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Basic services at the Amuay refinery were restored on Tuesday after a power blackout forced operations to stop on Monday. The 645,000-barrel-per-day complex is now preparing to restart its processing plants. Power outages and technical problems have frequently affected facilities run by state oil company PDVSA in recent years, limiting refineries' …
Raymond D. Cabrera, senior vice president and chief human resources officer at Knowles Corp (NYSE: KN), sold 10,000 shares on Feb. 9, 2026 for $26.75 per share, generating $267,500 in proceeds. The company has reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results and received an analyst reiteration, while valuation metrics from InvestingPro flag t…
Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan said in Austin that if upcoming data confirm the current path, the Fed's policy rate should be adequate to steer inflation toward the 2% goal without further cuts. She emphasized progress on inflation is expected this year but highlighted several sources of upside risk and said significant labor-market cooling could…
BTIG raised its price target on Nektar Therapeutics to $151 from $118 while maintaining a Buy rating, identifying the company as a top pick for the first half of 2026. The upgrade follows an updated market model for REZPEG in atopic dermatitis that assumes first-line use in advanced-treatment eligible patients, and it leans on encouraging 52-week R…
Pilots at Deutsche Lufthansa AG have announced a 24-hour strike on February 12 in a dispute over company pension contributions. The Vereinigung Cockpit union said the action will affect all departures from German airports and comes after negotiations with management failed. The stoppage adds to other operational and financial challenges facing the …
Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has filed a pro se motion seeking a new trial. The filing, dated February 5 and docketed this week in Manhattan federal court, contends that newly available witness testimony could undermine the prosecution's case. Bankman-Fried is currently serving a 25-year prison sentenc…
Encompass Health (EHC) offers an asymmetric setup: reliable free cash flow, double-digit ROE and modest valuation multiples versus its operational reach. Recent headlines around patient safety created an entry point. This trade aims to capture restoration of investor confidence while respecting litigation and reimbursement risks.
Daniel J. Giesecke, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Knowles Corp, executed two recent stock dispositions totaling 19,217 shares to cover tax obligations and for open-market sale, while the company reported Q4 2025 results that exceeded analyst forecasts and received an Outperform reaffirmation from Baird.
Stifel raised its price objective for Marriott International to $333 from $279 and left a Hold recommendation intact after the hotel operator reported fourth-quarter adjusted EBITDA that exceeded expectations. Despite the EBITDA beat and a revenue surprise, adjusted EPS missed analyst forecasts and the stock is trading above Stifel's new target, pr…
TMX Group's CEO says Canada maintains a deep pipeline of potential initial public offerings - roughly 1,600 companies at various stages - supported by mining strength, commodity prices and significant interest from foreign issuers. The exchange is pursuing multiple listing pathways and international engagement as market turbulence tied to software …
FINQ, an Israeli investment manager, has launched two U.S. large-cap equity ETFs that it says will be managed solely by an artificial intelligence framework. The firm asserts everyday portfolio choices - selection, weighting and rebalancing - will be executed by its proprietary AI, with humans providing oversight and governance only. FINQ says the …
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said the U.S. banking system remains healthy while expressing concern about growing leverage in the Treasury market driven by elevated government borrowing. She cautioned on the risk of inflation becoming entrenched, emphasized the Fed’s independence, and urged improvements to the discount wi…
Senate and House Democrats unveiled legislation named 'Virginia's Law' that would eliminate time limits preventing adult victims or their survivors from bringing civil suits tied to sex trafficking, including many allegations connected to Jeffrey Epstein. The proposal was announced at the U.S. Capitol with Epstein victims and family members of Virg…
Equinor combines a near-4% dividend, ongoing buybacks and meaningful North Sea license wins with a conservative valuation for a diversified integrated oil and renewables player. We like EQNR as a long-term trade to capture yield, buyback-driven EPS support and upside from stable upstream cash flow.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has raised its near-term natural gas price forecast after January’s sharp price spike and the largest weekly storage withdrawal on record, while lowering its outlook for prices in 2026-27 and revising forecasts for coal and oil consumption and production patterns.
U.S. brokerage shares tumbled after wealth management startup Altruist rolled out AI-enabled tax planning features integrated into its Hazel AI platform. The move amplified investor worries that AI-first startups could automate tasks traditionally handled by expensive human advisors, triggering sharp declines across several legacy financial firms a…
Analilia Mejia has secured the Democratic nomination in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District after a close primary in which former Representative Tom Malinowski conceded. Mejia led by roughly 900 votes in the latest tally and will be the Democratic nominee in a special election on April 16 to fill the remainder of the term left vacant by Mikie …
Analysis of satellite photographs reveals that Patriot missile systems at al-Udeid air base in Qatar were mounted on heavy tactical trucks in early February, a configuration that increases their mobility. The imagery, compared with photographs from January, shows greater concentrations of aircraft and equipment across multiple U.S. bases in the Mid…
Rapid market losses in software equities driven by concerns over artificial intelligence displacing traditional software revenue have created potential entry points, according to strategists at JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley. Analysts say the selloff has priced in extreme disruption scenarios and that fundamentals and positioning argue for adding expo…
Meta is executing on ad recovery and AI-first infrastructure spending while maintaining strong cash flow and returns. The fundamental setup supports a tactical long trade: enter near current levels, stop decisively below $640, and target upside into the $740s-$750s over a mid-term horizon as AI catalysts and ad-market tailwinds materialize.
Benchmark has downgraded ON Semiconductor to Hold, arguing that recent share-price appreciation already reflects early signs of a recovery and that stronger growth drivers are unlikely to materialize in the near term. The brokerage points to ongoing margin pressure, capacity underutilization and a revenue inflection that it expects only once new te…
The White House deleted a social media post from Vice President JD Vance's official account that described the 1915 mass killings of Armenians as a "genocide," saying the message was published in error by staff not traveling with the delegation. Vance visited the Tsitsernakaberd memorial in Yerevan and took part in a wreath-laying; his verbal remar…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a congressional hearing that Nvidia will need to accept the specific licensing conditions governing sales of its second-most advanced AI chip, the H200, to China. Lutnick said those terms were worked out with the State Department and must be followed. On whether China will honor usage restrictions, he deferred…
Tesla has designated its head of European operations, Joe Ward, to assume responsibility for global sales, a move occurring alongside recent executive departures and mounting pressures on the company’s vehicle business. Ward, who started at the company as a logistics intern in 2010 and became vice president for the EMEA region in 2022, will take on…
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has asked app store operators and social media platforms to block access to crypto exchange HTX in the United Kingdom, following a lawsuit that alleges the exchange promoted crypto asset services unlawfully to British consumers. The regulator said HTX uses an opaque organisational structure and that attempts to en…
