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Retail investors executed the largest single-day net purchases on record for the largest U.S. software ETF, buying $46 million of shares in one session, data from Vanda Research show. That inflow topped the prior single-day retail record of $32.8 million by roughly 40%. The buying coincided with strong one-day gains across several major software st…
USA Rare Earth announced a $1.2 billion investment to construct a magnet manufacturing and rare earth metals facility in Cherokee County, South Carolina. The plant is planned to produce 6,400 tonnes per year of NdFeB magnets and 5,000 tonnes of rare earth metals and alloys, with commissioning targeted for 2028. The move complements existing Oklahom…
Fulcrum Therapeutics shares plunged in morning trading after the company said it would permanently stop development of pociredir, its only clinical-stage program for sickle cell disease, and launched a strategic review that could include a sale or merger. The move followed FDA meeting minutes indicating regulators view PRC2 inhibition as carrying a…
Wolfe Research is skeptical that Nvidia's newly announced PC chip and the related surge in Arm Holdings' value represent a meaningful commercial break for either company. The firm characterized the combined $360 billion market-cap increase as an overreaction given the small addressable unit base at the expected price points and compared the opportu…
Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission each filed defenses of their settlement over Musk's late disclosure of Twitter share purchases after a federal judge raised questions. Musk called the agreement fair and reciprocal, while the SEC noted the settlement permits Musk to deny the agency's allegations publicly under a recent polic…
Boston Omaha Corp (NYSE:BOC) shares climbed 5% on Tuesday after director Frank H. Kenan II purchased 50,752 shares of Class A common stock valued at $671,249 across transactions executed between May 28 and June 1. The purchases, made through KD Capital, L.P., were recorded on a Form 4 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and were carr…
Mastercard announced that Ling Hai will assume the role of chief financial officer, replacing Sachin Mehra, who will transition into a newly established chief business officer position. The reorganization, effective August 3, is intended to sharpen the company's customer focus and improve execution. Ling Hai brings extensive international operating…
Xometry Inc. (NASDAQ: XMTR), the AI-native manufacturing marketplace, saw its shares fall 9.4% in premarket trading after disclosing a $225 million public offering of Class A common stock priced at $85 per share. The company will offer 2,647,059 shares and granted underwriters a 30-day option for up to 397,058 additional shares. The offering is exp…
Kioxia used its investor day to raise its flash memory demand outlook for 2025-2028, outline capital expenditure expectations through fiscal 2029, and describe progress on AI inference-targeted products. Shares rose 7% on the day. Management reiterated a flexible approach to capital allocation, including the possibility of returning excess free cas…
Piper Sandler initiated coverage of Take-Two Interactive with an Overweight rating and a $280 price objective, citing the November 2026 launch of Grand Theft Auto VI as a potential multi-year earnings driver. Analyst James Callahan highlights strong demand for GTA 6, improving mobile-booking trends following the Zynga acquisition, and Take-Two's st…
Satellogic reports growing commercial interest in its Merlin high-resolution satellite constellation, with early sales already adding to its backlog beyond an initial anchor customer. The first Merlin is set to launch in October 2026 and the constellation is expected to be fully operational in 2027. Management highlights potential defense and civil…
Laser Photonics Corp (NASDAQ:LASE) saw its stock jump 39% in premarket trading after its Laser Shield Anti-Drone (LSAD) system was selected as a top submission in the Department of War's MEIA Vulcan Call for Solutions. The company has been invited to a technical exchange with government mission engineering teams to evaluate technical validation, sc…
Quoin Pharmaceuticals Ltd. filed an Investigational New Drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for QRX003 to treat Peeling Skin Syndrome, a disorder with no approved therapies. Shares rose about 5.6% in premarket trading following the announcement. The company plans a Phase 2 trial in the second half of 2026, supported by clini…
Safe Pro Group Inc. said it secured a subcontracted award tied to a U.S. Army procurement for an AI-driven threat analysis kit. The order, which includes the company’s NODE edge compute system, licensed SPOTD detection technology, Black Widow drones from Red Cat Holdings, annual software upgrades and operational field support, prompted a premarket …
Lantern Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: LTRN) saw shares rise 3.5% in premarket trading after releasing updated survival results from its Phase 2 HARMONIC trial. Patients with EGFR Exon 21 L858R-mutant non-small cell lung cancer treated with LP-300 plus carboplatin and pemetrexed reached a median progression-free survival of 8.9 months. The company filed the …
Cisco on June 2 introduced Cloud Control, a software suite that enables organizations to build and manage AI agents to monitor and defend IT systems. The launch aims to provide machine-scale cyber defenses in response to an evolving threat landscape in which attackers may soon harness more powerful AI models. Cisco will embed OpenAI's Codex as the …
Candel Therapeutics reported peer-reviewed publication of a pivotal phase 3 trial in The Lancet Oncology showing statistically significant improvements in disease-free survival and prostate cancer-specific disease-free survival for aglatimagene besadenovec plus radiotherapy. The company’s shares fell 2.4% in premarket trading following the publicat…
The software sector swung from a sharp rally to a swift sell-off as investor optimism about AI agents collided with automated trading flows. A sector ETF erased half of a one-day gain and a wide set of leading software names fell, even after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued that AI agents will increase demand for software tools. Separately, Anthropic…
Insiders and affiliated investment vehicles reported a mix of heavyweight purchases and large-scale disposals on Monday, June 1, 2026. Biotech Q32 Bio and clinical-stage Outlook Therapeutics recorded significant private and registered-direct purchases, while a coordinated block sale at Medline and large fund dispositions of Illumina shares dominate…
Futures tied to Canada’s commodity-heavy main equity gauge moved modestly higher on Tuesday, supported by gains in gold even as crude prices fell amid continued ambiguity over the status of U.S.-Iran peace negotiations. U.S. futures were mixed to lower as investors parsed a raft of technology-sector headlines and the impact of geopolitical developm…
Enveric Biosciences said it has initiated Good Laboratory Practice genotoxicity studies on its lead neuroplastogen candidate, EB-003. The tests, conducted in line with ICH S2(R1) guidance, will evaluate whether the compound interacts with DNA and could cause genetic mutations - a required safety assessment for an Investigational New Drug filing. Sh…
Morningstar's appraisal places SpaceX at $780 billion, substantially lower than the $1.75 trillion valuation the company is targeting for its upcoming IPO. The research house singled out uncertainties around SpaceX's artificial intelligence initiatives, including xAI and X, and noted technological and competitive risks for Starlink and proposed orb…
VCI Global Ltd reported that its wholly owned unit, V Gallant Limited, has entered a definitive agreement to acquire PT Fine Carbon Credit Indonesia, a carbon-asset platform linked to roughly 241,000 hectares of forestry across four project sites in Indonesia. The announcement preceded an 18.1% slide in VCI Global shares in premarket trading. The c…
Morningstar values SpaceX at $780 billion, substantially lower than the company's stated IPO target. The research firm questioned the economics and competitive position of SpaceX's AI initiatives and highlighted technological and external risks for Starlink. Despite near-term upside driven by low float and heavyweight underwriters, Morningstar caut…
Goldman Sachs' review of nearly all S&P 500 constituents finds real revenues excluding energy up 6.3% year-over-year in Q1. Companies reported limited signs of demand weakening even as the Iran war and higher oil prices pushed input costs and squeezed margins. AI spending by hyperscalers and corporate capital expenditure plans remain a key growth e…
