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Borrowers identified as harmed in enforcement action against student loan servicer Navient have begun receiving payments from a $100 million compensation pool established by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The disbursements follow a 2024 settlement that included a ban on Navient servicing federal student loans and a $120 million paym…
BlueScope Steel said it is evaluating a revised, unsolicited 'best and final' takeover proposal from a consortium led by SGH Ltd and U.S.-based Steel Dynamics that would value the company at about A$15 billion. The cash offer proposes A$32.35 per share via SGH, with North American assets to be sold to Steel Dynamics. BlueScope cautioned there is no…
Santos Ltd reported a 25% fall in underlying net profit after tax to $898 million for the 2025 financial year as softer commodity prices reduced realized sales values. Revenue declined 8% to $4.94 billion. Management announced plans to reduce headcount by around 10% to lower costs and align the company after a period of growth. The company declared…
David Malcom Rodman, Chief Medical Officer of Mineralys Therapeutics, sold 417 shares of company stock on February 17, 2026, under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan and simultaneously exercised options to acquire an equal number of shares. The transactions leave Rodman with 44,089 directly held shares. Mineralys has seen a substantial share-price gain ove…
Reid Alan McWilliams, Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources at Sanmina Corp, sold 3,500 shares on February 13, 2026, for $148.45 per share, realizing $519,574. After the sale he retains 33,981 shares. Separately, Sanmina reported first-quarter 2026 results with EPS of $2.38 versus $2.14 expected and revenue of $3.19 billion, 3.24% above …
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital director Jeffrey Eckel sold $5.2 million worth of company stock on February 17, 2026, in two separate transactions. The trades occurred as HASI traded close to its 52-week high and after the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat expectations. An analyst lift and dividend details round out recen…
Andrew Benjamin Walz, President, DM&C at Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX), sold 666 shares of common stock on February 12, 2026, realizing $122,144. The transaction followed by his continued direct and indirect holdings coincides with company moves into the Sirte Basin, a major offshore contract award with Subsea 7, and an analyst upgrade that highlights C…
Guidewire Software Chief Executive Officer Michael George Rosenbaum sold 1,200 shares on February 17, 2026, netting $152,400 in an automated transaction under a 10b5-1 plan. The sale occurred while the stock traded close to its 52-week low, even as the company announced a new $500 million repurchase program and received analyst upgrades following f…
Radio Free Asia (RFA) has restarted broadcasts targeting audiences in China, RFA’s CEO said, after last year’s funding cuts under the Trump administration largely halted the outlet’s operations. The outlet says private contracting enabled the relaunch of radio services in several languages, but sustained restoration depends on newly approved congre…
Axalta delivered solid operational metrics, including a record adjusted EBITDA quarter, but the stock has failed to rally. Valuation is middling (P/E ~19.6, EV/EBITDA ~9.2) while leverage (debt/equity 1.36) and a thin catalyst set leave limited upside. We recommend a tactical short for the mid term (45 trading days) with strict risk controls.
Andrew R. Harrison, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Alaska Air Group, sold 14,500 shares on February 13, 2026, at an average price of $54.8112 per share for roughly $794,762, following the conversion of restricted stock units into common shares. Additional share disposals to cover tax obligations and the company's recen…
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…
