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Benchmark Starts Coverage of CAVA With Buy Rating, $80 Price Target

Benchmark Starts Coverage of CAVA With Buy Rating, $80 Price Target

Benchmark launched coverage of CAVA Group with a Buy rating and an $80 price target, highlighting the chain's leadership in Mediterranean fast-casual, robust unit-level economics and an expansion trajectory that could lift domestic locations to at least 1,000 by 2032. The firm pointed to high average unit volumes, healthy restaurant-level margins a…

Senators Seek Answers From DOT Over FAA Chief’s Republic Airways Holdings

Senators Seek Answers From DOT Over FAA Chief’s Republic Airways Holdings

Three Democratic senators have formally asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to clarify whether Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Bryan Bedford has sold his Republic Airways shares and whether he will forfeit any gains for failing to divest by an agreed deadline. The request follows Bedford’s December acknowledgment that he had n…

Athens Market Falls as Banks, Telecoms and Household Names Weigh on Index

Athens Market Falls as Banks, Telecoms and Household Names Weigh on Index

Greece's main equity index ended the session lower, with the Athens General Composite slipping 1.69% at the close. Losses were concentrated in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors. Decliners outnumbered advancers by a wide margin, while a handful of companies posted notable gains, including two reaching multi-year and all-time peaks.

JPMorgan Lowers Corteva to Neutral, Cites Valuation Constraints

JPMorgan Lowers Corteva to Neutral, Cites Valuation Constraints

JPMorgan has downgraded Corteva from Overweight to Neutral, arguing the stock's current price already reflects much of the upside and that valuation levers are limited until agricultural risks and the planned separation of the seed and crop protection businesses become clearer. The bank adjusted its price target slightly higher after lifting consol…

Rio Tinto Ends Talks with Glencore, Third Attempt to Merge Falls Apart

Rio Tinto Ends Talks with Glencore, Third Attempt to Merge Falls Apart

Rio Tinto confirmed on Feb 5 that discussions with Glencore over a potential takeover have been discontinued after the parties were unable to reach an agreement that would provide value to Rio shareholders. This marks the third time efforts to combine the two firms have been abandoned, underscoring persistent obstacles to large-scale consolidation …

Multiple Bidders Keep Pressure on Lukoil Asset Sale as Carlyle Moves Forward

Multiple Bidders Keep Pressure on Lukoil Asset Sale as Carlyle Moves Forward

Despite a preliminary agreement for U.S. private equity firm Carlyle to acquire Lukoil’s global assets, at least two other bidder groups - including a Chevron-Quantum partnership and an Xtellus-led consortium - continue discussions with Lukoil and U.S. officials. The sale faces regulatory and political checkpoints, with the U.S. Treasury setting a …

Can-Fite Shares Rally After Compassionate-Use Patient Stabilized and Transplanted Following Namodenoson Treatment

Can-Fite Shares Rally After Compassionate-Use Patient Stabilized and Transplanted Following Namodenoson Treatment

Can-Fite BioPharma's stock climbed 9.5% after the company reported that a patient with advanced decompensated liver cirrhosis treated with Namodenoson under compassionate use achieved sufficient clinical stabilization to proceed to a successful liver transplant once a donor became available. The company highlighted the case while Namodenoson contin…

Wells Fargo Lowers Ratings on Public Storage and SmartStop, Cites Softer 2026 Outlook for Self-Storage

Wells Fargo Lowers Ratings on Public Storage and SmartStop, Cites Softer 2026 Outlook for Self-Storage

Wells Fargo downgraded Public Storage (PSA) and SmartStop (SMA) to Equal Weight, arguing that recent share price gains in the self-storage sector have outstripped underlying operating metrics. The bank trimmed price targets to $295 for Public Storage and $33 for SmartStop, and flagged weaker same-store revenue and restrained funds-from-operations (…

OpenAI unveils Frontier to help enterprises build and run AI agents

OpenAI unveils Frontier to help enterprises build and run AI agents

OpenAI has launched Frontier, a platform intended to enable businesses to construct, deploy, and manage AI agents that carry out substantive tasks across organizations. The offering emphasizes integration with existing enterprise systems, explicit security controls, agent onboarding and learning, and collaboration with customer teams and AI-native …