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Bank of America’s $16 Billion Oracle AI Data Center Deal Puts Wall Street’s AI Bet Under a Harsh Light

Bank of America’s $16 Billion Oracle AI Data Center Deal Puts Wall Street’s AI Bet Under a Harsh Light

Bank of America acted as structuring agent and financial advisor on a $16 billion financing for an Oracle-linked data center in Saline Township, Michigan. The bank sold $14 billion in bonds for the project, with Blackstone contributing $2 billion in equity. PIMCO bought about $10 billion of the bonds. Local opposition over power use and environmental impact continues.
26 April 2026
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AXT Stock Has a $632.5 Million Question: Can Its China Wafer Bet Keep Up With AI Demand?

AXT Stock Has a $632.5 Million Question: Can Its China Wafer Bet Keep Up With AI Demand?

AXT underwriters bought 1.28 million additional shares at $64.25 each, raising $82.5 million and bringing total gross proceeds to about $632.5 million. The funds will expand indium phosphide wafer capacity at Beijing Tongmei, its China-based subsidiary. AXT expects first-quarter revenue of $26–28 million and a net loss of up to $2.6 million. Shares closed at $76.16 on April 24.
26 April 2026
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Lightwave Logic Stock Drop Puts $51 Million Share-Sale Plan and AI Optics Push in Focus

Lightwave Logic Stock Drop Puts $51 Million Share-Sale Plan and AI Optics Push in Focus

Lightwave Logic shares fell 6.9% to $12.665 after expanding its stock-sale program to $51.4 million. The company reported 2025 net sales of $236,855 and a net loss of $20.3 million, with no significant commercial revenue expected before 2027. Lightwave has sold 8.08 million shares for $35 million under the program. Recent partnerships include GlobalFoundries and Tower Semiconductor for silicon photonics development.
26 April 2026
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Duolingo Stock’s Next Big Test Is One Week Away as AI Bet Draws Fresh Scrutiny

Duolingo Stock’s Next Big Test Is One Week Away as AI Bet Draws Fresh Scrutiny

Faruqi & Faruqi said Sunday it is investigating potential claims against Duolingo Inc. after the company’s stock fell sharply following its pivot to user growth and AI investment. Duolingo’s shares closed Friday at $103.45, far below their 52-week high of $544.93. The company will report first-quarter results on May 4. Goldman Sachs recently cut its price target on Duolingo to $100.
26 April 2026
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Nokia Oyj Stock Faces a Fresh Test After AI Orders Light Up Earnings

Nokia Oyj Stock Faces a Fresh Test After AI Orders Light Up Earnings

Nokia shares will trade ex-dividend on April 27 after first-quarter operating profit jumped 54% to 281 million euros, beating analyst forecasts. AI and cloud customers accounted for 8% of sales, with orders from that segment rising 49% to 1 billion euros. U.S.-listed ADRs closed at $10.46 on Friday, up 1.2%. Nokia maintained its full-year profit target.
26 April 2026
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Vertiv Stock Has Wall Street Raising Targets Again. The AI Data Center Trade Is Getting Harder to Ignore

Vertiv Stock Has Wall Street Raising Targets Again. The AI Data Center Trade Is Getting Harder to Ignore

Vertiv shares closed up 0.5% at $323.46 Friday after JPMorgan raised its price target to $350, citing strong demand for AI data centers. First-quarter net sales rose 30% to $2.65 billion, and the company lifted its 2026 outlook. Some investors remained cautious after a mixed second-quarter forecast. The stock traded as high as $331.64 during the session.
26 April 2026
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ASML Stock’s AI Boom Has a Catch: TSMC Won’t Rush the $410 Million Machine

ASML Stock’s AI Boom Has a Catch: TSMC Won’t Rush the $410 Million Machine

ASML shares rose 2.3% in Amsterdam late Friday as the company reported Q1 net sales of €8.8 billion and raised its 2026 sales outlook to up to €40 billion. TSMC, ASML’s top customer, said it would delay adopting ASML’s new High-NA EUV machines, priced at over €350 million each, preferring to extend use of existing tools. ASML aims to deliver at least 60 standard EUV machines in 2026.
26 April 2026
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Intuit Stock Rebounds After AI Selloff as TurboTax Owner Nears Earnings Test

Intuit Stock Rebounds After AI Selloff as TurboTax Owner Nears Earnings Test

Intuit shares rose 3.3% to $395.95 on Friday, recovering part of Thursday’s AI-driven losses. The company’s fiscal third-quarter results, covering the peak U.S. tax season, are due after April 30. Investors are watching TurboTax and QuickBooks growth as AI competition pressures software valuations. Intuit forecasts about 10% revenue growth and non-GAAP EPS of $12.45 to $12.51 for the quarter.
25 April 2026
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Palo Alto Networks Stock Jumps as AI Cyber Fears Become Its Next Big Test

Palo Alto Networks Stock Jumps as AI Cyber Fears Become Its Next Big Test

Palo Alto Networks shares closed up 3.08% at $178.54 on Friday, outpacing cybersecurity peers after Japan announced a financial-sector cybersecurity task force over concerns tied to Anthropic’s Mythos AI model. The company continues heavy spending on acquisitions and integration, aiming to capture demand from large organizations worried about AI-driven cyber threats.
25 April 2026
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Corning Incorporated Just Opened a Financing Door After Its AI Stock Surge

Corning Incorporated Just Opened a Financing Door After Its AI Stock Surge

Corning filed an automatic shelf registration late Friday, allowing it to offer debt and equity securities in the future. The move comes as GLW shares hit $179.08 intraday before closing at $175.89, ahead of its April 28 earnings call. The filing did not specify an offering size. Corning has recently secured a multi-billion dollar fiber-optic deal with Meta Platforms and plans to expand capacity in North Carolina.
25 April 2026
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Meta’s Amazon Chip Deal Shows AI Race Is Moving Beyond Nvidia GPUs

Meta’s Amazon Chip Deal Shows AI Race Is Moving Beyond Nvidia GPUs

Meta has signed a multiyear deal worth billions to use Amazon Web Services’ Graviton5 chips for AI, deploying tens of millions of cores. Meta plans 2026 capital spending of up to $135 billion and will cut about 8,000 jobs, with layoffs effective May 20. Meta shares rose $16.87 to $676.02 near the U.S. close; Amazon gained $8.87 to $263.95. Meta will report first-quarter results after the market closes April 29.
24 April 2026
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CoreWeave CEO’s $35.8 Million Stock Sale Tests AI Cloud Rally

CoreWeave CEO’s $35.8 Million Stock Sale Tests AI Cloud Rally

CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator sold $35.8 million in company shares this week, according to an SEC filing, after the stock’s sharp rise. The sale, under a pre-set trading plan, involved 307,693 shares at prices between $114.71 and $120.33. Shares traded at $112.46 Friday, down 4.2%. Chief strategy officer Brian Venturo also disclosed $130.4 million in sales by related entities.
24 April 2026
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Why Cadence Stock Is Back in Focus Before Earnings as TSMC AI Chip Push Builds

Why Cadence Stock Is Back in Focus Before Earnings as TSMC AI Chip Push Builds

Cadence shares rose 5.2% to $330.66 Friday, rebounding after a 5.21% drop Thursday. The move followed news that Cadence expanded its AI chip design collaboration with TSMC, covering advanced process nodes. Investors await Cadence’s first-quarter earnings report Monday. Rosenblatt reiterated a Buy rating and set a $360 price target.
24 April 2026
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Tempus AI Stock Faces a New Test as USC Deal Opens a 1.5 Million-Visit Door

Tempus AI Stock Faces a New Test as USC Deal Opens a 1.5 Million-Visit Door

Tempus AI Inc. announced a collaboration with the Keck School of Medicine of USC to integrate its molecular testing and trial-matching tools into USC’s health system, covering over 1.5 million patient visits annually. Financial terms were not disclosed. Tempus shares traded at $51.70 midday Friday, valuing the company at about $9 billion. The partnership will initially focus on precision oncology across USC hospitals and clinics.
24 April 2026
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IREN Stock Faces May 7 Test as AI Data Center Pivot, Microsoft Deal and $6 Billion Share-Sale Risk Collide

IREN Stock Faces May 7 Test as AI Data Center Pivot, Microsoft Deal and $6 Billion Share-Sale Risk Collide

IREN Limited will report fiscal third-quarter results on May 7 after its shares rose 7.5% to $52.02, bucking a broader market decline. The company, once focused on bitcoin mining, now faces scrutiny over its AI data center expansion and large contracts, including a $9.7 billion deal with Microsoft. IREN’s AI Cloud Services revenue more than doubled last quarter but remains far below mining revenue.
24 April 2026
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  • Bitcoin Whales Go Long Amid Bearish Derivatives on Hyperliquid
    April 26, 2026, 2:10 PM EDT. Bitcoin whales on Hyperliquid have built a significant long position since early March, even as bearish bets pile up in derivatives markets. Glassnode data shows these large traders shifted from net short to net long, aligning with Bitcoin's rise from the mid-$60,000s to near $80,000. Meanwhile, negative funding rates on Bitcoin perpetual swaps indicate shorts are paying longs, a condition that often precedes short squeezes. This dichotomy between onchain whale positioning and bearish derivatives suggests potential upward pressure on Bitcoin's price in the short term. Traditional markets advance, but how these variables will interact is yet to be determined in coming sessions.

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Xanadu Stock Rises After 294 Million-Share Filing: What Changes Now for XNDU

Xanadu Stock Rises After 294 Million-Share Filing: What Changes Now for XNDU

26 April 2026
TORONTO, April 26, 2026, 14:07 EDT Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited’s U.S.-listed shares last traded higher on Friday, putting fresh focus on a new U.S. registration statement that could allow selling securityholders to resell up to 293.7 million Class B subordinate voting shares over time. XNDU was quoted at $30.95, up 7.28%, with U.S. markets closed for the weekend. (Reuters) The filing matters now because Xanadu has been public for less than a month. The Toronto quantum-computing firm began trading under XNDU on Nasdaq and the Toronto Stock Exchange after closing its merger with Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp., a special purpose
Verizon Earnings Tomorrow: Subscriber Growth Is the Test for VZ’s Comeback

Verizon Earnings Tomorrow: Subscriber Growth Is the Test for VZ’s Comeback

26 April 2026
Verizon will release first-quarter results Monday, its first report since closing the Frontier deal in January. Earnings materials post at 7:00 a.m. ET, with a webcast at 8:30 a.m. Wall Street expects $1.21 per share on $34.82 billion revenue. Shares last traded at $46.38, down 7.5% over the past month.
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