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Protara Therapeutics saw its stock decline following the publication of interim results from its Phase 2 ADVANCED-2 study of TARA-002 in patients with high-risk Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer. The data cover evaluable participants in both BCG-Unresponsive and BCG-Naïve cohorts, report favorable safety signals, and set expectations for registrat…
Silo Pharma Inc. authorized a board-approved program to repurchase up to $1 million of its common stock, triggering a 35.1% rise in after-hours trading. The company said purchases may occur on the open market or through negotiated transactions and stressed the plan is subject to regulatory, market and corporate constraints.
Bloom Burton & Co. has initiated coverage of Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals (EPRX) with a Buy rating and a $14.00 price target. The firm derived its valuation by averaging a discounted 5x peak sales multiple and a discounted cash flow model using a 12% discount rate, applying a 40% probability of success to both approaches. Bloom Burton expects top-line …
Huntington Bancshares director Gary Torgow purchased 14,200 shares of HBAN common stock on February 19, 2026, for $17.81 per share, a transaction valued at about $252,901. The move comes as the bank finalizes its merger with Cadence Bank, taking Huntington’s assets to roughly $279 billion and expanding its branch network to nearly 1,400 locations. …
Tandem Diabetes Care announced a private placement of $200 million in convertible senior notes due 2032, with an initial purchaser option for an additional $30 million. The unsecured notes will accrue semiannual interest and may be settled in cash, common stock, or a combination at the company's election. Tandem said net proceeds will fund capped c…
Evercore ISI reiterated an Outperform rating and a $345 price target on International Business Machines Corp. after the company’s shares dropped following a blog post about AI-assisted COBOL modernization. The research note emphasized that customers have had modernization choices for some time and continue to retain mainframes for reliability, scal…
Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of F5, Inc. on February 20, 2026, for a total of $866,137, according to a Form 4 filing. The sale left Dreyer with 1,309 shares directly held. The transaction comes against a backdrop of robust first-quarter results, in which F5 reported earnings per share of $4.45 and revenue of $822 million, both excee…
Newmont has turned rock into cash: $7.3B of free cash flow, a sub-0.2 debt/equity ratio and double-digit returns on capital give the company both optionality and room to return capital. With gold still above pre-surge levels and miners trading on reasonable multiples (P/E ~19, EV/EBITDA ~9.9), we like a tactical long in NEM for a mid-term swing whi…
The U.S. women’s ice hockey team that won gold at the Milano Cortina Olympics has declined an invitation to attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address this week, citing schedule conflicts and post-Games commitments, USA Hockey said. The team defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime to take gold. The U.S. men’s team was also invited, but offi…
Morgan Stanley upgraded Booking Holdings to Overweight from Equalweight and set a $5,500 price target, citing expectations that early AI-powered travel products will route consumers to online travel agency apps and websites rather than complete transactions themselves. The broker highlighted Booking’s merchant-of-record status, data capture capabil…
Canadian generic drug maker Apotex Inc. is preparing for a potential initial public offering in Toronto during the first half of the year that could raise as much as C$1 billion (about $730 million). Bank advisers have been engaged, but final decisions on timing and deal size have not been made and plans remain subject to change.
U.S. equities tumbled on renewed tariff uncertainty after a U.S. court decision and an immediate presidential response introducing a temporary 15% global levy. Concurrent concerns about stress in the software and private credit sectors amplified risk aversion, sending money into Treasuries, gold and safe-haven currencies while oil rose to six-month…
Paramount Skydance submitted a higher bid for Warner Bros. Discovery in an effort to derail the studio's agreed sale to Netflix. The revised proposal improves on Paramount's earlier $108.4 billion, $30-per-share offer and is intended to address concerns about financing certainty. Netflix, which has an existing $27.75-per-share cash agreement, is pe…
Global Medical Response has assembled a banking group to manage a U.S. initial public offering that could raise about $1 billion. The Lewisville, Texas-based provider of air and ground emergency medical services has tapped JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America to work with KKR’s capital markets desk, and is also engaging Barclays and Goldman Sachs. De…
Stifel has initiated coverage of Gentherm Incorporated (NASDAQ:THRM) with a buy rating and a $41.00 12-month price target. At the time of the note, Gentherm shares traded at $32.53, implying roughly 26% upside to the target. Independent analysis cited in the coverage places a Fair Value near $39.86. The research house highlighted warmer demand for …
A bloc of 22 Senate Democrats unveiled legislation intended to compel the executive branch to reimburse duties and interest collected under tariffs the Supreme Court struck down under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The measure directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection to prioritize small businesses and mandates refunds within 180…
Whirlpool Corporation's stock fell about 7% after the company disclosed plans for concurrent public offerings of common stock and depositary shares representing interests in newly issued Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The offerings aim to raise roughly $800 million, with proceeds targeted for partial repayment of the company's revo…
A group of companies including Hims & Hers Health, Bed Bath & Beyond, Myriad Genetics, Keysight Technologies, EverQuote and Kratos Defense posted varied after-hours moves as earnings and guidance diverged from analyst expectations. Stock reactions tracked whether companies topped revenue and EPS estimates or issued forward guidance that missed mark…
U.S. stock indices closed lower on Monday as losses in Financials, Consumer Services and Industrials weighed on markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.66% to a new one-month low, the S&P 500 slipped 1.04%, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 1.13%. Market breadth was negative on both the NYSE and Nasdaq, while volatility, gold futures and s…
Mexico's benchmark S&P/BMV IPC closed down 1.21% as declines in industrial, consumer goods and consumer staples sectors weighed on the market. While a handful of stocks, including Industrias Peñoles and Grupo Carso, finished higher, larger losses from airline and beverage-related names pushed the overall index lower. Commodities and currency market…
Canadian equities closed modestly lower on Monday, with the S&P/TSX Composite retreating 0.12% as weakness in the information technology, industrials and financials sectors outweighed gains in select mining stocks. Market breadth was tilted toward decliners, volatility ticked higher and commodities and foreign-exchange moves presented mixed signals…
Colombian shares closed higher on Monday, with the COLCAP index rising 2.10% as strength in Industrials, Services and Agriculture supported the advance. Top session performers included Grupo Cibest SA, Mineros SA and Cementos Argos SA, while a handful of financial names ended lower. Commodity and currency moves were mixed, with notable shifts in co…
PayPal has drawn takeover interest after its share price fell, with analysts highlighting the company's low multiple relative to 2027 earnings estimates and the potential for buyers to pay premiums for assets such as Venmo and its buy now, pay later operations. Broker notes and sell-side research outline likely acquirers, hurdles to a full-company …
ROC completed its initial public offering, selling 4 million shares at $6.00 each to generate $24 million in gross proceeds before underwriting fees and expenses. The Vision AI company began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on February 20, 2026, priced at the high end of its marketed range. ROC has granted underwriters a 30-day option for up to…
Google has announced a three-year partnership with ISTE+ASCD to deliver Gemini and NotebookLM training to all 6 million K-12 and higher-education instructors in the United States. The rollout will begin in the coming months with short, flexible modules created by educators, awarding micro-credentials on completion and aligning materials to an AI Re…
