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• Jim Chanos discusses Bitcoin treasury companies and their flaws on Bloomberg Audio Studios Podcasts Radio News
• Companies are continuing to adopt the strategy of using treasury to buy Bitcoin
• The value of companies like MicroStrategy is being inflated by the appreciation of their Bitcoin holdings

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• Even if Intel Corp (INTC US) ceases marketing 18A to new customers, the company will still fulfill existing foundry commitments.
• In response to the 18A dilemma, Intel’s initial solution is to redirect resources toward the development of 14A, a next-generation process where Intel hopes to gain an edge over TSMC.
• In addition to the strategic realignment of the foundry business, Tan’s broader efforts include refreshing Intel’s leadership team.

• Earth Science Tech, Inc. (ETST) is a strategic holding company, with wholly-owned subsidiaries operating in the compounding pharmaceutical (RxCompoundStore.com, MisterMeds.com), telehealth (Peaks Curative, Las Villas Health Care, DOConsultations.com), real estate (Avenvi), and consumer products (Magnefuse) sectors.
• Senior executives remain focused on managing and optimizing company operations, as well as acquiring complementary assets.
• The firm was incorporated in 2010, with headquarters in Miami, Florida.

• Earth Science Tech, Inc. (ETST) is a strategic holding company, with wholly-owned subsidiaries operating in the compounding pharmaceutical (RxCompoundStore.com, MisterMeds.com), telehealth (Peaks Curative, Las Villas Health Care, DOConsultations.com), real estate (Avenvi), and consumer products (Magnefuse) sectors.
• Senior executives remain focused on managing and optimizing company operations, as well as acquiring complementary assets.
• The firm was incorporated in 2010, with headquarters in Miami, Florida.

• Focus on diversifying the revenue base. As we discussed in our initiation of coverage, SURG has been actively working on diversifying the revenue base.
• We see the company as four different startups—wireless MVNO/MVNE, Lifeline telecom services, prepaid top-ups, and Clearline Mobile—all focused on underserved communities with distribution through neighborhood stores and bodegas.
• SURG’s differentiation is in how they all come together at the points of presence (PoPs), and yet, they represent different independent revenue streams.

• Titan International is a global manufacturer of off-the-road tires, wheels and undercarriages.
• The company serves the agricultural, earthmoving / construction, and consumer markets.
• Long-term secular tailwinds exist in the global agricultural, infrastructure and construction markets.

• While maintaining rigid cost controls generally (OpEx declined 26% y/y in FY 25), AEMD continues pre-clinical research and analysis of the Hemopurifier in areas outside of oncology.
• Results from a preclinical ex vivo study were published in bioRxiv in May 2025 and demonstrate that the Hemopurifier removed 98.5% of platelet-derived extracellular vesicles (PD-EVs) from human plasma.
• This supports moving forward with the ongoing oncology study in Australia, launching a similar study in India and also point to other potential applications of the Hemopurifier in EV-associated diseases.

Despite rapid advancements in cancer treatments, effective diagnostics for early screening and disease monitoring continue to be an unmet need. This is felt acutely in lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, with only 20% of cases diagnosed at an early stage. VolitionRx, a diagnostics company focused on the detection of life-altering diseases, such as cancer, continues to build clinical evidence for its Nu.Q® Cancer test as a multi-pronged diagnostic tool to enhance screening, treatment selection and disease monitoring in lung cancer. By detecting circulating nucleosomes associated with tumor activity, Nu.Q Cancer offers a compelling low-cost, quick-turnaround cancer screening and monitoring alternative/complement to existing diagnostic tools, particularly complex and time-consuming biomarker-based blood tests requiring expensive next-generation sequencing (NGS).

• CULP posted 4QFY25 adjusted EPS of ($0.07), beating our estimate by $0.03, on strong gross margin gains in mattress fabrics on the back of management’s restructuring gains despite softer-than-expected revenue.
• Upholstery fabrics revenue was down 8.9%, even as management noted strength (and potentially market share gains) in the contract/hospitality side of the upholstery business.
• On the residential side of upholstery, it was continued weak industry-wide demand (slow housing, mortgage rates, consumers pulling back from discretionary durable spend) and the continued hangover from one large customer’s order timing that pulled sales forward in early FY25.