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Bread Financial announced leadership changes in its commercial organization with Valerie Greer, EVP and Chief Commercial Officer, retiring after nearly 40 years in financial services. Dennis McCarthy will be promoted to EVP and Chief Revenue Officer, bringing extensive industry experience to guide the company’s next growth phase. Greer will remain …
Frontier Nuclear and Minerals Inc. has launched a significant 2026 drill program comprising approximately 120 holes totaling 36,000 meters at its 100%-owned Pine Ridge uranium project in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Building on successful 2025 drilling that confirmed widespread uranium mineralization, the program aims to define multiple roll front…
Major software stocks fell sharply after IBM reported softer-than-expected preliminary results and said clients had shifted spending toward hardware to secure memory and other infrastructure amid a supply-constrained market. The combination of rising memory prices driven by AI data center demand and near-term cybersecurity priorities has investors …
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. rose 1.1% in pre-market trade to $60.60 after copper futures strengthened and the company announced a cash dividend with an imminent ex-dividend date. Institutional accumulation and an upcoming Q2 2026 earnings report added to investor motivation to buy before the regular session.
B. Riley argues that second-quarter earnings from ASML and TSMC will carry outsized informational value for the semiconductor and semiconductor capital equipment sectors, saying a roughly $880 billion surge in AI infrastructure spending has arrived about a year earlier than it previously expected. The firm points to upgraded CY26 hyper-scale guidan…
Goldman Sachs projects June core consumer price index (CPI) to rise 0.17% month-over-month, a touch below market consensus, while headline CPI is expected to fall 0.11% month-over-month. The firm says the release will be an important input for Federal Reserve policy choices, with nuances across rent, travel, energy and autos shaping its softer core…
Preliminary data compiled by Macquarie shows U.S. revenue per available room (RevPAR) rose 8.7% in June 2026, driven by a mix of leisure travel and World Cup-related demand. The increase reflected gains in both average daily rate and occupancy, with luxury and upper-upscale hotels outperforming lower chainscales. Macquarie favors Hyatt Hotels based…
Thomson Reuters will sell 51% of its Global Print unit to private equity firm KKR for approximately $500 million and form a venture that will hold exclusive licensing rights for distributing its legal and tax content in print and digital book formats. Thomson Reuters will retain intellectual property rights, editorial control and a 49% stake in the…
CleanSpark shares jumped in pre-market trading after the company disclosed a 20-year infrastructure lease at its Sandersville, Georgia data center campus with a high-investment-grade global technology tenant. The agreement, which includes two five-year extension options, is projected to deliver about $6.6 billion in contracted revenue over the init…
IBM reported second-quarter revenue and non-GAAP EPS below analyst consensus, citing softness in its Z mainframe transaction processing and a shift in client capital spending toward servers, storage and memory. Shares fell 14% on the news as the company detailed margin contractions, cash flow generation and pockets of growth in Red Hat and Distribu…
Needham continues to expect the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance to close, even after a lawsuit brought by 12 state attorneys general alleging the transaction would harm competition. Paramount Skydance has pledged to increase film output and preserve staff and content budgets, and it still lists September 30 as the target…
Roblox (RBLX) has fallen sharply from last year’s highs and now trades at a market cap near $39.4B. The business still generates meaningful free cash flow ($1.52B last reported) and technicals show bullish momentum. This trade idea lays out a tactical long with a mid-to-long-term horizon, clear entry at $55.00, stop at $48.00 and a primary target o…
Microchip Technology introduces the VectorBlox 3.0 Accelerator SDK, a free toolchain designed to optimize and accelerate convolutional neural network deployment on PolarFire FPGA and SoC platforms. Leveraging sparsity-based model compression from its Neuronix acquisition, VectorBlox 3.0 enhances AI inference efficiency in power-constrained and miss…
Cisco's shares have recovered from 2025 lows and are trading in the low $120s, but fundamentals and the AI/data-center driven networking cycle argue there is further upside if the market reassigns a higher multiple. The company's strong ROE, $11.8B in free cash flow, and modest leverage underpin a long trade. We lay out an entry at $119.60, stop at…
Boris Nadezhdin, an opposition figure barred from the 2024 presidential race, says recent official actions - including a 'foreign agent' label and police questioning over an allegedly extremist social media link - are intended to derail his campaign for a seat in the State Duma. He has urged a freeze of fighting along existing front lines and warne…
Alimentation Couche-Tard's growing inside-store sales - coffee, fresh food, private label and higher-margin services - can blunt earnings pressure from normalizing fuel margins. This trade targets continued execution and margin mix improvement over the next ~45 trading days while protecting capital with a tight stop.
Diana Shipping Inc. will release its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, on July 30, 2026, prior to market open. The company will host a conference call and webcast for investors to discuss the results.
Kura Oncology announced that updated results from its FIT-001 Phase 1a study evaluating darlifarnib plus cabozantinib in cabozantinib-naïve advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) patients will be presented orally at the 2026 Kidney Cancer Research Summit. These long-term follow-up data continue to support darlifarnib's potential to enhanc…
China has expelled Ma Xingrui, a former member of the Politburo and ex-deputy head of the central rural work leading group, from the Communist Party following an investigation that found he facilitated appointments, arranged jobs for associates and allowed family members to profit from his position. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection …
Can-Fite BioPharma announced the granting of an Australian patent application titled "Treatment of Advanced Metastatic Cancer," further protecting its oncology drug Namodenoson. The drug is currently in pivotal Phase 3 trial for hepatocellular carcinoma and has completed Phase 2a trial in pancreatic cancer with plans for a Phase 2b study in combina…
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. announces construction expansion in Pearland, Texas, adding nearly 400,000 square feet to increase production capacity of advanced optical transceivers critical to AI and cloud networking infrastructure. This expansion supports AOI's long-term growth strategy and strengthens its position in key technology markets.
Axsome Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in treatments for central nervous system disorders, announced it will report its second quarter 2026 financial results on August 10, 2026, before U.S. market open, followed by a conference call to discuss results and provide a business update.
Public Policy Holding Company, Inc. (PPHC) announced the appointments of Greg Honan as Managing Director in Boston and Esther Lynch as Content Specialist in Washington, D.C. at Seven Letter, the company's strategic communications agency. These hires strengthen the firm's expertise in public affairs and corporate communications as Seven Letter appro…
Octave Intelligence plc will report its second quarter 2026 financial results on August 12, 2026, before the U.S. market opens. The company will also hold a live conference call to discuss the results and business outlook. Octave provides software for mission-critical facilities and infrastructure, aiming to improve asset lifecycle performance and …
Garrett Motion Inc., a leader in turbocharging and electrification technologies, announced it will release its Q2 2026 financial results on July 29, 2026, before US market open, followed by a conference call and webcast. The company continues to focus on automotive and industrial applications including fuel cell compressors and electric propulsion.
