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Rocket Lab saw its stock rise in after-hours trading after NASA awarded the company three Electron launch contracts. The Long Beach-based firm will perform two back-to-back launches for the PolSIR mission no earlier than June 2027 and a separate launch for the TSIS-2 mission in early 2027, all from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Shares of DLH Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:DLHC) climbed roughly 20% following the company's announcement that it secured a role as a prime awardee on a multiple-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to deliver logistics information technology services for U.S. Navy integrated platforms and DevSecOps pipelines. The contract, managed by N…
ICF International said it is expanding its share repurchase program by $100 million, lifting the total buyback authorization to $165 million. The announcement pushed ICF shares up about 2% in after-hours trading Thursday. Management cited a substantial backlog and a robust new-business development pipeline as the rationale and said the company will…
On June 25, Titan Mining said its subsidiary, Empire State Mines, received conditional selection notices from the U.S. Army for enhanced-use leases at two domestic sites to develop battery-grade graphite processing. The planned facilities are aimed at expanding U.S. e-graphite capacity - a material used in electric vehicle batteries and military ha…
Moody's upgraded the senior secured revolving credit facility for Amer Sports Corporation to Baa3 from Ba1 while keeping the company's Ba1 corporate family rating and Ba1-PD probability of default unchanged. The action follows a substantial debt repayment funded by equity proceeds and a reduction in secured debt, which lowered Moody's-adjusted debt…
I-Pulse Inc. will receive $250 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS program to develop silicon-carbide semiconductors and pulsed-power components for geothermal drilling that uses high-power electrical pulses. The award will support partnerships with U.S. national laboratories, universities, and specialized manufacturers and is pres…
OpenAI's internal economic research finds that its agentic tool Codex is now the primary work platform within the company, with nearly all active users and virtually all generated output tokens produced through Codex by June 2026. Adoption accelerated from late 2025 through mid-2026, with notably fast growth among non-developer teams and heavy conc…
A U.S. magistrate judge in Austin has ordered Elon Musk to give sworn testimony in two proposed class-action lawsuits that accuse him and his political action committee, America PAC, of misleading voters in seven swing states by promising a $1 million-per-day giveaway ahead of the 2024 election. The magistrate recommended that a claim alleging vote…
The U.S. Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision sided with Bayer, ruling that plaintiffs cannot use state-law failure-to-warn claims to challenge Roundup labels when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not required a cancer warning. The decision overturned a $1.25 million jury verdict in Missouri, removes one commonly used legal theory from many …
Options volume in MetLife Inc. climbed to 4,594 contracts by 3:20 p.m. New York time on Thursday, with puts representing the bulk of activity. The September 18, 2026 $77.50 put led trading, while several other near-term put strikes saw heavy turnover. Shares advanced modestly and three-month volatility rose slightly, while the 90/110 skew narrowed.
Options volume in Herbalife Ltd. climbed to 32,666 contracts by 3:20 p.m. New York time on Thursday, driven almost entirely by call contracts and dominated by a single August 21, 2026 call spread split evenly between $15 and $17.50 strikes, according to exchange data compiled by Bloomberg. Open interest shows a large imbalance between the two strik…
Google has moved Google Finance out of beta, introducing portfolio tracking capabilities and a standalone Android application. The refreshed service offers a single dashboard for portfolio performance and allocation, customized market briefings based on user-defined tasks, and an Android app that includes watchlists, real-time quotes, a news feed a…
Applied Materials Inc. experienced a surge in options trading, with total volume reaching 80,479 contracts by 3:30 p.m. New York time on Thursday. Call options outpaced puts, notable volumes appeared in July 17, 2026 and June 26, 2026 call strikes, and the stock rallied 11.2% to $654.74. Short-term volatility and skew measures moved noticeably on t…
The US Army has approved agreements for four companies to build processing facilities for strategic minerals on military bases. The move, advanced by the administration as part of a push to boost domestic capacity and reduce import reliance, places separation and purification plants for rare earths, graphite, lithium and boron on federal military d…
Ares Management has once more enforced a 5% repurchase cap at its flagship private credit vehicle, the $22.6 billion Ares Strategic Income Fund (ASIF), after shareholders requested redemptions equal to 14.4% of outstanding shares in the second quarter. Most of the requests were concentrated among a small set of non-U.S. institutions and family offi…
SpaceX plans to begin construction next month on an eight-mile natural gas pipeline, dubbed Starpipe, to deliver feedstock to its Texas launch complex. County and federal filings indicate the line will connect to Starbase, feed a planned liquefaction facility for converting natural gas into liquid methane, and is expected to be operational by Janua…
SpaceX plans to start building an eight-mile natural gas pipeline called "Starpipe" to supply its Texas Starbase launch complex, with service expected by January 26, filings show. The pipeline would deliver feedstock for a liquefaction facility to produce liquid methane for Starship, supporting an accelerated launch cadence that SpaceX aims to scal…
Palantir Technologies shares fell sharply, touching a fresh 52-week low as richly valued software names are repricing amid fears about AI agents eroding subscription economics. Sector-wide derating, activist short pressure, a European contract shift, insider sales and an elevated macro backdrop combined to push PLTR down, leaving the stock exposed …
Caterpillar shares climbed sharply, reaching an all-time high after confirmation that Solar Turbines, a Caterpillar unit, will supply generation capacity for a major West Texas power project backed by Chevron and Microsoft. The contract, combined with robust quarterly sales growth, a record backlog and higher analyst targets, reinforced the narrati…
Strategy Inc. stock fell 7.6% to a 52-week low of $85 amid a CryptoQuant report urging the company to stop adding Bitcoin and rebuild cash reserves. The report highlighted a 38% decline in U.S. dollar cash since the start of 2026, ballooning annualized dividend obligations and large unrealized losses on the Bitcoin treasury, while preferred-stock f…
Microsoft shares fell 3.0% in afternoon trading to $354.50, marking a new 52-week low as three company-specific developments combined to push the stock sharply lower. EU regulators signaled a potential Digital Markets Act gatekeeper designation for Azure, a peer-reviewed critique in Nature cast doubt on Microsoft’s Majorana 1 quantum claims, and St…
American Express Co. saw options turnover total 26,525 contracts by 2:00 p.m. New York time on Thursday, with call options representing the clear majority of activity. The June 26, 2026 $365 call was the single most-traded instrument, and several structured call spreads for July expirations also registered large block volumes. Reported open interes…
Options trading in Denali Therapeutics Inc. rose to 2,291 contracts by 2:10 p.m. New York time on Thursday, with call activity accounting for the majority of trades. The July 17, 2026 $30 call comprised the largest single series trade, while implied volatility and the 90/110 skew both increased. Shares were modestly higher.
Waymo has formally registered a German subsidiary, Waymo Germany GmbH, signaling a concrete step toward expanding its autonomous ride-hailing operations beyond the United States. The company filed the paperwork last month and the entity received registration on June 15. The new entity is authorized to operate driverless ride-hailing services and to…
Financial markets enter Friday, June 26, 2026, with a busy economic calendar that includes the monthly goods trade balance, multiple components of the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey, remarks from two Federal Reserve officials, the weekly Baker Hughes rig counts and a suite of Commodity Futures Trading Commission weekly Commitments…
