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The market on Friday produced a wide range of moves across capitalization bands, with chip-related names and financials among the largest decliners while select healthcare and software-related names posted double-digit gains following earnings or analyst actions. Mega-cap names such as SanDisk and American Express recorded notable drops, while mid-…
Insurers and large institutions are signaling greater allocations to private credit, according to a recent survey, even as high-net-worth investor demand cools and regulators probe the sector’s ties to insurance balance sheets. Fundraisers for private-credit secondaries and declining redemption pressure at major funds point to a reallocation toward…
Market participants will focus on the July 27 durable goods report, due at 7:30 AM ET, as a key barometer of manufacturing demand and near-term industrial momentum. The headline is forecast to show a 1.6% rise after a prior 4.5% decline, while core durable goods are expected to slow from recent gains. Later Treasury auctions and regional manufactur…
Qualcomm informed its customers in a letter that it will impose price increases in the double-digit range on certain products shipped after September 1, attributing the move to escalating supplier costs. The disclosure, reported by Bloomberg and noting the company's attempts to source alternative components, comes amid pressure in the smartphone ec…
Northwest European gasoline refining margins rose by $1.81 to $32.67 per barrel on Friday as crude oil prices retreated from the prior session's $100-per-barrel level. Trade in Eurobob E5 and E10 barges was recorded, and a Danish-flagged tanker announced a routing decision tied to security developments in the southern Red Sea after Houthi forces de…
Beumer Group has launched legal action against the European Commission after the regulator declined to refer Vanderlande’s acquisition of Siemens’ airport logistics business for EU-level antitrust review. The dispute centers on whether national authorities in Portugal and Spain - which had asked the Commission to step in - were the appropriate bodi…
At the Farnborough airshow, recruiters and interactive displays aimed at teens like 17-year-old Hassan Butt highlight a widening gap between aerospace demand and the available workforce. The UK aerospace and defence sector faces an estimated shortfall of about 10,000 specialized engineers annually, with an aging workforce and newer technologies, in…
President Donald Trump said the United States will launch a Section 301 investigation into the European Union's practice of fining American technology companies after Google was hit with another penalty. The announcement, made on Truth Social, lists a series of recent EU fines on U.S. tech firms and indicates the U.S. may pursue retaliatory trade m…
Qualcomm notified customers that it will increase prices by a double-digit percentage for products shipped on or after Sept. 1. The company said it has exhausted its capacity to absorb higher supplier costs and has sought alternative components, while broader semiconductor supply constraints driven in part by AI data center demand continue to limit…
Anthropic PBC on Friday unveiled Claude Opus 5, a new AI model positioned to handle routine workplace tasks at a lower cost. The company says Opus 5 matches much of the performance of its top-tier model, Fable 5, in many areas while costing 50% less per task, and that it will become the default option for many office applications. The model is comm…
Meta AI rolled out a set of new capabilities that let the assistant create plans, link to email and calendar apps, and execute tasks on behalf of users. Backed by Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 model, the updates include automated planning, recurring task delivery, calendar-aware daily briefings, web research aggregation, and content creation tools, with in…
Anthropic unveiled Opus 5, a new Claude-family AI model that the company says approaches the capabilities of Fable 5 while costing roughly half as much. The firm positions Opus 5 for routine office work and coding, emphasizing improved efficiency over the prior Opus 4.8 release and altered safety constraints tied to its comparative limitations vers…
On July 24, Meta introduced enhanced functionality for its Meta AI assistant that allows the chatbot to carry out some tasks autonomously, powered by the Muse Spark 1.1 model. The update, initially available in select markets via the Meta AI app and meta.ai, includes features such as daily briefings based on calendar summaries and recurring task au…
Investment firms Blackstone, Donerail and Centerbridge are reported to be the final bidders in a sale process for MarineMax, the Clearwater, Florida-based recreational yacht retailer. The company, which operates 65 marinas and storage facilities and about 70 dealerships primarily in the United States, has faced investor pressure and board changes w…
Surgery Partners Inc said it has reached an agreement to sell its ownership interests in Mountain View Hospital and Idaho Falls Community Hospital to Intermountain Health for roughly $1.15 billion. The company will receive approximately $795 million in total consideration, with substantial cash proceeds expected at closing subject to customary purc…
Vir Biotechnology Inc. shares declined following the company’s announcement that Chief Financial Officer Jason O’Byrne will leave to pursue another opportunity. Brent Sabatini, the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed Interim Principal Financial Officer effective July 23 while the company searches for a p…
U.S. hotel chains are set to report robust second-quarter results driven by higher room rates and strong domestic demand, helped in part by World Cup-related pricing. Online travel agencies face a more cautious quarter, with forecasts likely tempered by cancellations tied to Middle East tensions and emerging concerns about AI-driven booking agents.
Shares of Sidus Space Inc (NASDAQ:SIDU) declined about 3% on Friday after the firm disclosed that Alan Khalili will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer effective July 27. Khalili, a finance executive with more than two decades of experience in space, satellite and technology sectors, will manage the company's financial planning, accounting, …
Robin Energy Ltd. saw its stock tumble 42.6% on Friday after revealing an underwritten public offering of 750,000 common shares priced at $4.00 per share. The firm expects approximately $3.0 million in gross proceeds before fees, with the deal slated to close on or about July 27, 2026 and an underwriter option to buy up to 54,380 more shares.
Lightspeed Commerce shares rose after the company introduced an integration that connects Lightspeed Retail point-of-sale data directly to Meta’s Conversions API. The feature enables merchants without ecommerce sites, as well as omnichannel retailers, to attribute in-store purchases to Facebook and Instagram advertising, offering improved measureme…
DigitalOcean Holdings Inc repurchased roughly $472 million of its 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2030 while completing a concurrent registered direct offering that issued about 12.5 million shares at $117.54 per share to participating note holders. The move reduced outstanding 2030 convertibles to about $153 million, was funded by proceeds from…
Radiopharm Theranostics Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:RADX) fell about 21% after the company disclosed plans for concurrent U.S. and Australian financings that could raise up to $13 million. The U.S. component includes a registered direct offering of 1,281,646 American Depositary Shares at $3.16 per ADS, and a private placement of unregistered warrants exercisab…
Options activity indicates Moderna Inc. (MRNA) could see a 4.2% price swing when it reports quarterly results on July 31 ahead of the opening bell. Historical comparisons show several instances where the stock's actual post-earnings moves exceeded the options-implied expectations, with large declines recorded on multiple prior release dates.
Options activity compiled by Bloomberg indicates Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) could see a 2.9% price change when it issues earnings before the market opens on July 31. Historical comparisons across recent reporting dates show the stock has both outpaced and fallen short of options-implied moves in roughly half of the last eight releases, with the larg…
U.K. equities closed higher on Friday, with the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.93% to reach a new three-month peak. Gains were concentrated in Software & Computer Services, Aerospace & Defense and Media sectors. Market breadth favored advancing issues, while oil prices fell and gold moved higher. Major London-listed names showed mixed result…
