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GitLab reported a 21% year-over-year revenue increase and beat adjusted EPS estimates by a wide margin in Q2 FY2027, while net ARR growth accelerated to 42%. Management highlighted early traction in AI consumption, Flex commitments and enterprise seat expansion, suggesting the company may be diversifying beyond a pure developer-seat model. Key next…
Dell reported a sizable beat in its September quarter, posting $47.0B in revenue and $7.04 EPS, and raising full-year FY2027 revenue guidance to about $192B. AI-related sales and orders surged, producing an AI server revenue run rate of $16.4B in the quarter, roughly doubling year over year, and a companywide AI backlog of approximately $95B. With …
U.K. equities finished lower on Wednesday, with declines concentrated in Fixed Line Telecommunications, Electrical and General Retailers. The benchmark lost 0.33% at the close in London. InterContinental Hotels Group, Fresnillo and ConvaTec were the top gainers, while Kingfisher, Frasers Group and B&M European Value Retail underperformed. Commodity…
Stocks on the Amsterdam exchange finished modestly higher Wednesday, with the AEX index gaining 0.16% as Financials, Basic Materials and Technology stocks pushed the market up. Adyen, ING Groep and BE Semiconductor Industries were among the session's strongest performers, while Wolters Kluwer, CVC Capital Partners and SBM Offshore registered the la…
Google launched two upgraded AI models: Gemini 3.8 Flash, intended as a general-purpose model for coding and multi-step reasoning, and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, a version tuned for vulnerability detection and automated patching. Access to the Cyber model will be limited through the Fairwind Program to vetted government authorities, software maintaine…
Finland's main benchmark closed lower on Wednesday, with the OMX Helsinki 25 finishing down 0.38%. Sector losses in Technology, Oil & Gas and Telecoms helped drive the retreat. While several large-cap names gained modestly, declines were broader across the exchange and were accompanied by mixed commodity and currency moves.
Options volume on Snowflake (SNOW) shows a directional tilt toward higher prices driven by large call-spread trades, yet elevated put activity and short-term technical indicators leave the near-term path uncertain. Market participants appear positioned for a recovery into the $330–$360 range, while intraday charts and a $300 put calendar structure …
Options market activity in Campbell’s Co (CPB) ahead of its September earnings release shows a heavy skew toward puts, with the September $22.50 strike dominating near-term volume. While put contracts outnumbered calls by more than eight to one and implied volatility ticked up modestly, the pattern reads more like hedging for an event than a consen…
The U.S. government filed a brief in Manhattan federal court supporting OpenAI in its lawsuit with the New York Times and other news organizations, arguing that training large language models (LLMs) on copyrighted material typically falls within fair use. The submission underscores potential benefits to research and national security, and may stren…
A federal judge in Virginia refused to compel Alphabet to divest its online advertising exchange, AdX, rejecting the U.S. Department of Justice’s bid for a forced sale while approving most behavioral remedies. The decision follows a prior ruling that found Google held illegal monopolies in ad servers and ad exchanges and that it harmed publishers a…
A federal judge declined the Justice Department's request to compel Alphabet Inc.'s Google to divest its advertising exchange, AdX. Judge Leonie Brinkema issued a sealed, brief order denying the forced-sale demand and instead directed unspecified behavioral changes to Google's operations. The ruling permits Google to keep the exchange following an …
United Microelectronics (UMC) shares fell 1.9% in morning trading to $20.08, underperforming as investor worries over a recently approved convertible bond program persist. Heavy put activity in the options market and technical resistance around the $19.50–$20 level added selling pressure, even as the wider U.S. market traded higher and the company’…
Lianhe Sowell International Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:LHSW) saw its stock jump 24.3% after announcing the pricing of an $11 million follow-on offering consisting of units that combine Class A ordinary shares with warrants. The company said it will use the proceeds to support research and development, market expansion for new products, and general corporat…
Equity markets on Wednesday experienced notable cross-cap volatility. Large technology names such as Dell and Nvidia moved higher, while cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and a number of mid- and small-cap names retreated. The session produced a broad set of winners and losers spanning mega-caps to small-caps, driven by company-specific results and gu…
Upwind Security, a San Francisco-based startup that provides cybersecurity for AI and cloud applications, is raising $300 million in new financing at a $3.8 billion valuation. Bessemer Venture Partners is leading the round, joined by some existing backers. The raise follows concerns about AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta Platforms Inc. bei…
Southwest Airlines and JetBlue are both pursuing higher-yield travelers, but they are approaching the market from opposite directions. Southwest is converting its existing scale into new revenue streams through fees, assigned seating and a planned lounge network, while JetBlue is investing in a differentiated premium product with Mint cabins and Bl…
Options market pricing indicates American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (NYSE: AEO) could experience a 13% price move when it reports earnings on Sept. 9 after the market close, according to options data compiled by Bloomberg. Historical comparisons show the stock has exceeded options-implied moves in three of its last eight results, while the most recent …
American Airlines is increasing premium seating on its Boeing 777-300ER long-haul aircraft while removing its international first-class product from the type. The first retrofitted jet will enter service from New York to Buenos Aires, with all 20 aircraft scheduled to be upgraded by sometime in 2027, raising the share of premium seats to about 44% …
Sept 2 - Altria has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration asking a federal court in Lubbock, Texas to set aside the agency's current tobacco product review system and require creation of a new framework. The complaint contends FDA procedures have prevented products such as Altria's On! nicotine pouches from reaching the U.S.…
Aevex stock fell about 3.9% to $16.23 following Piper Sandler's Neutral initiation with a $20 price target. The analyst note highlighted that the Phoenix Ghost and EUCOM Deep Strike sole-source program, which represents more than 90% of systems delivered or committed through fiscal 2026, is due to expire with no renewal in place. A separate collabo…
Eos Energy Enterprises shares jumped in pre-market trading after the company, together with MN8 Energy and Google, unveiled the Mammoth Solar project in Kanawha County, West Virginia - a $350 million integrated clean-energy development designed to supply continuous power to Google data centers via the PJM grid. The project pairs utility-scale solar…
UBS, in its Equity Compass review, identifies five European consumer discretionary stocks it views as particularly compelling based on structural advantages, company fundamentals and current market dynamics. The firm cites pricing power, strong cash generation and distinctive business models across Richemont, Inditex, LVMH, Continental and Ferrari,…
Shanghai Enflame Technology, supported by Tencent, experienced extreme oversubscription in the online portion of its Shanghai STAR Market initial public offering, attracting orders equal to 6,109 times the shares available. The company shifted 3.4 million shares from the offline allocation to the online sale after receiving orders from over 7 milli…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged G20 nations at a tech-focused meeting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to avoid crafting AI regulations aimed at "theoretical harms" and instead to concentrate on rules that address concrete, real-world problems arising from the technology. His remarks, delivered alongside U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, reitera…
Insider filings disclosed on Tuesday show a mix of concentrated insider buying and large executive disposals across several U.S.-listed companies. Senior executives at Quoin Pharmaceuticals participated in a private placement of American Depositary Shares, while other insiders increased stakes in CuriosityStream, FTC Solar and Motorsport Games. At …
