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Unitree, the Hangzhou-based maker of humanoid and four-legged robots, set its Shanghai IPO price at 150.8 yuan per share, valuing the company at roughly 61 billion yuan ($9.04 billion). The firm is selling 40.45 million new shares on the STAR Market to raise about 6.1 billion yuan and plans to invest proceeds into product development and manufactur…
Options pricing compiled by Bloomberg indicates YETI Holdings Inc. shares could swing about 9.3% when the company reports earnings on Aug. 13 ahead of the market open. Historical comparisons show the options market has matched actual moves in seven of the last eight quarters, with one instance where the stock’s move exceeded the options-implied fig…
Options pricing data compiled by Bloomberg indicates Nu Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands Class A shares may move about 8% when the company reports earnings on August 13. The specific timing of the release has not been confirmed. In six of the last eight earnings periods, the actual stock reaction exceeded the magnitude implied by options.
Options market pricing implies that Dlocal Ltd/Uruguay Class A shares could move about 11% when the company reports earnings after the market close on August 13, according to options data compiled by Bloomberg. Historical comparisons show the options-implied move has both underestimated and overestimated the stock's actual post-earnings performance…
The U.K. government approved Paramount’s $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery after receiving legally binding commitments designed to preserve editorial independence across television and streaming services and to sustain a diverse range of U.K. broadcasting and on-demand offerings. The Competition and Markets Authority completed an in…
Take-Two Interactive shares declined after the open as investors reduced exposure ahead of the company’s fiscal first-quarter 2027 earnings release scheduled for tomorrow. A run of downward analyst estimate revisions, a consensus revenue outlook that implies a year-over-year contraction, and a forward valuation that sits above peers are cited as dr…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, alongside Tesla and SpaceX, confirmed that Terafab - a large, vertically integrated semiconductor manufacturing complex - will be built in Grimes County, Texas. The initial construction phase carries a $16.8 billion price tag, with the project structured as a joint venture between publicly traded Tesla (TSLA) and newly p…
Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund, Situational Awareness, has completed a $400 million private placement only days after a severe margin-call episode that reduced the fund's assets from $45 billion to about $10 billion. The new commitment follows an earlier $100 million stake in the same unnamed company, bringing the total deployed there to $500 m…
On the 5-hour chart the Dow Jones is contained in a tight consolidation after a steep, parabolic advance. Price is trading just under the all-time high of 54,880 with moving averages aligned in favor of buyers and a strong ADX reading of 37.57. At the same time momentum measures such as RSI (66.45) and a flattening MACD, together with declining vol…
Hadrian, a defense-focused manufacturer supplying the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin Corp., secured $1.37 billion in Series D financing that values the company at $7.87 billion. The round was co-led by JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Strategic Investment Group through its Security and Resiliency Initiative, alongside several co-leads and major institutional p…
Salesforce shares dropped about 4.0% in morning trading after the company disclosed that Srini Tallapragada, its President and Chief Engineering and Customer Success Officer, stepped down effective today. The move - revealed in an SEC 8-K filed after Tuesday's close - formed part of a wider reorganization that elevated several executives and shifte…
The memory sector reversed recent gains in a 'sell the news' move, with Western Digital and SanDisk plunging after their quarterly guidance failed to meet the lofty expectations set by prior stock gains. Micron fell modestly in sympathy but remained far more resilient, supported by its HBM exposure for AI accelerators and stronger pricing-position …
Seagate Technology shares fell about 1.4% in morning trading following Western Digital’s after-hours report, which beat near-term revenue and earnings expectations but issued forward guidance that disappointed investors. The close duopoly between Seagate and Western Digital in high-capacity hard disk drives means WDC’s cautious tone is read across …
Dell Technologies shares slid about 5.5% in morning trade to $437.26 following a near-9% rise on August 4 that left the stock close to its 52-week high. With no earnings scheduled until August 27, 2026, and several company-specific headwinds including an analyst downgrade, heavy insider selling and rising component costs for AI servers, short-term …
T-Mobile US stock climbed in morning trade after Deutsche Telekom posted better-than-expected Q2 2026 results, raised its full-year free cash flow guidance and cited the performance of its majority-owned U.S. carrier as a primary catalyst. The parent also expanded its buyback program, while analysts remain broadly bullish on T-Mobile and earlier Sp…
SK hynix's U.S.-listed ADR dropped sharply as a broad selloff in memory stocks was triggered by mixed after-hours results from peers and amplified by a heavy overnight decline in Seoul. Additional investor concern arose after reports that SK hynix's NAND unit, Solidigm, is pursuing a pre-IPO raise of up to about $7 billion ahead of a planned Nasdaq…
SpaceX stock slipped on Thursday as the market prepared for the possibility that insiders could begin selling a portion of their restricted shares. The company’s shares were last quoted down 1.3% at $106.45. Under an atypical lock-up agreement, up to 20% of restricted shares become eligible for sale starting Thursday, the second trading day after t…
Canada’s S&P/TSX Composite retreated from a record high as market participants tracked developments in the Middle East and renewed caution around the artificial intelligence trade. U.S. benchmarks opened mixed, with gains in the Dow and S&P 500 offset by weakness in the Nasdaq after steep drops in memory-chip names. Geopolitical headlines around a …
Celestica's stock tumbled following the announcement and pricing of a $3 billion common stock offering at $310 per share, well under the previous session's close of $362.76. The offering, comprised of roughly 9.68 million treasury shares with an underwriter option for an additional 1.45 million shares, is aimed at funding increased demand in AI com…
Five dominant macro signals are determining ETF positioning: gold trading near record levels, WTI oil moving higher, the dollar remaining weak, tech under pressure after mixed earnings, and a broadly steady S&P 500 that conceals rotation beneath the surface. The environment favors diversified allocations, selective exposure to miners and internatio…
Woodside Energy shares rose in pre-market trading after the company reported stronger-than-expected Q2 2026 results, driven by higher realised commodity prices and a significant rise in operating revenue. The firm also confirmed the sale of its 70% operated stake in the Calypso Project to BP, a move the company says aligns with its strategy to focu…
Papa John's concluded an 18-month strategic review without accepting reported take-private offers and will prioritize an internal turnaround. The company's Q2 2026 results showed revenue and North America comps down, adjusted EBITDA flat, and diluted EPS slipping, prompting a board decision to suspend the quarterly dividend beginning Q3 2026. Share…
Bernstein downgraded Zillow Group to Market-Perform from Outperform following the company’s second-quarter results and guidance. Analyst Nikhil Devnani reduced EBITDA run-rate forecasts by 10% and trimmed the price target to $38 from $50, saying the firm has lost conviction in its original thesis amid disappointing Residential guidance and shifting…
Dana Inc. rallied in pre-market trading after reporting second-quarter 2026 results that beat revenue forecasts and showed a marked improvement in adjusted EBITDA margin. Management raised full-year revenue guidance and restarted the share buyback program, actions that appeared to outweigh an adjusted EPS miss in investors' assessment. The move occ…
Praxis Precision Medicines stock rose sharply in pre-market trade after the company reported second-quarter 2026 results and disclosed favorable mid-cycle FDA reviews for two late-stage drug candidates. The regulator identified no major safety or efficacy concerns and opted not to call advisory committees for the programs, while Bioresearch Monitor…
