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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told delegates at the Munich Security Conference that the United Kingdom is prepared to deepen defence cooperation with European partners to ease NATO's heavy reliance on the United States. He urged greater integration of Europe's defence industry, a new approach to procurement to cut duplication, and described a…
Grab (GRAB) is trading near the low end of its range after a 2025 sell-off, yet recent results show profitability and accelerating EBITDA. Management is deploying capital into delivery automation and has authorized a $500M buyback. This trade idea outlines a long entry on a pullback, explicit targets and a stop, and a 180-trading-day horizon to cap…
Stephen Cohen, a senior managing director at BlackRock, sold 2,179 shares of the company's common stock on February 11, 2026, at $1,073.87 per share, yielding $2.34 million. The firm’s strong fourth-quarter results prompted upward price-target revisions from UBS and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, while governance and leadership movements - including a ne…
Lockheed Martin secured three Department of Defense contract modifications totaling about $101 million. Awards cover operation and maintenance of AEGIS test sites, on-site engineering and test support for F-35 electromagnetic environmental effects, and an increase to a large-lot missile procurement contract that raises the program total to $9.6 bil…
US Foods Inc.'s Livermore, California unit, US Foods - San Francisco, has been granted a $298.5 million fixed-price contract with economic-price-adjustment provisions by the U.S. Department of War to supply a full range of food and beverage items to the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard over a five-year period ending February 8, 2031. T…
Paramount Skydance has appointed Rene Augustine, a former Trump administration attorney, as senior vice president of global public policy, according to an internal memo. Augustine will start on February 17 and report to Chief Legal Officer Makan Delrahim. The move occurs amid Paramount's heightened bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, in direct competit…
Bank of America approved $41 million in total compensation for CEO Brian Moynihan for 2025, a rise of more than 17.1% from 2024. The package includes $1.5 million in base salary with the remainder delivered as equity incentives. The decision echoes similar pay increases at other major U.S. banks as the industry prepares for elevated dealmaking acti…
Bank of America increased CEO Brian Moynihan’s total compensation to $41 million for 2025, a 17% rise over the prior year. The board left his $1.5 million base salary unchanged and provided no cash bonus, instead granting $39.5 million in equity awards composed of cash-settled and stock-settled units plus performance-based awards that depend on res…
President Donald Trump announced plans to mandate voter identification for the November midterm elections by issuing an executive order if necessary, while supporting a House-passed bill that faces slim prospects in the Senate. He did not detail the legal basis for unilateral action and reiterated a promise to present what he called an "irrefutable…
Lowe's has cut roughly 600 corporate and support jobs - under 1% of its roughly 300,000-strong workforce - concentrating reductions in back-office functions to prioritize frontline activities. The company said affected employees will receive financial help and career transition support. The move comes weeks ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings repo…
Aehr Test Systems director Rhea J. Posedel sold 13,998 shares on February 13, 2026, for roughly $420,151, reducing her direct stake to 71,163 shares. The company reported a drop in revenue and a net loss for Q2 FY2026 but won a production order for its Sonoma systems for next-generation AI processors. Analysts have adjusted guidance and ratings ami…
Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said a joint review of video footage by ICE and the Department of Justice indicates that sworn testimony from two federal officers appears to have been untruthful in the incident that led to a Venezuelan immigrant being shot in Minneapolis. Both officers have been placed on adminis…
Marvell is trading well below its 52-week high despite clear traction in AI data-center silicon, improving margins and positive free cash flow. The market seems to be pricing in worst-case customer concentration and competitive threats. We see those risks but think the recent weakness overstates them. For traders willing to accept moderate risk, a …
Debbra L. Schoneman, president of Piper Sandler Companies, executed the sale of 5,240 shares of the company's common stock on February 11, 2026, for roughly $1.84 million and simultaneously exercised options to acquire the same number of shares at a $99 exercise price. The firm reported a sizable fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beat, prompting …
Werewolf Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:HOWL) saw its stock fall 5.1% in after-hours trading following disclosure that its board approved a reduction of 64% of the company’s workforce. The company expects the bulk of the layoffs to be completed by February 13, 2026, will record an estimated $4.1 million one-time charge in Q1 2026 tied to employee separa…
Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot has increased its U.S. market share in recent months even as the tool faces global condemnation and regulatory attention after being used to create non-consensual sexualized images. Data from Apptopia show Grok’s share rose to 17.8% in the most recent month from 14% in December and 1.9% in January 2025. The growth supports …
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) offers a durable way to diversify a global banking sleeve. The stock trades at a reasonable P/E (11.7) and PB (1.84) with a $129.6B market cap, a 2.9% yield and exposure to higher-rate environments. Technicals are soft, which creates a tactical entry opportunity. Trade plan: enter at $22.73, stop $20.50, targe…
Hyperscale Data disclosed an at-the-market offering of its 13% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock for up to $35.4 million, naming Wilson-Davis & Co. as sales agent. The company said most net proceeds are intended for Bitcoin acquisitions and possible purchases of gold, silver and copper, with a smaller portion allocated to wor…
HCM IV Acquisition Corp. raised $287.5 million by selling 28,750,000 units at $10.00 each, including an over-allotment of 3,750,000 units. The units started trading on the NASDAQ Global Market on February 12, 2026 under the symbol HACQU. The company is a blank-check vehicle focused on technology or innovation in the financial services industry and …
Moody's Ratings has affirmed Flowers Foods' Baa3 long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings but shifted the outlook to negative from stable. The agency cited elevated leverage following the Simple Mills acquisition, slower-than-expected deleveraging driven by category softness and margin pressures, and forecasts that leverage will remain elevate…
U.S. equity markets closed mixed on Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average edging up 0.10%, the S&P 500 eking out a 0.05% gain and the Nasdaq Composite retreating 0.22%. Sector rotation drove the split, as gains in Utilities, Basic Materials and Industrials were offset by losses in Technology, Telecoms and Consumer Services. Market breadth fa…
BorgWarner is trading with strong technical momentum after a sharp run from its 2025 lows. Its ePropulsion and power-electronics capabilities give it optionality to sell into EV OEMs and adjacent markets such as data-center DC power and fast-charging infrastructure. The company trades at a market cap near $13.1B with free cash flow of roughly $1.18…
Mexico’s benchmark S&P/BMV IPC advanced 0.79% at Friday’s close, driven by strength in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples. Leading individual winners included Grupo Carso, Grupo Financiero Inbursa and Alsea, while Coca-Cola Femsa, Orbia and Sigma were among the weakest performers. Commodities and FX showed mixed moves, with…
Moody's Ratings has affirmed PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas & Electric Company's ratings while revising their outlooks from stable to positive, a change that touches roughly $44 billion of outstanding debt. The agency cited expected improvements in cash flow metrics through 2026-2027, progress on wildfire mitigation, and strengthened California l…
Canadian stocks closed higher on Friday, with the S&P/TSX Composite rising 1.87%. Gains were concentrated in the Materials, Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare sectors. Magna International and Trisura Group were among the session leaders, while Advantage Oil & Gas, Colliers and CAE were the largest decliners. Market breadth favored advancers and …
