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A director at Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. filed a Form 4 disclosing a $40,120 purchase of company stock on March 31, 2026. The transaction came as the share price hovered near $3.22 after a recent pullback. The company also reported fourth-quarter 2025 earnings that beat analyst expectations and announced the acquisition of a 175 MW battery energy …
Nvidia's announced $2 billion investment and strategic partnership with Marvell transforms Marvell from a fast-growing networking and storage ASIC vendor into a core partner for hyperscale AI infrastructure. With data-center revenue up 21% year-over-year and management guiding revenue to roughly $11 billion, Marvell has the growth profile and cash …
SpaceX has submitted a confidential filing for a U.S. initial public offering, setting up the possibility of the largest IPO on record if a reported valuation above $1.75 trillion holds. The company’s growth has been attributed to reusable launch vehicles and the Starlink satellite internet network. The filing follows SpaceX’s merger with xAI, a de…
Tanker availability along the U.S. Gulf Coast has fallen markedly in recent weeks as refiners in Asia and Europe, facing reduced Middle Eastern shipments after the Iran war disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, have been chartering vessels to bring oil and fuel from the United States, Brazil and West Africa. Wider discounts on U.S. crude …
Turkey's BIST 100 index closed higher on Wednesday, supported by gains in the Tourism, Non-Metal Mineral Products and Banking sectors. Market breadth favored advances, with nearly four times as many rising issues as decliners. Several individual stocks posted double-digit percentage moves while others recorded notable declines. Commodities and curr…
Danish equities closed higher on Wednesday, with the OMX Copenhagen 20 advancing 1.92% as gains in Personal & Household Goods, Software & Computer Services and Chemicals propelled the market. Pandora, FLSmidth and NKT were the session's strongest performers, while Vestas, Tryg and AP Moeller - Maersk B were among the decliners. Market breadth favor…
SpaceX has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, advancing plans for what could become one of the largest public listings. The company’s path to this point includes early rocket tests, pioneering private missions to the International Space Station, the development of reusable boosters, the build-out of the Starlink satellite netw…
Randian Capital, a New York-based retail activist, has sent an open letter to Snap's CEO Evan Spiegel calling for immediate, forceful measures to restore shareholder value. The firm — which holds economic exposure to more than 160,000 shares through common stock and options — urged the separation of Spectacles, deep cost controls including lower st…
A person briefed on the situation said U.S. Vice President JD Vance communicated with Pakistani intermediaries as recently as Tuesday to press for a resolution to the Iran conflict. Acting under President Donald Trump’s direction, Vance privately indicated the president’s openness to a ceasefire if Tehran met specific U.S. demands, including reopen…
The German government has imposed a restriction limiting petrol and diesel retailers to a single upward price adjustment each day, to be applied at 12:00 pm. The move comes as oil markets have been disrupted by conflict in the Middle East and episodes of extreme intra-day price volatility, with stations previously altering prices as many as 22 time…
The Swiss government has paused payments tied to its order of the U.S. Patriot air defence system until Washington provides firm delivery dates. Officials say the delivery timeline and payment milestones remain unclear and that cancellation of the purchase is an option. Defence Minister Martin Pfister indicated the government still expects to acqui…
Morocco's stock market closed higher on Wednesday, with the Moroccan All Shares index rising 2.29% at the Casablanca exchange. Gains in the Banking, Beverage and Transport sectors supported the advance. Leading individual movers included SMI, Miniere Touissit and Managem, while Sanlam Maroc SA, S2M and Micro Data SA registered the largest declines.…
Abivax (ABVX) remains a compelling long idea. Obefazimod's differentiated data package, emerging anti-fibrotic signal and concentrated asset base create strategic scarcity that magnifies upside from a successful Phase 3 maintenance readout in Q2 2026 or a takeover bid. We maintain Buy: enter at $117.65, target $150.00, stop $95.00. Trade horizon: l…
Raymond James upgraded UnitedHealth Group to Outperform from Market Perform and set a $330 price target, saying potential artificial intelligence deployments and margin gains at Optum Health could push earnings well above consensus. The firm raised 2027 and 2028 EPS estimates and modeled recurring G&A improvements tied to AI-driven cost reduction a…
Versigent has launched as an independent, publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange and will prioritize its automotive electrical architectures business while selectively redeploying capabilities into adjacent sectors such as energy storage, commercial and off-highway vehicles, agriculture and industrial automation. Management emphasiz…
We upgrade Netflix to Buy and propose an aggressive long ahead of the next earnings print. Netflix combines strong operating margins, meaningful free cash flow ($9.46B trailing), and a growing ad business that management expects to double in 2026. At $95.32 the risk/reward favors a long exposure into earnings and the post-earnings reaction, but thi…
Greek equities finished higher on Wednesday, driven by gains in banking, construction and travel-related names. The Athens General Composite advanced 3.15% at the close. Market breadth favored advancers, while commodity and currency markets recorded mixed moves, with gold and the euro stronger and oil and the U.S. dollar weaker.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's updated nowcasts indicate that the Middle East conflict - through its impact on energy prices and supply chains - is likely to boost headline inflation measures for April, with smaller effects on core inflation. The bank's projections show sharper year-over-year increases in both the consumer price index and …
Israel’s military said it killed Haj Youssef Ismail Hashem, the commander of Hezbollah’s southern front, in a naval strike that Lebanon’s authorities say also killed seven civilians and wounded 26. Hezbollah confirmed Hashem’s death and described him as a "beacon of the Islamic Resistance." The killing is being described by Hezbollah as the most se…
EDX Markets filed an application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to operate as a national trust bank, potentially enabling custody, asset-management and principal-trading services while retaining order-matching functions. The filing was made under the Trump administration's regulatory framework and follows recent conditional appr…
Shares of Alcoa and Century Aluminum rose sharply Wednesday after reports that Emirates Global Aluminium's Al Taweelah smelter in the United Arab Emirates suspended operations following missile and drone strikes. The strike reportedly caused a power loss and an uncontrolled potline shutdown, with metal solidifying inside smelting circuits and produ…
The suspension of most crude loadings through the Strait of Hormuz since the February 28 U.S.-Israeli strikes has left the Dubai Middle East benchmark under acute stress. The price used to value roughly 18 million barrels per day of global crude is now difficult to assess because the physical trades that normally underpin it cannot be loaded from G…
Meta is trading at roughly $1.47T with $46.1B in free cash flow and a PE of ~24. Management's AI product stack — from ad targeting to developer APIs and AR experiences — has near-term revenue vectors that the market is underpricing. I outline a long trade with entry, stop and target plus catalysts and risks.
When a U.S. pause on foreign aid abruptly disrupted antiretroviral supply chains, volunteer networks in Nigeria’s Benue State undertook intensive community outreach to reconnect people living with HIV to treatment. Their door-to-door tracing, counselling and accompaniment helped thousands resume therapy while national and international funding resp…
France pushed back at U.S. threats to leave NATO and rejected the idea that the military alliance should be used to carry out operations in the Strait of Hormuz. Junior Army Minister Alice Rufo reiterated that NATO’s remit is the security of the Euro-Atlantic area and warned that actions in the strait would constitute a breach of international law.…
