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Workday’s 2027 Subscription Revenue Guide Misses — What It Signals for Enterprise Software What happened Workday ($WDAY) guided fiscal 2027 subscription revenue to about $9.93B–$9.95B, below what the Street was looking for (~$10.0B). Management pointed to large enterprise deals taking longer to close, especially across government, higher education, healthcare, and parts of commercial markets. Shar...

HP Warns Trade Rules and Memory Costs Will Pressure FY2026 Outlook What happened HP ($HPQ) said US trade regulations and rising memory chip costs are expected to weigh on its fiscal 2026 outlook, with management guiding toward the low end of its prior EPS range and calling out ongoing volatility in DRAM and NAND pricing. HP also flagged a likely double-digit decline in PC shipments, and the stock...

Kratos beats earnings, talks up 2026 drone-driven growth, but the stock dips: what it signals for defense tech Welcome to Breaking News to Trading Moves. Today we’re covering Kratos Defense ($KTOS) after it beat expectations and laid out a bullish 2026 outlook tied to drones and next-gen defense programs, yet the stock still pulled back. The market reaction matters because it shows investors are l...

Domino’s beats U.S. sales estimates as value deals pull in budget-conscious customers Today’s story: Domino’s Pizza just beat Wall Street’s U.S. same-store sales expectations, helped by value promos like its $9.99 deal and menu innovation (including a Parmesan-stuffed crust), and the stock popped in early trading. But there’s a split beneath the surface: international comps lagged expectations, hi...

Gilead to acquire Arcellx for up to $7.8B $GILD (Gilead Sciences) is buying cancer therapy developer $ACLX (Arcellx) for up to $7.8B, doubling down on CAR-T in multiple myeloma and taking fuller control of their partnered therapy anito-cel. What happened Gilead will pay $115 per share in cash for Arcellx, a big premium to the prior close, and there’s also a contingent $5 per share tied to anito-ce...

Blue Owl jitters shake the private credit market What Happened Blue Owl took steps that effectively limited liquidity for investors in one of its private credit vehicles, while selling a chunk of loans and returning capital in a different way than investors expected. The market read it as a stress test for the whole private credit model: loans are illiquid, but many products promise periodic liqui...

Nvidia and Software Earnings: The Next Big Test for AI-Sensitive Stocks Nvidia earnings and a wave of major software reports are lining up as the next big test for AI-sensitive stocks. The market isn’t just trading the quarter. It’s trading what the numbers and guidance say about AI demand, corporate budgets, and whether expectations have run too far ahead. What’s driving the market * Nvidia remai...

Tariff whiplash is back markets wait for clarity after Supreme Court ruling What happened U.S. markets are starting the week in “policy uncertainty” mode after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs imposed under IEEPA (International Emergency Economic Powers Act). The administration quickly pivoted to a temporary, across-the-board import surcharge using Sect...

ConocoPhillips weighs $2B Permian asset sale What happened ConocoPhillips $COP is exploring a sale of some Permian Basin assets that could fetch around $2B. The assets were acquired over time through the Concho deal and from Shell. It fits a broader “portfolio streamlining” push, with Conoco saying it closed $3.2B of asset sales in 2025 and is targeting $5B in dispositions by the end of 2026. Why...

TXNM Energy clears a major hurdle in its $11.5B Blackstone buyout What happened TXNM Energy said the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved Blackstone Infrastructure’s acquisition of the company in an $11.5 billion deal (including debt). TXNM also noted the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) antitrust waiting period has expired, removing another key closing hurdle. Net: the “deal risk” premi...

OpenAI targets $600B compute spend by 2030 OpenAI is reportedly telling investors it’s targeting roughly $600 billion in total compute spend through 2030. That’s a massive signal for the AI “picks and shovels” trade: chips, networking, servers, and data-centre power and cooling. What happened OpenAI is aiming for around $600B in compute spend by 2030 as it lays groundwork for a potential IPO, whil...

Bank of America just made a big, balance-sheet-backed push into private credit. $BAC is committing $25B to private credit deals as Wall Street banks try to compete more directly with alternative asset managers in a fast-growing part of corporate lending. A sharp selloff in several private-market managers after $OWL halted redemptions at a fund and sold assets to pay down debt, highlighting liquidi...

Johnson & Johnson weighs $20B+ DePuy Synthes sale: medtech shake-up Welcome back to Breaking News to Trading Moves: Long and short trading ideas. Today’s headline: Johnson & Johnson is exploring a potential sale of its orthopedics unit, DePuy Synthes, in a deal that could top $20B. What happened $JNJ is preparing for a possible sale of DePuy Synthes, with private equity seen as the most li...

Deere raises full-year net income forecast as construction and small-ag rebound, but flags tariff cost headwinds. What happened Deere ($DE) beat quarterly expectations and lifted its FY2026 net income outlook to $4.5B–$5.0B (up from $4.0B–$4.75B). Management pointed to cost actions plus improving demand in Construction and Small Ag and Turf, and the stock jumped on the day. Deere also warned that...

Boeing and Northrop Grumman set to move on key US government approvals What happened Boeing’s plan to buy Spirit AeroSystems cleared a major hurdle after the FTC finalised a consent order, with conditions that include divesting parts of Spirit that serve Airbus. Northrop Grumman’s Sentinel ICBM programme is heading toward a pivotal go/no-go step (Milestone B decision expected by year-end), with a...

Analog Devices flags a stronger Q2 as AI infrastructure demand lifts chip sales Analog Devices just raised the bar for next quarter, pointing to AI-driven infrastructure demand and resilient industrial momentum. Let’s map the ripple effects across semis — with 3 winner categories and 3 loser categories. What happened Analog Devices ($ADI) guided fiscal Q2 revenue to about $3.5B (+/- $100M) and adj...

Medtronic beats, but the stock drops on guidance and cost headlines What happened Medtronic ($MDT) beat quarterly profit expectations on strong demand for cardiovascular devices (notably cardiac ablation / PFA) and solid procedure volumes, but shares slipped after the company kept full-year EPS guidance unchanged and flagged cost headwinds (tax, tariffs). Why markets care This is a “demand is stro...

SanDisk drops after Western Digital announces a $3.09B secondary share sale What happened Western Digital ($WDC) plans to sell its remaining SanDisk ($SNDK) shares via a secondary offering worth about $3.09B. The sale is tied to a near-term tax deadline (Feb 21, 2026) and is aimed at accelerating debt reduction, including a debt-for-equity exchange involving affiliates of JPMorgan ($JPM) and Bank...

Nvidia to supply Meta with millions of AI chips in a multi-year deal What happened Nvidia ($NVDA) signed a multi-year agreement to supply Meta Platforms ($META) with millions of AI chips. The deal spans Nvidia’s Blackwell GPUs and future Rubin GPUs and also includes standalone deployments of Nvidia’s Grace CPUs and next-gen Vera CPUs in Meta’s data centres. Why this matters for markets Demand visi...

Berkshire Hathaway discloses a new stake in The New York Times, trims Apple and slashes Amazon What happened Berkshire Hathaway ($BRK.B) disclosed a new position in The New York Times ($NYT): about 5.07M shares worth about $351.7M as of 2025-12-31. In the same filing period, Berkshire trimmed Apple ($AAPL) by about 4% (still its largest equity position at about $62B) and sold about 77% of its Amaz...

Luxury stocks volatility spikes as AI jitters meet hedge fund positioning What happened Luxury-related stocks have seen sharp price swings as investors juggle 2 forces at once: (1) hedge funds leaning into short/fast-turn positioning around earnings and (2) broader “AI-rattled” market nerves that can spill into high-end spending expectations. When markets get jumpy (especially around AI leaders),...

Danaher nears a roughly $10B deal for Masimo Welcome back to Breaking News to Trading Moves. Today we’re covering a major medtech M&A headline: Danaher is reportedly closing in on a nearly $10B acquisition of Masimo, a move that could reshape patient-monitoring and ripple across medtech and life sciences tools. Main news discussion Danaher is reported to be nearing an acquisition of Masimo val...

Hapag-Lloyd to buy ZIM in $4.2B cash deal Welcome back to Breaking News to Trading Moves. Today we’re covering Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd agreeing to acquire Israel’s ZIM Integrated Shipping in a $4.2B cash tie-up and what this consolidation could mean for US-listed shipping, logistics, and import-heavy stocks. What happened Hapag-Lloyd announced a cash acquisition of ZIM for about $4.2B, paying $35 pe...

Disney sends cease-and-desist to ByteDance over AI-generated videos (Seedance 2.0) What happened Disney ($DIS) sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging its AI video generator (Seedance 2.0) was trained and/or packaged with unauthorised, pirated libraries of copyrighted characters (including major franchises). ByteDance said it will strengthen safeguards to prevent unauthorised copyrig...

AirAsia chief says brand unit is nearing Nasdaq backdoor listing What happened AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes said the group’s AirAsia brand-management unit is closing in on a Nasdaq-listed “target” to complete a backdoor listing (typically a reverse-merger style route to becoming publicly traded). Why the market cares A backdoor listing signal usually means “deal structure + timeline” is getting...