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Jefferies increased its price target on ON Semiconductor to $73 from $65 while keeping a Buy recommendation. The new target implies roughly 12% upside from the stock's current price of $65.08, with the share price trading close to its 52-week high of $66.86. The firm pointed to growth in AI data-center demand, which accounts for about 7% of ON’s re…
Citi identified a subset of software firms that have declined at least 10% in the past month yet show rising consensus EPS estimates for 2025-2027 and reduced implicit terminal multiples. The bank screened roughly 90 software names and flagged 22 that meet its criteria, including Dynatrace, Microsoft, Cloudflare and Rubrik. Citi argues the recent w…
Canaccord Genuity trimmed its price target on Hims & Hers to $30 from $68 while retaining a Buy rating after Novo Nordisk sued the telehealth firm over alleged patent infringement related to mass-marketed, unapproved semaglutide products. The move follows Hims’ brief announcement — and reversal — about offering a compounded oral semaglutide pill, a…
Canaccord Genuity reduced its target price on Upwork Inc. to $22.00 from $24.00 and kept a Buy rating after the company’s fourth-quarter results. The quarter delivered modest beats on GSV, revenue and adjusted EBITDA, strong AI-related growth and improved churn, but weaker active client trends and cautious first-quarter guidance tempered enthusiasm…
Futures on Canada’s principal stock gauge inched higher Tuesday as investors positioned ahead of a heavy U.S. economic calendar. Gains in the materials sector, helped by firmer gold, supported the S&P/TSX, while U.S. futures were largely subdued as the market awaited corporate results and rescheduled labor and inflation data. Oil advanced on geopol…
UBS downgraded German web hosting provider Ionos SE to neutral from buy and reduced its price target to €28 from €40. The brokerage cited persistent risks from AI-enabled website builders that could undermine Ionos' Web Presence and Productivity segment, alongside expectations for slowing revenue growth into 2025 and 2026.
RTX has momentum from a hefty $260 billion backlog, double-digit revenue growth and improving free cash flow, but the stock is extended. This trade idea maps a disciplined dip-buy: enter at $175.00, stop at $165.00, and target $215.00 over a 45 trading-day swing. The set-up balances a favorable fundamental backdrop against near-term technical fatig…
TD Cowen moved Wingstop (WING) from Buy to Hold and reduced its price target to $285 from $310, citing a projected 0.5% decline in same-store sales for 2026 and survey signals of intensifying pressure among the brand's core consumers. The firm said expected benefits from smart kitchens, loyalty initiatives and the 2026 World Cup are unlikely to off…
On Feb. 10 Alphabet completed a $20 billion bond issuance across seven tranches maturing as late as 2066, tapping the debt markets to help finance its expanding artificial intelligence infrastructure investments. The move highlights a broader shift among large technology firms toward greater use of debt financing as they pour substantial capital in…
A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader held lengthy meetings in Oman aimed at advancing talks with the United States, as both sides prepare to resume diplomacy despite persistent disputes over Iran’s missile programme and enriched uranium stockpiles. Omani mediation last week allowed Tehran to test Washington’s seriousness, Iranian officials sai…
After nearly two years away, Eatedal Rayyan and her three children returned from Egypt to Gaza through the limited reopening of the Rafah crossing. The reunion with her husband in Khan Younis was joyful but sharply tempered by the devastation they found: demolished neighborhoods, no electricity and plans to live in a tent. The narrow resumption of …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is confronting intensified skepticism from farmers, grain traders and commodity analysts after a substantial upward revision to its corn acreage estimates and widely reported staff reductions. The agency’s January final figures showed harvested corn acres and plantings materially higher than its June estimates, pr…
Barclays has moved Safestore from an overweight to an equal weight rating while increasing its price target to 870p, arguing that much of the upside from improving industry fundamentals is already reflected in the share price. The bank also reinstated an overweight rating on peer Big Yellow Group and outlined adjusted forecasts and sector assumptio…
HealthLynked Corp. has filed to raise up to $7 million through a public offering of common stock and has applied to list its shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market. The company plans an assumed share price range of $4.00 to $6.00 and currently trades on the OTCQB at $2.75 per share as of February 6, 2026. HealthLynked said the final offering price wil…
The Thomson Reuters Institute’s Law Firm Financial Index reported a 14.1% rise in profits for U.S. law firms in the fourth quarter of 2025, the largest year-over-year gain since the 2021-2022 pandemic boom. The increase was driven by higher billing rates and slower expense growth. However, a marked slowdown in mergers and acquisitions demand and a …
Colombian flower growers shipped tens of thousands of tonnes of roses to the United States for Valentine’s Day, but an ongoing 10% tariff, a stronger peso and a significant minimum wage increase are compressing margins for the country’s exporters. Industry leaders warn that without a change in these economic pressures the sector could see job losse…
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority said Apple and Google have agreed to commitments designed to make mobile app stores fairer and more transparent for developers. The moves follow the CMA’s designation of both firms as holding strategic market status in smartphones and include assurances on app review processes and expanded access to certa…
Federal immigration officers across parts of the United States have increasingly detained and charged people who follow them in vehicles, using a wide-ranging federal statute that criminalizes obstructing or assaulting officers. Court records show a marked rise in prosecutions under Title 18, Section 111 since the start of recent city-focused immig…
A group of about two dozen Buddhist monks wrapped in burnt-orange robes are set to conclude a 2,300-mile Walk for Peace in Washington, D.C., after a journey that began in Texas more than three months ago. The pilgrimage, intended to promote peace, loving kindness and compassion, passed through nine states, attracted widespread public and online sup…
An informal peace deal struck last September between leaders of Doma town in Katsina state and a local armed group unraveled when the same gang returned on February 3, killing at least 21 people. The agreement—intended to halt raids and allow farmers to resume cultivating land—had included commitments to release kidnapped villagers and restrictions…
Berenberg downgraded E.ON SE to "hold" from "buy," pointing to recent share appreciation that has brought the stock close to the broker's raised price target and to ongoing uncertainty around Germany's regulatory framework for networks. The bank says E.ON is well placed financially to expand network investment but needs clearer, supportive regulato…
Palantir's platforms sit squarely in the path of enterprise adoption of agentic AI (AIP). With strong revenue growth in government and commercial segments, solid free cash flow and low balance-sheet leverage, the company is well positioned to monetize deeper AI workflows. At current prices the stock is richly valued, so this trade uses a discipline…
GoMining introduced Simple Earn, a wallet-level feature that automatically directs eligible assets into earning mechanisms and delivers converted Bitcoin payouts to users every four hours. The program requires a single toggle to activate, preserves liquidity with no lockups, supports ongoing deposits and withdrawals, and scales yield by user VIP ti…
The European Union is considering revisions to the system that currently grants some free CO2 permits to industries, as part of a broader redesign of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System (ETS). An internal presentation lays out three potential approaches: ending free permits in favor of phased permit purchases, tying free permits to low-carbon inves…
Ryanair has signed a memorandum of understanding with CFM for an engine material services arrangement that will underpin the airline's plan to perform in-house maintenance on more than 2,000 CFM engines beginning in 2029. The move involves opening two new engine shops — the first in late 2028 and a second between 2030 and 2031 — each carrying capit…
