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Stripe is reportedly engaged in acquisition discussions to buy OpenRouter, a quickly expanding marketplace that lets developers route requests across a wide array of AI models. The potential transaction could value OpenRouter at around $10 billion, a sharp rise from its $1.3 billion valuation in May. Negotiations are ongoing and may conclude soon, …
The MOEX Russia Index closed up 0.24% as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Telecoms sectors supported the market. LUKOIL, TATNEFT and Rosneft were the session's strongest performers, while miners including AK ALROSA and Polyus posted notable declines. Market breadth favored declines, and volatility as measured by the Russian Volatility Inde…
Needham highlighted a set of communications and enterprise infrastructure firms it expects to outperform guidance as data-center and AI-driven demand supports transceiver production, networking billings and optical component manufacturing. The brokerage called out expectations for revenue beats, capacity investments and constructive guidance from s…
Advanced Micro Devices shares climbed in after-hours trading following a strategic partnership with Anthropic to supply GPUs and a major product unveiling at AMD's Advancing AI 2026 conference. The agreement includes up to 2 gigawatts of AMD Instinct MI450 Series GPUs deployed in Helios rackscale solutions, an initial gigawatt slated for the first …
The Department of Defense has reached an almost $7 billion, up-to-10-year Enterprise Software Agreement with Oracle to consolidate on-premises software licenses into a single contract. Negotiated by the Department of the Navy, the five-year deal — with a five-year option — covers the entire Pentagon, the U.S. Coast Guard and the intelligence commun…
Arm Holdings climbed in after-hours trading following a strong quarterly report from Intel and an expanded market forecast for AI infrastructure spending by IDC. The developments highlighted accelerating demand for AI chips, reinforced Arm's role in the AI server transition, and raised speculation ahead of Arm's fiscal Q1 2027 results.
Intel reported a stronger-than-expected quarter with revenue of $16.13 billion, adjusted EPS of $0.42, and a 41.8% adjusted gross margin. The Data Center and AI segment led growth with revenue up 59% to $6.3 billion. The company signaled heightened demand by disclosing 10 long-term supply agreements and saying it is supply-constrained. Intel also r…
Intel reported a sizable revenue and earnings beat for Q2, driving gains across the semiconductor sector after the bell. The chipmaker's results - including $16.13 billion in revenue and $0.42 adjusted EPS - underscore tight supply in server CPUs and raise the bar for rivals AMD and Arm ahead of their upcoming reports.
Shares of Intel climbed sharply after the company posted a surprise-beating second quarter and issued a tepid yet optimistic Q3 revenue guide tied to rising AI-driven compute demand. The report lifted other chip-related names in after-hours trading. Elsewhere, MaxLinear, Deckers Brands and Edwards Lifesciences produced mixed reactions as earnings a…
Marvell Technology (MRVL) trades around $209.32 after a dramatic run-up over the past year and a notable pullback from its June 2026 high. The company is positioned as a key supplier of custom AI silicon and high-speed optical interconnects, and recent results show strong revenue growth concentrated in data center customers. Supporters point to acc…
U.S. equities finished lower on Thursday, pressured by declines in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.97%, the S&P 500 dropped 1.21% and the Nasdaq Composite declined 2.15%. Market breadth favored decliners on both the NYSE and Nasdaq, while volatility and energy prices climbed and go…
Canada's S&P/TSX Composite closed lower on Thursday, dragged down by losses in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate sectors. While several resource-related names and an oil producer posted gains, the broader market saw more decliners than advancers and a notable jump in implied volatility.
Brazil's benchmark Bovespa closed lower, weighed down by declines in Real Estate, Consumption and Industrials. Market breadth favored sellers, with several large-cap names among the day's worst performers while select logistics and fuel stocks posted gains. Volatility measures and shifts in commodity prices and currency rates accompanied the declin…
BTIG analyst Mark Massaro highlighted seven specialty labs and diagnostics names as the sector approaches second-quarter reporting. Valuations have climbed, with Natera reaching a record market capitalization and Guardant Health trading at a premium to peers. BTIG expects a mix of strong results and more muted outcomes across the group, and outline…
Deckers Brands reported a record first-quarter revenue above $1 billion, delivered adjusted EPS of $0.94 versus the $0.87 consensus, and raised its full-year EPS midpoint. The company kept its revenue forecast unchanged, with the midpoint slightly below analyst expectations, a factor that weighed on the stock despite the earnings beat.
Shares of Teladoc and GoodRx moved lower after OpenAI rolled out a ChatGPT feature allowing U.S. users to connect Apple Health and supported medical records. The update, paired with a new paid model billed as superior for health tasks, comes with built-in privacy protections and physician-designed evaluations.
Moody's revised Matador Resources Company's outlook to stable from positive and affirmed key ratings while lowering the firm's speculative grade liquidity score, citing a substantial increase in debt tied to several recent acquisitions. The ratings agency highlighted that debt could rise as much as 75% since April and approach $6.4 billion if Matad…
S&P Global Ratings raised its outlook on Synopsys Inc. to positive from stable while affirming the company’s BBB credit rating, citing significant debt reduction following its Ansys acquisition and external investment proceeds. S&P highlighted current leverage of 2.3x, forecasts further decline to 1.8x in fiscal 2026 and 1.2x in 2027, and said the …
S&P Global Ratings changed its outlook on Lennar Corp. to stable from positive while affirming the company's BBB issuer credit rating, pointing to lower revenue and compressed gross margins as the Miami-based homebuilder contends with affordability headwinds and elevated mortgage rates. The downgrade in outlook follows weaker first-half results, ti…
Hellman & Friedman and Valeas Capital Partners are exploring a plan to load Baker Tilly with new debt to fund a dividend of up to $1 billion to the private equity owners. The move would be structured as a dividend recapitalization and pursued together with a broader refinancing effort in the leveraged loan market. If completed, the payout would be …
Kalshi, a prediction market platform, reported approximately $27 billion in trading volume and about 3 million users over the course of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, roughly double its pre-tournament expectations. The company plans to expand into markets tied to clinical trials and FDA regulatory reviews even as it faces legal challenges from multiple U…
A public interest law firm has moved a complaint into a Washington, D.C. federal court alleging that Lindt has misrepresented its efforts to eliminate child labor from its cocoa supply chain. The suit claims Lindt sources consumer-grade cocoa beans entirely from Ghana and cocoa butter from Ivory Coast, has known about child labor in its supply chai…
Elon Musk publicly thanked Micron for granting Tesla a large allocation of memory chips on an earnings call, praising the terms amid what he called 'pretty insane' memory pricing. Micron shares rose, broader memory suppliers saw gains, and Tesla shares fell after disappointing quarterly results. Questions remain about whether the arrangement with M…
Hims & Hers Health shares jumped after an FDA advisory committee voted to recommend adding peptide BPC-157 to the Section 503A Bulks List, potentially enabling a legal prescription compounding route. The 8-6 vote with one abstention surprised investors after FDA staff had expressed doubts about the compound's human data and safety. The result is vi…
Liberty Oilfield Services shares plunged after management disclosed a major upward revision to 2026 capital spending to secure long-lead equipment for a multi-year power expansion, delayed material earnings contribution from its power generation business until 2028, and reported a rise in net debt tied to accelerated investment. The core completion…
