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John F. Marcolini, senior vice president of Networked Solutions at Itron, sold 560 shares of common stock on February 24, 2026, to satisfy tax withholding from a restricted stock unit vesting. The sale generated $53,096. Recent company results and capital markets activity include a fourth-quarter 2025 earnings beat, analyst upgrades and a $700 mill…
WPP trades at bargain multiples, yields over 11%, and shows early technical signs of stabilization. This trade idea lays out an actionable long with entry, stop and target for a long-term horizon (180 trading days), driven by cyclically improving ad spend, margin recovery and potential capital return upside.
Itron INC SVP and CFO Joan S. Hooper sold 962 shares of common stock on February 24, 2026, to satisfy tax withholding obligations tied to a restricted stock unit award. The transaction totaled $91,211 at a per-share price of $94.8147, leaving Hooper with 121,808 shares held directly. Separately, Itron reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat …
Director Marsha C. Williams sold 12,000 shares of Modine Manufacturing Co. (NYSE: MOD) on February 24, 2026, for a weighted average price of $234.71, generating proceeds of $2,816,520. The transaction follows a year of strong share-price performance and comes alongside Modine’s recent quarterly beat, an organic revenue surge driven by its data cent…
Joseph Nerges, a roughly 10% owner of CSP Inc (CSPI), bought a total of $26,365 of common stock across multiple transactions on February 24-25, 2026. The purchases occurred as the shares traded near a 52-week low and follow company results showing lower total revenue but higher service revenue as CSP Inc pursues expanded managed services and cloud …
Mexico's culture ministry has launched legal proceedings and engaged diplomatic channels to stop a Paris auction house from selling 40 pre-Colombian items that its anthropology institute says are protected under Mexican law and thus the property of the nation. The auction house Millon had scheduled an in-person sale of the collection "Les Empires d…
Fitch Ratings moved Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s long-term issuer default and senior unsecured ratings up to BBB from BBB-, citing accelerated execution of the company’s 2026 debt reduction plan, significant proceeds from the OxyChem sale and sustained cost savings that have trimmed capital and operating outlays.
Fitch Ratings affirmed Ally Financial Inc.'s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating at 'BBB-' and upgraded the firm's risk profile to 'bbb' while shifting the Rating Outlook to Positive from Stable. The agency cited improving profitability, better credit performance and stronger capital and liquidity metrics as the basis for the more optimistic outlook, e…
Saba Capital Management, L.P., a reported ten-percent owner of BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust (ECAT), sold 94,153 shares of the trust's common stock in two transactions on February 24 and 25, 2026. The dispositions, executed at $15.09 and $15.27 per share, generated approximately $1.43 million in proceeds. After the trades, Saba Capita…
Brazilian stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the Bovespa down 0.15% in Sao Paulo. Losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Consumption sectors contributed to the decline. A small number of large movers drove intraday performance, while market breadth remained tilted toward advancing issues. Commodity contracts and local currency pairs regis…
SunCoke Energy Senior Vice President Phillip Michael Hardesty purchased a total of 12,500 shares on February 25, 2026, spending $72,872 across two trades. The purchases occurred as the stock traded near its 52-week low and follow the company’s mixed fourth-quarter results and a planned board retirement.
Randy Soule, who holds a ten percent stake in XCF Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAFX), sold 2,000,000 Class A shares on February 25, 2026, at $0.12 per share for $240,000, according to a Form 4 filing. The transaction comes while the stock trades well below its prior year peak and as the company advances site work and financing talks for its New Rise Reno …
Moody's upgraded VNET Group, Inc.'s corporate family rating to B1 from B2 while keeping a stable outlook, attributing the move to the company's expanding wholesale internet data center (IDC) business and improving earnings and cash flow metrics. The agency projects roughly 20% annual gross revenue growth over the next 12 to 18 months and anticipate…
Moody's Ratings affirmed Welltower Inc.'s A3 long-term issuer rating and raised the outlook to positive from stable, citing continued revenue and earnings expansion and an expected material improvement in credit metrics over the next 12 months. The firm also affirmed related A3 and P-2 ratings across Welltower's debt instruments and a backed rating…
Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee told Fox News on Thursday that he expects several interest-rate cuts later in 2026 and described himself as relatively optimistic compared with many Fed colleagues. At the same time, he urged the Federal Reserve to avoid front-loading cuts until there is clear evidence that inflation is moving back …
Canada is pressing the United States to scale back or eliminate tariffs affecting steel, aluminium and automobiles, and Ottawa says such concessions could be implemented through bilateral sector-specific agreements negotiated alongside a review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for Canad…
SunCoke Energy's chief financial officer, Marinko Mark W., bought 10,000 shares on February 25, 2026, in two tranches for a total of $58,396, increasing his direct ownership to 71,798 shares. The share purchases come as the stock trades close to its 52-week low and following a fourth-quarter 2025 earnings shortfall, although revenue exceeded foreca…
S&P Global Ratings upgraded Hudbay Minerals to BB- from B+ with a stable outlook after the miner posted stronger-than-expected 2025 results that lifted EBITDA, produced $174 million in adjusted free operating cash flow and allowed the company to reduce leverage. A multi-stage financing agreement with Mitsubishi Corp. for a stake in the Copper World…
S&P Global Ratings upgraded Micron Technology to BBB from BBB- with a positive outlook, attributing the move to stronger scale and accelerated growth driven by artificial intelligence demand. The agency said AI-related products materially boosted Micron’s EBITDA and cash flow, revised long-term compounded revenue expectations higher, and expects th…
DRDGOLD (DRD) is a niche gold-retreatment business that offers leveraged exposure to rising gold prices without the operational footprint of a large miner. At $36.98, valuation (P/E ~17.7, PB ~4.9) already prices some recovery, but recent technicals and sector momentum argue for a disciplined long trade. Entry $37.00, stop $32.00, target $44.00 ove…
Peter Haytaian, executive vice president and president of the Carelon services division at Elevance Health Inc. (NYSE:ELV), is planning to leave the company. Haytaian led the rapidly expanding Carelon unit, which provides pharmacy benefits and other services beyond traditional insurance. He had been viewed as a potential successor to Chief Executiv…
Bombardier's CEO said the company currently operates about 60 business jets in India and sees room for growth as the country invests in airport infrastructure, including roughly a dozen airports under construction. Limited local infrastructure has constrained sales to date, but planned spending on aviation facilities over the coming years could ope…
Elliott Management Corp. has asked investment banks to pitch for roles on a potential initial public offering for its book retail holdings, Barnes & Noble and Waterstones, according to people familiar with the discussions. The investment firm is weighing a combined London listing but has not ruled out a U.S. listing. Rothschild & Co. is advising El…
Michael W. McCurdy, Chief Banking Officer at Beacon Financial Corp (NASDAQ: BBT), sold 17,333 shares on February 26, 2026, for $538,016 at prices between $30.91 and $31.17. The transaction occurred near the stock's 52-week high of $31.95. Beacon recently finished a rebranding to Beacon Bank after a multi-bank merger, and RBC Capital raised its pric…
The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said there are significant concerns about data and pathogen-sharing provisions in recent U.S. bilateral health agreements with African countries. Zimbabwe has withdrawn from negotiations over a $367 million, five-year pact citing privacy and equity worries, and Zambia has pushed back…
