Today: 29 June 2026
Verizon (NYSE:VZ) drops after Dow removal, BT charges weigh on shares
29 June 2026

Verizon (NYSE:VZ) drops after Dow removal, BT charges weigh on shares

Verizon Communications Inc. dropped sharply Monday. Shares fell $2.99 to $43.55, off 6.4%, even though the cash outlay for its new BT partnership wasn't huge. By comparison, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust gained 1.3%. Verizon lost around $12.6 billion in market value, looking at the day’s share price drop against its current market cap. That loss is about 20 times larger than the $625 million equalisation payment Verizon is paying in the BT deal. It also comes in at about 8-10 times the range of second-quarter items Verizon listed in its 8-K filing Monday.
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CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) moves past analyst target ahead of stock split

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) moves past analyst target ahead of stock split

29 June 2026
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. climbed 6.3% to $745.59 late Monday morning, after starting at $710.50 and touching $754.80. The move, calculated from Friday’s close using the current price and market cap, works out to a roughly $11.5 billion jump in equity value. The trade went through during normal Nasdaq hours. Nasdaq’s standard session is 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. According to the 2026 schedule, the next U.S. stock-market holiday is Friday, July 3, for Independence Day observed.
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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.
29 June 2026
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Apple shares hold steady as buyback talk meets AI chip strain

Apple shares hold steady as buyback talk meets AI chip strain

Apple Inc. starts Monday trading facing another hurdle for investors—seeing if its buyback will still help earnings per share as memory costs shift from a supply side problem to one coming out of Washington. Volume tells the story this time. Apple traded at five times its 65-day average turnover on Friday, though the shares had already bounced off a $274.21 low. The stock is still down 4.45% for the week and 7.36% in a month. The recovery hasn’t undone that earlier drop.
29 June 2026
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AMD stock trades short week over Street average after chip selloff

AMD stock trades short week over Street average after chip selloff

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. kicks off a short U.S. trading week still sitting above the average Wall Street price target. That’s even after a sharp fall on Friday that came with big volume. Trading was closed Sunday in New York. Nasdaq says regular stock hours run 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET on weekdays. Markets are set to be closed on July 3 for the Independence Day holiday.
28 June 2026
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Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) drops below February financing level after surge in trading volume

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) drops below February financing level after surge in trading volume

The U.S. market was closed Sunday, so Friday was the last regular session. Joby Aviation, Inc. finished at $8.83. Shares slid all week even though the company posted no new press releases. The last update on Joby’s press-release page was first-quarter results on May 5. Its SEC page showed the most recent filings as ownership and proposed-sale forms from June 16, and the last 8-K from June 4. The main action is in the tape. Joby’s traded volume was strong for five sessions. On Friday, 56.24 million shares changed hands, about 181% of its 65-day average volume. The company has 629.73 million shares in public float. As of June 15, short interest was at 100.74 million shares, equal to 16.0%
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Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) yield math back in focus after cancer drug miss, shares recover Friday

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) yield math back in focus after cancer drug miss, shares recover Friday

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28 June 2026
U.S. cash stock trading was closed Sunday. The New York Stock Exchange posts regular hours of 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, and says its next holiday for 2026 is Independence Day, observed Friday, July 3. Pfizer’s last trade was Friday’s close. Pfizer Inc. finished Friday at $24.29, up 62.5 cents after dipping as low as $23.70 during the day. About 60 million shares changed hands. The stock had dropped for six sessions in a row, ending Thursday at $23.67.
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Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) jumps but Army contract offers no dollar terms, $40B weekly drop hangs over move

Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) jumps but Army contract offers no dollar terms, $40B weekly drop hangs over move

Palantir Technologies Inc. was closed Sunday, but Friday’s 5.28% rebound to $112.93 puts the spotlight back on valuation. The market’s question now is whether its defense software can justify a price near 38 times its 2026 revenue target. Shares are still off 12.1% since the June 18 close. The gap tells the story. With 2.571 billion diluted shares from Palantir's Q1 EPS, the move from $128.47 on June 18 to $112.93 Friday wiped out roughly $40 billion in equity value. After closing at $107.27 Thursday, Friday's bounce put back about $14.6 billion.
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BitMine stock stays below reported crypto holdings after Russell inclusion; ETH drop pressures discount

BitMine stock stays below reported crypto holdings after Russell inclusion; ETH drop pressures discount

U.S. stock markets were closed Sunday in New York. BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc. will next trade in the first regular session after FTSE Russell’s June 26 reconstitution took effect after the U.S. market closed. FTSE Russell’s final Russell 3000 additions list shows “BITMINE IMMERSION TECHNO” with ticker BMNR in the technology sector. The clean trade is no longer only an “ETH proxy.” By Friday’s close, BMNR traded below an estimate of its disclosed holdings, despite this weekend’s further drop in ether. That discount is now a fact for investors. It shows the market is pricing in crypto volatility, preferred stock obligations, execution risk and potential capital needs, not awarding a premium to the biggest listed Ethereum treasury.
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Opendoor volume surpasses short interest after Russell 3000 addition

Opendoor shares face Russell 3000 test after 4.5x volume spike

NEW YORK, June 28, 2026, 14:04 EDT – Opendoor Technologies is in focus as it enters the Russell 3000, following a trading volume jump of 4.5 times the daily average. U.S. stock markets were closed Sunday, so the latest trading data for Opendoor Technologies Inc. covers last week through Friday and Monday’s open. Nasdaq's regular session runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern, Monday to Friday. The exchange is closed July 3 for Independence Day observed.
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IonQ shares slip 15%, but quantum premium holds ahead of short U.S. trading week

IonQ shares slip 15%, but quantum premium holds ahead of short U.S. trading week

IonQ Inc closed Friday at $49.31, falling 2.47%, with 67.76 million shares traded. Volume reached 215% of the 65-day average and topped the 50.49 million shares sold short as of June 15. The stock dropped 15.45% in five sessions but remained up 85.45% over three months. This is notable because the drop did not make IonQ look cheap based on current sales. Shares last traded at a market cap of about $18.3 billion, roughly 69 times the $265 million midpoint of its 2026 revenue forecast, and about 39 times its $470 million in remaining performance obligations.
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Micron (NASDAQ:MU) moves pull Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) into focus this week for AI stocks

Micron (NASDAQ:MU) moves pull Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) into focus this week for AI stocks

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28 June 2026
AI stocks in the U.S. head into the four-day week after last week’s drop facing a tighter focus: who is on the hook for memory bills. The memory crunch that helped Micron Technology is now hitting hardware prices at Apple. For investors, it’s a sharper gauge of whether AI spending still drives profit, or if those costs are now squeezing the rest of tech. Micron posted third-quarter revenue of $41.46 billion and GAAP net income at $28.24 billion. The company put its fourth-quarter revenue outlook at $50.0 billion, give or take $1.0 billion. CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said the figures and guide showed the “strategic value of memory in the AI era.”
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Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) bounce brings heavy Nasdaq volume ahead of Q2 earnings

Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) bounce brings heavy Nasdaq volume ahead of Q2 earnings

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28 June 2026
U.S. stock markets were closed in New York on Sunday. The Nasdaq’s main session is open Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. For 2026, the exchange will shut on Friday, July 3 for Independence Day observed. Netflix posted a strong rebound at the close, but volume was the key move. Shares rose 4.10% Friday to $73.81, coming back from a 52-week low of $70.86 hit Thursday. Still, Netflix dropped around 4.6% for the week, after closing last week at $77.38.
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June 2025 AI News Roundup: Breakthroughs, Surprises, and Global Developments

June 2025 AI News Roundup: Breakthroughs, Surprises, and Global Developments

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28 June 2025
June 2025 was a landmark month for artificial intelligence, with major advances and unexpected events across generative AI, robotics, healthcare, defense, regulation, and business. From next-generation AI models and robots entering factories to new healthcare AI tools and calls for oversight, the AI landscape saw rapid evolution. Below is a comprehensive news-style report summarizing the month’s key AI updates and surprises. OpenAI signaled a new leap in generative AI with CEO Sam Altman announcing that GPT-5 is on the way. On an official podcast, Altman said GPT-5 is expected to launch in summer 2025 adweek.com. Early testers report it is “materially better” than GPT-4 adweek.com, suggesting a significant upgrade in capability. OpenAI is also exploring new monetization: Altman revealed he’s
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Astera Labs (NASDAQ:ALAB) rally outpaces Wall Street targets

Astera Labs (NASDAQ:ALAB) rally outpaces Wall Street targets

Astera Labs, Inc. jumped Monday, with the AI-connectivity stock rising well past updated targets on Wall Street. Shares changed hands at $448.84, up $57.10, or 14.6%, at 18:48 UTC, about an hour before the U.S. close. Astera’s run isn’t only about the rally. UBS Group AG bumped its price target to $400 on June 29 from $205 in May, keeping a Neutral rating. By mid-afternoon in New York, Astera traded almost 11% higher than that target.
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29 Jun
Corning beats Wall Street as AI fiber pricing shifts

Corning beats Wall Street as AI fiber pricing shifts

Corning Incorporated surged 15.2% to $254.54 as of 2:48 p.m. EDT Monday, tacking on around $29 billion in market cap since Friday’s close. The stock outperformed the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust and Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1. GLW’s jump wasn’t just about magnitude. The stock traded above all 12-month analyst targets tracked by Google Finance, despite that data showing seven Buys, four Holds and zero Sells. The top price target sat at $228.00, with an average of $205.10.
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29 Jun
Grab (NASDAQ:GRAB) shares edge higher with Indonesia fee cut in focus

Grab (NASDAQ:GRAB) shares edge higher with Indonesia fee cut in focus

Grab Holdings Limited traded higher late Monday in New York. Buyers stepped in ahead of a July 1 change to commission rules in Indonesia. The adjustment trims fee revenue, but analysts said the impact may be less severe for the entire company than the headline rate. Shares rose 3.8% to $3.685 at 18:48 UTC, putting the company’s market cap near $14.57 billion. The stock outperformed Uber Technologies Inc, which dropped 2.2%. DoorDash Inc and Sea Ltd also gained but not as much at that point.
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29 Jun
Freshworks Inc. (NASDAQ:FRSH) stock jumps as volume surge revives buyback math

Freshworks Inc. (NASDAQ:FRSH) stock jumps as volume surge revives buyback math

Freshworks Inc. rose more than most large software peers on Monday, as a jump in volume pushed the stock back above $10 and put fresh focus on a buyback plan that is large relative to the company’s market value. The shares traded at $10.205 at 3:01 p.m. EDT, up 3.6%. Volume stood at 37.8 million shares, compared with a 65-day average of 12.9 million shares. The stock’s 52-week range is $6.79 to $15.47, leaving it about 34% below last July’s high.
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29 Jun
Social Security timing in July moves $5.7B in SSI spending forward for retailers

Social Security timing in July moves $5.7B in SSI spending forward for retailers

July will see Americans get one extra federal benefit payout compared to June. The Social Security Administration’s calendar for 2026 schedules SSI deposits for July 1 and July 31, with July 2 for those who started Social Security before May 1997 and people on both SSI and Social Security. Retirement, disability and survivor checks tied to birth dates go out July 8, 15 and 22. The July 31 SSI payment is the August benefit sent early because of the weekend, not an extra check. This is no longer just a routine calendar story. Now it’s a cash timing issue. SSA said it counted 7.323 million SSI recipients in May, with $5.736 billion in payments and an average check of $738.13.
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29 Jun
Ouster surges with rally ahead of short-interest update

Ouster surges with rally ahead of short-interest update

Ouster traded sharply higher as buyers piled in even before the latest short-interest numbers landed. The move comes as the rally pushed through earlier resistance. Ouster, Inc. gained $10.25 to $52.27 Monday afternoon, giving the lidar company a market cap of around $3.23 billion. Shares moved between $43.50 and $53.17. Volume for the session was 7.71 million, according to the latest finance feed update.
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29 Jun
UiPath (NYSE:PATH) moves higher, faces stepped-up ARR hurdle for H2

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) moves higher, faces stepped-up ARR hurdle for H2

UiPath, Inc. shares traded higher Monday, but investors looking past the uptick might notice the company still sits below where it bought back stock in Q1. Its annual recurring revenue forecast will put more pressure on results for the second half. The New York Stock Exchange traded a normal session. NYSE says U.S. cash equities run from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern. The next listed holiday is July 3, 2026, for Independence Day observed.
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BlackBerry (TSX:BB) gains put focus on buyback math and valuation after QNX update

BlackBerry (TSX:BB) gains put focus on buyback math and valuation after QNX update

BlackBerry Limited jumped 8.6% to $12.39 early Monday afternoon in New York, trading on heavier-than-normal volume. The move comes after last week’s rally following earnings faced a valuation check. MarketWatch put the shares at a 52-week high of $12.46, with the day's range running $11.31 to $12.46 as of 2:06 p.m. EDT. Monday trading went on as usual, with no holiday break. The NYSE's 2026 calendar sets the next U.S. market closure for July 3, for Independence Day observed. In Canada, TMX will close July 1 for Canada Day.
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29 Jun
Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) trades below $11.35 financing level

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) trades below $11.35 financing level

Joby Aviation slipped Monday while broader U.S. markets gained. The air-taxi firm traded at $8.64 near 1:54 p.m. EDT, down from the $11.35 January stock offering and well under the $14.19 early conversion price set for its 2032 convertible notes. This matters as Joby relies on time to fund its plans. If the share price falls, raising more equity gets pricier before Joby proves out recurring passenger revenue.
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29 Jun
Maruti Suzuki puts battery recycling with MiniMines in EV cost mix, AI stays in play

Maruti Suzuki puts battery recycling with MiniMines in EV cost mix, AI stays in play

Maruti Suzuki India picked five startups on Monday – four focused on AI and digital processes, and one in battery recycling. MiniMines, based in Bengaluru, will handle recycling old lithium-ion batteries and recover precious materials. The other four – Easework AI, Sarvam AI, Siftly, and CodeMate AI – will work on areas like procurement, customer support, marketing, and software. Hisashi Takeuchi, Maruti’s MD and CEO, said MiniMines will “support us in safely recycling end-of-life batteries”, while the other four startups will help “drive efficiency” in different business operations. All five companies came through the fifth round of the Maruti Suzuki Incubation Program with IIM Bangalore’s NSRCEL.
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29 Jun
Roblox (NYSE:RBLX) shares rise after Arete sets $95 target, cites older-player market at $68 billion

Roblox (NYSE:RBLX) shares rise after Arete sets $95 target, cites older-player market at $68 billion

Roblox Corporation jumped 14.2% to $54.30 Monday afternoon after Arete Research switched to a bullish call on the videogame company. Shares reached as high as $55.32 during the session. Volume was at 10.2 million, putting Roblox's market cap at $38.65 billion. Arete’s David Mak upgraded Roblox to Buy from Neutral and bumped his price target up to $95 from $75. The firm said “at $45, Arete is a buyer.” Its 2027 bookings forecast now sits 5% above consensus, as reported by The Fly.
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29 Jun
Applied Materials stock jumps as AMAT rally outruns Wall Street’s average target

Applied Materials stock jumps as AMAT rally outruns Wall Street’s average target

Applied Materials, Inc. surged on Monday, adding about $58 billion in market value from Friday’s implied level, as the chip-tool maker’s stock moved closer to the Street’s most bullish targets than to its average target. The shares recently traded at $699.97, up $73.13 on the day, after moving between $633.33 and $708.87. The rally beat the main semiconductor ETF proxies by a wide margin, with AMAT’s intraday gain more than three times SOXX’s move and more than four times SPY’s move.
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29 Jun
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) rise powers QQQ early as delivery test looms

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) rise powers QQQ early as delivery test looms

Cash equities in the U.S. traded as normal at the stated time. The NYSE isn’t closed for a holiday on June 29, 2026, according to its calendar. Regular hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Tesla, Inc. traded up 5.9% to $402.28 as of 12:46 p.m. ET, Google Finance showed. The gain put Tesla’s market cap at $1.424 trillion, up around $80 billion for the day.
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Verizon (NYSE:VZ) drops after Dow removal, BT charges weigh on shares

Verizon (NYSE:VZ) drops after Dow removal, BT charges weigh on shares

Verizon Communications Inc. dropped sharply Monday. Shares fell $2.99 to $43.55, off 6.4%, even though the cash outlay for its new BT partnership wasn't huge. By comparison, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust gained 1.3%. Verizon lost around $12.6 billion in market value, looking at the day’s share price drop against its current market cap. That loss is about 20 times larger than the $625 million equalisation payment Verizon is paying in the BT deal. It also comes in at about 8-10 times the range of second-quarter items Verizon listed in its 8-K filing Monday.
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29 Jun
Snap (NYSE:SNAP) shares fall as user value comes up short against rivals

Snap (NYSE:SNAP) shares fall as user value comes up short against rivals

Snap Inc. shares fell Monday at midday, giving up gains seen across other internet and communications stocks. Investors pointed to concerns over the value of Snap’s user base and fresh regulatory risks out of Australia. The shares traded at $4.39, off 0.5%, putting the company’s market cap around $7.4 billion. Meta added 2.6%, Pinterest was up 3.8% and Reddit advanced 3.1% in the same live quotes.
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29 Jun
CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) moves past analyst target ahead of stock split

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) moves past analyst target ahead of stock split

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. climbed 6.3% to $745.59 late Monday morning, after starting at $710.50 and touching $754.80. The move, calculated from Friday’s close using the current price and market cap, works out to a roughly $11.5 billion jump in equity value. The trade went through during normal Nasdaq hours. Nasdaq’s standard session is 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. According to the 2026 schedule, the next U.S. stock-market holiday is Friday, July 3, for Independence Day observed.
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29 Jun
AT&T shares dip as fiber build-out runs into legacy line disputes

AT&T drops as Starlink and cable stocks split comms index

AT&T Inc. lagged the rest of the communications sector as the market climbed. The stock dropped 5.2% to $21.55 just before noon in New York, trailing the XLC by nearly 7 points. Shares touched a session low of $21.28, trading just 1.2% above that by late morning. The spread is key since this wasn’t just a sector drop. Cash flowed to cable and space plays as legacy wireless carriers fell.
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29 Jun
Honeywell Aerospace (NASDAQ:HONA) starts trading as $72 billion spinoff, faces data-center uncertainty

Honeywell Aerospace (NASDAQ:HONA) starts trading as $72 billion spinoff, faces data-center uncertainty

Honeywell Aerospace dropped a fresh angle for industrials on Monday, at a moment when the data-center trade started to look more mixed to investors. HONA jumped 7% at the open in its first day on Nasdaq, opening at $236.78 after closing at $221.01 in when-issued trading last week, Reuters reported. The stock last traded at $226.45 as of 12:08 p.m. EDT, with market value at $71.76 billion and shares moving between $213.44 and $239.98 so far.
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29 Jun
Broadcom shares jump on OpenAI move, margin outlook still in focus for AVGO

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) AI revenue now over half of forecast, shares still under pressure in June

Broadcom Inc. says AI chip revenue should hit $16.0 billion in its fiscal Q3, making up about 54% of expected revenue, up from 49% in the quarter ended May 3. Still, shares have stayed weak through June, down around 20% for the month, according to Benzinga. Broadcom's split is a signal the company is shifting away from its mixed chip-software setup, pushing harder into AI custom chips. CEO Tan said, “The momentum continues,” noting Q2 AI semiconductor revenue jumped 143% to $10.8 billion. CFO Kirsten Spears told investors operating leverage held up, with adjusted EBITDA reaching 69% of revenue for Q2 and guidance just under that at 68% for Q3.
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29 Jun
Uber (NYSE:UBER) gains $8 billion after robotaxi push

Uber (NYSE:UBER) gains $8 billion after robotaxi push

Uber Technologies picked up nearly $8 billion in market value in one session after a move tied to its new autonomy unit, but the company still hasn’t reported revenue from that business. Uber last traded at $75.69, off 0.7% Monday. Market cap landed at $156.8 billion. This is important for investors since the $8 billion gain tops several months of Uber’s cash generation. It’s 3.5 times Uber’s $2.286 billion free cash flow in Q1 and 2.9 times the $2.75 billion midpoint for Q2 adjusted EBITDA that the company guided.
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29 Jun
Micron (NASDAQ:MU) looks to big memory contracts as stock moves into new week

Micron (NASDAQ:MU) falls after $98B hit as AI memory deals get tested

Micron Technology, Inc. dropped hard Monday, while the Nasdaq and NVIDIA Corp. held up. Investors sold the stock after South Korea’s new memory chip capacity plans hit the wires, sparking worries about future pricing. The shares closed at $1,046.06, down $86.27 from Friday. By market cap and price drop, that wiped out roughly $98 billion in equity value. That figure is key since Micron last week set a $100 billion minimum-revenue threshold on 14 of 16 of its customer supply agreements. The stock ended up getting cut by about one contract floor. Micron’s guide for the current quarter still has $50 billion in revenue and a gross margin near 86%.
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29 Jun
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.
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29 Jun
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%.
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