MU stock was up 4.4%, while SNDK stock rose 3%. Alphabet and Advanced Micro Devices were among the biggest names slated for removal from the Russell 1000 Value Index. Retail sentiment was ‘neutral’ for MU and ‘bearish’ for SNDK. Micron Technology and SanDisk stocks rose in overnight trading ahead of Tuesday, after FTSE Russel moved the widely-tracked memory chip stocks from a value index to a grow...
MU stock was up 4.4%, while SNDK stock rose 3%. Alphabet and Advanced Micro Devices were among the biggest names slated for removal from the Russell 1000 Value Index. Retail sentiment was ‘neutral’ for MU and ‘bearish’ for SNDK. Micron Technology and SanDisk stocks rose in overnight trading ahead of Tuesday, after FTSE Russel moved the widely-tracked memory chip stocks from a value index to a growth index. MU was up 4.4%, while SNDK was up 3%. Shares of WDC and STX also gained, rising about 1.7%. See what 10M+ investors are talking about. Get the Stocktwits Daily Rip for what retail is watching right now, free to your inbox FTSE Russell announced a preliminary list of changes to its indexes on Friday after the market closed. Micron and SanDisk are proposed for removal from the Russell 1000 Value Index and addition to the Growth index, driven by sharp rallies amid high demand for memory chips and AI-related momentum. Google parent Alphabet and Advanced Micro Devices are set to be removed from the Russell 1000 Value Index, while Apple and Microsoft will join the index. The list released on Friday remains preliminary and will be finalized on June 18, ahead of the index reconstitution, which takes effect on June 29. Growth Classification A Boost The classification is significant because hundreds of institutional investors, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds, base their portfolio allocations on these index classifications. As a result, any rebalancing can trigger large shifts in fund holdings, potentially triggering moves in the stocks in question. The Russell 1000 Index tracks the 1,000 largest publicly traded U.S. companies and represents the vast majority of the U.S. stock market’s total value, making it a key benchmark for large-cap investing. A breakneck pace of AI data center buildout has driven incredible demand for memory components and chips, leading to shortages and price hikes. Major producers have seen significant growth in their business...
Image source: The Motley Fool. Monday, May 25, 2026 at 8:30 p.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chief Executive Officer — Tiezheng Li Chief Financial Officer — Jiayuan Xu TAKEAWAYS Group Net Revenue -- RMB 3.2 billion, up 6% sequentially, driven by improved take rates and stable transaction volumes despite seasonality. -- RMB 3.2 billion, up 6% sequentially, driven by improved take rates and stable transact...
Image source: The Motley Fool. Monday, May 25, 2026 at 8:30 p.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chief Executive Officer — Tiezheng Li Chief Financial Officer — Jiayuan Xu TAKEAWAYS Group Net Revenue -- RMB 3.2 billion, up 6% sequentially, driven by improved take rates and stable transaction volumes despite seasonality. -- RMB 3.2 billion, up 6% sequentially, driven by improved take rates and stable transaction volumes despite seasonality. Operating Profit -- RMB 547 million, increasing 13% compared to the prior quarter, offset by foreign exchange fluctuation impacts. -- RMB 547 million, increasing 13% compared to the prior quarter, offset by foreign exchange fluctuation impacts. Net Profit -- RMB 421 million, up 1% sequentially, reflecting continued cost discipline and FX dynamics. -- RMB 421 million, up 1% sequentially, reflecting continued cost discipline and FX dynamics. Transaction Volume -- Total transaction volume reached RMB 42.6 billion, broadly flat compared to last quarter, with Mainland China contributing RMB 38.5 billion and overseas RMB 4.1 billion. -- Total transaction volume reached RMB 42.6 billion, broadly flat compared to last quarter, with Mainland China contributing RMB 38.5 billion and overseas RMB 4.1 billion. Overseas Revenue -- RMB 949 million, representing 30% of group revenue and showing 35% year-over-year growth. -- RMB 949 million, representing 30% of group revenue and showing 35% year-over-year growth. Overseas Operating Profit -- RMB 46 million, up 88% year over year, underscoring improved profitability in this segment. -- RMB 46 million, up 88% year over year, underscoring improved profitability in this segment. Segment Reporting Change -- For the first time, the company reported overseas operations as a separate segment, enabling clearer investor visibility. -- For the first time, the company reported overseas operations as a separate segment, enabling clearer investor visibility. Take Rate (China) -- Increased to 3.2% from 3.0% sequentially, b...
A year after his death, Ozzy Osbourne is set to be recreated as a lifesized AI-powered avatar, his family have announced – but fans aren’t entirely happy. The late rocker’s son Jack and his wife, Sharon, announced on 20 May at Licensing Expo, an event for brands in Las Vegas, that the family had partnered with tech companies Hyperreal and Proto Hologram to create an Ozzy Osbourne avatar. The Black...
A year after his death, Ozzy Osbourne is set to be recreated as a lifesized AI-powered avatar, his family have announced – but fans aren’t entirely happy. The late rocker’s son Jack and his wife, Sharon, announced on 20 May at Licensing Expo, an event for brands in Las Vegas, that the family had partnered with tech companies Hyperreal and Proto Hologram to create an Ozzy Osbourne avatar. The Black Sabbath frontman died in July 2025 at the age of 76. “It’s kind of scary how it’s really very accurate,” Jack Osbourne told the audience at Licensing Expo. “He will exist digitally as himself for as long as we have computers. Technology has come such a long way to where it’s almost drag and drop. You could shoot a template for a commercial … literally prompt what you want Digital Ozzy to do in that commercial and you just drop it in. It’s that simple now.” Sharon Osbourne added: “We’re going to take it all around the world. People can talk to him and he will talk back. “Elvis died 50 years ago and everybody knows Elvis. I just want that for Ozzy.” Hyperreal claims the lifesized avatar will be able “have conversations with fans and move, speak, and respond as Ozzy would” and will begin appearing on interactive touchscreens that will be placed in yet-to-be disclosed locations in the US and UK later this year. The Hyperreal chief executive, Remington Scott, told Billboard that the avatar “was built exclusively from authenticated, approved source material: curated, consented, and controlled by the people who love him most”. “This is a living performance, not a rendering; and it draws from nothing that wasn’t given willingly,” Scott said. “We have the enthusiastic participation of Ozzy’s family, and that changes everything about what this can be.” However, the announcement has attracted criticism from fans of Osbourne and Black Sabbath, who have criticised the deal as disrespectful and distasteful and speculated that using Osbourne’s image in advertising would be against his wi...
First Andreessen, Now Goldman CEO Shuts Down AI Job-Apocalypse Doomerism Narrative Amid the flood of AI doomerism, from Pope Leo XIV's Monday warning that AI and the digital transformation of the economy could unleash "new forms of slavery" and mass job losses, to Bernie Sanders and unhinged socialists calling for a halt to data centers buildouts, a move that would conveniently cede compute power ...
First Andreessen, Now Goldman CEO Shuts Down AI Job-Apocalypse Doomerism Narrative Amid the flood of AI doomerism, from Pope Leo XIV's Monday warning that AI and the digital transformation of the economy could unleash "new forms of slavery" and mass job losses, to Bernie Sanders and unhinged socialists calling for a halt to data centers buildouts, a move that would conveniently cede compute power to communists in Beijing, a growing and emerging chorus of dystopian futurists is now trying to frame the AI boom as an existential labor-market crisis rather than the next productivity supercycle that arrives just in time as a demographic winter unfolds . Adding to recent comments from Netscape co-founder and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) co-founder Marc Andreessen, who argued that AI-related job-loss fears are merely hysteria and that AI is actually arriving at the moment the nation needs it most: "We're going to have AI and robots precisely when we actually need them [with populations shrinking] to keep the economy from actually shrinking." ...none other than Goldman Sachs CEO and occasional weekend DJ in the Hamptons, David Solomon, penned a recent opinion piece in The New York Times asserting that the AI-related "job apocalypse and mass unemployment ahead" hysteria is "overblown." "I'm the C.E.O. of Goldman Sachs. The A.I. Job Apocalypse Is Overblown," Solomon titled the NYTimes op-ed, likely aiming for maximum media exposure with such an eye-catching headline. Solomon's framing of the headline appears to be a direct response to growing resistance not only to AI chatbots but also to data centers nationwide, a backlash wave we pointed out many months ago as alarm bells ring loudly from the tech bro community. As AI infrastructure becomes the backbone of the next economic cycle, the anti-data-center movement is quickly gaining steam and becoming a political weapon by the doomerism community. Solomon argues that AI will not eliminate jobs at an apocalyptic scale. Instead, he...
Booking Holdings: Managing Seasonal Revenue Cycles Booking (BKNG +0.88%) provides travel and restaurant online reservation services globally, offering consumers options for flights, rental cars, and hotel distribution. It recently executed a stock split, and for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, it reported approximately 20% net income margin. Airbnb: Expanding Global Accommodation Options Airbnb ...
Booking Holdings: Managing Seasonal Revenue Cycles Booking (BKNG +0.88%) provides travel and restaurant online reservation services globally, offering consumers options for flights, rental cars, and hotel distribution. It recently executed a stock split, and for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, it reported approximately 20% net income margin. Airbnb: Expanding Global Accommodation Options Airbnb (ABNB 1.42%) operates a global online marketplace that connects hosts offering private rooms or vacation homes with guests seeking accommodations. It established a rewards partnership with Delta Air Lines, while for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, it reported approximately 6% net income margin. Why Revenue Matters for Retail Investors Revenue represents the total sales a business generates before any operating expenses are subtracted. Understanding this top-line figure helps investors evaluate the fundamental demand for a business's core offerings. Image source: The Motley Fool. Quarterly Revenue for Booking and Airbnb Quarter (Period End) Booking Revenue Airbnb Revenue Q2 2024 (June 2024) $5.9 billion $2.7 billion Q3 2024 (Sept. 2024) $8.0 billion $3.7 billion Q4 2024 (Dec. 2024) $5.5 billion $2.5 billion Q1 2025 (March 2025) $4.8 billion $2.3 billion Q2 2025 (June 2025) $6.8 billion $3.1 billion Q3 2025 (Sept. 2025) $9.0 billion $4.1 billion Q4 2025 (Dec. 2025) $6.3 billion $2.8 billion Q1 2026 (March 2026) $5.5 billion $2.7 billion Data source: Company filings. Foolish Take Examining the revenue trends for Booking and Airbnb reveal key insights. Clearly, the third quarter provides a significant sales bump to both as a result of the summer travel season. Moreover, each company is enjoying year-over-year sales growth, indicating they are experiencing business expansion. Although Booking’s revenue towers over its rival, Airbnb’s rate of revenue growth is faster. In Q1, Airbnb’s $2.7 billion in sales represented an 18% year-over-year increase while Booking’s $5.5 billion e...
Shinsegae Group chairman Chung Yong-jin on Tuesday apologised to the public in person, eight days after Starbucks Korea, run by the conglomerate, sparked controversy with its “Tank Day” marketing event, which critics say inappropriately referenced South Korea’s pro-democracy movement of the 1980s. “Regardless of the reason, the fact that we have hurt the hearts of our citizens carries a heavy resp...
Shinsegae Group chairman Chung Yong-jin on Tuesday apologised to the public in person, eight days after Starbucks Korea, run by the conglomerate, sparked controversy with its “Tank Day” marketing event, which critics say inappropriately referenced South Korea’s pro-democracy movement of the 1980s. “Regardless of the reason, the fact that we have hurt the hearts of our citizens carries a heavy responsibility,” Chung said during a press conference. “I will make no excuses. All responsibility for this matter lies with me. It is my fault.” “Everyone at Shinsegae, including myself, will remember our society’s history and sacrifices, and always deeply understand and respect the hearts of the public. The responsibility lies with the organisation and the management, including myself.” Advertisement Chung’s in-person apology came after the coffee chain launched a tumbler-related promotion on May 18, the date marking the annual commemoration of the Gwangju Democratic Uprising. The campaign drew criticism as the title was seen as evoking military vehicles used during the 1980 Gwangju crackdown under the military junta of Chun Doo-hwan, who became president later that year. Chun’s crackdown using a martial law army backed by tanks against a civic protest in Gwangju continued for nine days, killing 162 civilians and injuring more than 2,600. The victims included those shot or tortured to death. Advertisement The ad also used a phrase that roughly translates into English as “put it on the table with a sound of ‘Tak!’” The phrase references the infamous explanation given by police in the torture death of student activist Park Jong-chul, claiming that “he died with a gasp as we smacked the desk”. The remarks later became a major catalyst for South Korea’s democracy movement.
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