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Top Midday Stories: Treasury Authorizes Sale of Iranian Oil; SpaceX launches First Inaugural Bond Issuance
The Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 were down, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up in late-morning trading Monday, as market participants assess the latest developments in negotiations between the US and Iran.The US Department of the Treasury on Monday said it has issued a general license authorizing the production, delivery, and sale of crude oil, petrochemical products and petroleum products of Iranian origin through Aug. 21.In company news, SpaceX (SPCX) has commenced its first offering of senior unsecured notes, the proceeds of which will be used to repay outstanding borrowings under its bridge loan facility and to pay related fees and expenses, the company said Monday in a regulatory filing. The remainder of the proceeds will go toward general corporate purposes, the filing said. Separately, SpaceX has signed a roughly $6.3 billion computing power agreement with Reflection AI, CNBC reported, citing materials it viewed. Under the deal, Reflection will get access to Nvidia (NVDA) GB300s and will pay SpaceX $150 million per month from July 1 through 2029, the report said. SpaceX shares were down 8.7% around midday, while Nvidia eased 0.3%.AbbVie (ABBV) has agreed to acquire Apogee Therapeutics (APGE) for $135.11 per share in cash for a total equity value of $10.9 billion, the companies said Monday. The acquisition includes Apogee's pipeline of multiple clinical-stage drug candidates for inflammatory and immunological diseases, they said. The deal is expected to close in Q3. AbbVie shares were up 5.9%, while Apogee shares were up 46.8%.Chevron (CVX) said Monday its Energy Forge One subsidiary has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft (MSFT) for a planned data center in West Texas to be operated by the tech giant. The data center, known as Project Kilby, is expected to eventually deliver about 2.67 gigawatts of capacity. Chevron shares were up 0.2%, while Microsoft was down 2.1%.Getty Images (GETY) said Sunday it has entered into a display agreement with OpenAI under which Getty content will be displayed within ChatGPT. Getty shares were up 110%.Meta Platforms (META) is investing $900 million in Cred, an Indian fintech startup, and it plans to appoint its founder, Kunal Shah, as the new leader of WhatsApp, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing a news release. Following the investment, Meta will own roughly 20% of Cred, which will be valued at $4.5 billion post-money, the report said. Meta shares were down 2.7%.Morgan Stanley (MS) has identified two sites within the city of Dallas for a phased approach to establishing a new large-scale operations hub, according to a city document. In the first phase, Morgan Stanley would invest about $96.9 million in real estate and business personal property improvements as part of a roughly 52-month lease of office space at a temporary location. For phase two, Morgan Stanley would invest about $684.2 million in real estate and business personal property improvements at a permanent location by the end of 2031. An additional estimated $650 million would then be expended by the developer/landlord to deliver the core and shell building at the permanent location, the document said. Morgan Stanley shares were up 1.7%.Price: $169.37, Change: $-15.64, Percent Change: -8.45%
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