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  • SanDisk rallied after Meta agreed to multi‑year flash storage purchases and UBS raised memory price forecasts, boosting AI‑infrastructure sentiment.
  • Mercator Acquisition Corp. raised $172.5 million in an IPO and began trading as MRCOU to target tech and software infrastructure deals.
  • Oracle shares slipped after the stock went ex‑dividend, absorbed a BBB‑ credit downgrade, and faced new UK regulatory scrutiny.
  • CrowdStrike pulled back amid post‑split profit‑taking and insider sales, creating short‑term volatility rather than broad weakness.
  • NovoCure plunged after a trial setback, leaving its ~$2.0 billion market cap as traders eye a tactical long before a Q4 2026 FDA decision.
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham said China could pressure Russia toward Ukraine peace talks, a remark that may influence defense aid and geopolitical risk pricing.

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Tekmar posts 31% H1 revenue rise as oil and gas work lifts margins

Tekmar posts 31% H1 revenue rise as oil and gas work lifts margins

Tekmar Group reported a 31% year-over-year increase in first-half revenue to 16.20 million, with adjusted EBITDA turning positive at 100,000. Gross margin improved to 30.5% as sales shifted toward oil and gas work and process improvements supported profitability. Management flagged a record order backlog and recent contract awards as the basis fo…

China’s 618 Mid-Year Sale Shows Tepid Consumer Demand as AI Gains Traction

China’s 618 Mid-Year Sale Shows Tepid Consumer Demand as AI Gains Traction

China’s 618 mid-year shopping festival, centered on the anniversary of JD.com’s founding, has unfolded more quietly than in past years. The event - stretched into a roughly 40-day promotion period - highlights restrained consumer behaviour amid property-sector weakness and trade-related job concerns, while e-commerce firms increasingly deploy AI to…

Core Natural Resources: Capital Discipline and Cash Flow Make a Convincing Long-Term Swing — Buy into $86.50

Core Natural Resources: Capital Discipline and Cash Flow Make a Convincing Long-Term Swing — Buy into $86.50

Core Natural Resources (CNR) combines a conservative balance sheet with meaningful free cash flow generation and a shareholder-friendly capital return program. The trade: initiate a long at $86.50, stop $76.00, target $110.00 over a long-term horizon (180 trading days). The setup balances operational upside with clear risk controls for commodity-dr…

Final Hours to Secure InvestingPro at a 55% Discount: What You Need to Know

Final Hours to Secure InvestingPro at a 55% Discount: What You Need to Know

A limited-time Flash Sale on InvestingPro expires in a matter of hours. Subscribers can obtain the platform's full premium toolkit - including ProPicks AI strategies that have significantly outperformed the S&P 500 since launch - for less than $7 per month. The offering bundles AI stock selection, exit signals, valuation tools, real-time AI chat, a…

Citigroup Delays Expected Fed Rate Cut to October After Hawkish Dot Plot Shift

Citigroup Delays Expected Fed Rate Cut to October After Hawkish Dot Plot Shift

Citigroup has moved its forecast for the Federal Reserve's next interest-rate reduction from September to October after the Fed's latest Summary of Economic Projections revealed a surprisingly hawkish tilt among policymakers. The central bank left its policy rate unchanged at 3.50%-3.75% in a 12-0 vote and flagged that inflation remains above the 2…

Australian equities end lower as mining and tech drag S&P/ASX 200 down 0.62%

Australian equities end lower as mining and tech drag S&P/ASX 200 down 0.62%

Australian stocks closed lower in Sydney on Thursday, with the S&P/ASX 200 falling 0.62% as losses in the Gold, Metals & Mining and IT sectors pushed the benchmark down. Megaport Ltd led gains after reaching a three-year high, while Generation Development Group, Nickel Mines and Seek were among the heaviest decliners. Moves in commodities and curre…

Lantronix India Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation, Engineering Excellence and Strategic Growth

Lantronix India Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation, Engineering Excellence and Strategic Growth

Lantronix Inc. celebrates the 10-year anniversary of its India subsidiary, Lantronix India Pvt. Ltd., highlighting its evolution into a key engineering and innovation hub. The Indian team’s contributions have accelerated the company’s technology roadmap in Edge AI, industrial IoT, and smart infrastructure, supporting global product development and …

Duke Royalty posts revenue uptick but flags muted near-term outlook

Duke Royalty posts revenue uptick but flags muted near-term outlook

Duke Royalty, a Guernsey-based hybrid capital provider, reported a 7% year-on-year increase in cash revenue for fiscal 2026 to £28.60 million, alongside a 10% decline in adjusted earnings and a 13% rise in free cash flow. The company backed existing capital partners with £21 million of deployments and signalled a cautious outlook for fiscal 2027 am…

Buy the M&A Dip: Salesforce’s Deal-Driven Rebound Has Room to Run

Buy the M&A Dip: Salesforce’s Deal-Driven Rebound Has Room to Run

Salesforce is trading near its 52-week low despite a healthy free cash flow stream, a roughly $5B strategic stake in Anthropic and recent M&A aimed at positioning the platform for AI-driven enterprise adoption. Technical oversold signals and elevated short activity create the setup. This is a position trade: enter on the weakness, limit downside wi…

China seen holding LPR steady as recovery remains uneven

China seen holding LPR steady as recovery remains uneven

A survey of 30 market participants finds China is set to keep its one-year and five-year loan prime rates unchanged at 3.00% and 3.50% respectively for a 13th straight month, reflecting a K-shaped recovery with resilient exports but weakening domestic demand. The People’s Bank of China is adjusting short-term operations to manage liquidity while of…

Sandisk: AI-Driven NAND Shortage Could Keep the Rally Going

Sandisk: AI-Driven NAND Shortage Could Keep the Rally Going

Sandisk has re-rated sharply in 2026 on exploding AI demand for NAND flash. The shares trade at elevated multiples today, but fundamentals - double-digit returns on capital, robust free cash flow of $4.46B and locked-in supply deals - plus technical momentum and low days-to-cover make a controlled long entry attractive. We lay out a long trade for …

IMK Cuts German Growth Forecasts After Iran War Energy Shock

IMK Cuts German Growth Forecasts After Iran War Energy Shock

Germany's Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) has reduced its growth forecasts for 2026 and 2027, blaming an energy-price shock linked to the Iran war that is weighing on private consumption and investment. The institute raised its inflation projection for 2026 and recommended that the European Central Bank avoid aggressive rate hikes while the en…

Rebuilt Azov Corps Targets Mariupol and Russian Supply Lines with Drone Campaign

Rebuilt Azov Corps Targets Mariupol and Russian Supply Lines with Drone Campaign

Four years after the Azov Regiment surrendered the final pocket of Mariupol in May 2022, the formation has been reconstituted and expanded into a corps that is mounting an organised campaign of drone strikes against Russian-held infrastructure. Recent operations have struck Mariupol's port and nearby electrical and repair facilities, and corps lead…