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U.S. authorities have arrested Gerald Eddie Brown, Jr., a former F-35 Lightning II instructor pilot who once led units responsible for nuclear delivery systems, charging him with providing and conspiring to provide defense services to Chinese military pilots. The Justice Department says Brown negotiated with Su Bin beginning in August 2023, travele…
Gladstone Commercial Corp Chief Financial Officer Gary Gerson purchased 275 shares on February 25, 2026, spending $3,427 at an average price of $12.465 per share. The transaction leaves Gerson with 23,475 shares directly and additional shares held indirectly by family members. The stock has risen roughly 4% over the past week and is up about 19% ye…
Shares of Inspire Medical Systems jumped roughly 40% on Thursday after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services signaled it will add six product-specific HCPCS codes for hypoglossal nerve stimulation devices in the April 2026 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor update, with those codes effective Jan. 1, 2026. Keybanc analyst Brett Fishbin identif…
David Jeffrey Richardson, a director at Lattice Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ: LSCC), sold 12,779 shares of the company's common stock on February 25, 2026, in two separate transactions totaling roughly $1.28 million. The dispositions came as Lattice reported solid quarterly revenue, provided strong guidance for the coming quarter, and saw several ana…
The U.S. government has set an internal objective to process roughly 4,500 refugee applications per month from white South Africans, according to a State Department contracting document dated January 27. The document also details installation of prefabricated modular units on embassy grounds in Pretoria to create a secure temporary processing site,…
The U.S. comptroller of the currency indicated he would consider allowing senior members of Congress to see an unredacted application from World Liberty Financial to become a national trust bank. Democratic senators raised conflict-of-interest concerns during a Senate Banking Committee hearing and urged the regulator to withhold or delay review, wh…
Research firm IDC forecasts a 12.9% decline in global smartphone shipments in 2026, driven by an unprecedented shortage of memory chips. The firm sees shipments falling to roughly 1.1 billion units from 1.26 billion in the prior year. Elevated demand for advanced memory to support AI workloads is draining supply and raising component costs, prompti…
CrowdStrike (CRWD) is a Buy. The stock is trading well below its 52-week high after a sector-wide AI-driven correction, but the company’s cloud-native Falcon platform, strong free cash flow generation ($1.17B last reported), and deep telemetry moat position it to benefit as enterprises demand trusted security for AI agents. Trade plan: enter at $37…
Chemung Financial Corp. director Robert H. Dalrymple sold 2,833 shares on February 26, 2026, raising $160,231. The transaction, disclosed on a Form 4 filing, leaves Dalrymple with 1,351 directly held shares. The regional bank's shares trade near fair value and the board approved a quarterly dividend payable April 1, 2026.
TrueBlue EVP and Chief Legal Officer Garrett Ferencz bought 7,000 shares of TrueBlue at $3.61 per share on February 25, 2026, for a total of $25,270. The transaction increases his direct holdings to 234,135 shares. The purchase comes as the stock trades near its 52-week low and after a sustained six-month decline. Separately, TrueBlue announced sev…
RBC has released its preferred pharmaceutical stock selections, splitting recommendations between momentum and value strategies. Eli Lilly is flagged as the top momentum choice with a $1,250 price target driven by its GLP-1 franchise and the potential launch of oral orforglipron. AbbVie is RBC’s top value pick at a $260 target, backed by immunology…
Equity trading on Thursday produced a mix of notable declines among large-cap technology and semiconductor firms and sharp advances in selected names ranging from quantum computing to small-cap consumer stocks. News items tied to chip supply and product shipments coincided with heavy selling in several mega-cap chipmakers, while earnings beats and …
Traders are gearing up for a concentrated slate of U.S. economic releases on Friday, February 27, 2026, with the Producer Price Index (PPI) and its core measures leading the docket. A variety of additional indicators - from regional manufacturing surveys and construction spending to rig counts and weekly CFTC speculative position reports across com…
A varied roster of companies spanning healthcare, chemicals, reinsurance, travel technology and energy are due to release quarterly earnings on Friday. Market participants will parse reported results and management guidance for signs about demand, cost pressures and near-term prospects across multiple industries. A detailed list of estimated earnin…
Energy Vault Holdings chief executive Robert Piconi acquired 7,500 shares of the company's common stock on February 26, 2026, paying $3.255 per share for a total of $24,412. The company has reported its first positive adjusted EBITDA in Q4 2025, materially increased cash reserves year-over-year and pursued strategic partnerships and project options…
The average U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 5.98% this week, its lowest reading since September 2022, driven by a retreat in the 10-year Treasury yield amid legal and policy developments. Economists warn the move is likely transitory and insufficient on its own to rekindle broad housing demand without an increase in for-sale inventory. Per…
Chainlink's position as the dominant decentralized oracle provider, expanding product set, and the emergence of staking economics create a favorable asymmetric risk/reward for accumulation. This trade idea lays out an entry at $12.00, a stop at $8.50, and a primary target at $25.00, with horizon-specific guidance and balanced risk framing.
Apple TV has taken over exclusive U.S. broadcast rights for the 2026 Formula One season, delivering live coverage of all 24 rounds, while Netflix will air the Canadian Grand Prix live to U.S. viewers in May and season eight of the Drive to Survive docu-series will be available on Apple TV. Apple said select races and practice sessions will be offer…
Stephon Kenneth John, Chief Corporate Development Officer and director at Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. (MPB), sold 0.818 shares of company stock at $32.58 on February 24, 2026, for $26. The bank has reported a 47% year-over-year rise in fourth-quarter 2025 net income, completed the acquisition of Cumberland Advisors, Inc., received regulatory approvals f…
Knowles Corporation's senior legal officer, Robert J. Perna, reported two separate stock dispositions totaling $465,639 in late February 2026, according to a Form 4 filing. The filings show a direct sale of 7,422 shares on Feb. 24 and a trust-held sale of 9,221 shares on Feb. 26. The company also recently posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter …
Agilent Technologies shares fell about 7% after the company reported first-quarter results that slightly missed analyst estimates on both earnings and revenue. The company provided a Q2 revenue range that is above consensus and set full-year 2026 targets that largely track market expectations for earnings and revenue.
Canada’s minister overseeing trade with the United States described private conversations among Canada, the U.S. and Mexico about the upcoming USMCA review as not discouraging. Ottawa is readying formal negotiations with Washington ahead of the treaty’s renewal deadline of July 1, 2026. The minister noted the existence of bilateral arrangements wit…
Millrose (MRP) trades near $30.80, yields roughly 8-9% on the declared dividend, and sits at a sub-1.0 price-to-book multiple with manageable leverage. The company is executing a capital-light strategy selling finished lots to homebuilders while recycling capital through its Homesite Option Purchase Platform (HOPP'R). This trade idea targets a boun…
U.S. officials privately told Syrian telecom authorities they should avoid relying on Chinese equipment, citing national security concerns. The guidance was delivered during a meeting in San Francisco between a U.S. State Department team and Syria's communications minister amid Damascus' efforts to restore and expand telecommunications after years …
EDP is positioning itself to supply a large pipeline of data centre projects across the Iberian Peninsula by leveraging what it describes as structurally low electricity prices and clarified regulatory returns. The company has signed a renewable power supply partnership for a 1.2-GW site in Sines and projects steady electricity demand growth in the…
