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Lenders to bankrupt auto-parts supplier First Brands Group are resisting a proposed second debtor-in-possession loan after losses on an earlier financing, and are pressing for the sale or liquidation of segments of the company instead of extending further credit, sources familiar with the matter said.
U.S. stock index futures were little changed Monday evening as investors digested a federal proposal on Medicare Advantage payments that sent major health insurers lower in after-hours trading. Market participants are awaiting the Federal Reserve's policy decision at the end of a two-day meeting and earnings from several large technology firms that…
Guidewire Software Inc's CEO Michael George Rosenbaum sold 1,200 shares on January 26, 2026, for $160.32 each, netting $192,384. The disposition occurred as GWRE shares traded near a 52-week low. The sale was made under a pre-established 10b5-1 plan. Separately, the company launched a new $500 million share repurchase program after completing its p…
Gold prices held firm in early Asian trading after posting consecutive record highs amid renewed safe-haven buying linked to U.S. trade policy threats and rising tensions in the Middle East. Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will hold rates steady this week contributed to a broadly risk-averse tone across markets, supporting demand for bul…
Endeavor Blockchain, LLC, together with Joshua Allen Kilgore, PM Squared LLC and Cody Smith, purchased 60,000 common shares of Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. (NASDAQ: MIGI) on January 26, 2026, at a weighted average price of $4.84. The transaction increased Endeavor Blockchain's direct holdings to 1,460,000 shares. Separately, Mawson reported a 3…
Gilead Sciences CEO Daniel Patrick O’Day sold 115,640 shares on January 23, 2026, under a Rule 10b5-1 plan for $15.6 million and simultaneously exercised options for the same number of shares at $66.01 per share valued at $7.6 million. The company’s shares have risen 46.54% over the past year and trade near a 52-week high, while analysts point to Y…
Reddit Chief Technology Officer Christopher Brian Slowe reported the sale of 11,900 shares of Class A Common Stock on January 22, 2026, generating proceeds of $2,976,561. The Form 4 filing also shows Slowe exercised 12,000 options at a $0 strike and converted 12,000 Class B shares into Class A shares. The disclosures arrive as several brokerages pu…
A National Australia Bank survey showed business conditions in Australia strengthened in December, driven by gains in sales and profits. While confidence edged higher and employment remained positive, elevated capacity utilisation and rising price measures suggest the economy may be nearing its operating limit ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia…
Jeffrey T. Taylor, Executive Vice President for Capital Markets at Velocity Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VEL), sold 1,770 shares of common stock on January 26, 2026, for $20.00 per share, generating $35,400 in proceeds while retaining a direct stake of 184,137 shares. The transaction occurred close to the stock's trading price at the time. Separately, Ve…
Anta Sports Products has reached an agreement to acquire a 29.06% stake in Puma from the Pinault family's Artémis holding company for 1.51 billion euros. The Hong Kong-listed firm will pay 35 euros per share for 43 million shares, making Anta Puma's largest shareholder. The deal is contingent on antitrust sign-offs, approval by Anta shareholders an…
Manish H. Bhatia, Executive Vice President of Global Operations at Micron Technology Inc., sold 26,623 shares on January 22, 2026, for $10,410,771 across six transactions. The move comes as Micron signed an exclusive Letter of Intent to buy Powerchip Semiconductor’s P5 fabrication site in Taiwan for $1.8 billion and as several analysts revised thei…
A BOJ gauge tracking inter-company service charges rose 2.6% year-on-year in December, down marginally from November's 2.7% gain. Price increases were concentrated in labour-intensive areas such as hotels and construction, reinforcing the central bank's argument that a tight jobs market is keeping upward pressure on wages and services inflation. Th…
Anta Sports said on Tuesday it will acquire roughly 29% of Puma from the Pinault family’s investment arm, Artemis, paying about €1.5 billion in cash for 43 million shares at €35 each. The purchase, announced in a Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing, comes as Puma confronts weakening sales and follows earlier January reports that a deal was close.
Gregory Bovino has been taken out of his assignment as the U.S. Border Patrol's "commander at large" and will go back to his former position in California, with reports indicating he is expected to retire soon. The move was reported by The Atlantic, which cited a Department of Homeland Security official and two individuals with knowledge of the cha…
Australia’s AUB Group will acquire a 95.9% stake in U.K. insurance broker and underwriting platform Prestige for A$432 million ($298.7 million). The deal, which values Prestige at 12.9 times calendar 2025 EBITDA before synergies, will be funded through a fully underwritten A$400 million placement, a share purchase plan of up to A$40 million, and a …
Robert C. Patent, a director at Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp (MCB), sold 16,065 shares of common stock in multiple transactions on January 22 and 23, 2026, totaling roughly $1.36 million. The sales ranged from $90.044 to $96.1553 per share. Separately, Metropolitan Bank reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that exceeded analyst forecasts on both …
Fairfax Financial Holdings LTD/ CAN and WATSA V PREM ET AL, each listed as 10% owners of Under Armour, Inc. (NASDAQ:UAA), executed purchases of Class A and Class C common shares between January 22 and January 26, 2026, totaling $14.4 million. The transactions were concentrated at prices between $6.1453 and $6.2968, and follow a year-to-date share g…
Rebecca Taub, a director at Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL), had 647 shares sold on January 26, 2026, at $492.42 per share in an automatic transaction to satisfy tax withholding tied to restricted stock unit vesting. The company has reported Rezdiffra annualized sales above $1 billion as of Q3 2025 and struck an exclusive global license with Pfizer…
A former Citigroup managing director has filed a federal lawsuit in Manhattan accusing Andy Sieg, the head of the bank's wealth management unit, of extensive sexual harassment and alleging that the bank's human resources department mounted a campaign to push her out. The plaintiff, Julia Carreon, says she was promoted early in Sieg's tenure but the…
The Trump administration announced a reorganization of the Federal Aviation Administration that establishes a consolidated aviation safety office and implements an FAA-wide safety risk management framework. The move follows mounting criticism from the National Transportation Safety Board over a deadly January 2025 collision near Reagan Washington N…
Computable Insights, a contracting arm of Salesforce Inc, won a firm-fixed-price, nine-year contract valued at $5.64 billion to provide Salesforce products and outcome-based services to the Department of War (DOW). The contract carries an estimated completion date of June 26, 2035. The DOW did not disclose further specifics about the scope of servi…
Negotiations in the Senate have stalled over a $64.4 billion Department of Homeland Security funding bill after the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Senate Democrats have refused to provide votes for the DHS measure unless it is separated from a larger appropriations package that would fund five other…
Pop star Katy Perry and a range of U.S. public figures have urged citizens to contact elected officials and protest federal immigration enforcement following the deaths of two Minnesota residents during a recent surge of federal agents. Social media appeals, prominent statements and union backing have amplified demonstrations demanding accountabili…
National Services, Inc., a roughly 10% holder of Usio, Inc., sold 16,445 shares of Usio common stock in two transactions on January 22 and January 23, 2026, for a combined $22,274. The filings leave National Services with 2,760,040 shares directly held. Separately, Usio reported higher payment volumes and transactions in 2025, completed an all-stoc…
Naseem Sagati Aghili, General Counsel at Ares Management Corp, sold 1,849 shares of Class A common stock on January 22, 2026, for a total of $299238. The trades were executed in three tranches under a 10b5-1 trading plan adopted June 11, 2025. The company has also disclosed several strategic moves, including a $7.1 billion raise for a Credit Second…
