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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will present the company’s hardware and software roadmap at the annual GTC developer conference in San Jose. The four-day event is expected to include details on a next-generation AI chip called Feynman, updates across data centers, CUDA software, AI agents, and developments tied to a $17 billion licensing arrangement with G…
President Donald Trump has asked multiple countries, including NATO members and China, to assist the United States in reopening the Strait of Hormuz after Iran has restricted tanker movements. Markets are focused on the request as oil and gas prices spike, supply chains strain and regional strikes continue, including reported drone attacks on an Em…
Optimi Health Corp. has initiated an underwritten public offering of common shares in the United States tied to its planned listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC is acting as sole book-running manager. The company has approved a 30-to-1 share consolidation to meet Nasdaq’s minimum share price, and has filed a registration s…
Janus Living Inc. has filed for an initial public offering of 37 million shares of its Class A-1 common stock, seeking an expected price between $18 and $20 per share. The registration on Form S-11 was submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Healthpeak Properties, which will remain the majority economic owner following the offering. …
Needham analyst Laura Martin maintained a Hold rating on Meta Platforms shares and withheld a price target, citing a set of AI-related risks that set Meta apart from larger cloud and platform rivals. Her analysis emphasizes Meta's smaller scale, the company's multi-year Superintelligence roadmap, potential value leakage from open AI systems, and th…
Dollar Tree said on Monday that it now expects fiscal 2026 net sales to come in slightly below consensus, reflecting weaker consumer spending. The company set a sales range of $20.5 billion to $20.7 billion and projected adjusted EPS of $6.50 to $6.90, figures that track closely with analyst profit estimates but sit at or just under sales forecasts…
Micron Technology shares rose in premarket trading after several Wall Street analysts raised price targets, citing continued strength in memory pricing and elevated demand from AI workloads. Broker notes highlighted durable DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) pricing, forecasts of higher earnings per share in coming years, and constrained supply a…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the United Kingdom will not be pulled into an expanded conflict involving Iran, while underscoring coordinated work with allied nations to restore freedom of navigation in and around the Strait of Hormuz. He reiterated the government's aim for a swift resolution and said a negotiated settlement with Iran will be nec…
A coalition of European publishers, technology associations and startups has written to senior EU officials pressing for a rapid conclusion to an almost two-year investigation into Alphabet unit Google’s alleged preference for its own services in online search. The groups are calling for a formal non-compliance decision under the Digital Markets Ac…
Yardeni Research reports that financial and energy markets have shown surprising stability even as hostilities in the Middle East escalate. Investors appear to be pricing in a brief conflict, with elevated oil and contained equity and gold moves cited as reasons markets have not panicked. The research note warns that attacks on shipping lanes, repe…
Indian stock indices closed higher, with the Nifty 50 rising 1.11% and the BSE Sensex 30 up 1.26%. Gains were concentrated in Auto, Banking and IT names, with UltraTech Cement, Grasim Industries and Mahindra & Mahindra among the top advancers. Market breadth remained negative and Wipro hit a 52-week low. Volatility eased marginally as the India VIX…
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UBS upgraded Bayer from neutral to buy and increased its 12-month price target to €52 from €48 after a U.S. court granted preliminary approval to the company’s $7.25 billion proposed glyphosate settlement. The bank mapped multiple settlement and litigation scenarios that produce valuations between €35 and €60 per share, and updated operational and …
Meta Platforms has agreed to buy as much as $27 billion in AI infrastructure capacity from Nebius Group over five years, a deal that includes $12 billion of dedicated capacity starting in early 2027 and up to $15 billion in additional capacity Nebius is building for third-party customers. Nebius shares surged and Nvidia also increased its strategic…
Shell said Monday that liquefied natural gas demand worldwide is forecast to grow from 422 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) in 2025 to a range between 610 Mtpa and 780 Mtpa by 2050. The company said this represents an increase of approximately 45% to 85% over the period, that Asia will drive most growth to 2040, and that additional supply investment…
Net flows into bond funds slowed to $3.4 billion last week, according to Deutsche Bank strategists. High-yield funds experienced $5 billion in outflows and bank loan products saw $2.4 billion leave, both marking the largest weekly withdrawals in 11 months. Equity funds attracted $13.2 billion, with notable regional flows to Japan and Korea, while C…
Equities tied to Ethereum climbed Monday after the cryptocurrency reached a five-week peak. A rapid crypto rally triggered mass short liquidations that buoyed prices across tokens, and shifting comments on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz fed into energy market moves and currency weakness ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting.
GN Store Nord has agreed to divest its Hearing business to Italy's Amplifon for 17 billion Danish crowns, a transaction that sent GN shares up 36% and pushed Amplifon stock down over 10%. The agreement, structured as a cash-and-share deal, will leave GN with an equity stake in Amplifon and includes specific financial metrics and a timeline for clos…
Meta is considering layoffs that could impact roughly one-fifth of its global workforce as it accelerates spending on AI infrastructure and recruits top researchers for a new superintelligence team. The discussions are not final and include no set timeline; shares rose in premarket trading after the report. Analysts estimate meaningful but partial …
CAB Payments Holdings PLC shares climbed 12.9% following an approach by StoneX Group, which has lodged an all-cash proposal of 95 pence per share with CAB Payments' board. The offer carries a premium to both the undisturbed share price on January 30 and a recent firm proposal from the Helios Consortium. StoneX described the potential deal as comple…
DSW Capital PLC reported a sharp drop in its share price after a trading update said the outbreak of war with Iran has severely disrupted M&A activity in the UK. The company trimmed its full-year forecasts while highlighting growth at its DR Solicitors arm and maintaining a modest cash position ahead of a full trading update in May 2026.
Goldman Sachs updated its European equity targets and rotated sector preferences after raising oil and gas price forecasts and trimming its U.S. growth outlook. The bank lifted commodities forecasts, lowered near-term GDP projections for 2026, delayed the expected timing of Federal Reserve rate cuts, and rebalanced European sector weightings toward…
Indonesia's benchmark IDX Composite fell 1.93% at Monday's close, touching a six-month low as losses in Infrastructure, Financials and Agriculture dragged the market lower. Market breadth favored decliners by a wide margin, while a handful of small-cap names posted double-digit gains and losses. Oil and Brent futures rallied and the rupiah weakened…
British equities opened higher on Monday with the FTSE 100 recovering earlier losses and the pound trading slightly stronger against the dollar. Markets remain attuned to continuing tensions in the Middle East and to a Bank of England policy decision due this week. Corporate results from Standard Life and Marshalls featured significant accounting a…
European shares opened slightly higher on Monday as the conflict involving Iran entered its third week and oil shot above the $100-per-barrel threshold. Benchmark regional indices posted modest gains while Brent and U.S. crude climbed sharply amid continuing disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. Policymakers, including the European Central Bank, face…
