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Ballys Corp is a casino entertainment company with a growing omnichannel presence, currently owning and managing approximately 15 casinos across 10 states, a golf course in New York, a horse racetrack in Colorado, and having access to nearly 18 OSB licenses in states. The recent acquisition of Aspers Casino in Newcastle, UK, further expands its international footprint and enhances its diverse entertainment offerings. It also owns Bally's Interactive International an interactive gaming operator, Bally Bet, a first-in-class sports betting platform, and Bally Casino, a growing iCasino platform. The casino operations include approximately 15,300 slot machines, 580 table games, and 3,800 hotel rooms.

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Shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/META#NASDAQ">META</a>) rose sharply in today's pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/general/social-media/25/01/43322201/meta-platforms-q4-earnings-revenue-beat-eps-beat-daily-actives-up-5-continued-strong-revenue-growth-expected">fourth-quarter sales results</a>.
Meta reported fourth-quarter revenue of $48.39 billion, beating analyst estimates of $47.03 billion. The company reported fourth-quarter earnings of $8.02 per share, beating analyst estimates of $6.77 per share.
Meta shares gained 2.2% to $691.66 in the pre-market trading session.
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<li>Alterity Therapeutics Limited (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ATHE#NASDAQ">ATHE</a>) gained 105% to $6.13 in pre-market trading.</li>
<li>NanoVibronix, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NAOV#NASDAQ">NAOV</a>) rose 54.1% to $0.5853 in pre-market trading.</li>
<li>X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/XFOR#NASDAQ">XFOR</a>) gained 40.1% to $1.03 in pre-market trading after jumping more than 52% on Wednesday.</li>
<li>MGO Global, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MGOL#NASDAQ">MGOL</a>) gained 21.9% to $0.1240 in pre-market trading after dipping over 38% on Wednesday.</li>
<li>Carisma Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CARM#NASDAQ">CARM</a>) gained 18.4% to $0.5980 in pre-market trading.</li>
<li>Alta Equipment Group Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ALTG#NYSE">ALTG</a>) rose 14.1% to $8.01 in pre-market trading.</li>
<li>Celestica Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CLS#NYSE">CLS</a>) shares jumped 13.1% to $113.66 in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results and issued FY25 guidance above estimates.</li>
<li>Ranger Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/RNGR#NYSE">RNGR</a>) gained 10.5% to $19.00 in pre-market trading.</li>
<li>Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TSLA#NASDAQ">TSLA</a>) rose 2.9% to $400.23 in pre-market trading. Tesla reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and sales results. The company, meanwhile, said it expects its vehicle business to return to growth in 2025. Tesla also promised to launch new and &#8220;more affordable&#8221; models in the first half of 2025, in addition to other promises regarding the deployment of autonomous vehicles and licensing of the company&#8217;s full self-driving (FSD) driver assistance software to rivals.</li>
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<li>CARGO Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRGX#NASDAQ">CRGX</a>) shares fell 74.3% to $3.39 in pre-market trading after the company announced it discontinued its FIRCE-1 Phase 2 study.</li>
<li>Nature&#8217;s Sunshine Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NATR#NASDAQ">NATR</a>) dipped 46.6% to $8.00 in pre-market trading.</li>
<li>Silexion Therapeutics Corp (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SLXN#NASDAQ">SLXN</a>) shares fell 32.4% to $2.12 in pre-market trading. Silexion Therapeutics announced exercise of warrants for $3.3 million gross proceeds.</li>
<li>Avalon Holdings Corporation (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AWX#NYSE">AWX</a>) fell 19.2% to $2.90 in today's pre-market trading.</li>
<li>Coincheck Group N.V. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CNCK#NASDAQ">CNCK</a>) shares dipped 17.1% to $7.00 in pre-market trading after falling 4% on Wednesday.</li>
<li>Varex Imaging Corporation (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/VREX#NASDAQ">VREX</a>) shares tumbled 12.2% to $11.94 in pre-market trading. Varex Imaging will report unaudited financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 following the close of regular trading on Thursday, Feb. 6.</li>
<li>Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WHR#NYSE">WHR</a>) fell 10.6% to $116.00 in pre-market trading after the company reported worse-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue results and issued FY25 guidance below estimates.</li>
<li>ServiceNow, Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NOW#NYSE">NOW</a>) fell 9.4% to $1,035.79 in pre-market trading after the company reported worse-than-expected quarterly revenue results.</li>
<li>Orthofix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/OFIX#NASDAQ">OFIX</a>) declined 9.1% to $17.01 in pre-market trading. Orthofix Medical will release its fourth quarter and full-year 2024 financial results on Tuesday, Feb. 25, before the opening bell.</li>
<li>First Bancorp (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/FBNC#NASDAQ">FBNC</a>) fell 6.8% to $41.00 in pre-market trading following fourth-quarter earnings.</li>
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A day after Elon Musk <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equities/25/01/43295163/elon-musk-says-unsupervised-full-self-driving-begins-as-tesla-can-now-drive-itself-from-factory-to-loading-docks">touted a breakthrough</a> in Tesla Inc.&#8217;s (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TSLA#NASDAQ">TSLA</a>) full self-driving technology, the company&#8217;s vision-only approach to autonomous driving came under renewed scrutiny on Wednesday. Prominent investor Ross Gerber pointed out its limitations in handling different environmental conditions.
What Happened: Gerber, CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management, noted on X that his Tesla&#8217;s Full Self-Driving system becomes ineffective when dust or ash interferes with the cameras, or when dealing with sun glare. 
&#8220;My Tesla FSD doesn't work when dust or ash get in the cameras,&#8221; Gerber said.
His comments come at a crucial time for Tesla&#8217;s autonomous driving ambitions, as the company recently announced its vehicles can now navigate autonomously from factory to loading docks without human intervention.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">My Tesla FSD doesn't work when dust or ash get in the cameras. Vision only systems have some big limitations. Also, sun shines into them wrong. Etc. doesn't work. This can only be rectified one way… <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24TSLA&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">$TSLA</a>
&mdash; Ross Gerber (@GerberKawasaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/GerberKawasaki/status/1884616509659791589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Why It Matters: The debate over Tesla&#8217;s camera-only approach has intensified following CEO Elon Musk&#8216;s recent defense of the strategy during the company&#8217;s <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/25/01/43327837/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-dismises-lidar-again-says-if-humans-drive-without-shooting-lasers-from-their-eyes-so-can-autonomous-cars">fourth-quarter earnings call</a>. 
&#8220;Obviously, humans drive without shooting lasers out of their eyes&#8230; humans drive with eyes and a neural net and a brain,&#8221; Musk stated, reaffirming his stance against LiDAR technology.
This discussion emerges as Tesla faces <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/25/01/42840097/nhtsa-opens-probe-into-26-million-tesla-vehicles-after-complaint-of-crash-involving-actually-smart-summon-feature">increased regulatory scrutiny</a>, with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launching a probe into 2.6 million Tesla vehicles equipped with FSD technology. Despite these challenges, Tesla remains optimistic about its autonomous driving future, with Musk <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/25/01/42894743/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-says-fsd-will-be-safer-than-human-drivers-in-q2-2025">predicting FSD will surpass human driving safety</a> by the second quarter of 2025.
The controversy comes as Tesla reported mixed fourth-quarter results, with revenue of $25.71 billion missing analyst estimates. The company maintains that 2025 will be a &#8220;seminal year&#8221; for <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/earnings/25/01/43321103/tesla-q4-earnings-highlights-revenue-miss-eps-miss-ev-updates-automaker-says-2025-will-be-a-seminal-year">its FSD development</a>, though critics like Zoox co-founder Jesse Levinson argue that additional hardware beyond cameras is necessary for truly <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/10/41645383/elon-musk-slams-zoox-co-founder-over-fsd-criticism-your-company-would-be-dead-already-if-not-for-ama">safe autonomous operation</a>.
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Goldman Sachs analyst Kate McShane upgrades RH (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/RH#NYSE">RH</a>) from Sell to Neutral and raises the price target from $261 to $374.

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Stifel analyst Rick Wise upgrades Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/EW#NYSE">EW</a>) from Hold to Buy and raises the price target from $75 to $90.

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Western Digital Corp., (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WDC#NASDAQ">WDC</a>) which will be splitting its business by the end of February, reported a <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/insights/earnings/25/01/43321356/recap-western-digital-q2-earnings">mixed</a> second quarter. However, the company remains confident it will benefit from the rising AI storage needs.
What Happened: While WDC&#8217;s revenue was in line, it missed the earnings per share estimates for the second quarter.
Western Digital, a data storage company that designs, develops, and manufactures hard disk, solid-state, and flash-based devices is going to split its Flash businesses after Feb. 21, following which SanDisk&#8217;s shares will trade separately on exchanges.
As pointed out by the current CEO of the company, David V Goeckeler, who will eventually helm SanDisk after the split, the company witnessed strong growth in high-capacity enterprise HDDs, but its Flash business faced short-term pricing challenges.
&#8220;Despite these challenges, we are strategically well-positioned to capitalize on growing long-term storage demand from the AI data cycle. Our HDD business continues to perform well, propelled by our cutting-edge UltraSMR technology,&#8221; Goeckeler said.
The increased pricing pressure in the Flash business was led by temporary oversupply and exhaustion of its existing inventory. This impacted WDC&#8217;s shipments, despite increased production throughout the year, said the CEO.
However, its cloud storage pricing was positive, &#8220;given continued AI-driven demand,&#8221; added Goeckeler.
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Why It Matters: Western Digital missed earnings by 3.0%, reporting an EPS of $1.77 versus an estimate of $1.82. Revenue was at $4.285 billion, as compared to Benzinga&#8217;s estimate of $4.26 billion for the quarter.
The outgoing CFO of the company, Wissam G Jabre, issued the third quarter guidance on a combined basis. &#8220;We anticipate overall revenue to be in the range of $3.75 billion to $3.95 billion. Gross margin is expected to be between 31.5% and 33.5%,&#8221; he said.
Lastly, CEO Goeckeler added, &#8220;Both companies will continue to be driven by the structural long-term tailwinds of the AI data cycle and our ability to consistently offer our customers the most compelling and innovative storage solutions.&#8221;
Price Action: WDC shares closed 0.11% lower on Wednesday and advanced by 2.52% in after-hours to $64.38 per share, outpacing the exchange-traded fund tracking the S&amp;P 500 index SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SPY#NYSE">SPY</a>), which declined by 0.45% to $601.81.
According to the 26 analysts <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/WDC/analyst-ratings">tracked by Benzinga</a>, WDC has a consensus price target of $78.33 per share with a &#8216;buy&#8217; rating. The highest target price is $115 and the lowest is $41.
The average price target of $86.33 apiece between BofA Securities, Cantor Fitzgerald, and Barclays implies a 34.10% upside.
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Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, announced a hiring boycott against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday due to its association with former SEC Chair Gary Gensler.
What Happened: In an X post, Winklevoss expressed his disapproval of Gensler&#8217;s return to MIT&#8217;s Sloan School of Management, warning that such a move would have consequences.
&#8220;As long as MIT has any association with Gary Gensler, Gemini will not hire any graduates from this school. Not even interns for our summer intern program,&#8221; Winklevoss said.
MIT did not immediately respond to <a href="http://pro.benzinga.com">Benzinga&#8217;s</a> request for comment.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">As long as <a href="https://twitter.com/MIT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MIT</a> has any association with Gary Gensler, <a href="https://twitter.com/Gemini?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Gemini</a> will not hire any graduates from this school. Not even interns for our summer intern program. <a href="https://t.co/fi0WMIVCLp">https://t.co/fi0WMIVCLp</a>
&mdash; Tyler Winklevoss (@tyler) <a href="https://twitter.com/tyler/status/1884770449029992779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler&#8217;s twin brother, chimed in, saying, &#8220;Hiring Gary Gensler, the world&#8217;s leading expert on public policy failures, was a bad idea.&#8221;
Gensler, who stepped down as SEC Chair earlier this month, will teach and conduct research on artificial intelligence, finance, financial technology, and public policy at the Sloan School of Management. Prior to his SEC appointment, he was a professor of Practice of Global Economics and Management at the institution.
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Why It Matters:&nbsp;The Winklevoss twins have been vocal critics of Gensler, accusing him of taking actions during his time as SEC Chair that were detrimental to the cryptocurrency industry. 
&#8220;No amount of apology can&nbsp;undo the damage he has&nbsp;done to our industry and&nbsp;our country,&#8221; Tyler Winklevoss&nbsp;said in a scathing X post from November.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">Let&#39;s all be clear on one thing. <a href="https://twitter.com/GaryGensler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GaryGensler</a> is evil. He should never again have a position of influence, power, or consequence. Any company, university, or organization that hires or works with him post-SEC is betraying the crypto industry and should be boycotted aggressively.…
&mdash; Tyler Winklevoss (@tyler) <a href="https://twitter.com/tyler/status/1857612683669025123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The SEC under Gensler was increasingly vigilant against cryptocurrency firms, with many <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/24/08/40240559/xrp-outshines-bitcoin-ethereum-to-become-biggest-daily-gainer-after-judge-imposes-125m-pen">high-profile names</a>, including&nbsp;Binance,&nbsp;Ripple Labs, and&nbsp;Coinbase, facing lawsuits in his tenure. 
The anti-Gensler campaign morphed into a larger protest against the Democrats-led administration and former President Joe Biden.
The twins&#8217; political leanings through financial support. They made Bitcoin (CRYPTO: <a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/btc/usd">BTC</a>)&nbsp;<a href="https://editorial.benzinga.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=485890&amp;action=edit" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">donations to campaigns</a>, including those of Trump&nbsp;and&nbsp;John Deaton,&nbsp;a pro-cryptocurrency candidate who <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/24/11/41764839/elizabeth-warren-wins-third-senate-term-overcomes-challenge-from-crypto-backed-gop-candida">unsuccessfully ran </a>against Senator&nbsp;Elizabeth Warren&nbsp;(D-Mass.).
The Winklevoss twins&nbsp;have been strong supporters of Bitcoin and own an estimated 70,000 BTCs, &nbsp;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/tyler-winklevoss/#:~:text=The%20twins%20still%20own%20an,addition%20to%20other%20digital%20assets." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">according&nbsp;</a>to data from Forbes.
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