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Fujikura has released a medium-term plan stretching to fiscal year 2036 that sets escalating operating profit targets and outlines capital allocation for the late 2020s. The plan specifies operating profit milestones for several fiscal years, a breakdown of operating cash flow deployment for fiscal 2027-2029, regional investment amounts, expectatio…
During the first quarter, thousands of institutional investors initiated or expanded positions in semiconductor companies and firms tied to AI infrastructure, according to a Reuters review of 13-F filings. Buying was widespread across names such as Micron and Intel, alongside heavy flows into data center suppliers and utilities expected to power AI…
Shares of Everspin Technologies (NASDAQ:MRAM) dropped 8% on Tuesday after short seller Kerrisdale Capital revealed a short position, arguing that the company’s MRAM products do not play a meaningful role in the AI server and hyperscaler markets driving the semiconductor rally. Kerrisdale highlighted Everspin’s concentration in casino gaming and slo…
Target has appointed Jeff England as its chief supply chain officer, a hire intended to hasten the retailer's operational improvements and inventory plans announced by CEO Michael Fiddelke. England joins from building-materials supplier QXO at the end of the month and will report to Chief Operating Officer Lisa Roath. His arrival follows a series o…
Target has appointed Jeff England, a former Walmart supply chain executive, as its chief supply chain officer. The move is part of CEO Michael Fiddelke’s management shakeup aimed at improving efficiency, stabilizing inventory and accelerating same-day delivery across the retailer’s roughly 2,000 U.S. stores. England will join from building material…
Global markets are increasingly pricing in a longer Iran conflict, pushing oil futures and government bond yields higher. Despite those stresses, major equity benchmarks remain close to record levels, supported by a view that the energy shock may be temporary, resilient economic data, and limited near-term central bank tightening.
Optimi Health Corp. has filed to raise up to $20 million through an initial public offering in the United States. The company proposes to sell 2.5 million common shares at a proposed price range of $6.00 to $8.00 per share, and has named Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC as underwriter. Optimi has applied to list on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the s…
Amazon announced it will stop supporting Kindle e-readers released in 2012 and earlier, cutting off new book downloads and software updates after May 20. The move has drawn sharp criticism from long-time users who prize older devices for their durability and physical page-turn buttons. Amazon said it will continue supporting newer models and offere…
Global share prices are trading near multi-month highs despite the ongoing closure of the Straits of Hormuz and a deteriorating growth-inflation mix. Goldman Sachs attributes the rally chiefly to robust corporate earnings, with upward revisions concentrated in technology and energy driven by expectations around AI-related capital spending and highe…
Morgan Stanley’s Europe earnings monitor, using AI-assisted analysis of quarterly calls, identifies improved management sentiment across semiconductors, banking and industrials. The report highlights BASF, Talanx, Banco Santander, ASML Holding and Nokia as the largest quarter-on-quarter improvers in executive commentary, reflecting themes of AI-dri…
Insiders disclosed a mix of large-scale purchases and sales across multiple U.S. stocks between May 14 and May 18, 2026. The most prominent buy was by William H. Gates III and Cascade Investment, L.L.C., which acquired 486,000 shares of Republic Services for about $101.8 million. Other notable transactions included sizeable acquisitions at PAR Tech…
Futures tied to Canada's main stock gauge rose modestly on Tuesday as markets resumed trading after a holiday, with investors focused on inflation data, central bank comments about oil-driven price pressures, and developments in the Iran conflict. U.S. futures were weaker as attention turned to upcoming corporate results from Nvidia and renewed geo…
NextEra Energy's announced plan to buy Dominion Energy for $66.8 billion would produce one of the world's largest electric utilities with an enterprise value near $420 billion. The deal, which would push the combined company past most U.S. power competitors in scale, spotlights the emphasis on larger balance sheets, diversified generation portfolio…
Airbus has instructed thousands of staff to trim non-industrial expenditures by 10% amid ongoing supply chain disruptions and wider global uncertainty. The directive, affecting the commercial aircraft division and corporate headquarters, targets external contractor usage and supplements the company's two-year-old LEAD cost savings programme. The me…
T1 Energy Inc. (NYSE: TE) saw its shares fall more than 4.4% in pre-market trading after short seller Fuzzy Panda Research disclosed a short position and published a report alleging the company is not compliant with Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) regulations and may be ineligible for U.S. tax credits. The report raises questions about an intellec…
Amesite Inc. (NASDAQ: AMST) saw a sharp premarket rally after announcing a 2,700-patient deployment of its NurseMagic AI documentation platform, marking the company’s largest enterprise customer to date. The platform will integrate with electronic medical record (EMR) and electronic visit verification (EVV) systems and is designed to reduce caregiv…
Tensions between Samsung Electronics and its union eased on Tuesday as mediated talks continued into the evening, but negotiators remained divided on key bonus and contract terms. Nearly 48,000 employees are preparing an 18-day strike set to begin on Thursday unless a deal is reached. Authorities, business groups and the central bank have warned of…
Saudi Arabia's equity market finished Tuesday with modest gains, driven by strength in Agriculture & Food, Retail and Real Estate Development sectors. The Tadawul All Share rose 0.24% as a handful of single-stock moves stood out, while oil and precious metals prices slipped and currency pairs showed limited movement.
Hoth Therapeutics Inc said it will change its corporate name to Rocket One, Inc. and reorganize to pursue opportunities in artificial intelligence infrastructure and semiconductor technologies after securing exclusive rights to nanomagnetic and spintronic computing inventions from Virginia Commonwealth University. The announcement prompted a 10.9% …
Gilat Satellite Networks shares rose 4% in premarket trading after the company announced a partnership with Boeing to make its Sidewinder electronically steered antenna available as a line-fit solution for in-flight connectivity service providers. Boeing will offer line-fit installation through its in-flight connectivity integration partners, a mov…
J.P. Morgan upgraded ams-Osram to overweight from neutral and raised its December 2027 price target to CHF23.60 from CHF11.80, citing improved prospects for AI photonics, smart glasses and a recovering semiconductor business. The bank incorporated a Micro LED optical engine opportunity into its modelling and bumped revenue, adjusted EBITDA and EPS …
The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to issue an innovation exemption for tokenized stocks this week, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter. The draft guidance is said to tilt toward allowing third-party-created tokens that represent public company shares to be traded on decentralized crypto platforms…
Webull is preparing to unveil Vega Analyst, an artificial intelligence-driven research feature that produces bespoke stock reports based on user-selected research modules. Integrated into the existing Vega suite, the tool will deliver real-time analyses using current market data and will be offered as a paid monthly add-on with a limited free optio…
Shares of AI infrastructure providers CoreWeave and Nebius fell about 4.5% on Tuesday morning after Blackstone announced a joint venture with Google to launch a U.S.-based company offering data center capacity, operations, networking and Google Cloud’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) as a compute-as-a-service product. Blackstone is committing $5 bil…
Bank of America's latest European Fund Manager Survey finds a marked deterioration in investor optimism for European growth, citing fallout from the Iran war and a sequence of weak macroeconomic data. A net 32% of respondents now expect growth in the region to slow, inflation worries and elevated oil-price expectations have become dominant concerns…
