Adam M. Aron, Chairman, CEO and President of AMC Entertainment (AMC +0.00%), reported an open-market purchase of 250,000 shares at a weighted average price of $1.38 per share on May 19, 2026, according to the SEC Form 4 filing. Transaction summary Metric Value Shares traded 250,000 Transaction value ~$345,000 Post-transaction shares (direct) 2,437,020 Post-transaction value (direct ownership) ~$3....
Adam M. Aron, Chairman, CEO and President of AMC Entertainment (AMC +0.00%), reported an open-market purchase of 250,000 shares at a weighted average price of $1.38 per share on May 19, 2026, according to the SEC Form 4 filing. Transaction summary Metric Value Shares traded 250,000 Transaction value ~$345,000 Post-transaction shares (direct) 2,437,020 Post-transaction value (direct ownership) ~$3.36 million Transaction values based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($1.38). Key questions What is the scale of this purchase relative to Adam Aron's existing direct holdings? This transaction increased Aron's direct Class A common stock position by 11.43%, raising his total direct holdings to 2,437,020 shares as of May 19, 2026. This transaction increased Aron's direct Class A common stock position by 11.43%, raising his total direct holdings to 2,437,020 shares as of May 19, 2026. Did this transaction involve any indirect holdings, trusts, or derivative securities? No, the entire transaction was executed through direct ownership; there were no indirect entities or derivative securities involved. No, the entire transaction was executed through direct ownership; there were no indirect entities or derivative securities involved. How does this purchase compare to Aron's historical trading activity? In the recent period, this is the only open-market purchase reported, representing a departure from prior administrative transactions that did not alter net holdings. In the recent period, this is the only open-market purchase reported, representing a departure from prior administrative transactions that did not alter net holdings. What is the current value of Aron's direct holdings after this transaction? Based on the May 19, 2026 market close of $1.36 per share, Aron's direct Class A position is valued at approximately $3.31 million, with 2,437,020 shares directly held. Company overview Metric Value Revenue (TTM) $5.03 billion Net income (TTM) ($547.40 million) 1-ye...
Nvidia Corp. ’s Jensen Huang leads a parade of AI computing leaders in Taiwan for Asia’s biggest technology showcase, Computex. Over a jam-packed week, the hardware linchpins of the post-ChatGPT era will debate the most pressing issues facing their industry, from growing bottlenecks in the supply of essential components like memory chips to the rise of challengers to Nvidia at the apex of the semi...
Nvidia Corp. ’s Jensen Huang leads a parade of AI computing leaders in Taiwan for Asia’s biggest technology showcase, Computex. Over a jam-packed week, the hardware linchpins of the post-ChatGPT era will debate the most pressing issues facing their industry, from growing bottlenecks in the supply of essential components like memory chips to the rise of challengers to Nvidia at the apex of the semiconductor hierarchy. Originally a gathering of PC-era stalwarts, Computex is now defined by conversations around the nuts and bolts of the artificial intelligence race. From Nvidia to Intel Corp. , some of the world’s biggest tech firms are riding a historic wave of investment from the likes of Meta Platforms Inc. and OpenAI — a wave that’s created a new generation of billionaires and industry leaders. That gathering also takes place against the backdrop of growing concerns about how the AI boom is enriching a select group of businesses and highly specialized workers — while potentially leaving others behind . Here are the key themes, moments and questions to keep in mind for the week to come. Rise of the Nvidia challengers Intel Chief Executive Officer Lip-Bu Tan rides into town with the wind at his back. Tan, who has cultivated a close relationship with President Donald Trump , has helped Intel rebuild its credibility as a US chipmaking champion and seen its shares rise sixfold over the past year. Two other companies are taking on Nvidia even more directly. Qualcomm Inc. CEO Cristiano Amon will take the stage Monday to discuss his company’s efforts to usher in the AI age. Qualcomm struck a deal with ByteDance Ltd. to supply chips for data centers, Bloomberg News reported , marking a key win for a company trying to expand from smartphone processors into AI infrastructure. TikTok creator ByteDance is weighing $70 billion in capital expenditures this year, among the highest outlays from anyone outside the US. On Tuesday, Arm Holdings Plc CEO Rene Haas , a former Nvidia execu...
KPMG’s Australian chief, Andrew Yates, will step down immediately, after taking responsibility for the consultancy firm’s failure to properly respond to whistleblower allegations around the misuse of client information. The firm’s chief executive made the shock announcement on Friday morning, saying: “It is clear that in this case we have let ourselves down and I take accountability.” Yates was ap...
KPMG’s Australian chief, Andrew Yates, will step down immediately, after taking responsibility for the consultancy firm’s failure to properly respond to whistleblower allegations around the misuse of client information. The firm’s chief executive made the shock announcement on Friday morning, saying: “It is clear that in this case we have let ourselves down and I take accountability.” Yates was appointed to the top role at KPMG Australia in 2021 and will be replaced on an interim basis by partner Stan Stavros. The head of KPMG’s audit and assurance division, Julian McPherson, will also step down from his role and will leave the company “after an orderly transition of his client responsibilities”. Senator Deborah O’Neill, who chairs the powerful joint committee on corporations and financial services, first revealed the whistleblower’s allegations under parliamentary privilege in a speech to the Senate on 24 March. It was alleged that KPMG improperly used confidential information from its client Lendlease to win audit work with Westpac and Dexus, and that the accounting firm had repeatedly failed to act on the whistleblower’s complaint. On Friday morning, KPMG’s chair, Martin Sheppard, said “we apologise unreservedly to the whistleblower”. The top-tier accounting firm said it was continuing to investigate “a matter relating to client documents being inappropriately shared internally”. KPMG said it recognised its internal reviews had fallen short. “KPMG Australia confirms its treatment of a whistleblower and investigation into their allegations fell short of the firm’s expectations, those of the whistleblower and the broader community,” it said in a statement. “The initial internal investigation, that did not substantiate the allegations raised by the whistleblower, was in hindsight not conducted with the necessary rigour required.” An external investigation into the whistleblower’s complaints by law firm Allens would continue “with new evidence and an expanded scope”,...
The incident comes less than two months after New Glenn's third mission failed to place AST's BlueBird 7 satellite into its intended orbit. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Blue Origin said an "anomaly" occurred ahead of New Glenn's planned fourth mission, ...
The incident comes less than two months after New Glenn's third mission failed to place AST's BlueBird 7 satellite into its intended orbit. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Blue Origin said an "anomaly" occurred ahead of New Glenn's planned fourth mission, which was expected to launch Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites. ASTS signed a multi-launch agreement with Blue Origin in 2024 for future Block 2 BlueBird deployments. Meanwhile, ASTS' BlueBirds 8, 9 and 10 have arrived at Cape Canaveral ahead of a mid-June Falcon 9 launch and are undergoing final processing and integration. Shares of AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) slumped 7% in overnight trading heading into Friday as the company's aggressive satellite rollout plans returned to the spotlight after a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded during testing, marking the second major setback involving the launch vehicle in less than two months. ASTS stock jumped nearly 3% on Thursday, with shares on track for their fourth straight week of gains and their best month in almost a year. Read Next Loading... Loading... Blue Origin Confirms New Glenn Anomaly Blue Origin confirmed on X late Thursday that an "anomaly" occurred during a hotfire test of New Glenn at Cape Canaveral, Florida, ahead of the rocket's anticipated fourth mission. The launch was expected to carry Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites. The company said that all personnel were accounted for. The incident also drew reactions from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, whose company dominates the commercial launch market. Responding to Blue Origin's statement, Musk said on X: "Sorry to see this, I hope you recover quickly." In a separate post, he added: "Most unfortunate. Rockets are hard." NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said on X that the agency was aware of the anomaly at Launch Complex 36 and would work with its partners to suppor...
spawns/iStock via Getty Images A major feature of the Federal Reserve under the second Donald Trump presidency is the spike in the number of dissent votes. That is unusual because Jerome Powell had a streak of unanimous votes that ran from July 2022 to September 2024. But at his last FOMC meeting as the Fed chair, a total of four officials voted no - Governor Stephen Miran dissented in favor of a ...
spawns/iStock via Getty Images A major feature of the Federal Reserve under the second Donald Trump presidency is the spike in the number of dissent votes. That is unusual because Jerome Powell had a streak of unanimous votes that ran from July 2022 to September 2024. But at his last FOMC meeting as the Fed chair, a total of four officials voted no - Governor Stephen Miran dissented in favor of a 25-basis-point cut, while Reserve Bank Presidents Beth Hammack, Neel Kashkari, and Lorie Logan dissented because they opposed the inclusion of an easing bias in the statement. What if I tell you the Fed officials actually disagreed more at times during the zero-against vote period than in the last meeting? This is what the FOMC Minutes-based Hidden Dissent Index indicates. The FOMC Hidden Dissent Index , an indicator developed by Kwok Ping Tsang of Virginia Tech and Zichao Yang of Wenlan School of Business, measures the level of hidden dissent among Federal Open Market Committee members at each meeting, based on the words used in the meeting record rather than the recorded vote. The graph above shows the version computed from the FOMC meeting minutes. Zooming in on the period after 2020, we can see the index peaked at the November 2022 meeting, when it breached the 0.28 level (the higher the reading, the more “hidden dissent”); the reading at the four-dissent April 2026 meeting: 0.23. Actually, we can see that the index was elevated during the second half of 2022. Why? Well, one major factor to consider is that the period was right in the middle of the Fed’s post-Covid rate hike cycle. During that period, while all FOMC members knew the interest rate should go up further, they started to think about how fast and how much more they should hike - and that generated divergence in their views. The November 2022 meeting was a particularly contentious one in the sense that the minutes described four distinct positions on the question of when to slow the pace of hikes. “A number o...
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday night. The explosion occurred during a "hotfire test", Blue Origin said in a statement, describing the incident as an "anomaly". The space technology company, which was founded in 2000 by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, said there were no injuries from the incident. "All personnel have been accounted fo...
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday night. The explosion occurred during a "hotfire test", Blue Origin said in a statement, describing the incident as an "anomaly". The space technology company, which was founded in 2000 by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, said there were no injuries from the incident. "All personnel have been accounted for. We will provide updates as we learn more," it added.
Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Explodes On Florida Launchpad Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a static-fire test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening, dealing a major setback to the Jeff Bezos-backed firm in its efforts to challenge a dominant SpaceX. The firm was preparing the vehicle for its fourth launch, which was slated to deploy a batch of sat...
Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Explodes On Florida Launchpad Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a static-fire test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening, dealing a major setback to the Jeff Bezos-backed firm in its efforts to challenge a dominant SpaceX. The firm was preparing the vehicle for its fourth launch, which was slated to deploy a batch of satellites for Amazon.com Inc.’s Leo, a rival satellite network to SpaceX’s Starlink. None of the satellites were on the rocket when it exploded, a spokesperson for Amazon said. Blue Origin's New Glenn just blew up at LC-36 while attempting to Static Fire ahead of NG-4. https://t.co/tANS0dWyIH pic.twitter.com/PztxFoBqIw — NSF - NASASpaceflight.com (@NASASpaceflight) May 29, 2026 Blue Origin said the rocket experienced an “anomaly” during the test. All personnel have been accounted for and are safe, the company said. We experienced an anomaly during today's hotfire test. All personnel have been accounted for. We will provide updates as we learn more. — Blue Origin (@blueorigin) May 29, 2026 Commenting on the explosion, which raised the valuation of SpaceX by tens of billions as one of its biggest competitors just saw its launch vehicle end up in a massive fireball, Elon said the event was "most unfortunate. Rockets are hard." Most unfortunate. Rockets are hard. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 29, 2026 New Glenn, which is key to Blue Origin’s plans for space exploration, is years behind schedule and has faced longer-than-expected waiting periods between flights. The explosion is the latest blow to its reputation as a reliable alternative to SpaceX’s Falcon 9. The rocket is set to serve a key role in NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to send humans back to the moon. It is also one of an elite group of vehicles that is supposed to deliver the most critical US national security satellites for the Pentagon. All personnel are accounted for and safe. It’s too early to know the root cause...