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Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan will appear before House and Senate appropriations subcommittees to explain the judiciary's funding request for the next fiscal year. The court is seeking roughly $230 million - about a 10% increase - with more than $14 million earmarked to expand protective activities for justices' residence…
PepsiCo’s effort to revive growth in its core North American business has hit a plateau as Americans alter snacking and beverage choices. Sales in the company’s North America food unit fell 2% in the second quarter ended June 13 and volumes were flat, even after price reductions of up to 15% on major snack brands. Broader trends - including rapid G…
Tower Semiconductor said it will invest $3 billion to expand manufacturing in Japan, with the Japanese government providing $1 billion in grants. The project centers on silicon photonics and silicon-germanium (SiGe) technologies to serve rising AI and data center needs. The plan unfolds in two concurrent phases, with initial 300mm silicon photonics…
Todd Blanche heads into a high-stakes Senate confirmation hearing as acting attorney general with a slate of controversies at his back: representation of the president, a suspended $1.8 billion settlement fund criticized as a potential tool for political weaponization, and pressure from Democrats, former prosecutors and survivors of Jeffrey Epstein…
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey told lawmakers that while the UK banking system remains resilient, the breakdown in talks and renewed attacks between the United States and Iran have elevated financial stability risks. Bailey said he had assessed the conflict risk at the lower end of the BoE’s scenario range when he voted last month in favor …
Federal subpoenas have been issued to New York Times reporters ordering them to appear before a Manhattan federal grand jury after articles flagged security shortcomings in the new Qatari-donated presidential plane. The paper says it will contest the orders; prosecutors say they are pursuing the source of classified disclosures. The legal fight wil…
UiPath is trading at a $6.1B market cap after proving it can grow revenue and hit GAAP profitability. The market is skeptical about the company's ability to monetize agentic AI orchestration. That skepticism creates a clear trade: a long position executing into near-term volatility with a long-term horizon to allow adoption of agentic automation to…
Summary: Circle Internet Group stock fell 0.7% in pre-market trading after Mizuho lowered its rating to Underperform, citing competitive pressures that could materially compress the firm's revenue model. The drop pared part of a prior session rally that followed final approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national digita…
Bank of America’s July Global Fund Manager Survey shows investor sentiment shifting strongly positive, with cash allocations dropping to 3.6% of assets and bullish indicators triggering contrarian sell signals. Panelists raised overweight positions in U.S. equities and signaled rising confidence in a 'no landing' economic outcome and a 'boom' scena…
The sudden passing of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a close interlocutor between Kyiv and President Donald Trump, leaves uncertainty over whether the recent U.S. tilt toward supporting Ukraine will continue. Graham had been central to efforts to advance a sanctions bill targeting Russian energy purchasers and to secure expanded military assistance f…
Spero Therapeutics announced a $105 million non-recourse, non-dilutive royalty financing deal backed by future milestone and royalty payments from Utebzi sales. The funding supports the Phase 2 clinical development of SP001, an immunology-focused monoclonal antibody acquired from Innovent Biologics. The transaction extends Spero's cash runway into …
NextCure, Inc. and privately-held Avere Therapeutics announced a definitive all-stock merger agreement to combine their efforts in developing AVR-001, a once-weekly oral IL-23 receptor antagonist targeting inflammatory diseases such as psoriasis and ulcerative colitis. A concurrent $320 million private investment led by global healthcare investors …
Spero Therapeutics has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Innovent Biologics for SP001 (IBI355), a third-generation Fc-silent anti-CD40L antibody. Spero gains global rights excluding Greater China, where Innovent retains rights. The agreement includes milestone payments up to $1.1 billion plus royalties. Spero plans to begin a Phase 2…
Unity Bancorp, Inc. reported net income of $14.5 million for Q2 2026, showing slight growth from the previous quarter and year-over-year. The bank demonstrated healthy loan and deposit growth, strong capital levels, and a robust net interest margin. The CEO highlighted resilience in the New Jersey economy and emphasized continued customer activity …
KBR's Mission Technology Solutions division has been awarded a multiple-award IDIQ contract by the National Air and Space Intelligence Center valued up to $866 million over five years. The contract will have KBR provide advisory and technical support to advance intelligence systems for the U.S. Air Force and broader defense and intelligence communi…
Beam Global announced preliminary Q2 2026 revenue exceeding $8.5 million, representing a more than 170% increase from Q1 and over 20% year-over-year growth. Revenue growth was driven by diversification across multiple proprietary products and expanding international markets, including the Middle East and Europe. The company also highlighted operati…
Kyrgyzstan has suspended all exports of gasoline, diesel and crude oil after supply disruptions from Russia produced acute shortages. The measure is temporary and will remain in place until domestic availability is judged sufficient. The move follows steep declines in Russian rail shipments of jet fuel and gasoline into Central Asia and Afghanistan…
Shares of IMCD NV climbed after UBS Global Research raised the stock to Buy from Neutral and boosted its price target to €100 from €85. UBS highlighted a potential return to 6-7% organic EPS growth driven by higher oil and chemical price inflation and persistent supply-chain stress, and adjusted its financial assumptions to reflect modest EPS upgra…
SK hynix American depositary receipt jumped 6.6% in U.S. pre-market trading to $162.35 after the ADR fell to a 52-week low of $151.30 following two days of heavy selling. The earlier drop was linked to a Korea Investment Securities estimate that Q2 operating profit would be about 60.4 trillion won, roughly 8% below consensus, and concerns that gain…
Chip-sector stocks opened higher in premarket trading following a steep decline in the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index in the prior session. SK Hynix American Depositary Receipts led the early uptick after a volatile day in South Korea. Several US-listed memory and storage companies, equipment suppliers and optical component makers posted mid-sing…
Celestica delivered a blistering Q1 with $4.05B in revenue (up 53% YoY) and an EPS beat, then raised full-year guidance to $19B and $10.15 EPS. The stock has pulled back 10-15% since the print; we view the drop as a tactical buying opportunity ahead of continued hyperscaler-driven data-center builds and potential further margin upside. Trade plan: …
Annexon (ANNX) is a clinical-stage company targeting C1q-driven neuroinflammation across eye, brain and peripheral nervous system indications. With a market cap near $0.92B, a completed Phase 3 enrollment for vonaprument (ARCHER II) and Phase 3 activity in Guillain-Barré Syndrome (ANX005/tanruprubart), ANNX looks like a high-risk, high-reward long …
Retail inflation in India eased expectations for immediate rate increases after June’s consumer price growth came in more contained than many had anticipated. Citi and ANZ revised their outlooks, citing lower projected inflation and a central bank that can afford to wait on policy moves unless core prices accelerate.
Peab AB ser. B stock climbed sharply after the company published its Q2 2026 interim report, with net sales up 12% year-over-year and improvements in operating profit and margin. Orders received and the total order backlog reached record highs in the quarter, extending a backlog peak reported in Q1 and underpinning increased revenue visibility for …
U.S. equity futures showed mixed moves as the market awaited June consumer price index data and second-quarter reports from major banks. Renewed U.S.-Iran tensions pushed oil higher, raising concerns that energy costs could reverse recent easing in inflation. Traders adjusted Fed rate expectations ahead of testimony to Congress from the Federal Res…
