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Energizer Holdings, Inc. is rated Sell due to deteriorating business metrics and justified valuation discount. ENR faces declining gross margins, rising COGS, and flat or shrinking revenues despite aggressive volume-focused strategies. Shareholder returns have sharply declined, with dividends and buybacks now materially lower and dilution from SBC eroding yield.

A federal judge has granted Paramount's settlement agreement with 12 states that sued over the company's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, allowing the companies to soon close their $81 billion megamerger.In a Wednesday order, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín ruled that the proposed consent decree was a “fair, reasonable, and good faith approach to address the competitive harms” alleged by the states' lawsuit.

The reorganization, the latest under CEO Josh D'Amaro, is expected to result in hundreds of layoffs and the consolidation of divisions.

A satellite containing several of the company's AI chips launched into orbit.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) and Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) powered a September gain for the gaming index behind the Amplify Video Game Leaders ETF (GAMR). The VettaFi Video Game Leaders Index rose 2.8% for the month, while a quarterly rebalance added two Japanese game makers.

The muni bond ETF space has been an exciting one in 2026, with plenty of upheaval for investors to consider. Strong issuance has coincided with significant rate-driven volatility.

Google's prototype of its orbital compute satellite took off today onboard a SpaceX rocket launched from California — the first time the tech giant has sent one of its advanced chips into space.

The tech giant will refund $7.25 million in Prime membership fees to affected customers and pay an additional $1 million to settle the suit brought by the District of Columbia.

Synopsys (SNPS) shares jumped 13% on Thursday after the chip-design software maker issued fiscal 2027 revenue and profit forecasts above analysts' expectations and announced multi-year agreements with OpenAI and Amazon Web Services. The company outlined its long-term growth targets at its 2026 Investor Day in New York, highlighting demand for chip-design and simulation tools as artificial intelligence investment drives increasingly complex semiconductor development.

Source: TradePulse | October 1, 2026 as of 2:00PM EST