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Accenture stock jumps 4% on fresh AI moves: Profitmind deal, Faculty buy plan

Accenture stock jumps 4% on fresh AI moves: Profitmind deal, Faculty buy plan

New York, Jan 8, 2026, 15:31 (EST) — Regular session Accenture plc shares rose about 4.1% to $285.18 in afternoon trading on Thursday, after opening at $272.25 and sliding to $270.53. The stock later touched $286.53, putting it ahead of other IT-services names. Cognizant gained 2.1%, IBM climbed 2.0% and DXC added 0.9%. Accenture said it has invested, through Accenture Ventures, in Profitmind and will partner with the retail technology company to take its agentic AI platform to clients. Agentic AI uses software “agents” that can interpret data and trigger tasks — aimed here at pricing, inventory and merchandising decisions
8 January 2026
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UK Retail Shakeout Starts Fast: 2,550 Jobs at Risk as Supermarkets Battle for Share

UK Retail Shakeout Starts Fast: 2,550 Jobs at Risk as Supermarkets Battle for Share

LONDON, January 8, 2026, 09:29 GMT Claire’s and The Original Factory Shop have been put into administration — a UK insolvency process — putting about 2,550 jobs at risk across almost 300 stores, days into the new year. “This was a cautious Christmas,” said Catherine Shuttleworth, chief executive of digital marketing agency Savvy. ITVX The early failures are landing just as Britain’s listed retailers start posting Christmas trading updates, a blunt check on whether consumers actually loosened their grip. The picture so far looks uneven: food held up better than non-food, while costs and weak confidence still hang over the
8 January 2026
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Microsoft stock rises as the AI trade returns — and a Midwest grid deal adds a fresh angle

Microsoft stock rises as the AI trade returns — and a Midwest grid deal adds a fresh angle

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 16:02 EST — After-hours Microsoft Corp shares rose 1.0% to $483.51 in late trading on Wednesday, after touching a session high of $489.68, as money flowed back into AI-linked megacaps. The S&P 500 ended up 0.03% at 6,946.92 and the Nasdaq climbed 0.48%, with Nvidia and Alphabet among the leaders. Reuters The move matters because Microsoft stock has become a proxy for the “AI trade” — bets on companies expected to profit from the surge in spending on chips, cloud computing and software. Traders have been quick to fade and chase that theme, especially when
7 January 2026
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Eli Lilly stock climbs on Ventyx buyout talk as dealmaking takes center stage

Eli Lilly stock climbs on Ventyx buyout talk as dealmaking takes center stage

New York, January 7, 2026, 11:41 EST — Regular session. Eli Lilly and Company shares were up 3.3% at $1,099.44 in late morning trade, pushing back toward the $1,100 level as investors cheered fresh deal chatter around the drugmaker’s pipeline. (https://www.reuters.com/markets/companies/LLY.N/) The lift matters now because the market is watching how Lilly defends its growth run while competitors push pill versions of obesity drugs and pricing stays in flux. Investors have rewarded companies that can keep adding late-stage shots on goal without derailing margins. The Wall Street Journal reported Lilly is in advanced talks to buy Ventyx Biosciences for more
7 January 2026
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Singtel stock slides as 50Gbps fibre trial spotlights spend-and-growth questions

Singtel stock slides as 50Gbps fibre trial spotlights spend-and-growth questions

Singapore, January 7, 2026, 15:09 SGT — Regular session Shares of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Singtel) fell about 2.4% to S$4.43 in afternoon trade on Wednesday, as the operator pressed ahead with a 50Gbps fibre broadband trial it announced earlier this week. The stock traded between S$4.42 and S$4.56 on the day and is set to report earnings on Feb. 18. Investing.com Singtel has started a technical trial of 50 gigabits per second fibre broadband — the first such operator test in Singapore — and it has not confirmed a timeline for a commercial rollout. The pilot uses XGS-PON (10 Gigabit
7 January 2026
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Sandisk stock jumps 22% today as CES Optimus SSD rebrand and rising NAND price forecasts lift SNDK

Sandisk stock jumps 22% today as CES Optimus SSD rebrand and rising NAND price forecasts lift SNDK

NEW YORK, January 6, 2026, 11:34 (ET) — Regular session Sandisk Corp shares jumped more than 22% on Tuesday. The Nasdaq-listed stock was up 22.1% at $334.75 by 11:05 a.m. ET, after touching $343 and trading about 12.9 million shares, StockAnalysis.com data showed. StockAnalysis The rally puts Sandisk back in the spotlight as investors chase memory-linked names on expectations that tight supply will push up prices for chips and storage drives this quarter. TrendForce forecast conventional DRAM — the working-memory chips used in servers and PCs — contract prices to rise 55%–60% in the first quarter, and said NAND flash
6 January 2026
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Adidas stock tumbles on BofA double-downgrade as investors reassess growth runway

Adidas stock tumbles on BofA double-downgrade as investors reassess growth runway

Frankfurt, Jan 6, 2026, 14:39 CET — Regular session Adidas shares slid on Tuesday after Bank of America double-downgraded the German sportswear maker, souring sentiment across a sector that had relied on a steady stream of earnings upgrades. The stock was down 5.5% at 160.48 euros, with trading volume running above its three-month average. Investing.com The call matters because Adidas has been pitched as a turnaround with improving demand and pricing power, a view that helped support the stock even as consumer spending stayed uneven in parts of Europe. A two-notch cut from a major broker forces investors to re-test
6 January 2026
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D-Wave Quantum stock jumps nearly 9% as CES Foundry puts QBTS back in focus

D-Wave Quantum stock jumps nearly 9% as CES Foundry puts QBTS back in focus

New York, Jan 5, 2026, 20:49 EST — Market closed Shares of D-Wave Quantum Inc. rose 8.9% to $30.64 on Monday, outpacing a roughly 0.6% gain in the S&P 500 and a 0.8% rise in the Nasdaq-heavy QQQ ETF. The stock traded between $27.79 and $31.33, with about 46.0 million shares changing hands. The move lands as the Consumer Electronics Show’s CES Foundry spotlights quantum technology on Jan. 7–8 at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas. CES organizers list D-Wave among the companies expected to run live demos at the Foundry. CES That matters for QBTS now because the stock has
6 January 2026
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Adobe stock slips premarket after Jefferies downgrade flags tougher AI fight

Adobe stock slips premarket after Jefferies downgrade flags tougher AI fight

NEW YORK, Jan 5, 2026, 06:11 ET — Premarket Shares of Adobe Inc (ADBE.O) fell about 0.8% to $330.6 in premarket trading on Monday after Jefferies downgraded the Photoshop maker to Hold from Buy and cut its price target to $400 from $500. The stock closed on Friday down 4.8%. StockAnalysis The call lands as Wall Street starts the year reassessing software valuations, with investors pressing for proof that generative AI can lift paid subscriptions rather than widen the pool of free alternatives. Jefferies said 2026 is likely to bring only “gradual” AI monetization — turning AI features into paid
5 January 2026
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Ondas (ONDS) stock jumps on rebrand, Florida HQ move — what investors watch next

Ondas (ONDS) stock jumps on rebrand, Florida HQ move — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 07:34 ET — Market closed Ondas Holdings Inc shares ended Friday up 12.9% at $11.02, after the company outlined plans to rename itself Ondas Inc. and said it has moved its corporate headquarters to West Palm Beach, Florida. The stock traded between $9.91 and $11.06 and was up slightly in after-hours trading. StockAnalysis The moves matter now because Ondas is trying to sharpen its identity as a defense and security technology supplier at a time when investors have been rewarding companies tied to drones, counter-drone systems and robotics. It also comes as the company navigates
4 January 2026
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Starbucks stock today: SBUX slips after MrBeast tie-up as investors eye earnings and rates

Starbucks stock today: SBUX slips after MrBeast tie-up as investors eye earnings and rates

NEW YORK, Jan 3, 2026, 15:45 ET — Market closed Starbucks Corp shares (SBUX) closed down 0.3% on Friday at $83.97, leaving the stock about 29% below its 52-week high. The move was small, but it lands as investors reset portfolios for 2026 and reprice consumer discretionary stocks — companies that lean on non-essential spending — as interest-rate expectations shift. Starbucks on Friday said it will sponsor season two of YouTube creator Jimmy Donaldson’s “Beast Games” and roll out a limited-time “Cannon Ball” Refresher drink on Jan. 14, Nation’s Restaurant News reported. “When contestants saw Starbucks on set, they said
3 January 2026
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Bitmine Immersion stock jumps as Tom Lee pitches vote to expand share authorization

Bitmine Immersion stock jumps as Tom Lee pitches vote to expand share authorization

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 06:39 ET — Market closed Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (BMNR) closed up 14.88% on Friday at $31.19, with about 58.4 million shares traded, after the company promoted a shareholder vote to dramatically increase the number of shares it is allowed to issue. The push matters because it would reshape the company’s capital flexibility at a time when the stock is already prone to sharp moves. “Authorized shares” is the legal cap on how many shares a company can issue. Raising that limit can make it easier to sell stock, do deals using stock as currency,
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Stock Market Today

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

7 February 2026
GSK shares closed Friday up 0.83% at a 52-week high after the EU approved Nucala for certain uncontrolled COPD patients. Insider filings showed chairman Jonathan Symonds bought 2,500 shares while executive David Redfern sold 100,000. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%. Broker ratings on GSK remained mixed.
Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

7 February 2026
Aye Finance raised Rs 454.5 crore from 19 anchor investors ahead of its Feb 9 IPO, pricing shares at the top of a Rs 122–129 range. The company’s profit fell 40% to Rs 64.3 crore in the six months to September as bad loans rose to 4.85%. The IPO values Aye at about Rs 3,200 crore, below its last private round. Major investors include Nippon Life India and Goldman Sachs funds.
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