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Applied Digital reported fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 results that significantly exceeded analyst expectations across revenue and adjusted earnings, and disclosed three new 15-year take-or-pay leases with a high investment-grade hyperscaler. The results, combined with the completion of a corporate separation and a major financing package, prompted a …
Cadence Design Systems rallied in after-hours trading after reporting second-quarter 2026 results that beat consensus and issuing a materially higher full-year forecast. The company posted non-GAAP diluted EPS of $2.11 on $1.58 billion in revenue, and raised fiscal 2026 revenue and EPS guidance, citing strong demand for its AI-driven design tools a…
The Federal Aviation Administration has slowed and limited flights into three New York City area airports and Philadelphia International Airport amid severe weather and ongoing air traffic control staffing shortages. Cancellations at the four airports reached between 20% and 30%, while average ground delays ranged from 71 to 149 minutes. The FAA ci…
Cadence Design Systems raised its full-year revenue and adjusted profit outlook after a quarter of strong growth driven by demand for AI-capable chip and system design tools. The company said chipmakers and technology firms are increasingly using its electronic design automation software to build complex systems-on-chip and AI accelerators, and poi…
U.S. equities finished mixed on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average led gains with a 0.51% rise, the S&P 500 was essentially flat, and the Nasdaq Composite finished lower. Strength in consumer services, telecoms and consumer goods contrasted with weakness in oil and gas, utilities and technology stocks. Market breadth favored advancers on both…
Elon Musk told investors on Tesla's Jul. 22, 2026 earnings call that he would not rule out a merger with SpaceX, noting a "growing overlap" between the companies and saying any transaction would follow the "appropriate process." High-profile analysts, including Gene Munster, have since placed the odds of a deal near 90%. Market reaction to Tesla's …
The S&P/TSX Composite closed higher on Monday, rising 0.56% to a record high as Information Technology, Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples stocks outperformed. Shopify was the session's top gainer, while several industrial and equipment names posted notable declines. Commodities were mixed, with gold edging up and crude oil tumbling, and t…
The Bovespa index finished higher after the close on Monday, gaining 0.74% in Sao Paulo. Strength in Real Estate, Industrials and Consumption-related shares helped lift the market, with notable rallies from Marfrig Global Foods, Totvs and Companhia Siderurgica Nacional. Energy names including Prio, Petroreconcavo and Petroleo Brasileiro weighed on …
Several companies reported quarterly results that moved their shares in after-hours trading. F5 Networks, Cadence Design Systems, Applied Digital, Rambus and Element Solutions all reported results that topped expectations or raised guidance, prompting gains. Sanmina declined following conservative near-term revenue guidance despite beating estimate…
A Manhattan federal judge has denied Chobani’s motion to dismiss a trademark lawsuit filed by Danone, concluding that the French yogurt maker plausibly alleged Chobani copied the yellow-and-black packaging and the slogan "Bright & Mellow" used on Danone’s SToK ready-to-drink cold brew. The suit seeks unspecified damages and changes to prevent confu…
Stanley Black & Decker increased its quarterly dividend by 1.2% to $0.84 per share, annualized to $3.36. A year-to-date stock rally of roughly 25.85% has reduced the current yield to about 3.57% based on a $94.15 closing price, down from yields above 5% near the 52-week low. Management frames the small increase as consistent with a long record of r…
Scribe Therapeutics Inc. completed its initial public offering, generating roughly $155.51 million in gross proceeds. The Alameda, California-based clinical-stage biotechnology company sold 9,867,000 common shares at $15.00 per share, including shares issued after underwriters fully exercised their option. The offering coincided with a private plac…
Federal efforts to end reliance on certain foreign critical minerals by Jan. 1, 2027 are colliding with limited domestic production and processing capacity. Despite substantial government funding and new executive actions tightening waivers for defense contractors, U.S. miners and refiners remain far short of meeting projected demand for rare earth…
Semiconductor capital-equipment stocks plunged after a report said a Shanghai state-backed firm has begun mass-producing immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machines, planning several units this year and next for domestic customers. The move sent ASML, Applied Materials, Lam Research and KLA sharply lower intraday before analysts pushed ba…
Wolfe Research expects Ashland to provide stable fiscal 2026 guidance, supported by positive commentary in personal care and life sciences, even as rising costs and Hopewell-related issues may weigh. For International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Wolfe anticipates a second quarter in line with expectations and a steady fiscal 2026 outlook despite el…
Spain's High Court has ordered H&M to end daily bag inspections of employees on the last shift and to stop monthly random searches of staff lockers at its stores, concluding those practices infringed worker privacy. The complaint was brought by trade unions UGT and CCOO. The court found H&M did not demonstrate that losses from employee theft justif…
Biohaven Pharmaceutical shares climbed 2.1% in afternoon trading to $14.62 following a federal jury ruling that affirmed the company’s licensed rights to Yale University’s MODA targeted protein degradation platform. The Delaware verdict, which found willful misappropriation by Avilar Therapeutics and RA Capital Management and awarded Biohaven and Y…
A screen of biotechnology companies with market capitalizations above $1 billion identified 107 qualifying stocks and highlighted 10 names where analysts project upside between 127% and 242%. Relative Strength Index (RSI) readings for these names mainly sit in neutral ranges, suggesting many remain technically uncrowded. The list combines analyst p…
Brazil and South Korea said they will accelerate talks on a possible trade agreement between South Korea and the South American trading bloc Mercosur. The two presidents announced a working group to push negotiations forward, agreed on a sanitary mission for Brazilian meatpackers and signaled enhanced cooperation in critical minerals. The steps wer…
National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy called on Congress to break a months-long impasse over competing aviation safety bills and approve broad reforms the board says are needed to prevent another catastrophic midair collision. The measures would accelerate installation of collision-prevention technologies on military and civil…
September is historically the weakest month for equities, and 2026 has brought renewed market turbulence. While the S&P 500’s long-term September underperformance and recent quarterly and intraday declines reinforce caution, many large-cap names retain strong one-year gains or positive year-to-date performance. The data argue for targeted risk cont…
A U.S. initiative to rebuild Patriot missile inventories has catalyzed notable gains across several defense names. RTX, Lockheed Martin, L3Harris and Kratos are among the firms seeing share-price appreciation or order flow momentum tied to increased Patriot system activity and related missile production.
The Wolfe Research team has singled out MSCI, S&P Global and Moody's as its preferred names in the business and information services sector as companies prepare to report second-quarter results. Wolfe points to stabilizing or improving fundamentals - including debt issuance, equity market performance and lending volumes - that should support earnin…
The U.S. National Vulnerabilities Database logged 45,207 software security flaws between January and Monday in 2026, a total approaching the full-year count for 2025. Major technology firms released unusually large sets of fixes in July, while cybersecurity researchers point to more powerful AI tools as a primary factor in the increased rate of dis…
Mizuho has upgraded Walmart to a top pick in the retailing sector after an artificial intelligence-driven evaluation of the company’s delivery infrastructure. The bank highlighted Walmart’s burgeoning ultra-fast delivery capabilities, expanding dark store tests, and the scale of its Spark Driver gig platform as underappreciated competitive assets. …
