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Airbnb warned that growth in nights booked will slow in the second quarter compared with the prior quarter, attributing the moderation to travel disruptions stemming from the conflict in the Middle East. The company reported elevated cancellations across multiple regions and noted that the fighting weighed on first-quarter EMEA bookings. Despite th…
CoreWeave reported first-quarter revenue that exceeded analyst projections as demand for high-performance computing to train and run AI models surged. Revenue came in above consensus, but operating expenses more than doubled as the company invests to expand data center capacity. The firm has secured multiple large capacity agreements and reported a…
Gilead Sciences reported first-quarter results that beat expectations on both earnings and revenue, and boosted its 2026 sales projection, led by stronger-than-expected demand for its HIV prevention drug Yeztugo. However, the company revised its full-year profit outlook to an adjusted loss because of acquisition-related charges and financing costs …
Market activity in March and April included short positions on crude, diesel and gasoline futures worth as much as $7 billion, placed across multiple exchanges minutes before a series of U.S. presidential announcements related to Iran. The scale of the trades eclipses prior reports of $2.6 billion and has led to probes and calls for regulatory scru…
Options pricing suggests Nano Nuclear Energy Inc. (NYSE:NNE) could see its share price move about 4% when it reports earnings on May 14 after markets close. Historical reactions to prior earnings have varied, with three of the past six announcements producing share swings larger than options-implied expectations and three producing smaller moves.
Options market pricing indicates Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) could see an approximate 11% price swing when it reports quarterly results on May 14 before the open. The company has a track record of actual post-earnings moves that frequently exceed the magnitude forecast by options traders, with several recent quarters showing significant dive…
Blake Lively has filed a request for legal fees and damages against Justin Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios, alleging they pursued a retaliatory defamation suit after she accused Baldoni of sexual harassment during production of the 2024 film "It Ends With Us." The judge dismissed most claims earlier this year but allowed a retaliation claim to pro…
Options market pricing indicates Klarna Group Plc shares could move about 13% when the company issues its earnings report on May 14 before the market open. Historical comparisons show the stock has produced larger-than-expected declines in its two most recent earnings releases, falling more than option-implied moves on both occasions.
Options tied to Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) indicate the market is expecting roughly a 6% move in the stock when the company reports earnings on May 14 after the market close. Historical comparisons show the stock has often moved more than options implied in recent quarters, including several double-digit swings.
Healthcare and biotech-focused mutual funds and ETFs experienced net outflows totaling $1.5 billion for the week ending Wednesday, according to Raymond James. The withdrawals amounted to a 1.53% reduction in assets across 130 funds that collectively manage roughly $99.5 billion. Year-to-date net outflows stand at $1.98 billion, and this marked the …
JPMorgan upgraded Freshpet from Neutral to Overweight and nudged its December 2026 price target to $68 from $66, arguing that investor worries about new entrants in the refrigerated pet food category are excessive. The bank highlighted Freshpet's sales momentum, vertically integrated manufacturing, and a network of more than 39,000 company-owned re…
BofA Securities reaffirmed a Buy rating on ASML and lifted its price target as the bank sees the immediate revenue opportunity coming from increased shipments of current Low-NA EUV systems rather than rapid adoption of next-generation High-NA tools. High-NA roll-out is expected to be gradual due to technical limitations and design complexities, wit…
SoftBank Corp has opened discussions with Nvidia and Foxconn about creating AI servers manufactured in Japan. The plan envisages an initial phase of assembling externally sourced parts by the end of the decade and a later stage where SoftBank would handle full production. The effort would target high-performance machines designed to run advanced gr…
Goldman Sachs projects U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose by 75,000 in April, modestly above consensus, driven by encouraging big-data indicators. The bank anticipates a small net decline in government employment and expects the unemployment rate to remain unchanged at 4.3% on a rounded basis, with average hourly earnings up 0.3% month-over-month.
Bank of America projects headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) will climb 0.5% month-over-month in April, driven largely by a 4.3% monthly jump in energy prices tied to the Iran war. The bank forecasts headline CPI at 3.7% year-over-year and core CPI at 0.3% month-over-month, or 2.7% year-over-year, noting rent data adjustments stemming from a prior …
Broadcom shares slipped after reports that the company’s proposed financing of the initial phase of chip production for OpenAI has run into a potential $18 billion funding hurdle. Negotiations reportedly hinge on a commitment from Microsoft to purchase a substantial portion of the chips, a step Broadcom says it needs to ensure repayment of its inve…
The U.S. Justice Department, joined by six states, settled a civil antitrust lawsuit against Agri Stats, a data firm that provides weekly meat pricing and sales reports. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the agreement will make Agri Stats' reports available to all buyers and sellers in the supply chain and will lower meat prices for consume…
OpenAI announced three audio-focused models for its developer platform that enable real-time listening, translation and transcription. The models - GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate and GPT-Realtime-Whisper - are available for testing in OpenAI's developer playground. Selected corporate testers include Zillow, Priceline and Deutsche Telekom. P…
Rave, a Canadian app developer, has filed an antitrust lawsuit in U.S. federal court in New Jersey claiming Apple removed its shared video-viewing app from the App Store in 2025 to protect Apple’s competing feature SharePlay. Rave seeks reinstatement and "hundreds of millions of dollars" in damages and says similar legal actions have been filed in …
On May 7, the acting head of the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust division cautioned companies against relying on broad statements about artificial intelligence replacing industries as a defense in merger reviews, saying such claims must be supported by evidence. Omeed Assefi, who supervises the DOJ's merger review work, encouraged early engage…
Hawkeye 360 Inc. saw its shares rise 30% in their New York trading debut after the company completed a $416 million initial public offering. The offering of 16 million shares was priced at $26 each - the top of the marketed range - and shares opened at $33.80. Based on outstanding shares filed by the company, the market value stands at about $3.1 b…
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…
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…
