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A joint advisory from U.S. security agencies accused several Chinese AI companies of systematically extracting capabilities from advanced U.S. AI models at scale. The agencies said the operations used multiple technical and procedural workarounds to acquire billions of tokens and that the campaigns likely occurred with awareness of Chinese governme…
The National Stock Exchange of India is preparing to lower the proposed price band for its initial public offering to between ₹1,700 and ₹1,785 a share and to trim the stake for sale to about 5.5% of equity, according to people familiar with the discussions. Those changes would reduce the proceeds the selling shareholders can raise and cut the impl…
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board say flight data recovered from a Boeing 767 involved in a Miami overrun indicate the flight crew may have attempted to abort the landing after partial touchdown. The 32-year-old aircraft, operated by Miami-based 21 Air for Amazon Prime Air, overran the runway by about 1,300 feet (396 m) an…
U.S. stock futures were largely unchanged on Tuesday night following a down day on Wall Street, as Brent crude approached $100 a barrel amid Middle East tensions. The jump in oil prices has heightened inflation concerns, pushed up benchmark Treasury yields and strengthened market odds of a Federal Reserve rate increase in September ahead of this we…
Evommune Inc. shares tumbled 27.4% in after-hours trading to $9.50 after the company released top-line Phase 2b results for EVO756 in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis, a milestone it had highlighted for September 2026. The decline compounds pressure from an earlier Phase 2b failure in chronic spontaneous urticaria and has driven the stock below…
Evommune Inc reported that its oral candidate EVO756 did not achieve the primary endpoint or secondary endpoints in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2b trial in adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis, triggering a 27% drop in after-hours trading. The company will not pursue EVO756 for atopic dermatitis and will instead…
Smithfield Foods warned investors that its fresh pork business is likely to record an adjusted operating loss for the third quarter, driven by falling hog prices and a compressed industry market spread amid subdued consumer spending. The company also trimmed expectations for quarterly earnings in its hog production unit, while maintaining its fisca…
Block disclosed an application to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to create Builders Bank & Trust, N.A., an uninsured, non-deposit-taking national trust bank focused on custody and fiduciary services for bitcoin and stablecoins. The announcement lifted Block shares in after-hours trading, while broader US indices were largely unchange…
Paramount Skydance contends that television interviews in which California Attorney General Rob Bonta described the company's voluntary pause of its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery as equivalent to an injunction contradict his legal argument against Paramount’s request for a $1.88 billion bond meant to protect the company from the costs of delay…
Colombia's main stock benchmark closed modestly higher, with the COLCAP index reaching a new record. Strength in Industrials, Services and Agriculture supported the advance, led by a sharp jump in Etb. Several financial and investment names finished lower, and select commodities including coffee, cocoa and gold declined.
Assembly Biosciences announced it exercised its contractual option to take a 40% share of U.S. development costs and profits for a herpes simplex virus helicase-primase inhibitor program run with Gilead Sciences, sending its stock up 4.9% in after-hours trading. The program centers on two investigational compounds, GS-1179 and GS-5366, and Assembly…
Ingram Micro shares dropped 3.8% in after-hours trading to $27.30 following an announcement that the company’s principal stockholder would sell 13,125,000 shares in a secondary offering. The move, paired with a concurrent repurchase financed from the company’s cash reserves, intensified investor concerns about dilution and an ongoing supply overhan…
Russian equities finished the session higher, with the MOEX Russia Index up 0.46% as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Telecoms sectors supported the market. Notable winners included TATNEFT ordinary and preferred shares and Surgutneftegas, while Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat and Magnit lagged. Market breadth favored decliners, …
Blackstone has begun exploring a sale of medical-grade skincare brand ZO Skin Health, with the company’s value in any potential transaction estimated at about $2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The firm has engaged Citigroup and Raymond James to advise on the early-stage process; representatives for the parties did not provid…
Shares of Ingram Micro Holding Corporation fell in after-hours trading following news that Ingram Holdco, LLC - an affiliate of Platinum Equity - has started a secondary offering of 13,125,000 common shares, with the underwriter holding a 30-day option to acquire an additional 1,968,750 shares. The selling stockholder will receive all proceeds; Ing…
Canada's main equity gauge closed lower as weakness in Information Technology, Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate stocks pushed the S&P/TSX Composite down 1.07%. Mining names produced some of the session's biggest gains, while Shopify, Thomson Reuters and BRP ranked among the largest decliners. Volatility as measured by the S&P/TSX 60 VIX rose,…
Chime Financial said it has signed a definitive agreement to buy Stride Bank for $590 million in cash. The acquisition, which would convert Stride into a wholly owned subsidiary called Chime Bank, is expected to be accretive to earnings per share on closing, generate more than $100 million in net synergies and be funded from Chime's existing cash b…
Nike shareholders on Tuesday declined a resolution that would have required the company to disclose more granular information about its climate objectives and the strategies intended to achieve emissions reductions. The vote leaves intact management control over sustainability disclosures even as the company navigates financial pressures, political…
Truist Financial Corp. has added three senior bankers to Truist Securities, appointing leaders for insurance brokers and services, healthcare advisory, and FIG investment grade debt capital markets. The hires, drawn from Guy Carpenter, Jefferies, Duff & Phelps, UBS, Moelis and Citigroup, form part of the bank's push to expand its advisory business …
Cognition AI Inc. announced a $2 billion Series E round that places the artificial intelligence software company at a $48 billion valuation. The financing was led by new investors Andreessen Horowitz and Accel alongside a broad syndicate of existing backers. The startup reported run-rate revenue climbing from $492 million to nearly $900 million sin…
Meta announced the public launch of Muse, an AI agent built to perform tasks across a user’s apps - from sending emails and arranging travel to listing items for sale. The agent, known inside Meta as Hatch, is available initially only in the United States through a standalone Muse app and via WhatsApp, with plans to extend to Meta’s smart glasses. …
Options traders heavily favored calls over puts in AEO ahead of the company’s earnings report, with 27,917 contracts traded by 2:30 PM ET and a 2.1:1 call/put ratio. The most active position is the Sept. 18 $17.50 call, only $0.39 above the stock’s $17.11 market price as of Sep. 8, 2:59 PM EDT. Options imply a roughly ±13% move for the post-close S…
Options traders have piled into D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) calls at a 3.16:1 ratio to puts on 80,944 contracts, with the most active strikes expiring in three days. The flow is concentrated in very short-dated, out-of-the-money calls alongside elevated implied volatility and a call-skew, while a notable in-the-money put position shows not all participan…
WaFd Inc. shares fell sharply after the Pacific Northwest lender disclosed a reverse merger with Jacksonville-based EverBank Financial Corp. The deal would make EverBank the accounting acquirer and leave existing WaFd shareholders with about a 40.8% stake after roughly 103 million new shares are issued. Management highlighted scale and future earni…
Lululemon shares rose 1.7% in afternoon trading to $102.30, staging a modest rebound after an approximately 18% plunge last week following disappointing fiscal Q2 2026 results. The quarter showed a 4% revenue decline to $2.416 billion, a 9% drop in comparable sales and a 20% slump in the core leggings category. Analysts have pared price targets whi…
