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Advanced Micro Devices shares climbed sharply in morning trading after Goldman Sachs raised its price target to $640 from $450 while keeping a Buy rating. The upgrade coincided with fresh enterprise AI adoption news involving AMD accelerators, a reported delay to a competing Nvidia rack system and weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data that reduced ne…
Qualys looks positioned to extend its recent rally. Solid Q2 results, attractive free cash flow of $290.5M and a near-term breakout to a 52-week high suggest a tactical long. Entry, stop and a mid-term target are provided with a clear risk framework.
IREN stock jumped 12.5% in morning trade to $43.69 after reports placed the company on a shortlist for Anthropic’s $15 billion data center project. The rise was magnified by a technical short squeeze, high put/call activity and a market-wide risk-on tone that favored AI infrastructure names. Analysts remain bullish, with a consensus Buy rating and …
Microsoft said it will eliminate about 4,800 positions, roughly 2.1% of its workforce, as it balances large-scale AI investments, rising data-center costs and shifting business dynamics. The move follows earlier voluntary buyouts and comes amid significant capital plans and mixed performance across cloud and gaming units.
Inspire Medical Systems issued a correction to the previously announced date of their second quarter 2026 financial results release. The company will now report earnings after market close on August 3, 2026. A conference call to discuss results will follow at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. No other changes to the original announcement were made.
Labcorp Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LH) Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Kathryn W. Kyle executed a series of transactions involving the company's common stock in early July 2026. The activity includes the sale of 92 shares valued at $26,329 under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, alongside the vesting of Restricted Stock Units and the subseque…
Shares of Orthofix Medical Inc. climbed sharply after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rescinded earlier changes to how non-invasive bone growth stimulators are billed and reimbursed. CMS directed that devices furnished on or after May 18, 2026 be processed and paid consistent with the treatment in effect before the Food and Drug Admini…
Wolfe Research lowered its price objective on Microsoft to $525 from $570 after raising the firm's fiscal 2027 capital expenditure forecast to $270 billion from $230 billion, citing rising memory prices and supplier commentary. The higher capex estimate drives a swing to negative free cash flow in FY27 and prompts downgrades to margin and EPS forec…
Microsoft announced the elimination of roughly 4,800 roles, representing about 2.1% of its global workforce, as the company redirects resources into prioritized growth areas. Leadership said the moves are part of a structural pivot rather than a response to AI-driven automation, and emphasized redeployment and voluntary exits alongside layoffs. Key…
Bernstein's assessment of Sky's purchase of ITV's media and entertainment division places the pre-synergy valuation at 5.7x-6.5x EBITA and highlights a £200 million contingent cash element tied to fiscal 2027 advertising revenue. Based on Bernstein's current revenue projection, the contingent payment would be £132 million before tax leakage. ITV wi…
Bryan T. Vaughn, Executive Vice President and President of Diagnostics at Labcorp Holdings Inc., executed a series of stock transactions in early July 2026. The executive sold 234 shares at $286.19 per share, totaling approximately $66,968, through a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. This sale occurred as Labcorp's stock traded near its 52-week high of $29…
India's office leasing market reached an all-time high for any six-month period in the first half of 2026, with 45.5 million square feet taken up. Growth was driven by large transactions from multinational firms expanding global capability centres and from flexible workspace operators. Fortune 500 companies accounted for a substantial share of acti…
Broadcom's stock rallied in pre-market trading after a regulatory filing revealed that the company and Apple agreed to extend and expand a custom chip supply arrangement through 2031. The multi-year pact covers the development and delivery of custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) silicon across several future generations of Apple ha…
TeraWulf announced a 20-year lease with AI developer Anthropic for a purpose-built data center campus at the company's Justified Data site in Hawesville, Kentucky. The arrangement is expected to generate roughly $19 billion in contracted revenue and prompted a notable premarket share rise. In a separate move, TeraWulf agreed to sell its 50.1% stake…
CDT Environmental Technology Investment Holdings Limited, a leading Chinese waste treatment systems provider listed on Nasdaq, has announced a virtual Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on July 28, 2026. The meeting will address several shareholder resolutions, with relevant documents available on the SEC website. CDT focuses …
BTIG has put forward four high-conviction names in its Energy & Infrastructure coverage for the second half of 2026. The selections emphasize utilities and digital-infrastructure companies that BTIG believes stand to gain from accelerating electricity demand tied to data centers and artificial intelligence workloads, alongside improving regulatory …
Morgan Stanley says the recent pullback in U.S. semiconductor shares signals a widening of market leadership, with investors expected to shift capital toward AI 'hyperscalers' and into consumer discretionary, transport and biotechnology stocks. The bank notes hyperscalers have already invested heavily in AI infrastructure, but says there is limited…
Aeluma (ALMU) has taken hits after a post-earnings pullback, but recent non-dilutive government awards, a strategic hire from Intel, and a compact float suggest a tradable long with defined risk. This idea frames a mid-term swing entry and layered upside targets while outlining the execution and dilution risks that could derail the thesis.
Rogers Communications has agreed to purchase the final 25% stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment from Kilmer Sports for C$4.35 billion, a move that values MLSE at C$17.4 billion and gives Rogers complete control of the company that owns the Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC and Toronto Marlies. The deal is subject to approvals f…
On Monday the Bank of Israel trimmed its benchmark interest rate to 3.50% from 3.75%, marking a second consecutive reduction and returning policy rates to levels not seen since late 2022. The move matched the median projection in a Bloomberg survey and reflected the central bank's assessment that a strong shekel and moderate inflation expectations …
On July 6, Micron Technology and Ford Motor agreed to a long-term supply arrangement covering memory and storage platforms that will be used in Ford's next-generation vehicle production. The deal comes days after Micron reached a comparable agreement with General Motors and is part of the chipmaker's broader U.S. manufacturing expansion for automot…
McDonald's ($MCD) has pulled back from its 2026 peak and is offering an actionable entry while underlying cash flow and dividend durability remain intact. The trade targets a re-rating as operating leverage from digital, menu mix, and price recovery supports margins. Entry at $275, stop at $264.50, target $320 over a mid-term horizon (45 trading da…
Performance Shipping Inc. has extended its time charter contract with Aramco Trading Fujairah FZE for the Aframax tanker M/T Briolette at a gross daily rate of $37,700 for approximately three years, generating nearly $39 million in gross revenue. This continuation strengthens the company’s earnings visibility with contract coverage exceeding 80% th…
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri agreed to acquire majority stakes in four domestic subsea technology companies with an initial outlay of about €600 million. The move strengthens the group’s capabilities in marine survey and geoscience, unmanned underwater and surface drones, marine construction support and wireless communications for underwater net…
FIFA's move to suspend the one-match ban imposed on U.S. forward Folarin Balogun has provoked sharp criticism from UEFA and prominent figures in the game after U.S. President Donald Trump intervened directly with FIFA President Gianni Infantino. The episode has shifted the World Cup conversation from tactics and selection to questions about the gov…
