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Brazil's stock benchmark finished Friday with modest gains, driven by advances in Real Estate, Financials and Consumption sectors. The Bovespa closed 0.31% higher in São Paulo. Individual movers included strong rallies in Direcional Engenharia, B3 SA and Auren Energia, while several industrial and banking names lagged. Market breadth was positive a…
Joyce Thomas Patrick Jr., a director at Roper Technologies, purchased 1,400 shares of the company's common stock on February 6, 2026, in trades totaling $501,844. The purchases were executed at prices between $358.34 and $358.50, with an average execution price reported as $358.46. After the transactions, Patrick directly holds 3,775 Roper shares w…
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Feb. 6 urged a speed-up in strengthening Ukraine’s air-defence capacity and in repairing electricity and heating infrastructure damaged during recent Russian night-time attacks. He said more than 1,110 apartment blocks remain without heat after the latest strikes, called for personnel changes in areas with weak defe…
A Maricopa County judge ruled that three Arizona statutes restricting abortion access conflict with a right to abortion added to the state constitution in 2024. The decision removes bans on telemedicine for medication abortions, requirements that patients state a reason for seeking an abortion, and a prohibition on abortions based on fetal genetic …
Canaccord Genuity lowered its price target on Udemy Inc. (UDMY) to $5.00 from $7.00 but maintained a Hold recommendation. Udemy reported fourth-quarter results that slightly exceeded revenue and profitability expectations, posted strong gross margins, and continued progress on subscription mix and enterprise upmarket initiatives. The company withhe…
Kirby Corp (KEX) Vice President and Controller Ronald A. Dragg sold 5,429 shares on February 4, 2026, for $122 each, netting $662,338, and exercised options to acquire 2,787 shares at $73.29 for $204,259. The company, trading near $123 and valued at $6.67 billion, has seen nearly 18% share appreciation over six months and is viewed by analysts as a…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average exceeded 50,000 for the first time on Friday, propelled by gains in blue-chip names. The 30-stock benchmark rose 2.2% to 50,011 by mid-afternoon in New York, marking a year-to-date increase of 4% that outpaces other major U.S. equity indexes. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq remain below their peak levels after a recent pullb…
Oppenheimer has increased its price target for Biogen to $250 from $225 while retaining an Outperform rating, citing robust Leqembi revenue growth, upcoming pipeline catalysts, and model updates using recent results. The move comes after Biogen reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter 2025 results and follows a period of notable share-price a…
Bitcoin climbed sharply on Friday, briefly reclaiming the $70,000 threshold and trading at about $70,826.9 as of 14:53 ET (19:53 GMT). The rally followed a period of steep declines triggered by an October 2025 flash crash and intensified after the nomination of Kevin Warsh, which pushed bitcoin to a 16-month low of $60,187.0. Despite the bounce, th…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has confirmed it is pursuing the deportation of a 5-year-old Ecuadorean boy who was detained last month in Minnesota. The department denied that it was seeking expedited removal after the child’s lawyer described the action as extraordinary and potentially retaliatory. The boy and his father had been release…
MARA has moved beyond pure-play Bitcoin mining. The Exaion acquisition (company statements and market commentary through 12/18/2025) repositions MARA as a provider of AI compute and energy services. At $8.20 the stock still trades at depressed multiples relative to its growth story; this trade targets a re-rating driven by revenue mix expansion, hi…
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an inquiry into Netflix's competitive conduct while reviewing the streaming giant's proposed acquisition of Warner Discovery's studio operations and the HBO Max streaming platform. A civil subpoena reviewed by The Wall Street Journal sought details on whether Netflix has engaged in exclusionary behavior tha…
AMD is offering a tradable setup after a sharp guidance-driven sell-off and an intraday bounce. Fundamentals remain strong - $337B market cap, 34% revenue growth cited in recent coverage, and $6.7B of free cash flow - but near-term headlines out of China and conservative guidance keep upside conditional. This trade targets the AI-driven re-rating w…
Apple plans to permit third-party voice-controlled artificial intelligence applications to run through its CarPlay vehicle interface in the coming months, according to people familiar with the matter. The move would mark the first time Apple allows voice assistants other than Siri to operate within CarPlay, enabling drivers to use services like Cha…
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Canada is actively pursuing a joint Chinese-Canadian electric vehicle assembly plant on Canadian soil that would produce cars for export. She suggested established Canadian parts suppliers could partner with Chinese EV firms, while Ottawa pursues investments from other countries including South Korea. The plan ai…
<p>Centuri (CTRI) is a utility infrastructure contractor that has traded sideways after a sharp drop in 2024. At $28.92 the market is pricing in slow growth and some execution risk, but the company's placement in natural gas and electric distribution work, a roughly $2.9B market cap and an EV/EBITDA of about 16 suggest room for a tactical long. Thi…
SFL Corporation Ltd. (SFL) trades at a market cap of $1.27B and yields roughly 10.7%. Its balance between asset-backed book value (PB 1.28) and legal/asset uncertainties makes it a conditional buy: a favorable resolution of the so-called "Hercules" matter and confirmation of receivables like the Seadrill award could re-rate the stock toward its 52-…
Liberty All Star Equity Fund treasurer Erich Rettinger purchased 350 shares on February 6, 2026, at $6.01 per share for a total of $2,103. The fund is trading near $6.03, carries a market capitalization of $1.78 billion, yields 12.12% in dividends and has paid dividends for 40 consecutive years. The fund shows a P/E ratio of 8.87 and a 'GOOD' overa…
Timothy Busfield, a 68-year-old actor and director best known for roles on prime-time television, has been indicted by a New Mexico grand jury on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child. The indictment follows a criminal complaint filed by Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman and Busfield's surrender to authorities on Jan. 13. …
Monday, February 9, 2026, brings remarks from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller and Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic that market participants will parse for insights on the central bank’s policy stance. With no major economic releases scheduled, traders will also track the CB Employment Trends Index and two Treasury bill auctions for …
Erich Rettinger, Treasurer of LIBERTY ALL STAR GROWTH FUND INC., purchased 250 shares on February 6, 2026, at $5.12 per share for a total of $1,280. The fund currently trades at $5.16 and shows a 9.49% dividend yield, a market capitalization of $319.4 million, a P/E of 9.12 and a 'GOOD' financial health rating according to InvestingPro data. ASG ha…
Brazilian corn ethanol producer Inpasa plans to accelerate exports of dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) to China, with existing contracts and potential for significantly larger shipments in 2026. The move reflects rapid growth in Brazil's corn ethanol sector and rising international demand for DDGS from meat and feed industries.
Senior administration officials are considering whether to open an antitrust investigation into large U.S. homebuilders, focusing in part on potential information exchanges within a prominent builders' association. A White House spokesperson directed requests for comment to the Department of Justice, which had not responded at the time of reporting…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told senators that President Donald Trump was speaking in jest when he suggested he might sue his Federal Reserve chair nominee, Kevin Warsh, if interest rates are not cut. Bessent made the clarification during questioning at a Senate Banking Committee hearing and cited a prior CNBC interview in which he said t…
David A. Ayoub, a director at Pathfinder Bancorp, purchased 425 shares of the company's common stock on February 4, 2026, at $12.83 per share for a total of $5,452. The transaction modestly increases his direct holdings while the company continues to pay a long-running dividend and trades below book value.
