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Horizon Quantum Holdings saw its stock jump sharply after unveiling a partnership with IonQ to place a 256-qubit trapped-ion quantum system at the company’s Dublin headquarters. The installation, supported by Ireland’s National Semiconductor Strategy, gives Horizon a second quantum hardware architecture for real-world testing of its hardware-agnost…
S&P Global Ratings upgraded its outlook on Victoria's Secret & Co. to positive from stable while keeping the issuer credit rating at 'BB-'. The move follows stronger-than-expected operating results in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, including a 15% rise in consolidated revenue and notable gains in digital engagement and new-customer growt…
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $514 million contract to produce GPS IIIF Space Vehicles 23 and 24, increasing the company’s GPS IIIF program commitment to 14 satellites. The satellites will bring enhanced anti-jamming protection, additional M-Code-enabled secure links, a digital navigation payload and updated spacecraft built on…
BTIG analyst Janine Stichter has designated Steve Madden (SHOO) as her top small/mid-cap footwear pick for 2026, maintaining a Buy rating and a $50 price target. Her view follows management and product meetings during FFANY Market Week that highlighted branded footwear strength, market share gains, and favorable wholesale sell-throughs, even as som…
Several automakers, including Ford, are applying to the U.S. Commerce Department for authorizations that would allow continued sales of vehicles assembled in China but long sold in U.S. showrooms. The requests respond to a Biden-era rule that bans most Chinese-developed and -maintained software in connected vehicles, with software prohibitions taki…
Florida's attorney general has filed suit against TikTok in state court, alleging the platform permits children under 14 to open accounts and misrepresents the level of violent and sexual content accessible to young users. The complaint cites H.B. 3 - Florida's law restricting under-14 accounts and requiring parental consent for users under 16 - an…
Options trading in Mondelez International Inc. accelerated to 10,725 contracts by 2:20 p.m. New York time, with calls comprising the vast majority of activity. The June 18, 2026 $65 call emerged as the single most traded strike, while a diagonal call spread between June and September expirations also accounted for a notable block of trades.
Jefferies has designated GE Vernova as its primary U.S. power and utilities selection for 2026, citing strength in large-frame gas turbine demand, expanding data center work for the Electrification segment, and a backlog profile that the bank expects will extend into the next decade. The firm reiterated a Buy rating and set a $1,210 price target wh…
Monday's session featured wide swings across market-cap segments. Large technology and storage names led gains among mega- and large-cap stocks, with SpaceX (SPCX) and Micron Technology (MU) among the strongest performers. At the same time several companies moved sharply lower after company-specific developments, including Fiserv, Fox Corp and Neum…
A dense slate of U.S. economic releases on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, centers on building permits, a forward-looking gauge of housing demand, alongside the ADP weekly employment change, housing starts, import and export price indices, the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow update and the API crude inventory read. Markets will digest multiple high-frequency indicato…
Earnings season presses on with several companies slated to publish quarterly results on Tuesday. Market participants will be watching John Wiley & Sons in its A and B share classes, La-Z-Boy Inc., and Vince Holding Co. as investors gauge corporate results against analyst estimates amid evolving economic conditions.
Nvidia Corp. attracted roughly $85 billion of orders for a proposed bond sale, seeking to issue at least $20 billion of notes across seven maturities from two to 30 years. The demand peaked at more than four times the minimum offering size, and the longest tranche tightened to about 0.65 percentage point over Treasuries after initial price talk. Pr…
Citi upgraded Paychex to Buy from Neutral and raised its target price to $140 from $99. The firm expects a reversal of multi-year growth deceleration driven by stronger bookings, synergies from the Paycor acquisition, and adoption of AI-enabled tools that could enhance retention, pricing and operational efficiency. Citi projects accelerating organi…
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who pleaded guilty in 2017 to conspiring to evade U.S. sanctions, is scheduled for sentencing on July 14 in Manhattan federal court. The hearing comes amid a parallel development in which prosecutors have reached an agreement with Turkish lender Halkbank that could lead to dismissal of charges if the bank …
Securitas has published its financial objectives for the 2030 strategy, setting a target of 10% average annual earnings-per-share growth over the business cycle. The company also identified an operating margin goal above 10%, an operating cash flow range equal to 80%-90% of operating income before amortization, a net debt to EBITDA limit below 2.5 …
MediaTek has expanded its AI strategy beyond IC and ASIC design into system-level design, aiming first at the printed circuit board assembly for Google's TPU v10 (Icefish) and rack-level integration for companies affiliated with Elon Musk. TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo frames the change as a multi-year repositioning that seeks hi…
After the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona-Catalunya, Morgan Stanley assessed the implications of Ferrari’s return to the top step, calling the result mainly symbolic but beneficial to the marque’s image. The bank estimates F1-related revenues near €560 million in 2025 and believes racing activities were close to breakeven but still loss making, whi…
HCL Technologies has agreed to acquire a 10.46% equity stake in Sarvam AI for Rs14.27 billion, valuing the startup at $1.5 billion post-money. The deal, expected to close within two weeks of signing, is intended to give HCLTech direct access to Sarvam's language models, multilingual capabilities and inference infrastructure to accelerate sovereign …
Morgan Stanley downgraded Accenture to Equal-weight from Overweight and cut its price target to $177 from $240, arguing that enterprise AI investments are crowding out traditional IT services spending. The bank cited survey and channel checks showing modest IT services budget growth in 2026 and warned of potential pressure on Accenture's bookings, …
RedCare Pharmacy issued an upbeat trading update ahead of its second-quarter results due July 29, pushing up fiscal 2026 guidance across group revenue, non-prescription sales, German prescription revenue and adjusted EBITDA margin. The company reported faster revenue growth in April and May, a sharp rise in German prescription sales, and consistent…
Amazon.com Inc said it will invest "several billion dollars" to build a data center campus in Montgomery County, Missouri, while pledging more than $7 million in community contributions. The announcement coincided with a multiday technology rally that saw Amazon shares rise and reinforced the company's broader $200 billion capital expenditure plan …
Nick Saunders, CEO of Webull U.K., says recent market turbulence has produced two clear responses from U.K. retail investors: a move toward lower-volatility holdings or cash, and a separate, sizable group increasing exposure to riskier, more volatile stocks in short-term trades. Saunders reports that overall trading activity on the platform has ris…
Advanced Micro Devices has acquired MEXT, a firm that develops AI-powered predictive memory technology intended to make flash storage perform more like DRAM. AMD says the acquisition will let it integrate MEXT’s approach across its data center products to help customers manage memory constraints, improve utilization and reduce infrastructure costs …
The Reserve Bank of India has announced new measures to curb the mis-selling of financial products by lenders, including a ban on so-called 'dark patterns' in digital interfaces, strengthened disclosure and consent requirements, and mandatory periodic audits of sales interfaces. The rules form amendments to the RBI's responsible business conduct di…
Meta Platforms is deploying a set of AI features across Facebook that use Meta AI, powered by Muse Spark, to help users search public content, generate and edit photos and videos, and complete routine tasks. The rollout includes an AI Mode visible in Feed and search, new AI-driven editing templates and transitions for video montages, and photo pres…
