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Gilead Sciences CEO Daniel Patrick O’Day sold 115,640 shares of common stock on February 5, 2026, at $150.00 per share, receiving $17,346,000, and simultaneously exercised options to acquire the same number of shares at $66.01 for a value of $7,633,396. The transactions were carried out under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted February 28, 2025. Se…
Ahmad Bahai, a senior vice president at Texas Instruments Inc., sold 3,000 shares of TXN on Feb. 5, 2026, for roughly $670,386 after exercising options to acquire another 3,000 shares at $79.26. The stock was trading near its 52-week high while company results for Q4 2025 slightly missed estimates and management announced an all-cash acquisition of…
Mobileye’s $900M Mentee Robotics acquisition (announced 01/07/2026) created headlines and a short-lived pop. The deal is strategically interesting, but it does little to change near-term monetization challenges, capital allocation questions, and high expectations priced into the stock. With a market cap near $7.07B, $4.68B in cash, positive free ca…
Market liquidity in recent months appears driven more by activity in derivatives markets and speculative short-volatility strategies than by Federal Reserve balance sheet expansion, according to Tom Essaye of Sevens Report. While the Fed injected massive liquidity at the start of the COVID-19 crisis and expanded its balance sheet through 2022, the …
Verde Clean Fuels Inc (NASDAQ:VGAS) announced it has suspended development of its Permian Basin natural gas-to-gasoline project, citing increasing local demand for natural gas. The decision, made after a joint development effort with Cottonmouth Ventures, LLC - a wholly owned subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) - follows completion…
Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VIII completed an initial public offering that generated $241.5 million from the sale of 24.15 million units at $10.00 apiece, including 3.15 million units issued via the underwriters' full over-allotment exercise. The SPAC began trading on Feb. 5, 2026, with proceeds held in trust as it searches for a target, with…
Colombian markets closed higher on Friday, with the COLCAP index rising 2.14% as gains in the Industrials, Services and Agriculture sectors pushed the benchmark upward. Grupo Nutresa led the session, reaching an all-time high after an 8.14% surge, while several heavyweights including Interconexion Electric, Grupo Bolivar and the Bolsa de Valores de…
BofA Securities raised its price target on Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (MTD) to $1,640 from $1,600 after the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings release, while keeping a Buy rating. The bank pointed to disciplined guidance for fiscal 2026 and effective execution by management, noting conservative assumptions around tariffs and supply-chain…
San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said she is open to one or two more interest rate reductions to address growing strains in the labor market. While she backed the Fed's recent decision to hold the federal funds rate at 3.50%-3.75%, Daly warned that weakening job market signals - including difficulty for recent graduates and real wa…
The MOEX Russia Index slipped 0.10% at the Moscow close, driven by declines across the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors. While several large-cap names gained, more issues fell than rose. Volatility eased slightly and key commodity and currency benchmarks moved higher, with Gold Futures and crude oil posting gains.
S&P Global Ratings has maintained Iraq's long-term foreign and local currency rating at 'B-' and short-term rating at 'B', keeping a stable outlook. The agency points to Iraq's sizable usable reserves relative to external public debt and prospective oil production increases as key supports, while warning that domestic political uncertainty and elev…
BofA Securities increased its 12-month price target for Piper Sandler to $395 from $385 while leaving an Underperform rating unchanged. The adjustment follows a sizable fourth-quarter 2025 earnings beat driven by higher operating income and investment banking strength, alongside shareholder-friendly actions including a special dividend, accelerated…
Vista Equity Partners is heading a new Series E financing round of more than $350 million in AI chip maker SambaNova Systems, in partnership with Cambium Capital, with Intel expected to commit roughly $100 million and potential for up to $150 million. The fundraising is intended to support SambaNova's push into inference chips and cloud services as…
U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators have discussed a plan aiming for a March peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, followed by a simultaneous national election and referendum. Sources familiar with the deliberations say the timetable is optimistic and likely to slip because of unresolved territorial demands, legal hurdles tied to martial law, and …
Forgent Power Solutions completed its initial public offering by selling 56 million shares of Class A common stock at $27.00 per share. The deal, which began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on February 5, 2026, included shares sold both by existing stockholders controlled by Neos Partners, LP, and by the company itself. Proceeds from the com…
Jane Grebenc, Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer of First Commonwealth Financial Corp (NYSE: FCF), sold 7,402 shares of the bank’s common stock on February 5, 2026, in two transactions totaling $138,904. The trades occurred while FCF shares traded close to their 52-week high. The company reported a narrow fourth-quarter 2025 earning…
At a military-focused summit on artificial intelligence in A Coruna, Spain, just over a third of participating nations signed a non-binding set of 20 principles on the use of AI in warfare. The United States and China did not join the pledge, and several countries declined to sign amid strained relations and unease about committing to concrete poli…
A director of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Inc. sold 600 shares on February 4, 2026, realizing $22,362. The bank has since seen its share price rise to $38.63 and declared a special cash dividend of $0.17 per share, payable on February 13, 2026 to holders of record as of February 4, 2026. The shares trade modestly above their Fair Value per In…
Truist Securities raised its price target on Under Armour to $8.00 from $6.00 while keeping a Hold rating, citing the company’s quarterly beat and higher guidance. The new target sits near Under Armour’s trading level. Analysts and investors are watching recent developments, including a large stake disclosed by Fairfax Financial and reiterated anal…
Stifel reduced its price target for Werner Enterprises (WERN) to $31 from $36 and kept a Hold rating, citing a transitional quarter as management repositions the business. Werner reported Q4 2025 adjusted EPS of $0.05 and revenue of $737.6 million, both below analyst forecasts, while the company shifts mix toward higher-margin Dedicated services fo…
San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said she is open to one or two interest rate cuts to address strains in the labor market, noting workers are facing shrinking real wages and fewer job opportunities. Daly supported the recent decision to hold the policy rate at 3.50%-3.75% but said there was a case for trimming policy further if inf…
Apple is preparing to permit voice-enabled artificial intelligence applications from outside developers to operate inside CarPlay, allowing users to interact with third-party AI chatbots through their vehicle interface. The company will retain control over Siri activation, requiring users to open individual apps to use those voice features. Apple d…
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…
