Afterhours News

Walmart posted a strong Q2 earnings beat and raised its outlook, but slowing U.S. sales, weaker transactions, and temporary tariff benefits pressured shares and divided investors.

Transocean announced on Thursday that it had signed a two-year binding Letter of Award for the Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 with ONGC in India.

Burry warned that the economy’s heavy reliance on AI investment echoed the dependency that preceded the global financial crisis.

AEVEX secures a $41 million U.S. government award.

Shkreli closed his short position in about a week of starting it.

According to CNBC, Tom Lee, Co-founder and Head of Research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, said that Robinhood stock is one to avoid in 2026.

AeroVironment is forming a Greek joint venture to expand European drone production.

Musk said Tesla could beat analysts’ forecast for 119% revenue growth over the next five years.

Apple appears to be shifting more resources toward its mixed-reality glasses, which it reportedly plans to unveil next year, while scaling back its focus on the Vision Pro.

In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company revealed that COO Liam Daniel Wilson purchased 30,769 shares of KEEL at a weighted average price of $3.25 per share, worth a total of about $107,691.

Moderna soared 177% Wednesday, while Merck gained 13% and the rally spread to BioNTech, Arcturus, Tempus AI and Novavax.

SpaceX could gain from fewer Starship bottlenecks and NASA’s Moon-Mars push.

Walmart and Target showed different trends, with Walmart facing weaker U.S. sales and valuation concerns, while Target’s stronger customer traffic and improving business boosted investor confidence.

The benchmark indexes are on track to end the week lower, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq likely to snap three weeks of gains.

Memory is "strategic infrastructure” for AI, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said.

Truist analyst Matthew Coad raised the price target on Fiserv to $53 from $52 and maintained a ‘Hold’ rating on the shares.

Texas Capital lowered the price target on Oklo, NuScale Power, and Nano Nuclear Energy following their quarterly results, and named Oklo as its top pick.

ASTS already has FCC approval to test the same frequencies with up to 100 commercially available phones near Midland and Lanham through Sept.12.

Bonta says the group seeking to block the deal remains open to settlement talks but wants Paramount to address the antitrust concerns at the center of their lawsuit.

The tentative agreement caps weeks of negotiations as SK Hynix workers seek a larger share of record high-bandwidth memory sales.

Energy Fuels’ terbium oxide, a critical component for advanced permanent magnets, has passed all requirements for use by one of the largest Japanese magnet producers, the company said on Wednesday.

Morningstar said the long-term opportunity far outweighs share-dilution concerns.

Coty stock came under pressure after a wider loss and a cautious outlook.

Krugman attributed the rise in global interest rates to stronger demand for credit than available supply, and higher risk premiums demanded by investors.

JPMorgan backed Nokia’s AI and cloud growth potential, citing stronger future earnings potential.

Spy shots showed a camouflaged wagon believed to be a next-generation ET5 Touring testing in China.

Morningstar expects Cybercab’s low costs to support “strong profits” and “strong growth in 2027.”

The company announced integrations with three education payment platforms in the U.S., allowing students to pay tuition and fees directly through its platform or via Venmo.

Datavault AI’s retail investors remained bullish despite disappointing second-quarter results on tokenization, banking and cybersecurity ambitions.

Baidu faces declining sales even as its AI business grows on the back of high investment.

Moderna, Merck and Target stocks soared to annual highs amid positive company catalysts and strong earnings results.

GameStop needs stronger growth, Capri must stabilize demand, and MicroVision needs major commercial contracts.

Electron’s next mission will launch a Japanese QPS-SAR Earth-imaging satellite, with the window opening Thursday.

The U.S. Treasury Department unexpectedly announced Wednesday that it would at least double government debt buybacks, expected to take effect Sept. 9.

YouTube is offering millions of dollars to popular channels if they upload their videos to the site exclusively for a certain period of time, according to a Bloomberg report.

The breakthrough sparked a broad biotech rally, lifting Merck, BioNTech, Arcturus, cancer-treatment developers, gene-editing stocks and biotech ETFs.

Bitcoin prices surged above $69,000 for the first time since early June after President Donald Trump met with top crypto executives in the White House.

DA Davidson raised Target’s price target, citing stronger margins, sales trends and execution.

Webull posted stronger-than-expected earnings per share of $0.05 on record revenues of $198.8 million for the quarter, with trading-related revenue jumping 66% year-on-year to $147.7 million.

The silicon carbide maker reported a wider-than-expected loss and expects next-quarter sales to remain broadly flat at $140 million to $160 million.

The U.S. and Canada are reportedly nearing a tentative trade deal that would lower tariffs on certain Canadian steel and aluminum exports from 50% to 25%.

Investors weigh Mark Walter’s potential $7.6 billion commitments, a federal investigation, and a $2 billion Carvana stake.

In a Truth Social post, US President Donald Trump has delayed planned 50% tariffs on nearly $20 billion of Canadian imports for three days after announcing a preliminary U.S.-Canada trade deal.

Founded in 2022, Etched has emerged as a closely watched AI chip startup after raising $700 million from Jane Street and others at a $21 billion valuation.

Morningstar said on Tuesday that U.S. long-term fund inflows crossed $100 billion for a fourth month, marking a record streak.

Roth Capital said the deal could provide a boost to Ondas’s local manufacturing capabilities in Israel.

Stellantis, GameStop, and Enovix stocks fell to fresh 52-week lows on Tuesday amid company-specific negative catalysts and Wall Street price target cuts.

Investors weigh Datavault AI’s tokenization backlog, AI infrastructure expansion, and revenue potential.

Global tech stocks dropped on Wednesday as bond yields in the U.S. and elsewhere scored fresh milestones.

Claude-designed proteins successfully bound to 14 of 15 targets in independent testing by Adaptyv Bio and Twist Bioscience.