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  • Saudi energy sites were struck, cutting crude production by about 600,000 bpd and East‑West pipeline flows by about 700,000 bpd.
  • Oil prices rose sharply on renewed supply disruption and Strait of Hormuz uncertainty.
  • Iran and the U.S. agreed to a two‑week ceasefire mediated by Pakistan, but combat and regional attacks continued.
  • U.S. stocks rose as ceasefire hopes supported risk appetite despite inflation and concentrated tech earnings concerns.
  • CarMax agreed to add two independent directors after reaching a settlement with activist Starboard, which withdrew its nominees.
  • Moscow shares slipped, with mining, oil & gas, and power stocks leading declines to a one‑month low on the MOEX.

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Brookfield Wealth Solutions Completes Acquisition of Just Group

Brookfield Wealth Solutions Completes Acquisition of Just Group

Brookfield Wealth Solutions has completed its acquisition of UK's Just Group Plc for £2.4 billion ($3.2 billion), significantly enhancing its presence in the UK pension risk transfer market. With over 700,000 customers and £30 billion in pension assets, Just Group is a leader in UK retirement services. The deal is expected to position Brookfield fo…

American Assets Trust, Inc. Increases Revolving Line of Credit to $500 Million and Extends Maturity Date in Its Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

American Assets Trust, Inc. Increases Revolving Line of Credit to $500 Million and Extends Maturity Date in Its Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

American Assets Trust, Inc. has amended its credit agreement to increase its revolving line of credit from $400 million to $500 million and extended the maturity of this credit facility along with its $100 million term loan to April 1, 2030. This financial repositioning enhances the company's liquidity and flexibility for future growth amid evolvin…

Kingstone CEO Meryl Golden Issues Shareholder Letter Following Record 2025 Results, Outlines Measured Expansion into California

Kingstone CEO Meryl Golden Issues Shareholder Letter Following Record 2025 Results, Outlines Measured Expansion into California

Kingstone Companies announced record financial results for 2025 with doubled net income and a strong combined ratio. The company is launching a measured expansion into California's excess & surplus homeowners insurance market, leveraging its pricing expertise, claims management, and agent relationships while maintaining disciplined underwriting and…

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. Schedules First Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. Schedules First Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLPI) will release its first quarter 2026 financial results on April 23, 2026, after market close, followed by a conference call with management on April 24 to discuss the quarter's performance and recent events. The company specializes in acquiring and leasing real estate properties to gaming operators …

IP Strategy Highlights Verse8’s $5M Raise as AI-Native Game Creation Enters the $200B Global Gaming Market

IP Strategy Highlights Verse8’s $5M Raise as AI-Native Game Creation Enters the $200B Global Gaming Market

IP Strategy Holdings spotlights Verse8's recent $5 million seed funding, supporting the development of an AI-native platform that enables creators to build multiplayer games via natural language prompts. This innovation targets the $239.92 billion global gaming market by democratizing game creation and integrating with the Story blockchain for on-c…

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust Declares its Monthly Common Shares Distribution of $0.225 per Share

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust Declares its Monthly Common Shares Distribution of $0.225 per Share

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust declared a monthly distribution of $0.225 per common share, a 25% decrease from the previous month, reflecting adjustments to align distributions with near-term earnings potential in the challenging CLO equity investing market. The Trust also completed a 1-for-5 reverse stock split and refinanced…

Merit Medical Acquires View Point Medical, Inc., expanding the Merit Therapeutic Oncology Portfolio

Merit Medical Acquires View Point Medical, Inc., expanding the Merit Therapeutic Oncology Portfolio

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMSI) has completed the acquisition of View Point Medical, Inc. Through this merger, View Point becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary, with Merit paying approximately $140 million including deferred payments. The acquisition broadens Merit's oncology product portfolio by integrating the OneMark Detection Imaging Sys…

Monroe Capital Corporation Declares Final Distribution

Monroe Capital Corporation Declares Final Distribution

Monroe Capital Corporation announced a final cash distribution comprising undistributed net income and capital gains plus $13 million from a pre-merger asset sale. This final distribution is contingent upon the completion of its merger with Horizon Technology Finance Corporation, expected by mid-April 2026. Stockholders must hold shares through the…

Strawberry Fields REIT Director Acquires $17,465 Stake; Company Announces Dividend and Executive Pay Changes

Strawberry Fields REIT Director Acquires $17,465 Stake; Company Announces Dividend and Executive Pay Changes

Strawberry Fields REIT director Stanford Gertz purchased 1,395 shares of the company’s common stock on March 18, 2026, paying $12.52 per share for a total of $17,465. The buy was conducted at a price above the current trading level of $11.90 and follows company announcements that include a $0.16 cash dividend for Q1 2026 and an increase in compensa…

UK low-pay advisers flag roughly 3.7% minimum wage increase for 2027

UK low-pay advisers flag roughly 3.7% minimum wage increase for 2027

The Low Pay Commission has proposed that Britain’s national minimum wage may need to increase by about 3.7% in 2027 to keep pace with expected average earnings growth, projecting a central rate of 13.18 pounds an hour while opening an annual consultation with employers, unions and the public. The projection is provisional and the commission said th…

BRIUMVI Momentum + Selective Buybacks: A Tactical Long on TGTX

BRIUMVI Momentum + Selective Buybacks: A Tactical Long on TGTX

TG Therapeutics' BRIUMVI continues to drive outsized top-line growth, management is leaning into commercial expansion and awareness campaigns, and the stock trades at a reasonable P/E for a growth-to-profit story. We recommend a tactical long with a $33.20 entry, $46.48 target and $29.00 stop, horizon ~180 trading days.

Platinum Equity Disposes of 1.35M Ingram Micro Shares in $28.8M Trade

Platinum Equity Disposes of 1.35M Ingram Micro Shares in $28.8M Trade

Platinum Equity sold 1,348,314 shares of Ingram Micro Holding Corp on March 30, 2026, at $21.36 per share for a total of $28,799,987. The stake was transacted through a chain of affiliated vehicles controlled by Tom Gores. After the sale, Platinum Equity and related entities continue to beneficially own 197,104,541 shares. Separately, Ingram Holdco…