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Quantum Cyber N.V. (NASDAQ:QUCY) announced the incorporation of a Nevada-based, wholly owned subsidiary, Quantum Drones Corporation, to drive its domestic defense technology initiatives and target U.S. government procurement. The move coincided with a 22.3% premarket jump in QUCY shares. Leadership appointments and stated budget opportunities for d…
Boston Scientific announced a $2 billion accelerated share repurchase with JPMorgan Chase Bank and a separate $1.5 billion equity investment in MiRus LLC, prompting a modest premarket uptick in its stock. The transactions are part of an existing $5 billion buyback authorization and include an option to acquire MiRus' investigational SIEGEL TAVR sys…
BofA Securities upgraded its year-end targets for Japan’s equity benchmarks on the back of stronger-than-expected corporate earnings tied to a surge in AI investment. The bank now targets TOPIX at 4,200 and the Nikkei 225 at 67,000, citing robust recurring profit growth and Japan’s role in the AI supply chain, while cautioning that the recent rally…
Can-Fite BioPharma saw a premarket share increase after a peer-reviewed study in Frontiers in Veterinary Science reported that oral Piclidenoson improved mobility and pain measures in dogs with osteoarthritis while maintaining a favorable safety profile. The drug is being developed for veterinary use by Vetbiolix under a license potentially worth u…
UnitedHealth Group shares fell about 3% after Berkshire Hathaway announced it had sold its stake in the health insurer as part of first-quarter portfolio changes under CEO Greg Abel. The move follows Berkshire's August purchase of 5 million UnitedHealth shares and comes as UnitedHealth has posted stronger quarterly results and lifted its annual pro…
Advanced Micro Devices Chief Executive Officer Lisa Su met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Beijing, where He welcomed AMD and other firms to pursue deeper cooperation. He cited recent discussions at the highest level between the U.S. and China and said trade teams had produced balanced outcomes that should add certainty to bilateral economic…
Northrop Grumman has been selected as one of five preferred payload providers under the Department of War's Drone Dominance Program Lethality Prize Challenge. The award positions the company to supply its off-the-shelf Common UAS Payload as the U.S. moves to accelerate production and fielding of low-cost, consumable unmanned systems at scale.
ImmunityBio Inc reported the award of five U.S. patents protecting its ANKTIVA plus BCG combination regimen for treating non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. The patents, which extend through at least 2035, cover treatment methods, defined-dose pharmaceutical compositions matching the approved intravesical regimen, and a two-vial commercial kit. The…
Hims & Hers Health plunged in pre-market trading after reporting a significant Q1 2026 earnings miss and unveiling a plan to issue $300 million of convertible senior notes due 2032. The company posted an unexpected net loss and revenue slightly below forecasts, while management signaled a strategic shift away from compounded weight-loss drugs towar…
A Plante Moran industry survey of 750 major suppliers found that global automakers improved their working relationships with suppliers over the past year—the first time every measured carmaker rose in the study's 26-year history. Toyota extended its lead on the firm's Working Relations Index, while Ford and Stellantis posted notable gains despite l…
U.S. equity benchmarks closed lower on Friday as technology shares led declines and longer-dated Treasury yields advanced. Investors noted disappointment that talks between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping produced no concrete policy agreements. Attention now shifts to a final stretch of first-quarter corporate reports, with …
Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an "Attractive" stance on European utilities and identified three high-conviction picks it believes are best positioned to gain from Europe’s push to expand transmission, connect renewables and meet growing electricity demand from electrification and AI-related data centres. The broker highlighted National Grid, Engie and …
Ford Motor Company stock climbed sharply in pre-market trading after Ford Energy secured a five-year agreement with EDF Power Solutions North America to supply up to 20 gigawatt-hours of battery energy storage systems, with deliveries slated to start in 2028. The move, combined with plans for seven new European models through 2029 and lingering bul…
Friday filings revealed a mix of sizable insider purchases and extensive sales among U.S.-listed companies. Purchases included sizable direct buys at Alpha Metallurgical Resources, KBR, Pulse Biosciences, GeneDx and Westrock Coffee. Large-scale dispositions were reported for DigitalOcean, Venture Global and Sotera Health, driven by block sales, opt…
NVIDIA shares climbed in pre-market trading after KeyBanc boosted its price target and multiple institutional investors disclosed sizable additions to their NVDA stakes. Market participants are positioning ahead of the company’s first fiscal quarter 2027 earnings scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, with optimism centered on Blackwell GPU shipments, in…
Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc saw its shares plunge after U.S. private equity firm TA Associates confirmed it would not proceed with a formal offer for the company. The move ended a formal offer period triggered by an April disclosure and prompted investors to strip out the takeover premium that had built into the stock.
UnitedHealth Group shares fell sharply in pre-market trading after Berkshire Hathaway’s 13F filing revealed the conglomerate sold its entire position of roughly 5.04 million UNH shares in the first quarter of 2026. The divestment, disclosed after Friday’s close, coincides with a series of company-specific and market-wide pressures, testing optimism…
Quantum BioPharma's stock climbed in premarket trading after the firm said enrollment in its joint study with Massachusetts General Hospital reached the halfway point and early imaging reads showed strong signals in acute multiple sclerosis lesions and possible sensitivity to gray matter involvement. The research employs the PET tracer [18F]3F4AP a…
Rheinmetall AG climbed sharply after Citigroup raised its rating to Buy and the company began serial production of its FV-014 loitering munition at the Neuss plant. The move follows a steep retreat in the share price since its highs and a Q1 2026 earnings report that missed expectations, while insiders disclosed purchases and a sizable Bundeswehr o…
Deutsche Boerse AG shares climbed sharply after the company disclosed that British hedge fund TCI increased its holding, prompting a welcome response from the exchange and drawing analyst attention to the timing of its Allfunds takeover review. The move coincides with the company’s dividend payment and follows Q1 results that showed revenue and EBI…
Adeia Inc. (NASDAQ: ADEA) saw its shares decline 6.6% in premarket trading Monday following the sale of 99,342 shares by Chief Legal Officer Kevin Tanji. The transaction, disclosed in a Form 4 filing, showed a weighted average sale price of $31.75 on May 13. Tanji retained 312,913 shares after the sale. The filing did not state a reason and the com…
The Tadawul All Share Index closed lower on Monday, ending the session down 0.11% as losses in the Transport, Agriculture & Food and Hotels & Tourism sectors exerted downward pressure. Market breadth was negative with falling issues outnumbering advancers. AFG International and Thimar Development posted significant declines, while Tabuk Agr…
HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:HIVE) saw its stock jump 33.1% in premarket trading as its subsidiary, BUZZ High Performance Computing Inc., closed on roughly 25 acres in the Greater Toronto Area to build a 320 megawatt AI gigafactory. The site acquisition and power allocation underpin a planned development designed to host more than 100,000 …
York Space Systems said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ALL.SPACE, a maker of multi-network satellite communications terminals. The announcement sent York shares up 8.1% in premarket trading. ALL.SPACE will become a wholly owned subsidiary on closing, and its Hydra Terminal family will bring multi-orbit connectivity across LEO, MEO,…
Citigroup forecasts the server CPU market will reach roughly $132 billion by 2030, driven chiefly by rapid adoption of agentic CPUs. The bank expects general purpose and AI head node CPUs to expand as well, and projects Intel will hold a 47% share of the market by 2030 with AMD at 34% and Arm and others at 19%. Citigroup raised price targets on Int…
