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San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said she is open to one or two more interest rate reductions to address growing strains in the labor market. While she backed the Fed's recent decision to hold the federal funds rate at 3.50%-3.75%, Daly warned that weakening job market signals - including difficulty for recent graduates and real wa…
The MOEX Russia Index slipped 0.10% at the Moscow close, driven by declines across the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors. While several large-cap names gained, more issues fell than rose. Volatility eased slightly and key commodity and currency benchmarks moved higher, with Gold Futures and crude oil posting gains.
S&P Global Ratings has maintained Iraq's long-term foreign and local currency rating at 'B-' and short-term rating at 'B', keeping a stable outlook. The agency points to Iraq's sizable usable reserves relative to external public debt and prospective oil production increases as key supports, while warning that domestic political uncertainty and elev…
BofA Securities increased its 12-month price target for Piper Sandler to $395 from $385 while leaving an Underperform rating unchanged. The adjustment follows a sizable fourth-quarter 2025 earnings beat driven by higher operating income and investment banking strength, alongside shareholder-friendly actions including a special dividend, accelerated…
Vista Equity Partners is heading a new Series E financing round of more than $350 million in AI chip maker SambaNova Systems, in partnership with Cambium Capital, with Intel expected to commit roughly $100 million and potential for up to $150 million. The fundraising is intended to support SambaNova's push into inference chips and cloud services as…
U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators have discussed a plan aiming for a March peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, followed by a simultaneous national election and referendum. Sources familiar with the deliberations say the timetable is optimistic and likely to slip because of unresolved territorial demands, legal hurdles tied to martial law, and …
Forgent Power Solutions completed its initial public offering by selling 56 million shares of Class A common stock at $27.00 per share. The deal, which began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on February 5, 2026, included shares sold both by existing stockholders controlled by Neos Partners, LP, and by the company itself. Proceeds from the com…
Jane Grebenc, Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer of First Commonwealth Financial Corp (NYSE: FCF), sold 7,402 shares of the bank’s common stock on February 5, 2026, in two transactions totaling $138,904. The trades occurred while FCF shares traded close to their 52-week high. The company reported a narrow fourth-quarter 2025 earning…
At a military-focused summit on artificial intelligence in A Coruna, Spain, just over a third of participating nations signed a non-binding set of 20 principles on the use of AI in warfare. The United States and China did not join the pledge, and several countries declined to sign amid strained relations and unease about committing to concrete poli…
A director of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Inc. sold 600 shares on February 4, 2026, realizing $22,362. The bank has since seen its share price rise to $38.63 and declared a special cash dividend of $0.17 per share, payable on February 13, 2026 to holders of record as of February 4, 2026. The shares trade modestly above their Fair Value per In…
Truist Securities raised its price target on Under Armour to $8.00 from $6.00 while keeping a Hold rating, citing the company’s quarterly beat and higher guidance. The new target sits near Under Armour’s trading level. Analysts and investors are watching recent developments, including a large stake disclosed by Fairfax Financial and reiterated anal…
Stifel reduced its price target for Werner Enterprises (WERN) to $31 from $36 and kept a Hold rating, citing a transitional quarter as management repositions the business. Werner reported Q4 2025 adjusted EPS of $0.05 and revenue of $737.6 million, both below analyst forecasts, while the company shifts mix toward higher-margin Dedicated services fo…
San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said she is open to one or two interest rate cuts to address strains in the labor market, noting workers are facing shrinking real wages and fewer job opportunities. Daly supported the recent decision to hold the policy rate at 3.50%-3.75% but said there was a case for trimming policy further if inf…
Apple is preparing to permit voice-enabled artificial intelligence applications from outside developers to operate inside CarPlay, allowing users to interact with third-party AI chatbots through their vehicle interface. The company will retain control over Siri activation, requiring users to open individual apps to use those voice features. Apple d…
Brazil's stock benchmark finished Friday with modest gains, driven by advances in Real Estate, Financials and Consumption sectors. The Bovespa closed 0.31% higher in São Paulo. Individual movers included strong rallies in Direcional Engenharia, B3 SA and Auren Energia, while several industrial and banking names lagged. Market breadth was positive a…
Joyce Thomas Patrick Jr., a director at Roper Technologies, purchased 1,400 shares of the company's common stock on February 6, 2026, in trades totaling $501,844. The purchases were executed at prices between $358.34 and $358.50, with an average execution price reported as $358.46. After the transactions, Patrick directly holds 3,775 Roper shares w…
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Feb. 6 urged a speed-up in strengthening Ukraine’s air-defence capacity and in repairing electricity and heating infrastructure damaged during recent Russian night-time attacks. He said more than 1,110 apartment blocks remain without heat after the latest strikes, called for personnel changes in areas with weak defe…
A Maricopa County judge ruled that three Arizona statutes restricting abortion access conflict with a right to abortion added to the state constitution in 2024. The decision removes bans on telemedicine for medication abortions, requirements that patients state a reason for seeking an abortion, and a prohibition on abortions based on fetal genetic …
Canaccord Genuity lowered its price target on Udemy Inc. (UDMY) to $5.00 from $7.00 but maintained a Hold recommendation. Udemy reported fourth-quarter results that slightly exceeded revenue and profitability expectations, posted strong gross margins, and continued progress on subscription mix and enterprise upmarket initiatives. The company withhe…
Kirby Corp (KEX) Vice President and Controller Ronald A. Dragg sold 5,429 shares on February 4, 2026, for $122 each, netting $662,338, and exercised options to acquire 2,787 shares at $73.29 for $204,259. The company, trading near $123 and valued at $6.67 billion, has seen nearly 18% share appreciation over six months and is viewed by analysts as a…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average exceeded 50,000 for the first time on Friday, propelled by gains in blue-chip names. The 30-stock benchmark rose 2.2% to 50,011 by mid-afternoon in New York, marking a year-to-date increase of 4% that outpaces other major U.S. equity indexes. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq remain below their peak levels after a recent pullb…
Oppenheimer has increased its price target for Biogen to $250 from $225 while retaining an Outperform rating, citing robust Leqembi revenue growth, upcoming pipeline catalysts, and model updates using recent results. The move comes after Biogen reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter 2025 results and follows a period of notable share-price a…
Bitcoin climbed sharply on Friday, briefly reclaiming the $70,000 threshold and trading at about $70,826.9 as of 14:53 ET (19:53 GMT). The rally followed a period of steep declines triggered by an October 2025 flash crash and intensified after the nomination of Kevin Warsh, which pushed bitcoin to a 16-month low of $60,187.0. Despite the bounce, th…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has confirmed it is pursuing the deportation of a 5-year-old Ecuadorean boy who was detained last month in Minnesota. The department denied that it was seeking expedited removal after the child’s lawyer described the action as extraordinary and potentially retaliatory. The boy and his father had been release…
MARA has moved beyond pure-play Bitcoin mining. The Exaion acquisition (company statements and market commentary through 12/18/2025) repositions MARA as a provider of AI compute and energy services. At $8.20 the stock still trades at depressed multiples relative to its growth story; this trade targets a re-rating driven by revenue mix expansion, hi…
