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SAN DIEGO, July 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a technology company in the defense, national security and global markets, today announced that it has recently received an approximate $36 million sole-source contract award for a new air defense missile system. Kratos is a recognized industry leader in the rapid engineering, development and production at scale of affordable military-grade hardware, products and systems, including for hypersonic, missile, radar, air defense, directed energy, high-powered microwave, counter unmanned aerial system (C-UAS), chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN), unmanned aerial drone, strategic, and other systems. 

Tom Mills, President of Kratos’ C5ISR Division, said, “Building military-grade hardware on schedule and on budget, hardware that must work every time, is hard, and is also a clear differentiating capability of Kratos. The entire C5ISR team is proud to have been selected for this critical national security program.”

Eric DeMarco, President and CEO of Kratos, said, “Kratos’ air defense related hardware, products, and systems business, both in the United States and internationally, is currently seeing increased demand from numerous customers for multiple systems, platforms and technologies. Over the past several years, Kratos has made significant investments in property, plant, equipment and facilities, which we are continuing as we are laser focused on supporting the United States Department of War and the rebuild and recapitalization of our nation’s defense industrial base.”

Work under this contract award will be performed at a secure Kratos manufacturing facility. Due to security related, competitive and other considerations, no additional information related to this program will be provided.

About Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS) is a technology, products, system and software company addressing the defense, national security, and commercial markets. Kratos makes true internally funded research, development, capital and other investments, to rapidly develop, produce and field solutions that address our customers’ mission critical needs and requirements. At Kratos, affordability is a technology, and we seek to utilize proven, leading-edge approaches and technology, not unproven bleeding edge approaches or technology, with Kratos’ approach designed to reduce cost, schedule and risk, enabling us to be first to market with cost effective solutions. We believe that Kratos is known as an innovative disruptive change agent in the industry, a company that is an expert in designing products and systems up front for successful rapid, large quantity, low-cost future manufacturing which is a value-add competitive differentiator for our large traditional prime system integrator partners and also to our government and commercial customers. Kratos intends to pursue program and contract opportunities as the prime or lead contractor when we believe that our probability of win (PWin) is high and any investment required by Kratos is within our capital resource comfort level. We intend to partner and team with a large, traditional system integrator when our assessment of PWin is greater or required investment is beyond Kratos’ comfort level. Kratos’ primary business areas include virtualized ground systems for satellites and space vehicles including software for command & control (C2) and telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C), jet powered unmanned aerial drone systems, hypersonic vehicles and rocket systems, propulsion systems for drones, missiles, loitering munitions, supersonic systems, space craft and launch systems, C5ISR and microwave electronic products for missile, radar, missile defense, space, satellite, counter UAS, directed energy, communication and other systems, and virtual & augmented reality training systems for the warfighter. For more information, visit www.KratosDefense.com and follow Kratos on LinkedIn and X.

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Certain statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are made on the basis of the current beliefs, expectations and assumptions of the management of Kratos and are subject to significant risks and uncertainty. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. All such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and Kratos undertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Although Kratos believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements involve many risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from what may be expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. For a further discussion of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to the business of Kratos in general, see the risk disclosures in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Kratos for the year ended December 28, 2025, and in subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K and other filings made with the SEC by Kratos.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) announces the company has completed its acquisition of secure enterprise browser provider and AI usage control leader LayerX. On May 14, Akamai announced an agreement between the two parties for Akamai to acquire LayerX in exchange for approximately US$205 million.

LayerX offers a browser security platform that allows enterprises to add protections to their preferred, existing browsers. It enables security teams to have greater visibility into how users interact with web content, prompts, file uploads, and SaaS applications both within and outside the browser. The acquisition will build on Akamai’s investment in its Zero Trust platform, which includes market-leading segmentation, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and DNS security solutions, already trusted by thousands of global customers. By leveraging Akamai’s massive, globally distributed network, the combined solution will create a workforce security solution that addresses a need to govern and secure how employees, partners, and supply chain ecosystems interact with AI applications.

For more information, visit the Akamai Zero Trust solutions page.

About Akamai
Akamai is the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online. Our market-leading security solutions, superior threat intelligence, and global operations team provide defense in depth to safeguard enterprise data and applications everywhere. Akamai’s full-stack cloud computing solutions deliver performance and affordability on the world’s most distributed platform. Global enterprises trust Akamai to provide the industry-leading reliability, scale, and expertise they need to grow their business with confidence. Learn more at akamai.com and akamai.com/blog, or follow Akamai Technologies on X and LinkedIn.

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This press release contains statements that are not statements of historical fact and constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements about product success and other benefits of the transaction to Akamai. Each of the forward-looking statements is subject to change as a result of various important factors, many of which are beyond Akamai’s control, including, but not limited to: Akamai’s inability to achieve the expected benefits of the transaction; challenges integrating LayerX’s business, employees, and technology; and effects of competition. The forward-looking statements contained herein are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, Akamai disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.

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TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) ("ARLP") today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of certain general partner and limited partner interests in AllDale Minerals III, LP and AllDale Minerals IV, LP for approximately $206.2 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments.

ARLP funded the acquisition using a combination of cash on hand, borrowings under its revolving credit facility, and a new $150.0 million term loan at its wholly owned subsidiary Alliance Minerals, LLC.

Following the acquisition, ARLP now controls approximately 115,680 net royalty acres within its Oil & Gas Royalties segment, including over 44,770 net royalty acres in the Permian Basin. ARLP expects to provide additional commentary regarding the acquisition during its next quarterly earnings conference call.

About Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.

ARLP is a diversified natural resource company that is currently the second largest coal producer in the eastern United States, supplying reliable, affordable energy domestically and internationally to major utilities, metallurgical and industrial users. ARLP also generates operating and royalty income from mineral interests it owns in strategic coal and oil & gas producing regions in the United States. In addition, ARLP is positioning itself as a reliable energy partner for the future by pursuing opportunities that support the growth and development of energy-related technologies and infrastructure.

News, unit prices and additional information about ARLP, including filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), are available at www.arlp.com. For more information, contact the investor relations department of ARLP at (918) 295-7673 or via email at [email protected].

The statements and projections used throughout this release are based on current expectations. These statements and projections are forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially. These projections do not include the potential impact of any mergers, acquisitions or other business combinations that may occur after the date of this release. We have included more information below regarding business risks that could affect our results.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: With the exception of historical matters, any matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results. Those forward-looking statements include expectations with respect to our future financial and operational performance, coal and oil & gas consumption and expected future prices, our ability to increase or maintain unitholder distributions in future quarters, business plans and potential growth with respect to our energy and infrastructure investments, optimizing cash flows, reducing operating and capital expenditures, infrastructure projects at our existing properties, growth in domestic electricity demand, preserving liquidity and maintaining financial flexibility, and our future repurchases of units. These risks to our ability to achieve these outcomes include, but are not limited to, the following: decline in the coal industry’s share of electricity generation, including as a result of environmental concerns related to coal mining and combustion, the cost and perceived benefits of other sources of electricity and fuels, such as oil & gas, nuclear energy, and renewable fuels and the retirement of coal-fired power plants in the U.S.; our ability to provide fuel for growth in domestic energy demand, should it materialize; changes in macroeconomic and market conditions and market volatility, and the impact of such changes and volatility on our financial position; changes in global economic and geo-political conditions or changes in industries in which our customers operate; changes in commodity prices, demand and availability which could affect our operating results and cash flows; impacts of geopolitical events, including the conflicts in Ukraine and in the Middle East; actions of the major oil-producing countries with respect to oil production volumes and prices and the direct and indirect impacts over the near and long term on oil & gas exploration and production operations at the properties in which we hold mineral interests; changes in competition in domestic and international coal markets and our ability to respond to such changes; potential shut-ins of production by the operators of the properties in which we hold oil & gas mineral interests due to low commodity prices or the lack of downstream demand or storage capacity; risks associated with the expansion of and investments into the infrastructure of our operations and properties, including the timing of such investments coming online; our ability to identify and complete acquisitions and to successfully integrate such acquisitions into our business and achieve the anticipated benefits therefrom; our ability to identify and invest in new energy and infrastructure ventures; the success of our development and growth plans for our wholly owned subsidiary, Matrix Design Group, LLC, and our investments in emerging and other infrastructure and technology companies; dependence on significant customer contracts, and failure of customers to renew existing contracts upon expiration; adjustments made in price, volume, or terms to existing coal supply agreements; the effects of and changes in trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, and the results of central bank policy actions including interest rates, bank failures, and associated liquidity risks; the effects of and changes in taxes or tariffs and other trade measures adopted or threatened by the United States and foreign governments, including the imposition of or increase in tariffs on steel and/or other raw materials; legislation, regulations, and court decisions and interpretations thereof, both domestic and foreign, including those relating to the environment and the release of greenhouse gases, such as state legislation seeking to impose liability on a wide range of energy companies under greenhouse gas “superfund” laws, mining, miner health and safety, hydraulic fracturing, and health care; deregulation of the electric utility industry or the effects of any adverse change in the coal industry, electric utility industry, or general economic conditions; investors’ and other stakeholders’ attention to sustainability matters; liquidity constraints, including those resulting from any future unavailability of financing; customer bankruptcies, cancellations or breaches to existing contracts, or other failures to perform; customer delays, failure to take coal under contracts or defaults in making payments; our productivity levels and margins earned on our coal sales; disruptions to oil & gas exploration and production operations at the properties in which we hold mineral interests; changes in equipment, raw material, service or labor costs or availability, including due to inflationary pressures or tariffs; changes in our ability to recruit, hire and maintain labor; our ability to maintain satisfactory relations with our employees; increases in labor costs, including increases in the costs of health insurance, adverse changes in work rules, or cash payments or projections associated with workers’ compensation claims; increases in transportation costs and risk of transportation delays or interruptions; operational interruptions due to geologic, permitting, labor, weather, supply chain shortage of equipment or mine supplies, or other factors; risks associated with major mine-related accidents, mine fires, mine floods or other interruptions; results of litigation, including claims not yet asserted; foreign currency fluctuations that could adversely affect the competitiveness of our coal abroad; difficulty maintaining our surety bonds for mine reclamation as well as workers’ compensation and black lung benefits; difficulty in making accurate assumptions and projections regarding post-mine reclamation as well as pension, black lung benefits, and other post-retirement benefit liabilities; uncertainties in estimating and replacing our coal mineral reserves and resources; uncertainties in estimating and replacing our oil & gas reserves; uncertainties in the amount of oil & gas production due to the level of drilling and completion activity by the operators of our oil & gas properties; the impact of current and potential changes to federal or state tax rules and regulations, including a loss or reduction of benefits from certain tax deductions and credits; difficulty obtaining commercial property insurance, and risks associated with our participation in the commercial insurance property program; evolving cybersecurity risks, such as those involving unauthorized access, denial-of-service attacks, malicious software, data privacy breaches by employees, insiders or others with authorized access, cyber or phishing attacks, ransomware, malware, social engineering, physical breaches, or other actions; and difficulty in making accurate assumptions and projections regarding future revenues and costs associated with equity investments in companies we do not control.

Additional information concerning these, and other factors can be found in ARLP’s public periodic filings with the SEC, including ARLP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed on February 26, 2026, and ARLP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, filed on May 8, 2026. Except as required by applicable securities laws, ARLP does not intend to update its forward-looking statements.

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Bloom Energy (BE 4.51%) is perfectly positioned for the artificial intelligence spending boom underway today. In fact, the company's backlog for hydrogen fuel cells at the start of 2026 rose over 2.5x year over year, hitting $6 billion. But the real story here is the other $14 billion of the total $20 billion backlog, which is related to services.

What does Bloom Energy do? Bloom Energy makes hydrogen fuel cells. They are built in a factory and can be delivered wherever they are needed to provide on-site power. The power generated doesn't produce greenhouse gases, either, so it is clean energy. The company has been building its business and improving its technology for many years, but the current environment is almost the perfect setting for success.

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Spending on artificial intelligence (AI) has exploded. But AI is just a fancy computer program, so it can't operate without electricity. Electric utilities are working to supply the power needed, but building electric infrastructure takes time. And there has been pushback from consumers and regulators around the impact that AI demand is having on power prices.

Bloom Energy's on-site power lets AI companies sidestep the grid. And Bloom Energy can usually deliver power cells more quickly than a utility can provide a grid connection, speeding up the construction of new AI data centers. No wonder the company started 2026 with a $6 billion backlog of fuel cell orders, up 2.5x year over year.

Bloom Energy's real flywheel is services That said, the company's full backlog is around $20 billion. The other $14 billion relates to the service contracts that accompany the sale of a fuel cell. These are long-term contracts that provide annuity-like income streams. Each new product sale builds the company's long-term service momentum. Although Bloom Energy is really just a start-up that has yet to turn sustainably profitable, that could change very soon.

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The only problem with Bloom Energy's story is that it is so well-known on Wall Street. The stock is up over 1,000% over the past year. Without sustainable earnings, the price-to-earnings ratio isn't meaningful. However, the price-to-sales ratio is shockingly high at 29x, compared to a five-year average of 3.1x. The forward P/E ratio is 134x. That is high and shows just how much investors are expecting from the company.

Bloom Energy is probably best left on your wishlist for now, given the stock's rapid ascent. However, if the AI bubble on Wall Street bursts, Bloom Energy's massive service backlog could make it worth a second look.

, /PRNewswire/ -- Hagerty, Inc. (NYSE: HGTY), a business that makes it easier and more enjoyable to be a driving enthusiast through insurance, buying and selling platforms, publishing and events, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bennetts, the United Kingdom's #2 specialty motorcycle insurance broker, from Lucida Group for £34 million ($43 million USD). The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive, and close during the third quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approval. The acquisition increases Hagerty's international scale, augmenting the ongoing investment into Hagerty's Broad Arrow business outside of the United States.

Hagerty Agrees to Acquire Bennetts to Become #2 Specialty Motorcycle Insurance Broker in the United Kingdom Founded more than 90 years ago, Bennetts brings 15% UK motorcycle insurance market share and a 65 Net Promoter Score through a member-centric approach similar to Hagerty's model in the enthusiast car space.

"Bennetts is a brand built the same way Hagerty was built – by genuine enthusiasts, for genuine enthusiasts," said McKeel Hagerty, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Hagerty. "Their 100,000 community members from Bennetts' 'Bike Social' platform, decades of trust in the UK motorcycle market and disciplined, low-frequency book make this a natural extension of everything we stand for as we look to seed our international growth in a deliberate way."

Mark Roper, Hagerty's UK Managing Director added, "We are excited to welcome the Bennetts team into the Hagerty family. Bennetts has built something special — a brand riders trust, a community they love and a business with momentum. Our commitment is simple: keep what makes Bennetts great, and bring the best of Hagerty alongside it, building something stronger than either of us could on our own."

Tripling Hagerty's UK Footprint
The acquisition is also expected to triple Hagerty's UK revenue to approximately £25 million, and to be financially accretive from day one, even before the realisation of identified synergies.

This acquisition builds on the international momentum Hagerty has established through Broad Arrow Auctions, which has expanded its European presence over the past year. Together, both brands can create a more integrated enthusiast platform in the United Kingdom – combining specialty insurance, live and digital auctions and community engagement across both motorcycles and enthusiast cars with meaningful cross-sell opportunities.

Bennetts' book comprises 92% enthusiast riders and has a risk profile that closely mirrors Hagerty's enthusiast car insurance portfolio. Bennetts' 4.7/5.0 Trustpilot rating, 250,000 YouTube subscribers, and 41 million annual social media interactions reflects an exceptional level of authentic community engagement.

Editors Notes.

About Bennetts

Established in 1930, Bennetts is one of the UK's leading motorcycle insurance brokers, offering Defaqto 5 Star Rated coverage across classic and modern bikes. With a panel of trusted insurers and a comprehensive suite of policy features, Bennetts combines competitive pricing with an exceptional customer experience. Riders who insure directly with Bennetts receive free BikeSocial membership, an exclusive platform offering discounts, experiences, and a thriving enthusiast community.

About Hagerty, Inc. (NYSE: HGTY)
Hagerty is a company built by drivers for drivers, protecting 2.9 million vehicles in the United States, Canada and the UK. We make it easier and more enjoyable for enthusiasts to drive and celebrate the machines they love through innovative insurance products, live and digital auctions, engaging media and events, as well as the Hagerty Drivers Club, the world's largest community of car lovers.

Forward-Looking Statements - All statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the expected timing and completion of the acquisition and its anticipated strategic, operational and financial impact. Forward-looking statements are based on Hagerty's current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including the risk (i) that the acquisition may not be completed on the expected terms or timeline, or at all; (ii) that the closing conditions may not be satisfied; (iii) that the anticipated benefits of the acquisition may not be realized, including earnings enhancements and synergies; (iv) that Hagerty may be unable to successfully integrate Bennetts with its U.K. business or that integration costs may exceed expectations; (v) of potential adverse reactions or changes to business or employee relationships, including those resulting from the announcement of the acquisition; (vi) that Hagerty may not have identified certain risks relating to Bennetts' business or underestimated the severity or probability of certain risks relating to Bennetts' business; and (vii) other risks described in Hagerty's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Hagerty undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Revolution Medicines, Inc. (Nasdaq: RVMD), a late-stage clinical oncology company developing targeted therapies for patients with RAS-addicted cancers, today announced results from two Phase 1/2 clinical trials evaluating zoldonrasib, its oral RAS(ON) G12D-selective covalent inhibitor, in combination regimens for patients with RAS G12D metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The results, which will be presented today in a proffered paper session at the 2026 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Gastrointestinal Cancers Congress, include zoldonrasib in combination with standard of care chemotherapy in previously untreated patients and zoldonrasib in combination with daraxonrasib, the company’s oral RAS(ON) multi-selective inhibitor, in previously treated patients.

“The Phase 3 RASolute 302 results provided clinical validation of RAS(ON) inhibition with daraxonrasib in second line metastatic pancreatic cancer and established a strong foundation for evaluating this therapeutic approach across additional RAS genotypes, treatment settings and combination strategies. The results presented at ESMO GI demonstrate compelling proof-of-concept for two zoldonrasib-based regimens in RAS G12D disease: combination with standard of care chemotherapy in previously untreated patients and a RAS(ON) inhibitor doublet with daraxonrasib in previously treated patients. Together, these findings are the foundation of two distinct Phase 3 strategies we are pursuing in previously untreated metastatic RAS G12D pancreatic cancer: the ongoing RASolute 305 trial evaluating zoldonrasib plus standard of care chemotherapy, and the planned RASolute 309 trial evaluating the combination of zoldonrasib plus daraxonrasib,” said Alan Sandler, M.D., chief development officer of Revolution Medicines.

Safety and Efficacy of Zoldonrasib Plus Chemotherapy in Patients with First Line RAS G12D Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer (Abstract #340O)

RMC-GI-102 (NCT06445062) is an ongoing Phase 1/2 trial evaluating zoldonrasib 1200 mg once daily in combination with investigator's choice of standard of care chemotherapy in patients with previously untreated metastatic RAS G12D PDAC. Investigator's choice of chemotherapy includes modified FOLFIRINOX (mFFX) or gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel (GnP). As of the February 8, 2026 data cutoff, the trial enrolled 41 patients in the zoldonrasib plus mFFX arm and 40 patients in the zoldonrasib plus GnP arm.

Zoldonrasib demonstrated a manageable safety and tolerability profile in combination with standard chemotherapy. The safety profile of zoldonrasib in combination with chemotherapy was broadly consistent with the established profiles of each respective chemotherapy regimen. Grade 3 or greater treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) occurred in 61% of patients who received the zoldonrasib plus mFFX and 80% of patients who received zoldonrasib plus GnP. The most common Grade 3 or greater TRAEs with zoldonrasib plus mFFX were decreased neutrophil count (37%), anemia (12%), and platelet count decreased (7%). The most common Grade 3 or greater TRAEs with zoldonrasib plus GnP were decreased neutrophil count (35%), anemia (28%), and fatigue (25%). No Grade 5 TRAEs were reported in either arm. The mean dose intensity was 86% with zoldonrasib plus mFFX and 90% with the zoldonrasib plus GnP.

In the trial, zoldonrasib with chemotherapy showed compelling antitumor activity, with an objective response rate (ORR) of 82% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 60, 95) and disease control rate (DCR) of 96% (95% CI: 77, 100) in the mFFX population, and an ORR of 61% (95% CI: 42, 78) and DCR of 90% (95% CI: 74, 98) in the GnP population.

These preliminary safety and clinical activity data support the ongoing RASolute 305 pivotal trial (NCT07621718), a global, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating zoldonrasib plus investigator’s choice of standard of care chemotherapy compared with placebo plus investigator’s choice of chemotherapy in patients with previously untreated metastatic RAS G12D PDAC.

Safety and Efficacy of Zoldonrasib Plus Daraxonrasib in Patients with Second Line-Plus RAS G12D Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer (Abstract #341O)

RMC-9805-001 (NCT06040541) is a Phase 1 trial evaluating zoldonrasib 1200 mg once daily plus daraxonrasib 300 mg once daily in advanced solid tumors with RAS G12D mutations. As of the February 9, 2026 data cutoff, 60 patients with RAS G12D metastatic PDAC who had previously received one or more prior lines of therapy were treated with the combination.

Zoldonrasib plus daraxonrasib demonstrated a manageable safety and tolerability profile that was broadly consistent with the established profile of daraxonrasib monotherapy. Grade 3 or greater TRAEs occurred in 35% of patients who received the combination. Among TRAEs occurring in 10% or more of all patients, the most common Grade 3 or greater events were rash (12%), anemia (10%), and stomatitis/mucositis (7%). Few patients discontinued due to TRAES; 2% discontinued zoldonrasib and 5% discontinued daraxonrasib. The mean dose intensity was 88% for zoldonrasib and 76% for daraxonrasib.

The zoldonrasib plus daraxonrasib combination demonstrated compelling antitumor activity in patients with previously treated metastatic PDAC. In the second line cohort (2L) (N=30), the ORR was 50% (95% CI: 31–69) and DCR was 97% (95% CI: 83–100). Median progression-free survival (PFS) in the 2L cohort was 9.6 months (95% CI: 7.1–NE), with a 6-month PFS rate of 71%. Median overall survival (OS) in the 2L cohort was not yet estimable, with a 6-month OS rate of 89%. In the third line and beyond (3L+) cohort (N=30), the ORR was 47% (95% CI: 28–66) and DCR was 90% (95% CI: 74–98). Median PFS in the 3L+ cohort was 7.6 months (95% CI: 4.6–10.5), with a 6-month PFS rate of 59%. Median OS in the 3L+ cohort was 10.5 months (95% CI: 6.7–NE), with a 6-month OS rate of 82%.

These safety and clinical activity data support the planned pivotal global, Phase 3 RASolute 309 clinical trial of zoldonrasib plus daraxonrasib versus GnP in patients with previously untreated RAS G12D metastatic PDAC.

About Pancreatic Cancer and Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal malignancies, characterized by its typically late-stage diagnosis, resistance to standard chemotherapy, and high mortality rate. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, or PDAC, is the most common form of pancreatic cancer. Due to the lack of early symptoms and effective detection methods, approximately 80% of patients are diagnosed with advanced or metastatic disease. PDAC is the most commonly RAS-driven malignancy of all major cancers, with more than 90% of patients having tumors that harbor RAS mutations.1 RAS G12D is the most prevalent RAS mutation subtype in PDAC, occurring in 40% of patients, and has been associated with poorer outcomes than RAS wild-type disease and certain other RAS-mutant subgroups.1-4

About Zoldonrasib
Zoldonrasib is an investigational, oral RAS(ON) G12D-selective covalent tri-complex inhibitor. RAS G12D is the most prevalent RAS mutation, accounting for 29% of all RAS cancers.1 Across tumor types, approximately 61,000 new patients with RAS G12D cancers are estimated each year in the U.S., and no targeted therapy is currently approved for these patients.5 Zoldonrasib is currently being evaluated as a monotherapy and in combination with other therapies, including with Revolution Medicines’ RAS(ON) multi-selective inhibitor daraxonrasib (RMC-6236), as well as standard of care regimens in lung and gastrointestinal cancers.

About Daraxonrasib
Daraxonrasib is an investigational, oral RAS(ON) multi-selective, non-covalent tri-complex inhibitor. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted daraxonrasib Breakthrough Therapy Designation and Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of patients with previously treated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) harboring G12 mutations. In addition, daraxonrasib was selected for the FDA Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher pilot program, which is intended to accelerate the development and review of therapies aligned with U.S. national health priorities.

Daraxonrasib is designed to target cancers driven by a broad range of common RAS genotypes, including PDAC, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and colorectal cancer. Daraxonrasib is being advanced through a global Phase 3 registrational program comprising four trials, including the completed RASolute 302 trial and three additional trials in patients with PDAC and metastatic RAS mutant NSCLC.

About Revolution Medicines, Inc.
Revolution Medicines is a late-stage clinical oncology company developing novel targeted therapies for patients with RAS-addicted cancers. The company’s R&D pipeline comprises RAS(ON) inhibitors designed to suppress diverse oncogenic variants of RAS proteins. The company’s RAS(ON) inhibitors daraxonrasib (RMC-6236), a RAS(ON) multi-selective inhibitor; elironrasib (RMC-6291), a RAS(ON) G12C-selective inhibitor; zoldonrasib (RMC-9805), a RAS(ON) G12D-selective inhibitor; and RMC-5127, a RAS(ON) G12V-selective inhibitor, are currently in clinical development. Additional development opportunities in the company’s pipeline focus on RAS(ON) mutant-selective inhibitors, including RMC-0708 (Q61H) and RMC-8839 (G13C). For more information, please visit www.revmed.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be considered “forward-looking statements,” including without limitation statements regarding our development strategy, including in RAS G12D pancreatic cancer; the potential of our product candidates for RAS(ON) inhibition, including in pancreatic cancer; the ability of daraxonrasib or zoldonrasib to improve patient outcomes; planned and ongoing clinical studies; and potential efficacy of the company’s product candidates being studied.

Forward-looking statements are typically, but not always, identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” "estimate," "plan," “potential,” “proof-of-concept,” “pursuing,” "will" and other similar terminology indicating future results. Such forward-looking statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause the company’s development programs, future results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include without limitation risks and uncertainties inherent in the drug development process, including the company’s programs’ development stages, the process of designing and conducting preclinical and clinical trials, the regulatory approval processes, the timing of regulatory filings, the challenges associated with manufacturing drug products, the company’s ability to successfully establish, protect and defend its intellectual property, other matters that could affect the sufficiency of the company’s capital resources to fund operations, reliance on third parties for manufacturing and development efforts, changes in the competitive landscape, and the effects on the company’s business of the global events, such as international conflicts or global pandemics. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to the business of Revolution Medicines in general, see Revolution Medicines’ Annual Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 6, 2026, and its future periodic reports to be filed with the SEC. Except as required by law, Revolution Medicines undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events, or circumstances, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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The milestone marks the expansion of Ondo – the leader in tokenized securities by total value – into the U.S. For the first time, U.S. listed securities – BlackRock's iShares Core S&P 500 (IVV) ETF and Micron (MU) shares – were tokenized by a third party on a public blockchain while staying within the existing U.S. regulatory and infrastructure framework Broadridge will enable holders of the tokenized securities to participate in proxy voting and receive regulatory disclosures, seamlessly providing token holders with the same protections and rights as holders of traditional securities Investors in securities tokenized by Ondo will have a common voting and shareholder communications platform and experience for synthetic and custodial tokenized securities leveraging Broadridge's ProxyVote.com platform , /PRNewswire/ -- Ondo Finance today announced the first live solution of third-party tokenized U.S. securities operating entirely within the existing regulatory perimeter in the U.S., in partnership with Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc., (NYSE: BR) to provide full voting rights for tokenized equity holders.

In its January 2026 statement on tokenized securities, the SEC described a custodial model in which a third party holds an issuer's securities and issues crypto assets representing a holder's entitlement to the underlying security. Ondo's launch of tokenized BlackRock iShares Core S&P 500 (IVV) ETF and Micron (MU) stock are the first production deployments of that model in the U.S.

Under this model, which closely follows the SEC's third-party custodial model, the underlying shares never leave the traditional U.S. regulated custody chain. Ondo's registered transfer agent mints corresponding tokens, backed 1:1 by those shares, which are issued on the Ethereum blockchain and held by regulated custodians. Each token holder will receive the same shareholder rights and protections as shareholders holding through U.S. brokerage accounts receive, including issuer communications and onchain proxy voting through Broadridge's ProxyVote.com platform.  Transfer restrictions are enforced by the participating broker-dealer, transfer agent, and custodian in accordance with existing regulatory requirements and practices, maintaining full regulatory compliance.

"Tokenized Securities in the U.S. are too often framed as a binary choice between competing models and tokenization providers. This is a false premise. Ondo has built the regulatory, product, and service infrastructure to support all major models within the United States. Today's milestone shows we can tokenize securities in ways that meet both market and regulatory requirements, for U.S. and global investors and provides a strong foundation for our expanding access to onchain investments for more U.S. investors," said Ian De Bode, CEO of Ondo Finance.

Today's announcement marks a major step forward for tokenized securities in the United States. Until now, tokenized securities have largely operated outside the U.S. or have required issuer sponsorship on an issuer-by-issuer basis. This model brings them inside the U.S. regulatory perimeter, with the underlying securities held in the same infrastructure that custodies U.S. securities today. This new structure shows how the benefits of tokenization can be attained while preserving the safeguards, recordkeeping, and market infrastructure that underpin U.S. capital markets.

"Tokenization will only scale when it delivers both innovation and investor confidence," said Doug DeSchutter, President of Broadridge's Investor Communication Solutions business. "By enabling proxy voting, issuer communications, and regulatory disclosures for Ondo's token holders, we're living up to our promise to empower investors and issuers by providing them with the full range of trusted governance capabilities for tokenized securities regardless of how assets are structured."

The launch is another milestone in realizing Broadridge's strategy to enable the adoption of tokenized securities by ensuring that they are supported by governance capabilities with the highest standards for auditability, accountability, and investor protection and comply with U.S. regulatory guidelines. Broadridge supports all models of tokenized securities, including issuer-listed models, synthetic tokenized securities issued outside the United States, and now, third-party tokenized shares within the U.S. by ensuring that investors get the critical communications they need to exercise their voting rights and stay informed about their investments.

About Ondo Finance

Ondo Finance is a blockchain-based technology company focused on tokenizing real-world assets and bringing institutional-quality financial products onchain. By bridging traditional finance and decentralized infrastructure, Ondo aims to make capital markets more accessible, transparent, and efficient.

The Global Markets platform for Ondo tokenized securities outside of the U.S. currently supports more than $1 billion in tokenized securities across 430+ tokenized stocks & ETFs. This launch expands Ondo's tokenization footprint into the U.S., to enable third-party issuance of tokenized security entitlements for major ETFs and stocks.

Oasis Pro TA, LLC, an SEC-registered transfer agent and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Ondo Finance Inc., issues the tokenized security entitlements in the new model herein described. Such tokenization services are not a regulated activity of Oasis Pro TA, LLC.

About Broadridge's Tokenization Solutions

Broadridge enables onchain proxy voting and governance, digital asset infrastructure including post-trade, wallets and custody, and the scaling of digital asset capabilities across multiple asset classes. Through these innovations, Broadridge is helping financial institutions unlock the next era of digital asset investing.

Broadridge's Distributed Ledger Repo solution is the world's largest institutional platform for settling tokenized real assets. As tokenization gains momentum across financial services, Broadridge is meeting the complexity of operating across traditional and digital ecosystems with established scale, critical market knowledge, and technological expertise.

About Broadridge

Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR) is a global technology leader with trusted expertise and transformative technology, helping clients and the financial services industry operate, innovate, and grow. We power investing, governance, and communications for our clients – driving operational resiliency, elevating business performance, and transforming investor experiences.

Our technology and operations platforms process and generate over 7 billion communications annually and underpin the daily average trading of over $15 trillion in tokenized and traditional securities globally. A certified Great Place to Work®, Broadridge is part of the S&P 500® Index, employing over 15,000 associates in 21 countries.

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, /PRNewswire/ - GFL Environmental Inc. (NYSE: GFL) (TSX: GFL) ("GFL" or the "Company") today announced that the Board of Directors of the Company has declared a cash dividend of US$0.0169 for each outstanding subordinate voting share and multiple voting share of the Company for the second quarter of 2026.

The cash dividend will be paid on July 31, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 13, 2026. The Company has designated this dividend as an eligible dividend within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

About GFL

GFL is the fourth largest diversified environmental services company in North America, providing comprehensive solid waste management services from its platform of facilities throughout Canada and 18 U.S. states. GFL has a workforce of more than 15,000 employees across its organization.

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Chipmaker Nvidia says it is entering revenue-sharing agreements with fast-growing start-ups, in a move which will see customers swap access to compute power for a slice of future profits.

The artificial intelligence chip leader says its new partnership program, announced Thursday, offers fast-growing AI startups token credits to power their development. Cloud-based AI firms, model builders and other enterprises will share both product and cloud revenue with Nvidia, which is positioning itself as an intermediary helping startups gain direct access to full-stack computing powered by Nvidia chips.

In its announcement, Nvidia named two initial partners who will provide the compute power behind the scheme. Australia-based Sharon AI will deploy up to 40,000 Nvidia GPUs, while Singapore AI infrastructure company Firmus Technologies says it is building a data center in Batam, Indonesia, which is expected to scale to 360 megawatts and house up to 170,000 Nvidia GPUs.

Nvidia's move illustrates the critical importance of access to scarce compute power for AI-oriented startups, with GPUs likened to oil and even reportedly tied to futures contracts as users grapple with fluctuations in cost and issues around availability. Meanwhile, AI firms have increasingly entered into revenue and equity-sharing sharing agreements with chipmakers in order to circumvent liquidity issues afflicting the sector.

OpenAI has inked a number of deals that have seen it buy shares or entertain investments from partners including Amazon and AMD, CNBC reported in January.

Nvidia earlier this month said it was aiming to raise debt which sources said could amount to at least $20 billion. The firm intends to use the proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including repayment and refinancing of existing debt.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become more than a technology initiative at UnitedHealth Group (UNH +2.63%). It's increasingly becoming a business strategy.

The company plans to invest $3 billion in AI across 2026 and 2027, and management says it's already generating roughly $2 of value for every $1 invested through lower administrative costs, higher productivity, and new software products.

That's not a trivial development from one of the largest healthcare companies in the world.

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AI is tackling healthcare's biggest inefficiencies Healthcare remains one of the most administratively complex industries in the United States.

Insurance claims, prior authorizations, billing, scheduling, customer service, and medical documentation require enormous amounts of manual work. In fact, data from Morgan Stanley show that insurers and healthcare providers collectively spend roughly $80 billion each year on administrative transactions.

About one-third of the company's AI investment is going toward software products within Optum Insight (the company's technology and data analytics division). At the same time, the remaining two-thirds is focused on improving internal operations. The objective isn't simply to make employees more productive. It's to redesign workflows across the organization.

The returns are already showing up Unlike some corporate AI initiatives that remain largely experimental, UnitedHealth says it's already seeing measurable benefits.

AI tools are helping automate customer service, summarize clinical records, detect fraud, schedule appointments, and process administrative requests that previously required significant human involvement. As a result, management expects much of the return on its AI investments to materialize within 12 to 18 months.

The company is also using AI to improve prior authorization. Today, approximately 95% of prior authorization requests are submitted electronically, about half are processed in real time, and 90% receive a decision within one business day.

For a company serving nearly 150 million people, even small efficiency improvements can produce meaningful financial results.

This is not a random trend UnitedHealth isn't investing in AI simply to keep up with the latest technology trend. The company is trying to solve one of healthcare's biggest cost problems.

If AI continues reducing administrative expenses while improving customer service and speeding up care decisions, it could expand margins across multiple business lines. At the same time, Optum Insight plans to commercialize many of the AI tools it develops internally, creating another potential source of recurring revenue.

The broader business also continues to perform well.

In the first quarter of 2026, UnitedHealth generated $111.7 billion in revenue and adjusted earnings of $7.23 per share, both ahead of Wall Street expectations. Management also raised full-year earnings guidance to more than $18.25 per share, reflecting improving operating performance.

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Lowering costs and improving productivity Artificial intelligence won't solve every challenge facing UnitedHealth. Healthcare remains heavily regulated, reimbursement rates continue to evolve, and medical costs remain difficult to predict.

But unlike many companies still searching for practical AI applications, UnitedHealth is deploying the technology where it can directly lower costs and improve productivity. If management continues delivering the returns it's projecting, AI could become a meaningful driver of long-term earnings growth.

And that's what makes this initiative worth watching.

AI isn't just another expense for UnitedHealth. It has the potential to become a significant competitive advantage.

Key Takeaways General Mills says fiscal 2027 will focus on innovation, renovation and sharper brand execution.General Mills targets $3B in cumulative cost savings through fiscal 2030 to fund reinvestment.General Mills expects organic sales from down 1.5% to up 0.5% and adjusted EPS of $3.00-$3.20. General Mills, Inc. (GIS - Free Report) used its fourth-quarter call to argue that fiscal 2026 was a reset year, not an endpoint. Management said pricing work is largely complete, and fiscal 2027 will shift toward innovation, renovation and sharper brand execution.

That message came with a more aggressive productivity plan. Executives paired a modest organic sales outlook with a new $3 billion cumulative cost-savings target through fiscal 2030, framing efficiency as the funding source for both growth investment and margin protection.

GIS Shifts From Pricing to InnovationChairman and CEO Jeffrey Harmening said the company entered fiscal 2026 focused on restoring competitiveness through base pricing. On the call, he described that work as largely finished and said the next step is to make the rest of General Mills’ marketing and product activity work harder.

Harmening tied the fiscal 2027 playbook to product benefits consumers are willing to pay for, including protein, fiber, bold flavors and indulgence. He cited Cheerios, Blue Buffalo, Häagen-Dazs and Annie’s as brands where the company sees room to improve remarkability and mix.

The shift matters because management is not counting on a better consumer backdrop to do the heavy lifting. Executives repeatedly said growth improvement should come from company-controlled levers rather than a rebound in categories.

General Mills Sees a Tough Consumer Holding OnDana McNabb, COO and group president of North America Retail and North America Pet, said the company expects shoppers to remain pressured in fiscal 2027. She said consumers are buying more on promotion, making channel and pack-size tradeoffs, and keeping value at the center of purchase decisions.

McNabb added that categories slowed by about one point exiting the fourth quarter, and management is not assuming that trend reverses soon. Instead, the company is trying to pair better shelf pricing with premium benefits that can still command spending.

That backdrop helps explain the company’s fiscal 2027 guidance. General Mills expects organic net sales to range from down 1.5% to up 0.5%, with adjusted operating profit down 13% to down 8% in constant currency and adjusted EPS of $3.00 to $3.20.

GIS Keeps Totino’s and Pet in FocusAnalyst questions repeatedly returned to market share, and management did not dodge the weak spots. Harmening said Totino’s was a bigger issue than Wilderness dog feeding because of its size, while McNabb said Totino’s suffered from poor execution on price-pack architecture and insufficient innovation.

Management pointed to early fixes, including stronger merchandising, new frozen snack launches and better product architecture. McNabb said June trends had already improved in hot snacks and pizza, though she stopped short of calling four weeks a durable trend.

In Pet, the issue was less consumption than inventory flow. McNabb said channel sales were up 1% for the year, but organic sales lagged because faster-growing customers such as e-commerce and mass carry less inventory, and she said a low-single-digit inventory headwind is built into fiscal 2027 assumptions.

General Mills Pairs Savings With ReinvestmentThe biggest new strategic number from the call was the $3 billion cost-savings target through fiscal 2030. About $2 billion is expected from Holistic Margin Management, while the remaining $1 billion is tied to transformation and other efficiency work.

McNabb said the supply chain is a particular focus, arguing it was built for a different operating environment and now needs more speed and packaging flexibility. Management said details are still in early design, but the fiscal 2027 savings goal is at least $750 million.

Chief financial officer Kofi Bruce said HMM is meant to fund reinvestment into product and marketing, not just protect margins. That framing makes the productivity push central to the growth plan rather than a separate cost-cutting story.

GIS Delivers a Beat, but GAAP Was DistortedFor the quarter, General Mills reported adjusted EPS of $0.95 and revenue of $4.61 billion. That topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.82 and $4.6 billion, respectively, with EPS surprise of 15.9% and revenue surprise of 0.1%.

Those adjusted results aligned with management’s own expectations, but GAAP figures were heavily distorted. The company posted a loss per share of $3.74, driven by $1.8 billion in goodwill and brand impairment charges and a roughly $1.0 billion valuation loss tied to the planned sale of the Brazil business.

That split between adjusted and reported results shaped the tone of the call. Executives spent little time defending the quarter itself and much more time arguing that the underlying business, especially pricing, household penetration and base volume, is on firmer footing entering fiscal 2027.

General Mills Leaves a Measured But Assertive ToneThe closing message from management was disciplined rather than upbeat. Harmening said the company is on a path to restore profitable growth, but the near-term setup still includes inflation, lapping the 53rd week and divestiture-related headwinds.

Even so, executives sounded more assertive in Q&A than in the headline numbers. Their stance was that fiscal 2027 improvement depends on better execution, better innovation and better mix, not relief from the consumer environment.

Zacks Signals Remain Cautious on GISGIS carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), alongside a Value Score of A, Growth Score of F, Momentum Score of D and VGM Score of D. Under Zacks’ framework, Style Scores work best as a complement to the Zacks Rank, and stronger combinations are generally Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or #2 (Buy) stocks with A or B style grades. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

That leaves a mixed signal. The value profile stands out, but Zacks’ own guidance says investors should not buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #4 or #5 (Strong Sell) even if some Style Scores are favorable, and the rank can change as estimate revisions move after the quarter.

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The AI gold rush continues in mid-2026, with companies racing to turn flashy models into actual money-making systems. While the market obsesses over token prices and frontier lab drama, a quieter shift is underway. 

Governments and enterprises want AI they control — not rent — especially when national security or trade secrets sit on the line. Palantir Technologies’ (NYSE:PLTR | PLTR Price Prediction) just-announced partnership with Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) taps directly into that demand.

Here is what actually matters here for long-term shareholders.

Real Control in Sovereign Environments The deal integrates Nvidia’s Nemotron open-weight models into Palantir’s Sovereign AI Operating System. Customers in U.S. government agencies and critical infrastructure gain the ability to deploy, customize, and post-train models on their own data — while keeping full ownership of the resulting model weights.

In plain English, this is not another vague AI announcement. Palantir supplies the ontology layer that structures messy data into usable intelligence, plus deployment tools via AIP, Foundry, and Apollo. Nvidia brings the hardware acceleration and open models. Together they create a secure, on-premises or air-gapped stack that closed labs like OpenAI and Anthropic struggle to match on data sovereignty.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp highlighted this exact point during his July 1 CNBC appearance. Enterprises and agencies grow tired of unpredictable token costs and the risk of transferring their “alpha” — competitive advantage — to third parties. Palantir’s approach lets them own the means of production.

Stop renting AI from Big Tech. Palantir and Nvidia just teamed up to give governments and giants complete control—and the financial muscle behind it is staggering. © 24/7 Wall St. Numbers That Tell the Real Story Palantir isn’t pitching this from weakness. The company reported $1.6 billion in Q1 revenue, up 85% year-over-year — its fastest growth since going public. U.S. revenue hit $1.28 billion, more than double the year-ago period, with U.S. commercial up 133% and government up 84%. Management raised full-year revenue guidance to $7.650 billion to $7.662 billion, implying roughly 71% growth, and lifted U.S. commercial guidance to over $3.224 billion — at least 120% growth. 

The Rule of 40 score reached 145%, a mark matched by only a few AI infrastructure names like Nvidia itself. Adjusted free cash flow came in at $925 million in the quarter, or 57% FCF margin, and the balance sheet showed $8 billion in cash and equivalents.

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Compare that to the broader picture. While many software peers chase 20% to 30% growth, Palantir delivers triple-digit commercial acceleration in the U.S. The sovereign AI push builds on existing federal momentum and opens doors in regulated commercial sectors that need similar data control.

The Moat Most Analysts Overlook Here’s what receives too little attention: switching costs. Once an agency or critical infrastructure operator builds workflows on Palantir’s ontology, ripping it out becomes painful. Add Nvidia’s performance layer and you get a full-stack solution hard to replicate.

This matters because sovereign AI infrastructure could grow into a $177 billion market by 2035 at a 28% CAGR, according to Precedence Research. Palantir doesn’t need to win every dollar — it only needs to become the default operating layer for the most sensitive workloads.

Granted, the valuation sits at a trailing P/E around 141x. That leaves little room for disappointment if federal contract pacing slows or if international expansion lags. That said, the company generates real cash and shows accelerating momentum that justifies a premium for many growth investors.

Key Takeaway The Palantir-Nvidia deal quietly strengthens Palantir’s position as infrastructure rather than just another AI tool provider. With 85% revenue growth in Q1, guidance raised 71% for the full year, and a platform built for control-hungry customers, the setup favors patient shareholders who focus on execution over daily volatility.

Smart investors will watch upcoming contract announcements and Q2 results for confirmation that this partnership moves from headline to revenue. In the end, the winners in AI won’t just have the best models — they will have the best systems for using them securely at scale. Palantir and Nvidia just made a strong case for why they belong in that group.

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Malaysia: TotalEnergies Divests its Minority Non-Operated Interest in Marjoram Gas Field TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) LSE:TTE NYSE:TTE announces the divestment to INPEX of its 85% interest in Block 2E offshore Malaysia, representing a net interest of 8.5% in the Marjoram gas field currently under development, for a consideration of USD 350 million.

Through this transaction, TotalEnergies crystallizes the full value of this minority interest in a non-operated gas project, to focus on its operated portfolio and strategic growth opportunities in Malaysia.

“This agreement is fully aligned with our strategy of actively managing our portfolio and prioritizing material positions to support our ambition to develop low-cost, low-emission projects. With Jerun field now on stream and a large portfolio of opportunities, Malaysia is a strategic platform for TotalEnergies’ low-cost, low-emission growth strategy, serving both the country and the wider Southeast Asia region,” said Nicolas Terraz, President Exploration & Production at TotalEnergies.

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About TotalEnergies in Malaysia
TotalEnergies has been present in Malaysia since 1985 and has maintained a long-standing partnership with the national oil company PETRONAS. Following the acquisition of SapuraOMV Upstream, TotalEnergies became the country’s third-largest gas producer.
The Group employs around 300 people in Malaysia and holds operated and non-operated interests in 17 offshore blocks off the coast of Sarawak and Sabah.
Through its subsidiary TotalEnergies Marketing Malaysia, TotalEnergies also markets petroleum products. In 2023, the Group signed an agreement with PETRONAS and Mitsui to develop a CO₂ storage project in Southeast Asia and to assess several potential sites in the Malay Basin.
On the 2nd of April 2026 TotalEnergies and Masdar announced the creation of a $2.2 billion joint venture to accelerate the growth of renewable energy in Asia and particularly in Malaysia.

About TotalEnergies
TotalEnergies is a global integrated multi-energy company that produces and markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas, biogas and low-carbon hydrogen, renewables and electricity. Our more than 100,000 employees are committed to providing as many people as possible with energy that is more affordable, more available and more sustainable. Present in around 120 countries, TotalEnergies places sustainable development at the heart of its strategy, its projects and its operations.

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, /PRNewswire/ -- Yiren Digital Ltd. (NYSE: YRD) ("Yiren Digital" or the "Company"), a leading fintech company specializing in digital consumer lending, insurance and financial technology innovation across China and global markets, today announced that its board of directors has authorized a new share repurchase program, under which the Company may repurchase up to 10% of total issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and/or American depositary shares ("ADSs") for up to US$20 million over the next 12 months, effective as of the date hereof.

The Company's proposed repurchases may be made from time to time in the open market at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, in block trades and/or through other legally permissible means, including through Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, depending on market conditions and in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. The timing and amount of repurchases, if any, will be subject to market conditions, trading price, trading volume and other factors. The Company's board of directors will review the share repurchase program periodically and may authorize adjustments to its terms and size. The Company expects to fund the repurchases from its existing cash balance.

About Yiren Digital

Yiren Digital Ltd. is a leading fintech company specializing in digital consumer lending, insurance, and financial technology innovation across China and global markets. The Company leverages advanced artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to enhance customer experience, optimize capital efficiency, and expand financial inclusion. Following the regulatory filing of its in-house developed Large Language Model Zhiyu, and the significant enhancement of its MagiCube Agent platform, Yiren Digital is establishing a new growth engine to accelerate its evolution into an AI-native, multi-industry operating platform extending beyond traditional financial services. For more information, please visit https://ir.yiren.com.

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July 02, 2026 06:00 ET  | Source: The Ensign Group, Inc.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif., July 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ensign Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENSG), the parent company of the Ensign™ group of companies, which invest in and provide skilled nursing and senior living services, physical, occupational and speech therapies, other rehabilitative and healthcare services, and real estate, announced today that it acquired the real estate and operations of (i) “Las Ventanas de Socorro”, a 126-bed skilled nursing facility located in Socorro, Texas, and (ii) “Los Arcos del Norte Care Center”, a 124-bed skilled nursing facility located in El Paso, Texas. The real estate was acquired by subsidiaries of Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, Inc., Ensign’s captive real estate company, and the facilities are operated by Ensign-affiliated tenants. The acquisition was effective as of July 1, 2026.

“We are excited to continue our incredible year in Texas with the acquisition of these excellent facilities”, said Barry Port, Ensign's Chief Executive Officer. “We are always looking to expand our presence in Texas, and these facilities are tremendous adds to our operations and Standard Bearer’s real estate footprint”, he added.

Andy Ashton, President of Keystone Care LLC, Ensign’s Texas-based subsidiary, added, “Both facilities have fantastic teams of caregivers, and we are so excited to begin serving our residents and their families in the El Paso area.”

These acquisitions were effective July 1, 2026, and bring Ensign's growing portfolio to 398 healthcare operations, which includes 48 senior living operations, across 17 states. Ensign subsidiaries, including Standard Bearer, own 183 real estate assets. Mr. Port reaffirmed that Ensign is actively seeking opportunities to acquire real estate and to lease both well-performing and struggling skilled nursing, senior living and other healthcare related businesses throughout the United States.

About Ensign™

The Ensign Group, Inc.'s independent operating subsidiaries provide a broad spectrum of skilled nursing and senior living services, physical, occupational and speech therapies and other rehabilitative and healthcare services at 398 healthcare facilities in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. More information about Ensign is available at http://www.ensigngroup.net.

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SILVER SPRING, Md. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR) announced today it has acquired Thymmune Therapeutics, Inc. (Thymmune), a privately held, preclinical stage biotechnology company developing scalable, regenerative thymic cell therapies for the potential treatment of post-transplant organ tolerance, immunodeficiencies, and autoimmune diseases.

The thymus is a critical organ for the development and proper function of key parts of the immune system, including training T-cells, which are essential for fighting infections and other diseases. Thymmune has a proprietary process for converting human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) into thymic cells, which — once inside the body — mature into cell types that can restore healthy T-cell function.

Thymmune’s lead candidate, THY-100, is in preclinical development for congenital athymia, an ultra-rare and life-threatening condition in which infants are born without a functional thymus. Animal studies have shown that treatment with THY-100 results in the in vivo formation of a neo-thymus that is capable of facilitating T-cell development. The clinical proof of concept and further development of THY-100 has the potential to broaden thymic regenerative medicine approaches for transplant tolerance, serious immune-mediated diseases, and enhanced longevity for older adults with diminished T-cell function.

“Thymmune’s platform complements United Therapeutics’ broader mission to expand the supply of transplantable organs, building on our UThymoKidney™ clinical development program and our growing strength in immunomodulatory therapeutics,” said Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of United Therapeutics. “By restoring or modulating T-cell receptor diversity, Thymmune’s technology could make fundamental contributions to human health care and potentially resolve the root causes of dozens of life-threatening diseases.”

“Thymmune was founded to harness the biology of the thymus to restore immune function for patients with serious immune-mediated diseases,” said Stan Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Thymmune Therapeutics. “United Therapeutics shares our conviction that regenerative medicine can transform the lives of patients, and we believe its leadership in organ alternatives and cell-based technologies makes it the ideal partner to advance our platform toward broad clinical impact.”

Under the terms of the agreement, United Therapeutics acquired Thymmune for $140 million in cash, subject to certain post-closing adjustments, plus potential earn-out payments to former Thymmune equityholders of up to $160 million based upon the achievement of certain clinical and regulatory milestones by the end of 2031.

About United Therapeutics

Founded by CEO Martine Rothblatt to discover a cure for her daughter's life-threatening rare disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension, United Therapeutics transforms the treatment of rare diseases and pioneers alternatives to expand the supply of transplantable organs. From our innovative therapies to our groundbreaking manufactured organs, we are bold and unconventional. We move quickly from scientific theory to practical technologies that can save lives. As a public benefit corporation, even our legal structure reflects our commitments. We serve patients, act with integrity, create long-term shareholder value, and operate with sustainable practices that protect the future we are working to build. Visit us at www.unither.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements included in this press release that are not historical in nature are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements regarding our plans to develop THY-100 and other products based on Thymmune’s technology, including the potential to broaden thymic regenerative medicine approaches for transplant tolerance, serious immune-mediated diseases, and enhanced longevity for older adults with diminished T-cell function, the potential for Thymmune’s technology to support our organ manufacturing programs, the potential for Thymmune’s technology to make fundamental contributions to human health care and potentially resolve the root causes of dozens of life-threatening diseases, the potential earn-out payments to the former Thymmune stockholders, our goals of expanding the supply of transplantable organs, developing practical technologies that can save lives, creating long-term shareholder value, and operating with sustainable practices. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, such as those described in our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, that could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results. Consequently, such forward-looking statements are qualified by the cautionary statements, cautionary language, and risk factors set forth in our periodic reports and documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K. We claim the protection of the safe harbor contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for forward-looking statements. We are providing this information as of July 2, 2026, and assume no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this press release whether because of new information, future events, or any other reason.

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MILWAUKEE, July 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ademi LLP is investigating Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law in its recently announced transaction with Nuvei.

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BOSTON, July 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Catastrophe and Risk Solutions group at Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading strategic data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry, estimates economic losses from the June 24, 2026 earthquakes in Venezuela will likely exceed USD 10 billion. Verisk notes a higher degree of uncertainty than usual in estimating the insured share of industry losses because of Venezuela's macroeconomic conditions, elevated inflation, low insurance penetration, and sanctions-related market complexities.

Earthquake Sequence and Impacts

On June 24, Venezuela was struck by a rare earthquake doublet near Yumare-Morón in Yaracuy state, approximately 100 miles west of Caracas. A magnitude 7.2 foreshock was followed just 39 seconds later by a magnitude 7.5 mainshock, making it the strongest earthquake to impact Venezuela since 1900. The shallow strike-slip rupture occurred along the San Sebastián fault system within the tectonically active boundary zone between the Caribbean and South American plates and was subsequently followed by more than 430 recorded aftershocks.

Damage was most severe in the Caracas metropolitan region and the coastal state of La Guaira, where an estimated 1,400 buildings were destroyed. Significant destruction was also reported across Aragua, Carabobo, and Yaracuy states. Communities including Puerto Cabello, Catia La Mar, Maiquetía, San Felipe, Los Teques, Petare, Valencia, and Baruta experienced severe shaking, according to U.S. Geological Survey intensity estimates.

Modeling Information 

Because of Venezuela's economic environment, Verisk notes greater uncertainty than is typical for an industry loss estimate. Factors contributing to this uncertainty include assumptions regarding earthquake insurance take-up rates, ongoing inflationary pressures, and the challenges associated with accurately valuing insured assets in a rapidly changing economic environment.

The modeled insured loss estimates do not include losses resulting from fire-following, landslides, sprinkler leakage, loss adjustment expenses, damage to uninsured properties or infrastructure, extra-contractual obligations, hazardous waste cleanup, vandalism, or civil commotion, whether directly or indirectly caused by the event. The estimates also exclude losses associated with civil engineering (railway) risks, marine cargo and marine hull risks, aviation risks, transit warehouse risks, personal accident risks, and other non-modeled sources of loss.

Building Stock and Earthquake Vulnerability

Today, the majority of residential buildings in Venezuela's urban areas are constructed of masonry, including reinforced masonry, confined masonry, and unreinforced masonry structures. Reinforced concrete is the predominant construction type in mid- and high-rise residential buildings, particularly in major urban centers such as Caracas.

Although modern engineering standards exist, seismic performance varies significantly due to local construction practices, material quality, and enforcement of building codes.

Insurance Market in Venezuela

Venezuela's insurance and reinsurance sector remains relatively small and highly concentrated compared to many global markets. The industry continues to operate under challenging macroeconomic conditions characterized by elevated inflation, currency depreciation, regulatory complexity, and limited market capacity.

These conditions create additional uncertainty when estimating insured losses following a catastrophe. Variations in earthquake insurance penetration, coverage levels, and insured property values can materially influence the ultimate insured share of economic losses resulting from the earthquake sequence.

About Verisk
Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) is a leading strategic data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry. It empowers clients to strengthen operating efficiency, improve underwriting and claims outcomes, combat fraud and make informed decisions about global risks, including climate change, catastrophic events, sustainability and political issues. Through advanced data analytics, software, scientific research and deep industry knowledge, Verisk helps build global resilience for individuals, communities and businesses.. With teams across more than 20 countries, Verisk consistently earns certification by Great Place to Work. For more, visit Verisk.com and the Verisk Newsroom.

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Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has leaned into technology since taking the helm. Ian Gavan/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures; Illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images Paramount Skydance has revamped another key tech team as CEO David Ellison's digital transformation takes shape.

Paramount's ad product and tech teams are joining forces, becoming the latest units to get a makeover. Earlier this year, Ellison combined streaming engineering groups and reassigned some staffers who'd helped merge the tech platforms of Paramount+ and free streamer Pluto TV.

Ad product and tech employees learned about the new structure and leaders in a late-June memo from Hugh Williams, a former Google tech exec who joined Paramount this spring as an EVP.

Merging the ad product and tech groups will help create "the modern, unified product and technology organization we set out to build," Williams said in the memo, which was obtained by Business Insider.

Ellison is set on modernizing Paramount, a 114-year-old Hollywood powerhouse that hasn't been known for its tech prowess. He's hoping to narrow the gap with Netflix, both by "prioritizing investments in advanced technology" and by buying Warner Bros. Discovery.

Paramount has made strides in streaming tech by adding a short-form video feed and plans to add interactive features, such as a shopping tool and sports stats. The company is also eyeing video podcasts to drive engagement.

Paramount's rearranged ad product and tech group has five parts, and each unit's leader will report directly to Williams, the EVP said.

Staffers on these teams should prepare for "movement between the groups soon to align with the new team structure," Williams added.

Todd Bender, currently Paramount's EVP of Advertising Platforms, will take on a new role as EVP of Integration, Williams said. Bender will support Williams and product chief Dane Glasgow "in complex integration planning work" with the changes, Williams said in the memo.

Here's a breakdown of Paramount ad product and tech's new structure and leadership team:Product Management (PM)Led by four executives:

Charlie Goodman: SVP, Decisioning & Ad Formats PMMatthew Jacobs: Senior Director, Reporting, Measurement, and Attribution PMGeorge Powell: VP, Ad Platforms & Systems PMMichele Stone: SVP, Revenue Enablement PMDescription: "Accountable for why we do work and what work we do, organized around the full 'pitch to pay' lifecycle of advertising across every screen. This spans how clients and our sales teams plan and transact with us; how we decide, deliver, operate, and shape the ad experience; the shared platforms and infrastructure the organization runs on; and how we measure outcomes and turn delivered value into revenue."EngineeringLed by Rich Orme: EVP, Engineering

Background: Orme joined Paramount in June after working in tech for close to three decades. He most recently started and ran AI advisory firm Leif Partners and previously worked at tech investment firm Silver Lake.Description: "Accountable for how and when we build software. Once the PM team decides what to build, Engineering owns the architecture, design, build, and delivery dates. Almost all of our engineers will report into this new organization."DataLed by TBD

Williams said that Paramount plans to hire an EVP of Data to head up its data science and analytics efforts.Description: "Accountable for how and when we build our data solutions, spanning analytics and data science. Analytics owns the insights, reporting, dashboards, experimentation, and ensuring our data is relevant, reliable, and reusable. They will answer the hard and interesting data questions about Ads. Data science owns the models and algorithms that power our products. Data partners closely with Engineering and is a key partner across Product Management."Advertising SolutionsLed by Dayna Wasilefski: VP, Advertising Solutions

Background: Wasilefski is a longtime Paramount executive stepping in for Paul Mahood, the ad sales product and tech SVP who's leaving the company at the end of July after more than two decades.Description: "Owns the significant vendor solutions that run our customer and linear businesses, including our CRM and all Salesforce instances, linear systems, and the technology behind local, sports, and our other non-streaming businesses. We will continue to deliver these with the availability and continuity the business depends on. This team owns the how and the when for customizing and operating those solutions."Field CTOLed by Travis Scoles: EVP, Field CTODescription: "A small, senior, client-facing team focused on direct relationships with our ad sales teams and advertisers. This team will build small, high-value custom solutions, representing our product and technology strategy to clients and partners, and feeding market intelligence back into the organization. Their work is deliberately one-off: anything that becomes durable is handed back to the broader organization to own and prioritize. The team will also represent Ads Product and Tech in client forums and evangelize Paramount as leaders in the Ads space."Paramount has a new-look leadership teamEllison's Paramount has had plenty of leadership changes this year.

Besides bringing on Williams, the company also landed former Google AI language product exec Barak Turovsky in May as its head of consumer AI. And in March, Paramount hired Danielle Carney from Amazon to oversee its US ad sales team.

Meanwhile, tech chief Phil Wiser left the company in late May. A few months earlier, agency partnerships EVP Chris Simon stepped down, and streaming product and tech chief Vibol Hou also left.

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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 2, 2026) - Myriad Uranium Corp. (CSE: M) (OTCQB: MYRUF) (FSE: C3Q) ("Myriad" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Phase II drilling at the Copper Mountain Uranium Project in Wyoming has commenced.

Highlights

Phase II drilling is now underway at the Copper Mountain Uranium Project in Wyoming. The first four holes will test mineralization at Lucky Cliff, a high-priority target area drilled by Union Pacific in the late 1970s and never followed up with modern techniques (see Figure 3).

Any mineralization confirmed at Lucky Cliff will be outside the 1982 U.S. DOE Bendix Engineering Report "Assessment Area" ("the Bendix Report") previously reported here (see Figure 1).

Once the holes at Lucky Cliff are complete, the Phase II program will turn to drilling areas, other than Canning, that are associated with historical resource estimates totalling 26.63 Mlbs eU3O8 contained in 44.1 Mt at an average grade of 171 ppm eU3O8, which are not being treated as current mineral resources or mineral reserves (see note about Historical Estimates below).

Canning contains roughly half of the historically estimated resources at Copper Mountain and was the focus of Myriad's highly successful 34-hole Phase I drill program in late 2024 (release here).

Phase II will also test new targets identified by our recent geophysics (release here), which have undergone verification by ground truthing using a hand-held gamma spectrometer.

The final stage of Phase II will be infill drilling to support a current mineral resource estimate under NI 43-101.

In 1982, Bendix Engineering for the U.S. Dept. of Energy reported an exploration target for Copper Mountain of 245 to 655 Mlbs eU3O8 contained within 1,111 Mt to 2,971 Mt (at 100 ppm eU3O8) and 222 Mt to 594 Mt (at 500 ppm eU3O8). Reported here and here (see Figure 1 and details below).

The potential tonnages and grades of the Bendix exploration target are conceptual in nature and are based on previous drill results and there has been insufficient exploration to define a current mineral resource, and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource. See the section titled "Copper Mountain Exploration Target" below for more details.

Myriad's CEO, Thomas Lamb, commented: "Our aim for Phase II drilling will be to confirm mineralization, not just at the historically estimated areas of Copper Mountain, but also at entirely new targets identified through our successful geophysics programs and subsequent ground truthing. We also hope that Phase II, once complete, will provide support for a compelling current mineral resource estimate."

Mr. Lamb continued: "Beyond Phase II drilling, Myriad has a fast-moving and exciting 12 months ahead.

Our merger with Rush is in the final steps of completion and will consolidate 100% ownership of Copper Mountain. This will have many benefits, including increasing our market cap, attracting institutional investor interest, simplifying operational decision-making, and broadening access to financing.We plan to uplist to a major U.S. exchange.8VC-backed Subatomic will be advancing the Red Basin, NM project, in which we hold a 10% free carried interest (release here). Exploration of our Breccia Pipe Project in Arizona, which includes the Wate Pipe's high grade historical resource estimate, will commence (release here)."

Figure 1: Target positions relative to the Bendix Assessment area.

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Nasco Industrial Services and Supply (NISS) has deployed a Boart Longyear LF90D surface diamond core drill rig to Copper Mountain. The LF90D is a powerful, highly mobile surface diamond core drill rig known for its deep coring capacity and reliable hydraulic systems. It features a telescopic mast designed for both 3-metre (10 ft) and 6-metre (20 ft) rod pulls (Figure 2).

Figure 2: The Boart Longyear LF90D surface diamond core drill rig tramming to the project area at Copper Mountain.

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Lucky Cliff

Lucky Cliff is located about 2000 metres (6,500 feet) north of the Canning deposit, along the Myrtle's Fault trend. The target area was selected by Union Pacific as a drill target on the basis of favourable geological and geochemical criteria. Several strong N45°E structural trends are present, and the associated rock types are similar to those found at other mineralized occurrences in the project area. A close-spaced (500-foot center) stream sediment sampling program undertaken by Union Pacific identified several highly anomalous (to 118 ppm) zones, and follow-up work was designed to test these anomalies. Ground-truthing of radiometric anomalies by Myriad following the helicopter survey completed late last year identified one point above the target area with a surface measurement of 193.2 ppm eU, using a calibrated RS-230 Handheld Gamma-Ray Spectrometer. Handheld spectrometer readings are preliminary and indicative only, may be affected by environmental and geometric factors, are not assay results and may not be representative of uranium concentrations in rock samples.

At least twenty holes were drilled by Union Pacific in the late 1970s. At least 10 holes intersected mineralisation in excess of 100 ppm eU3O8 from depths as shallow as 20 ft (6 m). LK-9 intersected 355 ft of 0.027% eU3O8 starting at 59 ft (including 207 ft of 0.032% eU3O8). LK-11 intersected 31 ft of 0.020% at 21.5 ft and 59.5 ft of 0.025% at 83.5 ft. Other intersections in this target area included 15.5 ft of 0.055% eU3O8 at 55 ft in hole LK-10. Higher grades are associated with a mafic dyke intruding the main fault zone through the target area. There is no historic resource estimate for Lucky Cliff. Reported widths are historical downhole widths and true widths are unknown. Equivalent ("e") uranium grades were determined by AEC gamma probes using appropriate calibration factors. No original assay certificates or complete QAQC records have been reviewed by the Company or the Qualified Person for these historical drill results.

Figure 3: Planned drilling at Lucky Cliff. The purple shaded areas represent anomalous surface uranium measurements from Myriad's recent helicopter radiometric survey.

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Copper Mountain Exploration Target

In 1982, Bendix Field Engineering Corp. ("Bendix") identified an exploration target of 245 to 655 Mlbs eU3O8 contained within 1,111 Mt to 2,971 Mt (at 100 ppm eU3O8) and 222 Mt to 594 Mt (at 500 ppm eU3O8). This was based on previous exploration on the property by Union Pacific Corp. and Bendix own work, including data from over 1,370 historic drill holes. The exploration target and methodology were detailed in two reports by Bendix titled "An Exploration Systems Approach to the Copper Mountain Area Uranium Deposits, Central Wyoming (September 1982)" and "Copper Fountain, Wyoming, Intermediate-Grade Uranium Resource Assessment Project Final Report (September 1982)", respectively. The exploration target potential was derived from geologic reconnaissance and geochemical, geophysical, petrologic, borehole, and structural data interpretations that were used to develop a genetic model for uranium mineralization in these environments. Development of a structural scoring system and application of models in a high-confidence control area established the basis for estimations of the uranium target in the total assessment area covering approximately 39.6 square miles. The volume of the modeled areas determines the potential tonnage statement in the exploration target. The grade range given in the exploration target is determined with consideration to the drill results within the modeled exploration target area and consideration of the geological setting in an established exploration camp. The potential tonnages and grades are conceptual in nature and are based on previous drill results that defined the approximate length, thickness, depth and grade of the portion of the historic mineral resource estimate. There has been insufficient exploration to define a current mineral resource, and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource. Further details are available in the current NI 43-101 Technical Report.

Historical Resource Estimates

The historically estimated resources totalling 26.6 Mlbs eU3O8 contained in 44.1 Mt at an average grade of 171 ppm eU3O8 (using 100 ppm cut-off) were compiled from internal progress reports produced by Union Pacific subsidiary, Rocky Mountain Energy Company. In particular, a report titled "Copper Mountain Exploration Project Report" prepared by Southard, G.G., et. al., (1979) for Rocky Mountain Energy Company. The estimates were completed using polygonal methods based on modelled mineralization geometries. The historic resources were classified as Inferred and Indicated using U.S. Bureau of Mines categories at the time and do not necessarily correspond with the resource categories defined by current NI 43-101 definitions and guidelines. Details of the historical resource estimates are available in the current NI 43-101 Technical Report.

While Myriad Uranium has determined that the historical estimates described in this news release are relevant to the Copper Mountain Project Area and are reasonably reliable given the authors and circumstances of their preparation, and are suitable for public disclosure, readers are cautioned to not place undue reliance on these historical estimates as an indicator of current mineral resources or mineral reserves at the Project Area. A qualified person (as defined under NI 43-101) has not done sufficient work to classify any of the historical estimates as current mineral resources or mineral reserves, and Myriad Uranium is not treating the historical estimates as a current mineral resource or mineral reserve. Also, while the Copper Mountain Project Area contains all or most of each deposit referred to, some of the resources referred to may be located outside the current Copper Mountain Project Area. Furthermore, the estimates are decades old and based on drilling data for which the logs are, as of yet, predominantly unavailable. The historical resource estimates, therefore, should not be unduly relied upon.

Inherent limitations of the historical estimates include that the nature of mineralization (fracture hosted) makes estimation from drill data less reliable than other deposit types (e.g. those that are thick and uniform). From Myriad Uranium's viewpoint, limitations include that the Company has not been able to verify the original data itself and that the estimates may be optimistic relative to subsequent work which applied a "delayed fission neutron" (DFN) factor to calculate grades. On the other hand, DFN is controversial, in that the approach is viewed by some experts as too conservative. Nevertheless, it was applied in later resource estimations by Union Pacific relating to Copper Mountain. To verify the historical estimates and re-state them as current resources, a program of re-drilling is required to generate new data that can be used to establish the correlation and continuity of geology and grades between boreholes with sufficient confidence to estimate mineral resources.

Qualified Person

The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by George van der Walt, MSc., Pr.Sci.Nat., FGSSA, a "Qualified Person" as defined under NI 43-101. Mr. van der Walt is a Principal Consultant with The MSA Group (Pty) Ltd, an independent consultancy. A Qualified Person has not done sufficient work to verify historic exploration results or to classify the historical estimates referred to in this news release as current mineral resources or mineral reserves, and Myriad is not treating such historical estimates as current mineral resources or mineral reserves.

About Myriad Uranium Corp.

Myriad Uranium Corp. holds a 75% interest in the Copper Mountain Uranium Project in Wyoming, USA, with a definitive agreement in place to acquire the remaining 25% via the acquisition of Rush Rare Metals Corp. Copper Mountain hosts multiple historic uranium deposits and past-producing mines, including the Arrowhead Mine (approximately 500,000 lbs U₃O₈ produced). Union Pacific conducted extensive exploration and development in the district during the late 1970s, including approximately 2,000 boreholes and advanced mine planning, before the uranium market downturn in 1980. Union Pacific is estimated to have invested approximately C$125 million (2026 dollars) in the project, generating significant historical resource estimates.

A news release detailing a comprehensive assessment of Copper Mountain's uranium endowment by Bendix Engineering for the US Department of Energy published in 1982 can be viewed here.

Myriad holds a 10% free carried interest in the Red Basin Uranium Project, recently sold to 8VC- and Overmatch-backed Subatomic Industries. Red Basin carries significant historical resource estimates from extensive drilling by Occidental Oil in the late 1970s, and also hosts vanadium, which has been designated a strategic and critical mineral by the U.S. government. Note the caution on historical estimates below.

Myriad's 100%-owned Breccia Pipe Project in Arizona comprises at least 23 breccia pipes that are prospective for uranium and REEs. One of the pipes, the Wate Pipe, was previously owned and explored by Energy Fuels and is the subject of a historical resource estimate. The Breccia Pipe Project has been optioned to Wedgemount Resources (release here).

Note: A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the Copper Mountain, Red Basin, and Breccia Pipe Project historical estimates as current mineral resources or reserves and Myriad is not treating historical estimates as current resources or reserves. Myriad intends to conduct further work to determine whether the historical estimates can be verified and, if appropriate, supported by current mineral resource estimates.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains "forward-looking information" that is based on the Company's current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections. This forward-looking information includes, among other things, the Company's business, plans, outlook and business strategy. The words "may", "would", "could", "should", "will", "likely", "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "estimate", "plan", "forecast", "project" and "believe" or other similar words and phrases are intended to identify forward-looking information. The reader is cautioned that assumptions used in the preparation of any forward-looking information may prove to be incorrect, including with respect to the Company's business plans respecting the exploration and development of the Company's mineral properties, the proposed work program on the Company's mineral properties and the potential and economic viability of the Company's mineral properties. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors include, but are not limited to: inability to verify historical data, no assurance of defining mineral resources, permitting, drilling delays and changes in economic conditions or financial markets; increases in costs; litigation; legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; and technological or operational difficulties. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect our forward-looking information. These and other factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking information. The Company does not intend, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to, update or revise any forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

The CSE has not reviewed, approved or disapproved the contents of this news release.

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Under Pressure: The 2026 Exposure Gap Report reveals that as AI-driven attacks compress the window to respond, the defining security capability is no longer detection, it is knowing which exposures can actually be exploited

, /PRNewswire/ -- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader in cyber security solutions, today released Under Pressure: The 2026 Exposure Gap Report, which finds that the proportion of critical vulnerability exposures more than doubled over the past year, even as fewer than one in twelve proved urgent enough to require immediate action.

Automation and AI-assisted attack tools are reshaping both the scale and pace of exposure. Threat actors can now test exposed systems, credentials, phishing infrastructure, and known weaknesses across more organizations and at greater speed than manual triage can match. The result is a widening exposure gap, the distance between visibility, prioritization, and safe remediation, and a shorter window for defenders to act before exposure becomes impact.

Key findings from the 2026 Exposure Gap Report:

Vulnerabilities surged: 42.6% of all critical exposures were vulnerabilities, more than double the 18.7% recorded a year earlier, making them the single largest category of critical exposure in 2026. The prioritization gap: Only 7.8% of vulnerability alerts warranted Critical or High attention after exploitability validation, meaning more than 90% did not require the same immediate remediation focus. Risk concentration: 76% of all critical exposures came from just two categories, vulnerabilities and internal information disclosure, concentrating risk around exploitable weaknesses and exposed information assets. Phishing on the rise: Phishing websites grew to 10.5% of critical exposures, up sharply from 1.0% a year earlier, one of the fastest-growing exposure types of the year. Action at scale: Organizations acted on 85.9% of recommended fixes across the industries analyzed, showing that exposures are being closed at scale when prioritization and response workflows are in place. "Attackers are now testing more exposures, across more organizations, at greater speed than security professionals can manually keep pace with. The organizations that stay ahead are the ones that can quickly separate the small set of genuinely exploitable risks from the noise, then remediate them safely without disrupting operations. That is what exposure management delivers, and it is fast becoming a core measure of operational readiness," said Yochai Corem, VP and General Manager of Exposure Management at Check Point Software Technologies.

The report also shows that fast, safe remediation is achievable. A meaningful share of organizations resolved critical exposures within one hour, led by Utilities at 30%, and the fastest sector posted a median remediation time of just 12.6 hours, evidence that even sensitive, high-stakes environments can close exposures quickly.

Exposure profiles varied sharply by sector. Vulnerabilities dominated in Utilities and Government, accounting for 78.2% and 56.4% of critical exposures respectively, while internal information disclosure led in healthcare at 63.6% and Financial Services at 42.7%. Healthcare proved the most challenging environment, recording the slowest median remediation time at 158.8 hours despite a strong fix-implementation rate, reflecting the constraints of legacy systems, clinical uptime requirements, and change control. These differences underline why exposure management priorities must be tailored by industry.

Check Point Exposure Management connects discovery, evidence-based prioritization, exploitability validation, control assessment, and safe remediation in a single workflow, helping organizations close the exposure gap before attacker opportunity becomes business impact.

Under Pressure: The 2026 Exposure Gap Report was unveiled today at Check Point Engage in Paris. The full report is available to download at Exposure Management Gap Report - Check Point Exposure Management.

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About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.  
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a pioneer and global leader in cyber security solutions, protecting more than 100,000 organizations worldwide. Its mission is to secure enterprises' AI transformation. With a prevention-first approach and an open ecosystem architecture, Check Point helps organizations block advanced threats, prioritize exposures, and automate security operations across complex digital environments. The unified architecture simplifies protection across hybrid networks, multi-cloud environments, digital workspaces, and AI systems. Structured around four strategic pillars, Hybrid Mesh Network Security, Workspace Security, Threat Exposure Management, and AI Security, Check Point delivers consistent protection and visibility across multivendor environments, enabling organizations to reduce risk, improve efficiency, and accelerate innovation without increasing complexity. 

Notes to Editors: Q&A

What is the 2026 Exposure Gap Report?
Under Pressure: The 2026 Exposure Gap Report is Check Point Software Technologies' research study into how organizations discover, prioritize, and remediate security exposures. It was released on July 2, 2026, and unveiled at Check Point Engage in Paris.

What is the "exposure gap"?
The exposure gap is the distance between visibility, prioritization, and safe remediation — the gap between when a security exposure becomes known and when it is actually fixed. As AI-assisted attacks accelerate, that window is shrinking.

What did the report find about critical vulnerabilities?
Vulnerabilities made up 42.6% of all critical exposures in 2026, more than double the 18.7% recorded the year before, making them the single largest category of critical exposure.

How many vulnerability alerts actually require urgent action?
Only 7.8% of vulnerability alerts — fewer than 1 in 12 — warranted Critical or High attention after exploitability validation. More than 90% did not require immediate remediation focus.

What are the biggest sources of critical exposure?
76% of all critical exposures came from just two categories: vulnerabilities and internal information disclosure.

Is phishing a growing exposure category?
Yes. Phishing websites grew to 10.5% of critical exposures in 2026, up sharply from 1.0% the year before — one of the fastest-growing exposure types measured.

Are organizations able to keep up with remediation?
Yes. Organizations acted on 85.9% of recommended fixes across the industries analyzed, showing exposures can be closed at scale with the right prioritization and workflows in place.

How fast can organizations remediate critical exposures?
The fastest sector posted a median remediation time of 12.6 hours. Utilities led in same-hour resolution, with 30% of critical exposures resolved within one hour.

Which industry is slowest to remediate, and why?
Healthcare recorded the slowest median remediation time, at 158.8 hours, despite a strong fix-implementation rate — reflecting legacy systems, clinical uptime requirements, and change control constraints.

What does Check Point recommend organizations do?
Move from detection-first to exposure-first security: validate which exposures are genuinely exploitable, prioritize based on evidence rather than alert volume, and remediate safely without disrupting operations.

What is Check Point Exposure Management?
A capability within Check Point's Exposure Management pillar that connects discovery, evidence-based prioritization, exploitability validation, control assessment, and safe remediation in a single workflow.

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Johannesburg, South Africa, July 2nd, 2026, Chainwire

Africa’s largest crypto exchange by trade volume expands its derivatives architecture, integrating Hyperliquid to offer access to perpetuals on equities, indices, precious metals, commodities, forex, and crypto.  This marks the first time a major regulated exchange has natively integrated an on-chain Layer-1 protocol to source liquidity and execute trades across global cross-asset perpetuals. Perps on VALR are set to go live on the web on Monday, 6 July, with mobile app availability to follow shortly after. VALR has announced the imminent launch of ‘Perps’, a new cross-asset class perpetuals product that introduces more than 200 markets to the platform. This expansion enables users to express directional views by going long or short with leverage across a comprehensive selection of global equities, commodities, precious metals, stock indices, forex pairs, and crypto assets. The launch adds to VALR’s established derivatives infrastructure, which pioneered the exchange’s initial perpetuals offering in 2023.

Strategic Infrastructure Integration with Hyperliquid The new product is delivered through an integration of Hyperliquid, a high-performance decentralised blockchain. Using Hyperliquid’s permissionless infrastructure, VALR users can open and manage positions directly on VALR, ensuring a seamless user experience.

Advanced Cross-Asset Market Exposure The inclusion of over 200 new markets marks a major development in the diversity of assets available through a single digital platform and marks the first time that a major regulated exchange has natively integrated an on-chain Layer-1 protocol to source liquidity and execute trades across global cross-asset perpetuals. The newly available contracts span multiple global asset classes, enabling traders to express their views on macroeconomic events and capitalise on volatility:

Global Equities and Benchmarks: Perpetual contracts on trending global enterprises and pre-IPO markets, including SpaceX, NVIDIA, Tesla, Apple, SK Hynix, Samsung, and Palantir Technologies, alongside exposure to leading global equity indices such as the S&P 500 and other international indices. Commodities and Precious Metals: Exposure to vital energy markets, including Brent Crude Oil, WTI Crude Oil, and Natural Gas, metals such as Gold, Silver, Platinum, and Copper. Foreign Exchange: Institutional currency pairs including EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and USD/JPY. Crypto Assets: Comprehensive coverage of the digital asset ecosystem, ranging from foundational protocols like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, to a wide selection of alternative layer-1 and layer-2 networks, decentralised finance tokens, and high-volume tokens. Gianluca Sacco, Chief Operating Officer at VALR, said:

“With this launch, we’re putting over 200 perpetuals markets directly inside the VALR app. 24/7 access to crypto, commodities, currencies, and equities – both listed and pre-IPO – all through the regulated exchange our customers already trust. Perps are how crypto traders take a view on price – a market now exceeding hundreds of billions of dollars in daily volume. We believe they will become how people trade every market. Our integration of Hyperliquid will give our users the deepest on-chain liquidity available anywhere. For VALR customers in South Africa and beyond, this is access to the markets that matter, in real-time.”

About VALR Founded in 2018, headquartered in Johannesburg, and backed by leading investors including Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and Fidelity’s F-Prime Capital, VALR is the leading digital asset exchange and infrastructure provider on the African continent, offering a comprehensive suite of products, including Spot Trading, Spot Margin, Perpetuals, Staking, Lending, Borrowing, OTC services, VALR Invest, Crypto Bundles, and VALR Pay. Licensed by South Africa’s FSCA, and with a provisional licence from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, VALR serves over 1.9 million registered users and 1,900 corporate and institutional clients worldwide. The exchange is dedicated to advancing a just financial future that upholds human dignity and the unity of mankind. For more information, visit valr.com.

About Hyperliquid Hyperliquid is a decentralised layer one blockchain best known for perpetuals and spot trading. It is the largest and most liquid decentralised exchange, with support for crypto and real-world assets, such as oil and precious metals. In addition, the ecosystem supports borrowing, lending, and a full-fledged EVM.

Risk Disclosure

Futures trading is provided by VALR DAM Pty Ltd, a licensed Financial Services Provider (FSP #54897) and Over-the-Counter Derivatives Provider.

VALR Perps order management, order execution, liquidation, margin requirements, position management, mark prices, and funding rates are managed by, and provided through, certain third-party liquidity provider(s). VALR acts only as an intermediary that enables account holders to access the services offered by such third-party liquidity provider(s) and disclaims any liability arising from or in connection with the acts, omissions, services, pricing, liquidity, order execution, system availability, or operational failures of such third-party liquidity provider(s).

Use of VALR Perps involves risk; please refer to VALR’s Risk Disclosures and Futures Terms of Service.