Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on Applied Mat. Our analysis of options history for Applied Mat revealed 18 unusual trades. Delving into the details, we found 44% of traders were bullish, while 55% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 7 were puts, with a value of $886,810, and 11 were calls, valued at...

April 19 (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager Butler Hall Capital said on Friday it is urging Vanda Pharmaceuticals ( VNDA ) to form an independent special committee to engage with Future Pak over its takeover offer and run a full sales process. On April 17, Vanda rejected a takeover proposal from Future Pak and adopted a shareholder rights plan to...

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Northrop Grumman ( NOC ) . And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the positions showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga. Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this...

April 19 (Reuters) - A New York state agency on Friday said it had failed to reach final contract agreements with the developers of three major offshore wind projects, blaming a decision by General Electric ( GE ) to scrap plans for a new turbine. The projects affected include Attentive Energy One, which is being developed by TotalEnergies, Rise Light...