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TikTok has reached an in-principle settlement with a 15-year-old Florida plaintiff who alleged the social media platform contributed to his addiction and subsequent mental health issues. The agreement's details are not finalized. Other defendants in the case remain on track for trial in California state court.
Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) said it reached a definitive agreement to acquire deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets from Shell Offshore Inc., driving a 3.3% rise in its shares in after-hours trading on Tuesday. The deal, arranged jointly with an affiliate of Ridgewood Energy Corporation, carries total cash consideration of $850 million and is expected…
Neurogene Inc. said it has launched a public offering of common stock and, for certain investors, pre-funded warrants to buy common stock. The announcement prompted a roughly 3% decline in the company's shares during after-hours trading Tuesday. Proceeds are earmarked to support development and pre-commercial activities for NGN-401, as well as work…
Nike reported fourth-quarter revenue of $10.97 billion, modestly above analyst expectations, as management continues a multiyear turnaround centered on core sports and rebuilt wholesale relationships. The company faces inventory and margin headwinds, a challenging macro backdrop and pronounced weakness in Greater China, even as it increases marketi…
Shares of Bloom Energy jumped 8.5% in after-hours trading after Brookfield raised its commitment to the company to $25 billion from an earlier $5 billion framework. The expanded arrangement is aimed at financing fuel cell-powered electricity for AI infrastructure, and forms part of Brookfield’s AI Infrastructure Fund, which launched in November 202…
SpaceX has introduced reduced-rate Starlink plans for customers in Memphis, Tennessee, offering monthly pricing at roughly half the standard levels and waiving upfront hardware fees. The move comes as the company and its subsidiary xAI face community opposition and legal challenges tied to environmental concerns at data centers in the Memphis area.
Moody’s affirmed Holley Inc.'s B2 corporate family rating and probability of default rating, while shifting the outlook from negative to stable. The change reflects the expectation that Holley will sustain healthy profitability, generate at least $20 million in free cash flow in 2026 and 2027, and maintain moderate financial leverage with debt/EBIT…
Regal Rexnord shares rose sharply after Kerrisdale Capital publicly revealed a long stake and released a detailed investment case arguing the industrial manufacturer is well placed to benefit from expanding physical AI, motion control and data-center power markets. The disclosure, combined with a supportive market backdrop, sent RRX to a fresh 52-w…
Everpure (NYSE:P) shares climbed 8% on Tuesday afternoon after reports that activist investor Jana Partners accumulated a new position in the Santa Clara-based technology company. According to sources and documents reviewed by Reuters, the hedge fund began building the stake in the first quarter of 2026 and requested confidential treatment for its …
Activist investor Jana Partners has quietly assembled a new position in technology company Everpure and is expected to disclose the holding in an upcoming regulatory filing, according to two people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by the author. The stake was first built during the first quarter of 2026 and exceeded 1 million shares …
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is moving forward with development of a panel-level packaging technology called CoPoS that replaces round 12-inch wafers with 310mm x 310mm square panels. Pilot work is under way at VisEra's Longtan site, with a second pilot slated for TSMC's AP7 facility in Chiayi. Mass production is not anticipate…
The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday it will vote next month on a proposal to bar sales in the United States of electronic devices that contain components from companies on the agency's blacklist. The list includes Chinese telecoms firm Huawei, and the proposal is intended to close a regulatory gap that currently allows sales of pr…
A reported $1.3 trillion investment commitment tied to two South Korean semiconductor giants lifted global chip-equipment shares, with several suppliers trading at or near 52-week highs. The plan, unveiled in a presidential address and detailed at a June 29 meeting, calls for large-scale new memory fabs, regional diversification of production, and …
San Francisco’s mayor, a self-described lifelong soccer devotee, has been highly visible at World Cup watch parties and fan zones across the city as the tournament brings multiple matches to the Bay Area. Beyond cheering in pubs and parks, he holds financial ties to professional football clubs through 49ers Enterprises and has highlighted the event…
Options traders executed 28,262 contracts in Rezolve AI Plc by 2:30 p.m. New York time on Tuesday, with call options representing the bulk of transactions. Several near-term $3 strikes attracted the largest volumes, and the underlying share price rose 15.6% to $3.01. Market-implied volatility measures moved lower across the three-month horizon.
Options trading in Mobileye Global Inc. spiked to 27,433 contracts by 2:30 p.m. New York time on Tuesday, with call volume overwhelmingly larger than put volume. Several August 2026 and July 2026 call strikes were among the session's busiest series, while the stock advanced 14.1% to $9.47 during the same period.
Options volume for Nike Inc. reached 199,431 contracts by 2:01 p.m. New York time on Tuesday. Calls accounted for 100,014 contracts, while puts totaled 99,417. The most traded contracts were concentrated in July 2026 expirations, with notable open interest at several $40 strikes across mid- and late-2026 expiries.
Options trading in RTX Corp. escalated sharply by mid-afternoon Tuesday, driven largely by heavy activity in the July 2, 2026 $200 call. Equity and derivatives metrics moved modestly alongside the options flows, with a small rise in the stock price and a slight decline in three-month volatility measures.
Tuesday's trading session produced notable intraday moves across market-cap tiers. Several large-cap semiconductor and equipment names recorded strong gains, while a handful of small-cap issuers and acquisition vehicles posted steep declines. The session's standout moves spanned mega-caps to micro-caps, reflecting company-specific headlines and sup…
Saab has entered into a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the sale of 16 Gripen E combat aircraft to be designated for Ukraine. Valued at approximately SEK 24.6 billion, the agreement will be recorded in the third quarter of 2026 and foresees deliveries between 2029 and 2030. The package covers the fighters plus sp…
Markets face a packed U.S. economic calendar on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, with the ADP Nonfarm Employment Change offering a private-sector preview of the official jobs report, two manufacturing PMI readings tracking factory conditions, and the EIA weekly crude inventories figure that can influence energy prices and inflation expectations. Policymake…
Earnings season presses on with a set of notable companies scheduled to report on Wednesday. Key names include General Mills, FactSet Research Systems, MSC Industrial Direct and Unifirst, with additional results from firms such as Greenbrier Companies, Franklin Covey, Bassett Furniture and Culp following after the market close. The published estima…
Anthropic introduced Claude Sonnet 5, its latest Sonnet-class model, which the company says narrows the performance gap with its pricier Opus 4.8 while outperforming the previous Sonnet 4.6 on reasoning, tool use, coding and knowledge work. The model is available across subscription tiers, carries introductory usage pricing through August 31, 2026,…
Nestle said it will consider the recent decline in coffee bean costs when deciding retail prices, offering a potential easing for consumers after steep increases in 2024 and record highs in 2025. The company warned that final consumer prices depend on stock levels and the prices it has already paid, and industry timing lags mean cafe and shop price…
Nestle said it will take the recent decline in raw coffee bean prices into account when setting retail prices, with any reductions depending on market circumstances, stock levels and the prices the company paid for its supplies. The comments came from Axel Touzet, head of Nestle’s coffee brands strategic business unit, at the group’s Vevey headquar…
