May 6 (Reuters) - Western Midstream Partners ( WES ) said on Wednesday it would acquire privately held Brazos Delaware II in a $1.6 billion deal, expanding its gathering and processing footprint in the core of the Permian Basin. The company will pay about $800 million in cash and issue roughly $800 million in common units as part of the...

May 6 (Reuters) - Albemarle, the world's largest producer of lithium, said on Wednesday its quarterly profit jumped more than six fold due to rising prices and sales of the battery metal. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based company posted a first-quarter net income of $319.1 million, or $2.34 per share, compared to $49.3 million, or break-even per share, in the year-ago...

04:25 PM EDT, 05/06/2026 (MT Newswires) -- IonQ ( IONQ ) reported a Q1 adjusted loss late Wednesday of $0.34 per share, widening from a loss of $0.15 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected a loss of $0.24. Revenue for the three months ended March 31 was $64.7 million, up from $7.6 million a year earlier. Analysts surveyed...

04:25 PM EDT, 05/06/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Symbotic ( SYM ) reported fiscal Q2 earnings late Wednesday of $0.01 per diluted share, swinging from a loss of $0.02 a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $0.09. Revenue for the three months ended March 28 was $676.5 million, up from $549.7 million a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected...