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The U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division on Thursday warned firms against relying on unsubstantiated claims of artificial intelligence-driven disruption as a basis for merger approvals. Acting Assistant Attorney General Omeed Assefi told an audience at New York University that the agency expects tangible evidence when parties argue that …
Equities across market-cap segments moved sharply on Thursday, with semiconductor giant Qualcomm and cloud-monitoring firm Datadog posting notable gains while companies including Arm and Insmed recorded steep declines. The session featured sector-specific catalysts such as a security certification for Datadog, earnings beats and guidance revisions,…
A compact set of labor-market and consumer-confidence releases, led by the monthly jobs report and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment reading, arrives Friday, May 8, 2026. The schedule also includes a string of Federal Reserve speeches, weekly CFTC position reports for key futures markets, rig counts and Atlanta Fed GDPNow estimates. Mar…
Earnings season presses on with a full docket set for Friday. Major corporations including Toyota, Fidelity National Information Services, YPF SA, PPL Corp and Amadeus IT Holding top a wider list of companies scheduled to release quarterly results. Below is a compiled list of the firms set to report along with consensus estimates for earnings per s…
Hovnanian Enterprises, a leading US homebuilder, announced it will release its financial results for the second quarter ended April 30, 2026, on May 21, 2026. The company will host a live webcast conference call to discuss results, accessible via its Investor Relations website, with replay available for 12 months.
Blue Owl’s largest publicly traded private credit vehicle has reduced its allocation to software companies as executives grow cautious about valuations amid AI sector shifts. The fund’s software weight fell to 16% from 19% in the first quarter as loans were repaid, and managers signaled continued selectivity toward new software deals even as a smal…
Shares of Fermi America LLC fell 4.4% on Thursday after short seller Fuzzy Panda released a report asserting that the company’s air permit for its planned datacenter project may be legally vulnerable. The report contends the permit’s approval by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is being challenged in court and that the dispute could st…
Verizon confirmed a fresh round of workforce reductions involving several hundred employees, representing under 1% of its total staff. The cuts, focused most heavily at the company’s Basking Ridge, New Jersey headquarters and concentrated in smaller business units, follow a November reduction that eliminated 13,000 positions. Verizon continues to l…
Ardmore (ASC) just doubled its dividend payout ratio to two-thirds of adjusted earnings, agreed to sell an older MR for $35.5m and contracted two new IMO2 mid-size tankers. With Q1 spot MR rates at $33,700/day and Q2 coverage improving toward $50,000/day, the set-up supports upgrading ASC to Buy for a mid-term trade. We provide an entry, stop and t…
HawkEye 360 rallied on its first day of trading in New York, lifting the space analytics company's valuation to $3.15 billion. The Herndon, Virginia-based firm sold 16 million shares at $26 in a U.S. IPO that raised $416 million, and its stock opened substantially higher on debut. The listing comes amid heightened investor interest in defense-relat…
AppTech Payments, Inc. announced the appointment of Albert L. Lord as Executive Chairman and the addition of Robert L. Lipstein to its Board of Directors. The company highlighted significant business growth and increased complexity, prompting strengthened leadership. Employment contracts for CEO Thomas DeRosa and COO Anthony Shall were extended thr…
Market activity in March and April shows potentially coordinated short bets on crude and refined fuel futures totaling as much as $7 billion placed minutes before several public statements by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding Iran. The transactions, spread across major exchanges and multiple fuel contracts, exceed earlier reported totals and ha…
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit appeared skeptical on Thursday that the Trump administration can lawfully punish Senator Mark Kelly for public comments urging service members to refuse illegal orders. The legal dispute centers on whether retired officers retain speech protections and how the mil…
Bradley Ford, an Executive Vice President at Nucor Corp (NYSE: NUE), has completed a sale of company common stock. This transaction occurred on May 5, 2026, involving the disposal of 2,240 shares. The total value of the sold shares amounted to $519,962, with execution prices spanning from $232.1101 to $232.23 per share. Following this liquidation o…
MarineMax is progressing a company sale after its board authorized a second-round process. Donerail, an activist investor and 5% shareholder, has increased a prior $35-per-share cash proposal, and at least one major private equity firm is reviewing company materials. The company operates marinas and dealerships catering to high-net-worth buyers and…
GlobalFoundries revealed a long-term growth roadmap focused on AI-driven markets and declared its first-ever quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share, marking a milestone in shareholder returns. The company highlighted its broad technology advancement plans, global manufacturing capabilities, and a capital allocation framework targeting returns of up …
Domino's Pizza (DPZ) has lost momentum after a weak Q1 and lowered guidance, but fundamentals and cash generation remain intact. The stock is trading near its 52-week low with oversold technicals and a manageable valuation. We outline a mid-term swing trade with a clear entry, stop and target, plus alternative longer-term scenarios for patient inve…
The Metals Company Inc. announced that it will host a conference call on May 14, 2026, to provide an update on its first quarter 2026 financial results and recent corporate developments. The company is focused on developing critical metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules with the goal of supplying essential metals for energy, defense, manufactur…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on May 7 that Russia's decision to declare a short ceasefire for World War Two commemorations exposed what he called the 'strange and inappropriate' logic of Russian leaders. He urged the United States to take a 'fair and strong stance' against what he described as an aggressive Russia, while Ukraine's t…
Michael Hogan, the Chief Business Officer of GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS), completed a sale of ordinary shares valued at $35,000 on May 5, 2026. The transaction occurred against a backdrop of significant stock price appreciation for the semiconductor manufacturer, which has seen a 113% increase over the last six months and a 12% rise in the pa…
Oculis Holding AG (NASDAQ:OCS) shares climbed 4.2% after the company announced a Special Protocol Assessment from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its PIONEER-1 registrational trial of Privosegtor to treat optic neuritis. The SPA validates the study design and analysis plan as capable of supporting a future New Drug Application, contingent…
European Central Bank board member Isabel Schnabel said rising oil prices and supply snarls tied to the Iran war have increased the risk of higher inflation in the euro area. She indicated that the bank may need to raise interest rates, potentially as soon as June, to prevent energy-driven price shocks from triggering broader second-round effects. …
Glucotrack, Inc. announced the submission of its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application to the U.S. FDA, aiming to initiate clinical trials for its fully implantable continuous blood glucose monitoring technology. This milestone advances the company towards regulatory approval and commercialization of a long-term, discreet, and highly a…
Jeffrey Niew, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Knowles Corp (NYSE: KN), has completed a significant transaction involving the sale of company common stock. On May 5, 2026, Mr. Niew sold 142,857 shares, generating proceeds totaling approximately $4,749,995. This divestment follows an immediate acquisition of the same number of shares thr…
Solvay expects its hydrogen peroxide unit in Saudi Arabia to come back online within the next few months, CEO Philippe Kehren said on a press call. The company emphasized that the asset sits on a larger industrial platform, so the timing of any restart will be set by the platform operator. Production at the joint venture with Sadara has been halted…
