Business 4 March 2026 - 5 March 2026

LegalZoom Drops Ahead of Shareholder Meeting as AI Fight Hangs Over Stock
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LegalZoom Drops Ahead of Shareholder Meeting as AI Fight Hangs Over Stock

LegalZoom.com traded lower in premarket Wednesday, with the stock near $6.53 as investors prepared for the company’s annual meeting. Shares have had trouble translating stronger sales into better numbers on the bottom line. The latest price was off 14.5 cents from Tuesday’s close, giving LegalZoom a market cap near $1.16 billion. The timing sets the scene. U.S. markets are open as usual, and Nasdaq’s 2026 holiday list shows the next full day off is Juneteenth, June 19. LegalZoom’s shareholder meeting is scheduled for later in the day, not on a weekend or holiday.
June 3, 2026
WBD stock slips as Fitch downgrade clouds Paramount’s $31 buyout — what to watch next
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WBD stock slips as Fitch downgrade clouds Paramount’s $31 buyout — what to watch next

New York, March 4, 2026, 14:43 EST — Regular session Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery edged down 0.6% to $28.02 as of 2:43 p.m. EST on Wednesday, trailing by roughly $3 the $31 per share cash offer both companies are aiming for with a third-quarter close. Investors took note after Fitch Ratings cut Paramount Skydance’s credit rating to junk and flagged the buyer for a possible further downgrade—underscoring how financing concerns remain part of the takeover’s equation.
March 4, 2026
Meta’s $50M-a-year News Corp AI deal shows how expensive training data is getting
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Meta’s $50M-a-year News Corp AI deal shows how expensive training data is getting

Meta Platforms and News Corp have struck a multiyear content licensing deal that could see the publisher receive as much as $50 million annually, according to the Wall Street Journal. This deal stands out as tech companies hunt for new, trustworthy data to power their AI—software that studies data patterns to spit out text or respond to questions. Newsrooms, for their part, are aiming to turn that frenzy into a steady income stream instead of legal battles.
March 4, 2026
Micron’s 256GB SOCAMM2 memory sample hits customers — and MU shares rebound
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Micron’s 256GB SOCAMM2 memory sample hits customers — and MU shares rebound

Micron Technology, Inc. climbed roughly 3% out of the gate on Wednesday. The stock move comes after the memory-chip company revealed it’s begun shipping customer samples of a new 256GB low-power server memory module, targeting AI data centers. Timing is crucial right now, as data center operators run up against real constraints on power and cooling. Memory, which serves as the short-term storage feeding processors, is turning into a bottleneck for AI systems. Pricey chips sometimes just wait, idling, if data doesn’t show up in time.
March 4, 2026
Tidewater lifts 2026 revenue view to $1.48B, keeps $500M buyback as offshore market tightens
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Tidewater lifts 2026 revenue view to $1.48B, keeps $500M buyback as offshore market tightens

Tidewater Inc bumped up its 2026 revenue outlook on Monday and left its $500 million buyback program untouched, following a steep rise in quarterly profit. Management pointed to a constrained offshore vessel market and anticipated growth in drilling demand. CEO Quintin Kneen noted “vessel supply remains sufficiently tight,” adding the company is set up to “push day rates” as activity picks up. Tidewater’s day rates and utilization are tightly linked to offshore work schedules. The company runs offshore support vessels—workboats that haul people, gear, supplies to rigs and production platforms. Once budgets get cut, customers don’t hesitate to scale back.
March 4, 2026
Vale speeds up Base Metals IPO prep as CEO targets mid-2026 readiness
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Vale speeds up Base Metals IPO prep as CEO targets mid-2026 readiness

Vale Base Metals is now pushing to be IPO-ready by mid-2026—an acceleration from its earlier 2027 outlook, according to chief executive Shaun Usmar. Calling it an “unusual window,” Usmar said the focus is on positioning the business so it’s ready for its owners. The shorter timeline has become a bigger deal as investors lean harder into copper-centric plays, and the unit wants in. Copper’s up roughly 36% year-on-year, well ahead of nickel, according to Mining.com. Usmar says the company is outpacing its own goals—costs are falling, projects are moving along more quickly.
March 4, 2026
Nio orders hit 2026 high after March promos, Deutsche Bank says — but wait times shrink
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Nio orders hit 2026 high after March promos, Deutsche Bank says — but wait times shrink

Nio’s latest orders climbed to about 3,500 units in early March, the most in any week so far this year, Deutsche Bank analyst Wang Bin’s team wrote Wednesday, citing dealer checks. Notably, Nio is leaning harder into promotions as it tries to boost demand in China’s crowded EV market—a space now marked by regular price wars. What investors want now is evidence that these deals are actually drawing committed buyers, not just driving up foot traffic in showrooms.
March 4, 2026
Nvidia’s $4 billion photonics bet: why its Lumentum and Coherent deals matter now
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Nvidia’s $4 billion photonics bet: why its Lumentum and Coherent deals matter now

Nvidia Corp plans to pump $2 billion apiece into photonics suppliers Lumentum and Coherent, betting the move will accelerate connections inside its AI data-center platforms. The news sent Lumentum up roughly 5% and Coherent climbing 9% on Monday. This latest step zeroes in on an issue adjacent to the GPU. Photonics, which relies on light—think lasers and transceivers—to shuttle data more quickly and efficiently than old-school electrical links, comes into play as AI workloads move from training to inference, the routine process of running models to produce outputs.
March 4, 2026
BNAI stock jumps as Brand Engagement Network puts its AI Concierge live at Armenia’s Dvin resort
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BNAI stock jumps as Brand Engagement Network puts its AI Concierge live at Armenia’s Dvin resort

Brand Engagement Network, Inc. shares surged roughly 23% to $52.30 in premarket action Wednesday, lifted by news that it launched a live AI concierge trial for guests at a luxury Armenian resort. The stock, which closed at $42.67 on Tuesday, trades on Nasdaq, according to MarketScreener. For smaller AI vendors, getting their systems actually running in the field is crucial—many spent the past year pushing pilot projects that never turned into real deals. Across hotels and other service sectors, the push is on to respond to guests more quickly without ballooning payroll costs. Buyers now want tools that handle tasks, not just chat.
March 4, 2026
Sea Limited shares slide after Shopee spending jump and cooler 2026 growth target
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Sea Limited shares slide after Shopee spending jump and cooler 2026 growth target

Sea Limited’s shares sank in U.S. trading Tuesday after the Singapore-based company warned of ramped-up spending to shore up its Shopee unit and signaled a deceleration in gross merchandise value—the sum of goods sold on its platform. Operating expenses jumped over 28% to $2.43 billion for the quarter. Marketing outlays spiked at both Shopee and the digital finance business, Monee, Sea reported. This stumble comes at a tricky time for Sea. Lately, investors have started to view the company as a straightforward play on both growth and profit, with Shopee carrying most of the narrative. A spike in costs, though, prompts immediate questions: are those improvements real, or just purchased?
March 4, 2026
Lam Research stock slides after CFO stock sale; Bettinger talks $135 billion chip-tool market
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Lam Research stock slides after CFO stock sale; Bettinger talks $135 billion chip-tool market

Lam Research shares slid about 6% in premarket trading Wednesday after filings revealed CFO Doug Bettinger offloaded 40,329 shares, pulling in around $9.3 million. Chief Legal Officer Ava Harter also unloaded 4,000 shares. Notably, neither Bettinger nor Harter checked the box to indicate these trades were made as part of a Rule 10b5-1 plan. It’s a rough patch for chip-tool makers. Investors are already wary, eyeing whether AI server and high-end memory spending is starting to slow, despite all the bullish talk from chipmakers about building out capacity for years to come.
March 4, 2026
GitLab earnings jolt: $400 million buyback meets softer 2027 profit view as AI tools race ahead
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GitLab earnings jolt: $400 million buyback meets softer 2027 profit view as AI tools race ahead

GitLab is projecting fiscal 2027 adjusted earnings that fall short of Wall Street’s estimates, even as the board greenlights a $400 million buyback. The company’s push into AI tools for developers continues. Shares ticked up roughly 2% before the bell. Software stocks are in a tricky zone right now. Miss on profit, and investors aren’t hesitating—they’re punishing companies, regardless of whether the revenue picture looks solid. With major clients tightening spending and boards demanding more cash handed back, it’s a tough crowd.
March 4, 2026
Zillow CEO draws a line on “selective” listings as Compass, Redfin widen private-home push
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Zillow CEO draws a line on “selective” listings as Compass, Redfin widen private-home push

Zillow Group, Inc. CEO Jeremy Wacksman defended the company’s decision to restrict certain home listings on Zillow when homeowners choose targeted marketing. According to Wacksman, this type of inventory holdback has the potential to drive up costs on both sides of a deal. https://www.theverge.com/podcast/887414/zillow-jeremy-wacksman-interview-ai-slop-housing-crisis Spring is on the horizon, but the U.S. housing market still faces slow deal flow, leaving brokerages searching for any small advantage they can get. They’re pressing for more control over how quickly fresh listings hit the main portals—and what information goes live with them.
March 4, 2026
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