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A White House official has confirmed that Elon Musk and a lineup of senior executives from aerospace, finance, semiconductors, payments and technology firms will be part of the U.S. delegation to China. The group includes leaders from Boeing, GE Aerospace, BlackRock, Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, Apple, Meta and major chip and networking companies.
Coherent Inc. stock rallied sharply on Monday morning after reports that the company’s CEO, Jim Anderson, will join a U.S. delegation traveling to Beijing for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The delegation is said to include a range of high-profile corporate leaders, and the trip is scheduled for May 13-15.
JPMorgan downgraded The Wendy's Company to Underweight from Neutral and trimmed its price target to $6 from $7, warning that deteriorating U.S. same-store sales, shrinking franchise profitability, leadership uncertainty and elevated leverage could impede the company’s turnaround through 2028. The bank flagged intensified competition from major riva…
Israel's main equity gauge closed marginally lower on Monday, with the Real Estate, Banking and Communication sectors among the day's laggards. The TA 35 declined 0.09% as a larger number of issues fell than rose. Several individual stocks reached record highs while commodity markets posted gains in crude and Brent and a small rise in gold futures.
Greek equities finished higher on Monday, with the Athens General Composite rising 0.71% as advances in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors powered the session. Athens Water, Optima bank SA and Public Power were among the top performers, while Ilyda SA Class R, Kri-Kri Milk and Motor Oil Hellas were the largest decliners. Market breadth wa…
Carlyle Group reported a decline in net asset value for one of its private credit funds in the first quarter, citing unrealized losses tied to wider credit spreads and higher borrowing costs for portfolio companies. The firm also disclosed substantial redemption requests in a separate tactical private credit fund and noted a measurable exposure to …
Andrew Left, founder of Citron Research, is scheduled to stand trial in Los Angeles on charges that he used social media posts to manipulate stock prices and profit from short positions. The Justice Department alleges specific trades and posts — including a January 8, 2019 trade in Roku — show coordinated action that generated significant profits. …
AST SpaceMobile shares climbed more than 8% in morning trading as market participants positioned ahead of the company’s Q1 2026 earnings report, due after the close on May 11. The move reflects investor focus on recent operational updates — including production scale-up at a large Texas manufacturing facility, an announced mid-June launch of three …
Disruption stemming from the Iran war has tightened supplies of key raw materials for printed circuit boards (PCBs), contributing to steep price increases. The squeeze on inputs such as epoxy resin, copper foil and glass fiber comes as demand for PCBs - particularly higher-end boards for AI servers - accelerates, forcing manufacturers and cloud pro…
Monday's session produced notable price moves across market-cap tiers. Large semiconductor names such as Qualcomm and Micron climbed, several mega-caps posted gains, and a handful of technology and small-cap listings delivered double-digit moves. Conversely, names including Palantir and several large- and mid-cap stocks traded lower. The session hi…
Shares of York Space Systems fell more than 10% on Monday morning after Wolfpack Research disclosed a short position and argued the company’s primary revenue source has been eliminated. The short seller asserts that nearly all of York’s projected 2025 revenue derives from sales to the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency, which the Pentagon has move…
Shares of Array Digital Infrastructure Inc (NYSE:AD) fell 5.7% and Telephone and Data Systems Inc (NYSE:TDS) dropped 3% on Monday after Raymond James analyst Ric Prentiss downgraded both stocks to Market Perform from Outperform. The analyst's moves followed announcements by each company of a proposed collapse of a two-stock structure and reflected …
CEVA stock dropped sharply in morning trade after first-quarter results that slightly exceeded analyst estimates failed to sustain a post-earnings advance. While EPS and revenue topped consensus, non-GAAP profitability declined year-over-year, management withheld formal forward guidance, and fresh analyst coverage landed with a neutral view. The mo…
Carlyle reported that its Carlyle Secured Lending vehicle saw net asset value per share fall to $15.89 at March-end, a decline of about 2.3% from the prior quarter. The firm attributed the reduction mainly to unrealized losses tied to widening spreads and higher borrowing costs. A related private credit fund faced unusually strong withdrawal reques…
Target Hospitality shares climbed sharply in morning trading after the company reported Q1 2026 results that combined a mixed top-line and EPS outcome with a notable Adjusted EBITDA beat and a material uplift to full-year guidance. Investor confidence was bolstered by the firm’s strategic move into data center infrastructure, including a newly anno…
Zai Lab shares climbed after the FDA awarded Fast Track Designation to zocilurtatug pelitecan (zoci) for treating extrapulmonary neuroendocrine carcinomas (epNECs) after progression on first-line therapy. The move, the second Fast Track for zoci, supports the company’s ongoing registrational planning and follows encouraging Phase 1b/2 data presente…
Brazilian pulp and paper producer Suzano has obtained unconditional antitrust clearance from the European Union for its proposed $3.4 billion joint venture with U.S. tissue and diaper maker Kimberly-Clark. Under the deal, Suzano will take a 51% stake in Kimberly-Clark's international tissue business, which includes the Kleenex brand. The transactio…
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) rallied sharply in morning trading after reporting first quarter 2026 results that outperformed on core operations. Revenue rose to $214.4 million and adjusted EBITDA climbed to $16.1 million, while bookings, backlog and the company pipeline all expanded. Management reiterated the full-year adjusted EBITDA target r…
WhiteHawk Income Corporation has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of its Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker WHK, and plans to rebrand as WhiteHawk Minerals Corp. The Philadelphia-based firm holds mineral and royalty interests over approximatel…
Barclays has upgraded its stance on the U.S. energy services sector to Positive, citing a structural supply shock that it says removed global oil oversupply and set the stage for higher, sustained prices. The bank now forecasts upstream spending growth of 9-10% in 2027 and at least double-digit growth in 2028, materially higher than earlier project…
Navitas Semiconductor shares rose 18% after partner Cyient Semiconductors introduced India’s first commercial gallium nitride (GaN) power IC family built on Navitas technology. The seven-device portfolio, rated to 650V, targets applications including edge AI computing, e-mobility, data center power and consumer fast charging. Under a partnership an…
Shares of IREN Ltd fell sharply in morning trading after the company announced a $2 billion convertible senior notes offering due 2033, sparking dilution worries. The financing announcement came alongside a Q3 fiscal 2026 revenue and earnings shortfall and a cautious note from JPMorgan, even as Bernstein maintained an upbeat outlook tied to AI clou…
Shares of Dell Technologies fell sharply in morning trading after UBS cut its rating from Buy to Neutral, saying accelerating AI server demand is largely priced in. The bank raised its price target to $243 from $167 and highlighted that the stock's strong 12-month performance has narrowed the risk/reward profile, prompting profit-taking ahead of De…
Shares of Beazer Homes jumped sharply in morning trading after rival builder Dream Finders Homes submitted a $704 million all-cash proposal to buy all outstanding Beazer shares at $25.75 per share. The offer, representing about a 40% premium versus Beazer's May 5, 2026 closing price, is non-binding but was unanimously approved by Dream Finders' boa…
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has climbed substantially this year, a move Bernstein attributes mainly to earnings growth rather than valuation expansion. Analyst Stacy Rasgon points to a 69% rise in blended next-12-month (NTM) earnings estimates for the SOX since the start of the year while the sector P/FE multiple is down about 2%. Bernstei…
