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Coherent Shares Trade Close to $378, With Next Test Set for Tuesday After Volatile AI-Optics Week

Coherent Shares Trade Close to $378, With Next Test Set for Tuesday After Volatile AI-Optics Week

Coherent Corp. shares closed at $377.57 Friday, down 0.1% for the day and 1.3% below last week, underperforming the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ahead of the Memorial Day market closure. The company reported fiscal Q3 revenue of $1.81 billion, up 21% year-over-year, with strong demand in datacenter and communications. Nvidia invested $2 billion in March and signed a multi-year optics agreement. Coherent trades at 179 times trailing earnings.
23 May 2026
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Intuit Slashes 3,000 Jobs as TurboTax Faces New AI Threats

Intuit Slashes 3,000 Jobs as TurboTax Faces New AI Threats

Intuit will cut about 3,000 jobs, or 17% of its workforce, and close offices in Reno and Woodland Hills as it restructures to focus on artificial intelligence. The company expects $300 million to $340 million in charges, mostly in the fiscal fourth quarter. Intuit raised full-year revenue guidance but lowered its TurboTax outlook, citing pressure from low-cost AI tools. Shares last traded at $319.94 after a volatile week.
23 May 2026
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Micron slips in New York; memory push keeps focus on AI signal

Micron slips in New York; memory push keeps focus on AI signal

Micron shares fell 1.46% to $751.00 Friday after the company began 1-alpha DRAM production at its Manassas, Virginia, plant. The move came amid a volatile week for memory-chip stocks, with Samsung labor news and AI demand influencing trading. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said no immediate semiconductor tariffs are planned. U.S. markets will close Monday for Memorial Day.
23 May 2026
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Marathon Digital shares approach $14 after miner’s AI push draws Wall Street notice

Marathon Digital shares approach $14 after miner’s AI push draws Wall Street notice

MARA Holdings shares climbed 3.25% to $13.99 Friday, outperforming as bitcoin fell 1.6% to $76,450. The move followed Wall Street gains ahead of Memorial Day and came without a new company release. Investors are weighing MARA’s shift from bitcoin mining to AI and data-center infrastructure. The company recently agreed to buy Long Ridge Energy & Power for $1.5 billion, pending regulatory approval.
22 May 2026
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HPE Shares Gain Ahead of Earnings as Wall Street Pushes AI Hardware

HPE Shares Gain Ahead of Earnings as Wall Street Pushes AI Hardware

Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares climbed 9.9% to $37.33 in Friday trading, leading a surge in hardware and networking stocks ahead of its June 1 earnings call. Analysts cited strong demand for AI infrastructure and networking gear, but flagged risks around valuation and memory-chip costs. Dell and HP Inc. also posted double-digit gains. HPE was named a Leader in Gartner’s 2026 Magic Quadrant for enterprise networking.
22 May 2026
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Ondas Pauses After $196.6M AI-Defense Deal

Ondas Pauses After $196.6M AI-Defense Deal

Ondas shares rose 0.54% to $9.23 in New York Friday after closing its $196.6 million stock acquisition of Israel’s Omnisys on May 21. The company also filed to register the resale of 2.7 million shares tied to a separate Mistral deal. U.S. markets will close Monday for Memorial Day, leaving one session for investors to react. Ondas’ market value stood at $4.57 billion, well below its 52-week high.
22 May 2026
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Spotify’s Peloton Deal Turns SPOT Stock’s Earnings Week Into a Fitness Test

Spotify Stock Is Jumping Again — Here’s the AI Bet Wall Street Just Bought

Arm Holdings shares rose above $300 Friday morning, extending a surge that pushed the stock up 38% in three sessions and past Micron in year-to-date gains. The rally follows strong earnings, a bullish Bernstein rating, and news that demand for Arm’s AGI CPU for data centers exceeded $2 billion for fiscal 2027–2028. Meta is the lead partner for the new chip.
22 May 2026
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Arm breaks above $300 as AI CPU bets heat up on Wall Street

Arm breaks above $300 as AI CPU bets heat up on Wall Street

Arm Holdings shares topped $300 Friday morning, extending a rally that has lifted the British chip designer’s stock 38% in three sessions. The surge follows strong earnings, bullish analyst coverage, and rising demand for Arm-based CPUs in AI data centers. Arm reported fiscal Q4 revenue of $1.49 billion and said customer demand for its new data-center chip exceeded $2 billion through fiscal 2028.
22 May 2026
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Wall Street Pushes Dell’s AI Run Again But Sends a Caution

Wall Street Pushes Dell’s AI Run Again But Sends a Caution

Dell Technologies shares surged over 10% Friday, hitting a 52-week high of $283.30 after Wells Fargo raised its price target to $270. Morgan Stanley also lifted its target but kept an Underweight rating, citing risks like memory inflation and supply shortages. Dell reports fiscal Q1 results May 28, with consensus estimates at $3.00 EPS and $34.95 billion revenue. The company reported $64 billion in AI-optimized server orders for fiscal 2026.
22 May 2026
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Nokia Shares Jump on Friday, Investors Focus on AI Network Play

Nokia Shares Jump on Friday, Investors Focus on AI Network Play

Nokia shares rose 8.2% to 13.09 euros in Helsinki late Friday, far outpacing the OMX Helsinki 25 index’s 0.9% gain. The rally followed Nokia’s launch of an AI networking lab in Sunnyvale, California, with partners including AMD and Lenovo. Investors have increased bets on Nokia’s AI and cloud business since April, after the company reported a 49% jump in sales to those customers.
22 May 2026
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Meta Cuts 8,000 Jobs as Zuckerberg Pushes AI Ambitions

Meta Cuts 8,000 Jobs as Zuckerberg Pushes AI Ambitions

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg told staff he does not expect more company-wide layoffs this year after cutting about 8,000 jobs and shifting thousands to AI roles, affecting roughly 10% of the workforce. Meta raised its 2026 capital spending forecast to $125–$145 billion. Some employees questioned the reassurance, noting the wording left room for smaller cuts. U.S. laid-off workers will receive at least 16 weeks’ pay and extended healthcare.
22 May 2026
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Plug Power Shares Jump; Traders Eye AI Power Angle

Plug Power Shares Jump; Traders Eye AI Power Angle

Plug Power shares rose 14.2% to $3.78 on Thursday, lifted by sector momentum after Bloom Energy announced a major AI data-center power deal. Plug separately confirmed its Barrow Green Hydrogen project in Britain reached final investment decision and will supply Kimberly-Clark. Plug posted a first-quarter net loss of $245.3 million, wider than last year, and ended March with $802 million in cash.
22 May 2026
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OpenAI Shares Hype Returns, Still No Ticker in Sight

OpenAI Shares Hype Returns, Still No Ticker in Sight

OpenAI is preparing to confidentially file for a U.S. IPO, aiming to go public as early as September, sources told Reuters. The move follows a court win against Elon Musk, removing a key legal obstacle. Private-market share prices for OpenAI ranged from $658.94 to $732.38 this month, but no official public price exists. Ordinary investors still cannot buy OpenAI stock on public exchanges.
22 May 2026
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Stock Market Updates

Micron, Qualcomm lift chip stocks after hours as Nasdaq slips

Micron, Qualcomm lift chip stocks after hours as Nasdaq slips

25 June 2026
Micron soared 16.34% after hours as customers locked in nearly $100 billion in future supply obligations—about 2.4 times its latest quarterly revenue—fueling a $400 billion surge in chip stocks and reversing the tech selloff that erased over $1 trillion from the Nasdaq 100 this week.
Western Digital falls after AI-storage rally, investors look to Micron

Western Digital falls after AI-storage rally, investors look to Micron

25 June 2026
Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) shares dropped about 4% after a multi-week rally fueled by AI storage demand, as investors awaited Micron Technology’s earnings for new signals on enterprise storage spending; analysts cite a persistent hard-disk supply deficit that could support pricing into 2027, with Morgan Stanley raising its price target to $650.
BlackBerry falls with volume outpacing buyback plan ahead of earnings

BlackBerry falls with volume outpacing buyback plan ahead of earnings

25 June 2026
BlackBerry closed down 2.3% at $8.62 despite Stifel initiating coverage with a Buy and $12 target—39% above the close—while trading volume of 38.3 million shares far exceeded its entire buyback authorization, highlighting investor focus ahead of Thursday’s Q1 results and underscoring the limited impact of BlackBerry’s capital return plan.
Opendoor slides after landing in Russell 3000, liquidity and dilution concerns follow

Opendoor edges up before Russell 3000 move, soft housing numbers weigh

25 June 2026
Santos shares closed down 0.96% at A$7.24 after Brent crude slumped US$3.34 to US$73.74, cutting potential annual gross sales from its new Pikka project by about US$50 million at plateau rates; Pikka’s ramp to 80,000 barrels per day is key, as oil price swings now have a direct impact on Santos’ production-linked revenue and its US$2.5 billion net debt reduction target.
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