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  • Fortinet beat Q2 with $2.05B revenue (26% YoY) and raised 2026 revenue guidance to 19%, citing AI partnerships with Intel, Anthropic, OpenAI, NVIDIA.
  • Robinhood posted Q2 revenue up 32% to $1.31B, diluted EPS $0.62, record $22B net deposits and 4.8M Gold subscribers.
  • Tenable's Q2 revenue rose 8.6% to $268.5M with margin improvement, $100M buyback, and continued Anthropic/OpenAI collaborations.
  • Pfizer and BioNTech received EU authorization for their XFG-adapted COVID-19 vaccine, with manufacturing underway for the upcoming respiratory season.
  • Teladoc reported Q2 revenue down 4% to $606.9M, a $38.9M net loss, and expects slight full-year revenue decline amid BetterHelp headwinds.
  • Meritage Homes reported Q2 declines in homes closed, revenue, and margins, and trimmed 2026 expectations, signaling continued housing demand softness.

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Microbot Medical to Hold Analysts and Investors Conference Call to Review Recent Progress; Executive Team will be Joined by Current Users of the LIBERTY Endovascular Robotic System, Dr. Charles Briggs and Dr. Zachary Bercu

Microbot Medical to Hold Analysts and Investors Conference Call to Review Recent Progress; Executive Team will be Joined by Current Users of the LIBERTY Endovascular Robotic System, Dr. Charles Briggs and Dr. Zachary Bercu

Microbot Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: MBOT) announced a conference call on May 18th with executives and current users of its LIBERTY Endovascular Robotic System to review product progress and respond to misleading claims made by a recent third-party article. The event aims to clarify inaccuracies and provide investors with accurate information about the t…

Night Market Research Takes Short Position in POET, Questions Partner Claims and Commercialization Progress

Night Market Research Takes Short Position in POET, Questions Partner Claims and Commercialization Progress

Night Market Research announced a short position in POET Technologies, asserting that the optical interposer company has exaggerated the scope of commercial partnerships and misled investors about product deployment. The report cites partner statements from industry conferences, contract cancellations, a contested supply order, and signs of constra…

LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO) and PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC) Selected to Present at the 2026 LD Micro Invitational XVI May 17-19, 2026 at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel, Los Angeles

LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO) and PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC) Selected to Present at the 2026 LD Micro Invitational XVI May 17-19, 2026 at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel, Los Angeles

LiveOne, an innovative music and entertainment platform, along with its subsidiary PodcastOne, will present at the LD Micro Invitational XVI, highlighting LiveOne's expansion of B2B partnerships and advanced AI monetization strategy for its extensive content library. The event aims to connect management with institutional investors to showcase grow…

Microsoft Shares Rise on Reworked OpenAI Pact and AI Tailwinds

Microsoft Shares Rise on Reworked OpenAI Pact and AI Tailwinds

Microsoft shares climbed in morning trading as investors digested a restructured commercial agreement with OpenAI, a stream of analyst price-target increases, advanced acquisition talks and a new AI-driven cybersecurity system. The company’s stock gained ground even as major U.S. indexes moved lower, driven largely by expectations that the revised …

Barclays Flags Five European Luxury Names as Valuations Retreat

Barclays Flags Five European Luxury Names as Valuations Retreat

Barclays identifies a set of European luxury stocks it prefers after a prolonged sell-off in consumer sectors. The bank points to sharply lower valuations and specific company dynamics as the rationale for selecting LVMH, Richemont, Burberry, Moncler and Prada, while cautioning that longer-term luxury valuations have not reached deeply depressed le…

Dollar General: Oversold Discount with a Clear Path Back to $125

Dollar General: Oversold Discount with a Clear Path Back to $125

Dollar General (DG) is trading at a meaningful discount from its 52-week high despite solid free cash flow, a mid-teens P/E and a dividend yield north of 2%. Weak guidance and macro pressure pushed shares into oversold territory; we see a mid-term recovery play with defined risk and a target near technical resistance around $120-$125.

Investors Retreat After IREN’s $3.0 Billion Convertible Notes Settlement

Investors Retreat After IREN’s $3.0 Billion Convertible Notes Settlement

IREN Ltd. shares dropped 4.76% to $55.62 in morning trading as the market absorbed the settlement of a $3.0 billion convertible senior notes offering on May 14, 2026. The private placement, comprised of 1.00% convertible senior notes due 2033 and a fully exercised $400 million greenshoe, generated roughly $2.96 billion in net proceeds. Investors re…

Executive Insider Activity and Strong Earnings Signal for Valvoline

Executive Insider Activity and Strong Earnings Signal for Valvoline

Valvoline Inc.'s Chief Financial Officer, J. Kevin Willis, recently purchased a significant block of company shares totaling $318,000. This insider activity occurred while the stock was experiencing a decline over the preceding week. The purchase follows recent positive operational and financial disclosures for the second quarter of 2026, where Val…

Hiscox Shares Jump on Reports Intact Is Weighing Bid

Hiscox Shares Jump on Reports Intact Is Weighing Bid

Hiscox PLC stock rallied sharply after industry coverage indicated that Intact Financial Corporation is exploring a potential takeover of the London-listed specialist insurer. The move appears driven by takeover speculation rather than broader market cues, with neither company confirming the reports and no formal proposal announced.

POET Technologies: Riding a Momentum Swing After a Shock Contract Win

POET Technologies: Riding a Momentum Swing After a Shock Contract Win

POET has gone from near-collapse narratives to euphoric price action after a $50 million initial purchase order from Lumilens and new partnerships with LITEON and Lessengers. The stock is richly valued against minuscule revenue, but momentum and a clear commercial pathway to scaled orders create a tradeable asymmetric setup. This is a swing trade f…

eLong Power Shares Collapse After Heavily Dilutive Unit Offering

eLong Power Shares Collapse After Heavily Dilutive Unit Offering

Shares of eLong Power Holding Ltd plunged sharply in premarket trading after the company announced a best-efforts registered offering of 4,615,500 units at $1.30 per unit. Each unit includes one Class A ordinary share and one warrant exercisable at $1.30, a structure that will dilute current equity holders. The offering is expected to raise roughly…

Japan Post Holdings Reports Sale of AFLAC Stock; Company Shares Mixed Signals Amid Earnings and Corporate Actions

Japan Post Holdings Reports Sale of AFLAC Stock; Company Shares Mixed Signals Amid Earnings and Corporate Actions

Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd., a major investor in Aflac Incorporated (NASDAQ:AFL), recently reported the sale of common stock. This transaction occurred alongside other corporate developments for AFLAC, including mixed first-quarter 2026 earnings results and significant shareholder actions regarding board appointments and operational expansions.

Jiuzi Holdings Shares Surge After MoU on AI Imaging and Cloud Collaboration

Jiuzi Holdings Shares Surge After MoU on AI Imaging and Cloud Collaboration

Jiuzi Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:JZXN) saw premarket gains after its unit, Jiuzi New York Inc., signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a technology company that runs an AI development platform. The MoU sets out a framework for joint work on AI analytics for imaging, cloud and data management, and explores blockchain approaches for decentralized image…