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President Donald Trump has removed Pam Bondi from her role as U.S. attorney general, confirming the decision on Truth Social and saying Bondi will move to a private-sector post to be announced later. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will serve as acting attorney general. Reports say Trump discussed replacing Bondi with EPA administrator Lee Zel…
Cogent (COGT) has clinical momentum: an accepted NDA for bezuclastinib in Non-Advanced Systemic Mastocytosis, robust SUMMIT efficacy signals, Breakthrough Therapy designation in GIST and a multi-NDA path in 2026. The shares trade at a premium - market cap roughly $5.6B - but the risk/reward supports a measured long position into upcoming regulatory…
President Donald Trump removed Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, the White House said, after mounting dissatisfaction with her stewardship of Justice Department matters, notably the handling and disclosure of investigative material connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi's tenure was marked by aggressive alignment with the presi…
Murray Stahl, President and Co-Portfolio Manager of RENN Fund, Inc. (RCG), bought 1,134 shares on April 1, 2026, at $3.25 per share for a total of $3,685. The purchase occurred as RCG traded close to its 52-week high of $3.31 and after a six-month gain of 24%. Stahl's reported direct and indirect holdings remain extensive, though he disclaims benef…
Tisco said healthcare providers in Thailand are seeing near-term operational pressure because of the ongoing war, with the impact most pronounced at hospitals relying on non-Thai patient flows. While some seasonal and contract protections offer partial relief for first-quarter 2026 earnings, domestic patient volumes are expected to be flat amid a l…
During oral arguments attended by the president, Supreme Court justices from across the ideological spectrum expressed skepticism about the legality and feasibility of a presidential directive seeking to deny automatic U.S. citizenship to children born on American soil to parents who are neither citizens nor lawful permanent residents. The court pr…
Edgewise Therapeutics Chief Medical Officer Joanne M. Donovan sold 28,662 shares of common stock on April 1, 2026, for about $926,095 under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan and concurrently exercised options to acquire the same number of shares at $7.08 each. The stock is trading near its 52-week high and appears overvalued versus InvestingPro's Fai…
Inovio Pharmaceuticals' stock fell sharply after the company announced an underwritten public offering of 12,500,000 shares and accompanying warrants priced at $1.40 per share. The structure includes Series A and Series B warrants, an underwriter option for additional shares, and expected gross proceeds of about $17.5 million before fees.
Celldex Therapeutics Inc announced an underwritten public offering of 10,345,000 common shares priced at $29.00 each, sparking a 2.7% decline in the company's stock on Thursday. The company granted underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 1,551,750 shares and said it expects gross proceeds of roughly $300 million before fees. Proceeds…
Canadian National Railway (CN) announced a $750,000 donation to support homelessness prevention initiatives in Chicago’s South Suburbs near its Homewood campus. The funds will be distributed equally among three local organizations to help individuals and families at risk of homelessness, enhancing community safety and well-being. This philanthropic…
Adeia has built a deep IP portfolio around hybrid bonding and 3D integration. Recent licensing wins (UMC), strong free cash flow ($156M annual), and accelerating adoption of chiplet architectures create a window for a medium-horizon long trade. Entry $24.87, target $32.00, stop $22.00. Time horizon: mid term (45 trading days).
Bank of America maintained a Neutral rating on Reddit despite the stock's year-to-date decline, lowering its price target to $175 from $205 and shifting from a revenue-based valuation to an EBITDA framework. The bank highlights both upside from monetization opportunities and AI licensing, and downside from premium multiples, reliance on referral tr…
Chime Financial Inc. reported a 25% month-over-month increase in fuel spending by its customers in March compared with February. CEO Chris Britt said overall consumer spending and savings remained steady, but higher fuel costs are putting pressure on household budgets after US attacks on Iran lifted oil markets and pushed gasoline above $4 a gallon…
Cocrystal Pharma's stock rallied sharply after the FDA awarded Fast Track designation to CDI-988, an oral antiviral candidate developed for both prevention and treatment of norovirus infection. The designation provides regulatory advantages intended to speed development and review, while the candidate advances through a Phase 1b challenge study at …
Ducommun (DCO) is a small-cap aerospace and defense supplier where accelerating missile and defense electronics demand can offset near-term headwinds from Boeing destocking. The balance sheet and EV/sales support a mid-term long trade: entry $126.84, target $140.00, stop $116.00, horizon 45 trading days.
Booz Allen Hamilton plunged after a narrow set of Treasury contract cancellations, but the hit is small relative to the company’s scale. With $933M in free cash flow, a sub-12x P/E, and bullish technicals, this is a tactical long for traders willing to take a mid-term, risk-managed position.
Hamas has told mediators it will not negotiate giving up its weapons until Israel provides assurances that it will fully withdraw from Gaza under the disarmament framework proposed by the U.S. 'Board of Peace'. The demand emerged during meetings in Cairo with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish intermediaries and complicates efforts to implement the plan …
Google has released Gemma 4, a set of open-source AI models distributed under an Apache 2.0 license. The family contains four sizes geared for edge and cloud use, supports long context windows and multimodal inputs, and is available through multiple developer platforms and download sites. Google reports more than 400 million downloads of Gemma mode…
Terrance Lane Wilson, senior vice president and general counsel of Williams Companies, sold 2,000 shares of the company's common stock on April 1, 2026, for $71.75 per share, realizing $143,500. The transaction was carried out under a 10b5-1 trading plan and leaves Wilson with 289,159 shares directly and 100 shares indirectly through a trust. Separ…
Bloomberg reported that Coinbase Global received conditional approval from banking regulators for a national trust company charter. Full sign-off from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency would permit the exchange to function as a federally regulated crypto custodian. A Coinbase product executive told Bloomberg that final approval could en…
Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) is riding a wave of AI-driven data center optical demand. Recent multi-hundred-million-dollar orders, stepped-up capacity in Texas and Taiwan, and rapidly improving top-line momentum justify a directional long. Risk is high — valuation and execution matter — but the trade offers a favorable asymmetric payoff if AOI ca…
BTIG warns that the launch of a DRAM-focused ETF this week represents a contrarian sell signal for stocks exposed to memory demand. The firm highlights extreme prior gains in a key memory index and in Micron Technology's share price relative to its 200-day moving average, and points to past ETF launches that coincided with market turning points.
European Central Bank policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said the next ECB move on interest rates will very likely be an increase, but he cautioned it is too early to set a timetable for hikes. He noted that a recent spike in energy prices has rapidly pushed up headline inflation in the euro zone and France, while underlying inflation remains …
At the Morgan Stanley China Summit 2026, investors and corporate leaders expressed markedly different outlooks for AI transceivers versus smartphones. Most participants now treat co-packaged optics as the base case for AI transceiver development and expect robust demand over the next two to three years, although there is no consensus on which firms…
The administration plans to retain a 50% tariff on commodity steel and aluminum imports while lowering duties on finished goods made from those metals to either 15% or 25% depending on the product. The change, aimed at easing compliance, would apply the lower rate to the full value of imported derivative products rather than just their metal conten…
