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A. O. Smith announced that Carrie L. Anderson will become the company's next executive vice president and CFO officer on July 1. She succeeds Charles T. Lauber, who will retire from the company after serving in different senior leadership capacities for over 26 years. He will remain at the company through Sept. 30 to ensure continuity during the transition. Anderson will serve as a key member of A. O. Smith's executive leadership team and lead the company's finance organization responsible for strategic financial planning, capital allocation, treasury, controllership, tax and investor relations. Anderson brings extensive experience across global industrial, manufacturing and technology companies. She most recently served as executive vice president and CFO of The Campbell's Company (CPB). Prior to Campbell, she served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Integra LifeSciences, a leading global medical technology company. She previously held senior finance leadership roles at Dover Corporation and Delphi Corporation. Anderson began her career as an engineer with General Motors.

The major averages had a mixed close amid stalled peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iran as well as new escalation in the Strait of Hormuz. Investors are also balancing continued strength in corporate earnings and AI-driven optimism with rising geopolitical tension and macro uncertainty.Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.1. STOCK NEWS:Verizonprovided areport for Q1Domino's Pizzareportedand announced an additional $1B share repurchase programShellARC Resourcesfor C$32.80 per shareSun PharmaOrganonfor $14 per share in an all-cash transactionChina has blocked Meta's2. WALL STREET CALLS:Snapto Buy at Rothschild & Co RedburnRothschildPinterestto Neutral from BuyMizuhoAdobeon intensifying competition from AIMizuhoCrowdStrike, citing "numerous exciting growth avenues"Campbell'sto Market Perform at Bernstein3. AROUND THE WEB:Rogers Communicationsis offering voluntary buyouts to half of its staff, Globe and Mail reportsGoogleemployees are urging CEO Sundar Pichai to block military AI use, FT reportsSamsungplans to withdraw from China's home appliance and television market this year, Nikkei Asia reportsBig tech companies are preparing to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on AI infrastructure, with most of their plans dependent on ASML, WSJ saysBayeris hoping the U.S. Supreme Court can reduce or simplify the lawsuits over its Roundup weedkiller and potentially corral litigation that has cost the company over $10B, Bloomberg says4. MOVERS:Veradermicsgained after announcing its Phase 2/3 trial of VDPHL01RE/MAX Holdingsincreased after announcing it will befor $13.80 per shareFlowserve (FLS) rose afterthat Starboard has built a stake in the company and is pushing for changesCompass Therapeuticswas lower afterfrom its COMPANION-002 studyPoet Technologiesfell afterof Celestial AI purchase orders5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:Lakeland Financial, with CEO David Findlay commenting, "We started 2026 with robust, record net income for the second consecutive quarter"HBT Financial, with EPS and revenue beating consensusRepay Holdingsreportedand reaffirmed its guidance for FY26WWreaffirmed itsand FY26 financial guidanceGold RoyaltyreportedINDEXES:The Dow fell 62.92, or 0.13%, to 49,167.79, the Nasdaq gained 50.50, or 0.20%, to 24,887.10, and the S&P 500 advanced 8.83, or 0.12%, to 7,173.91.