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Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (NYSE:BYON) rose roughly 1% on Tuesday after a Schedule 13G filing disclosed that Amplify Investments, via its Amplify Blockchain Technology ETF, beneficially owns 6,039,111 shares, equal to an 8.7% stake. The filing, dated March 31, records sole voting and dispositive power for Amplify and indicates the shares were …
William Blair & Co. has agreed to acquire New York-based Inner Circle Sports for an undisclosed sum as the Chicago investment bank moves to deepen its capabilities in the growing sports mergers and acquisitions market. Inner Circle has advised on transactions involving the San Diego Padres and the San Francisco 49ers. William Blair's leadership des…
Raymond James upgraded Devon Energy Corporation (DVN) to a "Strong Buy" and lifted its price objective to $72 from $62, highlighting the stock's valuation discount to large-cap peers, an anticipated high free cash flow yield in 2027, and a robust capital-return plan supported by more than $5 billion in buybacks and a commitment to return up to 70% …
Ford Motor has developed a new Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) platform at its Long Beach, California Electric Vehicle Development Center. The platform will support multiple future EVs and is central to Ford's plan to return its Model e EV unit to breakeven by 2029. The initial vehicle built on the UEV is planned to be a roughly $30,000 midsize pi…
Archer-Daniels-Midland raised its adjusted earnings forecast for 2026 and reported a quarterly earnings beat, citing firmer oilseed processing margins and clarity around U.S. biofuel blending mandates. The company said a stable regulatory backdrop and robust export demand supported results, though its crushing unit posted a quarterly operating loss…
Trading on Tuesday produced marked divergences across stocks and market-cap groupings. Mega-cap chipmakers Intel and Micron posted strong gains, several industrial and software names climbed after earnings or corporate announcements, while a number of mid- and small-cap companies plunged on weak results, guidance cuts or company-specific headlines.…
DuPont raised its full-year profit and revenue guidance after reporting first-quarter results that topped estimates. Management said price increases and surcharges will offset higher input costs tied to the U.S. and Israel conflict with Iran, while the company also disclosed ongoing efforts to eliminate stranded costs and completed the sale of its …
SAP intends to offer its artificial intelligence tools to clients who continue to run on-premise systems, including those using the ECC platform. The company plans to unveil the move at its upcoming Sapphire conference in Orlando. The shift reverses an earlier policy of limiting AI features to cloud subscribers and reflects management's drive to ac…
Brazilian pulp giant Suzano is expected to obtain unconditional European Union antitrust approval for its $3.4 billion joint venture with Kimberly-Clark to acquire 51% of the consumer goods group's international tissue business. The European Commission concluded a preliminary review with no competition concerns ahead of the May 11 closing of the re…
Five large publishers and an author have taken Meta Platforms to federal court in Manhattan, accusing the company of using millions of copyrighted books and journal articles without permission to train its Llama large language model. The plaintiffs seek class certification and unspecified monetary damages, arguing the company's actions amount to ma…
Five leading publishing companies and author Scott Turow have filed a proposed class-action complaint in Manhattan federal court alleging that Meta Platforms used copyrighted books, textbooks and scientific materials without authorization to train its Llama AI models. The plaintiffs seek to represent a wider class of copyright owners and are pursui…
Shares of Critical Metals Corp. climbed after Greenland authorities granted formal permission for the company's acquisition of a 70% interest in 60° North Greenland ApS. The approval, issued by the ministry responsible for land and infrastructure, meets a key closing condition for a transaction announced on March 23, 2026, and is expected to streng…
The Securities and Exchange Commission has drafted regulations intended to remove the 2024 rule that mandated climate-related disclosures by public companies, a change disclosed in a notice on the U.S. budget office website. The action follows a period of litigation and procedural delay, and the proposal will advance only after the Office of Manage…
GameStop’s proposed $56 billion takeover of eBay has become a flashpoint across retail investor channels, producing a mix of optimism about a combined commerce platform and skepticism over how the comparatively small video game retailer would fund such a deal. Social media threads and message boards showed sharp divisions, while developments includ…
Clene Inc. shares dropped sharply after the biopharmaceutical company disclosed an underwritten registered direct offering of 1,000,000 common shares at $7.00 per share to a single investor, a transaction expected to generate roughly $7 million in gross proceeds and to close on or about May 6, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. The comp…
Truist Securities rates three natural gas producers as its top picks, citing sustained operational improvements, technological adoption and strong uptime during severe winter weather. While the macro outlook for natural gas heading into 2026 is described as soft, companies have reduced costs, increased drilling and completion efficiency, and mainta…
Ocugen said it has privately priced $115 million of 6.75% convertible senior notes due 2034 at 90% of principal, prompting a roughly 17% decline in its stock. The offering, including a 13-day option for an additional $15 million, is expected to close on May 7, 2026, and is projected to generate about $99.5 million in net proceeds. The company will …
Sow Good Inc. (NASDAQ:SOWG) saw its stock decline 14.5% after announcing a $20 million line of credit with Sagol Advisors. The facility, governed by a term sheet and subject to final documentation, is structured in multiple tranches over a 24-month availability window to provide working capital for the company’s proposed acquisition of the Nachu Gr…
First Seacoast Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSEA) agreed to be acquired by Cambridge Financial Group, the mutual holding company of Cambridge Savings Bank, in an all-cash transaction valued at about $80.9 million. The agreement calls for First Seacoast shareholders to receive $17.25 per share and will result in the merger of First Seacoast Bank into Cambridge S…
Bank of America upgraded Ulta Beauty to Buy from Neutral, saying a recent pullback in the stock creates an attractive entry point for a company it labels a high-quality compounder. Analyst Lorraine Hutchinson set a $685 price target and pointed to investments that she says are building a growth flywheel. The bank expects better cost discipline, str…
Meta appeared before EU antitrust officials at a closed-door hearing to contest a potential interim order that would require it to allow rival artificial intelligence chatbots access to WhatsApp. The appearance follows an additional charge sheet from the European Commission and sits within an ongoing probe into whether Meta abused market power. The…
Gilat Satellite Networks said it won a multimillion-dollar order from Indian satellite communications provider Nelco to supply its SkyEdge IV hub platform for a Ka-band high-throughput satellite (HTS) network using the GSAT-N2 Ka-band satellite. The order, with deliveries scheduled over the next 12 months, is expected to enable services across avia…
Energizer Holdings reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 results that topped expectations on an adjusted EPS beat largely driven by a $48 million tariff refund. The refund improved gross margins by about 750 basis points, but organic sales fell short of forecasts. Management reiterated a return to organic growth in the second half and trimmed the ful…
Piper Sandler lowered its rating on Roblox to Neutral and reduced the price target to $50 from $100 after the company issued weaker first-quarter guidance and flagged significant uncertainty around its age-verification rollout. Analyst Thomas Champion pointed to a large downward revision to fiscal 2026 bookings growth and noted daily active users i…
SoundHound AI announced OASYS, a self-learning orchestrated agentic AI platform designed to let businesses create and manage conversational AI agents that adapt and improve over time. The company said the platform integrates capabilities from recent acquisitions, handles agent lifecycle tasks such as creation and evaluation, and can deploy across p…
