Finance and markets: business, quotes, gold, energy and releases.
Found 22265 articles
Investors in Planet Fitness are seeking recourse following a 31.19% plunge in share price, as a new securities class action lawsuit accuses the fitness giant of misleading shareholders about the efficacy of its national marketing campaigns during the critical first-quarter sign-up season between November 2025 and May 2026.
KangJyh Lee, a director at Photronics, Inc. and president of its PDMC division, faces a securities class action lawsuit alleging he misled investors about the company’s high-end IC design pipeline. The complaint claims Lee concealed a significant slowdown in customer tape-outs that ultimately triggered a 36.42% collapse in share price.
A federal class action lawsuit is targeting Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. following a sharp 30.3% stock price collapse on May 13, 2026. Investors allege the company misled shareholders regarding the impact of store cannibalization, artificially inflating share prices between September 2025 and May 2026 before the truth emerged.
Nicolas "Nico" Gabriel Baizan de Aldecoa has been named president of Chip City Cookies, marking a rapid internal ascent for the executive. Joining the bakery brand just last August as senior director of retail operations, he is now tasked with driving profitability and revenue across the company’s 39-store footprint.
Four creators will secure professional-grade equipment labs by demonstrating the potential of the new Arduino UNO Q microcontroller. DigiKey and Arduino are inviting engineers, students, and makers to submit projects that leverage the board's hybrid AI and hardware capabilities before the September 30 deadline.
McLean-based professional services firm Guidehouse has appointed Kelly Hernandez as Chief Financial Officer and Stuart Brown as its first Chief Transformation Officer. These strategic additions arrive as the firm accelerates a $1.5 billion investment plan focused on AI-enabled operations and long-term enterprise growth across government and commercial sectors.
Salt Lake City-based Instructure is splitting its product development into two distinct tracks, launching a standalone venture called Instructure Foundry to fast-track experimental AI tools. The move aims to isolate high-speed innovation from the core Canvas LMS ecosystem to prevent internal development bottlenecks while keeping pace with market shifts.
Thousands of individual particles swirl into organized, flowing structures at the Westfield World Trade Center this week, forming an immersive installation titled "Signals From the Noise." The project, commissioned by T. Rowe Price, serves as a visual metaphor for the firm’s active management strategy within its growing ETF lineup.
Instructure is launching Project Athena, an AI-powered study coach designed to integrate directly with the Canvas learning management system. By pulling course materials and assessment data from a student's existing account, the tool aims to provide personalized study guides and quizzes tailored to specific learning objectives.
As schools shutter for the summer, thousands of students lose the daily access to mental health support and social services that act as critical lifelines throughout the academic year. Be Strong is scaling its digital and community-based resources to ensure that vulnerable families have a reliable path to care during this seasonal void.
Tiryaki Agro and the Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority have formalized a partnership to overhaul the Port of Tadjourah. This memorandum of understanding sets the stage for a potential long-term concession, aimed at turning the facility into a critical logistics gateway for food security in the Horn of Africa.
Securitas Critical Infrastructure Services has finalized the appointment of a new Board of Directors, a move intended to anchor the company's strategic expansion and ensure adherence to rigorous U.S. government compliance standards for sensitive infrastructure protection.
Tiryaki Agro and the Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding to modernize the Port of Tadjourah. The agreement aims to bolster Djibouti's status as a regional logistics hub while enhancing agricultural supply chain resilience and food security throughout the Horn of Africa.
With nearly 90% of patients avoiding hospital transport after a home visit, the Massachusetts-based mobile health provider instED has released 2025 performance data showing a significant shift in how complex cases are managed across Medicare and Medicaid populations by treating acute needs directly in the home.
Finance teams often lose days each month untangling lump-sum payouts and manual wire transfers that refuse to align with individual invoices. Ordway is now moving to resolve this friction by launching an integrated payment solution designed to automate the entire invoice-to-cash lifecycle for modern, subscription-based businesses.
Holders of FG New America Acquisition Corp. Class A common stock who did not redeem their shares by July 14, 2021, are eligible to participate in a $13 million settlement. The agreement resolves a class action lawsuit pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery concerning the company's past corporate actions.
Two high-profile softball competitors are shifting the focus of their performance gear to the ground beneath them. SQAIRZ announced today the renewal of its partnership with Olympic medalist Rachel Garcia and a fresh signing with Team USA standout Morgan Zerkle, signaling a trend toward biomechanical footwear optimization in professional athletics.
The German Armed Forces are set to receive 3,000 EAGLE V armored vehicles outfitted with Allison 2500 Specialty Series transmissions, marking a major expansion of a two-decade partnership between General Dynamics European Land Systems and the Indiana-based manufacturer. The contract includes an option for 2,000 additional units starting in 2027.
China Pharma Holdings has finalized the pricing for a registered direct offering of 2.5 million common shares at $2 per share. The Haikou-based pharmaceutical company expects to raise $5 million in gross proceeds through the transaction, which is slated to close on or about July 23, 2026.
With reply rates 76 times the industry average, Blackbaud’s initial AI agent is proving that autonomous digital teammates can fundamentally shift nonprofit productivity. The Charleston-based firm is now doubling down on this success, announcing four additional specialized agents designed to handle everything from admissions to financial accounting.
Nearly 200,000 congregations across the United States now have access to specialized insurance as KingsCover, a Risk Theory subsidiary, pushes into 16 new states. The expansion targets unique vulnerabilities within religious organizations, from cyber threats to financial misconduct, which often remain unaddressed by standard commercial policies.
Employers can now save up to 200 hours of administrative work annually through a new technical integration between The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America and workforce management firm Rippling. By utilizing real-time API connections, the partnership automates enrollment and policy updates to eliminate manual data entry errors.
A 36% single-day collapse in Photronics, Inc. stock has triggered a class action lawsuit, as investors seek to recover losses from an alleged pattern of misleading financial guidance regarding the company’s high-end integrated circuit product line between December 2025 and May 2026.
The cost of individual home insurance claims reached an all-time high in 2025, surging 25.9% over the previous year. While the total frequency of claims dropped significantly, a series of catastrophic climate events—most notably the Los Angeles wildfires—pushed the industry toward record-breaking financial severity for property losses.
Laparoscopic surgery is shifting toward lower-acuity and ambulatory care, forcing hospitals to balance consistent outcomes with shrinking resources. To address this, Paris-based Moon Surgical and KARL STORZ have unveiled a strategic collaboration, integrating the Maestro robotic platform with advanced 3D visualization to streamline operating room workflows.
“When only the male voice is heard in interpreting scripture, it distorts our understanding of God and human identity,” argues author Pauline R. Beer. Her new book examines how deep-seated gender imbalances within Christian theology and biblical translations have historically stifled the radical egalitarian message of the gospel.
Under the summer sky in Boom, Belgium, the inaugural weekend of Tomorrowland 2026 transformed into a nexus of sound and digital innovation. The festival’s new Celestia Stage, presented by crypto exchange KuCoin, served as the focal point for a multi-year partnership aimed at bridging global music culture with Web3 technology.
Artificial intelligence and shifting macroeconomic pressures are forcing a radical redesign of the corporate controller’s role. The Controllers Council has launched a comprehensive research project, the Controllership 2030 Predictions Study, to gauge how finance executives plan to navigate talent shortages and new technologies over the next five years.
The U.S. Navy has tapped Virginia-based CoAspire for a $70 million prototype agreement to develop the Coalition Heterogenous Affordable Offensive Strike (CHAOS) program, a ground-launched cruise missile system designed to neutralize both stationary land targets and moving maritime threats for coalition partners.
Seven hardware and software firms gathered at the BAE Systems Virtual Proving Ground in Sterling Heights, Michigan, to conduct the region’s first defense-focused plugfest. The two-day event centered on validating open architecture standards, forcing competing systems to interact within a synthetic environment to prove technical viability before field deployment.