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IG Group Holdings PLC stock fell sharply, down 8.1% to 1342p, after the firm announced its H1 2026 results and a proposed purchase of U.S. fantasy-sports operator Underdog for up to about $1.3 billion. Investors reacted to the deal's limited near-term earnings uplift, a suspension of the share buyback programme, rising operating costs that compress…
ParaZero Technologies Ltd., a Nasdaq-listed aerospace defense company, announced an initial order for its DefendAir Net Pods from a leading Tier-1 European defense manufacturer for integration into an autonomous Counter-UAS platform. The non-explosive, net-based physical interception system is designed for versatile deployment across various defens…
Teck Resources Limited has announced the commencement of consent solicitations for amendments to its outstanding U.S. dollar-denominated notes following its planned merger with Anglo American plc. The proposed amendments aim to align note covenants with Anglo American's indentures and may lead to Anglo Teck providing guarantees on the notes post-me…
Morgan Stanley's latest chartbook presents a detailed set of performance and valuation metrics for the European property sector. The data show the sector trailing broader European equities on year-to-date returns, with clear dispersion across subsectors and a meaningful discount to net asset value. The bank also lays out near-term capital value exp…
AstraZeneca is reported to be considering an acquisition of Bristol Myers Squibb. Barclays analysts do not see an imminent transaction and note that while Bristol Myers’ established cash-flow products could deliver synergies, those gains are constrained by anticipated loss of exclusivity events for key drugs. Barclays also provided a pipeline valua…
Royalty Pharma plc has appointed Greg Raskin, M.D., as Senior Vice President, Head of Academic Initiatives. Raskin brings nearly 30 years of experience at the intersection of science, medicine, and investing, aimed at deepening Royalty Pharma’s engagement with academic and non-profit institutions and managing the Royalty Pharma Translational Prize.…
Alpha Modus Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary Alpha Cash, announced the launch of the 'Super Connector' ecosystem, a new community-driven model aimed at expanding financial access by partnering with trusted local organizations rather than relying on traditional banking infrastructure. The inaugural ecosystem in Southern California targets onbo…
Edible Garden AG Incorporated has secured an expanded multi-year supply agreement with a major Midwest big-box retailer, extending their partnership through the end of 2028. The agreement significantly broadens the company's private label fresh herb offerings across the retailer's Midwest footprint. The deal highlights Edible Garden's leadership in…
Major cloud providers have poured hundreds of billions annually into AI-capable infrastructure, but clear paths to profitable returns remain uncertain. Early market reactions to monetization signs have lifted shares, yet investors are pricing in faith more than proven results. Autonomous AI agents are proposed as the mechanism to convert heavy cape…
Tyson Foods shares dropped 3.7% in pre-market trading after the company reported fiscal third-quarter results that missed analyst expectations on both earnings and sales, and cut its fiscal 2026 adjusted operating income outlook. Management cited widening losses in the beef division, linked to a tight domestic cattle supply, as the principal drag. …
AST SpaceMobile is shifting from R&D and demonstration to commercial service deployment. With partnerships from major carriers and a commercial launch slated for early 2027, the stock offers a directional long opportunity at $58.98 with a $95 target over a 180-trading-day horizon. The trade is high risk: AST carries heavy cash burn, extreme valuati…
Northrop Grumman has signed two multi-year framework agreements worth over $3 billion to increase production and speed delivery of key missile defense components, including the PAC-3 MSE solid rocket motors and THAAD system parts. This marks a significant production expansion to meet growing global demand and reinforce U.S. integrated air and missi…
A recent BTG Pactual/Nexus poll published today finds President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva leading challenger Flávio Bolsonaro by a single percentage point in a head-to-head runoff scenario. The survey places Lula at 46% and Bolsonaro at 45%, a narrowing from the same poll's late July results and within its stated margin of error.
KIDZ AI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Limestone Networks to colocate a dedicated NVIDIA Blackwell B300 GPU cluster at Limestone's DFW3 data center in Dallas, Texas. This deployment supports KIDZ AI's 60-month, $44.6 million GPU compute services agreement with Canopy Wave, marking a key step in its neocloud strategy focused on infere…
Candel Therapeutics announced that extended Phase 3 data from their lead immunotherapy candidate, Aglatimagene Besadenovec, will be presented at the 2026 ASTRO Annual Meeting. The company specializes in multimodal biological immunotherapies targeting difficult-to-treat solid tumors, with ongoing clinical trials and several FDA designations supporti…
ExlService Holdings, Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of iMerit, a leader in AI model training, evaluation, and reinforcement learning. This strategic move combines EXL's data and AI expertise with iMerit's advanced AI capabilities, establishing an end-to-end AI platform aimed at accelerating enterprise AI adoption, particularly in …
Hundreds of migrants are camping on a beach in Ceuta as authorities contend with thousands still in the enclave following a mass border crossing. Spanish officials report roughly 69,500 people have been returned to Morocco over four days, while reception facilities are overloaded and diplomatic tensions within the EU have intensified.
Clearmind Medicine, a clinical-stage biotech company listed on Nasdaq, has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to acquire a 51% majority stake in a company specializing in intelligent wireless EV charging solutions for automated parking and autonomous platforms. The acquisition aims to integrate advanced wireless charging technology to support sm…
POET Technologies Inc., a NASDAQ-listed developer of photonic integrated circuits for AI and data centers, appointed Dr. Bardia Pezeshki and Jean F. Rankin to its Board of Directors, replacing long-serving director Jean-Louis Malinge who resigned. The new appointments bring strong technical and governance expertise as POET advances commercializatio…
Applied Optoelectronics has rallied into one of 2026's standout AI-supply winners, yet the stock has pulled back into key technical support ahead of an earnings cycle that should show continued top-line acceleration. The trade is a directional long sized for volatility: enter on weakness, use a pragmatic stop, and target a re-rating if revenue and …
Taysha Gene Therapies and Catalent have expanded their partnership to include commercial manufacturing support for Taysha's investigational gene therapy TSHA-102 targeting Rett syndrome. The agreement ensures long-term commercial manufacturing capacity at Catalent's FDA-licensed facility, supporting a potential U.S. launch pending FDA approval. Thi…
Powerus, through its subsidiary Tandem Defense, has secured a competitively awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force with a ceiling value of up to $90 million through mid-2028. The contract covers Group 1 aerial-denial unmanned aircraft systems, including equipment, training, and field service support. This a…
Freedom Metals Acquisition Corp., a blank check company focused on mergers in the mining and critical minerals industry, announced that its Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants will begin separate trading on Nasdaq starting August 4, 2026. Previously trading as combined units, shareholders can now trade shares under ticker FDMM and warrants under F…
GSI Technology, an innovator in Associative Processing Unit technology for AI and high-performance computing, announced its participation in the Needham Virtual Semiconductor & SemiCap Conference on August 19-20, 2026. Company executives will hold one-on-one meetings with institutional investors during the event to discuss their scalable, low-power…
VirTra, Inc., a global provider of use-of-force and firearms training simulators, will hold its second quarter 2026 earnings conference call on August 13, 2026, to discuss financial results for the period ended June 30, 2026. The company will issue a press release prior to the call, followed by a management presentation and Q&A session. This event …
