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Mercantile Bank Corporation (NASDAQ:MBWM) said on Tuesday that it delivered fourth-quarter results ahead of market expectations, supported by higher net interest income and growth across several noninterest revenue lines. Shares were little changed in after-hours trading following the release. The Michigan-based lender reported net income of $22.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, equal…

BOK Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:BOKF) said on Friday that fourth-quarter earnings came in well ahead of expectations, reporting net income of $177.3 million, or $2.89 per diluted share, versus analyst forecasts of $2.17 per share. Stripping out a gain from the sale of a merchant banking investment and a benefit from an FDIC special assessment, adjusted…

Peoples Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:PEBO) said on Tuesday that it delivered fourth-quarter earnings ahead of market expectations, posting net income of $31.8 million, or $0.89 per diluted share, compared with analysts’ forecasts of $0.88 per share. The Ohio-based lender improved on both the previous quarter, when earnings were $0.83 per share, and the same period a…

Novartis (NYSE:NVS) chief executive Vas Narasimhan said on Tuesday that the group expects to be largely insulated from any future tariffs, supported by its arrangements with the U.S. government and a growing manufacturing footprint in the country. “We expect to be in a position by middle of this year where we are not really exposed…

A closely watched measure of market anxiety jumped above the 20 mark for the first time since November, as U.S. stock futures slid and investors weighed the fallout from Washington’s tariff threats linked to Greenland. The CBOE Volatility Index, better known as the VIX, surged 29% to 20.46 by 04:47 ET (09:47 GMT), extending gains…

Gold prices notched a new all-time high in Asian trading on Tuesday, breaking through a key threshold as unease over U.S. demands linked to Greenland kept investors cautious and firmly positioned in safe-haven assets. Gold and silver had both surged to record levels earlier in the week after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would…

Shares in RAPT Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:RAPT) soared 63.6% on Tuesday after pharmaceutical major GSK plc (LSE:GSK) said it plans to acquire the company in an all-cash deal priced at $58 per share, valuing RAPT at approximately $2.2 billion. The proposed acquisition would give GSK control of RAPT’s food allergy pipeline, led by ozureprubart, an anti-IgE…

AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) has announced it will shift its US listing from Nasdaq to the New York Stock Exchange, delisting its American Depositary Shares and related debt instruments in the process. The transition will take place after markets close on January 30, 2026, with trading on the NYSE expected to commence on February 2. AstraZeneca confirmed…