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Norway's petroleum safety regulator has authorized Equinor to commence gas production from the recently completed Troll Phase 3 stage 2 facilities. The development, built to accelerate gas output under the 2018 Troll phase 3 plan, includes eight new wells and a new flowline to the Troll A platform and represents a NOK 12 billion investment with an …
OpenAI has established the OpenAI Deployment Company, a majority-owned and controlled entity designed to help large enterprises take AI projects beyond pilot stages to organization-wide deployments. The platform consolidates 19 investment firms, consultancies and system integrators, will incorporate 150 engineers and deployment specialists from Tom…
European defense equities have retraced sharply in 2026 after a prolonged rally, as investors weigh procurement delays, fiscal constraints and lofty valuations. Barclays argues the market reaction has been too severe in parts of the sector and retains overweight ratings on Rheinmetall and Leonardo, pointing to strong order books, exposure to ammuni…
Cowboy Space Corp., founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, raised $275 million in a Series B round that values the company at $2 billion. Led by Index Ventures with participation from Blossom Capital and existing backers including Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, the San Carlos startup plans to build data centers in orbit…
Interlink Electronics reported that it has entered a non-binding letter of intent to acquire a provider of high-performance manufacturing solutions that serves the semiconductor, defense, laser and photonics, commercial high-tech, and aerospace markets. The potential target reported more than $33 million of revenue and about $4 million of EBITDA fo…
Money transfer company Wise will begin trading on the Nasdaq with its primary listing moved from London to New York, while retaining a secondary London listing. The company reported $243 billion in cross-border volume for the fiscal year ended March 31, a 31% increase year-on-year, and is pursuing U.S. regulatory steps that could lower costs and sp…
Google's Threat Intelligence Group reported that a well-known cybercrime collective leveraged artificial intelligence to discover a previously unknown vulnerability and develop an exploit for it. The effort targeted a widely used open-source system administration utility but was stopped before it could be deployed in a large-scale attack. Researche…
Piper Sandler released an updated Tesla valuation framework that places the combined value of 17 discrete Tesla product lines at about $400 per share without assigning any value to the Optimus humanoid robot business. The firm maintains an Overweight rating and a $500 price target, implying substantial optionality for Optimus and related services.
Qualcomm shares rallied sharply in pre-market trading after the company reported fiscal second-quarter results that beat consensus, disclosed plans to ship data center chips to a large hyperscaler within the calendar year, and announced increased buybacks and a higher dividend. Several analysts raised ratings and price targets, while a temporary US…
Lumentum Holdings (LITE) advanced about 6% in pre-market trading to $903.8 after Nasdaq confirmed the company will join the Nasdaq-100 Index effective before the open on May 18, 2026, replacing CoStar Group (CSGP). The scheduled index inclusion, a string of analyst price-target increases following Q3 FY2026 results and upbeat management guidance fo…
A review of SEC filings disclosed on Friday highlights a series of director and officer purchases at smaller-cap companies alongside multi-million-dollar dispositions by large investment groups. SmartRent's CEO and several InspireMD directors added stock positions; NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund and a Sonos director completed modest transac…
OpenAI is forming a new, majority-owned company with more than $4 billion in initial capital to help enterprises design, build and deploy AI systems. The firm will acquire AI consulting specialist Tomoro to bring roughly 150 engineers and deployment specialists into the new unit immediately. The effort is backed by a multi-year partnership with 19 …
U.S.-listed shares of gold producers fell in premarket trading after spot gold slipped 0.4% to $4,696.35 an ounce. The pullback in bullion was attributed to rising oil prices that have heightened inflation concerns and the risk of prolonged higher interest rates. Geopolitical negotiations between the U.S. and Iran showed limited progress, with Tehr…
Inhibrx reported positive interim Phase 2 data from the HexAgon study, where INBRX-106 combined with pembrolizumab produced a 44.0% confirmed objective response rate versus 21.4% for pembrolizumab alone in treatment-naïve, PD-L1 positive metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The announcement preceded an 11.7% p…
U.S. energy stocks moved higher in Monday premarket trading as Brent and West Texas Intermediate futures rallied following comments from President Donald Trump about Iran's response to a U.S. peace proposal. The Strait of Hormuz remained largely closed, contributing to worries about tighter global supply and prompting gains across majors, producers…
Lincoln International has initiated the roadshow for an initial public offering of 21,049,988 shares of its Class A common stock, setting an expected price range of $18.00 to $20.00 per share. The company has received NYSE approval to list the Class A shares under the ticker LCLN, subject to official notice of issuance. The offering is being led by…
Erasca Inc. shares climbed 4.3% in premarket trading after the company announced a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Merck. The AURORAS-1 study will assess Erasca's pan-RAS molecular glue ERAS-0015 in combination with Merck's KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) for RAS-mutant solid tumors; Merck will provide pembrolizumab at no cost and E…
Masayoshi Son has held discussions with President Emmanuel Macron about launching a French artificial intelligence data center project in the coming weeks. The proposal is part of SoftBank’s broader AI infrastructure push, with Son reportedly considering a multibillion-dollar investment and having discussed a figure as large as $100 billion, though…
TMC the metals company Inc. (NASDAQ:TMC) saw its shares rise 6.7% in premarket trading after announcing a commercial agreement with Allseas to develop, commission and operate the company’s first commercial nodule collection system. The contract covers a system with a nameplate capacity of 3.0 million wet tonnes per year, two deep-water collector ve…
Saudi Arabia's stock market closed higher on Monday, with the Tadawul All Share index rising 0.39% as gains in Agriculture & Food, Energy & Utilities and Transport sectors supported the advance. Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff Co and Almarai were the session's strongest performers, while Jahez International faced the steepest decline. Oil prices climbed…
ASP Isotopes Inc. saw its shares rise in premarket trading after its wholly owned subsidiary, Quantum Leap Energy, announced a non-binding memorandum of understanding with a European nuclear technology firm to evaluate a long-term arrangement for supplying high assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) with uranium-235 content above 10%. The MOU outlines …
Cellular Intelligence, supported by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has acquired STEM-PD, a stem cell-derived therapy candidate for Parkinson’s disease from Novo Nordisk. Novo Nordisk halted its cell therapy unit and discontinued the program last October. Financial terms were not disclosed; Novo Nordisk will receive an equity stake in Cellular Intelligen…
UBS analysts contend that Dell Technologies’ sharp share appreciation - roughly a 170% rise over the past year - is already reflected in its stock price. The firm cut its recommendation to Neutral even as it raised a 12-month price target to $243, a level below Dell’s May 8 closing price near $260. UBS pointed to Dell’s execution in AI servers and …
Odysight.ai (NASDAQ:ODYS) saw its shares climb 100% after announcing a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst. The collaboration will pair Odysight.ai's miniature visual sensors and edge AI/ML analytics with NAWCAD's operational testing resources to focus initially on carrier arr…
Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. (NASDAQ:DRTS) saw its stock surge 18% in premarket trading after announcing interim results from its U.S. REGAIN trial testing Alpha DaRT in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. Two of the first three treated patients experienced complete disappearance of enhancing tumor lesions on multiple MRIs, while the third showed stabl…
