Warner Bros Discovery rejects Paramount’s $108.4 billion bid again, sticks with Netflix deal

Warner Bros Discovery rejects Paramount’s $108.4 billion bid again, sticks with Netflix deal

LOS ANGELES, Jan 7, 2026, 04:40 PST Warner Bros Discovery said on Wednesday its board rejected Paramount Skydance’s revised $108.4 billion hostile bid and reaffirmed support for a competing deal with Netflix. It urged shareholders to ignore Paramount’s tender offer, a bid made directly to investors to buy their shares. Reuters The rebuff keeps a rare, public fight for a…
Nvidia rolls out Rubin chips and Alpamayo AI models for autonomous vehicles — what it just announced at CES

Nvidia rolls out Rubin chips and Alpamayo AI models for autonomous vehicles — what it just announced at CES

LAS VEGAS, Jan 7, 2026, 04:55 (PST) Nvidia said its next-generation Vera Rubin chips are in full production and introduced Alpamayo, software it says can help self-driving cars pick a path and leave a paper trail for engineers, as CEO Jensen Huang opened the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. “Not only do we open-source the models, we also…
Momentus (MNTS) stock on watch after $5 million placement and Velo3D 3D-printed tank plan

Momentus (MNTS) stock on watch after $5 million placement and Velo3D 3D-printed tank plan

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 07:50 EST — Premarket Momentus Inc (MNTS) shares were flat in premarket trading on Wednesday after the space company said it priced a $5 million private placement and set out plans to flight-test a 3D-printed fuel tank made with Velo3D. The back-to-back announcements put the focus on funding and hardware execution at the San Jose,…
Aurora Innovation stock jumps 10% premarket as Amazon AWS, Aumovio deal spotlights driverless trucks

Aurora Innovation stock jumps 10% premarket as Amazon AWS, Aumovio deal spotlights driverless trucks

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 07:33 EST — Premarket Aurora Innovation, Inc. shares rose about 10% to $4.40 in premarket trading on Wednesday, adding roughly 40 cents from the prior close, after Amazon’s cloud unit and German automotive supplier Aumovio expanded a partnership linked to Aurora’s autonomous trucks. AWS will become Aumovio’s preferred cloud provider for autonomous-driving development, and the…
Mortgage rates today: U.S. 30-year hits lowest since Sept 2024 as UK lenders cut deals

Mortgage rates today: U.S. 30-year hits lowest since Sept 2024 as UK lenders cut deals

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 07:39 EST — Premarket U.S. mortgage rates opened 2026 a shade lower, with the Mortgage Bankers Association’s measure of the 30-year fixed contract rate falling to 6.25%, the lowest since September 2024. Applications still fell over a holiday-adjusted two-week stretch, keeping the early-year rebound in refinancing on a tight leash. Why it matters now: the…
Crypto stocks and Bitcoin ETFs wobble premarket after MSCI shelves crypto-treasury exclusion plan

Crypto stocks and Bitcoin ETFs wobble premarket after MSCI shelves crypto-treasury exclusion plan

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 07:33 (EST) — Premarket MSCI said it will not proceed with a proposal to exclude digital asset treasury companies — firms whose digital asset holdings make up 50% or more of total assets — from its indexes, opting instead for a broader consultation on how non-operating companies should be treated.  Reuters That matters because index…
Oil stocks, USO ETF slide in premarket as Trump Venezuela crude plan stirs supply fears

Oil stocks, USO ETF slide in premarket as Trump Venezuela crude plan stirs supply fears

New York, January 7, 2026, 07:34 EST — Premarket U.S. oil stocks and oil-linked exchange-traded funds slipped in premarket trading on Wednesday as crude prices fell after President Donald Trump said the United States struck a deal to import up to $2 billion worth of Venezuelan crude. Brent futures were at $60.59 a barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI)…
Stock market today: Dow nears 50,000 as chip surge cools and futures pause before jobs data

Stock market today: Dow nears 50,000 as chip surge cools and futures pause before jobs data

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 07:35 (EST) U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday after a chip-led rally drove the Dow and S&P 500 to record closes in the prior session, as investors paused ahead of key U.S. labor-market data. Futures on the Dow were up 24 points, while S&P 500 futures were down 6 points and Nasdaq…
Sandisk stock cools in premarket after Nvidia CES spark as BofA lifts target to $390

Sandisk stock cools in premarket after Nvidia CES spark as BofA lifts target to $390

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 07:32 EST — Premarket Sandisk Corp shares edged down 0.8% to $346.79 in premarket trading on Wednesday, after ending the prior session at a record $349.63.  Public The stock’s pullback comes a day after Sandisk closed up 27.6%, its biggest one-day gain in months, in a broad rush into data-storage and memory names. The shares…
Semiconductor stocks today: Nvidia holds up premarket as SanDisk, Micron cool after CES spike

Semiconductor stocks today: Nvidia holds up premarket as SanDisk, Micron cool after CES spike

New York, January 7, 2026, 07:42 EST — Premarket U.S. semiconductor stocks were little changed in premarket trade on Wednesday after an AI-led rally, with Nvidia up 0.3% around 6:53 a.m. ET. Memory chipmakers paused: SanDisk and Micron fell 1.3% and 1.2% after jumping 27.5% and 10% a day earlier. Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.22% ahead of ADP private…
Gold, silver stocks jump in U.S. premarket; GLD, SLV and miners in play ahead of jobs data

Gold, silver stocks jump in U.S. premarket; GLD, SLV and miners in play ahead of jobs data

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 07:33 EST — Premarket Gold and silver stocks were higher in U.S. premarket trading on Wednesday, led by silver miners, as investors stuck with the sector after bullion’s sharp start to the year. Newmont was up about 5.5%, while Hecla Mining and First Majestic rose roughly 12.8% and 9.9%, respectively. The move matters because miners…
Arctic Cat buys Quebec’s Widescape stand-up snowmobile maker as $13 million debt forces sale

Arctic Cat buys Quebec’s Widescape stand-up snowmobile maker as $13 million debt forces sale

Montreal, Jan 7, 2026, 07:26 (EST) Arctic Cat said it has acquired the assets of Quebec-based Widescape, maker of the WS250 stand-up snowmobile, expanding the Minnesota company’s winter recreation portfolio. The move lands as Arctic Cat tries to rebuild its product line under new owners and widen a dealer network that thinned during years of uncertainty for the brand, the…
7 January 2026

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  • Preferred Bank (PFBC) Seen as Undervalued Following Recent Share Price Decline
    January 22, 2026, 11:14 PM EST. Preferred Bank (PFBC) shares have slipped 5.2% in the past week and 7.1% over the last month, trading at $92.21. Despite recent weakness, valuation metrics suggest the stock is significantly undervalued. Using the Excess Returns model, which assesses earnings above the cost of equity, PFBC shows a potential intrinsic value of $243.32 per share, indicating a 62.1% undervaluation. This comes amid sector-wide concerns over regional banks' balance sheets, regulatory risks, and interest rate sensitivity. PFBC currently earns a strong 15.3% average return on equity with a stable earnings estimate of $11.43 per share. The stock's trailing returns lag peers, but valuation scores remain high, making it a candidate for investors monitoring undervalued financial stocks.
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