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Apple (AAPL) loses $263 billion in value as memory shock pushes past Mac and iPad prices

Apple Inc. shed over $250 billion in market value in a single day after hiking prices on its Macs and iPads, a drop that outpaced the sales base directly affected by the price increases.

26 June 2026

Apple Inc·NASDAQ:AAPL·Stock Market

Oil dip does little for Korea AI stocks stuck with chip cost pressure

South Korea's AI stocks fell Friday despite some relief in oil prices. Investors faced a split market with lower energy costs but higher memory prices.

26 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·KRX:000660·KRX:005930·NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:MU·Stock Market·TADAWUL:2222·TWSE:2603

Bitcoin Holds $80,000 as ETF Outflows Put Rally Back on Trial

Bitcoin slips near $59,500 as ETF outflows hit options support

Bitcoin dropped to about $59,500 late Thursday in New York. But what stood out more to investors was the ETF tape. The most recent U.S. spot bitcoin ETF outflow was big, concentrated, and came mostly from funds that tend to track institutional demand.

25 June 2026

ARCA:BTC·ARCA:GBTC·BATS:ARKB·BATS:FBTC·Bitcoin·Cryptocurrency·ETFs·NASDAQ:COIN·NASDAQ:IBIT·NASDAQ:MSTR

Freshworks stock trades on big volume, valuation approaches 2x sales as cash holds up

Freshworks Inc. slipped 1.12% to $9.265 as of 3:01 p.m. EDT Thursday, but the focus was on trading volumes. FRSH saw 29.7 million shares change hands, more than 2.5 times its 65-day average. Less than an hour remained in the regular session.

25 June 2026

NASDAQ:FRSH·Stock Market

MARA Stock Drops After Monday’s Jump, Bitcoin and Nasdaq Weakness Pressure AI Pivot Trade

MARA Holdings dips after AI bull call runs into share plan math

MARA Holdings, Inc. shares slipped Thursday. The drop came despite a new bullish call tied to the bitcoin miner’s move into AI power infrastructure. A recent shareholder vote has stirred fresh concern about stock-based compensation and dilution.

25 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:MARA·Stock Market

US stocks now: Broad gains balance $416 billion drop in megacap tech

Stocks edged up in mixed trading Thursday. Dow and small caps caught a bid, but heavy selling hit some of the biggest tech names as the latest AI supply-chain headlines split the market. Fresh news on AI hardware and components turned up new winners and losers, dividing the day’s action.

25 June 2026

NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NASDAQ:META·NASDAQ:MSFT·NASDAQ:MU·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:QCOM·Stock Market·US Economy

Nebius (NASDAQ:NBIS) in focus after Vineland power test, CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) shows live AI capacity

Nebius Group rolled out Nebius AI Cloud 3.6 on Wednesday, adding an infrastructure-control agent, more security, and better storage for production AI workloads. The Amsterdam-based firm announced the new software release, but the main question for investors stays the same: how quickly it can turn its contracted power into running AI capacity.

25 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cloud Computing·NASDAQ:CRWV·NASDAQ:NBIS·Stock Market

Sunrun pops as Tesla, Renew Home announce data-center power move

Sunrun rally looks at 16 GW deal numbers, squeezes shorts

Sunrun Inc picked up around $384 million in equity value Wednesday after shares rose $1.61, with 238.55 million shares out. That’s close to $24 million for each gigawatt named in the Tesla-Renew Home deal, before the firms set an offtake price or Sunrun's revenue cut.

25 June 2026

NASDAQ:RUN·NASDAQ:TSLA·Renewable Energy·Solar Power·Stock Market

American Airlines Group (AAL) clears Wall Street estimates with lower fuel costs in play

American Airlines Group Inc is trading more like a pure fuel-price bet now than other major U.S. airline stocks. Shares have already outpaced the average target price from Wall Street analysts.

25 June 2026

NASDAQ:AAL·Stock Market

BlackBerry falls with volume outpacing buyback plan ahead of earnings

BlackBerry Limited shares fell Wednesday, despite Stifel turning bullish on the name. The drop puts focus back on the stock’s out-of-line analyst split a day ahead of its fiscal Q1 earnings.

25 June 2026

Earnings·NYSE:BB·TSX:BB

Target surges past price targets after Wolfe upgrade and retail shift bet

Target Corp’s shares have outpaced Wall Street’s baseline forecast.

24 June 2026

NYSE:TGT·Stock Market

IREN Limited falls on Bitcoin drop and AI spending worries

IREN Limited ended Wednesday’s session down 9.5% at $49.51, holding close to the day’s low of $48.85. The shares traded as high as $55.70 earlier. IREN underperformed other AI, data center, and crypto-linked stocks on the Nasdaq. CoreWeave fell 5.4%, Core Scientific slipped 6.0%, and TeraWulf dropped 7.6%.

24 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Bitcoin·Data Centers·NASDAQ:IREN·Stock Market

Costco to open Pensacola warehouse on Nine Mile Road June 25

Costco Wholesale plans to open its first Pensacola warehouse this Thursday at 225 E. Nine Mile Road. The company’s website shows the warehouse will open June 25. The gas station opened on May 28, according to Costco’s store page.

24 June 2026

NASDAQ:BJ·NASDAQ:COST·NYSE:WMT·Stock Market

Home Depot shares gain while investors weigh housing concerns

Home Depot stock climbed 4.7% to $339.61 Wednesday afternoon. Wolfe Research dropped its bullish outlook, but the home-improvement retailer still traded up, hitting a session high of $342.11.

24 June 2026

Home Improvement·NYSE:HD·Real Estate·Stock Market

MercadoLibre trades higher after Morgan Stanley holds Buy call

MercadoLibre Inc. traded higher Wednesday after Morgan Stanley reiterated its Buy rating on the Latin American e-commerce and fintech company. The bank is sticking with its recommendation to buy the stock.

24 June 2026

E-Commerce·NASDAQ:MELI·Stock Market

Paychex drops after slow fiscal 2027 growth guide, despite Q4 beat

Paychex shares dropped almost 4% Wednesday. The payroll and HR services firm laid out a fiscal 2027 growth forecast that was slower than the growth it reported for the last year. Quarterly earnings came in just ahead of Wall Street’s estimates.

24 June 2026

Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:PAYX·Stock Market

Grab Stock Gets a July 1 Test as Indonesia Cuts Driver Fees

Grab trims Indonesia driver commissions to 8% from July 1 after Jakarta rules change

Grab Holdings and GoTo in Indonesia will reduce the cut they take from motorbike drivers in the country starting next week. This will lower the fees that app operators make in a major Southeast Asian ride-hailing market.

24 June 2026

IDX:GOTO·NASDAQ:GRAB·Stock Market

Delta eyes higher margins as jet fuel drops; fares may follow

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Tuesday that cheaper jet fuel might not translate into lower fares if airlines in the U.S. can't grow seat supply. The margin story is still at play.

24 June 2026

Airlines·NYSE:DAL

IREN stock falls as Wall Street stays split on AI cloud payoff

IREN Limited slipped almost 4% Tuesday. The bigger story for investors is the wide range of Wall Street price targets as the company trades less as a bitcoin miner and more like an AI data-center play loaded with debt.

24 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cloud Computing·LSE:IREN·Stock Market

Novo Nordisk stock jumps premarket as $149 Wegovy pill hits U.S. market

Novo Nordisk (CPH:NOVO-B) gains as South Africa copycat order tops Ozempic, Wegovy local sales

Novo Nordisk’s B shares jumped 2.6% to 307.75 Danish crowns on Tuesday. The stock is up 5.1% since Friday’s close and has gained 9.9% over three sessions. The OMXC25 index in Copenhagen fell 0.07%.

24 June 2026

NYSE:CVS·NYSE:LLY·NYSE:NVO·Pharmaceuticals·Stock Market

Roman Perkowski

Apple (AAPL) loses $263 billion in value as memory shock pushes past Mac and iPad prices

Oil dip does little for Korea AI stocks stuck with chip cost pressure

Bitcoin slips near $59,500 as ETF outflows hit options support

Freshworks stock trades on big volume, valuation approaches 2x sales as cash holds up

MARA Holdings dips after AI bull call runs into share plan math

US stocks now: Broad gains balance $416 billion drop in megacap tech

Nebius (NASDAQ:NBIS) in focus after Vineland power test, CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) shows live AI capacity

Sunrun rally looks at 16 GW deal numbers, squeezes shorts

American Airlines Group (AAL) clears Wall Street estimates with lower fuel costs in play

BlackBerry falls with volume outpacing buyback plan ahead of earnings

Target surges past price targets after Wolfe upgrade and retail shift bet

IREN Limited falls on Bitcoin drop and AI spending worries

Costco to open Pensacola warehouse on Nine Mile Road June 25

Home Depot shares gain while investors weigh housing concerns

MercadoLibre trades higher after Morgan Stanley holds Buy call

Paychex drops after slow fiscal 2027 growth guide, despite Q4 beat

Grab trims Indonesia driver commissions to 8% from July 1 after Jakarta rules change

Delta eyes higher margins as jet fuel drops; fares may follow

IREN stock falls as Wall Street stays split on AI cloud payoff

Novo Nordisk (CPH:NOVO-B) gains as South Africa copycat order tops Ozempic, Wegovy local sales

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