Today: 7 February 2026
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Khadija Saeed

A dedicated markets reporter, she covers stocks, macroeconomics, and major business developments with a sharp eye for detail and accuracy.

SpaceX lines up back-to-back Starlink launches from Florida as orbit crowding comes into focus

SpaceX lines up back-to-back Starlink launches from Florida as orbit crowding comes into focus

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Jan 7, 2026, 21:04 EST SpaceX is set to launch another 29 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, with liftoff listed for 1:34 p.m. local time. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex The mission lands as SpaceX tries to keep expanding Starlink while addressing growing concerns about traffic in low Earth orbit — the band of space a few hundred miles above Earth where most broadband constellations operate. “Lowering the satellites results in condensing Starlink orbits, and will increase space safety in several ways,” Michael Nicolls, SpaceX’s vice president of Starlink engineering, wrote, citing lower debris
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Analog Devices stock near $293 after chip rally pauses; insider sale and payrolls loom

Analog Devices stock near $293 after chip rally pauses; insider sale and payrolls loom

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 20:50 EST — Market closed Analog Devices (ADI.O) shares ended little changed on Wednesday at $292.89, after swinging between $286.75 and $293.03 in a choppy session that left the stock near recent highs. The steadiness matters because ADI is one of the cleaner read-throughs on “real economy” chip demand — the industrial and auto orders that tend to move late in the cycle, and can disappoint quickly when customers sit on inventory. Investors have been leaning into semiconductors early in 2026. The question now is whether that bid stays broad, or narrows back to the
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PayPal stock drops 2% as PYPL traders digest CES ad-data push and eye Feb. 3 earnings

PayPal stock drops 2% as PYPL traders digest CES ad-data push and eye Feb. 3 earnings

New York, January 7, 2026, 20:45 EST — Market closed PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) shares fell 2.2% on Wednesday to close at $58.51. Traders will be watching $58.26 as near-term “support” — where buyers often show up — and $60.13 as “resistance”, a ceiling that can cap a bounce. Yahoo Finance The move comes as PayPal leans harder into advertising, using purchase data to try to prove which ads drive sales, not just clicks. It rolled out Transaction Graph Insights & Measurement at CES this week, pitching a cross-merchant view of how people browse, compare and buy, EMARKETER reported. EMARKETER PayPal
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Rocket Companies stock holds near 52-week high after Barclays target hike; mortgage apps drop

Rocket Companies stock holds near 52-week high after Barclays target hike; mortgage apps drop

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 20:42 EST — Market closed Rocket Companies, Inc. (RKT) shares closed up 0.3% at $21.28 on Wednesday, extending a sharp first-week run that included a 6.1% jump on Monday. The stock swung between $20.90 and $22.05 and traded more than 41 million shares, according to StockAnalysis. StockAnalysis The mortgage lender sits in a corner of the market where small shifts in rate expectations can hit volumes fast. Traders are watching for proof that lower borrowing costs can turn into more refinancing and purchase activity, not just better headlines. RKT is within about 6% of its
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Adobe stock rises as holiday online sales hit $257.8B and AI shopping traffic jumpsAdobeAdobe stock rises as holiday online sales hit $257.8B and AI shopping traffic jumps

Adobe stock rises as holiday online sales hit $257.8B and AI shopping traffic jumpsAdobeAdobe stock rises as holiday online sales hit $257.8B and AI shopping traffic jumps

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 20:40 (EST) — Market closed Adobe (ADBE.O) shares rose 0.6% to $338.10 on Wednesday after Adobe Analytics data showed U.S. online holiday spending hit $257.8 billion, above the company’s prior forecast of $253.4 billion. Buy-now-pay-later, an installment-payment option, accounted for $20 billion of spending and retail sites saw a 693.4% jump in traffic tied to AI shopping assistants and chatbots, Adobe said. “Competitive discounts and flexible payment options like Buy Now Pay Later also contributed to driving record spend,” said Vivek Pandya, lead analyst at Adobe Digital Insights. Reuters The holiday dataset lands at an
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Regeneron stock pops on BofA double-upgrade as 2026 catalysts stack up

Regeneron stock pops on BofA double-upgrade as 2026 catalysts stack up

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 20:51 EST — Market closed Regeneron Pharmaceuticals shares climbed 4.6% on Wednesday after Bank of America upgraded the drugmaker to “Buy” from “Underperform” and raised its price objective to $860. Investing.com The call matters because Regeneron’s stock has been stuck in a tug-of-war: investors want proof the company can defend its eye-medicine franchise as rivals and copycat versions crowd the field, while newer products and pipeline shots sit further out. BofA wrote that earlier worries around the standard-dose version of Eylea have been priced in, and it is now leaning on a faster shift to
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Verizon stock near $40: payrolls report, dividend date and Jan. 30 earnings in focus

Verizon stock near $40: payrolls report, dividend date and Jan. 30 earnings in focus

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 20:26 EST — Market closed. Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) shares fell 0.4% to $40.13 at Wednesday’s close and ticked up to $40.15 in late trading. The stock ranged from $39.99 to $40.80 and traded about 23.2 million shares. Yahoo Finance+1 The modest move leaves Verizon heading into the next session with one clear company catalyst: its fourth-quarter report on Jan. 30. Verizon said it will post results and give a business update on a webcast starting at 8 a.m. Eastern time. Verizon Macro could still do the heavy lifting first. The S&P 500 ended down
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Newmont stock dips after Boddington bushfire update flags 60,000-ounce Q1 gold hit

Newmont stock dips after Boddington bushfire update flags 60,000-ounce Q1 gold hit

New York, January 7, 2026, 20:15 EST — Market closed. Newmont Corp shares fell 1.1% on Wednesday, after the gold miner said damage from a bushfire near its Boddington operation in Western Australia is expected to reduce first-quarter 2026 gold output by about 60,000 ounces. The company said the processing plant has restarted but will run at about 50%–60% of normal rates until water-supply infrastructure is restored, a process it expects to run through February. Newmont Corporation The update matters because Boddington is one of Newmont’s cornerstone mines and has “consistently delivered over 800,000 gold equivalent ounces annually,” according to
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D-Wave Quantum stock (QBTS) slides after $550 million Quantum Circuits deal puts dilution in focus

D-Wave Quantum stock (QBTS) slides after $550 million Quantum Circuits deal puts dilution in focus

New York, January 7, 2026, 20:16 (EST) — Market closed D-Wave Quantum shares fell 3.4% to close at $30.20 on Wednesday after the quantum computing company announced a $550 million deal for Quantum Circuits. StockAnalysis The move matters now because D-Wave is trying to widen its pitch beyond quantum annealing — a specialised method used mainly for optimisation problems such as scheduling — and push harder into “gate-model” systems, the general-purpose approach most labs pursue. Gate-model machines run sequences of operations on qubits, the basic unit of quantum information. The deal followed a separate announcement on Tuesday in which D-Wave
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AT&T stock dips again as downgrade and spectrum filings sharpen focus on Jan. 28 earnings

AT&T stock dips again as downgrade and spectrum filings sharpen focus on Jan. 28 earnings

New York, January 7, 2026, 19:56 EST — After-hours AT&T Inc (T) shares fell 1.5% to $23.97 on Wednesday and were little changed after hours. Arete Research cut the stock to sell from neutral and set a $20 target, a report on analyst calls showed. 24/7 Wall St. The drop came as investors reposition ahead of AT&T’s next earnings report later this month, when guidance can matter more than one-off headlines. Verizon Communications and T-Mobile US also finished lower, but AT&T’s decline was steeper. Analysts tracked by Zacks expect earnings of 47 cents per share on revenue of $32.75 billion
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AutoZone stock rebounds 2.3% after eight-day skid as Mizuho flags higher costs

AutoZone stock rebounds 2.3% after eight-day skid as Mizuho flags higher costs

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 20:02 EST — Market closed AutoZone Inc shares closed up about 2.3% at $3,318.08 on Wednesday, after trading between $3,246 and $3,351. The rise snapped an eight-session losing streak and came on heavier-than-usual volume, market data showed. AutoZone outperformed O’Reilly Automotive, while Advance Auto Parts and CarParts.com fell; the stock is still about 24% below its 52-week high of $4,388.11 set on Sept. 11. MarketWatch The bounce matters because analysts have been pushing back on the idea that AutoZone can keep delivering steady double-digit earnings growth while it steps up spending. Mizuho analyst David Bellinger
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Intuitive Surgical stock steadies after-hours as Barclays lifts target; da Vinci 5 bets build

Intuitive Surgical stock steadies after-hours as Barclays lifts target; da Vinci 5 bets build

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 20:13 ET — After-hours Intuitive Surgical (ISRG.O) shares eased about 0.1% in after-hours trading on Wednesday to $592.27, after Barclays raised its price target on the robotic-surgery leader to $686 from $635 and kept an “Overweight” rating. The stock traded between $590 and $603.75 during the regular session. TipRanks The calls land as ISRG flirts with its recent highs and investors keep trying to pin down the next leg of growth: how quickly hospitals upgrade to the company’s newest da Vinci systems, and what that means for recurring sales. For Intuitive, the hardware sale is
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GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

7 February 2026
GSK shares closed Friday up 0.83% at a 52-week high after the EU approved Nucala for certain uncontrolled COPD patients. Insider filings showed chairman Jonathan Symonds bought 2,500 shares while executive David Redfern sold 100,000. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%. Broker ratings on GSK remained mixed.
Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

7 February 2026
Aye Finance raised Rs 454.5 crore from 19 anchor investors ahead of its Feb 9 IPO, pricing shares at the top of a Rs 122–129 range. The company’s profit fell 40% to Rs 64.3 crore in the six months to September as bad loans rose to 4.85%. The IPO values Aye at about Rs 3,200 crore, below its last private round. Major investors include Nippon Life India and Goldman Sachs funds.
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