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On March 19 the U.S. Department of Justice granted early termination for Nexstar’s proposed $3.5 billion acquisition of Tegna, concluding its review of the transaction. The decision comes amid legal challenges from a coalition of eight states and a separate lawsuit from DirecTV, both seeking to block the merger that would create the largest U.S. br…
HHS chief counselor Chris Klomp said he is encouraged by the roster of candidates being considered to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, was named acting CDC director last month amid a wider Health and Human Services reorganization. The agency has experienced budget …
Employees represented by United Steelworkers Local 7-1 began picketing at BP’s Whiting, Indiana, refinery after the company denied access to over 800 union members following a breakdown in contract negotiations. The dispute centers on proposed job cuts, wage reductions and changes to bargaining rights, while BP says it does not expect impacts to pr…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has begun recruiting for a dedicated Sarbanes-Oxley enforcement unit while an independent accounting oversight body is reducing staff, according to job postings and a person familiar with the matter. The actions signal a potential consolidation of certain auditing oversight responsibilities within the SEC…
Mexican stocks closed lower, with the S&P/BMV IPC down 0.88% to a one-month low. Gains among airport operators contrasted with steep drops in mining and consumer healthcare names. Commodity prices and currency moves were mixed during the session, and decliners outpaced advancers by a wide margin on the exchange.
Colombia's main stock gauge, the COLCAP, closed higher on Thursday, supported by advances in Industrials, Services and Agriculture. Several financials led the winners, while mining and construction-related shares were among the weakest. Commodity and currency moves were mixed, with coffee and cocoa up and gold futures lower.
Russia's equity market closed modestly lower on Thursday, with the MOEX Russia Index falling 0.09% as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Power sectors pressured the market. Market breadth favored decliners, while individual movers included PhosAgro reaching a three-year peak and notable drops in aluminium and telecom-related stocks. Volatility ease…
Updated - March 19, 2026 4:43 PM EDT. FedEx shares rose after a quarter of improving consolidated operating income and optimistic guidance. UPS ticked higher in sympathy. Planet Labs topped EPS and revenue estimates for the quarter, while Firefly Aerospace raised its 2026 revenue outlook range. Gemini Space Station reported revenue above expectatio…
Shares of Insperity Inc. (NYSE: NSP) rose 5.6% in after-hours trading following a disclosure that Chairman and CEO Paul Sarvadi bought 201,987 shares between March 17 and March 19. The Form 4 filing shows the purchases totaled roughly $4.6 million based on disclosed weighted average prices, and boosted Sarvadi's combined direct and indirect ownersh…
Janus Living, a U.S. senior housing real estate investment trust, priced a 42 million-share initial public offering at $20 per share, raising $840 million. The offering includes a 30-day underwriter option for an additional 6.3 million shares. Janus Living’s Class A-1 common stock is slated to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on March 2…
U.S. stock indexes finished lower on Thursday, led by losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.44% to a fresh three-month low at the close, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite each slipped 0.28%. Several large-cap names bucked the trend with gains, even as volatility eas…
Canada's main stock index declined, led lower by losses in the Materials, Clean Technology and Consumer Staples sectors. The S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.42% to a new one-month low. Energy producers posted gains while several precious metals miners recorded notable declines. Volatility eased modestly and commodity prices moved unevenly.
The Bovespa finished Thursday's session up 0.35%, driven by advances in Public Utilities, Electric Power and Consumption stocks. Top intraday winners included Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos, Natura & Co SA and Eneva SA, while Minerva SA/Brazil, Brava Energia and Grupo Vamos were among the biggest decliners. Volatility on Bovespa options rose…
Figure Technology Solutions has launched Figure Forge, a platform that standardizes pools of private credit loans into $1 participation tokens that can be used as collateral in decentralized finance protocols. The platform uses a limit order book on Provenance Blockchain to create liquidity, allows token holders to redeem for fiat or stablecoin, an…
FedEx raised its adjusted earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending May 31 after reporting stronger third-quarter revenue and profit driven by a surge in deliveries over the winter holiday season. Improved performance in the Express unit, aided by higher U.S. and international pricing and increased domestic volumes, helped offset rising wages, i…
Google has started private beta testing of a dedicated Gemini AI application for Apple Mac computers. The limited test build, identified internally as Janus, is missing full functionality and is being evaluated by nonemployee testers to gather feedback and uncover bugs ahead of a public release. The move positions Google directly against OpenAI and…
Jeff Bezos is conducting early conversations with large asset managers and sovereign wealth representatives about assembling roughly $100 billion for a new fund intended to acquire manufacturing companies and accelerate automation using artificial intelligence. A related effort, Project Prometheus, is separately seeking capital and has made board a…
Elmos Semiconductor has engaged Morgan Stanley to advise on a potential sale as founder-linked shareholders contemplate an exit. The company, valued at about 2.3 billion euros, has entered preliminary discussions with prospective buyers, including global semiconductor firms, while maintaining the option not to proceed. Any transaction would likely …
NASA is considering a revised approach to its Artemis lunar missions that would scale back Boeing’s Space Launch System (SLS) role and elevate SpaceX’s Starship to the primary propulsion role for taking astronauts from Earth orbit to lunar orbit and down to the surface. The proposal preserves Orion as the crew capsule but shifts the critical propul…
Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) plans to initiate a series of smaller workforce reductions beginning in April, according to people familiar with the matter. The bank is shifting away from its usual single, firmwide spring head count review and will instead implement rolling cuts that are expected to continue through the summer and affect multiple business …
Violent exchanges over the past 36 hours have escalated the U.S.-Iran confrontation, with Israel striking Iran’s South Pars gas field and Iran retaliating against Qatar’s Ras Laffan facility and targets in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Washington approved and then constrained Israeli actions on gas assets, signaled major supplemental defense spending, …
A record $5.7 trillion in notional options contracts is scheduled to expire on Friday in the largest March options expiration on record, a quarterly event that could amplify volatility as traders adjust positions amid Middle East conflict and renewed inflation pressures tied to rising crude prices. The expiration covers index, ETF and single-stock …
Equity markets moved unevenly on Thursday, with notable strength among semiconductor-related names and sharp declines across several commodity and tech stocks. Lam Research and Tower Semiconductor were among the best performers, while Alibaba, Alcoa and a host of miners and smaller issuers posted sizable drops. The following report catalogs the lar…
As markets head into the last trading day of the week, investors will receive a pair of regular data releases that can illuminate both physical drilling activity and speculative positioning across major asset classes. At 12:00 PM ET Baker Hughes will publish its weekly U.S. rig counts, followed by a comprehensive set of Commodity Futures Trading Co…
Feedback from the Jefferies Asia Forum 2026 indicates foreign investor interest in Thailand’s equity market has strengthened to its highest level in recent years. Delegates pointed to improved political stability after elections, attractive valuations and high dividend yields as primary attractions, while rising oil prices and energy import depende…
