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Ulta Beauty on Tuesday increased its full-year earnings-per-share guidance, attributing the upgrade to reduced inventory-related losses and continued consumer demand for premium-priced beauty items. The company said those factors should help offset higher expenses tied to store expansion and marketing. Shares rose roughly 5% in extended trading fol…
Airgain Inc. expanded its FirstNet, Built with AT&T, portfolio by adding the MegaFi 2 and MegaGo 2 routers to the AirgainConnect lineup. The routers leverage High Power User Equipment (HPUE) on Band 14 to boost signal reach for public safety and organizations operating in difficult coverage environments. Shares of AIRG climbed 5.7% in after-hours t…
Netskope Inc. saw its shares climb 4% in after-hours trading following an announcement that it has joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, gaining access to the Claude Mythos Preview model to help detect vulnerabilities in code. The company highlighted rapid enterprise adoption of AI, frequent AI data policy violations, and widespread gaps in AI acti…
Cliffwater LLC has capped redemptions from its flagship private credit vehicle at 5% for the second quarter after shareholders asked to withdraw about 17% of shares. The $31 billion Cliffwater Corporate Lending Fund told investors they will receive roughly one-third of their requested amounts. In the previous quarter the fund limited redemptions to…
Coherent stock jumped sharply in mid-day trading following optimistic remarks about optical networking from NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and several analyst price-target increases anchored by Bank of America’s expanded AI data center market estimate. The move built on Coherent’s strong fiscal Q3 results and a major investment and supply agreement from N…
Robinhood Markets shares retreated after the U.S. Supreme Court requested input from the Trump administration on whether to hear the firm’s appeal seeking dismissal of a class-action suit tied to its July 2021 IPO. The legal development compounds concerns about decelerating revenue growth and increased competition from Binance’s U.S. product expans…
Braskem SA shares declined after the company moved to line up creditor support for an out-of-court restructuring process tied to upcoming debt obligations in July. Management is reported to be pursuing a framework that would grant a 90-day standstill if holders representing one third of its debt agree to the approach, while aiming to secure broader…
Meta Platforms has expanded its 13+ content settings for teen accounts to all markets across Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. Initially piloted in four countries in October 2025, the default settings are intended to present age-appropriate content, with an optional stricter Limited Content mode coming later for Facebook and Messenger. The move fo…
Carvana shares plunged about 9.3% in afternoon trading to a session low of $64.16 as fresh Form 144 filings revealing proposed insider sales combined with ongoing consumer-sector caution and margin concerns to weigh on the stock. The decline continues a downtrend that accelerated after the company reported Q1 2026 results in late April, leaving CVN…
Shares of major U.S. exchange operators declined sharply after regulators approved perpetual cryptocurrency futures for trading on domestic exchanges. Cboe Global Markets fell 9%, while CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange each dropped about 4% as investors weighed the risk profile of perpetual futures and the potential for such contracts to exp…
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon cautioned that inflationary pressure driven by rising oil prices linked to the Iran conflict could prompt changes in consumer spending patterns in the second half of 2026. Solomon expressed confidence in the Federal Reserve and its incoming Chair, Kevin Warsh, and dismissed concerns that major technology initial publ…
Moody’s Investors Service reduced NiSource Inc.'s debt grades on February 01, 2002, cutting the holding company's senior unsecured rating to Baa3 from Baa1 and lowering certain subsidiary ratings to Baa2. The move covers about $8 billion of debt and follows materially higher leverage and weaker-than-expected cash flow at subsidiary levels, with Moo…
Mexican security forces have arrested a man alleged to be a regional operator for a group tied to the Sinaloa Cartel and linked to the abduction and killing of 10 people associated with a mining operation in January. The detention, carried out in Sinaloa by the army, National Guard and local forces, comes as Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver has resume…
Microsoft unveiled a next-generation quantum chip, Majorana 2, redesigned using AI-driven materials research and now projects commercially useful quantum machines by 2029. The effort switches from aluminum to lead-based superconducting structures and produced large performance gains according to Microsoft executives, but the company faces scientifi…
Paccar Inc. saw its stock rise after two U.S. senators unveiled a proposal to eliminate the 12% federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks. Lawmakers said the levy increases the sticker price of new heavy trucks by $15,000 to $30,000 and can discourage fleet renewal, leaving about one-fifth of the largest trucks on the road with engines built before 2…
Microsoft announced an AI-assisted quantum chip called Majorana 2 and set a target of delivering commercially viable quantum machines by 2029. The firm said the new design uses lead-based materials rather than the aluminum superconducting wires used by some competitors, and that it achieved a 1,000-fold improvement in certain performance metrics ve…
Microsoft unveiled Project Solara at its Build developer conference in San Francisco, presenting a platform intended to run AI agents on mobile devices. The company demonstrated two concept devices developed with Qualcomm and MediaTek and said several corporate partners are working with the technology.
Microsoft introduced Scout, a new artificial intelligence assistant that operates as an autonomous presence within workplace systems rather than only as a per-user tool. Announced at the company’s Build developer conference in San Francisco, Scout is intended to carry out organizational tasks such as rescheduling meetings and responding to colleagu…
Mexican security forces have detained a suspect accused of involvement in the January abduction and killing of 10 people connected to a mining operation tied to Canadian miner Vizsla Silver. The arrest, carried out in Sinaloa by the army, National Guard and local forces, identifies the suspect as a regional operator for a criminal group linked to t…
Bank of England policymaker Megan Greene said the case for raising interest rates has strengthened as the conflict involving Iran continues, arguing that a swift rise in borrowing costs could be required to anchor inflation expectations. Greene highlighted the importance of the speed of any rate move and noted the Monetary Policy Committee will nex…
UBS downgraded Sherwin-Williams from Buy to Neutral and cut its 12-month price target to $330 from $385, citing a prolonged slowdown in the U.S. housing market that delays an earnings recovery until at least 2028. The bank warns that a possible acquisition of parts of AkzoNobel could boost earnings after synergies but would likely increase leverage…
Chevron has filed to enter Argentina’s RIGI incentive program with a $13.8 billion unconventional oil project located in the El Trapial area of Vaca Muerta. The application must receive government approval before the plan can proceed and would rank among the largest new investments in the country’s shale basin.
Tuesday’s session featured sizable swings across market-cap tiers. Mega-cap technology and semiconductor stocks recorded notable advances and declines, led by Cisco and Cisco-linked announcements. Among large- and mid-cap names, Marvell Technology posted a strong rally while several biotech and small-cap companies experienced sharp moves tied to cl…
Investors face a dense set of U.S. economic releases on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, that span private payrolls, multiple services-sector purchasing managers' indexes and weekly energy stock updates. The ADP Nonfarm Employment Change offers an early reading on private-sector job creation, the ISM and S&P Global Services PMIs provide overlapping gauges …
Earnings season remains active as companies across semiconductors, medical devices, cybersecurity and retail report results on Wednesday, June 3. Investors will see data from Broadcom, Medtronic, CrowdStrike and Macy's, among others, with estimates published ahead of open and after the close that span large-cap technology names and consumer-facing …
