Today: 25 June 2026

Khadija Saeed

Khadija Saeed is a financial markets reporter at TS2.tech, specializing in stocks, technology and emerging industries. She studied economics and finance at the London School of Economics and previously worked in market research before moving into financial journalism. Her coverage focuses on the companies, innovations and economic trends influencing global investors.

Humana Stock Drops After Earnings Beat: Medicare Advantage Headwind Keeps Pressure On

Humana Stock Drops After Earnings Beat: Medicare Advantage Headwind Keeps Pressure On

Humana beat first-quarter profit estimates, earning $10.31 per share adjusted, but shares fell over 6% premarket after it kept its 2026 profit outlook unchanged and cut its GAAP earnings forecast. Revenue rose to $39.65 billion. The insurer cited lower Medicare Star Ratings for the earnings decline and said medical and pharmacy costs are “slightly better” than expected. Competitors Centene, UnitedHealth, and Elevance recently raised their annual forecasts.
29 April 2026
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Bloom Energy Stock in Focus After Record Q1 Earnings and Oracle AI Power Deal

Bloom Energy Stock in Focus After Record Q1 Earnings and Oracle AI Power Deal

Bloom Energy raised its 2026 revenue forecast to $3.4–$3.8 billion after first-quarter revenue surged 130% to $751.1 million, beating analyst estimates. Net profit reached $70.7 million, reversing a year-ago loss. Oracle and BorderPlex said their New Mexico data center project will use up to 2.45 GW of Bloom fuel-cell capacity. Shares last traded at $226.37, down $8.36 before the market opened.
29 April 2026
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Gas Prices Hit $4.23 as Iran Oil Shock Reaches U.S. Pumps

Gas Prices Hit $4.23 as Iran Oil Shock Reaches U.S. Pumps

U.S. average gasoline prices rose to $4.229 a gallon Wednesday, up 21 cents from a week ago, AAA reported. Brent crude climbed above $114 as traders reacted to ongoing disruptions near Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. Refineries in the Midwest faced outages, tightening supply. The Federal Reserve is expected to hold rates steady as officials monitor energy-driven inflation.
29 April 2026
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KPMG’s $60 Million Pentagon Contract Loss Ends Its U.S. Federal Audit Run

KPMG’s $60 Million Pentagon Contract Loss Ends Its U.S. Federal Audit Run

KPMG will close its U.S. federal government audit business and reassign over 450 staff after losing a $60 million annual Pentagon contract, the Financial Times reported. The firm had audited the Army for nearly a decade, with its latest contract rising to $64 million a year. The Pentagon is shifting to consolidated audits and aims for a clean audit by 2028. KPMG expects to exit federal audit work by 2030.
29 April 2026
Robinhood Stock Slides After Crypto Slump Hits Earnings — What Investors Need to Know

Robinhood Stock Slides After Crypto Slump Hits Earnings — What Investors Need to Know

Robinhood shares dropped about 10% in premarket trading Wednesday after first-quarter profit and revenue missed estimates. Crypto revenue plunged 47% to $134 million, offsetting gains in equities and options. Transaction-based revenue rose 7% to $623 million, below analyst forecasts. Net income increased 3% to $346 million, or 38 cents per share.
29 April 2026
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Dogecoin’s Latest Move Has Traders Watching One Risk That Could Flip The Rally

Dogecoin’s Latest Move Has Traders Watching One Risk That Could Flip The Rally

Dogecoin surged 10.9% to $0.1101 in 24-hour trading Wednesday, breaking above $0.10 with $2.91 billion in volume, according to CoinGecko. Meme-token presales Pepeto and AlphaPepe cited the rally to promote early-stage listings, but their claims remain unverified. Rising futures open interest has increased the risk of a sharp reversal if leveraged longs exit. Dogecoin’s market cap reached about $16.9 billion.
29 April 2026
SoFi Stock Gets Its Q1 Verdict: Record Revenue, Bigger Loans, One Weak Spot

SoFi Stock Gets Its Q1 Verdict: Record Revenue, Bigger Loans, One Weak Spot

SoFi Technologies reported first-quarter adjusted net revenue up 41% to $1.087 billion, beating estimates, with net income more than doubling to $166.7 million. Lending originations jumped 68% to $12.18 billion, while deposits rose to $40.2 billion. Technology Platform revenue dropped 27% after a major client exit. SoFi began minting SoFiUSD, a dollar-backed stablecoin, and expanded digital asset efforts.
29 April 2026
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US Stock Futures Today Pre-Market: Nasdaq Leads As Big Tech Earnings Put AI Rally To The Test

US Stock Futures Today Pre-Market: Nasdaq Leads As Big Tech Earnings Put AI Rally To The Test

Nasdaq 100 futures rose 98.75 points by 6:50 a.m. EDT Wednesday as investors awaited earnings from Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Alphabet, plus a Federal Reserve rate decision. S&P 500 and Dow futures also gained. Robinhood Markets dropped 10% premarket after missing profit and revenue targets, with crypto revenue down 47% from last year.
29 April 2026
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US Stock Market Today After Hours: Nasdaq Hit by AI Worries as Visa, Starbucks and Chip Stocks Jump

US Stock Market Today After Hours: Nasdaq Hit by AI Worries as Visa, Starbucks and Chip Stocks Jump

U.S. stocks fell Tuesday, with the Nasdaq down 0.9% as AI and chip shares sold off ahead of major tech earnings. Oracle dropped 4.1%, Nvidia and AMD lost over 1.6%, and CoreWeave slid 5.8%. After hours, Visa and Starbucks rose on strong results and forecasts. Oil prices climbed, and traders watched the Federal Reserve’s rate decision.
29 April 2026
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AST SpaceMobile Stock’s May 11 Moment: FCC Win Meets BlueBird 7 Reality

AST SpaceMobile Stock’s May 11 Moment: FCC Win Meets BlueBird 7 Reality

AST SpaceMobile will hold its first-quarter update call on May 11 after winning FCC approval to deploy a 248-satellite constellation for direct-to-device service. Shares fell 6.8% Tuesday, following the loss of its BlueBird 7 satellite in a failed launch. The company expects insurance to cover the loss and is targeting 45 satellites in orbit by end-2026. Investors are watching launch progress and commercial service timing.
29 April 2026
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OpenAI Target Miss Report Sends Oracle, CoreWeave and AI Stocks Lower

OpenAI Target Miss Report Sends Oracle, CoreWeave and AI Stocks Lower

Oracle shares fell 4% and CoreWeave dropped 5.9% Tuesday after a Wall Street Journal report said OpenAI missed recent revenue and user targets. Nvidia, AMD, and Arm Holdings also declined, with the iShares Semiconductor ETF down 3.7%. OpenAI denied internal divisions and said its AI coding product Codex reached 4 million users. Oracle’s credit default swaps hit a two-week high amid concern over its $300 billion cloud deal with OpenAI.
29 April 2026
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Robinhood Stock Drops After Earnings Miss as Crypto Slump Hits a Key Revenue Engine

Robinhood Stock Drops After Earnings Miss as Crypto Slump Hits a Key Revenue Engine

Robinhood Markets shares dropped about 6% after first-quarter profit missed Wall Street forecasts, as crypto trading revenue plunged 47% to $134 million. Net revenue rose 15% to $1.07 billion, with gains in options, equities, and event contracts, but transaction-based revenue fell short of analyst estimates. Gold subscribers hit a record 4.3 million. The stock is down over 27% this year.
29 April 2026
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Bloom Energy Stock Jumps as AI Power Demand Drives Q1 Beat and 2026 Guidance Raise

Bloom Energy Stock Jumps as AI Power Demand Drives Q1 Beat and 2026 Guidance Raise

Bloom Energy reported first-quarter revenue of $751.1 million, up 130% from a year earlier, and posted a net profit of $70.7 million after a prior-year loss. The company raised its 2026 revenue forecast to as much as $3.8 billion, citing surging demand from AI data centers. Shares jumped over 13% after results beat Wall Street estimates. Oracle’s new Project Jupiter campus in New Mexico will use Bloom fuel cells for all power needs.
29 April 2026
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Palantir Stock Slides Before Earnings: Citi Cut Raises One Big Question

Palantir Stock Slides Before Earnings: Citi Cut Raises One Big Question

Palantir Technologies shares fell 1.3% Tuesday after Citi cut its price target to $210 from $260, with the stock trading near $141. The company reports first-quarter results May 4, with Wall Street expecting 74% revenue growth and adjusted earnings of 28 cents per share. Cleveland-Cliffs announced a three-year deal to use Palantir’s AI platform. Germany’s military said it does not plan to award Palantir contracts for now.
29 April 2026
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Starbucks Stock Surges as Earnings Beat Shows Brian Niccol’s Turnaround Is Finally Hitting the Register

Starbucks Stock Surges as Earnings Beat Shows Brian Niccol’s Turnaround Is Finally Hitting the Register

Starbucks raised its 2026 outlook after reporting a 6.2% rise in global comparable sales and 9% revenue growth to $9.5 billion for the quarter ended March 29. U.S. comparable sales climbed 7.1%, driven mainly by more customer visits. Shares jumped nearly 6% after hours. The company now expects at least 5% global and U.S. comparable sales growth for the year.
28 April 2026
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Visa Stock Jumps 4% After Earnings Beat And $20 Billion Buyback

Visa Stock Jumps 4% After Earnings Beat And $20 Billion Buyback

Visa shares jumped 4.1% in after-hours trading after the company beat fiscal Q2 earnings estimates and announced a $20 billion stock buyback. Net revenue rose 17% to $11.2 billion, with payment volume up 9% and cross-border volume up 12%. Adjusted EPS reached $3.31, above the $3.10 analyst estimate. Visa returned $9.2 billion to shareholders through buybacks and dividends in the quarter.
28 April 2026
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Seagate Stock Jumps As AI Storage Demand Sends Forecast Past Wall Street

Seagate Stock Jumps As AI Storage Demand Sends Forecast Past Wall Street

Seagate forecast fiscal Q4 revenue of $3.45 billion, beating Wall Street’s $3.16 billion estimate. Shares jumped about 10% in after-hours trading after closing down 2.8% at $579.03. Fiscal Q3 revenue reached $3.11 billion, with adjusted earnings of $4.10 per share, both above analyst expectations. The company cited strong demand for hard drives used in AI data centers.
28 April 2026
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Hawaiian Airlines’ HA Code Is Gone as Alaska’s oneworld Push Hits Passenger Tickets

Hawaiian Airlines’ HA Code Is Gone as Alaska’s oneworld Push Hits Passenger Tickets

Hawaiian Airlines has joined oneworld, becoming the alliance’s third U.S. member after Alaska and American. Hawaiian flights now use Alaska’s AS code and run on Alaska’s Sabre reservation system, though the Hawaiian brand remains visible. The change follows Alaska Air Group’s 2024 acquisition of Hawaiian Holdings. Atmos Rewards members now access expanded loyalty benefits across oneworld airlines.
28 April 2026
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Stock Market Updates

Western Digital falls after AI-storage rally, investors look to Micron

Western Digital falls after AI-storage rally, investors look to Micron

25 June 2026
Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) shares dropped about 4% after a multi-week rally fueled by AI storage demand, as investors awaited Micron Technology’s earnings for new signals on enterprise storage spending; analysts cite a persistent hard-disk supply deficit that could support pricing into 2027, with Morgan Stanley raising its price target to $650.
BlackBerry falls with volume outpacing buyback plan ahead of earnings

BlackBerry falls with volume outpacing buyback plan ahead of earnings

25 June 2026
BlackBerry closed down 2.3% at $8.62 despite Stifel initiating coverage with a Buy and $12 target—39% above the close—while trading volume of 38.3 million shares far exceeded its entire buyback authorization, highlighting investor focus ahead of Thursday’s Q1 results and underscoring the limited impact of BlackBerry’s capital return plan.
Opendoor slides after landing in Russell 3000, liquidity and dilution concerns follow

Opendoor edges up before Russell 3000 move, soft housing numbers weigh

25 June 2026
Santos shares closed down 0.96% at A$7.24 after Brent crude slumped US$3.34 to US$73.74, cutting potential annual gross sales from its new Pikka project by about US$50 million at plateau rates; Pikka’s ramp to 80,000 barrels per day is key, as oil price swings now have a direct impact on Santos’ production-linked revenue and its US$2.5 billion net debt reduction target.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) stock slips as AI spending outpaces cloud infra sales

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) stock slips as AI spending outpaces cloud infra sales

25 June 2026
Oracle plunged 4.62% to $157.53 after its annual report revealed fiscal 2026 capital expenditures soared to $55.7 billion—over three times cloud-infrastructure revenue—while free cash flow was negative $23.7 billion and restructuring costs surged, highlighting intensifying funding pressures despite a massive $638 billion backlog.
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