Today: 22 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.

Novavax, Inc. Stock Jumps: Why Pfizer’s Matrix-M Deal Drove a Surprise Q1 Revenue Beat

Novavax, Inc. Stock Jumps: Why Pfizer’s Matrix-M Deal Drove a Surprise Q1 Revenue Beat

Novavax reported first-quarter revenue of $139.5 million, beating analyst expectations but down sharply from $666.7 million a year earlier. Licensing and partner payments, including $30 million from Pfizer, offset weak COVID-19 vaccine demand. Shares rose 1.7% Thursday after a 15.6% jump Wednesday, with trading volume spiking to 16.5 million shares. Product sales fell to $42.2 million, while licensing and other revenue reached $97.3 million.
7 May 2026
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Ticketmaster Cuts 350 Jobs After Strong Quarter: Inside Live Nation’s Push to Reset Its Ticketing Business

Ticketmaster Cuts 350 Jobs After Strong Quarter: Inside Live Nation’s Push to Reset Its Ticketing Business

Ticketmaster has laid off about 350 employees, or 8% of its global workforce, affecting staff in 25 countries. The cuts came a day after parent company Live Nation reported a $371 million operating loss, despite revenue growth. The layoffs follow an April jury verdict finding Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally monopolized U.S. live event markets; penalties remain pending.
7 May 2026
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CrowdStrike Stock Just Cleared $500 as Cramer, Mizuho Bets Put AI Security Back in Focus

CrowdStrike Stock Just Cleared $500 as Cramer, Mizuho Bets Put AI Security Back in Focus

CrowdStrike shares surged to $503.51 Thursday morning, up $35.44, after launching a new mobile partner app and naming key partner award winners at its Americas Partner Symposium. The stock rebounded from a Wednesday drop, following an upgrade from Mizuho and renewed investor focus on its AI-security strategy. Fourth-quarter revenue rose 23% to $1.31 billion, with annual recurring revenue at $5.25 billion as of Jan. 31.
7 May 2026
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Shake Shack Stock (SHAK) Plunges 28% After Earnings Miss, Beef Costs and New CFO Move

Shake Shack Stock (SHAK) Plunges 28% After Earnings Miss, Beef Costs and New CFO Move

Shake Shack shares dropped 28% to $69.53 Thursday after the company reported a quarterly loss and missed revenue estimates. First-quarter revenue rose 14.3% to $366.7 million, below analyst expectations, while operating loss reached $2.6 million. Michelle Hook was named CFO, joining from Portillo’s. The company raised its 2026 development plan to 60–65 new company-operated openings.
7 May 2026
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SoundHound AI (SOUN) Stock Faces 16% Earnings Swing as Traders Test the AI Hype

SoundHound AI (SOUN) Stock Faces 16% Earnings Swing as Traders Test the AI Hype

SoundHound AI shares rose 2.3% to $9.59 ahead of its first-quarter earnings, with options pricing implying a post-report move of nearly 16%. Wall Street expects $42.56 million in revenue and a 5-cent loss per share. The company recently launched its OASYS AI platform and agreed to acquire LivePerson for $43 million. SoundHound will hold its earnings call at 5 p.m. ET Thursday.
7 May 2026
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GLD Gold ETF Alert: $12,000 Gold Call Meets Fresh Inflows and Crowding Risk

GLD Gold ETF Alert: $12,000 Gold Call Meets Fresh Inflows and Crowding Risk

Global physically backed gold ETFs attracted $6.6 billion in April, reversing March outflows as assets hit $615 billion, according to the World Gold Council. Spot gold rose for a third session Thursday, trading at $4,740.42 an ounce. GLD, the largest U.S. gold ETF, was last quoted at $436.79 with assets at $156.3 billion. Europe, Asia, and North America all posted inflows last month.
7 May 2026
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Why Hut 8 Stock Is in Focus After a $9.8 Billion AI Data Center Deal

Why Hut 8 Stock Is in Focus After a $9.8 Billion AI Data Center Deal

Hut 8 Corp. signed a 15-year, $9.8 billion lease for 352 MW of AI data-center capacity at its Beacon Point campus in Texas, with a high-investment-grade tenant. The deal brings Hut 8’s contracted AI data-center capacity to 597 MW. Revenue for the first quarter rose to $71 million, but the company reported a net loss of $253.1 million, mainly due to unrealized losses on digital assets.
7 May 2026
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Beyond Meat Stock Drops as Weak Sales Forecast Tests Its Plant-Protein Pivot

Beyond Meat Stock Drops as Weak Sales Forecast Tests Its Plant-Protein Pivot

Beyond Meat shares dropped about 14% Thursday after the company forecast second-quarter revenue of $60–$65 million, missing analyst estimates. First-quarter revenue fell 15.3% to $58.2 million as product volume slid 19.5%. U.S. retail and foodservice sales both declined sharply. Beyond launched a new protein drink and signed a distribution deal with Big Geyser for over 26,000 outlets in New York.
7 May 2026
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Lennar Corporation’s New-Homes Bet Runs Into the Mortgage-Rate Wall

Lennar Corporation’s New-Homes Bet Runs Into the Mortgage-Rate Wall

Lennar shares slipped 0.5% to $90.09 Thursday morning as the homebuilder increased new home supply amid investor focus on mortgage rates and spring demand. The company reported first-quarter net earnings of $229 million, with deliveries down 5% and gross margin falling to 15.2%. Lennar plans a luxury community launch in California and over 40 new communities in the Northeast. Other homebuilder stocks showed mixed early trading.
7 May 2026
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BlackBerry Stock Has a New Test: Can QNX Carry the AI Robotics Bet?

BlackBerry Stock Has a New Test: Can QNX Carry the AI Robotics Bet?

BlackBerry’s QNX unit will demonstrate its real-time operating system for AI-enabled robots, medical devices, and factory automation at the Robotics Summit in Boston on May 27-28. QNX reported a 20% revenue jump to $78.7 million last quarter, with a royalty backlog of $950 million. BlackBerry shares recently traded at $5.91, down 1.3% in early New York trading.
7 May 2026
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Snowflake Stock Just Jumped. Now Comes the AI Test Wall Street Won’t Ignore

Snowflake Stock Just Jumped. Now Comes the AI Test Wall Street Won’t Ignore

Snowflake shares rose about 10% Thursday to $153.21 amid a sector rally sparked by Datadog’s raised outlook. The stock remains down 35% for the year, with investors watching AI-driven demand ahead of Snowflake’s next earnings report. Datadog shares jumped 29% after reporting $1.01 billion in Q1 revenue. Snowflake last posted 30% product revenue growth and guided for 27% growth in the coming quarter.
7 May 2026
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Oklo Stock Pops After NRC Fast-Track Approval. The Nuclear Startup Still Has a Lot to Prove

Oklo Stock Pops After NRC Fast-Track Approval. The Nuclear Startup Still Has a Lot to Prove

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved Oklo Inc.’s Principal Design Criteria report for its Aurora nuclear powerhouse, cutting review time in half, the company said Wednesday. Oklo shares fell 2.9% in premarket trading Thursday after closing at $79.62. The approval does not allow full commercial operation; Oklo has not built any powerhouses or signed binding power purchase agreements.
7 May 2026
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Why Fluence Energy Stock Is Surging: Data-Center Deals Put $5.6 Billion Backlog in Focus

Why Fluence Energy Stock Is Surging: Data-Center Deals Put $5.6 Billion Backlog in Focus

Fluence Energy shares surged 34% in U.S. premarket trading Thursday after the company reported a record $5.6 billion backlog and new supply deals with two major hyperscalers. Fiscal second-quarter revenue rose 7.7% to $464.9 million, while net loss narrowed to $29.2 million. The company maintained its 2026 outlook and reported total liquidity of about $900 million as of March 31.
7 May 2026
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Why Lumentum’s 90% AI Sales Surge Still Sent Its Stock Lower

Why Lumentum’s 90% AI Sales Surge Still Sent Its Stock Lower

Lumentum Holdings shares dropped 5% after reporting fiscal Q3 revenue of $808.4 million, up 90% year over year, and beating profit estimates but missing revenue expectations. Nvidia’s $2 billion investment in March deepened Lumentum’s role in AI data center supply chains. CEO Michael Hurlston said demand for high-speed lasers outpaces supply by over 30%. The company guided Q4 revenue to $960 million–$1.01 billion.
7 May 2026
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Whirlpool Stock Crashes 20% After Iran War Warning, Dividend Halt and Appliance Price Hikes

Whirlpool Stock Crashes 20% After Iran War Warning, Dividend Halt and Appliance Price Hikes

Whirlpool shares fell about 20% in early trading Thursday after the company cut its 2026 profit outlook, suspended its dividend, and blamed the Iran war for a steep drop in U.S. demand. First-quarter net sales dropped 9.6% to $3.27 billion, with a net loss of $85 million. Whirlpool announced price increases of over 10% in April and 4% in July. North American appliance revenue fell 7.5%, while EBIT plunged 96%.
7 May 2026
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GM Recall Alert: 40,440 Brake-Fluid Units Flagged Over Sediment Risk

GM Recall Alert: 40,440 Brake-Fluid Units Flagged Over Sediment Risk

Charleston and Dominion Energy began cutting nearly 200 palmetto trees near power lines in the Eastside neighborhood, pledging to plant five new trees for each one removed. The work comes during South Carolina’s Hurricane Preparedness Month, as utilities rush to clear vegetation before hurricane season starts June 1. City officials say the trees cannot be pruned once they reach utility clearance zones.
7 May 2026
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Trump’s Gas Price ‘Nuclear Option’ Faces Iran-Hormuz Test as Oil Falls Below $100

Trump’s Gas Price ‘Nuclear Option’ Faces Iran-Hormuz Test as Oil Falls Below $100

Brent crude fell below $100 a barrel Thursday as the U.S. and Iran moved toward a limited war halt, but U.S. gasoline prices remained high at $4.558 a gallon, AAA said. The White House is not seriously considering limits on oil exports, according to cabinet officials. U.S. crude inventories dropped by 2.3 million barrels last week, with distillate stocks at their lowest since 2005.
7 May 2026
McDonald’s Q1 Earnings Beat Has One Catch: Value Meals Still Face a U.S. Test

McDonald’s Q1 Earnings Beat Has One Catch: Value Meals Still Face a U.S. Test

McDonald’s first-quarter revenue rose 9% to $6.517 billion, beating estimates, while global comparable sales increased 3.8%. U.S. same-store sales grew 3.9%, driven by higher average checks, but traffic was uneven. Systemwide sales reached over $34 billion, with loyalty-member sales topping $9 billion. New menu items and value offers boosted spending, though U.S. sales growth missed Wall Street’s target.
7 May 2026
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Stock Market Today

  • Indian markets open higher as Rupee slips to 94.42 against US dollar
    June 22, 2026, 2:31 AM EDT. Indian markets opened higher amid cautious investor sentiment as the Rupee weakened by 9 paise to 94.42 against the US dollar. The currency dip reflects concerns over ongoing US-Iran talks and fluctuations in crude oil prices, key factors influencing market dynamics and foreign exchange movements.

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