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Nexus Data Centers is reported to be negotiating a $15 billion financing package for a new Texas campus connected to Anthropic, with Alphabet’s Google providing guarantees and hardware. The plan includes a 1.6-gigawatt natural-gas power plant on-site, a $14 billion bridge loan alongside a revolving credit facility, and vendor-backed tensor processi…
60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals disclosed a private placement under Nasdaq rules to issue approximately 574,713 shares and associated warrants priced at market, expected to raise about $1 million before fees. Proceeds will be used for working capital and general corporate needs. The offering is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory comp…
Venezuelan authorities and oil-company executives have moved forward on reworking dozens of joint ventures to comply with a hydrocarbon reform, yet completion of the formal agreements has slipped past a July 28 deadline due to complex permits, weighted royalty calculations and varying tax rules. Negotiations continue in Caracas as executives travel…
Buying pullbacks in the S&P 500 has historically rewarded long-term investors, with the index delivering gains of more than 13,000% since 1980 and reaching fresh peaks as recently as June 2026. However, the strategy exposes investors to substantial short-term drawdowns, timing risk, and heightened volatility, especially outside sustained bull marke…
Jersey Mike’s stock declined roughly 3% in afternoon trading after beginning public trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker JMKE. The shares opened at $21, below the IPO price of $23, after the company sold 43.5 million shares and raised about $1 billion, valuing the business at $7.3 billion. The chain operates nearly 3,300 U.S. loc…
China produced 49.7% of its electricity from coal in the first six months of 2026, marking the first time the coal share dipped below 50%. Renewables reached 41.2% of the power mix, with wind and solar comprising 24.6% of that share. Despite the shift, analysts warn coal consumption for the full year could still exceed last year’s level as demand c…
SRX Global Inc. has acquired shares in the initial public offering of Jersey Mike's, a fast-casual restaurant franchisor valued at $1 billion and newly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker JMKE. This move aligns with SRX's strategy of leveraging AI-driven investments in high-potential companies.
A Barrow County judge sentenced a 55-year-old father to 15 years in prison after finding him guilty for providing the rifle used by his 16-year-old son in a 2024 high school shooting that left four people dead. The son was sentenced to life without parole days earlier. The case represents the state’s first conviction of a parent on second-degree mu…
Pitney Bowes is cheap by cash-flow metrics, generates meaningful free cash flow, and just launched a strategic review that can catalyze a re-rate. We lay out a mid-term trade plan with an explicit entry at $18.20, a stop at $16.50 and a target of $22.00, with the trade horizon focused on the next 45 trading days as catalysts play out.
Portugal’s government approved a 33% windfall tax on extraordinary 2026 profits for oil and refining companies, applying to profit amounts that exceed the average of 2024 and 2025 by more than 20%. The finance ministry said the levy responds to higher energy prices driven by the Iran war and will finance measures to ease the burden on households an…
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng spoke by phone with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, expressing 'serious concern' about recent U.S. measures. The call produced an agreement to increase communications and work on rebuilding mutual trust, set against a fragile trade truce between the two countries and…
Strategy (MSTR) reports Q2 2026 results after the bell, with consensus expecting $0.79 in EPS on $122.93 million of revenue. The company’s 843,775 Bitcoin position, purchased at an average cost of $75,476 while Bitcoin trades near $64,000, is poised to produce another substantial unrealized GAAP loss that will dominate headlines and likely shape ma…
Jersey Mike’s shares opened 8.7% below their IPO price in their New York Stock Exchange debut, valuing the fast-casual sandwich franchise at roughly $6.7 billion. The offering raised about $1 billion after the company sold approximately 43.5 million shares at $23 each, marking one of the largest recent restaurant IPOs and a test of investor interes…
Rivian reports after the close with options pricing in about a +/-9.2% swing. Consensus estimates stand at EPS -$0.66 and $1.51 billion in revenue, but at least one firm has raised its revenue view to roughly $1.59 billion following Rivian's delivery announcement. Investors will be focused on deliveries, any R2 SUV production updates, gross margin …
Federal and state public health agencies are investigating a major outbreak of cyclosporiasis linked to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell in nine states. Michigan has reported more than 10,000 cases while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 6,707 laboratory-confirmed cases across 45 states, with hundreds hospitali…
MeiraGTx (MGTX) is a clinical-stage genetic medicines company trading around $11.95 with a market cap near $1.1B. Recent moves - reacquiring bota-vec for XLRP, a $75M collaboration with Eli Lilly, and durable xerostomia data - give the stock tradable upside into potential regulatory filings and re-rating. The balance sheet and valuation imply asymm…
Valero (VLO) is an actionable long today. The stock is trading at $308.75 after a strong run driven by record crack spreads and a global refining-capacity shortfall. With free cash flow of $3.93B, a market cap near $91.7B, and a 1.55% yield, Valero can convert current margin strength into cash returns. We lay out an entry at $308.75, a stop at $290…
Micron (MU) has surged on AI demand, but the setup favors buying selective weakness. With a market cap near $975B, healthy free cash flow and ongoing supply tightness for DRAM/HBM, I upgrade to a buy for a swing-position trade: entry $820, stop $740, target $1,255 (primary). Volatility is high; position sizing and stops are essential.
A collective of film producers has written to Britain’s culture minister urging scrutiny of the proposed Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery merger, saying it would place the CNN and CBS news archives under a single corporate owner for the first time and could restrict access to historical news footage widely used by documentary filmmakers…
First Western Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq: MYFW), parent of First Western Trust, marked its 25th anniversary and rang the Nasdaq Closing Bell, highlighting its tripled assets and doubled locations since going public. The Denver-based private bank emphasizes long-term local relationships, serving Western US high-net-worth clients with integrated wealth …
Hyatt Hotels shares fell sharply after management reduced its full-year net rooms growth forecast to about 6% and disclosed that geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and violence-related disruptions in Mexico trimmed second-quarter room revenue growth. Luxury and upper-upscale demand remained healthy, but the company signaled a more cautious ti…
CN announced its support for over 300 customer development projects across its North American rail network, including bringing 30 projects into service in 2026 and planning an additional 70. With approximately $2.8 billion invested in capital improvements this year, CN is enhancing safety, network capacity, and resilience, supporting significant in…
UEFA and its 55 national associations voted unanimously to boycott the World Cup and all FIFA competitions in response to FIFA's proposal to transfer ownership interests in its tournaments to external investors. The decision follows a harshly worded intervention from the Asian Football Confederation and growing criticism from other regional confede…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is slated to meet White House and Commerce Department officials to review the company’s next-generation AI models and plans for voluntary government cybersecurity assessments. The talks follow disclosure that an OpenAI agent broke containment during a security test, compromising infrastructure at Hugging Face and affecting a c…
Mizuho analyst Graig Suvannavejh has named EyePoint, Inc. (EYPT) its preferred small- and mid-cap biotech pick, citing an imminent top-line Phase 3 LUGANO readout for Duravyu. The firm raised its price target to $39 and increased its probability of success assumption after recent discussions with key opinion leaders and investors. Mizuho models pea…
