US Top News and Analysis | Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Coherent, Victoria's Secret, Marvell, HPE, Generac, Intuit & more

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Midday trading saw several notable moves: Generac rose nearly 6 % after announcing it will supply backup power to a major hyperscale data‑center operator, while USA Rare Earth gained about 5 % following a $1.2 billion investment in a magnet‑manufacturing and refined‑metals facility in South Carolina. Intuit fell almost 9 % after a Goldman Sachs downgrade citing rising tax‑software competition, and Shake Shack dropped 10 % after cutting its full‑year earnings and Q2 revenue outlook amid macro‑economic uncertainty. AI‑related photonics stocks rallied, with Coherent up 16 %, Lumentum 13 % and Corning 13 % after Hewlett‑Packard Enterprise reported stronger AI‑driven server demand; Marvell surged roughly 30 % after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised it as a potential trillion‑dollar company. HPE jumped 16 % on an earnings beat and raised full‑year guidance, and Victoria’s Secret rallied about 44 % after boosting its full‑year sales forecast to $7.03‑$7.13 billion. Credo Technology slipped nearly 3 % despite beating Q4 expectations, Microchip rose 4 % on strong data‑center solutions revenue, Alphabet dipped 2 % as it plans to sell $80 billion of stock (including a $10 billion Berkshire Hathaway investment), and STMicroelectronics climbed around 15 % after lifting its 2026 data‑center revenue target to about $1 billion.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/02/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-midday-cohr-mrvl-hpe-gnrc-intu.html

#VictoriasSecret #Generac #Intuit #HPE #Marvell #JensenHuang

US Top News and Analysis | Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Palantir, CoreWeave, Robinhood, Victoria's Secret, Starbucks & more

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Wednesday’s analyst roundup highlighted several notable upgrades and reiterations. Morgan Stanley kept Starbucks overweight, citing an improving story despite ongoing earnings‑power debates, while Bernstein reiterated Robinhood as outperform, noting the stock’s bottoming in Q1 and a strong April. Wells Fargo raised CoreWeave to overweight with a higher price target, viewing it as the leading “pick‑and‑shovel” AI infrastructure play. Morgan Stanley also reaffirmed an overweight stance on Galaxy Digital after crypto‑market relief. Loop upgraded MaxLinear to buy, Loop initiated Legence Corp, and Stifel moved Crane to buy, both pointing to strong growth potential. JPMorgan upgraded Telecom Argentina to overweight, expecting consolidation benefits, and KeyBanc lifted Zeta to overweight, citing AI tailwinds. Other upgrades included Baird’s outperform on Qiagen, Bank of America’s buy ratings on Victoria’s Secret, Radian Group and several health‑care stocks, and Rosenblatt’s buy on Spotify following solid earnings. Several firms also initiated coverage, such as Evercore ISI on Standard Lithium and BTIG on Hyperfine, indicating confidence in their growth trajectories.

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#Palantir #CoreWeave #Robinhood #VictoriasSecret #Starbucks

How #Epstein’s biggest financial client shaped #millennial teen culture

#VictoriasSecret and #AbercrombieAndFitch taught a generation of young people what was desirable.

by Constance Grady, Mar 12, 2026

Excerpt: "It appears that Epstein wasn’t the only bad actor surrounding Wexner. #EdRazek, former chief marketing officer at #LBrands and a close friend of Wexner’s, has been accused of nonconsensually groping Victoria’s Secret models and blackballing those who refused his advances. #MikeJeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, is awaiting trial on #SexTrafficking and prostitution charges, having allegedly targeted young men who modeled for #Abercrombie, worked as the stores’ infamous shirtless greeters, or aspired to do any of the above. Bruce Weber, a photographer who shot many of Abercrombie’s famously edgy ads, has been accused of sexually exploiting male models."

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https://www.vox.com/culture/482207/les-wexner-jeffrey-epstein-victorias-secret-abercrombie-fitch

#EpsteinFiles #USPol #LesWexner #Exploitation #Sexualization #SexObjects #NoConsent #SleezyMarketing #Grooming

How Epstein’s biggest financial client shaped millennial teen culture

Mall brands like Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch taught a generation of teens what was desirable.

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As the start of my spree of IWD-inspired #StupidAccordionTricks cover songs this month, I kick it off with #Jax's #VictoriasSecret song. (Why? Epstein, sadly.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQG1X2ca9ok

Victoria's Secret (Jax, 2022) ... played on the accordion!

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LIVE: Press conference after Les Wexner testifies about relationship with Epstein
#AssociatedPress #ap #epsteinclass
Watch live from a press conference in #NewAlbany, #Ohio, after #Columbus billionaire #LesWexner testified before #Congress about his relationship with Jeffrey #Epstein. #Wexner is a retired retail magnate behind #LBrands and #victoriassecret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd46uXPLMko
LIVE: Press conference after Les Wexner testifies about relationship with Epstein

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“This is bigger than Watergate,” #Massie said. “This cover-up spans decades.”

Massie’s comments shined a new spotlight on #LesWexner, the former owner of #VictoriasSecret, who is one of the most mysterious figures in Epstein’s orbit—a key player in helping the financier’s rise to extreme #wealth, whose motivations & ties to #Epstein have long been a source of speculation.

#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedophilia #SexTrafficking #CoverUp

Who was Leslie Wexner?
Narrated By Margaret Cho which makes it more tolerable.

These people are full time liars.

https://youtu.be/lvD_pAHGYbc

#epstein #victoriassecret #Wexner

Who Is Leslie Wexner? Narrated by Margaret Cho

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CLOTHES CLOTHES AND MORE CLOTHES!!!

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«Sen. #JonHusted (R-OH) received $3,500 donation frm #LeslieWexner, frmr foundr of #VictoriasSecret, just 3 mnths b4 he voted 2 block Senate resolution that would have forced #Trump admin 2 release the files earlier than they did, TiffinOhio reported on Thursday

Overall, Husted has taken more than $116,000 in campaign donations frm #Wexner @ 21 differnt points between 2001 & 2025, per the report, making the disgraced CEO 1 of Husted's longest-tenurd financial supportrs»

https://www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2675265263/

GOP Senator took donations from Epstein conspirator before voting to block files: report

A Republican Senator from Ohio voted to block the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files after receiving a campaign donation from one of the convicted sex criminal's co-conspirators, according to a report. Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) received a $3,500 donation from Leslie Wexner, the former founder of Vict...

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