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Comstock Inc. (NYSE:LODE) saw its shares fall 13.6% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the company disclosed plans for an underwritten public offering of common stock. The company said net proceeds would support capital expenditures for Comstock Metals LLC’s second industry-scale facility, a refining process and solution, accelerated site se…
Microsoft reported Azure revenue growth of 39% in the fiscal second quarter, narrowly beating a Visible Alpha consensus of 38.8%. The company’s early investment in OpenAI continues to underpin its AI strategy, even as competitors launch compelling models and autonomous agents. Large-scale AI spending across Big Tech and developments around OpenAI c…
Universal Music Group has purchased a minority share in Stationhead, a social listening app that lets fans co-listen, host DJ-style stations and chat. The undisclosed investment, made alongside Sterling Partners, is intended to bolster artist-to-fan engagement and expand revenue opportunities. Stationhead is also combining with Mellomanic and will …
Yorkville America Equities, the adviser behind the recently launched Truth Social-branded ETFs, has struck a deal to acquire the God Bless America ETF from Curran Financial Partners. The transaction, whose terms were not disclosed, must clear shareholder approval and is slated to close in the second quarter of 2026. The operation highlights activit…
A newly formed 10-member creditors committee for Saks Global includes Amazon, LVMH and Chanel, along with other luxury vendors, a landlord, a labor union, a logistics supplier and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. The committee, formalized by the U.S. Trustee in the Houston bankruptcy court, will represent junior creditors and could shape n…
Entrata, a property management software company with private equity backers Silver Lake and Blackstone, is working with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan to prepare for an initial public offering. Sources say the company is aiming for a possible April sale, with an estimated raise near $500 million, though deal parameters and timing remain subject to chan…
BRC Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RILY) said it has regained compliance with Nasdaq’s Periodic Filing Rule 5250(c)(1), a move confirmed by the exchange on January 27, 2026. The stock climbed as much as 2% on the news before trimming gains. Nasdaq has placed the company under a one-year Mandatory Panel Monitor, which shortens the path from filing lap…
Vishay Intertechnology reported a 3% increase in its shares after unveiling five new 1200 V silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET power modules in the industry-standard SOT-227 package. The modules, offered in single switch and low side chopper configurations, are designed to improve switching efficiency and serve as drop-in replacements for existing design…
Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp. II raised $360 million by selling 36 million units at $10 apiece, including 4.68 million units placed through a partial exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. The SPAC began trading on January 27, 2026, and plans for separate trading of shares and warrants under the symbols MLAA and MLAAW once those sec…
The Bovespa index closed higher Wednesday, rising 1.15% to reach a fresh all-time high as strength in the Financials, Basic Materials and Real Estate sectors powered the advance. A group of mid- and small-cap stocks recorded notable intraday gains, while several large names finished lower. Market breadth favored advancers and volatility gauges edge…
Shares of Innovation Beverage Group Ltd fell sharply after the company disclosed a five-for-one reverse stock split that will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on January 30, 2026. The move will reduce the firm's outstanding ordinary shares from 3,470,331 to 694,066, and the company's stock will continue to list on The Nasdaq Capital Market un…
Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Alphabet, said it aims to introduce a fully driverless ride-hailing service in London by the fourth quarter of 2026. The timeline was disclosed at a London briefing by Ben Loewenstein, Waymo’s head of policy and government affairs for the UK and Europe. The planned expansion coincides with UK regulatory work to e…
An Investing Pro model identifies Quebecor, Rogers Communications, Cogeco, BCE and TELUS as the top five Canadian telecoms to monitor into 2026. Rankings reflect a blend of recent performance, profitability metrics, forward valuations, dividend yields and analyst upside projections. The list highlights companies with differing risk-return profiles …
The U.S. Marshals Service is probing a potential hack of government-controlled digital-asset accounts, according to a report citing an agency email. Officials have said they will not provide further comment while the inquiry continues. The development follows industry data showing a surge in crypto-related thefts in 2025 and on-chain claims that mo…
The U.S. government plans to launch a new program this July that will place $1,000 of seed money into tax-advantaged investment accounts for children born between 2025 and 2028. Market participants, philanthropists and several major employers have pledged additional contributions or matches, but questions persist about tax complexity, treatment in …
Circle Internet's stock climbed after reports that the White House will convene banking and cryptocurrency executives to tackle stalled legislation and specific conflicts, including whether crypto firms can pay interest and rewards on stablecoin holdings. The scheduled summit, hosted by the White House's crypto council with trade groups expected to…
Earnings season presses on with a heavy slate of reports scheduled for Thursday. Market leaders including Apple, Visa, KLA-Tencor, Western Digital and Stryker are set to report after the close, while a diverse group of companies across materials, manufacturing, financials and healthcare will release results before the opening bell. Below is a compr…
Markets are set to focus on the weekly Initial Jobless Claims report on Thursday, January 29, 2026, with a broad set of additional U.S. economic releases and Treasury auctions scheduled the same day. The Initial Jobless Claims print, due at 8:30 AM ET and expected at 206K versus the prior 200K, will sit alongside data on unit labor costs, continuin…
CMA CGM and U.S. investor Stonepeak agreed to form a port terminal joint venture, United Ports LLC, with an enterprise value close to $10 billion. Stonepeak will pay $2.4 billion for a 25% stake and may provide up to $3.6 billion more for future projects. CMA CGM will fold 10 of its terminals into the venture and will deploy the $2.4 billion in pro…
Analysts expect major U.S. refiners to post higher fourth-quarter profits, supported by improved product margins driven in part by disruptions to Russian refining capacity and wider crude differentials. Attention is shifting to whether Gulf Coast complex refineries can absorb increasing flows of Venezuelan heavy crude following a change in that cou…
FedEx announced it is collaborating with Boeing and U.S. aviation safety regulators to return its grounded MD-11 cargo aircraft to service by May 31, following the November crash of an MD-11 operated by UPS that killed 15 people. UPS has retired its remaining MD-11s and plans to replace them with Boeing 767s. Regulators have highlighted a cracked c…
Meta Platforms is advancing into its upcoming earnings report with several influential research firms reiterating bullish ratings and high price targets. While analysts highlight robust product deployment and large user reach for Meta AI, they also flag the potential impact of elevated capital expenditure and operating costs tied to artificial inte…
Shares of Odysight.ai (ODYS) rose 6.9% Wednesday after the company disclosed it received two pilot orders from a major defense customer to test AI-based monitoring solutions on aerial platforms. One pilot will evaluate a computer-vision monitoring system on an operational combat helicopter; the other targets monitoring a critical component inside a…
A Republican chair of a U.S. House committee has asked Ford to clarify its agreement with China’s CATL after the automaker announced plans to repurpose U.S. battery manufacturing facilities to produce lithium iron phosphate cells and grid-scale energy storage systems using CATL-licensed technology. The lawmaker requested detailed answers from CEO J…
Solid Power Inc. said it has entered a securities purchase agreement with a single sector-focused institutional investor to sell shares and warrants in a registered direct offering expected to raise about $130 million in gross proceeds. The announcement was followed by a 6.6% decline in the company's stock on Wednesday.
