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MISTRAS Group, Inc., a global leader in industrial asset integrity and testing solutions, has received Frost & Sullivan's 2026 Global NDT Field Inspection Services Company of the Year award. The recognition highlights MISTRAS' integrated approach combining advanced inspection services, engineered products, and proprietary software to deliver action…
Scilex Holding Company announced that its board has approved a dividend distribution of Dream Bowl I Meme Coin Tokens to holders of its common stock and other eligible equity securities. Stockholders as of April 30, 2026 will receive five Dream Bowl Tokens per share. The tokens are digital collectibles without equity or monetary rights, intended so…
Viasat, Inc. announces the confirmed launch date of its ViaSat-3 F3 satellite on April 27, 2026, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. This satellite will complete the ViaSat-3 constellation, substantially increasing secure, flexible high-capacity bandwidth over the Asia-Pacific region. The launch and deployment will further strengthen Viasat's glob…
Alpha Compute Corp. (formerly AlphaTON Capital Corp.) has rebranded to reflect its strategic focus on AI GPU-as-a-service and privacy-preserving confidential computing. The company operates scalable AI compute infrastructure with hardware-enforced encryption and sovereign data controls using NVIDIA's advanced Blackwell GPU architectures. Alpha Comp…
Canada's Consumer Price Index rose 2.4% year-over-year in March, up from 1.8% in February, driven principally by a historic monthly jump in gasoline prices. Excluding gasoline, core inflation eased to 2.2% year-over-year. Food price gains and province-wide increases were also reported, while Statistics Canada and economists highlighted both base-ye…
Tesla has received approval in the Netherlands for a supervised full self-driving (FSD) system to operate on city streets, the first such clearance in Europe. The move drew praise from early adopters who call it a safety advance and concerns from cycling groups and some city officials who worry the technology may struggle with the complexity of Ams…
Barclays' tracking model shows U.S. GDP growing at a 2.3% quarter-on-quarter annualized rate in the first quarter, a reading notably above the GDPNow estimate. The bank attributes much of the outperformance to the normalization of government spending after last year’s federal shutdown, and it retains multi-year growth forecasts while flagging softe…
Rumen Radev, a former fighter pilot who resigned the presidency to stand in parliamentary elections, captured the largest vote share seen in Bulgaria for a generation. The result positions him to form the country’s first single-party government in nearly 30 years and could bring a period of greater political stability after eight elections in five …
Grab trades at $4.20 with a $17.2B market cap after a year of operational milestones - first full-year profit, 13 AI product launches and the rollout of an autonomous pilot in Singapore. The mix of payments, mobility and deliveries creates durable optionality while valuation is still reasonable relative to long-term opportunity. This trade idea pro…
Saudi Arabia's equity benchmark, the Tadawul All Share, ended the trading session down 0.85% as losses in Media & Publishing, Building & Construction and Energy & Utilities weighed on the market. Decliners outpaced advancers by a wide margin, with notable declines among healthcare, cable manufacturing and media groups. Meanwhile, oil benchmarks ros…
GameStop trades like a landlord with deep pockets. With roughly $9B in cash plus Bitcoin and a market cap of about $11B, the stock offers asymmetric upside if CEO Ryan Cohen executes a large acquisition or returns capital. This trade targets that re-rating while protecting capital against execution risk and dilution.
Canada's annual consumer price index rose to 2.4% in March, with a 0.9% monthly increase led by a sharp jump in gasoline costs after crude oil shipments were disrupted by the Iran war. Transportation and grocery prices were the main contributors to the headline rise, while core inflation measures remained relatively stable.
Geopolitical friction around Iran has tightened crude flows through the Strait of Hormuz, pushed fuel prices higher and re-priced tanker earnings. We argue that Okeanis (OKEAN) is a compelling asymmetric long: rates could stay elevated long enough for distributions to deliver a >30% annualized yield at current prices. This is a high-risk, high-upsi…
Futures tied to Canada’s primary equity gauge dipped Monday as renewed frictions between the United States and Iran undercut earlier optimism that the Strait of Hormuz had reopened to commercial traffic. U.S. futures also pointed lower, while oil surged and gold eased amid shifting assessments about the longevity of a potential ceasefire and confli…
Akari Therapeutics reported positive preclinical results for its lead ADC candidate AKTX-101, which uses a novel RNA spliceosome-targeting payload PH1. The data show superior potency and cancer cell killing compared to existing TROP2 ADCs with Topoisomerase I inhibitor payloads across bladder, lung, and breast cancer models, including drug-resistan…
UBS regards the European food and household and personal care (HPC) sector as attractive due to relatively low valuations, limited direct exposure to the Middle East and a strong capacity to transfer higher commodity costs to consumers. The broker singled out Reckitt Benckiser and Danone as its preferred stocks, while noting near-term risks includi…
Affiliates of Blue Owl Capital's real assets arm will buy Sila Realty Trust in an all-cash transaction valued at roughly $2.4 billion. The agreement prices Sila at $30.38 per share, a 19% premium to its April 17 closing price of $25.53. Sila owns 137 properties and three undeveloped land parcels across 65 U.S. markets; the deal signals further expa…
Integra LifeSciences, a global medical technology company specializing in neurosurgery and tissue reconstruction, will release its first quarter 2026 financial results before market open on May 5, 2026. The company will hold a conference call with management to discuss the results on the same day.
WeRide’s WRD 3.0 autonomous driving solution won first place at the Wuhu round of the Second China Urban Intelligent Driving Competition, marking its fourth consecutive victory. The system demonstrates advanced capabilities in complex urban environments, is in mass production across several vehicle models, and the company plans continued domestic a…
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has been awarded a $75.2 million task order under the GSA PRISM contract to provide engineering and sustainment services to the Naval Air Systems Command. The contract focuses on maintaining and advancing critical aviation systems including AAE and SE sustainment and supports the Navy's MQ-25 Stingray…
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited announced the acquisition of a 2019-built scrubber-fitted Capesize vessel for $65 million and the sale of two older, less fuel-efficient Supramax vessels for a total of $21.2 million. This fleet renewal enhances their premium earning asset base, increases operating leverage, and is expected to improve earnings power…
ENvue Medical announced that a 255-bed Virginia nonprofit regional medical center affiliated with the Mayo Clinic Care Network has adopted its ENvue™ Navigation Platform. This marks the company's 40th U.S. hospital customer. The technology enables nursing-led bedside feeding tube placement, increasing efficiency by shifting procedures from interven…
AVAX One Technology Ltd. announced a Letter of Intent with BlueFlare Energy Solutions for developing 10 MW of powered land infrastructure in Alberta to support AI and high-performance computing (HPC) edge data centers. The project leverages natural gas generation and aims to create scalable, recurring revenue through long-term infrastructure agreem…
Critical Metals Corp., listed on Nasdaq as CRML, has appointed Thomas “TYT” Mogensen as CEO of its subsidiary Tanbreez Mining Greenland A/S. Mogensen brings over 20 years of leadership experience in Greenland and the Nordic region, with a strong record of operational and financial improvements. This appointment is expected to strengthen the develop…
Jet.AI Inc., a Nasdaq-listed AI infrastructure company, and flyExclusive have agreed to extend the merger closing date to June 30, 2026. The companies have resolved SEC review comments related to flyExclusive's 2023 disclosures and expect to complete the transaction in the second quarter of 2026 after shareholder approval. The merger aims to combin…
