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Vir Biotechnology shares fell after Chief Financial Officer Jason O’Byrne said he will leave to pursue another opportunity. Brent Sabatini, the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, will serve as Interim Principal Financial Officer while the company searches for a permanent successor. The move arrives with an earnings report…
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to extend a pause on their proposed $111 billion merger until June 1, 2027, or until a federal court issues a ruling on a lawsuit brought by state attorneys general seeking to block the deal. A temporary restraining order from a federal judge in Northern California, which initially put a 14-day hold …
Robert C. Abernethy, a director at Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Inc., executed a transaction involving the sale of 5,000 shares of the company's common stock on July 23, 2026. The sale, valued at $210,700, occurred at a price of $42.14 per share, reducing his direct ownership position. The transaction takes place as the stock trades near its 5…
Piper Sandler analyst John Royall began coverage of large-cap independent refiners with a modestly positive stance, ranking Marathon Petroleum and Valero Energy as top picks. Royall points to an unusually tight supply backdrop, significant refinery downtime and strong fundamentals extending into next year, while noting mid-cycle valuation pressures…
A federal appeals court has blocked Texas from enforcing a provision of the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act that required social media platforms to monitor and filter user content tied to self-harm, abuse and other harms. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act pree…
Exelixis is a liquid, profitable oncology company trading near $55.40 with a $13.9B market cap. Recent pipeline progress for zanzalintinib and durable cash flow from Cabometyx create a compelling mid-term long trade: entry at $55.50, stop at $50.00, target $64.00 over ~45 trading days. The balance sheet and free cash flow ($912M) underpin execution…
Uber shares fell sharply after reports that Alphabet-owned Waymo is weighing an exit from its partnership with the ride-hailing company. Waymo is reportedly discussing terminating agreements that underlie joint operations in Austin and Atlanta, and has notified Uber that it could operate independently in those markets once contracts permit in Janua…
Globalfoundries Chief Strategy Officer Michael James Hogan has executed a transaction involving the sale and gift of company shares, as disclosed in a recent SEC Form 4 filing. The move, conducted under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, occurred amid a period of stock price fluctuation and follows several significant corporate developments for the semico…
Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman once close to Venezuela's ousted leader Nicolas Maduro, pleaded not guilty to U.S. money laundering charges at a hearing in Miami. Saab's legal team entered the plea on his behalf. Venezuelan authorities deported him in May to face the accusations, which include alleged theft from a welfare program intended to buy…
Liberty Justice Center brought a lawsuit Friday in the Court of International Trade contesting President Trump's recently announced tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on several major trading partners. The group says the duties exceed the authority granted under the Trade Act of 1974 and represent an effort to restore a broader tariff policy previously struck…
Alibaba is trading well below its 52-week high despite improving technical momentum and a clear pathway to monetize large-language-model assets through Alibaba Cloud and product integrations. This trade idea takes a constructive view on Qwen-driven AI adoption while defining risk with a tight stop and a realistic mid-term target.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said the United States will lift the 35% tariffs on Serbian goods, cutting the rate to zero effective Friday evening. The tariffs, imposed last year, hit mainly small and medium-sized firms across several sectors. Vucic also indicated the rate could later be set between 10% and 12%, and said the change should help…
Scribe Therapeutics jumped roughly 48.6% in afternoon trading on its first day as a public company after pricing an upsized IPO at $15 per share. Strong institutional demand, including a Sanofi private placement and Eli Lilly's move to sustain its stake, combined with the company's epigenetic gene-regulation platform and a lead cardiometabolic cand…
TXO Partners (TXO) offers a favorable risk-reward into Q2 earnings: strong free cash flow, an attractive distribution ($0.36 quarterly), reasonable leverage, and constructive technicals. Enter around $13.10 with a $12.20 stop and a primary target at $15.50 (52-week high) over a mid-term (45 trading days) horizon.
Outlook Therapeutics announced FDA approval of LYTENAVA™ (bevacizumab-vikg), the first ophthalmic bevacizumab specifically developed for intravitreal administration to treat neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This approval grants the company 12 years of market exclusivity and positions LYTENAVA as a new standard in retina car…
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a law late Thursday banning both the production and sale of foie gras in Brazil. The move, described by advocates as a firm stance against animal cruelty, will halt imports of the product and makes Brazil the first Latin American country to prohibit both stages of the foie gras supply chain.
Two former Volkswagen AG engineers were arrested on insider trading charges after federal prosecutors say they used confidential information about Volkswagen’s $5 billion joint venture with Rivian Automotive Inc. to trade profitably. The indictment names Michael Stamp and Michael Plank and details financial gains and internet searches that prosecut…
Two American small businesses have filed suit in the U.S. trade court in New York challenging President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners. The plaintiffs argue the tariffs exceed the president’s legal authority, contend that the policy lacks required country-specific findings on forced labor, and say the action attempt…
A coalition of technology companies led by Nvidia and Microsoft publicly urged policymakers to avoid broad restrictions on open-source artificial intelligence models, arguing that openness supports scrutiny, safety improvements and competition. The appeal, published on social platform X and signed by roughly two dozen organizations including Meta a…
Piper Sandler opened coverage of the Global Integrated Oils sector with a broadly neutral view, giving Chevron an Overweight rating and Neutral ratings to BP, Shell, TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil. The firm models an average Brent price of about $80 per barrel through next year and expects refining margins to remain strong, positioning downstream ope…
Seagate ($STX) still benefits from AI-driven data-center storage demand, but the stock carries a premium — P/E roughly 71x and P/FCF ~85x — that leaves the market little tolerance for disappointing guidance. This trade idea outlines an actionable long entry on weakness ahead of earnings with a defined stop and target across a 180 trading-day horizo…
Karim Khan, the International Criminal Court prosecutor who pushed the court into high-profile confrontations over arrest warrants for world leaders, was dismissed by ICC member states after internal findings of inappropriate sexual conduct with a junior lawyer. His career, spanning high-stakes defence and prosecution roles in international tribuna…
The Democratic National Committee’s Rules & Bylaws Committee voted to keep South Carolina as the first state in the 2028 presidential nominating contest, rejecting Nevada’s push to move ahead. The decision, reached after two days of sometimes acrimonious debate and late-night lobbying, split party leaders along racial lines and will likely be ratif…
The Canadian dollar weakened versus the U.S. dollar as oil prices fell from earlier gains and investors awaited the Federal Reserve's upcoming interest rate decision. The currency traded lower on the day and posted a weekly loss after renewed trade tensions and shifting commodity dynamics influenced market sentiment.
Options activity in Walt Disney Co. accelerated through mid-afternoon, with total contracts traded reaching 74,329 by 1:30 p.m. New York time. Call options made up the bulk of the flow, and the July 24, 2026 $96 call was the single most-traded strike. Several multi-leg November positions also registered sizable volume. Disney shares were higher on …
