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Single-family housing starts fell 1.9% in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 882,000 units, the lowest reading since September, as rising mortgage rates and elevated building costs weighed on construction activity. Permits for future single-family construction rose 0.6% to 886,000, while residential investment has now contracted for five s…
Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF) saw its shares rise 2.3% in premarket trading after unveiling an expanded YouCam API package that now includes 11 AI-based hair and beard tools. The package pairs seven virtual try-on/style simulation APIs with four diagnostic APIs and supports native Model Context Protocol integration for use in AI agent and LLM workflow…
Flash Sports & Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: FLZH) has announced the launch of the Malaysia T20 League (MT20), a new professional franchise-based T20 cricket league scheduled for September-October 2026. Developed through its subsidiary, Innovative Production Group FZ, LLC, in partnership with the Malaysian Cricket Association, MT20 aims to establish Malaysi…
DAT Freight & Analytics reports that in May 2026, truckload spot rates increased across all equipment types due to capacity pressures caused by regulatory inspections, holiday slowdowns, and driver shortages, even as freight volumes dropped. The shift of capacity toward contract freight with more predictable fuel surcharges further tightened the sp…
Eva Live Inc. announced the formation of its wholly owned subsidiary, Eva Defense Inc., to pursue acquisitions and partnerships in the growing drone, autonomous systems, and defense technology sectors. Leveraging its artificial intelligence expertise, the company aims to consolidate fragmented defense technology markets and capitalize on innovation…
D.A. Davidson emerged from its 2nd Annual Davidson Technology and Consumer Conference with four favored software names after meeting management teams from 14 presenting companies. The firm highlighted operational improvements, AI integration and enterprise product adoption as the primary drivers behind its selections: Amplitude, Box, Braze and JFro…
SCHMID Group's shares climbed about 12% after the company disclosed it has taken orders exceeding €26 million since mid-May. The bookings, centered on InfinityLine Production Equipment for HDI-ML and mSAP applications, are aimed at manufacturers of AI servers, high-speed networking gear, optical communication modules and other data infrastructure h…
Two Democratic senators have asked the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to review the crash statistics Tesla publishes for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) driver-assistance system. The request follows a Reuters investigation that concluded Tesla exaggerated its safety claims by using inconsistent comparisons and selective cra…
Wolfe Research resumed coverage of Palantir Technologies with a Peer Perform rating, citing the company’s strong enterprise AI product set and unique data architecture while expressing caution about its high valuation. Analyst Alex Zukin highlighted Palantir's AIP platform, proprietary Ontology database and forward-deployed engineering as core diff…
HRT Financial LP, already a significant shareholder in Aditxt Inc., has acquired additional shares of the pharmaceutical company's stock, bringing its total direct ownership to over 2.4 million shares. The transaction occurs as Aditxt undertakes significant corporate restructuring, including a SPAC merger for its subsidiary Ignite Proteomics and a …
Citi strategists say recent euro-area equity highs, driven in part by a U.S.-Iran interim peace agreement, hide a mixed recovery beneath the surface. While the STOXX 600 has reached all-time levels, many sectors and national markets are still below their pre-conflict benchmarks, creating scope for a second phase of recovery led by rotation and broa…
Mobileye Global announced plans to begin operating a robotaxi service in the United States next year, moving from supplying autonomous driving technology to directly running ride-hailing operations. The company said it will deploy about 100 robotaxis in a major U.S. city starting in 2027 and intends to expand that fleet to roughly 17,000 vehicles o…
Aehr has delivered genuine, material orders ($41M single production order; >$92M in H2 fiscal 2026 bookings) and its share price has ripped higher. But the market is pricing a near-zero revenue multiple of upside — implied P/S near 74 and EV/S ~73 — while the company remains unprofitable. For traders willing to accept elevated risk, a mid-term shor…
Nexalin Technology, Inc. announced that two clinical abstracts featuring their proprietary Deep Intracranial Frequency Stimulation (DIFS™) platform were accepted for presentation at the 2026 NYC Neuromodulation Conference. The abstracts highlight preliminary clinical trial results with a 77.8% anxiety response rate, improvements in depression, inso…
Virtuix Inc. is showcasing its expanding AI-driven immersive simulation technologies at the 2026 Training and Simulation Industry Symposium after securing contracts and collaborative agreements with all four major branches of the U.S. military. The company will demonstrate its Virtual Terrain Walk platform and Forward Arming and Refueling Point tra…
Parabilis Medicines saw its shares climb in premarket trading after company directors and a significant investor executed share purchases and preferred-stock conversions shortly after the company's June 9 initial public offering. The transactions, disclosed in SEC filings, included direct stock buys at $20 per share and multiple automatic conversio…
UniCredit’s voluntary €40 billion bid for Commerzbank formally ends on Tuesday. The Italian bank will publish an interim tally of shares tendered up to the 1200 GMT cut-off and a fuller update on June 19 covering acceptances through midnight Frankfurt time. Investors retain an extra two-week window to tender between June 20 and July 3 under unchang…
Alvotech said it has raised about $152 million through a priced public offering and a concurrent private placement, moves that coincided with an 8.7% decline in its shares and add meaningful dilution given the company’s roughly 312 million shares outstanding. The Reykjavik, Iceland-based biosimilar developer will direct net proceeds toward its bios…
Trinity Biotech announced significant purchase orders exceeding 2 million units of its rapid HIV test, TrinScreen HIV, supporting its 2026 revenue and profit targets. The company reported Q1 2026 revenues up 43% year-on-year with improved gross margins due to operational restructuring. The commercial scale-up of outsourced UniGold HIV production is…
CervoMed Inc. (NASDAQ: CRVO) stock jumped 32.3% in premarket trading after director Joshua Boger, through the Joshua S. Boger 2021 Trust, purchased 955,414 shares at $3.14 per share on June 11 as part of a private placement. The units included one common share and two types of warrants with differing exercise prices and expiration terms. Post-trans…
SEALSQ Corp announced that the European Patent Office has granted a divisional patent for its pioneering "Back-to-Physical" NFT technology, enabling NFTs to be embedded directly into semiconductors. This innovation creates a tamper-proof link between digital assets and physical chips, offering secure provenance, authentication, and lifecycle manage…
Novo Nordisk has been punished for aggressive pricing and rising competition, but the stock now trades at a multi-year discount relative to its growth optionality. I'm upgrading to a long trade: enter at $44.00, stop $38.50, target $60.00 (swing trade, 45 trading days).
Shares of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA fell roughly 3.5% after the carrier confirmed an agreement to acquire Sweden-based Nordic Leisure Travel Group AB for SEK 7.94 billion ($845.24 million). Analysts signalled investor concern about a strategic pivot from a focused airline model toward an integrated leisure platform, arguing that a pure-play carrier…
A broad economist poll indicates Brazil's monetary policy committee is poised to lower the Selic rate by 25 basis points at its upcoming meeting, marking a third consecutive reduction as inflation edges higher. While most respondents expect further gradual easing, concerns about inflation persistence and shifting expectations temper forecasts for t…
Capri Holdings has moved past several legacy headaches: a reported sale of Versace and improving operational metrics have helped the stock rally toward $21.60. The company still carries meaningful leverage and thin free cash flow, leaving upside if execution continues but significant downside if macro or legal pressures re-emerge. This trade idea l…
