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Renée James, a former Intel president who co-founded and sold Ampere Computing, and Michelle Johnston Holthaus, formerly CEO of Intel Products, have introduced Rule42 Sports Technology Group. The self-funded venture offers a free digital showcase for amateur athletes and charges college recruiters and professional scouts to find prospects. The plat…
Soaring electricity demand tied to large-scale AI workloads is creating a structural opportunity for select utilities and power-equipment providers. The U.S. grid will need roughly 15-20% more capacity to support planned data center expansion through 2030, favoring companies with the right geography, generation mix, transmission assets or equipment…
Corvex’s stock jumped sharply after the company confirmed a multi-year supply agreement to deliver clusters built around NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking to a leading AI customer. The expanded contract includes dedicated high-speed storage and CPUs, was partially delivered in the first quarter, and is funded through debt, c…
Obsidian Security announced an $85 million Series D round that values the company at $1.1 billion. The financing, led by Crescent Cove Advisors with participation from Greylock Partners and Menlo Ventures, arrives as enterprises expand use of autonomous AI agents and high-profile testing incidents highlight risks. Obsidian says proceeds will be use…
J.P. Morgan reduced its rating on Denmark's Tryg A/S to underweight from neutral and cut Finland's Sampo to neutral from overweight. The broker pointed to one of the weakest earnings-growth profiles in the Nordic insurance sector for Tryg, which it now values less favorably after trimming its price target. For Sampo, J.P. Morgan sees limited remain…
IDEXX Laboratories rallied in pre-market trading after the company reported second-quarter 2026 adjusted EPS of $4.27 on revenue of $1.22 billion, both above Wall Street estimates. Management raised and narrowed full-year 2026 guidance for EPS and revenue, a move that, combined with positive macro conditions, helped lift the stock.
Scotts Miracle-Gro stock rose in pre-market trading after the company presented three-year financial targets at its Investor Day 2026 on the New York Stock Exchange. Management outlined specific mid-range goals for fiscal 2027-2029, while analysts upgraded outlooks following recent quarterly results. A favorable market tone further supported the ga…
SK hynix rallied in pre-market trading after detailing a new High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) standard with SanDisk at FMS 2026 and disclosing its tenth-generation V10 375-layer 4D NAND. The announcement, which positions HBF between HBM and SSDs for AI inference workloads, plus upbeat analyst initiations and a firmer macro backdrop, drove a notable pre-o…
On Aug. 4, Pfizer reported second-quarter adjusted earnings that surpassed analyst expectations, driven by robust demand for the blood thinner Eliquis. The company slightly raised the lower end of its full-year sales forecast and highlighted its strategy to rely more on newer medicines and the $10 billion Metsera acquisition to diversify revenue aw…
AMD reports second-quarter 2026 results after the close with consensus at $1.61 in EPS and $11.29 billion in revenue. Pre-market trading shows the stock up to $502.30, but history and current market positioning suggest that even a beat may not be sufficient to lift the share price unless management delivers clear guidance on Helios ramp timing, gro…
Indian equity benchmarks closed lower on Tuesday, with the Nifty 50 losing 0.64% and the BSE Sensex 30 falling 0.27%. Declines were broad-based, led by Real Estate, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Healthcare names, even as select industrial and financial stocks posted gains. Volatility edged higher and commodity prices, including crude oil and gold …
Citi told investors that consensus projections are understating revenue growth and profitability tied to artificial intelligence, citing faster hyperscaler cloud revenue growth, an expanding backlog, steady cash returns and a marked increase in expected capital spending across the sector. The bank quantified shortfalls in consensus forecasts for 20…
Morgan Stanley's eighth annual AlphaWise intern survey shows growing fragmentation across apparel and athletic footwear categories, declining preference for Lululemon and Nike, rising share for brands such as Ralph Lauren, Vuori and On Running, and a concentration in handbags around Coach and luxury labels.
Wix.com reported second-quarter 2026 results that exceeded analyst expectations on both earnings and revenue, sending the stock higher in pre-market trading. A notable acceleration in the profitability outlook for Base44, the company’s AI-driven no-code app platform, and a reiterated full-year revenue growth target helped restore investor confidenc…
Microsoft's share price has accelerated into a late-stage parabolic advance, trading at USD 487.66 and sitting 17.3% above its 20-day simple moving average. The relative strength index (RSI) reached 80.86, placing the stock well into overbought territory. Technical indicators point to a pivotal moment where a reversal could trigger rapid mean rever…
SK Hynix is trading at ₩1,577,000 on the 4-hour chart and remains capped below significant resistance. Technicals point to continued downside pressure: moving averages signal a macro downtrend, momentum indicators show only a weak recovery, volume has not supported the recent bounce, and a bear-flag formation is about 60% complete. Traders should w…
Intel shares trade near $91.00 and remain more than 11% beneath the 50-period simple moving average, with the stock confined to a long-running descending channel. Technical indicators show a modest short-term recovery from oversold readings, but the prevailing structure and multiple resistance layers favor further downside unless the price closes a…
The Nikkei 225 is trading around JPY 63,917.5 on the 4-hour chart after recovering nearly 6,000 points from July lows. Short-term indicators show improving momentum, but the index remains beneath the 200-period simple moving average and has repeatedly failed to clear a supply zone near JPY 64,800-65,000. A decisive break below JPY 62,000 could reac…
The DAX has accelerated higher to 26,277.5 on the 4-hour chart, showing classic parabolic behavior. Technical indicators point to extreme overbought conditions - the Relative Strength Index (RSI) sits at 77.93 and the Money Flow Index (MFI) at 81.58 - while price remains pressed against the upper Bollinger band at 26,317.4. Traders face a dilemma: …
Snap reported Q2 2026 revenue of $1.60 billion and Adjusted EBITDA of roughly $250 million, both beating expectations, while daily active users reached 493 million. Subscription and other revenue surged 85% year-over-year to $316 million. Management provided above-consensus Q3 guidance and outlined a path to GAAP profitability beginning in 2027, pr…
Shares of Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG rose sharply after the company released preliminary full-year results that outpaced the guidance it had recently raised. EBITDA for fiscal 2025/2026 came in at about €192 million, topping the upgraded range of €160 million to €180 million. Operational improvements in CO2 efficiency and higher sales prices s…
Acciona shares plunged after a large accelerated placement by the Entrecanales Franco family branch was priced below the prior close, establishing a new market reference and prompting heavy selling. The move compounded investor concern following first-half 2026 results that showed an 84.3% drop in attributable net profit and the company's CEO calli…
Travis Perkins shares rose sharply after the building supplies group posted a 6.3% rise in first-half adjusted operating profit to
Chinese consumers are increasingly directing discretionary spending toward prestige beauty - high-end skincare, makeup and perfume - rather than entry-level leather goods, according to company results and industry consultancies. The shift is occurring as a prolonged property downturn and uncertain consumer sentiment make price and perceived value m…
Foreign investors reversed months of net selling to buy a record 7.2 trillion won of South Korean equities in a single session, signaling renewed interest in heavyweight semiconductor names even after a sharp, leveraged-driven rout in July. Market participants and analysts say much of the volatility stemmed from leverage in single-stock exchange-tr…
