Ciena (CIEN) shares were up 2.8% in Monday trading after Evercore ISI upgraded the company's stock to outperform from in line and adjusted its price target to $550 from $375.
Trading volume stood at over 1.8 million shares against a daily average of about 2.5 million.
Price: $358.61, Change: $+9.81, Percent Change: +2.81%
VerifyMe (VRME) declared a special cash dividend of $0.15 a share, contingent on the closing of its proposed merger with Open World.The dividend would be paid to holders of common stock and Series B convertible preferred stock on an as-converted basis, the company said Friday in a statement.If the merger closes, VerifyMe expects to pay the dividend on Oct. 2 to shareholders of record Sept. 29.VerifyMe shares rose 23% in after-hours trading.
Roundtable (RTB) shares fell 7.7% in Friday trading after the company issued a statement on its 10-year agreement with Paradium.AI (PAAI), formerly Arena Group, to clarify the accord isn't an acquisition or tender offer.Roundtable announced the strategic deal on Thursday to migrate, operate, and monetize Arena's media portfolio on the company's AI and DeFi-powered MediaOS. Roundtable said it expects $100 million in annualized revenue,Roundtable said Friday it will acquire a minority stake directly from Paradium.AI's largest shareholder, with no plans to take majority control, and closing is expected in Q4, conditional on a required capital raise.The platform agreement includes $11.5 million of Roundtable stock for technology license transfer and other considerations, the company said Friday.Price: $8.02, Change: $-0.67, Percent Change: -7.71%
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)-owned CNN, Versant Media-owned MS NOW, and Politico were banned from the White House, effective immediately, US President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social Post on Friday.Trump asserted that media outlets shouldn't be able to constantly report false news when covering the US President, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America, according to the post.The President also indicated in his post that more news outlets could face a similar outcome.CNN and MS NOW did not immediately respond to a request for comment from.Price: $27.78, Change: $-0.46, Percent Change: -1.63%