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Tuesday's trading session featured steep declines across several large technology and storage-related stocks, with SanDisk (SNDK) and Micron (MU) among the largest percentage losers. Larger-cap semiconductor equipment and chipmakers also fell in the range of roughly 6.7% to 9.1%. At the same time, a mix of mid- and small-cap companies produced both…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday curtailed the scope of the Alien Tort Statute and ended litigation brought by Falun Gong members accusing Cisco Systems of supplying technology that enabled China's surveillance and persecution. The court reversed a lower-court ruling that had allowed the 2011 case to proceed toward discovery, maintaining a precede…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that foreign sovereign immunity is not available to shield a Cuban state-owned firm from a Title III claim under the Helms-Burton Act, removing a major procedural barrier in ExxonMobil’s 2019 suit against Corporación CIMEX over assets seized after the 1959 Cuban revolution. The case returns to a lower court for furt…
Bank of America has raised its year-end targets for Japanese equity indices, increasing the Nikkei 225 target to 76,000 and the TOPIX target to 4,400, pointing to nearly 15% upside for the Nikkei from current levels and a potential peak of 80,000 by year-end. The revisions reflect stronger-than-expected AI demand and a higher chance that the Strait…
Texas Pacific Land Corp shares climbed in morning trading after the company confirmed an agreement with Chevron to supply surface acreage and brackish water for Project Kilby, a large natural gas power generation facility in Reeves County, Texas. The project, announced June 22, is linked to a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft to provi…
Shares of AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) rose more than 4% on Tuesday after the company disclosed plans to launch three additional BlueBird satellites - BlueBirds 11, 12, and 13 - into low Earth orbit in the first half of August. The mission, to depart from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, follows a June 2026 launch that placed BlueBirds 8, 9, and …
Oracle eliminated roughly 21,000 positions over the past year - nearly 13% of its workforce - as it accelerates AI deployment and expands related infrastructure. The company reported a headcount decline to 141,000 full-time employees as of May 2026 and set aside $1.8 billion for restructuring, while disclosing plans to raise substantial capital and…
The iShares Semiconductor ETF plunged early in the session after a severe sell-off in global technology shares, led by a near-10% collapse in South Korean chip stocks that triggered a market circuit breaker. Concerns about SK Hynix slowing AI memory expansion, prominent bearish commentary on the AI hardware trade, and pre-earnings profit-taking in …
Chewy Inc. shares climbed 3.1% in morning trading after TD Cowen designated the online pet retailer its top small- and mid-cap idea for 2026, kept a Buy rating and reiterated a $34 price target. The firm pointed to multiple growth and margin drivers and valued the company at about 6.3x EV/EBITDA, forecasting a 15% EBITDA compound annual growth rate…
Applied Materials shares fell sharply in morning trading as a series of negative inputs converged: a steep drop in South Korea's KOSPI and heavy losses at major memory makers, a shift in analyst preference toward a peer, sizable insider liquidations, and signs of compressed free cash flow despite record revenue. Broader U.S. markets declined, ampli…
Texas Pacific Land Corporation said it has entered an agreement with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to provide surface acreage and brackish groundwater access for a large-scale power generation facility in Reeves County, Texas. The arrangement gives TPL cash consideration and the exclusive right to source aquifer-derived water for Chevron's Project Kilby, a p…
The Indian government said it will sell up to 2% of its holding in Indian Railway Finance Corp (IRFC) via an offer for sale (OFS). The divestment secretary posted that the government will divest 1% outright and may sell an additional 1% if investor demand supports it. The non-retail tranche opens on Wednesday and the retail tranche on Thursday. The…
Chewy Inc. stock rose 3.5% following TD Cowen analyst William Kerr's reaffirmation of a Buy rating and a $34.00 price target. Kerr designated Chewy as the firm's Best Smidcap Idea for 2026, pointing to several initiatives - including CVC and Modern Animal, advertising, automation, Chewy+, and generative AI - that he expects will support revenue and…
Carnival Corp warned that third-quarter adjusted earnings per share will come in below analyst expectations as nearly 30 percent higher fuel costs and ongoing geopolitical tensions pressure margins. The company reiterated an earlier estimate that higher fuel prices would exceed $500 million in impact, and said its quarterly adjusted EPS is expected…
Robinhood Markets shares fell sharply in morning trading after the company priced a $2.0 billion private placement of 0.00% convertible senior notes due October 1, 2029. Investors reacted to the potential for future shareholder dilution despite measures the company took to limit conversion impact; the stock hit an intraday low near $101 before reco…
Inspire Medical Systems stock fell in morning trading after Evercore ISI downgraded the shares from Outperform to In Line and cut its price target to $40 from $55, pointing to persistent reimbursement coding obstacles and uncertain near-term revenue. The rejection of a standalone CPT code at a May panel, management's projection that coding uniformi…
Seagate Technology shares tumbled in morning trading as a widespread selloff in memory and storage stocks - sparked by a near-10% collapse in South Korea's KOSPI index - pushed investor sentiment into risk-off territory. The company also faced a downgrade from Fox Advisors and ongoing valuation concerns, compounding the market-driven weakness.
Susquehanna Financial Group opened coverage of SpaceX (SPCX) with a Neutral rating and a $170 price objective. Analyst Charles Minervino highlighted the company’s leadership in rocket launches, growth potential at Starlink, and an emergent AI business tied to xAI, while warning that current market pricing requires premium multiples on very aggressi…
Shares of Inspire Medical Systems fell about 2.5% after Evercore ISI downgraded the stock from Outperform to In Line and reduced its price target to $40 from $55. The analyst cited persistent medical coding uncertainty - with a potential path to coding uniformity not expected until January 2028 - alongside internal operational challenges including …
Carnival Corporation reported second-quarter results that beat analyst expectations on both adjusted earnings per share and revenue, and recorded a year-over-year rise in adjusted net income. Despite the beat, the company set third-quarter and full-year 2026 guidance modestly below consensus, and said geopolitical volatility has weighed on bookings…
Amdocs Ltd reported that its Store Genie AI-driven customer service platform has been deployed at PLDT Home in the Philippines, prompting a 2.1% rise in Amdocs shares in premarket trading. The company said the agentic AI solution, running on its aOS and Amazon Web Services with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway, has sharply reduced resolution times …
Wendy’s has named industry veteran Steve Cirulis, 55, as its new chief financial officer effective immediately. The move replaces Ken Cook, who will stay on as an adviser through July to support the handover. The appointment follows last month’s elevation of Robert Wright to president and CEO and comes as the fast-food chain contends with weak dema…
Morgan Stanley upgraded CDW to Overweight and revised upward its outlook for several IT hardware vendors, citing unexpectedly resilient enterprise server demand. The bank raised its 2026 global server market forecast to $809 billion, expects growth to extend into 2027, and increased price targets for CDW and TD Synnex while lifting revenue and earn…
Robinhood Markets announced a private placement of $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2029, priced to qualified institutional buyers, prompting a roughly 6% premarket decline in the stock. The company expects net proceeds near $1.97 billion and outlined specific allocations, including a $290 million simult…
Walmart has entered two 15-year contracts with Constellation Energy to purchase roughly 176 megawatts of nuclear-generated electricity from the Dresden Clean Energy Center in Illinois to power a new perishable distribution facility under development in Belvidere. The contracts, beginning in 2029 and 2030, include 30 megawatts of additional output c…
