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Krispy Kreme Shares Rise After Director Increases Stake Through LLC

Krispy Kreme Shares Rise After Director Increases Stake Through LLC

Krispy Kreme Inc. (DNUT) stock climbed in premarket trading after director Bernardo Hees disclosed purchases of 225,077 shares through BHBK LLC between May 26 and May 28. The transactions increased the director's indirect holdings via the LLC to 919,522 shares and left him with 702,728 shares held directly, including unvested restricted stock units…

Tempus Gains FDA OK for Tumor-Only Use of xT CDx; Shares Tick Higher

Tempus Gains FDA OK for Tumor-Only Use of xT CDx; Shares Tick Higher

Tempus AI, Inc. (NASDAQ:TEM) saw its shares rise 3.5% on Friday after receiving FDA approval to run its xT CDx next-generation sequencing platform as a tumor-only assay. The decision makes Tempus the first laboratory with FDA companion diagnostic clearances covering both tumor-only and tumor-normal comprehensive genomic profiling. The approval is e…

U.S. Futures Rise After Ceasefire Extension; Dell Leads Premarket Gains While Retail, Aerospace Names Slip

U.S. Futures Rise After Ceasefire Extension; Dell Leads Premarket Gains While Retail, Aerospace Names Slip

U.S. stock futures were modestly higher Friday morning following reports that the U.S. and Iran agreed to extend a ceasefire and remove restrictions on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. In premarket trading, Dell jumped after raising its full-year outlook, while peers and other corporate developments produced a range of outsized moves across…

SoFi Shares Jump as Bank-Issued Stablecoin Goes Live

SoFi Shares Jump as Bank-Issued Stablecoin Goes Live

SoFi Technologies shares rose 7% Friday morning following a 5% gain a day earlier after the company launched SoFiUSD, described as the first stablecoin issued by a U.S. national bank on a banking platform. The coin is redeemable 1:1 for U.S. dollars, will be available on major blockchain networks, and is being rolled out to the company’s nearly 15 …

Li Auto Shares Slide After Profitability Shake-Up and Weak Q2 Guidance

Li Auto Shares Slide After Profitability Shake-Up and Weak Q2 Guidance

Li Auto shares fell sharply after the company's Q1 2026 report showed a deterioration in profitability despite revenues and deliveries that met or exceeded some expectations. Management forecast weaker second-quarter revenue and gave delivery guidance that implied a year-over-year decline, prompting analyst price-target cuts and a wave of selling t…

Barclays Flags Greater Downside Risk for Digital IT Services as AI Shifts Spending Patterns

Barclays Flags Greater Downside Risk for Digital IT Services as AI Shifts Spending Patterns

Barclays has taken a more cautious stance on the digital IT services sector, lowering ratings on EPAM Systems and Grid Dynamics to Hold while upgrading Everforth to Hold. The bank cautions that demand carries more downside than upside as clients await next-generation technology and adjust near-term spending, leaving valuations unlikely to re-rate w…

Nomura Targets U.S. Fund Management Deals to Expand Global Footprint

Nomura Targets U.S. Fund Management Deals to Expand Global Footprint

Nomura Holdings is actively seeking acquisition targets in the United States to expand its investment management arm following the $1.8 billion acquisition of Macquarie’s U.S. and European public asset management businesses. The bank raised its medium-term profit forecast and set ambitious targets for investment management income and private credit…

AST SpaceMobile Shares Plunge After Softer SpaceX IPO Valuation and Launch Failures Pressure Sentiment

AST SpaceMobile Shares Plunge After Softer SpaceX IPO Valuation and Launch Failures Pressure Sentiment

AST SpaceMobile tumbled sharply in pre-market trading after reports that SpaceX is targeting an IPO valuation of at least $1.8 trillion, below the more optimistic $2 trillion-plus figure that had underpinned a recent sector-wide rally. The stock faced additional company-specific pressure from a Blue Origin hotfire explosion at Cape Canaveral, linge…