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Brazil's aviation safety investigators concluded that a combination of severe icing conditions, multiple faults in the aircraft's de-icing system, crew actions and systemic shortcomings at regional carrier Voepass were contributing factors in the August 9, 2024 crash of Voepass Flight 2283 that killed all 62 people aboard. The final Cenipa report i…
Lyntris Inc., a Washington-based defense technology firm focused on connectivity solutions for military use, has filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of common stock and intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker LYNX. Lead managers, addi…
Pelican Acquisition II Corporation priced and launched a 7.5 million-unit initial public offering at $10.00 per unit, raising $75.0 million. The units began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker PLCIU on July 24, 2026, and the offering is expected to close on July 27, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
Lyntris, a defense technology company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, filed for an initial public offering in the United States and disclosed a notable increase in six-month revenue. The filing shows a widening interim net loss amid higher sales, a dominant private equity shareholder, and plans to list on the NYSE under the ticker LYNX. Un…
Newmont reported adjusted second-quarter earnings above analyst expectations as a surge in gold prices compensated for reduced production. The company said third-quarter output should be broadly in line with Q2, while flagging higher unit costs driven by sustaining capital and potential oil-price pressure. Newmont also confirmed regulatory approval…
Intel reported second-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that topped analyst expectations and issued third-quarter guidance above consensus, driving an after-hours share rise. The company raised its capital expenditure outlook for the year and signaled continued investment into its next-generation 14A manufacturing node as demand from agentic AI…
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, a division of RTX Corp (NYSE:RTX), received a $42,096,941 contract modification from the Department of War to finalize a fiscal 2026 undefinitized contract action for sustainment of F135 propulsion systems for the F-35 Lightning II. The award funds a range of sustainment activities across multiple U.S. and internat…
SAP's chief financial officer said that meaningful returns from artificial intelligence in enterprise software will depend on moving beyond chatbots and coding assistants into AI systems tightly integrated with core business processes. Speaking after SAP's second-quarter results, Dominik Asam argued that accuracy, data governance and cost control m…
Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan this week introduced tradable bond baskets designed to let investors dial exposure to technology-sector debt as market participants weigh the prospect of substantial future bond issuance tied to artificial intelligence investments by hyperscalers. Goldman launched an 18-issuer high-yield basket, while JPMorgan rolled out …
Lockheed Martin received two Department of Defense orders totaling $67.7 million. The contracts fund technical insertion-26 production material for submarine electronic warfare systems and engineering, depot activation and material lay-in to establish F-35 national air vehicle depots for foreign military sales customers, with work to be completed b…
Amkor Technology has signed a multi-year agreement with Nvidia valued at $1.5 billion to expand advanced semiconductor packaging and test capacity in the United States. The arrangement includes a prepayment from Nvidia to support U.S. operations, joint technology development for AI and accelerated-computing platforms, and a focus on heterogeneous i…
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. was awarded a $127,050,000 contract modification from the U.S. Department of War to procure long lead-time materials for internal communications systems used in Virginia-class submarines. The work will be performed in Camden, New Jersey, and the contract remains an undefinitized action under an existing agreemen…
Dominic Hadeed, owner of Blue Waters, and his wife Genevieve were released from custody on Thursday after almost a month detained without charges under Trinidad and Tobago's state of emergency. Their release followed a tribunal recommendation accepted by the Homeland Security Minister and a decision by the British Privy Council not to hear the gove…
Oracle Corporation saw its stock rise in after-hours trading after being awarded a single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under the Department of War Enterprise Software Initiative worth up to $6.99 billion over ten years. The arrangement establishes a standardized purchasing vehicle for Oracle perpetual and subscription lic…
Mexico's benchmark S&P/BMV IPC closed down 1.54% on Thursday, weighed by losses in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples. A larger number of stocks fell than advanced, with several notable individual movers showing divergent performance. Commodities and currency pairs recorded mixed moves alongside the equity weakness.
A federal judge in Oakland has ordered that Paramount Skydance pause its $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery through August 17, extending an earlier temporary hold. The additional time allows Paramount to seek a hearing in August to present evidence that the transaction would support competition while state attorneys general and the Wri…
Amkor Technology's shares surged in after-hours trading after the company disclosed a multi-year strategic agreement with Nvidia valued at $1.5 billion to develop advanced semiconductor packaging and test technologies aimed at AI and accelerated computing platforms. Nvidia will provide a prepayment to support Amkor's expansion of U.S. packaging cap…
Colombia's main equity benchmark, the COLCAP, ended Thursday's session down 0.60% as losses concentrated in the Financials, Investment and Public Services sectors weighed on the market. Individual winners included Promigas, Mineros and Grupo Cibest, while Etb, Grupo Nutresa and Grupo Argos SA Pref were among the laggards. Commodity contracts and cu…
Stripe is reportedly engaged in acquisition discussions to buy OpenRouter, a quickly expanding marketplace that lets developers route requests across a wide array of AI models. The potential transaction could value OpenRouter at around $10 billion, a sharp rise from its $1.3 billion valuation in May. Negotiations are ongoing and may conclude soon, …
The MOEX Russia Index closed up 0.24% as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Telecoms sectors supported the market. LUKOIL, TATNEFT and Rosneft were the session's strongest performers, while miners including AK ALROSA and Polyus posted notable declines. Market breadth favored declines, and volatility as measured by the Russian Volatility Inde…
Needham highlighted a set of communications and enterprise infrastructure firms it expects to outperform guidance as data-center and AI-driven demand supports transceiver production, networking billings and optical component manufacturing. The brokerage called out expectations for revenue beats, capacity investments and constructive guidance from s…
Advanced Micro Devices shares climbed in after-hours trading following a strategic partnership with Anthropic to supply GPUs and a major product unveiling at AMD's Advancing AI 2026 conference. The agreement includes up to 2 gigawatts of AMD Instinct MI450 Series GPUs deployed in Helios rackscale solutions, an initial gigawatt slated for the first …
The Department of Defense has reached an almost $7 billion, up-to-10-year Enterprise Software Agreement with Oracle to consolidate on-premises software licenses into a single contract. Negotiated by the Department of the Navy, the five-year deal — with a five-year option — covers the entire Pentagon, the U.S. Coast Guard and the intelligence commun…
Arm Holdings climbed in after-hours trading following a strong quarterly report from Intel and an expanded market forecast for AI infrastructure spending by IDC. The developments highlighted accelerating demand for AI chips, reinforced Arm's role in the AI server transition, and raised speculation ahead of Arm's fiscal Q1 2027 results.
Intel reported a stronger-than-expected quarter with revenue of $16.13 billion, adjusted EPS of $0.42, and a 41.8% adjusted gross margin. The Data Center and AI segment led growth with revenue up 59% to $6.3 billion. The company signaled heightened demand by disclosing 10 long-term supply agreements and saying it is supply-constrained. Intel also r…
