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Digital Realty to Buy Blackstone Funds' Majority Stake in Northern Virginia Data Centers in $7.8 Billion Deal

Digital Realty to Buy Blackstone Funds' Majority Stake in Northern Virginia Data Centers in $7.8 Billion Deal

Digital Realty has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in three fully leased data center facilities in Northern Virginia from funds managed by Blackstone, in a transaction valuing the assets at $7.8 billion. The deal, expected to close on June 30, will see Digital Realty pay $3.5 billion to Blackstone-affiliated funds for a blended 64% equity int…

Freedom Holding Names New CFO; Shares Slip in After-Hours Trade

Freedom Holding Names New CFO; Shares Slip in After-Hours Trade

Freedom Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:FRHC) said Monday that Valeriy Kim will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Evgeny Ler. The market reacted with a 2.1% decline in after-hours trading. Ler will take on a special advisor position focused on financing and M&A alongside Chief Executive Officer Timur Turlov. Kim, 37, brings experience bu…

Activist Jana Builds Stake in Alkami and Urges Company to Explore Sale

Activist Jana Builds Stake in Alkami and Urges Company to Explore Sale

Jana Partners has raised its ownership in Alkami Technology Inc. to more than 10% and is pressing the fintech firm to open formal discussions with potential acquirers, according to a person familiar with the matter. The activist investor is pushing for outreach to both strategic and financial buyers, advocating changes to board leadership and urgin…

Options Activity in Gap Surges as Shares Slide Over 7%

Options Activity in Gap Surges as Shares Slide Over 7%

Options volume in Gap Inc. climbed sharply on Monday as the stock tumbled. By 2:30 p.m. New York time, exchange data showed 23,772 contracts traded, with calls slightly outnumbering puts. Several specific strikes and multi-leg positions dominated the day, and measures of implied volatility and skew moved higher along the three-month horizon.

Bernstein Flags Select Winners in Life Science Tools Amid Signs of Recovery

Bernstein Flags Select Winners in Life Science Tools Amid Signs of Recovery

Bernstein analysts see early indications of recovery in the life science tools and diagnostics sector, driven by improved new drug approvals, trial initiations and funding flows. Despite these positives, allocated capital has not yet converted fully into on-the-ground spending, leaving timing for a broad recovery uncertain. Bernstein favors compani…

What Tesla Needs From Q2 Deliveries to Reset the Sales Narrative

What Tesla Needs From Q2 Deliveries to Reset the Sales Narrative

Tesla is approaching a pivotal Q2 delivery report that market participants expect around July 2. Two different consensus benchmarks are circulating, and a range of analyst forecasts extends above and below those figures. The report must show sequential growth and evidence that the company is reducing its inventory built up in Q1. Europe and China w…

TD Cowen Picks UroGen as Its Leading SMIDCAP Idea for 2026

TD Cowen Picks UroGen as Its Leading SMIDCAP Idea for 2026

TD Cowen has designated UroGen Pharma (NASDAQ:URGN) as its top small- and mid-cap selection for 2026, pointing to the underrecognized commercial potential of Zusduri and follow-on programs. The firm cites physician sentiment indicating possible 30-40% peak penetration in the target population and highlights launch momentum after permanent J-code ac…

Market Movers: Applied Materials Leads Monday Gains as Tech, Aerospace and Biotech Stocks Shift

Market Movers: Applied Materials Leads Monday Gains as Tech, Aerospace and Biotech Stocks Shift

Monday's trading session produced pronounced moves across market-cap ranges, with Applied Materials and Palo Alto Networks among the largest gainers and SanDisk posting one of the larger declines. The list of notable movers spans mega-caps, large-caps, mid-caps and small-caps, and includes company-specific drivers called out alongside the percentag…

JOLTs, Consumer Confidence Headline a Packed June 30 Economic Calendar

JOLTs, Consumer Confidence Headline a Packed June 30 Economic Calendar

Traders will face a dense slate of U.S. economic data on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, with the JOLTs Job Openings report and the Conference Board Consumer Confidence index among the day’s most closely watched releases. Those reports - together with regional manufacturing and services surveys and multiple home-price measures - are expected to provide fre…