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Voyager Technologies shares jumped after the company formally closed its acquisition of Astrobotic Technology and received a fresh Outperform start from Wedbush. The acquisition, announced June 2, 2026 and valued at up to about $300 million in cash and stock, brings a suite of lunar capabilities into Voyager's portfolio. Wedbush began coverage with…
Strategy Inc. shares rose 8.3% in early trading after investors reassessed a board-approved Digital Credit Capital Framework. The plan, approved on June 29, 2026, permits limited Bitcoin sales, establishes sizable buyback programs for common and preferred securities, and increases the preferred dividend to 12%. Market reaction swung from an initial…
Micron Technology shares fell sharply in morning trade as investors took profits following an extraordinary Q2 rally. The slide was amplified by a newly filed class-action antitrust lawsuit naming Micron and rivals, and by competitive and rotation fears tied to SK Hynix’s planned Nasdaq listing. A strategic supply agreement with General Motors prov…
Freedom Capital Markets began coverage of five publicly traded restaurant companies, initiating Buy recommendations on Dutch Bros, First Watch Restaurant Group and El Pollo Loco, while rating CAVA Group and Kura Sushi USA as Hold. Analyst Lynne Collier set specific price targets and highlighted operational and valuation drivers that informed the ca…
Can-Fite Biopharma Ltd ADR (NYSE American: CANF) saw its shares jump 65% after announcing Phase 2a results for Namodenoson in advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. The 20-patient open-label study met its primary safety endpoint and reported durable survival outcomes in patients who had progressed on standard therapies. The company said it will…
Palantir Technologies shares climbed sharply after the company announced a sovereign AI collaboration with Nvidia and broadened a commercial partnership with Surf Air Mobility, while a presidential financial disclosure revealed a notable Palantir holding. The moves, together with robust Q1 2026 results and supportive analyst notes, helped push the …
Global activist investors increased pressure on corporate boards in the second quarter, lifting the pace of campaigns in the first half of 2026. Barclays data shows activists pursued more sales and other M&A-related outcomes as deal values recovered, with technology and industrial companies the most targeted sectors.
Fox Corp Class A shares jumped after Wolfe Research upgraded the stock to Outperform and set a $71 price target, arguing the planned merger with Roku transforms Fox from a traditional broadcaster into a broader connected-TV growth platform. The upgrade, together with prior target increases from other firms and active share buybacks by Fox, pushed t…
Hims & Hers Health shares rose sharply in morning trading after Canaccord Genuity boosted its price target to a Street-high $40 from $32 and kept a Buy rating. The upgrade leaned on better consumer spending trends, a stronger-than-expected rollout of branded weight-loss drugs and the company’s expanding peptide business. Investors are also watching…
JPMorgan upgraded Wärtsilä to Neutral from Underweight and lifted its price target to €30.60 from €25, pointing to stronger medium-term prospects in the company's Energy division. The bank sees a 19% CAGR in clean operating profit in Energy through 2030 versus a 2025 base, driven by pricing and expanded capacity, and expects demand from data center…
Hims & Hers Health Inc. shares rose after Canaccord increased its price target to $40 from $32 while maintaining a Buy rating. The upgrade follows a strong second-quarter performance and recent operational moves, including a generic semaglutide rollout in Canada and the close of the Eucalyptus acquisition. Card-payment trends improved over the quar…
Sony Interactive Entertainment said it will end manufacture of physical discs for all new PlayStation games in January 2028. The policy, which applies to all publishers, follows a sustained shift toward digital purchases on PS4 and PS5. New titles already on shelves or released before the cutoff will remain available in disc form; afterwards Sony p…
Goldman Sachs announced Michael Bosworth will serve as acting general counsel and join its core executive leadership team effective after Kathryn Ruemmler stepped down on June 30. Ruemmler resigned following the release of U.S. Justice Department documents alleging she accepted gifts from Jeffrey Epstein and advised him on responding to media inqui…
A reported draft rule to bar imports of Chinese solar inverters may give Enphase Energy and SolarEdge Technologies some upside, but Goldman Sachs says the practical effects are concentrated in commercial, industrial and utility-scale markets rather than the residential rooftop segment. Goldman analyst Brian Lee cautioned the report’s accuracy is un…
Oxmiq said it raised $35 million to complete and commercialize intellectual property for a unified AI chip architecture and supporting software intended to lower the cost of deploying AI workloads. The company plans to combine GPU, CPU and a tensor engine into a single block of IP, offer a chiplet-based computing fabric with on-package memory, and …
CoreWeave shares fell sharply in pre-market trading after a report said Meta Platforms is developing a cloud infrastructure service intended to market excess AI compute and model access to external customers. The move raises competitive questions because Meta is a major CoreWeave customer under a $21 billion AI infrastructure agreement running from…
The Association of German Banks has publicly objected to a reported European Central Bank proposal to raise minimum reserve requirements from 1% to 2% of customer deposits and certain other funding sources. The group says the shift would lock up additional liquidity, reduce profitability and constrain banks' ability to invest and lend, while ECB of…
Associated British Foods reported mid-single-digit volume declines in the U.S. cooking oils market this year, attributing weakness to financial strain and immigration enforcement pressure on core Hispanic consumers, as well as reuse of oil and shifts to online shopping. The group said foodservice volumes are being affected by the rapid uptake of GL…
Nebius stock dropped sharply in pre-market trading after reports that Meta Platforms is planning a commercial cloud infrastructure initiative called 'Meta Compute' that would offer both hosted AI models and raw, bare-metal compute to external customers. The move is seen as a direct challenge to specialized GPU cloud providers and triggered broad se…
FMC Corporation stock climbed nearly 4.9% in pre-market trading after the company reached a definitive agreement for a $400 million minority equity investment from Belgium-based Tessenderlo Group at $13.30 per share, about a 16% premium to FMC's prior close of $11.50. The deal, which will leave Tessenderlo with roughly 20% of FMC's outstanding comm…
Sable Offshore Corp shares rose 17.1% in pre-market trading after the company priced a large equity offering and convertible note issue to address its Exxon Mobil-related debt. With both tranches priced and cross-conditional, some investors moved to cover short positions and buy into an extreme oversold setup even as questions remain about demand f…
General Motors announced a Strategic Customer Agreement with Micron Technology to secure long-term supplies of memory and storage components needed for vehicle production. The deal covers LPDRAM, NOR and UFS NAND products and includes collaboration on future memory requirements for next-generation vehicle architectures. Micron's $2 billion upgrade …
Goldman Sachs said its private credit fund recorded repurchase requests equal to roughly 3.24% of outstanding shares in the second quarter and that those requests were fulfilled in full, remaining below the fund’s 5% quarterly repurchase cap. The fund also logged approximately $275 million of gross inflows during the quarter. Goldman contrasted its…
Meta Platforms shares climbed sharply in pre-open trading after reports that the company is preparing to sell access to its AI compute capacity and models as a cloud product. The shift would convert a costly data center expansion into a potential revenue business and position Meta as a direct competitor to major cloud providers. The development fol…
Volkswagen's software arm Cariad and supplier Bosch have terminated their collaborative autonomous driving initiative. Both parties will keep access to intellectual property and data created under the tie-up and may carry on independent development. The split occurs while Volkswagen implements cost-reduction measures amid tariffs, soft demand and g…
