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The head of U.S. Africa Command has acknowledged that a small team of U.S. forces has been deployed to Nigeria to provide specialized capabilities in support of counterterrorism efforts. The deployment follows U.S. airstrikes in December and what U.S. officials describe as an ongoing expansion of surveillance and cooperation with Nigerian authoriti…
Bank of America has started selling investment-grade U.S. dollar bonds, offering six-year fixed- and floating-rate notes and an 11-year fixed-rate security with initial price talk at 100 basis points over Treasuries. The move makes BofA the last of the major Wall Street banks to issue debt following fourth-quarter results, joining a broader surge i…
Hot GFG LLC sold 1,794,766 shares of Fat Brands, Inc. Class A common stock on January 30, 2026, receiving $485,843 in proceeds. After the transaction the holder no longer retains any Class A shares but continues to own 1,544,623 shares of Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock. The sale occurred as Fat Brands' stock has plunged 94.7% over the past yea…
Goldman Sachs has affirmed a Buy rating on Apple Inc. with a $330.00 price objective, pointing to improving App Store spending as a key driver for Services revenue. The target implies roughly 22% upside from Apple’s then-current share price of $270.16. January App Store data showed around 7% year-over-year growth, with mixed results across categori…
Blackstone Inc. President Jon Gray told attendees at the WSJ Invest conference that he expects dealmaking and initial public offerings to pick up in 2026. He cited a favorable regulatory environment, greater capital availability and lower interest rates as key drivers, highlighted a robust pipeline of potential U.S. IPOs and flagged growth opportun…
Maritime sources and a security consultancy reported that Iranian gunboats approached the U.S.-flagged tanker Stena Imperative in the Strait of Hormuz, ordered it to stop its engine and prepare to be boarded, and then the tanker accelerated and continued under escort by a U.S. warship. The incident occurred north of Oman inside the inbound Traffic …
Novo Nordisk shares fell sharply after the company projected a 2026 sales decline of 5% to 13% amid intensifying competition in the obesity treatment market. The guidance was materially weaker than analysts' consensus for a 2% sales drop and came alongside fourth-quarter results showing a 14% fall in operating profit to 31.7 billion Danish crowns. …
Waymo will appear before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee to defend its safety record after federal agencies launched probes into a vehicle striking a child near an elementary school and robotaxis passing vehicles that were loading or unloading at parked school buses. In written testimony, the Alphabet unit said its self-driving vehicles have "be…
HSBC upgraded Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) from Hold to Buy and raised its price target to $205, citing a stronger-than-expected fourth quarter that included 70% revenue growth, substantial margin improvement and raised 2026 profit guidance. Other brokerages issued a range of reactions from Buy reaffirmations to Neutral ratings and mixed price…
Serina Therapeutics Chief Scientific Officer Randall Moreadith sold 6,500 shares on February 2, 2026, for $19,680 and simultaneously exercised 6,500 fully vested options at $0.06 per share. The company secured FDA clearance to begin a Phase 1b study of SER-252 and has started site activities in Australia, while facing a New York Stock Exchange noti…
Shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and Red Cat Holdings rose modestly after the War Department named both companies among 25 vendors invited to Phase I of the Drone Dominance Program. The initial evaluation - dubbed 'the Gauntlet' - starts February 18 at Fort Benning, runs through early March, and is expected to be followed by roughly $1…
K2 Capital Acquisition Corporation completed an initial public offering of 13.8 million units at $10 per unit, raising $138 million after underwriters exercised an additional 1.8 million-unit option. The units - each composed of one Class A ordinary share and a right to one-fifth of a Class A share upon closing a business combination - began tradin…
Vicki L. Sato, a director at Vir Biotechnology, sold 22,000 shares on February 2, 2026, for $169,670 under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. The sale came as Vir shares have risen strongly year-to-date and over the past six months. The company recently reported encouraging Phase 2 SOLSTICE results for hepatitis delta therapy and struck a licensing agreement with…
Argentina's financial markets reacted negatively after the head of the national statistics agency resigned and the implementation of a revised consumer price index (CPI) methodology was delayed. Authorities and market participants are at odds over the timing of the methodological change, a dispute that has revived concerns about statistical indepen…
John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS) has rallied to fresh 52-week highs but the setup still favors a measured long. Q4 EPS strength, low leverage, positive free cash flow and an EV/EBITDA of ~8 give the stock an attractive risk-reward for a mid-term swing. Enter on a light pullback or at-market, place a disciplined stop under the 50-day trend, and targe…
Palestinian women who were among the first people allowed back into Gaza after the Rafah crossing reopened under the ceasefire reported being blindfolded, handcuffed and questioned by Israeli forces after passing from Egypt. Their accounts describe long delays, confiscated belongings and screening by Israel-backed Palestinian gunmen and European mo…
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC purchased one share of Texas Pacific Land Corp (NYSE: TPL) on February 2, 2026 at $338.12, leaving the firm with 3,479,364 shares. Texas Pacific Land's third-quarter 2025 results missed analyst expectations on both EPS and revenue. The company also announced a strategic tie-up with Bolt Data & Energy to develop…
SLB shares rose 2% after the company secured a $1.5 billion, five-year integrated contract from Kuwait Oil Company to advance the next phase of development at the Mutriba field. The deal broadens SLB’s responsibilities to include design, development and production management for deeper, higher-pressure, sour reservoirs and shifts the project toward…
Amazon's top-line strength masks a margin story that is deteriorating. With negative free cash flow of -$32.4B, a P/E near 34, EV/EBITDA ~29.6 and rising operating pressure in retail and advertising, the risk/reward over the next 45 trading days favors a tactical short. This trade idea lays out a clear entry, stop and target, plus catalysts and wha…
Since a landmark $2 billion supply agreement between Caracas and Washington, U.S. Gulf Coast refiners have faced difficulty absorbing a rapid increase in Venezuelan crude flows. Traders and tanker tracking show rising volumes have outpaced immediate refining demand, driving heavier discounts for some Venezuelan grades, leaving cargoes held in stora…
Renasant Corporation's executive vice president and general counsel sold 6,000 shares of the company's common stock on February 2, 2026, for $37.8798 per share, generating $227,278 in proceeds. After the sale, the executive holds 65,172 shares. Separately, Renasant reported fourth-quarter 2025 adjusted EPS of $0.91 on revenue of $278.52 million, bo…
Portugal's main equity index, the PSI, closed higher Tuesday, rising 1.40% to reach a new five-year high. Gains were concentrated in Utilities, Telecoms and Basic Materials, while a small number of stocks recorded declines. Commodity and currency markets saw mixed moves, with Brent and WTI crude up modestly and notable strength reported in gold fut…
Italian equities finished the session in positive territory as the Investing.com Italy 40 index climbed to a fresh all-time high, driven by advances in the Healthcare, Financials and Industrials sectors. Individual movers included gains for DiaSorin, Davide Campari Milano and Tenaris, while Nexi, Interpump Group and Amplifon were among the laggards…
German equities finished modestly lower on Tuesday, with losses concentrated in the Retail, Software and Media sectors. The DAX slipped 0.09% at the close in Frankfurt while the TecDAX led declines, down 1.00%. Individual names produced wide divergences: several blue-chips and mid-caps posted strong gains, but a number of retailers and technology-r…
Belgium's main equity gauge closed higher after the session on Tuesday, with the BEL 20 climbing 0.74% to a fresh all-time high. Strength in Utilities, Industrials and Consumer Services supported the advance. Individual winners included Umicore, Ageas and Ackermans & Van Haaren, while Melexis and Sofina were among the laggards. Market breadth was p…
