IN THE NEWS
Steel and aluminum stocks are popping while the rest of the market crashes after President Donald Trump said he will be
announcing new steel and aluminum tariffs as early as next week:
Link
Amid backlash from economists, national security experts and foreign leaders, Trump defended his position on Twitter: Link
Oncological drug developers have fierce competition for patients, both in trials and in market. But Moleculin Biotech
Inc (NASDAQ: MBRX) rests secure, snugly insulated
from the battle:
Link
Bitcoin Private, the product of a hard fork merger between the cryptocurrencies bitcoin and ZClassic, will bring the transaction
sets of each currency together to form a new blockchain when it launches March 2:
Link
Pivotal votes in Italy and Germany this weekend spotlight a fact central to the continent’s political upheavals: the shriveling
of the moderate left, which helped build modern Europe:
Link $
Xerox Corp (NYSE: XRX) said activist
investor Darwin Deason does not have any right to nominate directors to the company’s board outside of the nomination window,
following his attempt to nominate a full slate of directors:
Link
Former Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci tore into White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, accusing him of blocking his access to the
president at the White House and Davos and driving away Trump’s most-important advisers at a critical moment when the White House
is in chaos:
Link
ECONOMIC DATA
- USA University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment for Feb 99.70 vs 99.50 Est; Prior 95.70
- The Baker Hughes North American rig count report for the latest week will be released at 1:00 p.m. ET.
ANALYST RATINGS
- Keybanc upgraded Allegheny Technologies (NYSE:ATII) from Sector Weight to Overweight
- BMO upgraded SpartanNash (NASDAQ: SPTN) from Market Perform to Outperform
- Stifel downgraded VMWare (NYSE: VMW)
from Buy to Hold
- Oppenheimer downgraded Walmart (NYSE: WMT) from Outperform to Perform
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