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Authorities suspended an intensive search on Wednesday for three people missing after a triple-deck pontoon boat rolled over and sank near Alcatraz Island a day earlier. The incident left one person confirmed dead at the scene and multiple others rescued by nearby good Samaritans and emergency teams. The Coast Guard said hopes of finding additional…
The United States will levy a 25% tariff on certain imports from Brazil after a year-long Section 301 investigation concluded that Brazilian policies unfairly restricted U.S. commerce. The move, directed by President Donald Trump and announced by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, follows unsuccessful negotiations on a range of issues and le…
Csquare, Inc. has set the price for its initial public offering at $21.00 per share for 50,000,000 common shares, a move that is expected to generate roughly $1.05 billion in gross proceeds before underwriting discounts and commissions. The company granted underwriters a 30-day option to buy an additional 7,500,000 shares at the same price, which w…
A growing number of Chinese households are falling behind on loans even as authorities encourage borrowing to lift domestic demand. Consumer defaults have reached unprecedented levels, with banks tightening lending standards and using loan restructurings to avoid immediate non-performing classifications. The trend poses risks for lenders concentrat…
Hyundai Motor will acquire SoftBank Group's remaining stake in Boston Dynamics, taking full control of the robotics firm as it seeks to commercialize humanoid robots and expand artificial intelligence capabilities. The transaction follows SoftBank's exercise of a contractual put option; financial terms were not disclosed. Hyundai said full ownershi…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will speak at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai as Huawei introduces the Atlas 950 SuperPoD, a large-scale AI computing cluster built from domestically produced Ascend processors. The gathering will serve both as a technology exposition and a forum for Beijing to promote its stance on AI governanc…
NVIDIA announced a strategic collaboration with leading Japanese robotics and manufacturing firms to advance physical AI technologies. The company introduced Cosmos 3 Edge, a new AI model optimized for NVIDIA Jetson edge platforms, enabling real-time vision reasoning and robot action prediction. Japan's top industry players intend to join the NVIDI…
BHP Group's stock slid after the company reported mixed fourth-quarter production results and faced its first significant industrial stoppage at Port Hedland in over 20 years. A strike by roughly 160-200 port and maintenance workers and a reduction in FY2027 copper guidance, coupled with lingering cost concerns from a prior potash project overruns,…
Asian equities fell broadly, led by a steep drop in South Korean semiconductor names that briefly halted trading on the KOSPI. Investors also reacted to a Bank of Korea rate hike and heightened geopolitical tensions around the Strait of Hormuz. Attention turned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co ahead of its quarterly report for clues on AI-r…
SK Hynix shares tumbled 11.3% to ₩1,847,000 after a broad overnight decline in U.S. chip stocks spilled into Asian semiconductor markets. The drop compounds volatile trading since the company’s July 10 Nasdaq listing, where leveraged single-stock ETFs have intensified intraday swings. Additional pressure came from a sharp fall in the stock’s U.S. A…
ERock is trading well below its IPO price despite a $1.3B order backlog and plans to expand manufacturing to 1.2 GW by end of 2026. The market has punished the name while it scales production and runs at a loss. If management can convert backlog into shipments and tighten margins, the valuation at $2.64B market cap looks recoverable. This trade buy…
IBM has finally given the market a clean reset after recent weakness. This trade idea lays out a measured, mid-term swing trade using defined entry, stop and target levels while arguing why IBM's services and software franchise can reprice higher over the next 45 trading days if catalysts line up.
Kuaishou Technology climbed 5.6% to HK$47.22 after UBS added the company to its China Global Equity Focus List with a 3% weighting. The move coincides with continued corporate buybacks, investor enthusiasm for Kuaishou's AI initiatives, and a stronger Hong Kong market that saw the Hang Seng index rise 1.8%.
U.S. forces said they completed a recent set of strikes on Iranian targets, ordered by President Donald Trump, that included facilities in Bandar Abbas and coastal sites on Greater Tunb Island. The military described hits on command centers, air defenses, missile and drone capabilities, and coastal surveillance installations. The actions come amid …
Standard Nuclear, Inc. has set the price of its initial public offering at $15.00 per share for 10,000,000 Class A shares. The offering includes a 30-day option for underwriters to buy up to 1,500,000 additional shares at the IPO price, and shares are slated to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on July 16, 2026, with the offering expecte…
South Korean equities plunged further on Thursday, with the KOSPI falling 7.2% as heavyweights in the semiconductor sector led broad selling. The Korea Exchange imposed a five-minute sidecar on program sell orders after KOSPI 200 futures declined more than 5% and remained at that level for at least one minute, bringing the index closer to the 8% dr…
UBS raised its 12-month price target on Advanced Micro Devices to $700 from $670 and kept a Buy rating, reflecting increased confidence in AMD's AI roadmap, an expanding customer set and a stronger long-term outlook for GPU revenue. The bank's supply-chain checks indicate materially higher accelerator demand through 2027, prompting upward revisions…
Gold prices fell as rising crude oil prompted concern that inflation may remain higher for longer, bolstering expectations the Federal Reserve will maintain elevated interest rates and supporting the dollar. Softer U.S. producer and consumer inflation readings suggested easing price pressures, but geopolitical-driven oil gains and comments from Fed…
Richard Chen, serving as both President and Chief Medical Officer at Personalis, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSNL), executed a significant divestment of company equity on July 15, 2026. The transaction involved the sale of 100,000 shares, generating proceeds of $1,515,000. This activity was facilitated by a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted in late December 2025,…
The oil market extended gains for a fourth consecutive trading day as heightened U.S. military activity against Iran intensified fears of sustained interruptions to maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Benchmarks strengthened after fresh strikes on Iranian military targets and a U.S. report showing a modest draw in crude inventories, whil…
Clear Secure Inc. (NASDAQ: YOU) Chief Executive Officer Caryn Seidman Becker completed a significant divestment of 100,757 Class A common shares, realizing approximately $5.38 million in proceeds. The transaction, executed on July 13, 2026, was part of a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan established in March 2026. This sale follows a period of robust stock …
Alclear Investments, LLC, a key shareholder and director of Clear Secure, Inc. (NASDAQ: YOU), executed a significant sale of Class A common stock totaling approximately $5.38 million on July 13, 2026. The transaction, conducted under a pre-existing Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, involved the liquidation of 100,757 shares at prices ranging from $53.00 to…
The U.S. State Department has announced restrictions that prevent U.S. citizens and nationals who have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo within 21 days from boarding commercial flights to the United States, citing an ongoing Ebola outbreak. Officials point to the need for a 21-day period outside the DRC before attempting commercial travel to…
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a notable shareholder in Gloo Holdings, Inc. (GLOO), executed a series of sales involving 190,000 shares of Class A Common Stock between July 13 and July 15, 2026. The divestment, totaling $634,838 in aggregate value, occurred while the stock traded around $3.36, marking a significant 58% decline over the previous …
Sheena Jonathan, co-founder and director at Natera Inc., liquidated $836,898 worth of Natera common stock on July 13, 2026. The transaction involved the sale of 3,150 shares priced between $262.716 and $268.387 per share. This activity was executed under a Rule 10b5-1 plan established on December 12, 2025. Following the sale, Jonathan retains direc…
