laws effective. Although many countries have updated legal frameworks, enforcement and supportive systems lag, leaving less than 5% of women in economies approaching full legal e…

Bernstein Lowers Domino’s Price Target, Flags Visibility Risks

Bernstein Lowers Domino’s Price Target, Flags Visibility Risks

Bernstein SocGen Group reduced its price target for Domino’s Pizza to $470 from $490 while retaining a Market Perform rating, citing limited visibility on marketing plans and potential pressure from GLP-1 drugs on quick-service demand. Domino’s posted solid fourth-quarter results and outpaced peers on same-store sales, but mixed analyst reactions a…

Brazil Posts Record January Tax Take as Lula's Income-Tax Overhaul Kicks In

Brazil Posts Record January Tax Take as Lula's Income-Tax Overhaul Kicks In

Brazil's federal tax receipts rose 3.56% in real terms in January to 325.8 billion reais ($62.87 billion), the strongest January outcome on record. The result coincided with the first month of a tax reform that expands income-tax exemptions for lower and middle-income earners while introducing new withholding levies on certain dividend flows and a …

Crown Holdings COO Disposes $3.4M in Shares as Analysts Split on Outlook

Crown Holdings COO Disposes $3.4M in Shares as Analysts Split on Outlook

Crown Holdings Executive Vice President and COO Djalma Novaes Jr. sold 29,734 shares of common stock on February 23, 2026, at $114.80 per share, generating about $3.4 million. The transaction leaves Novaes with 88,052 shares. Crown's stock sits near its 52-week high of $115.85 after a 34% one-year gain; the company is valued at $12.9 billion with a…

Bank of America Sees Multiple Drivers for Korean Won Strength in 2026

Bank of America Sees Multiple Drivers for Korean Won Strength in 2026

Bank of America identifies four structural forces underpinning a bullish outlook for South Korea and the Korean won in 2026: a powerful memory-chip upcycle driving record trade surpluses and corporate FX deposits, a more hawkish Bank of Korea with limited scope for rate cuts, government measures to reduce net dollar demand and attract inflows, and …

Hungary trims base rate to 6.25% as inflation slips below target

Hungary trims base rate to 6.25% as inflation slips below target

Hungary's central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 6.25%, the first reduction in nearly 18 months, following a drop in annual headline inflation to 2.1% from 3.3%. The Monetary Council implemented matching 25 basis point cuts across key overnight rates, effective February 25, while services inflation remains elevated a…

Blue Owl Shares Slip After Deutsche Bank Lowers Rating and Cuts Target

Blue Owl Shares Slip After Deutsche Bank Lowers Rating and Cuts Target

Blue Owl Capital's stock dipped after Deutsche Bank downgraded the shares and reduced its price target, with the bank citing a tougher near-term environment for retail credit products that could drive higher redemptions and slower net inflows. The move included revisions to forecasts for several alternative asset managers and reflects a more cautio…

Nano Labs: Cheap Option on a Crypto-Heavy Turnaround

Nano Labs: Cheap Option on a Crypto-Heavy Turnaround

Nano Labs has shifted strategy in 2025 from fabless chip growth to building crypto reserves (primarily BNB) while slashing operating costs. The move compresses traditional revenue growth prospects but creates an asymmetric trade: a low current market cap ($73.8M) and insider buying versus weak recent revenue and a pivot-dependent thesis. I lay out …