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In a letter to Hegseth and Cao, Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, noted that the vessel’s crew members have not been to a port in a record-setting 200-plus days and demanded answers to a series of questions about the crew and the state of the ship.“There have been widespread reports of shortages of basic supplies, water contamination, plumbing issues, deteriorating mental health, deck safety concerns, and disruptions in the mail system,” Blumenthal wrote. “These reports warrant immediate attention, but they also raise a broader question: whether the Navy can sustain the operational…

Key PointsAmgen is developing a highly differentiated GLP-1 product. Regeneron has a pair of promising GLP-1 candidates in the pipeline.Both biotechs are performing well beyond their work in this therapeutic area. 10 stocks we like better than Amgen ›Demand for GLP-1 drugs is exploding. While medicines in this category traditionally treated diabetes, they are now being approved to manage other conditions, including obesity and obstructive sleep apnea. Further, based on pipeline programs across the pharmaceutical industry, we can expect GLP-1 therapies to eventually earn approvals across many other areas. Several companies could capitalize on this. The current leaders in the…

Zach Witkoff, co-founder and CEO of World Liberty Financial and chairman of Alt5 Sigma Corp., right, and Eric Trump at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, Aug. 13, 2025.Adam Gray | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA federal financial regulator has conditionally approved an application for a bank charter by an entity connected to World Liberty Financial, a crypto firm partially owned by President Donald Trump’s family.The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Friday gave conditional approval to World Liberty Trust Co.’s application for a national trust bank, according to a letter posted on the OCC’s website. The trust company…

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Key PointsAccording to a Form 4 filing, a director at Brixmor reported selling 9,000 shares for $267,300 on August 12.The sale reduced the director’s direct equity holdings by 23%.The transaction was executed entirely through direct ownership of common stock.10 stocks we like better than Brixmor Property Group ›Michael B. Berman, a director at the company, sold 9,000 shares of Brixmor Property Group Inc. (NYSE:BRX) on August 12 for a total value of $267,300, according to an SEC Form 4 filing.Transaction summaryMetricValueTransaction value$267,300Shares sold9,000 sharesPost-transaction shares (directly held)30,702 sharesPost-transaction value$912,770.46Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average sale price ($29.70);…

Tatiana Maksimova | Moment | Getty ImagesS&P 500 companies are keeping more profit from every dollar in sales than ever before, providing another tailwind for stocks.Using FactSet data, John Butters, senior earnings analyst and vice president at FactSet, showed that the S&P 500’s blended net profit margin is running at 16.9% for the second quarter. That’s up from 14.8% in the first quarter and 12.9% a year ago, and well above the five-year average of 12.4%. Net profit margin is the percentage of revenue companies get to pocket after they have paid all expenses.If that 16.9% figure holds, it would…

Shares of Dell have roughly quadrupled in price this year, with Lenovo’s earnings report helping to drive the latest bout of momentum for the PC and server maker.

As financial institutions push artificial intelligence deeper into everyday operations, the harder question is not what the technology can do but how firms need to change to work with it. Maximilian Groth, chief executive and co-founder of the confidential-computing and data-collaboration company Decentriq, argues that the first thing to break is the approval chain, and that the firms getting the most from AI are rarely the ones deploying the most of it. Maximilian Groth, CEO and co-founder at Decentriq The debate about AI in financial services has largely been a debate about capability: what models can do, how fast they…

August 2026 Government bond-backed repo markets: between resilience and vulnerability Ayelen Banegas, Lucas Devigne, Mulalo Mamburu, Kleopatra Nikolaou, Anna Samarina, Fabio Tamburrini Abstract: This paper synthesizes the literature on vulnerabilities in government bond-backed repo markets, focusing on the features that contribute to both the fragility and stability of these markets. The literature shows that the same features that enable efficient liquidity provision, including short-term funding, dealer intermediation, extensive collateral reuse, and low haircuts, can also create channels for rapid transmission of stress. The review documents tight linkages between repo and government bond markets, highlighting how repos are key…

After past snubs, social-media site Reddit has landed a spot on the S&P 500, sending shares on an after-hours rally Thursday.