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Mizuho upgraded Bloom Energy from Neutral to Outperform and assigned a $242 price target, pointing to better-than-expected operational execution, accelerating margin expansion and improving operating leverage. The firm said revenue and product shipments beat its forecasts, that operating leverage has shown up sooner than projected, and highlighted …
Stocks tied to the artificial intelligence buildout weakened as investors weighed whether the enormous capital outlays for data centers, power, and GPUs are producing the transformative AI agents promised. Meta showed steep premarket losses, NVIDIA and Oracle saw credit-market stress, and chip-linked markets in South Korea plunged, all as market pa…
Ambow Education Holding Ltd. (NYSE American: AMBO) announced the global availability of its HybriU AI Adaptive Course Generation Platform, an AI-native solution that transforms institutional knowledge into personalized, mastery-based learning applications. This new platform enhances Ambow's Knowledge Intelligence strategy by enabling dynamic, adapt…
Rio Tinto shares rallied after the group reported a material beat in first-half 2026 results, including a 28% rise in underlying EBITDA to $14.8 billion, a 75% increase in free cash flow to $3.8 billion, and an interim dividend of $3.4 billion. Analyst upgrades from major banks and positive sector momentum on London markets further supported the st…
Oracle shares climbed after the company announced an expanded agreement with Google Cloud that brings Gemini models into Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications and plans native embedding across Fusion Cloud Applications and Oracle NetSuite. The rollout will include Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite for cost-efficient tasks and Gemini 3.5 Flash for adva…
Inovio Pharmaceuticals' stock dropped 30.8% in Thursday premarket trading after the company set terms for a $20 million underwritten public offering priced at $0.95 per share and warrant. The deal includes warrants exercisable at $1.10 and grants the underwriter a 30-day option to acquire additional shares and warrants. Piper Sandler is sole manage…
This report summarizes the most material insider transactions disclosed on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. The day featured several notable purchases led by a CVB Financial director and company insiders boosting positions in smaller-cap names, alongside large divestitures by executives and major holders at established financial and technology firms. The …
Microsoft’s continued rollout of its Maia 200 AI accelerator increases requirements for the networking and interconnect stack that binds chips into large-scale clusters. Marvell, which supplies custom XPUs, scale-up and scale-out switching silicon and optical DSPs to hyperscalers, stands to see demand grow as Maia 200 deployments expand, according …
Verizon Communications Inc. announces a promotion for the 2026 NFL season, offering NFL Sunday Ticket from YouTube for free to customers who purchase or upgrade to select 5G wireless or home internet plans. The initiative includes opportunities to win exclusive experiences through Verizon's Loyalty Program, Verizon Shine, aiming to increase custome…
Acme United Corporation, through its Westcott brand, announced the celebration of the second annual National Scissors Day on August 1st, 2026. The day aims to highlight the importance of scissors in education, creativity, and productivity, emphasizing Westcott's leadership and innovation in scissors products. The celebration includes giveaways, soc…
Sagtec Global Limited, a Nasdaq-listed technology company specializing in AI-powered enterprise software solutions, has entered the AI infrastructure sector by securing a data center management agreement with Viryatec Limited. The partnership involves managing a planned AI-ready data center in Malaysia, targeting a potential $10 million revenue str…
Progress Software's 2026 survey highlights that professional services firms lose about $60,000 annually in nonbillable client coordination tasks due to inefficient manual workflows. The report underscores how fragmented tools and processes delay engagements and impair client experience. Progress promotes its ShareFile platform as a structured, secu…
Remitly Global, Inc. announced the launch of the Remitly Global Card, a multi-functional card designed for cross-border communities to send, spend, save, and borrow money worldwide with competitive rates, no fees on everyday spending, and digital dollar holdings. The card integrates remittance services with banking features such as direct deposit, …
IMUNON, Inc. provides an update on its Phase 3 OVATION 3 trial of IMNN-001 for advanced ovarian cancer, highlighting rapid site activation and enrollment momentum surpassing forecasts. Supported by positive Phase 2 survival data and a well-tolerated safety profile, enrollment rates are approximately 0.5 patients per site per month, exceeding planni…
Heartland Express, Inc. announced its Q2 2026 financial results showing a net income of $10.6 million and improved operating ratio of 91.0%, a substantial improvement from a loss and a 105.9% operating ratio in Q2 2025. The company continues to reduce acquisition-related debt, improve operational efficiency, and invest in fleet upgrades, while main…
Inspired Entertainment, Inc., a leading B2B provider of gaming content and technology, announced a rescheduling of its Q2 2026 earnings announcement and conference call to August 5, 2026. The company will release results after market close, with management hosting a call and webcast to discuss performance.
Jones Lang LaSalle reported second-quarter 2026 results that surpassed analyst expectations on adjusted earnings and revenue, backed by a pronounced increase in advisory business. Management raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance to imply roughly 34% year-over-year growth at the midpoint, and the company continued share repurchases. The report, rel…
Morgan Stanley upgraded Galderma Group AG to overweight from equal-weight and lifted its price target to 210 Swiss francs, driven largely by stronger-than-expected performance for Nemluvio and the company's injectable aesthetics portfolio. The bank increased multi-year forecasts and flagged the potential for a further sales-guidance revision at thi…
Eli Lilly and contract manufacturer Resilience will invest $750 million to expand pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity in the United States, increasing output of key medicines and creating 400 high-skilled jobs in the Cincinnati, Ohio region. The expanded operations will include production of Lilly’s KwikPen injectable device. The multi-year manuf…
The KOSPI has swung from a one-year gain of 71.87% to a one-month drop of 34.01%, driven by the same force in both directions: AI memory chips. Two companies - Samsung Electronics (005930) and SK Hynix (000660) - account for more than half the index’s weight, leaving Korea unusually exposed to moves in a narrow set of names. Forced deleveraging in …
Eli Lilly and contract manufacturer Resilience will channel $750 million into expanding U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity, a move aimed at strengthening the domestic medicine supply chain, creating 400 skilled positions in the Cincinnati area and bringing Lilly's KwikPen injectable into local production.
JPMorgan downgraded Pirelli from Overweight to Neutral after the tire maker posted broadly steady first-half results. While revenue, price/mix and adjusted EBIT showed small improvements, the bank said limited upside to its valuation and consensus-aligned estimates prompted the change in recommendation.
Diana Shipping Inc., a NYSE-listed dry bulk shipping company, reported a robust financial performance for Q2 and the first half of 2026, with net income and earnings per share significantly higher than the same periods in 2025. The company declared a cash dividend of $0.01 per share for Q2 2026, reflecting its improving profitability and positive c…
Coursera Inc. fell sharply in pre-market trading after reporting second-quarter 2026 results that, while beating on headline EPS and revenue, revealed deteriorating underlying performance. Reported year-over-year revenue growth was driven entirely by the inclusion of Udemy following the May 11 close of that transaction; on a normalized basis revenu…
LPL Financial announces that seasoned advisors Frank Patton and Kimberlee Mott of PacK Financial have joined Balmville Wealth Group, an LPL-aligned wealth management firm. Bringing approximately $150 million in assets under management, the team offers multi-generational retirement planning expertise. The move enhances LPL's wealth management platfo…
