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Rubrik CFO Disposes $5.9M of Class A Shares; Company Posts Earnings Beat and Rolls Out New Security Offerings

Rubrik CFO Disposes $5.9M of Class A Shares; Company Posts Earnings Beat and Rolls Out New Security Offerings

Rubrik Chief Financial Officer Choudary Kiran Kumar sold 122,613 Class A shares on March 24, 2026, generating $5.91 million, and converted 212,188 Class B shares to Class A the same day. The transaction occurred while the stock traded near a 52-week low. Separately, Rubrik reported quarterly results and guidance that topped FactSet consensus and in…

Anthropic Weighs Public Offering as Early as Q4 2026

Anthropic Weighs Public Offering as Early as Q4 2026

Anthropic executives have discussed taking the AI startup public as soon as the fourth quarter of 2026, with bankers pitching plans that could raise more than $60 billion. The potential IPO arrives amid a broader push by large AI developers to access public capital, and against a backdrop of market liquidity worries tied to persistent inflation and…

Rubrik CTO Sells $1.4 Million in Shares as Stock Trades Near 52-Week Low

Rubrik CTO Sells $1.4 Million in Shares as Stock Trades Near 52-Week Low

Rubrik Chief Technology Officer Arvind Nithrakashyap sold 28,967 shares of Class A common stock on March 24, 2026, for $48.1957 per share, netting $1,396,084. The same day he converted 40,625 Restricted Stock Units into shares at no cost. The stock is trading close to its 52-week low, while the company has reported quarterly results and forward gui…

Moscow and Kyiv Each Report Gains on the Frontline as Fighting Continues

Moscow and Kyiv Each Report Gains on the Frontline as Fighting Continues

Russian defence officials reported the capture of Sheviakivka in Kharkiv region as part of a measured advance, while a Ukrainian airborne unit said it had retaken Berezove in Dnipropetrovsk region. Independent confirmation of either claim was not available. Both sides continue to position for wider operations amid stalled peace talks and concerns a…

NY Fed Says Pace of Treasury Bill Purchases Likely to Ease After Mid-April

NY Fed Says Pace of Treasury Bill Purchases Likely to Ease After Mid-April

Roberto Perli, who oversees implementation of monetary policy at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, indicated that the central bank's large-scale Treasury bill purchases - currently about $40 billion per month - are likely to be scaled back after the April 15 tax-payment date. Perli said the reduction could be gradual to reflect uncertainty arou…

U.S. Metro Population Growth Slows, Census Shows; Border Areas See Largest Drops

U.S. Metro Population Growth Slows, Census Shows; Border Areas See Largest Drops

The U.S. Census Bureau reported a deceleration in population growth across metropolitan areas for the 12 months ending July 1, 2025, with the average metro increase falling to 0.6% from 1.1% the previous year. Overall U.S. population rose by 1.8 million in the same period. The steepest metro slowdowns occurred in Laredo, Texas; Yuma, Arizona; and E…

Fed's Jefferson Flags Energy Prices as Potential Drag on Inflation and Spending

Fed's Jefferson Flags Energy Prices as Potential Drag on Inflation and Spending

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson warned that persistent increases in energy prices could push inflation higher and weigh on consumer and business spending, creating a difficult trade-off for policymakers. Speaking at a Dallas Fed event, Jefferson said the Fed's policy is "appropriately positioned" to support the labor market while inflat…

Magnetar Financial Sells 8,840 WHLR Shares for $9,692 as Wheeler REIT Faces Leadership, Capital-Structure Moves

Magnetar Financial Sells 8,840 WHLR Shares for $9,692 as Wheeler REIT Faces Leadership, Capital-Structure Moves

Magnetar Financial LLC, a 10% stakeholder in Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, sold 8,840 shares of WHLR common stock on March 26, 2026, at a weighted average price of $1.0964 for a total of $9,692. The transaction follows a March 24 acquisition of 172,075 shares at $0.01 and the disposition of a matching number of warrants. The sale and owners…

Definium Therapeutics CMO Sells Shares to Cover Taxes; Company Reiterates R&D Focus After Q4 2025 Results

Definium Therapeutics CMO Sells Shares to Cover Taxes; Company Reiterates R&D Focus After Q4 2025 Results

Definium Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:DFTX) Chief Medical Officer Daniel Karlin sold 8,018 shares on March 25, 2026, under a Rule 10b5-1 sell-to-cover election to satisfy withholding tax obligations. The transaction totaled $148,092 at a weighted average price of $18.47. Separately, the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results showing a meaningfu…

XORTX Announces Results of  Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders

XORTX Announces Results of Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders

XORTX Therapeutics Inc. announced the results of its annual and special shareholders meeting held on March 24, 2026. Key approvals included election of all five board nominees, appointment of auditors, re-approval of the stock option plan, and authorization of share consolidation. The company focuses on developing treatments for gout and progressiv…