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Demand for temporary nursing staff rose 3.6% week-over-week following a 3.2% gain the prior week, according to Jefferies data. Nursing demand outpaced allied health within the Aya Travel RN & Allied Health Demand Index, while the JEF Bill Rate Index ticked up modestly to roughly $2,218 per week. Job listings data were mixed across vendors, and AMN …
Micron Technology shares jumped in early trading after UBS raised its price target from $535 to $1,625, citing stronger AI-driven demand and a shift toward long-term supply agreements that could reduce earnings volatility. The new target implies a potential market value approaching $1.8 trillion over the next year, compared with Micron's $846.93 bi…
Goldman Sachs raised its projection for 2026 capital expenditure growth to 7.8% from 6.5%, saying first-quarter investment momentum and structural drivers such as enterprise AI spending and tax incentives should sustain capex growth. The firm argued that elevated oil prices are unlikely to meaningfully disrupt business investment, noting a weakened…
Astellas Pharma shares fell 1.5% to ¥2,233.5 following the unveiling of the CSP2026 five-year growth roadmap. The plan sets ambitious clinical and profit targets but comes amid investor worries about anticipated Xtandi sales declines related to patent expirations and a medium-term earnings outlook that projects revenue and EPS deterioration. Analys…
Warner Bros. Discovery increased the size of a bank-led bridge loan offering for a second time, with the dollar tranche raised from about $10 billion to a range of $12.5 billion to $13.75 billion and the euro tranche potentially doubling to €2 billion. The move is intended to fully refinance roughly $15 billion of short-term financing before the pl…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear Meta Platforms' appeal challenging a Vermont state court lawsuit that alleges Instagram was engineered to promote addiction among teenagers. The decision leaves intact a lower court ruling that allows Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark's 2023 consumer protection lawsuit to move forward. Meta had…
Ryman Healthcare reported fiscal 2026 results showing a 10% rise in operating revenue to NZ$849 million, a 94% increase in EBITDAF to NZ$88 million, and free cash flow of NZ$188 million. The company said its two-year operational reset has driven improved profitability and cash generation. Macquarie reaffirmed an Outperform rating and highlighted a …
Australia’s departing corporate regulator chief says the country must simplify its regulatory framework to stimulate innovation and restore a thin pipeline of initial public offerings, arguing that rising legal complexity is increasing compliance burdens and discouraging listings and foreign capital.
Astera Labs shares declined 3.8% in morning trade after Northland Capital Markets downgraded the stock from Outperform to Market Perform, removed its $225 price target and warned that hyperscaler datacenter spending could fall in calendar year 2027 as cash constraints build. The downgrade came after a more than 56% one-month rally and followed disc…
Yields on U.S. government bonds dropped Tuesday after developments in negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz eased inflation worries. The movement in fixed-income markets came as negotiators from the U.S. and Iran met in Doha, and ahead of a two-year Treasury auction and additional short-term bill sales. Key U.S. economic releases are due later in …
IREN Ltd shares climbed in morning trade after a set of developments that strengthened the case for companies that can deliver high-density power to AI customers. Candid remarks from IREN’s co-founder on the time required to get major AI compute online, a sizable increase in holdings disclosed by Tudor Investment Corp., and several corporate agreem…
Advanced Micro Devices shares climbed sharply after the company announced volume production of its Zen 6 EPYC 'Venice' server processors on TSMC's 2nm node. The milestone, combined with bullish comments from industry leaders and supportive analyst forecasts, helped push the stock to a fresh 52-week high amid a constructive market session.
Western Digital shares jumped sharply in morning trading after an analyst upgrade and a string of supportive industry and company data. Evercore ISI raised its price target to $575 while maintaining an Outperform rating, the company reported better-than-expected fiscal Q3 2026 results, and a TrendForce report showed a large quarter-over-quarter inc…
Texas Instruments stock climbed sharply in morning trading after Bank of America raised its price target and highlighted the company as a top pick in AI-related power semiconductors, citing moves toward 800-volt data-center architectures. The rally was supported by multiple analyst upgrades, robust Q1 2026 results, and a favorable semiconductor mar…
Broadcom shares rose after the company introduced the BCM68850, the industry’s first 50G ITU-PON home gateway system-on-chip with an integrated neural processing unit and native Wi-Fi 8 support. Analysts and recent price-target upgrades have provided underpinning for the stock as the company approaches its June 3, 2026 earnings report.
A broad set of airlines have modified operations in response to the conflict in the Middle East, with carriers from the region adding capacity while many non-Gulf airlines cancel, delay or reroute services between Europe and Asia. The adjustments include temporary suspensions, delayed resumptions and targeted route cancellations; effects span passe…
Modine Manufacturing shares spiked in morning trading after the company announced a long-term supply agreement with an unnamed strategic data center customer that guarantees more than $4 billion of Airedale by Modine cooling products for calendar years 2027 through 2029 and included a $165 million upfront payment to support capacity investments. Th…
SanDisk stock climbed sharply in morning trading after the company reported an outsized fiscal Q3 2026earnings beat and issued robust guidance for the next quarter. A string of analyst price-target increases, positive momentum in related memory names and a notable institutional stake also supported the rally as broader market sentiment improved fol…
Redwire shares rallied sharply in morning trading, buoyed by broad sector enthusiasm following SpaceX's S-1 IPO filing and the company’s own recent operational progress. Strong Q1 2026 revenue growth, a record contracted backlog and a substantial NATO-related drone contract, together with analyst price-target increases, intensified investor interes…
BP has removed its chairman, Albert Manifold, with immediate effect after the board identified governance oversight and conduct issues it considered unacceptable. The decision comes months after Manifold was appointed to help steer a company turnaround and follows shareholder tensions at the recent AGM. Analysts say his departure raises questions a…
The Dutch government has denied approval for Kyndryl's 100 million euro ($113 million) acquisition of cloud services provider Solvinity, citing public interest concerns after a screening recommendation. The move, the first such rejection by the Dutch Investment Screening Bureau since its 2020 inception, follows objections tied to Solvinity's role i…
Dave Inc. shares climbed in pre-market trading after UBS began coverage with a Buy rating and a $300 price objective, highlighting the neobank's fast-turning credit model and potential for sustained above-consensus earnings growth. The initiation follows robust first-quarter 2026 results, record credit performance, and a $195 million share repurcha…
Nano Nuclear Energy moved higher in pre-market trading after revealing an acquisition to bolster its spent fuel transportation capabilities and confirming formal regulatory progress on its KRONOS microreactor project. The company announced the purchase of Secured Transportation Services for up to $13 million and noted that the U.S. Nuclear Regulato…
OpenRouter said it raised $113 million in a Series B round led by CapitalG as its platform processed 25 trillion tokens per week, a five-fold rise from six months earlier. The company plans to direct funding toward enhancing routing, governance and optimization as enterprises increasingly run multi-model inference in production.
Dropbox Inc. shares slipped 2.4% in premarket trading after the company announced a leadership transition that will place Ashraf Alkarmi as Co-Chief Executive Officer with founder Andrew Houston ahead of a planned move by Houston to Executive Chairman. The company also named a new chief product officer and said it expects upcoming financial results…
