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Net income hit a company record $129.5 million, or $0.65 a share, as the cash dividend rose to $0.23 a share.
Microcap Insider Buying: Week Ending October 9, 2026
The week’s reported purchases, buying relative to company size, and persistent buying.
Insider Buying: Week Ending October 9, 2026
The week’s reported purchases, buying relative to company size, and persistent buying.
Microcap Insider Buying: Week Ending October 2, 2026
The week’s reported purchases, buying relative to company size, and persistent buying.
Insider Buying: Week Ending October 2, 2026
The week’s reported purchases, buying relative to company size, and persistent buying.
Zombie firms transmit weaker growth across borders
Zombie firms in emerging Asia depress growth and inflation abroad through global value chains, illustrating how international production links transmit domestic economic weakness.
WesBanco Sets Third-Quarter Call After June Results
The Wheeling holding company said third-quarter results are due after the close on October 21, with a call on October 22.
NetApp Agreed to Break Out All-Flash Revenue After SEC Pressure
The company promised clearer storage-category revenue and profit disclosures, defending its accounting treatment and declining to quantify an immaterial product-mix effect on costs.
Johnson Controls Agreed to Expand Orders and Backlog Disclosure
The SEC pressed for fuller discussion of demand metrics and clearer treatment of segment profit measures, extending a dialogue that had already prompted repeated disclosure corrections.
Costco Pledged Fuller Cash-Flow Explanations After SEC Push
Costco promised to explain how inventory turnover and supplier terms affected cash generation after SEC staff sought more detail on changes in operating cash flow.
Salesforce, Apple, and NVIDIA Spend Cash on Share Repurchases
JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America also reported common-share buyback cash in the same calendar quarter.
GameStop Insiders Buy $26.8 Million of GME Stock
Eleven issuers drew two or more distinct insider open-market buyers in the week ending 2026-09-24.
IMF: Ghana’s Stabilization Leaves Banking Risks Elevated
IMF staff identifies lingering banking and fiscal risks in Ghana, coal-linked revenue shortfalls in Mongolia, and infrastructure constraints in Guatemala.
GameStop Insiders Bought $21.7 Million of Stock
Four GameStop insiders added 1.07 million shares in a week, the largest cluster of the period.
SEC Pressed Stanley Black & Decker on Non-GAAP Charge Labels
Stanley Black & Decker revised how it describes and discloses years of supply-chain restructuring costs after SEC staff repeatedly challenged which charges belonged outside GAAP earnings.
SEC Pressed Cooper Companies on Non-GAAP Gross Profit, Tax Adjustment
A year-long comment-letter dialogue pushed Cooper Companies to defend and eventually narrow its non-GAAP presentations while adding new segment and disclosure detail.
SEC Presses Coeur Mining on Non-GAAP Adjustments at Rochester, Las
Staff pushed Coeur Mining through months of comment letters over inventory-related add-backs to Adjusted EBITDA, forcing new disclosure but no retreat on the underlying adjustments.
SEC Pressed Air Products on Tax-Rate Math, Uzbekistan Deal
Across letters spanning 2022 to 2026, the SEC pushed Air Products to reconcile a $695 million tax benefit and to justify treating a $1 billion Uzbekistan facility purchase as a loan rather than a sale.
RBC Posts Record $6.0 Billion Net Income
Wealth Management net income rose 32% year-over-year as fee-based client assets lifted the Canadian lender's $8.7 billion pre-provision, pre-tax earnings.
Getty Investors Form Capital-Solutions Group With KED
Getty Investments and KED acknowledged a Section 13(d)(3) group on August 25, 2026, as Getty Images weighs financing alternatives.
Stilwell Group Adds Letter Amendment at Wheeler REIT
The activist group reported a 49.99% stake in the real estate investment trust after new side agreements.
Chemours and Chiron Lead Weekly Insider Buying Clusters
Six distinct insiders at Chemours and a $2.5 million commitment at Chiron Real Estate headline a week of concentrated open-market activity.
UBS Investment Bank Revenues Hit Record 3.7 Billion
The global wealth manager reported a 31% year-over-year increase in investment bank revenues driven by a 53% surge in equities.
Standard Chartered Wealth Income Accelerates as Retail Profit Rises
Wealth Solutions income climbed 38% to a record $2.11 billion in the half.
State Bank of India NII Rises 14.88% on Loan Growth
Net interest income for the lender reached ₹46,992 crores in the first quarter of fiscal 2027.
Royal Bank of Canada Sells Moneris Stake for $1 Billion
The bank returned $3.1 billion to shareholders in the third quarter as net income rose 23% to $5.4 billion.
NatWest Margin Expansion Persists as Loan Growth Accelerates 45%
NatWest Group's net interest margin widened to 2.48% in H1 2026 even as net loans jumped £17.0bn, more than 45% faster than the prior year's pace.
MUFG Profit Surges 48% as Net Interest Income Climbs on Rising Rates
Japan's largest bank by assets reported ¥809.4 billion in first-quarter profit, up 48.2% year-over-year, as net interest income swelled 27.7%.
Itaú Margin Growth Accelerated as Lending Rebounded
Managerial financial margin rose 3.6% from Q1 to R$33.49 billion as credit growth resumed.
Hana Financial Group Fee Income Surges 22.7% in Second Quarter
Asset management and M&A advisory fees drove group fee income to 819.6 billion won in the second quarter.
DBS Wealth Fees and Markets Trading Offset NIM Squeeze in Q2
DBS Group Holdings (DBS) posted a record $3.08 billion in second-quarter net profit even as its net interest margin slipped to 1.87%, with wealth-management fees up 42% year over year filling the gap.
CBA Accelerates Interest Income as Lending Broadens
Net interest income increased 7% as average interest-earning assets grew by A$92 billion.
CaixaBank Raises Interest Income as Margin Narrows
Second-quarter net interest income rose 2.5% to €2.729 billion despite higher funding costs.
BBVA Net Interest Income Rises 2.1% on Spanish Spread Growth
The global financial services group saw net interest income reach €7,627 million in the second quarter.
Banco do Brasil's Credit Costs Ease as Capital Ratio Slips Further
Banco do Brasil's cost of credit fell 2.1% quarter over quarter to R$18.5 billion in the second quarter, even as its CET1 ratio slid another 32 basis points to 11.27%.
Woori's Provisions Jump 42% as Profit Falls 15%
Woori Financial Group (WF) booked KRW 1,162,903 million in credit-loss provisions for 2025, up 41.6% from a year earlier, dragging net income attributable to owners down 14.8% to KRW 2,589,646 million even as net interest income and deposits both grew.
UBS Profit Surges 53% as Investment Bank Posts Record Revenue Year
The Swiss lender's full-year net profit reached $7.8 billion as underlying return on CET1 capital climbed to 13.7%, up from 8.7% a year earlier.
Truist Cuts Funding Costs as Full-Year Lending Expands
Deposit interest expense fell 10.2% to $7.05 billion in 2025, supporting higher net interest income.
Shinhan Financial Group Raises Treasury Stock Acquisitions to KRW 1.25 Trillion
The South Korean financial holding company increased treasury stock acquisitions to KRW 1,250,001 million in FY 2025.
Schwab's Funding Costs Fall, Driving Record Revenue and Margin
Charles Schwab's net interest margin expanded 62 basis points to 2.74% in 2025 as funding costs fell to 0.88%, powering record net revenues of $23,921 million.
Santander NII Rises 3.7% as Falling Deposit Costs Offset Lower Interest Income
The Spanish lender's net interest income reached €11.0 billion in Q1 2026, up 3.7% year-over-year, as a 6.9% drop in interest expense more than countered a decline in interest income.
NatWest Widens Margin as Lending Accelerates
Net interest margin expanded 21 basis points to 2.34% as customer lending increased.
KB Financial Group Boosts Fee Income as Loan Base Expands
Net fee and commission income rose to W 1,359,329 million for the period ended March 31, 2026.
Itaú's Client Margin Growth Outpaces Guidance as Capital Ratio Slips
Itaú Unibanco's financial margin with clients grew 12.1% in 2025 to R$121.1 billion, beating the top of its own guided range even as the CET1 ratio fell 140 basis points to 12.3%.
CIBC Posts 17% Adjusted Earnings Growth in Fiscal 2025
Canada's fifth-largest bank reported adjusted earnings of $8.5 billion for fiscal 2025, a 17% increase over the prior year.
Scotiabank Expects CAD $77 Million Q2 Contribution From KeyCorp Stake
The Canadian lender's roughly 14.9% ownership in KeyCorp is projected to contribute approximately CAD $85 million on an adjusted basis in the second quarter of 2026.
Bradesco Capitalizes R$6.67 Billion Legal Reserve, Strengthens Equity Base
Brazil's largest private-sector bank allocated R$14.5 billion to interest on shareholders' equity for fiscal 2025 while boosting share capital to R$93.77 billion.
Insiders Buy Into Boston Scientific Restructuring
Three Boston Scientific executives added $9.3 million in shares as the company accelerates cost reduction initiatives.
Diamondback Energy sells mineral interests to Viper Energy
The companies entered a definitive purchase agreement for royalty interests in exchange for units and Class B common stock.
CD&R Adjusts Stake Following Resideo Spin-Off
The investor exchanged preferred shares and extended lock-up restrictions as Resideo separated its global specialty distributor segment.