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OpenAI is reportedly weighing a decision to delay its planned initial public offering until 2027 as internal debates intensify over timing and valuation. Insiders say Chief Executive Sam Altman is holding out for a $1 trillion target, despite advisers warning that market conditions and recent financial disclosures could force a lower valuation or p…
James Sprayregen, the lawyer who established and led Kirkland & Ellis’ restructuring group, is joining Paul, Weiss to co-lead its restructuring and debt capital solutions practice. The move follows Sprayregen's 2024 departure from Kirkland to Hilco Global and continues a hiring wave at Paul Weiss under new chairman Scott Barshay. Paul Basta will st…
Aevex Corp. (NYSE: AVEX) saw a 2.1% rise in after-hours trading on Thursday after the company announced it will be included in the Russell 2000 Index effective after the U.S. market opens on June 29, 2026. The move follows the annual Russell reconstitution and will also add Aevex to related Russell growth and value style indexes and other size and …
Beneficient said it has won its first collateral management services engagement with a Texas state-chartered bank. The contract - the commercial debut of the company’s collateral management offering - will provide ongoing monitoring and reporting on a portfolio of alternative assets pledged as collateral for a credit facility and is expected to gen…
U.S. stock markets closed mixed with the Dow Jones Industrial Average edging higher while the S&P 500 finished essentially flat and the Nasdaq Composite fell. Strength in Industrials, Healthcare and Basic Materials offset declines in Consumer Services, Technology and Financials. Several large-cap names reached multi-month or all-time highs even as …
Canadian equities closed higher on Thursday with the S&P/TSX Composite gaining 0.33% as advances in the Materials, Industrials and Healthcare sectors supported the market. BlackBerry Ltd and Jamieson Wellness were among the session's strongest performers, both reaching three-year highs, while several resource and aerospace names weighed on the down…
The Bovespa finished higher on Thursday, propelled by advances in the Public Utilities, Real Estate and Electric Power sectors. The benchmark index rose 0.87% at the close in Sao Paulo. Market breadth favored advancers, with 505 stocks higher against 418 decliners and 51 unchanged. Notable individual movers included Sendas Distribuidora SA, Rumo Lo…
Onsemi said on June 25 it will buy Synaptics in an all-stock transaction valued at about $7 billion. Synaptics shareholders are to receive 1.350 shares of Onsemi common stock for each Synaptics share, an exchange ratio representing a 19% premium based on the 10-day volume-weighted average closing prices of both companies. The announcement pushed On…
The Federal Aviation Administration proposed regulatory changes intended to modernize and accelerate certification of new commercial airplanes by aligning some requirements with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. The FAA said harmonizing standards will simplify requirements for manufacturers, cut certification time and costs, and maintain o…
Rocket Lab saw its stock rise in after-hours trading after NASA awarded the company three Electron launch contracts. The Long Beach-based firm will perform two back-to-back launches for the PolSIR mission no earlier than June 2027 and a separate launch for the TSIS-2 mission in early 2027, all from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Shares of DLH Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:DLHC) climbed roughly 20% following the company's announcement that it secured a role as a prime awardee on a multiple-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to deliver logistics information technology services for U.S. Navy integrated platforms and DevSecOps pipelines. The contract, managed by N…
ICF International said it is expanding its share repurchase program by $100 million, lifting the total buyback authorization to $165 million. The announcement pushed ICF shares up about 2% in after-hours trading Thursday. Management cited a substantial backlog and a robust new-business development pipeline as the rationale and said the company will…
On June 25, Titan Mining said its subsidiary, Empire State Mines, received conditional selection notices from the U.S. Army for enhanced-use leases at two domestic sites to develop battery-grade graphite processing. The planned facilities are aimed at expanding U.S. e-graphite capacity - a material used in electric vehicle batteries and military ha…
Moody's upgraded the senior secured revolving credit facility for Amer Sports Corporation to Baa3 from Ba1 while keeping the company's Ba1 corporate family rating and Ba1-PD probability of default unchanged. The action follows a substantial debt repayment funded by equity proceeds and a reduction in secured debt, which lowered Moody's-adjusted debt…
I-Pulse Inc. will receive $250 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS program to develop silicon-carbide semiconductors and pulsed-power components for geothermal drilling that uses high-power electrical pulses. The award will support partnerships with U.S. national laboratories, universities, and specialized manufacturers and is pres…
OpenAI's internal economic research finds that its agentic tool Codex is now the primary work platform within the company, with nearly all active users and virtually all generated output tokens produced through Codex by June 2026. Adoption accelerated from late 2025 through mid-2026, with notably fast growth among non-developer teams and heavy conc…
A U.S. magistrate judge in Austin has ordered Elon Musk to give sworn testimony in two proposed class-action lawsuits that accuse him and his political action committee, America PAC, of misleading voters in seven swing states by promising a $1 million-per-day giveaway ahead of the 2024 election. The magistrate recommended that a claim alleging vote…
The U.S. Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision sided with Bayer, ruling that plaintiffs cannot use state-law failure-to-warn claims to challenge Roundup labels when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not required a cancer warning. The decision overturned a $1.25 million jury verdict in Missouri, removes one commonly used legal theory from many …
Options volume in MetLife Inc. climbed to 4,594 contracts by 3:20 p.m. New York time on Thursday, with puts representing the bulk of activity. The September 18, 2026 $77.50 put led trading, while several other near-term put strikes saw heavy turnover. Shares advanced modestly and three-month volatility rose slightly, while the 90/110 skew narrowed.
Options volume in Herbalife Ltd. climbed to 32,666 contracts by 3:20 p.m. New York time on Thursday, driven almost entirely by call contracts and dominated by a single August 21, 2026 call spread split evenly between $15 and $17.50 strikes, according to exchange data compiled by Bloomberg. Open interest shows a large imbalance between the two strik…
Google has moved Google Finance out of beta, introducing portfolio tracking capabilities and a standalone Android application. The refreshed service offers a single dashboard for portfolio performance and allocation, customized market briefings based on user-defined tasks, and an Android app that includes watchlists, real-time quotes, a news feed a…
Applied Materials Inc. experienced a surge in options trading, with total volume reaching 80,479 contracts by 3:30 p.m. New York time on Thursday. Call options outpaced puts, notable volumes appeared in July 17, 2026 and June 26, 2026 call strikes, and the stock rallied 11.2% to $654.74. Short-term volatility and skew measures moved noticeably on t…
The US Army has approved agreements for four companies to build processing facilities for strategic minerals on military bases. The move, advanced by the administration as part of a push to boost domestic capacity and reduce import reliance, places separation and purification plants for rare earths, graphite, lithium and boron on federal military d…
Ares Management has once more enforced a 5% repurchase cap at its flagship private credit vehicle, the $22.6 billion Ares Strategic Income Fund (ASIF), after shareholders requested redemptions equal to 14.4% of outstanding shares in the second quarter. Most of the requests were concentrated among a small set of non-U.S. institutions and family offi…
SpaceX plans to begin construction next month on an eight-mile natural gas pipeline, dubbed Starpipe, to deliver feedstock to its Texas launch complex. County and federal filings indicate the line will connect to Starbase, feed a planned liquefaction facility for converting natural gas into liquid methane, and is expected to be operational by Janua…
