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Kalshi has added Tyler Neff, a former FBI intelligence analyst, to its surveillance team as the exchange increases its monitoring efforts. Neff, who joined earlier in May, will report to the firm's head of enforcement and legal counsel and join a unit that has been expanded with hires from Wall Street firms. The move comes amid a marked rise in fla…
Estonia's transport regulator has approved Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised system for operation on the country's roads by recognizing a type approval originally issued in the Netherlands. The authority classified the system as Level 2 driver assistance, emphasized ongoing driver responsibility, and said the decision follows roughly 18 mo…
Greek equities finished higher on Friday, with the Athens General Composite climbing 1.03% to reach a three-month high. Strength in Banking, Construction and Travel names powered the session, while commodity prices and currency pairs showed mixed movement in global markets that accompanied the local rally.
Bank of America began coverage of Select Water Solutions with a Buy rating and a $22 price target, citing the company's transition from cyclical oilfield services to a water infrastructure operator. The bank projects a rising share of adjusted EBITDA from water infrastructure, expansion in recycling capacity, and potential demand from data center c…
Clorox Co. shares dropped sharply in morning trading after longtime Chair and CEO Linda Rendle disclosed she will step down to focus on her health and family. The board has initiated a comprehensive CEO search. The announcement comes as the company lowered its full-year 2026 guidance, considers potential debt issuance related to its GOJO acquisitio…
American Eagle Outfitters shares fell sharply after the retailer reported fiscal Q1 2026 results that combined top-line beats with brand-level weakness and an explicit Q2 gross margin decline. While adjusted EPS of $0.14 and $1.2 billion in revenue outperformed consensus, a 25% comp increase at Aerie contrasted with a 2% comp decline at American Ea…
JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded Caesars Entertainment to Neutral and cut its price target to $31 following the company’s agreement to be acquired by Fertitta Entertainment in a $17.6 billion transaction including assumed debt. The bank framed the deal as a move that takes Caesars private, noted the presence of a go-shop period and flagged potential…
Ford Motor Company stock surged to a fresh three-year high after investors reacted to early commercial momentum for Ford Energy, a $2 billion unit that will repurpose EV batteries into stationary storage systems, and an unexpectedly strong Q1 2026 earnings print. A framework agreement giving EDF Power Solutions the option to buy up to 4 GWh per yea…
The Trump administration plans to propose that 50% of automobile components and materials be sourced from the United States for vehicles to qualify for preferential tariff treatment under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The move would mark a major shift from the current USMCA rules, which require 75% North American content but do not set a U.S.-s…
McCormick & Co. shares rose modestly after reports that activist investor Toms Capital Investment Management accumulated a stake in the spice and condiment maker. The stake's size and the fund's intended agenda have not been disclosed. The move follows McCormick's March announcement that it would acquire Unilever's food business, a transaction expe…
Ultium Cells, the GM and LG Energy Solution joint venture operating a battery plant in Warren, Ohio, has delayed the planned return of hundreds of workers who have been on temporary layoff since January. The company said employees will now be expected to resume work in August, citing a detailed analysis of EV market conditions this year. The plant …
Friday trading produced wide swings across market-cap ranges, with several large technology companies posting notable gains and other issuers, from retail to special-purpose acquisition vehicles, recording sharp declines. Dell and Network Appliance were among the biggest winners, while a number of mid-cap and small-cap names moved lower amid earnin…
India's market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board - SEBI, has imposed monetary penalties totaling 159.5 million rupees on Suzlon Energy and additional fines on senior executives following findings that the company presented misleading financial statements and disclosures. SEBI said certain transactions with subsidiaries and associates res…
IES Holdings Inc. shares fell 5% on Friday after a Form 4 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosed that Executive Chairman Jeffrey L. Gendell and investment entities he manages sold 32,365 shares on May 26 and May 27, 2026. The transactions, executed at prices between $702.24 and $710.37 per share, reduced the combined beneficia…
AirJoule Technologies Corporation's stock declined 11% on Friday after the company disclosed a registered direct offering that will issue new common shares to institutional investors. The proposed sale is structured to generate roughly $15.0 million in gross proceeds and is intended to support commercialization of the firm's AirJoule Core and AirJo…
ClearSign Technologies' stock declined about 4% on Friday after the company priced an underwritten public offering of 777,780 common shares at $4.33 apiece. The transaction, principally comprised of shares being sold by existing holders, is expected to produce roughly $3.4 million in gross proceeds, with an underwriter option that could raise the t…
Firefly Aerospace shares fell sharply in morning trading after the company set terms for a public offering that included a large secondary component sold by existing shareholders. The deal, priced at $48.00 per share for 12 million total shares, raised fresh concerns about dilution and the firm’s dependence on external financing despite solid reven…
Karman Holdings Inc. shares declined more than 8% following an announcement that selling stockholders priced an underwritten public offering of 14 million common shares at $61.00 per share. The placing, which increased from an initial 13.5 million-share proposal, is expected to close on June 1, 2026, and includes a 30-day overallotment option for u…
Broadcom shares jumped sharply in morning trading, reaching an all-time high after several analyst price-target increases and news that the company is backing a large portion of a $36 billion debt facility tied to Anthropic's AI infrastructure build-out. The stock's rally was reinforced by fresh partnerships in AI chip development and continued bul…
Software and related technology shares rose across the board on Friday, with leading vendors and a sector-tracking ETF posting notable gains. ServiceNow led the group, while Oracle, Palantir, Palo Alto Networks, Salesforce and Microsoft also recorded advances. Market commentary noted the rally was widespread but did not point to a specific trigger …
Super Micro Computer shares surged in morning trading after robust results and guidance from Dell triggered a sectorwide reappraisal, while Supermicro’s public cooperation with Taiwanese authorities in an illegal server-diversion case and a new European AI cloud win helped blunt a damaging compliance narrative.
UBS Group AG shares gained 1.2% on Friday after reports that the bank eliminated several hundred positions across Europe, the Middle East and Africa as part of its integration of Credit Suisse. The reductions mainly affected support functions, though some client-facing bankers were also impacted. UBS has reduced headcount by roughly 17,500 since th…
UBS has downgraded Orkla to Sell from Neutral and trimmed its 12-month price target to NOK 89 from NOK 130, citing rising cost inflation, slowing sales growth and a weakening contribution from associate Jotun. The bank expects consolidated portfolio margins to compress by around 90 basis points between 2025 and 2027, and has reduced Orkla's 2026 an…
Dell Technologies jumped sharply in early trading after reporting fiscal Q1 2027 results that delivered the company’s fastest quarterly revenue growth since it returned to public markets in 2018. The quarter featured record revenue and earnings, a surge in AI-optimized server sales, a substantial AI order book, and a raised full-year outlook—sparki…
Shutterfly has begun marketing a $1.875 billion package of loans and high-yield bonds to refinance its existing debt obligations. The offering includes a $500 million term loan, $1.15 billion of junk bonds and a $225 million second-lien loan, with Barclays arranging the term loan and bond sale and an investor call scheduled for Monday at 1 p.m. New…
