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It’s now time for some of today’s trending tickers. Today we’re watching Palantir, Caterpillar and HPE. First up, Palantir rising after NATO finalized the purchase of the company’s AI military system. NATO says it’s completed an acquisition of Palantir’s Maven Smart system at the end of March. The Maven system uses AI to collect and analyze large amounts of data to modernize war fighting capabilities. Next up, Caterpillar announcing CEO Jim Umpleby will step down at the end of the month. Chief Operating Officer Joe Creed will take over the role effective on May 1st. Caterpillar set to report its first quarter results later this month. And finally, we are watching HPE. Activist investor Elliott Management reportedly taking a stake worth more than 1 and a half billion dollars. According to Bloomberg, Elliott plans to engage with the software company to help it boost its value moving forward here. And those are your trending tickers for the day.