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The Democratic primary to succeed departing Republican Representative Don Bacon in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district remained unresolved with roughly 89% of votes counted. Activist Denise Powell led state senator John Cavanaugh by a narrow margin, setting up a general election against Omaha city councilman Brinker Harding. The outcome in the Om…
Nebius Group reported a sharp jump in quarterly revenue and a corresponding rise in its shares after revealing aggressive capacity expansion plans and higher capital expenditure guidance to meet strong demand for AI infrastructure. The company is financing growth through asset-backed financing and corporate debt while highlighting constrained capac…
Shares of IBEX Ltd rose 3% after the company’s board authorized a new share repurchase program permitting the acquisition of up to $20 million of common stock over the next 12 months. The company said purchases will be funded from its existing cash balance and free cash flow and may be executed through a variety of market mechanisms in compliance w…
Chegg Inc announced a strategic extension of its services to include AI model training and evaluation, offering proprietary academic content and a calibrated expert network to help organizations improve AI reasoning and problem-solving. The move was met with a double-digit share price gain as the company reported early validation from prominent tec…
Fidelity Bank has promoted Ruth Turkington to Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer, recognizing her leadership in consumer banking, digital transformation, and client strategy. Turkington will oversee branch operations, client care, digital channels, residential mortgage, consumer lending, marketing, and deposit operations, strengthen…
BTIG analyst Jonathan Krinsky cautioned that the recent rapid gains in technology and artificial intelligence stocks could reverse sharply. He points to extreme momentum readings, unusual swing behavior in high-beta momentum names, and low demand for downside protection as signs that a meaningful drawdown in semiconductor shares is increasingly pla…
RedCloud Holdings plc (Nasdaq: RCT) announced a joint venture with ACA Capital to implement its RedAI infrastructure and RAID engine in South Africa's FMCG distribution market. The JV aims to optimize supply chain decisions by deploying AI agents built on Anthropic’s Claude models, leveraging extensive proprietary transaction data. This expansion f…
Umicore shares jumped 14.34% to €25.68, reaching a new 52-week high, after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy and lifted its 12-month price target to €33 from €21. The upgrade was driven by higher estimates across Recycling and Specialty Materials, a hedged metals basket pointing to significant upside for Recycling EBITDA through …
Baycurrent is positioned as a Japan-focused digital transformation (DX) services provider with deep enterprise relationships and high recurring service mix. Financial detail coverage was limited in the materials available to me, but the company’s business model, client base, and margin levers make a mid-term long trade attractive. Entry at $6.50, s…
Malta-listed payments processor RS2 has signed a long-term agreement with an undisclosed major Latin American financial services partner to deliver acquiring and issuing capabilities across 16 markets using its BankWORKS platform. The company says the phased rollout will begin with core infrastructure and that the transaction reflects a broader mov…
Futures tied to Canada’s main equity index moved lower as investors digested fading prospects for a U.S.-Iran deal and braced for a high-profile U.S.-China meeting. U.S. inflation data and rising Treasury yields added pressure, while energy markets and corporate earnings provided further crosscurrents.
Kinetic, a business unit of Uniti Group Inc. (NASDAQ: UNIT), announced a significant broadband expansion adding multi-gigabit fiber internet to 5,900 new homes across over 20 communities in Florida during Q1 2026. This expansion supports growing demand for high-speed connectivity driven by remote work, streaming, telehealth, and education, and alig…
Kinetic, the broadband business unit of Uniti Group (NASDAQ: UNIT), announced a significant expansion of its fiber-optic network in Texas, adding service to 9,000 new homes across 100 communities in the first quarter of 2026. This expansion supports various sectors such as remote work, gaming, streaming, agriculture and telehealth, offering multi-g…
Kinetic, a business unit of Uniti Group, announced the expansion of its fiber internet network to 7,800 new homes across 40 communities in North Carolina during Q1 2026. This expansion supports remote work, streaming, gaming, and telehealth, and is aided by government funding. The network now reaches over 184,000 homes and businesses in North Carol…
Kinetic, a business unit of Uniti Group, announced the expansion of its multi-gigabit fiber internet network to over 20,000 additional homes and businesses across 120+ communities in Georgia during Q1 2026. This expansion supports remote work, streaming, gaming, agriculture, and telehealth, reinforcing Georgia's tech sector growth. Funded in part b…
Uniti's Kinetic Fiber significantly expanded its multi-gigabit fiber internet network in Oklahoma by adding 7,900 new locations across more than 20 communities during Q1 2026, aiming to support residential and business customers with high-speed, reliable connectivity. This investment aligns with Oklahoma's economic growth initiatives and Kinetic's …
Kinetic, a business unit of Uniti Group (NASDAQ: UNIT), announced the expansion of its fiber-optic broadband network to 12,600 additional homes across over 70 communities in Kentucky during Q1 2026. The expansion supports remote work, streaming, agriculture, telehealth, and economic growth by offering high-speed, reliable internet with advanced Wi-…
Eutelsat shares fell sharply after the company's Q3 fiscal 2025-26 results showed a 2.3% decrease in reported revenues to €293 million, driven by a continuing decline in traditional video broadcasting. Management reiterated that operating verticals revenues should be roughly flat for the year, while LEO revenues are expected to expand by about 50% …
The World Food Programme has halved emergency food assistance inside Syria and stopped a major bread subsidy because of funding shortfalls, cutting the number of beneficiaries and reducing operations across governorates. Millions in Syria and Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries continue to face acute food insecurity as the U.N. agency seeks $…
MPI reported preliminary first-quarter results showing a 59.4% gross margin, well above both Goldman Sachs' 54.3% estimate and consensus of 56.0%. The margin expanded 5.7 percentage points from the prior quarter, driven by stronger revenue from the company's VPC business, where MEMS probe cards are said to account for more than half of sales and ca…
Polyrizon Ltd., a biotech company specializing in intranasal hydrogels, announced the signing of its first U.S. clinical trial agreement to test NASARIX™, its innovative nasal allergy blocker. The multi-center study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the nasal spray in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis, marking a crucial step towards c…
Onconetix, Inc. reported Q1 2026 progress at its Swiss subsidiary Proteomedix AG, highlighting two new peer-reviewed publications confirming the clinical utility of Proclarix, a diagnostic test to better identify clinically significant prostate cancer and reduce unnecessary biopsies. The company also launched the PRIME multi-center clinical validat…
Apple has told European regulators that draft measures designed to force Google to let competing AI services interact with its apps could create substantial risks to user privacy, device security and system performance. In its response to the European Commission consultation, Apple said the proposals - aimed at implementing the Digital Markets Act …
Heineken stock fell after JPMorgan downgraded the brewer from Overweight to Neutral and lowered its price target sharply, while Morgan Stanley also reduced its target. The shares were pressured by an imminent CEO departure without a named successor and strike action in Spain that affected roughly 1,400 workers. Volume gains earlier in the year were…
ROHTO Pharmaceutical reported fourth-quarter operating income of 7.5 billion yen, beating internal forecasts but falling short of consensus. Consolidated sales and operating profit rose year-on-year, supported by stronger utilization and regional sales gains in Asia. Management provided fiscal 2027 guidance and raised the dividend ahead of a schedu…
