Category: Latest News
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SpaceX Faces Delay to S&P 500 Inclusion After Index Provider Keeps Existing Criteria (SPCX)
S&P Global has decided against modifying the eligibility standards for its flagship stock market indices, a move that effectively prevents SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) from gaining rapid entry into the benchmark S&P 500 despite the company’s anticipated blockbuster public offering. The decision represents a setback for Elon Musk’s aerospace group, which had been expected to challenge conventional…
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Lululemon Shares Slide After Company Lowers Full-Year Outlook (LULU)
Lululemon athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) shares fell around 12% in premarket trading on Friday after the athletic apparel retailer reduced its revenue and earnings expectations for fiscal 2026, citing ongoing challenges that have prompted management to revise its outlook. The guidance reduction overshadowed quarterly results that broadly met market expectations and highlighted the difficult backdrop facing consumer-focused…
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Gold Slips as Middle East Tensions Lift Dollar Demand, Weekly Decline Looms
Gold prices moved lower during Asian trading on Friday as growing doubts over a potential diplomatic breakthrough between the United States and Iran boosted demand for the U.S. dollar and reinforced expectations that interest rates could remain elevated for longer. Investors also turned their attention to the upcoming U.S. nonfarm payrolls report, which is expected…
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Oil Advances as Hezbollah Rejects Ceasefire Proposal, Supporting Weekly Gains
Oil prices moved higher during Asian trading on Friday after Hezbollah dismissed a proposed ceasefire arrangement between Israel and Lebanon, dealing a setback to diplomatic efforts led by the United States to ease tensions across the Middle East. The renewed geopolitical uncertainty helped support crude markets, which were already on track for a solid weekly…
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Wall Street Futures Ease as Hezbollah Rejects Ceasefire and Investors Await U.S. Jobs Data: Dow Jones, S&P, Nasdaq
U.S. equity futures traded lower on Friday as investors assessed renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and prepared for the release of closely watched U.S. employment figures. The latest developments have weakened expectations for a near-term resolution to the conflict involving Iran and added another layer of uncertainty to global markets. At the same…
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Is MOBX The Next Big Domestic Defense Play? Inside Mobix Labs’ Move to Acquire U.S. Drone Maker Vision Aerial
If you’ve been keeping an eye on small-cap tech and defense stocks, you probably noticed Mobix Labs (NASDAQ:MOBX) popping hard on the charts today. Shares surged following a major premarket announcement: the connectivity and semiconductor company has signed a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire Vision Aerial, Inc., a rugged, American-built drone manufacturer. For…
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Dow Surges to Record Close as Investors Rotate Out of Chips and Into Health Care, Financials
U.S. stocks finished sharply divided on Thursday as investors dumped semiconductor names following a disappointing earnings report from Broadcom and piled into health care, financials, and other non-tech sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to a fresh all-time high, while the Nasdaq Composite slipped as the rotation away from artificial intelligence trades picked up…
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Mobix Labs Soars After Signing Deal to Acquire U.S. Drone Manufacturer (MOBX)
Mobix Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOBX) surged in premarket trading on Thursday after announcing a binding letter of intent to acquire Vision Aerial, a Montana-based developer and manufacturer of American-made drone systems. Shares of the company jumped 32.7% following the announcement as investors reacted positively to the proposed expansion into the fast-growing drone market. Acquisition Expands Strategic…
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Pinterest Commits $4 Billion to AWS in Long-Term Cloud and AI Expansion Agreement (PINS)
Pinterest Inc. (NYSE:PINS) has entered into a cloud services agreement worth $4 billion with Amazon Web Services (AWS), securing infrastructure support through 2031 in what represents the largest technology commitment in the company’s history. The deal significantly expands Pinterest’s longstanding relationship with AWS and is intended to support the next phase of the platform’s artificial…
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Rumble Lands $270 Million Cloud Computing Agreement, Driving Shares Higher (RUM)
Rumble Inc. (NASDAQ:RUM) climbed in premarket trading on Thursday after announcing a major cloud infrastructure contract valued at $270 million, marking the largest customer commitment in the company’s history. Shares advanced 7% following the news as investors reacted positively to the significant expansion of Rumble’s cloud services business. Landmark Multi-Year Contract Signed The agreement was…