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U.S. equity benchmarks finished the session marginally higher after a day of choppy trading as investors balanced concerns about corporate spending on artificial intelligence and its economic implications with encouraging signs from Iran on nuclear negotiations with the United States. Technology names recovered from early losses while transports be…
Authorities said DNA obtained from a glove discovered roughly two miles from the Tucson-area home of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie did not produce a match in the national CODIS database. The development is a setback in the ongoing investigation into what authorities treat as an apparent kidnapping for ransom. Investigators continue to analyze other mat…
A survey by the European Travel Commission projects international arrivals to Europe will increase 6.2%, driven by a 28% surge in visitors from China and a 9% rise from India. Growth from the Americas is forecast at a more modest 4.2%, signaling the first signs of a post-pandemic cooling in U.S. demand amid economic and geopolitical worries.
Activist investor Starboard Value LP raised its positions in Riot Platforms and consumer health company Kenvue during the December quarter, while trimming holdings in Rogers Corp, News Corp, Salesforce and Autodesk, according to a filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm is also preparing a campaign to replace the m…
Two major U.S. medical organizations have filed separate federal lawsuits alleging the Federal Trade Commission is using wide-ranging document demands to retaliate against their support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The groups say the FTC's civil investigative demands exceed the agency's authority and violate constitutional free …
Joby Aviation's Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Kate Dehoff, sold 8,539 shares of common stock on February 13, 2026, at $9.88 per share to satisfy tax obligations tied to the settlement of restricted stock units. The filing shows she had exercised options on 19,047 shares the prior day at no cash exercise cost. The insider move comes a…
Joby Aviation Chief Executive and Chief Architect JoeBen Bevirt disposed of roughly $5.8 million of company stock through multiple transactions executed under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan, while the company completed concurrent public offerings that raised roughly $1.2 billion and moved to expand manufacturing capacity with a new Dayton, Ohio facilit…
Republican Representative Randy Fine faced widespread condemnation from rights organizations and Democratic officials after a social media post stating "the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one." Critics, including high-profile Democrats, called for his resignation or for Republican leaders to take action, while Fine dismissed the…
Armada Acquisition Corp. III sold 22.5 million units at $10 per unit, raising $225 million. The SPAC’s units will begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under AACIU on February 18, 2026, with Class A shares and warrants expected to trade separately under AACI and AACIW once split. The firm is focused on prospective business combinations in finan…
A senior U.S. State Department official presented new seismic data that he says points to an underground explosion at China's Lop Nor test site on June 22, 2020. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization cautioned that the small signals recorded fall below its confident detection threshold, while China has denied conducting such a test. The al…
Brad Reese, grandson of H.B. Reese, published an open letter on LinkedIn over the weekend criticizing The Hershey Company for using lower-cost substitutes in products bearing the Reese's name. The complaint singles out replacements of milk chocolate and peanut butter across several Reese's items. Hershey responded on Tuesday, saying recipe adjustme…
MSCI Inc. Chief Executive Henry A. Fernandez purchased common stock in several transactions totaling $3.56 million on February 13 and February 17, 2026. The trades, marked with transaction code "P," were executed at prices between $517.32 and $524.18, close to the company's trading price of $521.75 and an estimated market value of $38.3 billion. Fe…
Shriram Revankar, senior vice president at Dolby Laboratories, sold 3,000 shares of Class A common stock on February 17, 2026, for $66.14 per share, generating proceeds of $198,420. After the transaction Revankar held 83,218 shares, including restricted stock units that are subject to forfeiture until vesting. The sale was recorded as directly owne…
Santos Ltd posted a 25% decline in underlying profit for the fiscal year, attributing part of the shortfall to commissioning delays at its Barossa LNG project after connection failures on the BW Opal FPSO vessel. The company said it will reduce staff by about 10% as major growth projects approach completion and declared a final dividend unchanged f…
Applied Digital (APLD) shares fell sharply in after-hours trading after NVIDIA's latest 13F filing showed the chipmaker had liquidated its position in the company. The filing, which reports holdings as of December 31, 2025, also shows NVIDIA no longer holds shares of Arm Holdings or WeRide and that it added sizable stakes in Intel and Nokia.
Ryan Nicholson, Dolby Laboratories' vice president and corporate controller, executed a sale of 2,667 Class A shares on February 13, 2026, for $177,022 and simultaneously exercised options for 2,667 shares at $45.50. Dolby’s shares have weakened over the past year and are trading close to their 52-week low, even as the company posted first-quarter …
Microsoft looks priced for disappointment while Azure momentum may be reaccelerating. Technicals show oversold conditions (RSI ~31) and heavy short activity; fundamentals still strong with a ~$2.95T market cap, ~25x P/E and $77B free cash flow. This trade targets a mid-term rebound if cloud bookings/AI demand re-accelerate.
FirstCash Holdings Executive Vice President and CFO R. Douglas Orr sold 3,000 shares of company stock on February 17, 2026, under a 10b5-1 trading plan established June 2, 2025. The transactions, executed at $182.98 to $182.99 per share, produced proceeds of $548,950. Canaccord Genuity has reiterated a Buy rating and $205 price target after recent …
Stephen F. Page, a director at AeroVironment Inc (AVAV), sold 500 shares on February 17, 2026, under a pre-established Rule 10b5-1 plan for $127,475. The company continues to see significant market appreciation and recent contract awards despite trailing twelve-month losses and mixed insider positioning.
Rena Hozore Reiss, Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Marriott International, sold 2,512 shares of Class A common stock on February 13, 2026, generating $896,784. After the sale she holds 33,487 Class A shares and 6,359 restricted stock units. Separately, Marriott reported fourth-quarter EBITDA of $1,402 million, topping the Street est…
B. Scott White, a director and holder of a ten percent ownership stake in New Peoples Bankshares Inc (NASDAQ: NWPP), purchased 11,725 shares of common stock on February 13, 2026, at $3.838 per share, a transaction valued at about $45,000. The filing details his post-transaction direct ownership and extensive indirect holdings through trusts, family…
A panel of independent experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council says millions of documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein point to a network whose actions may reach the legal threshold of crimes against humanity. The experts called for impartial investigations and raised concerns about redaction failures that exposed victim information…
Dolphin Entertainment Chief Executive William O’Dowd IV acquired 3,300 shares of the firm's common stock on February 17, 2026, paying between $1.43 and $1.49 per share for a total outlay of $4,851. The purchase increases his direct holding to 437,990 shares amid recent company results showing organic revenue growth, a new AI division and positive G…
Cadence Design Systems reported quarterly revenue and adjusted earnings that exceeded consensus estimates, driven by heightened demand for design tools used in complex artificial intelligence chip development. Management cited a record $7.8 billion backlog of contracted work and introduced a virtual AI agent to accelerate chip design for customers …
Kenvue reported fourth-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street forecasts, driven by improvements in its self-care and essential health segments, and announced a global reduction of about 3.5% of its workforce as it advances toward a proposed acquisition by Kimberly-Clark. The firm expects related pre-tax restructuring and other charges of about $…
