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Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury told France’s BFM TV the company is preparing for multiple eventualities in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme, including the prospect that France and Germany pursue separate fighter jets. The 100 billion euro FCAS effort, which pairs a next-generation fighter with armed drones and secure communications, is str…
OpenAI is assembling a team of more than 200 people to develop a suite of AI-enabled consumer devices. The initial product is expected to be a smart speaker priced between $200 and $300, equipped with a camera, with shipping not anticipated before February 2027. Additional projects under development reportedly include smart glasses and a lamp, with…
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to justify broad import tariffs, concluding in a 6-3 decision that the law does not grant authority for such levies. Justices expressed doubts about the administration's legal arguments during hearings, and markets had been positioned f…
Shares of Society Pass Incorporated (NASDAQ:SOPA) fell 12.5% following a regulatory update from its majority-owned unit, NusaTrip Incorporated (NASDAQ:NUTR). NusaTrip disclosed a sequence of responses to Nasdaq and SEC information requests and confirmed that trading in its securities on Nasdaq remains halted while it continues to cooperate with reg…
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that he is "considering" a limited military strike on Iran but did not offer any specifics. The comment came amid a broader U.S. campaign to increase pressure and expand military presence around Iran, and Trump said he expects to see the result of ongoing negotiations in roughly two week…
Truist Securities trimmed its price objective on iRhythm Technologies (IRTC) to $200 from $215 but retained a Buy rating, citing lower group multiples since its last valuation review. The move follows a string of operational milestones at iRhythm, including a fourth-quarter revenue beat, first-time positive GAAP net income, and improved cash flow m…
TD Cowen reduced its 12-month price target for Snowflake Inc. to $270 from $300 but kept a Buy rating, citing a more constructive setup ahead of the company’s fourth-quarter earnings on February 25. The firm’s checks point to diverse consumption drivers and a modest expected beat in Q4, while other brokers issued mixed target changes. Recent produc…
TD Cowen has reiterated a Buy rating and a $325 price target on Salesforce (CRM) ahead of the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter results due February 25. The firm’s checks pointed to a meaningful uptick in Agentforce activity during the quarter, though some feedback was more measured. TD Cowen anticipates about $800 million in AI annual recurring reve…
Nano Labs (NA) has pivoted hard into crypto reserves and BNB-related infrastructure while slashing operating costs and stabilizing losses. At a market cap of roughly $76M and a current price near $3.21, the stock offers an asymmetric return profile for disciplined traders who accept high volatility, low liquidity and regulatory uncertainty. This tr…
Parke Bancorp Chief Lending Officer Nicholas J. Pantilione sold 14,675 shares of common stock on February 18, 2026, at $28.29 per share, totaling $415,155, after exercising options to acquire the same number of shares. The bank holding company trades near its 52-week high and is flagged by InvestingPro analysis as trading above its Fair Value. Park…
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office amid allegations he passed confidential British government documents to Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a trade envoy. He was questioned by Thames Valley Police and released from custody while the probe continues. This article …
BMO Capital Markets raised its price target on Southern Co. (SO) to $103 from $96 and kept an Outperform rating, citing the utility's stronger growth guidance and demand-driven investment opportunities. Southern Company updated its long-term EPS growth outlook to 8% for 2026-2030 and issued 2028 guidance that sits slightly above consensus. The comp…
BMO Capital reduced its price objective for Kinsale Capital Group Inc. to $418 from $466 while keeping a Market Perform rating, citing lower growth forecasts that prompted a 5% cut to earnings-per-share estimates through 2027. The firm flagged lower underwriting income and weaker net investment income as drivers of the adjustment, even as Kinsale r…
Barclays upgraded Etsy to Overweight from Equal Weight and lifted its price target to $72 from $62, pointing to two inflection points: an anticipated sale of Depop and signs that Etsy's core marketplace metrics are stabilizing. The bank highlighted fourth-quarter gross merchandise sales and revenue growth on an adjusted basis, outperformance on adj…
Meta is investing aggressively in infrastructure and data-quality guardrails that make its advertising and AI personalization increasingly defensible. With a market cap around $1.66T, healthy free cash flow and improving AI partnerships, the risk/reward favors a long position over the next 180 trading days, provided you respect valuation and set a …
BMO Capital Markets increased its 12-month price target for Deere & Co. to $500 from $460 while keeping a Market Perform rating, citing signs that the agricultural equipment maker's most recent earnings reduction may be behind it. The bank highlighted better performance in construction and small agriculture/turf segments and noted an improvemen…
The U.S. State Department says it is monitoring the killing of a French far-right activist in Lyon by suspected hard-left militants and has suggested the incident could be treated as terrorism. U.S. officials, including the Bureau of Counterterrorism and Under Secretary Sarah B. Rogers, warned about rising violent radical leftism and called for per…
Kennametal Inc. Vice President John Wayne Witt sold 5,060 shares on February 19, 2026, for $193,737, reducing his direct holdings to 1,634 shares. The transaction occurred as the stock traded around $38.72 and follows a 76% gain over the past year. Kennametal reported stronger-than-expected Q2 fiscal 2026 results, with EPS of $0.47 and revenue of $…
BMO Capital trimmed its price target on N‑Able Inc. to $5.50 from $9.50 and kept a Market Perform rating, citing worries about the assumed revenue lift from new products and lower software valuations. The stock is trading near its 52-week low after recent declines. N‑Able reported solid revenue growth for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 but misse…
BMO Capital reduced its price target on Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) to $70 from $90 while maintaining a Market Perform rating. The brokerage points to persistent customer affordability challenges and leaves margin risk on the table even as the company reported slight upside to fourth-quarter comparable sales and earnings. Other analysts have also …
RBC Capital increased its target for Deere & Company shares to $736 from $541 and kept an Outperform rating after the company reported first-quarter results that exceeded consensus. Deere posted EPS of $2.42 and revenue of $9.61 billion, drove a 9% lift in 2026 net income guidance to $4.75 billion at the midpoint, and recorded a 17.5% year-over-yea…
Abundia Global Impact Group Inc. said it has agreed to a registered direct offering to raise approximately $20 million in gross proceeds, triggering a 14.6% drop in its stock. The proceeds are earmarked for completing a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) study, finalizing the acquisition of RPD Technologies, reducing debt, beginning constructi…
RBC Capital has increased its price target for Wayfair Inc. to $92 from $86 while keeping a Sector Perform rating. The firm raised near-term sales and adjusted EBITDA estimates after the company's robust fourth-quarter results, but concerns about a subdued category outlook and management comments on potential gross margin compression continue to li…
Piper Sandler reduced its price objective on Weave Communications Inc to $8 from $12 while keeping an Overweight rating, reflecting a more cautious view on near-term growth. The company reported back-to-back quarters of 17% year-over-year revenue growth, powered by payments expansion and specialty medical location gains, but guided to slower top-li…
RBC Capital raised its price target for Akamai Technologies to $100 from $90 and kept a Sector Perform rating after the company reported a strong fourth-quarter performance in cloud computing and AI inference services. Shares fell in after-hours trading to $98.31 from a prior close of $109.31, a roughly 10% drop, even as the stock had climbed about…
