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Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) to acquire Iridium (NASDAQ:IRDM) in $8B deal

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) to acquire Iridium (NASDAQ:IRDM) in $8B deal

NEW YORK, June 29, 2026, 11:13 EDT. Rocket Lab said it will buy Iridium in an $8 billion deal, moving the satellite race into a new phase as RKLB eyes cash flow from IRDM’s network. Rocket Lab Corporation said it will acquire Iridium Communications Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal that puts an $8 billion tag on the satellite operator. Investors will probably notice Rocket Lab paying up with its high-valuation public shares to pick up a company already turning out operating profits. Iridium shareholders will be paid $54 a share, split $27 in cash and the rest in Rocket Lab shares, the companies said.
29 June 2026
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Dow trades up as Alphabet and Amazon lift gains, rally narrows

Dow trades up as Alphabet and Amazon lift gains, rally narrows

U.S. stocks traded during regular New York hours. NYSE core trading is open 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. According to the exchange calendar, July 3 is the next closure for Independence Day in 2026, not June 29. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded at 52,097.24, gaining 221.13 points, or 0.43%, according to MarketWatch. The S&P 500 rose 13.61 points, or 0.19%. The Nasdaq Composite was ahead 76.76 points, or 0.30%.
29 June 2026
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US stocks edge higher, megacaps offset drop in small caps; Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) surges after split news

US stocks edge higher, megacaps offset drop in small caps; Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) surges after split news

NEW YORK, June 29, 2026, 11:03 a.m. EDT U.S. stocks traded higher Monday morning, but gains didn’t reach across the board. Big tech and other heavyweights moved up, while small caps slipped and semis lagged behind. NYSE kept regular hours, opening at 9:30 a.m. and shutting at 4 p.m. ET. The next holiday closure on the schedule is Friday, July 3, 2026.
29 June 2026
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Surf Air Mobility (NYSE:SRFM) rises after Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) agreement raises dilution talk

Surf Air Mobility (NYSE:SRFM) rises after Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) agreement raises dilution talk

Surf Air Mobility Inc. jumped 17.5% to $1.06 on Monday. The move came after Palantir Technologies Inc. said it will give more technical and commercial support to SurfOS, the aviation software from Surf Air. Shares touched $1.405, with volume at 69.2 million near 10:09 a.m. EDT. The headline move isn’t the real story. It’s the turnover. On Monday, trading volume ran at 62.3% of Surf Air’s total 110.99 million shares after its offering, and that was 14.5 times bigger than the 4.76 million shares Palantir registered last week. Traders are already shifting how they value the software deal, some of it paid in stock.
29 June 2026
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Charter stock rises after Comcast split, cable deal talk up again but buyback gap remains

Charter stock rises after Comcast split, cable deal talk up again but buyback gap remains

Charter Communications, Inc. surged early Monday after Comcast Corp announced plans to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky from its main broadband and wireless businesses. The move turned Charter into a cable merger proxy even though it hadn’t made any big announcements itself. Charter shares were up 13.8% at $152.03, after jumping as much as 28.3% to $171.50. The rally tacked on about $2.3 billion to Charter’s market value, according to quote data. Charter shares lost steam after an early jump. The stock started at $167.80, but now trades down 11.4% from its high of the day. Nothing new showed up on its investor-relations site for June 29. The latest updates were a May 13 conference, May 7, and April 24.
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Trump-era loan caps could open door for private lenders in grad school market

Student loan caps, SAVE delay put lenders and colleges on watch for July 1

New U.S. limits on student loans kick in Wednesday, raising the question of whether graduate programs will lower tuition before students turn to private lenders. For investors, timing matters: the caps start July 1, but mandatory SAVE exits are now pushed to late September or after. The 30% figure is catching investors’ attention. NPR on Sunday said recent studies estimate about 30% of grad borrowers would hit new loan caps. That’s a big slice, so private-loan activity bears watching, but it’s not big enough to call for a quick tuition drop.
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SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) jumps on volume after pressure from shorts

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) jumps on volume after pressure from shorts

SoFi Technologies, Inc. traded up before the bell Monday, but Friday's volume was the clearer signal. Shares finished Friday at $17.88, gaining 3.35%, after touching $17.97 in the session. Early Monday, SOFI was quoted at $18.11 in the premarket, sitting 21% off its 52-week low and still 45% below the 52-week high. There’s a big short base here, but it isn’t stuck. MarketWatch put short interest at 195.79 million shares on June 15, or 15.55% of the float. That works out to about 2.8 days to cover, with the stock averaging 69.85 million shares in daily volume. So a squeeze could move the stock, though it probably won’t be the only thing driving it.
29 June 2026
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Plug Power stock on watch before June 30 cash deadline

Plug Power stock on watch before June 30 cash deadline

At the stated time, Plug Power Inc. traded in premarket. According to Nasdaq’s 2026 schedule, the next U.S. market holiday is July 3 for Independence Day observed—June 29 is not a listed closure. The exchange had premarket action open at 09:06 EDT. The 1.6% premarket gain Monday isn’t the real story. There’s a heavy short position on the stock, with MarketWatch showing 339.62 million shares sold short as of June 15, or 25.5% of the public float. That’s roughly 4.6 days to cover at the average volume of 73.52 million shares.
29 June 2026
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Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) falls behind as chipmakers rebound and foundry plans edge closer to 14A deadline

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) falls behind as chipmakers rebound and foundry plans edge closer to 14A deadline

Intel Corporation moved up slightly premarket Monday, lagging the chip sector. The stock has already priced in a rebound, so traders want to see results. Intel traded 0.51% higher at $128.97 as of 8:43 a.m. EDT, rebounding after dropping 3.42% on Friday, according to MarketWatch. The iShares Semiconductor ETF moved up 1.34%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd ADR added 1.26%, Nvidia climbed 0.96%, and Advanced Micro Devices was up 0.90% ahead of the bell.
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Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) opens on Dow with $1.7 billion ETF flow question

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) opens on Dow with $1.7 billion ETF flow question

Alphabet Inc. gained in premarket Monday, trading higher as it joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average, though the main action was in fund flows. The delayed quote put Class A at $340.80, up 1.01% from Friday's $337.39, which was down 1.84%. Volume Friday hit 114.71 million shares, nearly 360% of its 65-day average. Alphabet took Verizon Communications Inc.’s spot before the open Monday. S&P Dow Jones Indices said Verizon’s low share price meant the stock made up just 0.5% of the Dow and had little impact in the price-weighted index.
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Volato Group stock trades around 17 cents with dilution after share sale

Volato Group stock trades around 17 cents with dilution after share sale

Volato Group Inc is selling new shares at just about where the stock traded before Monday’s session. The move puts the spotlight on the share count, not just on cash raised. According to a Form 8-K, Volato agreed to sell 11,038,767 Class A shares at $0.165 apiece. There’s no placement agent or underwriter, and the company expects to bring in $1,821,397.02 in gross proceeds, before fees. Google Finance had SOAR at $0.17, flat on the regular session. The pre-market quote was up 0.24%. The site’s page said the stock last closed at 4:00 p.m. ET on June 26. Volume showed 79.57 million shares, more than double the 35.24 million average volume shown on the page.
29 June 2026
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Keel Infrastructure climbs premarket with heavy float turnover on Russell 3000 inclusion

Keel Infrastructure climbs premarket with heavy float turnover on Russell 3000 inclusion

Keel Infrastructure Corp. traded higher in premarket on Monday, climbing after the data-center and energy infrastructure company was named to the Russell 3000 Index. Shares quoted at $6.165 as of 08:01 a.m. EDT, up 2.24% from Friday’s $6.03 close. The change takes effect at the U.S. open. Friday’s volume stood out. MarketWatch put turnover at 122.41 million shares, about 273% of the 65-day average. That’s roughly 20.4% of the public float of 601.03 million shares. Short interest was 87.29 million shares, or 14.52% of float, on June 15.
29 June 2026
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Lucid’s cost cuts and promo deadlines shift focus to LCID’s next delivery numbers

Lucid’s cost cuts and promo deadlines shift focus to LCID’s next delivery numbers

Lucid Group, Inc. heads into Monday with investors focused on two things: the updated cost-cutting plan now stacks up versus the equity market cap, and the company is up against a June 30 deadline for its latest sales push. The stock last traded at $5.92, up 82 cents from its previous close, and the company’s market cap stands at about $1.94 billion. Tesla Inc. changed hands at $379.71, while Rivian Automotive Inc. was at $15.63. That leaves Lucid with the thinnest equity buffer of the three U.S.-listed EV companies mentioned.
29 June 2026
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Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) surge puts stock above most analyst targets ahead of FDA review

Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) surge puts stock above most analyst targets ahead of FDA review

Moderna, Inc. heads into Monday’s U.S. session with its shares now outpacing most analyst targets, leaving the main story a stock issue instead of a scientific one. The stock traded at $67.63 in premarket at 7:01 a.m. EDT, up 0.54%, after jumping 12.59% to $67.27 on Friday. Volume hit 14.46 million shares Friday, 203% of the 65-day average. Moderna was one of the few large healthcare plays to rally Friday, as the rest of the market drifted lower. The S&P 500 slipped 0.05% and the Nasdaq lost 0.24%, according to Reuters, but Moderna shares shot up nearly 13% after its investor event. Early Monday, U.S. futures traded stronger, with S&P 500 E-minis up 0.68% and Nasdaq 100 E-minis up 1.02% at 5:00 a.m. ET.
29 June 2026
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AST SpaceMobile spike faces 62 million shares sold short

AST SpaceMobile spike faces 62 million shares sold short

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. traded higher in premarket action Monday, though the short side looked more crowded. MarketWatch’s delayed quote at 7:01 a.m. EDT showed 461,440 shares traded before the bell. Short interest was reported at 62.49 million shares as of June 15, or 24.09% of public float, according to the same MarketWatch page. MarketWatch’s tape had it set up like this:
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Ondas Inc. ONDS stock rises as Russell 3000 add meets short-interest test

Ondas Inc. ONDS stock rises as Russell 3000 add meets short-interest test

Ondas Inc. entered Monday with an index bid on one side and a heavy short base on the other. The stock was quoted at $8.01 in premarket trade at 7:02 a.m. EDT, up 18 cents from Friday’s $7.83 close, with 458,640 shares changing hands before the bell. The regular Nasdaq session was still ahead. Nasdaq hours in New York run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT, and Nasdaq’s 2026 holiday calendar lists the next U.S. closure as July 3 for Independence Day, not June 29.
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Nokia flat in Helsinki as AI-driven gains pause with traders weighing value

Nokia flat in Helsinki as AI-driven gains pause with traders weighing value

Nokia Oyj dipped in Helsinki on Monday, with most of the action in the broker calls. Handelsbanken took its rating down to Hold from Buy but bumped its target up to 12 euros from 10.20. The broker suggested Nokia’s AI run is now mostly reflected in the share price. Nokia was at 11.36 euros, off 0.40%, as of 14:01 EEST. Shares dropped 6.52% on Friday, with most of the slide coming then. Monday saw only light selling afterward.
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Comcast stock in focus: CMCSA ends week higher as Jan. 29 earnings loom

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky exposes media profit gap

Comcast said it will spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into a separately listed company, giving shareholders two public stocks but also leaving the new media group with the weaker profit profile in Comcast’s latest segment data. The planned split separates Comcast’s broadband, wireless and business services arm from NBCUniversal’s studios, theme parks, Peacock, NBC, Telemundo, Bravo and Sky. The transaction is expected to close in about one year and still needs board, tax, regulatory and financing approvals.
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  • Intel (INTC) Splits Wall Street on Valuation as Shares Ride AI Hype, 18A Progress
    July 7, 2026, 4:19 AM EDT. Intel (INTC) is up more than 210% this year with bulls citing AI infrastructure, foundry growth, and headway on 18A manufacturing. Some analysts are calling the stock undervalued, putting fair value at $500.93 thanks to margin and growth targets. But a DCF model from Simply Wall St lands much lower-$64.12-pointing to possible overvaluation. The split shows how hopes for Intel's AI and foundry story clash with risks on competition and profits. Shares at $122.20 show strong optimism but also stir doubts that AI upside is already baked in.
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