No. 1631Independent rewrite deskUpdated September 8, 2026

Financial News
& Market Press Releases

$BTCStrive Buys 1,375 Bitcoin for $109 Million, Preferred Stock Sits at $999 MillionSep 8JPMValaris (VAL) in focus after Transocean all-stock bid at 32% premiumSep 8CRYPTOVisa routes onchain credit through VisaNet as stablecoin payment volume surgesSep 8MACRORBC Capital Markets downgrades Biohaven after SK Biopharma dealSep 8MARKETSNovartis shares fall 10% after del-desiran trial results and two additional clinical setbacksSep 8NWSNews Corporation 2025 buyback program crosses $301 million as September 4 session adds 54,641 Class A sharesSep 8DEALSChristian Gonzalez locks up $135 million Patriots extension as NFL cornerback market resetsSep 8$BTCStrategy buys back $176 million in STRC shares, leaves bitcoin position unchangedSep 8MACROABM Industries beats non-GAAP EPS estimate, raises full-year guidanceSep 8DEALSFNWD declares $0.12 quarterly cash dividend, payment set for September 25Sep 8$BTCStrive Buys 1,375 Bitcoin for $109 Million, Preferred Stock Sits at $999 MillionSep 8JPMValaris (VAL) in focus after Transocean all-stock bid at 32% premiumSep 8CRYPTOVisa routes onchain credit through VisaNet as stablecoin payment volume surgesSep 8MACRORBC Capital Markets downgrades Biohaven after SK Biopharma dealSep 8MARKETSNovartis shares fall 10% after del-desiran trial results and two additional clinical setbacksSep 8NWSNews Corporation 2025 buyback program crosses $301 million as September 4 session adds 54,641 Class A sharesSep 8DEALSChristian Gonzalez locks up $135 million Patriots extension as NFL cornerback market resetsSep 8$BTCStrategy buys back $176 million in STRC shares, leaves bitcoin position unchangedSep 8MACROABM Industries beats non-GAAP EPS estimate, raises full-year guidanceSep 8DEALSFNWD declares $0.12 quarterly cash dividend, payment set for September 25Sep 8

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124 stories on the Deals beat.

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Deals · JPM01

Deals · JPMNewsroomSeptember 8, 2026

Valaris (VAL) in focus after Transocean all-stock bid at 32% premium

A Transocean all-stock acquisition offer for Valaris Limited (NYSE: VAL), priced at roughly a 32% premium to Valaris' stock price based on the prior day's closing prices of both companies, put

By Grant Halloran · 2 min readRead more→

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DealsNewsroomSeptember 8, 2026

Christian Gonzalez locks up $135 million Patriots extension as NFL cornerback market resets

The contract machinery moved on schedule. Less than 48 hours before the New England Patriots departed for the regular-season opener at Seattle on Wednesday evening, Christian Gonzalez agreed to a four-year extension worth $135 million…

By Miles Broadbent · 2 min readRead more→

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DealsNewsroomSeptember 8, 2026

FNWD declares $0.12 quarterly cash dividend, payment set for September 25

A quarterly cash dividend of USD 0.12 per share is in focus for FNWD ($FNWD) holders, with both the ex-dividend date and the record date set for September 18, 2026, and the cash payment

By Grant Halloran · 2 min readRead more→

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Deals · METANewsroomSeptember 8, 2026

Ackman and Tepper raised Meta Platforms stakes in Q2, with costs now the central question for the tape

Form 13F filings for the second quarter reveal that Bill Ackman's Pershing Square raised its Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META) position by 20%, bringing the holding to nearly 10% of the fund, while David Tepper's Appaloosa Management grew its…

By Renata Ostrowski · 2 min readRead more→

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Deals · NVDANewsroomSeptember 7, 2026

Dell Technologies AI server backlog reaches $95 billion, with fiscal second-quarter revenue at a record $47 billion

Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) received a record $60.9 billion in AI server orders during its fiscal second quarter ended July 31, bringing the company's total AI order backlog to a record $95 billion and a revenue pipeline that management…

By Miles Broadbent · 2 min readRead more→

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Deals · JPMNewsroomSeptember 7, 2026

JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley face shareholder suits over buyout advisory roles

A new wave of shareholder litigation is in focus for JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Morgan Stanley (MS), after Delaware's March 2025 corporate-law overhaul extended liability protections to executives and directors in insider deals but left…

By Talia Greenwood · 2 min readRead more→

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DealsNewsroomSeptember 7, 2026

AIJTY sets $0.499 per share dividend with September 21 record date

A cash dividend of USD 0.499 per share from AIJTY brings a distribution event into focus, with the September 21, 2026 record date the operative milestone for shareholders tracking eligibility

Deals

Valaris (VAL) in focus after Transocean all-stock bid at 32% premium

Christian Gonzalez locks up $135 million Patriots extension as NFL cornerback market resets

FNWD declares $0.12 quarterly cash dividend, payment set for September 25

Ackman and Tepper raised Meta Platforms stakes in Q2, with costs now the central question for the tape

Dell Technologies AI server backlog reaches $95 billion, with fiscal second-quarter revenue at a record $47 billion

JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley face shareholder suits over buyout advisory roles

AIJTY sets $0.499 per share dividend with September 21 record date

Minority stake deal puts Constellation Wealth Capital into Confluence Financial's $7.6bn book

FEAMZX declares USD 12.4706 cash dividend, payment completed September 4

Monthly $64.84 per-share cash dividend in focus at VKGSIX, payment date September 11

Nvidia's data-center capacity clears $89 billion as Vera Rubin enters full production

SBR declares USD 0.33168 monthly cash dividend, ex-date September 15

ASO declares $0.15 quarterly cash dividend, payment set for October 14

Fairphone Gen 6+ arrives in the US at $650, betting repairability beats the upgrade cycle

Woot puts refurbished Alienware Aurora 16 within reach at $927

Nvidia's Hugging Face acquisition plan sends Huang's net worth toward $200 billion

How the Los Angeles Rams engineered cap room to bring Aaron Donald back

GoPro's $285 million Starman deal draws a CEO letter on cameras, national security

Medtronic fiscal 2026 revenue hits decade-high as cardiovascular strength and restructuring shift the setup

PMTV quarterly dividend set at $0.5625 per share, ex-date October 30

Microsoft caps Xbox Cloud Gaming at 15 hours a month for top subscribers, ending unlimited access from 2020

Samsung Q990F soundbar drops to $999.99 at Best Buy and Amazon for Labor Day

Gen Z workers gain ground in a housing market that has tested first-time buyers

MiniMed hits a record as guidance hike follows first stand-alone quarter

Skyworks acquisition of Qorvo puts RF semiconductor supply consolidation in focus

FDHAX sets $0.0863 monthly cash dividend, all key dates September 30

Solstice Advanced Materials exits $14.5 billion Element Solutions deal, launches $500 million buyback

PayPal shares drop 12.71% after Stripe and Advent abandon $53 billion takeover bid

Family real estate standoff at $300,000 shows pandemic price assumptions still running hot

Alphabet's Cloud order book tops $514 billion as AI Mode crosses one billion users

Deere & Company sets $1.62 per-share quarterly dividend, ex-date September 30

Nvidia reportedly agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion

NTIOF declares CAD 1.32 quarterly cash dividend, ex-date September 28

HKD 0.25 semi-annual cash dividend declared for DRMMF, ex-date set September 30

Gold clears $4,600 with central bank demand running at twice the decade-prior pace

Nvidia earnings to test hyperscaler dependence as new financing widens buyer access

A $2.25bn Precision Medicine Group deal puts McKesson's oncology buildout in focus

In focus for MAIR: Madison Air Solutions' $5.8B play for Germany's ebm-papst

Goldman Sachs agrees to buy LCN Capital Partners for up to $410 million

AMUB declares $0.313 quarterly dividend, ex-date August 28

BMMPF declares CAD 0.148 per share monthly cash dividend, ex-date August 28

Nvidia earnings on August 26 put a 24x forward multiple to the test

BZDYF monthly dividend in focus ahead of August 28 ex-date

Lennar shares in focus as land-bank spin-off presses margins lower

Stripe targets AI routing infrastructure with $8 billion OpenRouter deal

EYGPF declares THB 3.25 semi-annual dividend, ex-date September 4

GZPHF declares semi-annual cash dividend of HKD 0.3468 per share

Detroit schools expand $1,000 attendance incentive program to middle schoolers

QQQ in focus as AI data center projection sharpens the Nasdaq-100 setup

The Midwest's 134-year affordability record sets it apart from the national housing picture

Best Buy's 2026 Black Friday sale is expected to open around November 19 as chipflation raises electronics baselines

NPICF Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of CAD 0.3226 Per Share, Payment Date September 29

HAYPF declares GBP 0.0029 semi-annual dividend, record date October 16

Strategic Beverage Services acquires BevZero US operations, claims national de-alc scale

DSA co-chair's $1.4M Bed-Stuy brownstone puts wealth rhetoric in focus

Bob White borrows the private equity playbook to block a buyout

Andy Serkis draws a line on 'Hunt for Gollum' casting, rejecting diversity box-ticking

Wendy's U.S. CMO Files Tax Withholding as Trian Bid Talk and a 7% Comp Drop Pull WEN in Two Directions

AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb merger talks surface, raising antitrust and balance sheet questions

Dee Snider's Ozzy songwriting claim draws 'spectacularly classless' rebuke from Kelly Osbourne

AZN shares post their worst session since 2020 on unconfirmed merger talk with BMY

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 falls to $33.17 at Amazon in platform-split deal

Morgan Stanley sets $300 target on SPCX as lockup clock resets

Aurora Cannabis (ACB) in focus as Curaleaf (CURLF) tables unsolicited $4-per-share bid

Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) hits 21st 52-week high as amended fee deal sharpens the setup

Workday surges 18%, halted multiple times on Silver Lake takeover report

SPMC sets $0.13 monthly cash dividend, December 15 ex-date in focus

Hightower Signature Wealth acquires Pennsylvania's Valley Financial Group in second deal of 2026

Braves add released Blue Jays infielder as Atlanta's long-term infield hunt stays open

Goldman Sachs to buy Neos Investments for up to $2.25 billion in ETF market push

Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ) to acquire Actio Biosciences in deal valued at up to $1.3 billion

Purvah Green Power to buy 1.4GWp solar portfolio from Renew Solar Power for Rs48.59bn

OpenAI cracks 10 unsolved math problems, and a Fields Medal winner at Oxford is grappling with what comes next

Fura closes seventh freight broker deal, adding Pacific Northwest coverage

NHI quarterly dividend set at $0.92 per share, ex-date September 30

SGWAF declares JPY 48.0 cash dividend, ex-date and record date both March 31, 2027

Archer Aviation in focus after Boeing subsidiary deal, with Q2 earnings due the same day

Keychron K2 HE wireless keyboard returns to $103.99, matching 2026 low at Amazon

Archer Aviation reaches deal to acquire three Boeing business units