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Zscaler Inc. shares climbed 5% Tuesday following the launch of the AI Security Suite, a set of tools intended to give organizations visibility and control over generative AI services, development environments, and embedded AI inside SaaS. The product rollout follows findings from Zscaler’s ThreatLabz 2026 AI Security Report, which reported critical…
A report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds Canada is on track to be roughly 90,000 child-care spaces short of its five-year expansion target by spring 2026. Provinces had agreed to create more than 284,000 new spaces by March 31, 2026, predominantly in non-profit and public settings, but only 194,000 had been delivered six mont…
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced its symbolic Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds before midnight, the closest setting yet. The Chicago-based group cited rising tensions among nuclear-armed states, erosion of arms control frameworks, active conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, and growing concerns about unregulated military uses of arti…
Freedom Capital Markets lowered its recommendation on SLB from Hold to Sell while nudging its price target up to $48 from $47. The downgrade follows Schlumberger's weak fourth-quarter 2025 results, including a 15.2% year-over-year decline in adjusted EPS and a modest gross profit margin, and reflects concerns that tepid global drilling activity wil…
BWS Financial has launched coverage of American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL) with a Buy rating and a $17 price objective, citing the company’s pending merger with Dowlais Group plc as a strategic move that should broaden customer exposure and expand product and geographic reach. The firm highlights recent margin-focused bidding changes that compresse…
Shares of several grocery chains and delivery platforms fell after Amazon announced a broad expansion of its grocery delivery services, plans to open more than 100 new Whole Foods Market stores, and the wind-down of Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh physical outlets. The move includes growth in Same-Day Delivery for perishables, testing an ultra-fast 'Ama…
Moroccan equities closed higher on Tuesday, with the Moroccan All Shares index rising 1.26% at the Casablanca close. Gains concentrated in Banking, Beverage and Transport names pushed the market upward, while a handful of stocks in industrial and services segments registered the session's largest declines. Commodity and currency moves accompanied t…
Needham & Company upgraded Affirm from Hold to Buy after the company applied for a bank charter, arguing that an FDIC-insured deposit base could materially change Affirm's funding costs, accelerate product integration, and boost long-term earnings potential. The firm set a $100 price target and highlighted potential funding cost savings and product…
Citi has lifted its near-term silver price objective to $150 an ounce, citing continued momentum driven mainly by capital flows and retail investment. The bank expects a further 30-40% increase over the next 0-3 months, while saying a rise to around $300 an ounce would be an extremely unlikely outcome. The rally has already sent silver to roughly $…
Tractor Supply has quietly rebuilt upside momentum into earnings while fundamentals still read like a quality compounder: strong ROE (about 43%), solid ROA (about 10%), and manageable leverage (debt-to-equity ~0.69). At roughly $29B market cap and ~26.6x earnings, the stock isn’t cheap, but it looks reasonable if 2026 guidance supports accelerating…
Mizuho raised its price target on Seagate Technology to $400 from $370 while retaining an Outperform rating, pointing to artificial intelligence demand as a key driver of higher average selling prices in the hard disk drive market. The firm bases the new target on 26 times fiscal 2027 EPS and highlights third-market pricing showing quarter-over-qua…
Bernstein has reiterated its Outperform rating on Figure Technology (NASDAQ:FIGR) and set a $72.00 price target, implying roughly 15% upside from the current share price of $62.49. The firm named Figure its "top pick for 2026," citing the company’s focus as a "pure play tokenization platform for credit," and highlighted new product development and …
Bernstein SocGen Group reiterated an Outperform rating on SanDisk (SNDK) and set a $580 price target, signaling potential upside from the current share price. The firm pointed to an "unprecedented NAND upcycle" driven by AI workloads and constrained supply, while several other brokerages have also raised price targets or adjusted coverage amid stro…
Mizuho has increased its price objective for Western Digital Corp. to $265 from $240 and kept an Outperform rating, pointing to artificial intelligence-driven demand as a catalyst for higher nearline hard disk drive average selling prices. The move comes amid a broader wave of analyst upgrades and price-target raises, while the stock has already ra…
Meta’s WhatsApp is rolling out a new one-click security option called "Strict Account Settings" that bundles several defenses aimed at users who face elevated cyber threat levels. The setting blocks media and attachments from unknown senders, turns off link previews and silences calls from contacts not in a user’s address book. WhatsApp positions t…
Relatives of two Trinidadian men killed in an October missile strike have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court in Boston, alleging the U.S. campaign of maritime missile strikes amounts to unlawful killings of civilians. The suit, brought under the Death on the High Seas Act and the Alien Tort Statute, seeks damages for the deaths of Chad…
Mizuho Capital Markets on Tuesday raised its price objective for SanDisk (SNDK) to $600 from $410 and kept an Outperform rating, pointing to constrained NAND wafer capacity and accelerating AI server demand as drivers of sharply higher pricing and improved margins into 2026 and beyond. Other analysts and ratings agencies have also adjusted targets …
Bernstein SocGen Group has increased its price objective for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to $916 from $911 while keeping an Outperform rating ahead of the company’s imminent quarterly report. The firm pointed to improving dynamics for Regeneron’s Eylea HD product and anticipates stronger performance in 2026 driven by regulatory approvals and product …
Mizuho raised its price objective on Micron Technology to $480 from $390 and maintained an Outperform rating, citing robust pricing momentum in legacy DRAM and NAND markets. The firm projects large year-over-year NAND price gains in 2026 and 2027 amid limited wafer capacity additions and rising AI server demand. Micron shares trade near a 52-week h…
Bernstein raised its price objective for Ryanair to $71 from $69 while retaining a Market Perform rating, pointing to modest improvements in revenue and cost metrics. Ryanair reported a 1.1% year-over-year increase in RASK and a 0.8% rise in CASK, benefitting from lower fuel expenses. The airline also announced plans to grow passenger traffic and t…
Bernstein SocGen Group reiterated an Outperform rating and set a $395.00 price target on Eaton Corporation (NYSE: ETN) following the company’s announcement to separate its Mobility businesses into a standalone public company. The Mobility segment contributes roughly $3.1 billion in revenue and $500 million in segment EBITDA; Eaton says the spin-off…
A U.S. embassy source confirmed that personnel from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) will provide security support for U.S. delegations at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, running February 6-22. The source said the HSI agents will not undertake immigration enforcement while in Italy and that opera…
Emeritus Director Jack W. Schuler purchased a total of 100,000 shares of Biodesix Inc (NASDAQ:BDSX) common stock across two transactions in late January 2026, with combined consideration of $1,180,736. The purchases coincided with the company reporting preliminary fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results that exceeded guidance and analyst expectat…
Wolfe Research upgraded Target to Peer Perform from Underperform, citing a likely near-term earnings rebase, signs of operational improvement and a sizeable real estate asset base that provides downside protection. The firm projects a potential reset of earnings to about $6 in fiscal 2026 before gradual recovery, and expects higher capital and oper…
DA Davidson analyst Gil Luria says Microsoft’s Azure is outpacing Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services in growth, but Microsoft shares trade near the low end of their historical multiple range, creating a potential valuation gap with peers. The firm also outlines expectations for Meta, Apple and Amazon, and notes a series of analyst target…
