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Global Medical Response Lines Up Banks for Roughly $1 Billion U.S. IPO

Global Medical Response Lines Up Banks for Roughly $1 Billion U.S. IPO

Global Medical Response has assembled a banking group to manage a U.S. initial public offering that could raise about $1 billion. The Lewisville, Texas-based provider of air and ground emergency medical services has tapped JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America to work with KKR’s capital markets desk, and is also engaging Barclays and Goldman Sachs. De…

After-hours movers show mixed reactions as guidance, beats and misses drive flows

After-hours movers show mixed reactions as guidance, beats and misses drive flows

A group of companies including Hims & Hers Health, Bed Bath & Beyond, Myriad Genetics, Keysight Technologies, EverQuote and Kratos Defense posted varied after-hours moves as earnings and guidance diverged from analyst expectations. Stock reactions tracked whether companies topped revenue and EPS estimates or issued forward guidance that missed mark…

U.S. equities finish lower as Financials, Consumer Services and Industrials lead declines

U.S. equities finish lower as Financials, Consumer Services and Industrials lead declines

U.S. stock indices closed lower on Monday as losses in Financials, Consumer Services and Industrials weighed on markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.66% to a new one-month low, the S&P 500 slipped 1.04%, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 1.13%. Market breadth was negative on both the NYSE and Nasdaq, while volatility, gold futures and s…

Colombian equities climb as COLCAP finishes up 2.10%

Colombian equities climb as COLCAP finishes up 2.10%

Colombian shares closed higher on Monday, with the COLCAP index rising 2.10% as strength in Industrials, Services and Agriculture supported the advance. Top session performers included Grupo Cibest SA, Mineros SA and Cementos Argos SA, while a handful of financial names ended lower. Commodity and currency moves were mixed, with notable shifts in co…

Buyout Interest Surfaces for PayPal as Shares Trade at Mid-Single-Digit Multiples

Buyout Interest Surfaces for PayPal as Shares Trade at Mid-Single-Digit Multiples

PayPal has drawn takeover interest after its share price fell, with analysts highlighting the company's low multiple relative to 2027 earnings estimates and the potential for buyers to pay premiums for assets such as Venmo and its buy now, pay later operations. Broker notes and sell-side research outline likely acquirers, hurdles to a full-company …

ROC Raises $24 Million in Nasdaq IPO, Prices at Top of Range

ROC Raises $24 Million in Nasdaq IPO, Prices at Top of Range

ROC completed its initial public offering, selling 4 million shares at $6.00 each to generate $24 million in gross proceeds before underwriting fees and expenses. The Vision AI company began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on February 20, 2026, priced at the high end of its marketed range. ROC has granted underwriters a 30-day option for up to…

Cybersecurity Stocks Drop After Anthropic Unveils Claude Code Security

Cybersecurity Stocks Drop After Anthropic Unveils Claude Code Security

Shares of several cybersecurity vendors tumbled after Anthropic released Claude Code Security, a tool aimed at identifying high-severity vulnerabilities in open-source repositories and suggesting patches. Market losses were broad across the sector, though some analysts say the decline reflects an overbroad narrative about AI replacing traditional s…

Amazon Invests $12 Billion in Louisiana Data Center Campuses; Shares Drop as Investors Weigh AI Spend

Amazon Invests $12 Billion in Louisiana Data Center Campuses; Shares Drop as Investors Weigh AI Spend

Amazon announced a $12 billion plan to construct data center campuses in northwest Louisiana, a project that includes substantial local infrastructure funding and community support but prompted a late trading 2.5% share decline amid broader investor concerns about heavy AI-related capital spending. The project is expected to create 540 direct full-…

Crypto.com Receives Conditional OCC Approval for National Trust Bank Charter

Crypto.com Receives Conditional OCC Approval for National Trust Bank Charter

Crypto.com has been granted conditional approval by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust bank charter. The decision positions the digital-asset platform to operate as a federally regulated custodian capable of managing client assets and settling trades within an OCC-supervised framework, though the charter does not all…

Consulting Stocks Look Cheap After Sector Selloff; Accenture, ICFI, Booz Allen Among Top Picks

Consulting Stocks Look Cheap After Sector Selloff; Accenture, ICFI, Booz Allen Among Top Picks

The consulting sector has suffered significant share-price weakness in 2026 as investor concerns about AI-driven disruption and broader economic uncertainty removed the industry’s valuation premium. Despite partnerships around AI and relatively stable cash flows for many firms, heavy selloffs have pushed several large consulting firms to deeply dis…

U.S. Equipment Financing Surges in January to Two-Decade High, ELFA Reports

U.S. Equipment Financing Surges in January to Two-Decade High, ELFA Reports

U.S. companies increased borrowing to finance equipment purchases by 30.1% in January versus a year earlier, with new financing agreements reaching $11.6 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association said. Month-over-month activity rose 7.8%, while bank-originated activity fell. Small-ticket volume expanded a…

FDA Commissioner Defends Agency Support for mRNA Vaccines While Arguing Taxpayers Should Not Fund Industry R&D

FDA Commissioner Defends Agency Support for mRNA Vaccines While Arguing Taxpayers Should Not Fund Industry R&D

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary defended the agency’s record on mRNA vaccines and reiterated its support for mRNA technology, while saying that taxpayers should not underwrite research that large vaccine makers can fund themselves. Makary made the remarks during an event unveiling an FDA-proposed framework to accelerate …