Stocks making the biggest moves midday: MGM Resorts, Zoom Communications, Nvidia, Viasat, IBM & more

Cnbc · Jun 01, 2026 · 588 words · By Davis Giangiulio; Fred Imbert

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Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: MGM Resorts International — Shares surged 16% after Barry Diller's People Inc.

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What happened

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: MGM Resorts International — Shares surged 16% after Barry Diller's People Inc.

Why it matters

made an offer to buy the company for $48.30 per share in cash.

Common ground

Diller, who also sits on MGM's board, said he will recuse himself from board discussions on the proposal.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 18 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Viasat — The global satellite communications provider saw shares sink 11% after it filed a shelf registration Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell stock or debt.”

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An official SEC filing (S-3ASR) dated May 29, 2026, confirms Viasat filed a shelf registration to sell common stock, preferred stock, and debt securities.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of security hacking incidents covers important or noteworthy events in the history of security hacking and cracking.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SES S.A. is a Luxembourgish communications satellite operator supplying video and data connectivity worldwide to broadcasters, content and internet service providers, mobile and fixed network operator…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SES_(company)

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Claim 2: “the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) rose 5.2%.”

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Claim 3: “Zoom Communications — Shares of the work platform jumped more than 11% after Anthropic, which Zoom was an early investor in, confidentially filed a prospectus for an initial public offering with regulators.”

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Three independent sources (WSJ and two other web reports) confirm that Anthropic filed confidentially for an IPO on Monday, June 1, 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 · AI giant Anthropic, the maker of the Claude chatbot, announced Monday that it had filed confidentially for an initial public offering (IPO), as ...
https://www.facebook.com/DailyStarNews/posts/ai-giant-anthro…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 · Anthropic, an artificial intelligence lab, filed confidentially for an initial public offering, the company said Monday. The filing could lead ...
https://www.wsj.com/tech/anthropic-ipo-paperwork-9a48c35e

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 · Anthropic has confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO, beating OpenAI to the public markets as investor enthusiasm for AI remains high.
https://www.facebook.com/firstpostin/posts/anthropic-has-con…

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Claim 4: “The FactSet consensus expects the company to post earnings of $2.14 per share on revenue of $857.7 million”

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While evidence confirms Veeva reported results, the provided search results for FactSet are general descriptions of the company and do not contain the specific consensus estimates ($2.14 EPS / $857.7M revenue) for Veeva.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Located in the Amador Valley, it is an upscale suburb in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 79,871…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Clarivate Plc (Clarivate) is a British-American publicly traded analytics company operating a collection of subscription-based services in the areas of bibliometrics and scientometrics, business and m…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies

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Claim 5: “Diller, who also sits on MGM's board, said he will recuse himself from board discussions on the proposal.”

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Three independent sources (CNBC, Quartz, and another news report) explicitly state that Barry Diller is on the MGM board and would recuse himself from discussions/votes regarding the proposal.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MGM Resorts International is an American multinational hospitality, sports and entertainment company. It operates resorts in Las Vegas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Maryland, Ohio, New Jerse…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Resorts_International

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — People Incorporated (formerly IAC Inc.) is an American holding company that owns brands worldwide, mostly in media and Internet, and the parent company of People Inc.. The company originated in 1986 a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Incorporated

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barry Charles Diller (born February 2, 1942) is an American billionaire businessman. He is chairman of IAC and Expedia Group, and founded the Fox Broadcasting Company with Rupert Murdoch and USA Broad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Diller

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Claim 6: “MGM Resorts International — Shares surged 16% after Barry Diller's People Inc. made an offer to buy the company for $48.30 per share in cash.”

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Multiple independent news sources (CNBC, Quartz, and another news report) confirm that Barry Diller's People Inc. made a bid to acquire MGM Resorts International.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — People Inc. (formerly The Mining Company, About.com, Dotdash and Dotdash Meredith) is an American digital media company based in New York City owned by People Incorporated, publishing online articles …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Inc.

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Claim 7: “Arm, whose technology was used by Nvidia to develop the new chip, saw shares skyrocket 17%.”

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Claim 8: “Melius Research also hiked its price target on IBM.”

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Claim 9: “Shares of Dell and HP, which are set to manufacture computers featuring the new chip, rose 8% each.”

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Claim 10: “Veeva is slated to report first-quarter results on Wednesday.”

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Official press releases and financial reports from Veeva Systems confirm the reporting of first-quarter results on June 3, 2026 (a Wednesday).

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web search NEUTRAL — Revenues: Total revenues for the first quarter were $882.9 million, up from $759.0 million one year ago, an increase of 16% year over year. Subscription ...
https://ir.veeva.com/financials/quarterly-results/default.as…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... Revenues: Total revenues for the first quarter were $882.9 million, up from $759.0 million one year ago, an increase of 16% year over year.
https://ir.veeva.com/news/news-details/2026/Veeva-Announces-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... Revenues: Total revenues for the first quarter were $882.9 million, up from $759.0 million one year ago, an increase of 16% year over year.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/veeva-announces-fis…

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Claim 11: “Shares of the trading platforms were down as Bitcoin prices fell below $73,000, the lowest levels since mid-April.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 12: “Shares jumped 9% after Barclays initiated coverage at an overweight rating.”

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Claim 13: “Humana anticipates full-year adjusted earnings of at least $9 per share, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.”

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Three independent sources (Blockonomi, CoinCentral, and another report) confirm that Humana maintained its full-year adjusted earnings projection of at least $9 per share.

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web search NEUTRAL — Management reaffirmed its full-year adjusted earnings projection of at least $9 per share. Notably, the reported earnings outlook was actually lowered — revised down to at least $8.36 per share from t…
https://blockonomi.com/humana-hum-stock-tumbles-despite-q1-e…

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web search NEUTRAL — Humana kept its full-year adjusted earnings forecast at at least $9 a share but cut its GAAP earnings outlook to at least $8.36 a share from at least $8.89. It said the 2026 view reflects a year-over-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The company held its full-year adjusted earnings guidance at at least $9 per share. On a reported basis, the outlook was actually cut — down to at least $8.36 a share from the previous forecast of at …
https://coincentral.com/humana-hum-stock-falls-after-earning…

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Claim 14: “Viasat has soared 730% in the past 12 months.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Viasat's share price increase over the past 12 months.

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Claim 15: “That surpasses the FactSet consensus call for $8.93 per share.”

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Two independent sources (a June 1, 2026 report and CNBC) mention the FactSet consensus estimate for Humana was $8.93 per share.

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Claim 16: “Shares surged 22% after Berkshire Hathaway agreed to acquire the company for $6.8 billion.”

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Claim 17: “Science Applications International — The engineering and IT services contractor saw shares jump 16% after it reported first-quarter earnings per share of $3.23, excluding one-time items, topped analysts' estimate of $2.28, and revenue of $1.91 billion beat an expected $1.82 billion, according to numbers compiled by FactSet.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Science Applications International's Q1 earnings or revenue.

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Claim 18: “Nvidia, in a collaboration with Microsoft, revealed a new processor for personal computers .”

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