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  • Snap launched self-contained SPECS AR glasses at $2,195 for pre-order, said shipments start this fall, and its shares rose over 3%.
  • Qualcomm took a minority stake in Inspecs and will collaborate to develop and scale connected smart-glasses manufacturing.
  • GM and Lockheed Martin announced a DoD-backed partnership to expand U.S. defense manufacturing capacity, focusing on production readiness and supply chains.
  • Pelthos director Todd C. Davis bought about 36,000 shares, lifting the stock roughly 5.7%.
  • ECB official Gabriel Makhlouf warned a US-Iran interim deal reopening the Strait of Hormuz may not quickly ease eurozone inflation.
  • Gildan defended its disclosures and reaffirmed fiscal 2026 guidance after a short-seller report, saying it will not comment further.
  • Guggenheim named Abivax its top biotech pick ahead of a late-June Phase III readout despite mixed safety and efficacy signals.

Latest Articles

Target Shareholders Decline Move to Split Chair and CEO Roles; Support Rises but Falls Short of Majority

Target Shareholders Decline Move to Split Chair and CEO Roles; Support Rises but Falls Short of Majority

Target shareholders voted against a proposal to separate the board chair role from executive leadership, with 38.1% of shares supporting the measure. While this represents a gain from last year’s 29% level, it was not enough to force a change and allows former CEO Brian Cornell to continue as executive chair after handing the CEO position to Michae…

Live Oak Bancshares CEO James S. Mahan III Sells $769k in Stock

Live Oak Bancshares CEO James S. Mahan III Sells $769k in Stock

James S. Mahan III, Chief Executive Officer, Director, and a ten percent owner of Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOB), recently sold shares of the company’s voting common stock totaling $769,172. The transactions occurred over two days, June 10 and June 11, 2026. The sales come as Live Oak shares trade at $39.03, up 35% over the past year. Accor…

Exxon Expected to Install Alex Volkov as Head of Global Trading, Sources Say

Exxon Expected to Install Alex Volkov as Head of Global Trading, Sources Say

Two sources say Exxon Mobil is set to appoint Alex Volkov to lead its global trading operation. The move coincides with planned retirements of senior traders and follows a significant first-quarter paper loss on derivatives that reduced the company’s net income to a five-year low. Volkov brings nearly 30 years at Exxon and experience across multipl…

Laser Photonics Regains Nasdaq Standing; Shares Tick Up After-Hours

Laser Photonics Regains Nasdaq Standing; Shares Tick Up After-Hours

Laser Photonics Corp reported that it has satisfied Nasdaq’s reporting requirement after filing its delayed Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2026, prompting a modest after-hours share increase. Nasdaq confirmed the company restored compliance with Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) and closed the matter after the filing was accepted.

Lotus Tech Announces Operational and Earnings Reporting Updates

Lotus Tech Announces Operational and Earnings Reporting Updates

Lotus Technology Inc. announced progress on its strategic acquisition of Lotus UK aimed for 2026 closure, as part of its Focus 2030 strategy to unify brand and enhance operational efficiency. The company is temporarily suspending earnings releases for Q1 and Q3 of 2026 to prioritize acquisition compliance and integration, while continuing to report…

Moody's Keeps UAE at Aa2, Cites Strong Buffers Despite Hormuz Disruption

Moody's Keeps UAE at Aa2, Cites Strong Buffers Despite Hormuz Disruption

Moody's affirmed the United Arab Emirates' Aa2 long-term local and foreign currency issuer ratings and kept a stable outlook, despite the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz since early March. The decision reflects the country's high per-capita income, diversified economy, solid institutions and very low federal debt, balanced against regiona…

Buying EZJ on Japan Momentum: A Leveraged, Risk-Managed Swing Trade

Buying EZJ on Japan Momentum: A Leveraged, Risk-Managed Swing Trade

EZJ (ProShares Ultra MSCI Japan) offers leveraged access to a Japan rally that’s outpacing the U.S. The ETF is trading near $64, sits above short- and medium-term moving averages, and carries a small market cap of $14.08M plus a modest quarterly distribution. This is a tactical, high-risk long trade: entry $64.02, stop $59.00, target $70.50, horizo…

BMO Names DraftKings Top Gaming Pick as Prediction Markets Gain Traction

BMO Names DraftKings Top Gaming Pick as Prediction Markets Gain Traction

BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed DraftKings as its Top Pick in the gaming sector, maintaining an Outperform rating and a $50 price target. The firm pointed to substantial month-over-month increases in the company’s prediction market activity in May, with annualized consumer and total volumes rising to $1.3 billion and $3.1 billion, respectively. BMO …

Northland Power: Buy the De-Risked Project Pipeline at a Discount

Northland Power: Buy the De-Risked Project Pipeline at a Discount

Northland Power's advanced-stage wind and solar projects look materially discounted relative to the probability-weighted cash flows they represent. With several projects at or near financial close and long-term offtake for a sizable portion of expected output, the market has priced in execution failure and higher-for-longer rates. We believe the st…

S&P Upgrades Howard Hughes to BB+ After Vantage Acquisition

S&P Upgrades Howard Hughes to BB+ After Vantage Acquisition

S&P Global Ratings raised the credit ratings of Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. and its subsidiary to BB+ from B+, removed the firms from CreditWatch positive, and upgraded the issue-level rating on Howard Hughes Corp.'s senior unsecured debt to BB+ while increasing the recovery rating to 4. The action follows Howard Hughes' roughly $2.1 billion acquis…

S&P Upholds Iraq's B- Rating but Flags Negative Outlook Amid Major Oil Disruption

S&P Upholds Iraq's B- Rating but Flags Negative Outlook Amid Major Oil Disruption

S&P Global Ratings affirmed Iraq's long-term foreign- and local-currency sovereign rating at B- and its short-term rating at B, removing the long-term rating from CreditWatch negative. The agency left a negative outlook in place, citing a steep decline in oil production tied to the Middle East war and forecasting a deep GDP contraction in 2026 foll…

Champagne, Wagyu and Moon Pies Mark Wall Street Celebrations After SpaceX IPO

Champagne, Wagyu and Moon Pies Mark Wall Street Celebrations After SpaceX IPO

Following SpaceX’s landmark initial public offering, financial firms, investors and employees staged high-end celebrations across New York City. From JPMorgan’s rooftop reception serving space-themed treats to a venture capital rooftop dinner featuring Dom Pérignon and A5 Wagyu, the events highlighted the windfalls and fees generated by the IPO eve…

Judge Awards Blake Lively Attorney Fees but Rejects Additional Damages in Case Linked to 'It Ends With Us'

Judge Awards Blake Lively Attorney Fees but Rejects Additional Damages in Case Linked to 'It Ends With Us'

A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that actress Blake Lively may recover legal fees under a 2023 California statute shielding sexual harassment accusers from retaliatory defamation suits, while denying her request for additional damages. The decision follows Lively's settlement of her harassment and retaliation claims tied to the 2024 film It Ends …