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MediaAlpha Chief Revenue Officer Keith Cramer sold 10,000 shares of Class A common stock on March 16, 2026, under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan to meet tax obligations from recently vested restricted stock units. The transaction, executed at prices between $9.81 and $9.99, generated $98,946. After the sale Cramer directly holds 306,754 shares. Th…
Oil prices slipped on Wednesday morning as market participants reacted to American Petroleum Institute figures showing a notable rise in U.S. crude inventories. At the same time, regional supply notices from Iraq, Libya and military activity near the Strait of Hormuz contributed to an uncertain backdrop for crude markets.
Snap Inc.'s Chief Business Officer Mohan Ajit sold 27,743 Class A shares on March 16, 2026, raising roughly $127,473. The transaction, executed to satisfy tax withholding tied to restricted stock units, occurred while Snap's stock traded near its 52-week low. The company recently reported mixed Q4 2025 results and several analysts trimmed price tar…
MediaAlpha director Eugene Nonko sold 4,705 shares of Class A common stock over March 16-17, 2026, in transactions tied to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan intended to cover taxes from recently vested restricted stock units (RSUs). The sales generated roughly $52,060 and lowered his direct holdings to 1,055,057 shares. O.N.E. Holdings, LLC also reduced i…
Natera director Rowan E Chapman disposed of 122 shares on March 13, 2026, under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, raising $23,348. The transaction was disclosed in a Form 4 filing and signed by an attorney-in-fact. Separately, the company published peer-reviewed data for its Signatera ctDNA test and introduced a whole-genome sequencing assay called Zenit…
ADMA Biologics’ chief executive, Adam S. Grossman, sold 21,000 shares on March 16, 2026, while exercising options to acquire 15,000 additional shares the same day. The moves leave Grossman with substantial direct and indirect holdings as the company trades around $16.15 with a market capitalization of $3.85 billion. Recent fourth-quarter 2025 resul…
Snap Inc. Chief Financial Officer Derek Andersen sold 92,956 shares of Class A common stock on March 16, 2026, at a weighted average price of $4.5942, generating $427,058. The sale - executed in multiple transactions to satisfy tax withholding on settled restricted stock units - leaves Andersen with 3,799,661 directly held shares. The transaction o…
U.S. equity futures were largely unchanged on Tuesday evening as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's upcoming policy decision and monitored an intensifying Middle East conflict that has pushed oil prices higher. Cash-session gains in major indices contrasted with muted futures trade, leaving markets focused on the Fed's policy statement and Cha…
Russia's Defence Ministry reported on Tuesday that its forces had taken control of Sopych in the Sumy region and Kalenyky in Donetsk. The announcement followed a day of conflicting claims between Moscow and Kyiv about who was gaining ground along the roughly 1,250 km frontline. Russian military leaders described continued efforts to establish buffe…
The U.S. government has defended the Pentagon's March designation of Anthropic as a national security supply chain risk, arguing in a court filing that the action was a lawful response to the company's refusal to lift usage restrictions on its AI. Anthropic has filed lawsuits in California and Washington, D.C., challenging both the Pentagon's initi…
WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. director John Paul Volpe bought 1,000 common shares on March 13, 2026, at $7.18 apiece, a $7,180 transaction. The stock trades at $7.31 and yields 14.3%. The firm posted Q4 2025 results slightly above expectations and amended a loan agreement to cut committed financing for its WhiteHorse Credit vehicle from $100 million to …
Rebecca Jennings, Hycroft Mining Holding Corp's SVP and General Counsel, sold 9,071 Class A shares on March 17, 2026, for $356,780. Hycroft also released an expanded Mineral Resource Estimate showing a 55% increase in gold and silver resources and reported deeper high-grade silver at its Brimstone deposit. Director Stephen A. Lang will not seek ree…
Alexander J. Denner, a director at Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, executed sales of Class A common stock totaling $20.5 million on March 17, 2026. The transactions were filed with the SEC and occurred while the stock experienced notable short-term weakness, even as the company reiterated its 2026 outlook and met liquidity requirements under its credit a…
Crypto firms based in the United Arab Emirates report minimal operational disruption despite strikes linked to the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran entering its third week. Cloud-based operations, distributed trading venues and hybrid work arrangements have allowed many companies to maintain activity even as local travel, events and some offices …
First Solar Chief Technology Officer Markus Gloeckler sold 368 shares on March 16 for $200.8 per share, realizing $73,894. The sale followed the vesting of 854 restricted stock units on March 13. The company has recently faced analyst adjustments after reporting fourth-quarter results that missed expectations and providing 2026 revenue guidance bel…
AeroVironment Chief Accounting Officer Brian Charles Shackley sold 200 shares on March 16, 2026, under a Rule 10b5-1 plan, netting $42,504. The transaction was disclosed in a Form 4 filed March 17, 2026. The move coincides with AeroVironment's recent acquisition of Empirical Systems Aerospace and third-quarter fiscal 2026 results that fell short of…
First Solar Chief Commercial Officer Georges Antoun sold 245 shares of company stock on March 16 at $200.8 per share, totaling $49,196. The transaction reduced his direct holdings to 19,126 shares following a Form 4 filing. Earlier in the week Antoun received 587 shares via the vesting of restricted stock units granted March 15, 2022. The stock is …
Activist hedge fund Altai Capital Management has urged OraSure Technologies to pursue a sale, arguing the medical diagnostics maker is worth substantially more than its current market price. Altai, which holds about 5% of the company, has requested two board seats to oversee a strategic review and warned it will press a proxy contest if no agreemen…
Glenbrook Capital Management, which holds a 10% stake in SenesTech, acquired additional common shares totaling $330,181 across three purchases in mid-March 2026. The buys raise Glenbrook’s direct and indirect ownership to 890,635 shares as SenesTech reports revenue growth for fiscal 2025 but continues to operate at a GAAP loss. The stock is trading…
First Solar Chief Financial Officer Alexander R. Bradley sold 14,296 shares of the company's common stock between March 16 and March 17, 2026, generating roughly $2.86 million. The March 17 sales were carried out under a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted in November 2025. The transactions coincide with a recent set of analyst revisions following First Solar…
Japan's exports increased for a sixth straight month in February, rising 4.2% year-on-year and beating the median forecast of 1.6%. Continued demand from Asia helped drive the gain, though higher oil prices related to the Middle East conflict pose a risk to the energy-import-dependent economy. Imports climbed 10.2%, leaving Japan with a surprise tr…
New U.N. estimates indicate about 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024. Agencies including UNICEF, the World Bank, WHO and the U.N. population division say most of those deaths were preventable with improved access to basic healthcare and low-cost interventions. While child mortality has fallen sharply since 2000, the rate …
Gold prices were largely unchanged in early Asian trading as markets awaited further developments in the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran and the outcome of a Federal Reserve policy meeting. Heavy geopolitical risks supported haven demand, but persistent inflation and the prospect of higher interest rates continued to cap bullion's gains.
Americold Realty Trust's (COLD) Chief Accounting Officer, Harris Robert E., sold 665 shares on March 16, 2026, for $7,578 and had exercised stock options for 1,949 shares two days earlier. The transactions come amid a 42.5% year-over-year share-price decline and mixed financial signals from the REIT's fourth-quarter 2025 results, which showed an EP…
InterDigital Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary Joshua D. Schmidt sold 5,902 shares of common stock on March 17, 2026 for roughly $2,089,259 under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted March 21, 2025. The company reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results that exceeded expectations and announced a global patent license with Sony while…
