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Speaking at a G7 lunch in Evian-les-Bains, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said it serves both the United States and the European Union for EU citizens and firms to be able to use the best AI models safely. She welcomed U.S. measures to require responsible deployment of powerful models and noted parallels with aviation safety. He…
Sri Lankan equities closed almost flat for the second consecutive session, with advances in consumer discretionary and consumer staples balancing declines in healthcare and communication services. The CSE All-Share edged higher to 22,385.91 from 22,377.29. Trading activity and turnover fell, while foreign investors were net sellers and domestic inv…
LPL Financial announced that financial advisor Daniel Zacharias, managing approximately $250 million in assets, has joined its broker-dealer and RIA platform aligned with Decorum Wealth Management. Zacharias brings nearly 20 years of experience and a diverse financial services background, enhancing LPL's Strategic Wealth firm under Decorum. The mov…
Ouster Inc. shares rose about 3% in premarket trading after the company and AIM Intelligent Machines announced a strategic supply agreement. Under the deal, Ouster will deliver high-volume shipments of its Rev8 native color digital lidar sensors to support AIM’s rollout of retrofit autonomy kits for heavy earthmoving equipment used in mining, const…
Aehr Test Systems stock climbed sharply in premarket trading after announcing a follow-on production order for a FOX-XP wafer-level burn-in system from a major global networking products company. The system, configured to test nine wafers simultaneously and including a WaferPak Auto Aligner and a full set of FOX WaferPak Contactors, is due to be de…
SoFi Technologies shares climbed in premarket trading after CEO Anthony Noto disclosed an open-market purchase of 13,888 shares on June 16, 2026. The transaction, executed at an average price of about $18.06 per share and valued at roughly $250,678, is being read by market participants as a sign of executive confidence. The move arrives after solid…
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ:MNTS) reported a commercial contract to host the University of Colorado Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) Occultation Wave Limb Sounder (OWLS) instruments on its Vigoride-9 Orbital Service Vehicle, prompting a 19% jump in the company’s shares. The mission, planned for 2027, will measure atmospheric …
European Central Bank President warned that artificial intelligence, while unstoppable, could create new concentrations of risk within finance and has the potential to trigger market turmoil. Speaking in Venice, she outlined measures the ECB has taken and called for stronger oversight, a capital markets union and international governance to prevent…
Ernexa Therapeutics reported completion of manufacturing process development and the start of GMP production for its lead allogeneic cell therapy candidate ERNA-101, and announced plans to submit an Investigational New Drug application in the third quarter of 2026. The update, which included preclinical efficacy data and a completed $10.5 million f…
AST SpaceMobile Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) saw its shares climb 4.9% in premarket trading Wednesday after launching BlueBird satellites 8, 9 and 10 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral. The newly deployed satellites are intended to deliver peak data speeds approaching 200 Mbps directly to standard smartphones, and represent a step up in capacity versu…
Bed Bath & Beyond said it will acquire Fathom Holdings in an all-stock transaction to add a technology-driven real estate services business to its Everything Home strategy. Shares fell 8% on the announcement. The deal, which the company says will broaden its Homeownership & Transactions capabilities, is expected to close in the second half of 2026 …
Diplomatic momentum between Tehran and Washington, embodied in a pending memorandum of understanding, appears poised to deliver renewed financial backing from Iran to Hezbollah, according to multiple sources. That support could help the group recover from heavy losses suffered in the 2024 conflict with Israel and reinforce its political standing in…
Brazil’s central bank proxy for GDP, the IBC-Br index, rose 0.5% in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, a smaller increase than the 0.6% expansion economists had forecast. On an unadjusted basis the index rose 1.6% in the 12 months through April and was up 0.9% from the same month a year earlier. The central bank is expected to cut its benchmark …
Ernexa Therapeutics has made significant progress in manufacturing and regulatory activities for its lead oncology candidate ERNA-101, an engineered allogeneic iMSC therapy targeting immunologically cold tumors. The company plans to submit an Investigational New Drug (IND) application in Q3 2026 with a first-in-human Phase 1 study expected in Q4 20…
Duos Technologies Group, Inc. completed a registered direct offering, raising approximately $55 million by issuing 2 million shares and 3.8 million pre-funded warrants to a single institutional investor. The proceeds will fund the expansion and commercialization of its Edge Data Center business and support general corporate purposes. The offering w…
Ocular Therapeutix announced FDA alignment to submit a New Drug Application for AXPAXLI in wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) in the fourth quarter of 2026, based on strong efficacy and safety data from the SOL-1 trial and interim safety results from SOL-R. The company will streamline its diabetic retinopathy program, prioritizing the H…
Saudi Arabia's benchmark ended lower on Wednesday with the Tadawul All Share down 0.27%. Losses in Media & Publishing, Insurance and Real Estate Development sectors contributed to the retreat. Gulf Insurance Group led winners, while Aljazira Takaful, Saudi Cement and Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical were among the biggest decliners. Market breadth f…
Pattern Group shares rose 2.0% in pre-market trading after pre-IPO investor Knox Lane LP priced an 8 million-share secondary offering at $19.00 per share. The deal - which will not provide proceeds to the company - was underwritten by J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs and includes a 30-day option to sell up to an additional 1.2 million shares. The clea…
Morgan Stanley moved to upgrade Charles River Laboratories to Overweight with a $220 price target while downgrading IQVIA Holdings to Equal-weight and trimming its price target to $200. The firm cited signs of recovery in preclinical research driven by improving biopharma funding and portfolio moves that sharpen Charles River's focus. For IQVIA, Mo…
Retail receipts in the United States climbed 0.9% in May, exceeding economists' expectations, with higher gasoline spending and the tail end of tax refunds buoying outlays. Core retail sales, which strip out volatile categories and best map to consumer spending in GDP, rose 0.7%. Policymakers and markets may take little immediate action from the re…
Revolut Ltd. has received authorization from the United Arab Emirates central bank to operate stored value facilities and offer retail payment services. The London-headquartered digital bank will first develop local technology, operations and staffing before activating services in the UAE, without providing a launch date. Customers in the UAE are e…
U.S. stock futures were mostly flat in early trading as market participants prepared for a pivotal Federal Reserve interest rate announcement and tracked reports about a preliminary Middle East peace agreement. Several individual stocks posted sharp premarket moves, with UniQure surging after favorable FDA feedback on clinical data for a Huntington…
Barclays' May 2026 state gaming revenue tracker indicates flat retail gross gaming revenue in New Jersey and a 1% year-over-year decline in Indiana. Across the states reported so far, retail GGR rose 2% year-over-year, or 1% on a same-store basis. Digital sports betting struggled, with handle roughly unchanged and online gross gaming revenue down 4…
Micron Technology shares moved higher in premarket trade after Deutsche Bank and Citi increased their price targets. Both firms attribute the revisions to an increasingly tight DRAM supply-demand balance that they expect to extend beyond 2026, lifting near-term earnings forecasts and projecting material price gains in 2026.
Mountain Crest Acquisition 6 Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), announced that starting June 22, 2026, holders of the 6,000,000 units from its IPO will have the option to trade the underlying ordinary shares and rights separately on NASDAQ under tickers MCAH and MCAHR, respectively. Units not separated will continue trading under …
