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Kelly E. Garcia, Domino's Pizza Inc.'s Executive Vice President and Chief Technology & Data Officer, executed a significant equity transaction on July 9, 2026, selling 487 shares of the company's common stock. The sale, totaling $144,643, was conducted under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted in May 2025. This disposition followed the same-day exer…
Asaf Silberstein, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Semtech Corp (NASDAQ:SMTC), executed a sale of company common stock valued at $1,086,318 on July 8, 2026. The transactions, processed through a Family Trust, involved 8,500 shares traded between $124.1895 and $129.9426 per share. These sales were conducted under a Rule 10b5-1…
MetLife Investment Management, LLC has executed a significant acquisition of debt securities issued by Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust (NYSE:FINS). Acting as an investment manager for its clients, MetLife acquired 40,000,000 units of the trust's 5.364% Series C Senior Unsecured Notes due July 8, 2030. The transaction, finalized on …
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc., the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the U.S., announced its Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share, payable on August 7, 2026, to shareholders of record as of July 24, 2026.
Gary C. Bhojwani, a director at Hormel Foods Corp. (NASDAQ:HRL), executed a significant share sale on July 8, 2026, totaling $495,158. This transaction follows the company's recent second-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings report, which exceeded analyst expectations for both earnings per share and revenue. The move occurs as Hormel Foods continues to adj…
Tappan Moore III, Chief Operating Officer of Mama’s Creations, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAMA), sold 472 shares on July 8, 2026, for $8,801 at $18.648 per share to cover tax withholding on vested restricted stock units. Post-sale, he holds 12,869 shares. The company recently reported Q1 FY2027 earnings of $0.05 per share and $52.8 million in revenue, beating es…
William Lewis, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of INSMED Inc. (NASDAQ:INSM), executed a series of transactions on July 9, 2026, involving the sale of company shares and the exercise of stock options. The transactions were conducted under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan established in September 2025. Concurrently, Insmed has announced key leadership ap…
United Therapeutics Corp (NASDAQ:UTHR) director Jan Malcolm sold 325 shares of common stock on July 10, 2026, for a total value of $178,941. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan established in September 2025. This sale comes amid significant corporate developments, including FDA approval for the LungFX device and positive p…
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has designated Iranian financial facilitator Ali Ansari and multiple currency exchange firms, accusing him of channeling publicly funded assets into overseas real estate and commercial holdings that benefit Iran's supreme leader and other regime officials. The move, announced after Iran renewed a…
Pitanium Limited, a Hong Kong-based skincare retailer, received a Nasdaq delisting determination notice due to the SEC's suspension of its stock trading caused by possible manipulation through social media-driven investment recommendations. Nasdaq will delist the company's securities unless an appeal is filed by July 14, 2026, leading to suspension…
Columbus Circle Capital Corp. III successfully closed its initial public offering of 23 million units, raising $230 million, with units starting to trade on Nasdaq under ticker CCCTU. Each unit comprises one Class A ordinary share and one-third of a redeemable warrant, with warrants and shares expected to begin separate trading subsequently. Cohen …
Nasdaq announced the open short interest positions for its listed securities as of June 30, 2026. Short interest totals increased slightly across Nasdaq Global Market and Nasdaq Capital Market securities compared to the previous reporting period. The average days to cover declined, indicating faster turnover of short positions. Overall, short inter…
Korro Bio, a biotechnology company specializing in RNA editing therapies, announced inducement grants of non-statutory stock options to seven newly hired employees. The grants are intended to incentivize employee recruitment and retention, with options vesting over four years and exercisable at market prices on grant dates.
Cabot Corporation's Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.4725 per share, payable on September 11, 2026, to shareholders of record as of August 28, 2026. The announcement underscores the company's commitment to returning value to its shareholders amid its ongoing operations in specialty chemicals and advanced materials.
Security forces in southwestern Nigeria have recovered 39 schoolchildren and six teachers who were abducted in Oyo state on May 15, officials said. A presidential spokesperson reported that eight suspected kidnappers are in custody and quoted President Bola Tinubu pledging justice for the victims and the family of a teacher who was reportedly kille…
SK hynix (SSNLF) is my preferred memory play over Micron (MU). The company combines aggressive technology roadmaps, improving gross margins from better product mix, and a valuation that still lags Micron despite similar cycle exposure. For disciplined traders, a long position in the ADR provides an asymmetric payoff as the industry enters an invent…
TrustCo Bank Corp NY announced that it will release its second quarter 2026 financial results after market close on July 21, 2026, followed by a conference call on July 22, 2026. The company operates 132 branches across several states and provides banking and wealth management services.
Alpha Compute Corp., a Nasdaq-listed company specializing in GPU infrastructure and confidential computing technology for the AI sector, has scheduled its earnings release and conference call for July 15, 2026. The company will discuss unaudited financial and operational results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, emphasizing its role in prov…
Flagstar looks vulnerable to ongoing deposit and commercial real-estate stress, but capital resilience and the possibility of an outsized recovery in spreads cap the payoff. This trade idea establishes a defined-risk short with a mid-term horizon, clear stop, and pragmatic targets keyed to continued earnings pressure and funding costs.
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. slipped in afternoon trading as investors took profits following a strong recent advance. The decline appears driven by individual position management in a post-split trading environment and routine insider sales, rather than any broad market weakness or fresh negative corporate news.
Oracle shares declined after the stock went ex-dividend for its $0.50 quarterly payout and continued to digest a credit rating downgrade to 'BBB-' issued the day before. Additional regulatory oversight in the U.K. and investor scrutiny of planned AI-related capital spending, guided capex and proposed debt and equity raises added to the weakness, ev…
Lumentum (LITE) sits squarely in the path of hyperscaler capex for AI infrastructure. Strong customer commitments, a meaningful market cap with stretched but defendable fundamentals, and improving technicals make a mid-term long trade attractive. Plan: enter near current levels, limit risk with a tight stop, and target a move above the $900s as man…
SanDisk stock recovered intraday losses to trade sharply higher after reports that Meta Platforms signed a multi-year agreement to source flash storage from SanDisk as part of a major AI infrastructure expansion. A UBS note lifting memory market forecasts and bullish price targets from Wall Street analysts helped counter early selling tied to SK Hy…
Mercator Acquisition Corp. completed an initial public offering of 15,000,000 units at $10.00 each, generating $172.5 million in proceeds including the full exercise of the underwriter's 2,250,000-unit over-allotment option. Units began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on July 9, 2026 under the symbol MRCOU; the company intends to focus on techn…
Mercator Acquisition Corp., a blank check company targeting technology and software infrastructure firms in financial services, real estate, and asset management, successfully closed its $172.5 million initial public offering and began trading its units on NASDAQ under the symbol MRCOU.
