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The Nasdaq Composite has advanced 76% so far during this bull market, but the index has returned an average of 215% during bull markets since 1990. Alphabet reported accelerating revenue and earnings growth in the first quarter, and its Google Cloud platform has gained market share over the past year.

AUSTIN, Texas , July 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- eHealth, Inc. (Nasdaq: EHTH), a leading private online health insurance marketplace (the "Company"), today announced that on July 1, 2024, the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors granted inducement stock unit awards to two new employees covering an aggregate of 15,000 shares of the Company's common stock. Each of these awards was granted under the Company's Amended and Restated 2021 Inducement Plan (the "Inducement Plan") and otherwise will be subject to the terms and conditions of a stock unit agreement under the Inducement Plan.

NAARDEN, The Netherlands and MIAMI, July 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NewAmsterdam Pharma Company N.V. (Nasdaq: NAMS or “NewAmsterdam” or the “Company”), a late-stage, clinical biopharmaceutical company developing oral, non-statin medicines for patients at risk of cardiovascular disease (“CVD”) with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (“LDL-C”), for whom existing therapies are not sufficiently effective or well-tolerated, today announced that the Compensation Committee of NewAmsterdam's Board of Directors approved the grant of inducement share options covering an aggregate of 195,000 of NewAmsterdam's ordinary shares to three non-executive new hires. The share options were granted as an inducement material to the employees' acceptance of employment with NewAmsterdam pursuant to the NewAmsterdam Pharma Company N.V. 2024 Inducement Plan (the “2024 Inducement Plan”) and in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., July 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.  (Nasdaq: ARQT), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing meaningful innovations in immuno-dermatology, today reported the grant of an aggregate of 325,000 restricted stock units of Arcutis' common stock as well as options to purchase an aggregate of 55,000 shares of Arcutis' common stock to 43 newly hired employees. These awards were approved by the Compensation Committee of Arcutis' Board of Directors and granted under the Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. 2022 Inducement Plan, with a grant date of July 1, 2024, as an inducement material to the new employees entering into employment with Arcutis, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

Wednesday's abbreviated session was jam-packed with news, including labor market updates and Southwest Airlines' "poison pill."

SAN DIEGO, July 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDTX), a biotechnology company using its proprietary Cloudbreak® platform to develop drug-Fc conjugate (DFC) immunotherapies designed to save lives and improve the standard of care for patients facing serious diseases, today announced that the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors granted Corrina Pavetto, a new employee, a non-qualified stock option award and restricted stock units (RSUs) for an aggregate of 10,275 shares of its common stock, pursuant to the Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Inducement Incentive Plan, with a grant date of June 28, 2024. The stock option has an exercise price of $11.94 per share, which is equal to the closing price of Cidara's common stock on the grant date. The shares subject to the option will vest over four years, with 25% of the shares vesting on the one-year anniversary of the vesting commencement date and the balance of the shares vesting in a series of 36 successive equal monthly installments thereafter. All RSUs vest in four equal annual installments, with 1/4 vesting on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the Quarterly Vesting Date that occurs during the calendar quarter that includes the Date of Grant. Quarterly Vesting Date means March 10, June 10, September 10 or December 10. The awards are subject to the award holder's continuous service through each vesting date and to the terms and conditions of Cidara's 2020 Inducement Incentive Plan and its standard forms of grant agreements thereunder.

Investors can't seem to get enough of technology stocks. That demand has propelled the Nasdaq up 22% so far in 2024.

JERUSALEM , July 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Scinai Immunotherapeutics Ltd. (NASDAQ: SCNI) (the "Company"), a biotechnology company focused on developing inflammation and immunology (I&I) biological products and on providing CDMO services through its Scinai Bioservices business unit, today announced that it has received notice from the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the "Hearings Panel") of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") that the Hearings Panel has determined to grant the Company's request to continue its listing on The Nasdaq Stock Market, subject to the Company meeting certain conditions, including filing on or before August 14, 2024, a public disclosure demonstrating compliance with the Equity Requirement (defined below).

In 8 of the last 10 years, the Nasdaq has climbed higher in the back half of the year. Seven companies account for more than half of the Nasdaq Composite's weight.