Check out the companies making headlines this week:

Lazard (NYSE: LAZ): Financial advisory firm Lazard (NYSE: LAZ) rose by 4.4% on Thursday after it was announced as the financial advisor to Warburg Pincus on a $3.6 billion private equity transaction. See our full article here.

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Cloudflare (NYSE: NET): Cloud security and performance company Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) rose by 6% on Tuesday after Scotiabank upgraded the stock to Sector Outperform from Sector Perform and raised its price target to $300 from $225 (30+% increase, ~20% upside from time of this writing) See our full article here.

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DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN): Cloud computing platform DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) rose by 7% on Tuesday after the company pre-announced record preliminary Q2 2026 results, with remaining performance obligations (RPO – leading growth indicator) expected to top $800 million (more than 10 times higher than a year earlier) See our full article here.

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Sonos (NASDAQ: SONO): Audio technology Sonos company (NASDAQ: SONO) rose by 2.5% on Tuesday after the company renewed an exclusive sales representative agreement with AdsWizz for its audio advertising inventory across Europe. See our full article here.

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Carnival (NYSE: CCL): Cruise ship company Carnival (NYSE: CCL) rose by 5.3% on Thursday after the company announced its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share. See our full article here.

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