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Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) climbed 7.8% in morning trading to $178.12, bouncing from a multi-week selloff that had pushed shares more than 22% below a May 13, 2026 pivot high. Analyst upgrades, robust hyperscaler demand — including a $324 million commitment from Oracle — and raised revenue guidance to $1.1 billion underpin the rebound, even as …
IBM stock rallied after the U.S. government announced a $2 billion quantum computing funding program under the CHIPS and Science Act, with IBM receiving the largest single award of $1 billion toward a new standalone quantum chip foundry named Anderon. The move, paired with IBM's better-than-expected first-quarter financials and reaffirmed 2026 guid…
Nebius shares jumped sharply after the company disclosed a $2.6 billion, 10-year agreement with Bloom Energy to supply and manage solid oxide fuel cell systems delivering about 328 MW to its first U.S. AI data center in Independence, Missouri. The deal, coupled with stronger-than-expected Q1 2026 results and a large Meta capacity contract, underpin…
India's Securities and Exchange Board has floated a consultation paper proposing reforms to the pre-open call auction that sets opening prices for shares on their first day of trading. The measures target suppressed opening prices and widespread buy-order rejections tied to current rules, with proposals including a market-linked base price for re-l…
Applied Digital's stock climbed sharply after the company disclosed a 15-year take-or-pay lease for its Polaris Forge 3 campus with a U.S.-based, high investment-grade hyperscaler. The agreement secures roughly $7.5 billion in base-term contracted revenue for the new 300 MW site, rising to as much as $18.2 billion if all renewal options are exercis…
Arm Holdings ADR climbed to a fresh all-time high after Nvidia’s earnings call provided clear revenue visibility for Arm’s royalty stream from Nvidia’s Arm-based Vera CPUs. A high-profile analyst initiation and multiple price-target increases, combined with Arm’s strongest quarterly results on record, helped drive the stock’s decisive outperformanc…
SoftBank shares jumped almost 19.9% to ¥6,039 after reports that OpenAI is preparing a confidential IPO filing with the SEC and is targeting a public listing this fall. The move, coupled with a confidential S-1 filing from SB Energy and upbeat earnings from Nvidia, lifted the Nikkei 225 by over 3% and sharply increased SoftBank's market value.
Prediction-market activity and SpaceX's recent IPO filing have combined to paint a picture of an exceptionally large public debut for the rocket and satellite company. Traders on a crypto-based market assign a high probability to valuations well above $1 trillion on day one, while the company disclosed sizable losses and a share structure that pres…
Bernstein's sector review pinpoints Ryanair and International Airlines Group as the sole European airlines with clear outperformance potential as the industry contends with rising fuel costs, Middle East-related traffic shifts, and a growing investor focus on structural advantages. The firms reach resilience through contrasting models - Ryanair via…
Jefferies told investors that the sharp decline in Intuit shares after the company reported results was an excessive response to a modest downward revision in its fiscal 2026 tax guide. Analyst Brent Thill highlighted that the TurboTax shortfall accounts for roughly one quarter of Intuit's business while the other segments beat estimates, and noted…
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares rose 2% on Thursday after reports indicated that Anthropic is in talks to rent servers equipped with Microsoft's Maia AI chips to run its Claude models. The potential agreement would bolster Microsoft's position in the cloud AI hardware market and provide Anthropic with additional computing options, while highlighting…
Recent quarterly results from the technology leaders known as the Magnificent Seven have strengthened investor conviction in AI-driven growth. Nvidia in particular maintained a substantial lead in revenue expansion, while Alphabet, Amazon and Meta have been the largest borrowers to finance data center expansions. The cohort’s performance has helped…
This bulletin reviews the largest insider transactions reported for Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Notable purchases included roughly 500,000 GeneDx Class A shares by Casdin Partners Master Fund, L.P., and multi-million-dollar acquisitions by a Fortune Brands director, TXO leadership and MP Materials' COO. Large-scale sales were disclosed for Carrier Glo…
Xanadu Quantum Technologies saw its shares climb 5.7% in premarket trading after announcing an algorithmic improvement to its Quantum Read-Only Memory (QROM) that the company says will roughly halve the number of expensive Toffoli gates required. The firm also disclosed a synthetic at-the-market equity facility of up to $300 million to support work…
Quantum Cyber NV (NASDAQ: QUCY) saw shares rise 21.3% in premarket trading after the company submitted a provisional patent application for its Quantum Drone Autonomous System (QDAS). The filing, USPTO Application No. 64/069,586, dated May 19, details a multi-layer navigation and defense architecture that uses miniaturized quantum sensors, aerial L…
USA Rare Earth Inc. (NASDAQ: USAR) saw its shares trade higher in premarket activity after the company was named as a finalist for up to $19.3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. The award, which is subject to negotiation, would contribute to a roughly $50.5 million project to develop pilot-scale rare earth element separations ca…
Auddia Inc.'s Discovr Radio has shown robust early engagement since launch, driving a premarket 14.3% rise in AUUD shares. The faidr-integrated discovery tool logged more than 100,000 plays in the initial months, attracted nearly 1,000 artist and label accounts, and produced a 44% profile clickthrough with a 30% conversion from free to paid users.
Jefferies moved ZoomInfo Technologies from Buy to Hold and slashed its price target to $4 from $12 after revising its revenue model and outlook. The broker now anticipates revenue declines in 2026 and 2027, citing weakening client demand and increased disruption from artificial intelligence, as ZoomInfo transitions customers from subscription seat …
Birkenstock Holding plc said it has struck a $250 million accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreement with Goldman Sachs International. The company expects an initial delivery of about 6.0 million ordinary shares based on the May 20, 2026 closing price, and reiterated guidance for 13-15% annual revenue growth in constant currency while maintaining…
Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share rose 0.38% at Thursday's close, led by strength in Media & Publishing, Insurance and Agriculture & Food sectors. Kingdom Holding Company led gains with an 8.33% increase, while Raydan Co and United International Holding hit record lows as some names declined. Crude and Brent oil advanced, while gold futures slipped.
Morgan Stanley warns that IT hardware equities - excluding Apple - now trade at frothy multiples and face several cyclical threats that could pressure margins and earnings in the second half of the year. The firm points to an extreme valuation premium, elevated earnings revision breadth, and specific risks tied to memory prices, supply shortages, a…
DAZN, the London-based sports streaming platform backed by Len Blavatnik, has held confidential discussions with DirecTV Latin America on a possible commercial partnership and other strategic options, including acquisition or purchase of digital assets. Sources close to the matter say talks have been under way since last year, but an outright acqui…
A newly formed enterprise services venture backed by Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman has acquired San Francisco-based Fractional AI, marking the venture's first purchase since creation. The deal positions Fractional AI as the operational core for a firm built to accelerate adoption of Anthropic's Claude across midsize businesses. Several major in…
U.S. stock futures dipped on Thursday as investors digested reports of a tougher Iranian posture toward peace talks with the U.S. and parsed corporate results, notably from Nvidia. Contracts oscillated around the flatline before the opening bell amid a mix of earnings beats and guidance adjustments across tech, retail and industrial names.
Shares of Kroger and other large U.S. retailers moved lower after Walmart issued a second-quarter adjusted EPS forecast that missed analyst expectations and Kroger's CEO disclosed plans to test extensive price cuts across product categories. Walmart's quarterly results showed mixed operational strength but a guidance range that fell short of the St…
