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#Healthcare argenx discontinued its Phase 3 UNITY study of subcutaneous efgartigimod in moderate-to-severe Sjogren's disease after an independent data monitoring committee determined the trial could not meet its primary endpoint, the Week 48 clinESSDAI score, at an interim futil ... Continue reading
October 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
#Macro Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller signaled multiple additional interest rate increases are coming, while leaving flexibility on timing. Waller said inflation remains too high, now running more than five and a half years above target, with persistent inflationary ... Continue reading
October 8, 2026 at 10:10 AM
#Macro Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller signaled multiple additional interest rate increases are coming, while leaving flexibility on timing. Waller said inflation remains too high, now running more than five and a half years above target, with persistent inflationary ... Continue reading
October 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
#Geopolitics The Pentagon has directed U.S. Central Command to complete preparations for the potential resumption of large-scale combat operations against Iran, according to multiple officials cited by Axios and The Atlantic. The plans, which were ordered several days before the ... Continue reading
October 8, 2026 at 6:20 AM
#Geopolitics President Trump announced on October 7 that he has a call arranged with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the conversation coinciding with Putin's birthday. No specific timeframe for the call was provided, though Russia signaled the conversation could be arrang ... Continue reading
October 7, 2026 at 9:55 PM
#Earnings Penguin Solutions posted record fourth-quarter results on October 6, with net sales of $567 million rising 68% year over year and operating income of $69 million surging 458% from the prior-year period, both topping Wall Street expectations. The company simultaneously ... Continue reading
October 7, 2026 at 9:35 PM
#OilAndGas Caribou Biosciences announced it is halting all clinical development and launching a formal strategic review to explore a potential merger, acquisition, business combination, or other strategic transaction involving the company or its assets. The company said it is di ... Continue reading
October 7, 2026 at 9:35 PM
#Geopolitics Caterpillar shares fell 5.75% on Wednesday, October 7, making it the worst performer in the S&P 500 and the biggest drag on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, after the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Agriculture jointly announced a broad inquiry ... Continue reading
October 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
#RealEstate The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate climbed 19 basis points to 7.49% for the week ending October 2, its highest level since November 2023, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data released October 7. The rate has now risen roughly 1.4 percentage points sinc ... Continue reading
October 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
#Earnings Penguin Solutions posted record fiscal fourth-quarter results on October 6, with net sales rising 68% year over year to $567 million and non-GAAP earnings per share climbing 133% to $1.00, both beating Wall Street estimates. The company simultaneously appointed Stephen ... Continue reading
October 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
#Geopolitics The European Union is preparing safeguard measures that would impose a temporary cap on imports of Chinese hybrid vehicles into the bloc, Bloomberg reported on October 7. The move is intended to help rebalance a trade relationship strained by China's push to manufac ... Continue reading
October 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
#Healthcare The World Health Organization released its first-ever guidelines on childhood obesity on October 7, endorsing lifestyle interventions such as diet and physical activity while stopping short of recommending GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs, a significant policy signal tha ... Continue reading
October 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
#Earnings Constellation Brands reported a 21% jump in second-quarter fiscal 2027 profit that beat Wall Street expectations, but shares tumbled more than 6% in premarket trading on October 7, 2026, as investors focused on narrowing operating margins and questions about the durabi ... Continue reading
October 7, 2026 at 2:10 PM
#OilAndGas Shell issued a third-quarter trading update on October 7, flagging record refining margins of $42 a barrel, up sharply from $24 a barrel in the second quarter, as the ongoing Iran conflict upended global fuel markets. The company also raised its gas production forecas ... Continue reading
October 7, 2026 at 1:45 PM
#OilAndGas Oil prices rose sharply on Wednesday, October 7, as escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia reignited fears of broader supply disruptions and outweighed a recent improvement in crude availability from the Middle East. Saudi Arabia's aviation authority confirmed that ... Continue reading
October 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
#Macro India's central bank raised its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50% on Wednesday, October 7, marking its first rate increase in nearly four years and rejoining a global wave of monetary tightening. The move, which matched economist forecasts, was driven by a w ... Continue reading
October 7, 2026 at 9:30 AM
#Geopolitics President Donald Trump issued pointed remarks Tuesday about the eight-month-old U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, warning that the conflict must be concluded and that Americans would learn "pretty soon" whether that would happen "the nice way or the not-so-nice way." Trum ... Continue reading
October 7, 2026 at 2:55 AM
#OilAndGas Oil markets ended Tuesday's session with minimal movement as traders balanced ongoing supply risks against a recovery in Middle East export volumes. Brent crude futures settled at $100.58 per barrel, up 26 cents or 0.26%, while NYMEX WTI crude futures closed essential ... Continue reading
October 6, 2026 at 9:40 PM
#Earnings Penguin Solutions reported fiscal fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.00, beating the $0.78 consensus estimate by $0.23, while adjusted revenue came in at $566.7 million against the $516.1 million estimate, a beat of roughly $46 million. Adjusted operating ... Continue reading
October 6, 2026 at 9:35 PM
#Healthcare ArriVent BioPharma stock collapsed more than 50% on October 6 after the company announced that its Phase 3 FURVENT trial of firmonertinib (240 mg) in first-line EGFR exon 20 insertion mutant non-small cell lung cancer failed to meet its primary endpoint. Blinded inde ... Continue reading
October 6, 2026 at 9:35 PM
#CorporateActions Clayton Dubilier & Rice and McKesson have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Option Care Health for $32.05 per share, placing the total enterprise value of the at-home infusion therapy provider at approximately $5.8 billion. The offer represents a p ... Continue reading
October 6, 2026 at 9:35 PM
#CorporateActions McKesson and private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier and Rice have agreed to acquire Option Care Health in a deal valuing the home infusion therapy provider at approximately $5.8 billion, including debt. The acquisition price of $32.05 per share was confirmed in ... Continue reading
October 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
#Macro The United States trade deficit surged to $105.6 billion in August 2026, surpassing the consensus estimate of $102.1 billion and marking a sharp deterioration from the revised July figure of $92.8 billion, which was itself revised wider from the initially reported $88.6 b ... Continue reading
October 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
#Technology ASOS shares fell as much as 11% on October 6, their steepest single-day drop in a year, after users of the online fashion retailer's shopping app received push notifications from alleged hackers claiming they had compromised the company's data systems. The message, a ... Continue reading
October 6, 2026 at 1:40 PM
#Technology AMD CEO Lisa Su said Tuesday that customer demand for the company's AI chips is running ahead of what AMD can currently produce, and announced plans to substantially increase chip supply in 2027. Speaking at an event in Taipei, Su said AMD has already boosted supply ... Continue reading
October 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM