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POET Technologies Stock Is Down Today: Why the $400 Million Financing Hit POET After the Opening Bell

POET Technologies Stock Is Down Today: Why the $400 Million Financing Hit POET After the Opening Bell

POET Technologies shares dropped 10.2% to $18.47 after announcing a $400 million direct offering of 19.05 million shares and warrants to a single investor. The deal, priced at $21 per share-plus-warrant, comes as the company reports a $50 million initial order from Lumilens but faces investor concerns over dilution, CFO succession, and execution risks tied to new AI optics production.
15 May 2026
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Ondas Stock Faces a $390 Million Test After Drone-Revenue Surge

Ondas Stock Faces a $390 Million Test After Drone-Revenue Surge

Ondas raised its 2026 revenue target to at least $390 million after first-quarter revenue jumped to $50.1 million from $4.3 million a year earlier. Shares traded near $11.20 Friday after a 27% gain Thursday. The company posted a $42.7 million operating loss and widened its adjusted EBITDA loss to $10.9 million. Backlog rose to $457 million, up from $68.3 million at the end of 2025.
15 May 2026
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Magnum Ice Cream Buyout Buzz: Blackstone and CD&R Circle Ben & Jerry’s Owner After Stock Slide

Magnum Ice Cream Buyout Buzz: Blackstone and CD&R Circle Ben & Jerry’s Owner After Stock Slide

Blackstone and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice are considering bids for Magnum Ice Cream Company, owner of Ben & Jerry’s and Cornetto, Reuters reported. Magnum shares surged nearly 16% after the news. The company, split from Unilever less than six months ago, reported Q1 revenue of €1.77 billion and 4.5% organic sales growth. Magnum holds about 21% of the global ice cream market.
15 May 2026
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Why Cerebras Stock Is Down Today: Wall Street Hits the Brakes After a Blowout AI IPO

Why Cerebras Stock Is Down Today: Wall Street Hits the Brakes After a Blowout AI IPO

Cerebras Systems shares fell about 4% to $298 in early Friday trading, retreating from Thursday’s $311.07 close after a 68% Nasdaq debut. The stock remained roughly 61% above its $185 IPO price. Investors cited concerns over high valuation, customer concentration, and how much OpenAI demand is already priced in. Cerebras raised $5.55 billion in its offering, which was expected to close Friday.
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Baiya International Stock Jumps Premarket as BIYA Traders Eye Cash Raise, Crypto Plan and Deep Loss

Baiya International Stock Jumps Premarket as BIYA Traders Eye Cash Raise, Crypto Plan and Deep Loss

Baiya International Group shares surged 56.6% to $1.21 in U.S. premarket trading after a $4.21 million share sale and widened 2025 net loss to $9.5 million. Revenue rose 28.6% to $16.5 million, but operating expenses jumped 754.6% to $11.5 million. Baiya plans a $1 million Binance Coin purchase under its new crypto initiative. Cash fell to $0.7 million by year-end.
15 May 2026
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Why Intel Stock Is Down Today: AMD, Arm and a Hot Chip Rally Put INTC on the Back Foot

Why Intel Stock Is Down Today: AMD, Arm and a Hot Chip Rally Put INTC on the Back Foot

Intel shares dropped 6.5% to $108.45 after the open Friday, extending a three-day slide. UBS data showed Intel’s server CPU market share fell to 54.9% in Q1, while AMD and Arm gained ground. The decline followed a sharp rally driven by AI demand and foundry hopes. Broader chip stocks also retreated as investors weighed profit-taking and persistent high interest rates.
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Why Nvidia Stock Is Down Today: China H200 Deal Hopes Hit A Wall Before Earnings

Why Nvidia Stock Is Down Today: China H200 Deal Hopes Hit A Wall Before Earnings

Nvidia shares fell 2.8% to $229.12 after the open Friday, ending a seven-day rally fueled by AI demand and China hopes. The drop followed comments from U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer that chip export controls were not discussed in Beijing talks, dimming prospects for quick H200 sales to China. Rising bond yields and inflation concerns also pressured large tech stocks. AMD and Intel dropped over 3% premarket.
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Why the Stock Market Is Down Today: Oil Shock, Inflation Fears Slam Wall Street Rally

Why the Stock Market Is Down Today: Oil Shock, Inflation Fears Slam Wall Street Rally

U.S. stock futures dropped Friday as the 10-year Treasury yield hit 4.56%, its highest since May 2025, and Brent crude neared $109 a barrel with the Strait of Hormuz closed. At 8:31 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis fell 463 points, S&P 500 e-minis lost 90, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis slid 504.5. Fresh inflation data and Middle East supply risks fueled concerns the Fed may keep rates high.
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ServiceNow Stock Gets an AI Boost From Experian Deal—but Wall Street Will Want Proof

ServiceNow Stock Gets an AI Boost From Experian Deal—but Wall Street Will Want Proof

ServiceNow and Experian announced a global multi-year partnership to integrate Experian’s Ascend data tools into ServiceNow workflows. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal comes days after ServiceNow’s $4 billion bond sale and a 3.96% rise in its stock price Thursday, though shares remain below their 52-week high. Initial uses include employee onboarding and risk management.
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Pershing Square Inc. Bets on Microsoft as Ackman Sees an AI Bargain

Pershing Square Inc. Bets on Microsoft as Ackman Sees an AI Bargain

Bill Ackman said Friday that Pershing Square has built a new position in Microsoft, citing the stock’s “highly compelling” valuation. The disclosure follows Pershing Square’s $5 billion IPO and private placement last month. Ackman began buying Microsoft in February after a drop tied to slower cloud growth and heavy AI spending. Microsoft shares traded at $409.43, up 1% premarket.
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Ackman’s Microsoft Bet Puts $190 Billion AI Spending Plan Back in Wall Street’s Crosshairs

Ackman’s Microsoft Bet Puts $190 Billion AI Spending Plan Back in Wall Street’s Crosshairs

Pershing Square will disclose a new stake in Microsoft in a 13F filing Friday, according to Bill Ackman. Microsoft shares have dropped about 15% this year amid concerns over AI spending and slower cloud growth. The company reported $82.9 billion in revenue and $31.8 billion in net income last quarter, but plans to invest around $190 billion in capital expenditures in 2026.
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Boeing Got Its China Breakthrough. Wall Street Wanted More.

Boeing Got Its China Breakthrough. Wall Street Wanted More.

China agreed to buy 200 Boeing jets, President Donald Trump said, with a possible commitment for up to 750 aircraft. Boeing shares fell 4.7% in premarket trading to $229.21 after the announcement, as investors had expected a larger order. Terms, including model types and delivery dates, were not disclosed. The deal would be Boeing’s first major Chinese order in nearly a decade.
15 May 2026
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Atmos Energy Stock Is Back in Focus After Strong Q2 Results — But Cash Still Matters

Atmos Energy Stock Is Back in Focus After Strong Q2 Results — But Cash Still Matters

Atmos Energy raised its fiscal 2026 earnings guidance to $8.40–$8.50 per share and increased its quarterly dividend to $1.00, up 14.9% annually. First-half net income reached $984.9 million, with $2 billion spent on capital projects. The company added over 51,000 customers in the past year, including 39,000 in Texas. Shares traded at $180.87 premarket, valuing the utility at $30.35 billion.
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Auddia Stock Surges as McCarthy Finney AI Merger Hits SEC Filing Stage

Auddia Stock Surges as McCarthy Finney AI Merger Hits SEC Filing Stage

Auddia filed a Form S-4 with the SEC for its planned merger with Thramann Holdings, aiming to form McCarthy Finney, which would trade on Nasdaq as MCFN. AUUD shares jumped 59% in premarket trading to $1.94. The company said it completed $12 million in financing to meet the deal’s cash-at-close requirement. Auddia shareholders are expected to own about 20% of the new company.
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Gemini Space Station Stock Jumps After Winklevoss Twins’ $100 Million Bitcoin Bet

Gemini Space Station Stock Jumps After Winklevoss Twins’ $100 Million Bitcoin Bet

Winklevoss Capital Fund bought 7.14 million Gemini Class A shares at $14 each, paying with about 1,258 bitcoin. Gemini posted first-quarter revenue of $50.3 million, up 42%, and a net loss of $109 million. Shares rose over 20% premarket after closing at $5.26 Thursday. Exchange revenue fell 27% as trading volume dropped, but services and interest revenue more than doubled.
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Figma Stock Jumps 10% Premarket After AI Tools Lift 2026 Revenue Forecast

Figma Stock Jumps 10% Premarket After AI Tools Lift 2026 Revenue Forecast

Figma raised its 2026 revenue forecast to $1.422 billion–$1.428 billion after first-quarter revenue jumped 46% to $333.4 million. Shares climbed 10.6% in premarket trading to $22.39. Paid customers rose 54% to about 690,000, with strong adoption of AI-linked products and new charges for AI credits. Figma began enforcing AI credit limits in March; over 75% of affected enterprise users kept using the service.
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Top AI Stocks To Watch Today: Nvidia, Microsoft, Broadcom, AMD, Palantir And Cerebras Face A Yield Test

Top AI Stocks To Watch Today: Nvidia, Microsoft, Broadcom, AMD, Palantir And Cerebras Face A Yield Test

Nasdaq 100 futures fell 1.25% early Friday, with Nvidia down 1.8% premarket after a rally. Microsoft drew attention as Pershing Square prepared to disclose a new stake, citing Azure and Copilot. Cerebras surged 89% above its IPO price in its Thursday debut. Rising Treasury yields and oil prices weighed on U.S. AI stocks after record closes for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq.
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Exxon, Chevron And 4 U.S. Energy Stocks To Watch Today As Oil Spikes On Iran Risk

Exxon, Chevron And 4 U.S. Energy Stocks To Watch Today As Oil Spikes On Iran Risk

Brent crude rose to $109.19 a barrel and WTI to $104.89 after renewed tensions near the Strait of Hormuz. Exxon, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Occidental, SLB, and Halliburton gained in early trading. U.S. crude inventories dropped by 4.3 million barrels last week, while global oil supply fell by 1.8 million barrels per day in April, according to the IEA.
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SolarEdge Stock Jumps 17% as Tax-Credit Deadline Puts SEDG Turnaround Back on Watch

SolarEdge Stock Jumps 17% as Tax-Credit Deadline Puts SEDG Turnaround Back on Watch

SolarEdge Technologies shares surged 17.47% to $50.24 on Thursday as investors anticipated a spike in orders ahead of a July 4 U.S. solar tax-credit deadline. CEO Yehoshua Nir told a Deutsche Bank conference that demand rose in March and April. First-quarter revenue reached $310.5 million, with a net loss of $57.4 million. Maoz Sigron will become CFO on May 31, replacing Asaf Alperovitz.
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Smart Powerr Stock Surges 257%: The Nasdaq Delisting Fight Behind CREG’s Wild Move

Smart Powerr Stock Surges 257%: The Nasdaq Delisting Fight Behind CREG’s Wild Move

Smart Powerr Corp.’s shares fell to $0.4868 in Friday premarket trading after closing up 257% at $0.7143 Thursday, driven by speculation over a possible Nasdaq delisting delay. The stock remained below Nasdaq’s $1 minimum bid-price rule, keeping its listing at risk. Trading volume surged to 500.7 million shares Thursday from 5.8 million the day before. Smart Powerr reported $262,509 in 2025 sales.
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