On the move: Louis Plung names first CGO

AppLovin (APP +0.96%) has been one of the biggest winners on the stock market since 2022 as the company has gone from a mobile-game maker to an adtech powerhouse after leveraging the ad tools it built inside its games. Its ad business has been so successful that it sold off its mobile games business last…

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and outside adviser Jared Kushner met privately recently in New York, a signal that the White House is seeking ways to work with Democrats if they wrest majority control from Republicans in the midterm elections. The meeting, first reported Sunday by The New York Times, touched on issues ranging…

Hedge funds return to JGB flatteners after brutal stop-outs – Risk.net Skip to main content Close navigation menu End of drawer navigation content Funds bet repatriation of assets by Japan’s pension funds will driver further long-end yield compression Hedge funds are piling back into curve flattener trades on Japanese interest rates, despite repeated losses on…

George W. III Cummings, a director at Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST -0.38%), reported a sale of 20,000 shares of common stock in a transaction executed on July 30, 2026, and July 31, 2026, according to an SEC Form 4 filing. Transaction summary Metric Value Transaction value $635,800 Shares sold 20,000 Post-transaction shares (total) 225,091…

A clutch of encouraging business updates and a quarterly earnings report that was better than it seemed at first glance were the developments lifting SentinelOne (S +0.40%) stock last month. The cybersecurity company’s shares did quite well as a result, rising by almost 16% across August. Electronic guardian With a well-earned reputation as a tech-forward…

The breakout to record highs by bank stocks, plus their strong earnings and favorable valuations, suggest more good times ahead for the financial sector.