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BBB Foods Share Offering Sparks After-Hours Decline

BBB Foods Share Offering Sparks After-Hours Decline

BBB Foods Inc. (NYSE:TBBB) saw its shares fall 3.2% in after-hours trading following the company’s announcement of an underwritten public offering totaling 13,304,174 Class A common shares, including shares issued by the company and shares sold by existing holders. The deal includes a 30-day option for underwriters to buy additional shares, and the…

Wall Street Pulls Back on Verra Mobility After Avis Ends Tolling Deal

Wall Street Pulls Back on Verra Mobility After Avis Ends Tolling Deal

Verra Mobility disclosed that Avis Budget Group terminated its tolling services agreement, a shift that analysts say will eliminate roughly 13% to 14% of the company’s annual revenue and put substantial pressure on near-term profitability. Brokerages have responded with downgrades and large reductions to price targets and earnings expectations, whi…

After-Hours Movers: Snowflake Soars, Marvell Jumps; Mixed Reactions Across Cloud, Semiconductor and Software Names

After-Hours Movers: Snowflake Soars, Marvell Jumps; Mixed Reactions Across Cloud, Semiconductor and Software Names

A raft of corporate earnings and forward guidance reshaped after-hours trading, with Snowflake rallying sharply after a beat and a large infrastructure commitment from AWS, Marvell posting strong results and guidance, and other enterprise software and hardware names seeing mixed reactions. Several companies beat near-term expectations yet faced div…

U.S. Stocks Close Higher as Dow Registers New Record; Consumer Goods, Services and Health Stocks Lead

U.S. Stocks Close Higher as Dow Registers New Record; Consumer Goods, Services and Health Stocks Lead

U.S. equity markets finished higher on Wednesday, driven by gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.36% to a record close, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite posted smaller advances. Individual winners on the major indices included Procter & Gamble, Boeing and Amazon, while …

HP Tops Q2 Estimates as AI-Ready PCs and Windows 11 Refresh Lift Demand

HP Tops Q2 Estimates as AI-Ready PCs and Windows 11 Refresh Lift Demand

HP reported second-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings above analyst expectations, driven by demand for AI-optimized personal computers and a Windows 11 upgrade cycle. The company cited rising commodity costs and a constrained memory market as industry-wide headwinds while updating fiscal 2026 guidance and projecting third-quarter earnings in lin…

Synopsys, Elliott Agree Settlement; Activist Jesse Cohn to Join Board

Synopsys, Elliott Agree Settlement; Activist Jesse Cohn to Join Board

Synopsys has reached a settlement with activist investor Elliott Investment Management that will add Elliott managing partner Jesse Cohn to the semiconductor software maker's board. The deal follows roughly two months of discussions and comes after Elliott pushed Synopsys to focus on margin improvement; the company's shares have risen about 20% sin…

Fitch Lowers Whirlpool Rating Citing Iran Conflict, Weak Housing Demand

Fitch Lowers Whirlpool Rating Citing Iran Conflict, Weak Housing Demand

Fitch Ratings downgraded Whirlpool Corporation's long-term issuer default rating to 'BB-' from 'BB' and set a Negative outlook, citing weaker consumer demand, compressed margins and heightened leverage. The agency also cut unsecured debt ratings to 'BB-' while affirming short-term ratings at 'B'. Fitch attributes the deterioration to sluggish housi…

IPG Photonics Shares Slip After CFO Disposes of Nearly 10,000 Shares

IPG Photonics Shares Slip After CFO Disposes of Nearly 10,000 Shares

IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ: IPGP) saw its shares decline 3.3% on Wednesday following disclosure that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Timothy PV Mammen sold 9,975 shares in two transactions. The sales, reported on a Form 4 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, were executed at weighted average prices of $119.60…

Pinterest and Snap Rise After Meta Unveils Paid Tiers for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp

Pinterest and Snap Rise After Meta Unveils Paid Tiers for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp

Shares of Pinterest and Snap climbed Wednesday after reports that Meta Platforms is launching paid consumer subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. Instagram Plus and Facebook Plus are reported to cost $3.99 per month, WhatsApp Plus $2.99, and subscribers would receive enhanced profile customization, super reactions and story insights. …

Cybersecurity Sector Slides as Google Unveils AI Defense and Zscaler Cuts Forecast

Cybersecurity Sector Slides as Google Unveils AI Defense and Zscaler Cuts Forecast

Shares of several cybersecurity firms fell sharply after Alphabet's cloud unit introduced Google AI Threat Defense, an integrated AI-driven platform for automated threat detection and remediation. The downturn intensified when Zscaler reported after-hours results, trimming its free cash flow outlook and issuing a softer-than-expected revenue guide …