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Treasury Wine Estates has reached a settlement with U.S. distributor Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) over the shutdown of RNDC’s California operations last September. The agreement calls for Treasury Wine to repurchase inventory held in California and follows an upward revision to first-half earnings before interest and taxes to appro…
Moody's Ratings has affirmed Fortrea Holdings Inc.'s B3 Corporate Family Rating and associated debt ratings, while revising the outlook from negative to stable. The agency expects adjusted debt-to-EBITDA to fall below 10x within 12 to 18 months, though leverage remains very high and governance risks are material to the rating.
Fitch Ratings has moved GeoPark Limited’s outlook to positive from stable while affirming its long-term foreign- and local-currency issuer default ratings at 'B+'. The upgrade in outlook follows GeoPark’s planned acquisition of Frontera Energy Corporation’s Colombian upstream assets for up to $400 million, a deal Fitch says will increase scale, pro…
Clear Channel Outdoor agreed to be acquired for $6.2 billion in cash by Mubadala Capital and TWG Global. Shareholders will receive $2.43 per share, a 71% premium to the unaffected price of $1.42 on October 16, 2025. The deal, approved unanimously by the company's board, is expected to close by the end of Q3 2026 and will take the company private.
The National Labor Relations Board has moved to dismiss its two-year-old complaint alleging SpaceX fired eight engineers over an open letter criticizing Elon Musk, citing a separate agency's view that the engineers fall under National Mediation Board jurisdiction. The decision signals the NLRB will avoid future enforcement actions against SpaceX wh…
RingCentral Inc. saw its stock climb in after-hours trading after S&P Dow Jones Indices said the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600. The addition, effective before market open on Thursday, February 12, will see RingCentral replace Hillenbrand Inc., which is being acquired by Lone Star Funds. Index inclusion typically prompts purchases by…
RTX Corp. won a $230.5 million contract from the U.S. Department of War to procure materials for F135 propulsion systems. The award, structured as a fixed-price-incentive and cost-plus-incentive-fee agreement, is intended to protect the delivery timeline for 138 propulsion systems in Lot 20 and covers work across multiple U.S. locations. Funds from…
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board has dismissed its complaint accusing SpaceX of firing eight engineers for signing an open letter critical of Elon Musk, citing a National Mediation Board opinion that places the engineers under NMB jurisdiction rather than the NLRB's. The decision removes a major federal labor enforcement action against the c…
NBC "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie has made a public appeal for assistance after her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, went missing from her Tucson area home on Jan. 31. Authorities say the elder Guthrie had severe mobility limitations and likely could not have left unassisted; investigators are treating the disappearance as a possible kidnapp…
Mizuho raised its price target on STMicroelectronics to $32 from $29 while keeping a Neutral rating. The change follows a commercial agreement with Amazon Web Services for AI data center deployments that Mizuho says could produce "multi-billion" incremental revenue through 2030. The bank sees upside to previously stated AI and optical revenue goals…
Patterson-UTI (PTEN) trades like a capital-return vehicle more than a growth story. With $289M in free cash flow, an EV/EBITDA of 4.6, a dividend yield near 3.7% and a large remaining repurchase authorization, the company can choose to buy back stock or sustain the dividend instead of chasing higher-risk diversification. The trade: go long for a mi…
SPACSphere Acquisition Corp. completed an initial public offering of 17.25 million units at $10 each, raising $172.5 million including the exercise of a 2.25 million-unit over-allotment option. Units started trading on NASDAQ on February 6, 2026; the company placed $10 per unit into a trust account. Each unit comprises one Class A ordinary share, a…
BMO Capital has maintained an Outperform rating and a $160 price target for Roblox Corp. (RBLX), pointing to the rapid scaling of a recent breakout game on the platform. The new Brainrot-themed title has drawn tens of millions of visits in days, supporting broader engagement gains across experiences outside Roblox's top-10. Still, analyst views on …
A 33-year-old Palestinian woman in U.S. immigration detention was hospitalized after a seizure on February 6, 2026, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The detainee, Leqaa Kordia, who lost numerous relatives in the Gaza conflict and whose mother is a U.S. citizen, was taken from the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas to T…
Global stock markets climbed on Monday following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's decisive election victory and a rebound in technology shares. The dollar weakened after reports that China instructed financial institutions to limit exposure to U.S. government debt. Markets are parsing how Japan will finance proposed tax cuts and spending, w…
Bank of America has revised its projection for Taiwan's 2026 GDP growth upward to 8.0% from 4.5%, attributing the change to a strong technology-driven expansion that accelerated export-led growth in late 2025. The iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (EWT) has climbed 40.87% over the past year and is trading close to its 52-week high of $71.56. BofA highlights …
Alphabet launched a $20 billion seven-part offering in the U.S. high-grade bond market as AI-focused technology firms ramp borrowing to finance large data-center and processor investments. The deal follows recent large note sales from Oracle and other hyperscalers and contributes to forecasts for record corporate bond issuance in 2026.
Onsemi reported fourth-quarter revenue of $1.53 billion, an 11% year-over-year decline that missed Wall Street estimates. The Phoenix-based chipmaker cited a persistent inventory glut at customer sites and noted segment pullbacks across its business. Shares dropped nearly 6% in after-hours trading. Management issued first-quarter revenue guidance w…
RBC Capital raised its price target on First Industrial Realty Trust to $66 from $64 and kept an Outperform rating following the REIT's fourth-quarter 2025 results. The firm cited improved leasing momentum, including a higher expected lease-up volume for the second half of 2026 and an acceleration of a central Pennsylvania lease, while the company …
Evercore ISI has restarted research coverage of Waters Corp. with an In Line rating and a $360 price target. The firm cites near-term pressure from a 10% decline in the BD Life Sciences business, earnings concentration in the back half of the year, and fourth-quarter margin shortfalls as reasons for recent share weakness. The target implies roughly…
Shares of LKQ Corporation have pulled back into the low $30s after a rough 2025 and index reweighting. The combination of solid free cash flow ($722M), a 3.5% yield, delevered balance sheet (debt/equity 0.63), and an active sale process for the Specialty segment creates a near-term catalyst-rich setup. I propose a mid-term swing trade to capture a …
Quince Therapeutics (QNCX) saw its shares climb sharply in after-hours trading after the company retained LifeSci Capital as its exclusive financial advisor to oversee a review of strategic alternatives and potential liability restructuring. The company, focused on developing rare disease therapies, said it is weighing a range of transactions to ma…
Mizuho has raised its price target for Aflac Inc. to $107.00 from $104.00 but kept an Underperform rating, leaving the target below the insurer's prevailing share price of $113.20. The firm attributed the modest upward revision to a lower benefit ratio in Japan and heavier share repurchases, which lifted its 2026 earnings per share projection by 1%…
REGENXBIO's stock plunged after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) rejecting the company’s Biologics License Application for RGX-121, a gene therapy aimed at treating Mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II), also known as Hunter syndrome. The FDA cited questions about study eligibility, the comparability of natu…
Autodesk has filed a federal lawsuit in San Francisco accusing Google of infringing its Flow trademark by marketing AI-enabled production software under the same name. The complaint says Autodesk began using Flow in September 2022 and was surprised when Google introduced its own Flow product in May 2025, after telling Autodesk it would not commerci…
