12:47 PM EST, 02/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The US Securities and Exchange Commission plans to lay off top leaders at regional offices across the country amid cost-cutting scrutiny by the Trump administration, Reuters reported Monday, citing two sources familiar with the matter. The SEC did not immediately reply to a request for comment from MT Newswires. (Market Chatter news is...

12:44 PM EST, 02/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Rio Tinto (RIO) shareholder Palliser Capital is mounting pressure asking the company to put to vote a resolution to independently review its dual listing, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The activist investor has asked the company's board to let Australian shareholders vote on the resolution after the miner's UK investors voted on...

12:52 PM EST, 02/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Liberty Defense Holdings ( LDDFF ) , on Monday said it entered into a non-exclusive distribution agreement with Isotec Security to sell and integrate Hexwave to the U.S. urban security market. The company, a provider of AI-based detection solutions for concealed weapons and threats, said Isotec will add the Hexwave walkthrough people-screening system,...

12:47 PM EST, 02/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific ( TMO ) filed a registration statement Monday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the potential sale of securities from time to time in one or more offerings. The filing covers debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, purchase contracts, units, warrants, and guarantees, and includes the...