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Cleveland-Cliffs director Edilson Camara acquired 19,700 common shares on February 13, 2026, in a transaction valued at $199,626. The purchase occurred as the stock has fallen sharply in the prior week and followed fourth-quarter results that showed a smaller-than-expected adjusted loss per share but weaker revenue and EBITDA performance, prompting…
U.S. antitrust regulators have intensified scrutiny of Microsoft, sending civil investigative requests to several competitors in enterprise software and cloud markets to gather information on licensing terms and product bundling, including AI, security and identity offerings. The move follows an earlier 2024 probe into Microsoft’s productivity soft…
Denmark's main equity gauge, the OMX Copenhagen 20, finished higher on Friday, supported by advances in Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors. While a handful of large-cap industrial and biotech names posted notable gains, several banking stocks moved lower and decliners outnumbered advancers on the exchange. Commodity and FX benchmark…
NatWest (NWG) tumbled after the £2.7bn Evelyn Partners acquisition announcement but the deal — plus a £750m buyback and clear cost-synergy targets — leaves the stock cheap on classic bank metrics. Technicals show short-term oversold conditions. This is a mid-term (45 trading days) trade idea: accumulate at the dip with a defined stop and two-stage …
Clients of a major global custodian have increased their hedging of U.S. dollar exposure to levels not seen since late 2023, taking currency protection roughly 20% greater than the notional need implied by their U.S. assets. The trend reflects heightened investor caution toward the dollar in early 2026 and aligns with expectations around central ba…
Ribbon Communications President and CEO Bruce William McClelland purchased 37,000 shares of the company between February 10 and February 13, 2026, spending $74,307 in three transactions. The insider buying occurs amid a 61% decline in the stock over the past year and mixed fourth-quarter 2025 results that topped EPS estimates but missed revenue and…
Jefferies raised its rating on Medpace to Buy, pointing to a 56% rebound in biotech funding in H2 2025, a conservative balance sheet at the company, and a lower near-term risk from artificial intelligence. The broker expects new contract bookings to pick up in the back half of 2026 into 2027 given Medpace’s typical four- to six-quarter lag from fun…
Palantir is executing: high revenue growth, expanding cash flow and sticky government/commercial contracts. Valuation is extreme (P/E ~205x, market cap >$300B) and the stock is sensitive to AI-cycle sentiment. Trade plan: initiate a small long at $128.00, protect with a $100.00 stop, take first profits at $180.00 and consider doubling down on a dee…
Canada’s Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) defends the country’s bank capital framework as appropriately calibrated, saying requirements achieve a “Goldilocks zone” that preserves financial stability while allowing lenders to support credit. A technical report benchmarking six systemically important Canadian banks agains…
DA Davidson trimmed its price target on Airbnb Inc. to $150 from $155 while retaining a Buy recommendation, attributing the downward adjustment to broad market multiple compression tied to AI-related valuation shifts. The firm raised its 2026 revenue and adjusted EBITDA forecasts modestly after a strong fourth quarter for Airbnb, but reduced the st…
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC, a reported ten percent holder of Texas Pacific Land Corp (NYSE: TPL), disclosed the purchase of a single common share on February 12, 2026, for $413.24. The transaction leaves the firm with 3,479,372 directly held shares. Separately, Texas Pacific Land announced a partnership with Bolt Data & Energy to develop…
Murray Stahl, President and Co-Portfolio Manager at RENN Fund, Inc. (RCG), bought 1,134 shares of RCG common stock on February 12, 2026, in several transactions at $2.73 per share. The purchases totaled $3,095 and increase Stahl's direct stake to 147,734 shares. InvestingPro data shows the stock trading at $2.75, close to its 52-week high, while co…
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that JPMorgan Chase must defend against portions of a proposed class action alleging the bank paid brokerage and retirement account holders artificially low interest on idle cash swept into deposit accounts. Plaintiffs say Cash Sweep programs paid between 0.01% and 0.03% even as short-term market rates exceeded 5%…
BTIG identified AeroVironment (AVAV) and Leonardo DRS (DRS) as its leading industrial sector picks for the first half of 2026, citing expanded defense budgets and accelerating demand for unmanned systems, counter-unmanned technology, loitering munitions and electronic warfare solutions. The firm outlines recent contracts, margin profiles and supply…
L'Oreal's chief executive, Nicolas Hieronimus, said the company would welcome obtaining the Gucci beauty licence before its scheduled transfer in 2028. The licence, currently held by Coty, remains a topic of negotiation between Coty and Gucci's owner Kering. Key industry moves around the licence have followed Kering's sale of its Creed-centred beau…
Norway's benchmark Oslo OBX closed lower, down 0.89%, with losses concentrated in Media, Transport and Diversified Financials stocks. Market breadth was negative with 171 decliners versus 90 advancers. Frontline rose to a 52-week high, while Tomra, Norsk Hydro and Nordic Semiconductor posted the biggest drops. Oil, gold and currency benchmarks show…
Israel's benchmark TA 35 finished lower on Friday, falling 0.49% as declines in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors weighed on the market. Market breadth favored losers, while a handful of stocks posted notable gains and losses. Commodities and currency markets showed modest movement alongside U.S. dollar strength.
Instacart shares climbed sharply after the online grocery platform reported its strongest quarterly gross transaction value growth in three years and raised first-quarter GTV guidance above Wall Street expectations. Management pointed to improved product selection, quality enhancements and pricing moves to capture smaller baskets while continuing t…
Greek equities closed lower Friday, with the Athens General Composite dropping 2.82% as losses in banking, telecommunications and household sectors drove a broad retreat. Ekter was among the few gainers and reached a five-year high, while Titan Cement International, Eurobank Ergasias and Elvalhalcor were the session's heaviest decliners. Market bre…
QuidelOrtho President and CEO Brian J. Blaser purchased 10,540 shares of common stock on February 13, 2026, for a total of $248,660. The acquisition occurred at an average price of $23.5921 per share, with transaction prices ranging from $23.4200 to $23.9400. The move comes while the diagnostic healthcare company trades around $24.38 following a st…
A burst of investor selling tied to accelerating AI developments has pushed sharp losses across multiple U.S. sectors. The reaction began in software names following a high-profile legal AI plug-in release and widened as more model upgrades and new AI products emerged. Markets punished companies seen as vulnerable to automation, with declines spann…
Truist Securities raised its price target on Cognex to $52 from $42 and kept a Hold rating after the company's fourth-quarter results. Cognex reported revenue of $252 million, beat guidance on top-line and margins, delivered a strong adjusted EBITDA showing and updated its medium-term growth and margin targets. Several other firms also revised pric…
Coinbase shares climbed more than 16% shortly after 10:30 AM on Friday, recovering sharply a day after the company reported a 20% year-over-year decline in fourth-quarter revenue to $1.8 billion and a net loss of $667 million driven by unrealized markdowns on its crypto holdings and investments. The rebound follows a prior steep slide in the stock …
Truist Securities raised its price target on FedEx to $400 from $330 and kept a Buy rating, arguing the market is not fully valuing FedEx’s 2029 earnings framework that targets $25 per share for the Federal Express business. The firm’s breakdown of the company values the Freight unit at $74-$78 per share and assigns a $290-$295 valuation to the leg…
Barclays has resumed coverage of Medtronic with an Overweight rating and a $116 price target, pointing to robust expansion in the company’s electrophysiology business led by cardiac ablation systems for atrial fibrillation. The broker projects 60% to 70% growth in the EP segment, sees Affera and renal denervation as multi-year drivers, and expects …
