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Trailblazer Merger Corp. I (TBMC) announced the completion of its previously announced business combination with Cyabra Strategy, Ltd. As a result, TBMC has canceled the special meeting of stockholders that had been scheduled for March 27, 2026.
Shares of Avis Budget Group (CAR) and Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ) declined Friday after the U.S. Senate approved legislation to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security and President Donald Trump signaled he would issue an emergency order to pay Transportation Security Administration agents. The legislative progress and the president's stat…
Savannah Guthrie is scheduled to return to the Today show in the studio on April 6, marking her first in-person broadcast since January 30. Her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing from her Arizona home two days later; the family has received ransom notes and offered a $1 million reward for information leading to her recovery.
A 22-year-old Russian man was sentenced to four years in prison by a London court after the youngest son of the U.S. president, Barron Trump, witnessed an assault on a woman friend via a video call and contacted emergency services in the UK. The defendant was convicted of assault and perverting the course of justice and acquitted of rape and intent…
Callan JMB Inc. announced its role as an independent infrastructure and oversight partner in a collaboration to support U.S.-based manufacturing scale-up of Biostax Corp's multi-indication immune restoration platform, JKB-122 (Lodonal™). The collaboration advances the platform toward Phase 2b/3 clinical development, ensuring compliance and readines…
Alphabet (GOOGL) has pulled back roughly 18-20% from its 52-week high into an oversold technical setup. Fundamentals remain solid: $3.4 trillion market cap, $73.3B in free cash flow, and a P/E near 25.7. This is a buy-for-rotation trade into AI and cloud exposure, sized with a clear stop and a mid-term horizon.
At a U.N. Human Rights Council emergency debate in Geneva, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk urged the United States to complete and publish its investigation into the strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh School in Iran that Tehran says killed more than 175 children and teachers. The session highlighted deep international divisions, with some delegations …
British equities extended losses on Friday as ongoing tensions in the Middle East dampened investor appetite. The FTSE 100 and sterling both fell, while fresh official data showed a month-on-month drop in February retail sales. Corporate headlines saw AstraZeneca shares rise after positive trial results and Harbour Energy stock slip following a lar…
U.S. stock futures opened lower on Friday while crude oil reclaimed levels above $110 a barrel after a presidential extension to a deadline tied to Iranian energy infrastructure failed to calm markets. By mid-morning futures for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 were all trading down, and a range of individual equities from energy majors to biotech a…
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced the appointment of five independent directors and a cooperation agreement with Elliott Investment Management L.P., moves that produced a short-lived uptick in the stock before it retreated and finished lower amid pressure from higher oil prices. The board will shrink to nine members, eight of whom will be in…
UBS has trimmed price targets across a range of European carriers, citing a sharp rise in jet kerosene and the continuing Middle East conflict as headwinds. While most ratings were left unchanged, the bank made notable downward revisions to earnings and price targets for several airlines, with Air France-KLM and Wizz Air facing the most substantial…
RBC Capital Markets identifies a group of large-cap U.S. banks that it believes are entering a turning point as 2026 approaches. Analysts point to improving operating leverage, easing regulatory constraints, and potential for stronger capital returns as the main drivers. The report highlights the role of scale, diverse revenue streams, and efficien…
A growing number of countries have introduced or are preparing laws to restrict children’s access to social media platforms, citing concerns about health, safety and addictive product features. Measures range from full bans for users under certain ages to parental-consent regimes, mandatory age verification and curbs on features such as infinite sc…
20/20 BioLabs, Inc. has received over $520,000 in funding from the Maryland Department of Health to provide its patented OneTest™ multi-cancer early detection blood test to more than 1,400 firefighters across 18 Maryland fire departments. This represents a significant increase in screenings compared to the prior year and reflects growing public sec…
Hudson Technologies has signed a licensing agreement with Solstice Advanced Materials to reclaim and resell patented HFO refrigerants R-448A and R-449A in the U.S. and Canada. This move enhances Hudson's presence in the commercial refrigeration market amidst regulatory phase-downs of higher GWP refrigerants, aligning with efforts to provide sustain…
Jyong Biotech Ltd., listed on Nasdaq as MENS, announced updates on its plant-derived drug candidate MCS®-2, emphasizing its clinical advantages in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). The drug has completed multiple Phase III trials in the US and Taiwan with strong safety and efficacy profiles, and ho…
One and One Green Technologies. INC (NASDAQ: YDDL), a licensed hazardous waste recycler in the Philippines, announced a new business venture to recover copper-gold ore tailings slag in Luzon. This strategic initiative targets the projected global copper supply deficit of 150,000 metric tons in 2026 by partnering with local small-scale miners and le…
ORIC Pharmaceuticals announced plans to report combination dose optimization data from its Phase 1b trial of rinzimetostat in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer patients. The presentation will occur during a webcast and conference call on March 31, 2026. This update provides insights into dosing strategies for an investigational allost…
BranchOut Food Inc., a food technology company specializing in natural fruit and vegetable snacks using its proprietary GentleDry process, announced a conference call to discuss its Q4 and full-year 2025 financial results along with a corporate and shareholder update scheduled for March 31, 2026. The company highlighted its patented dehydration tec…
Morgan Stanley warned that rising crude costs tied to the Middle East conflict could move from primarily lifting inflation to damaging economic growth if price gains become sharp enough. Analysts led by Michael Gapen say the bank is watching retail sales excluding gasoline, upcoming March payroll data, business confidence measures and inflation-lin…
Oaktree Capital Management’s Oaktree Strategic Credit Fund (OSC) will meet 100% of first-quarter redemption requests totaling 8.5% of shares. The fund plans to repurchase about 13.9 million shares, equal to 6.8% of outstanding shares, while parent Brookfield will buy a further 1.7% of shares. The move comes amid heightened scrutiny of private credi…
Ukraine is close to finalizing security agreements with several Middle Eastern states, notably the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, aimed at countering Iranian strikes and sharing expertise on unmanned technologies. Speaking on the sidelines of the G7 foreign ministers meeting in France, Ukraine's foreign minister said draft accords have been prepar…
CleanSpark is transitioning from pure-play Bitcoin mining to selling high-density power and hosting for AI workloads. At roughly $2.4B market cap and $3.7B EV, the stock trades well below its 52-week high and carries meaningful short interest. If CleanSpark can convert installed power capacity into contracted AI hosting, the company stands to re-ra…
J.P. Morgan lowered its rating on Finnish telecom operator Elisa to underweight from neutral, pointing to higher customer churn, intensifying pricing pressure and slowing mobile revenue growth. The bank left its December 2027 price target for Elisa at €39, signaling roughly 10% downside from the stock's March 26 close of €43.50. J.P. Morgan retaine…
WhiteFiber (WYFI) is a speculative long where the headline 10-year, $865 million NC-1 colocation deal in North Carolina provides a clear revenue inflection. The stock trades at roughly $466M market cap ($352M enterprise value) with negative EPS but stable balance-sheet metrics. This trade targets a re-rating as NC-1 revenue begins to flow — entry, …
