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Brazilian beef processor Frigol says agreements with two Rondonia-based slaughterhouses will lift its annual cattle slaughter from about 650,000 head in 2025 to over 1 million in 2026, enabling greater access to the Chinese and U.S. markets. The company outlined expected revenue growth and financing measures to support the expansion.
Airbnb has appointed former Uber senior executive Gus Fuldner as its global head of operations, effective March 16. The move replaces Tara Bunch, who will retire after six years at the company but will remain on as an advisor through June to support the handover. The hire follows other senior appointments as Airbnb pursues growth beyond its traditi…
Turkey’s main equity gauge, the BIST 100, finished higher on Tuesday, lifted by strength in Metal Products & Machinery, Basic Metals and Technology shares. Market breadth was strongly positive, while commodities and key FX pairs showed mixed moves at the settlement in Istanbul. Gold rose, crude benchmarks fell, and the Turkish lira was little chang…
Capricor Therapeutics stock climbed after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted a Complete Response Letter and resumed review of the companys Biologics License Application for Deramiocel. The submission is treated as a Class 2 resubmission with a Prescription Drug User Fee Act target action date of August 22, 2026. The BLA is supported by po…
Boeing shares dropped more than 3% in early trading after reports surfaced that the company found scratched wiring in undelivered 737 MAX jets. Boeing traced the damage to a machining error and said repairs could be completed within days on each affected aircraft. The company did not disclose how many planes are affected or the precise fixes requir…
Widespread suspension of commercial air services across parts of the Middle East amid escalating hostilities following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran has left many foreign nationals unable to leave. In response, multiple governments have organized repatriation flights, land corridors and military-assisted evacuations to return citizens. The scale…
Novo Nordisk A/S shares declined 2.8% after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter citing significant lapses in the company’s postmarketing adverse drug experience reporting. The FDA's March 5, 2026 letter followed a January-February 2025 inspection and flagged failures across written procedures, timeliness of 15-day reports,…
Boeing reported delivering 51 aircraft in February, up from 46 in January and the company's strongest February delivery total since 2018. The increase came despite ongoing delays tied to high-end first- and business-class seats for 787 Dreamliners, and left Boeing ahead of Airbus on deliveries for the month.
Piper Sandler recommends investors concentrate on large-cap medical technology companies that exhibit strong free cash flow, conservative leverage and consumer cyclical exposure, identifying DexCom Inc. and STERIS plc as preferred holdings. The firm cautions that a broader sector recovery could be several quarters away and may align with a domestic…
JPMorgan Chase has appointed Firdaus Pohowalla as a managing director to its North America mid‑cap mergers and acquisitions group, according to an internal memo. Pohowalla brings nearly 30 years of advisory experience in industrial automation, supply‑chain technology and capital‑goods sectors, and will be based in Seattle reporting to the co‑heads …
On March 10, Meta Platforms announced it has acquired Moltbook, a social network designed for AI agents, and will integrate its co-founders into Meta Superintelligence Labs. The move highlights intensified competition among major technology companies to secure AI talent and experimental agent technology. Moltbook, launched in late January as a nich…
Porsche’s recently appointed chief executive is expected to emphasize aggressive cost reductions and a renewed commitment to combustion-engine vehicles as he addresses investors in his first earnings update. The company faces a steep recovery path after a dramatic fall in margins, shrinking share value since its 2022 listing, a costly shift toward …
Deutsche Bank upgraded Teladoc Health from Hold to Buy, assigning an $11 price target that implies roughly 108% upside. The bank highlighted Teladoc's low implied valuation - about 4.2 times its 2026 EBITDA estimate - and management's plan to reorient BetterHelp toward insured therapy services as reasons the stock may be materially undervalued.
Barclays strategists have shifted their stance toward U.S. Value equities, adopting a 'Value positive, Growth neutral' view while downgrading Momentum to negative. The bank points to elevated oil prices, growing inflation expectations and improving consumer sentiment - alongside supply shock concerns tied to the Iran conflict - as factors that tilt…
Google has started a global beta rollout of expanded Gemini AI features across Docs, Sheets and Slides, with Drive functionality available in the U.S. These additions allow Gemini to draw from users' files, emails and web sources to create, refine and format documents, spreadsheets and presentation slides. The capabilities are restricted to Google …
Shares of Ondas Inc. rose after its defense subsidiary, 4M Defense, secured a $15.8 million initial contract for a multi-phase land-clearance program in Israel. The award is the opening phase of a national effort that could total roughly $60 million if follow-on phases are authorized. The work covers about 740 acres along the Israel-Syria frontier …
Shares of Via Transportation fell about 2% after short seller Bleecker Street Research published a report asserting Via functions largely as a labor-heavy transit contractor rather than a software-centric platform. The report, based on a review of more than 100 contracts for the $2.4 billion market cap company, argues that service hours, driver hou…
Tuesday’s session featured notable price moves across market-cap tiers. Semiconductor names and select automakers climbed, while several biotechnology and data analytics stocks declined. The lists below capture the largest percentage changes reported across mega-cap, large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap groups.
Hims & Hers stock rallied further on Tuesday after a strategic collaboration with Novo Nordisk enabled the company to sell commercially available Ozempic and Wegovy products, including an upcoming pill form, and prompted several analyst upgrades. Novo Nordisk also withdrew its lawsuit against Hims & Hers, decreasing legal uncertainty. Brokerages ra…
Deutsche Bank has revised its outlook for technology stocks in the United States and Europe, upgrading the sectors from 'underweight' to 'neutral' and shifting to an 'overweight' stance on software. The bank cites a months-long software rout tied to AI disruption fears that left valuations thin, but now points to resilient earnings and an absence o…
Rothschild & Co Redburn upgraded Intuit Inc to Buy from Neutral and lifted its price target to $700 from $670, arguing that Intuit’s flagship products possess structural advantages that make them difficult for AI-only competitors to displace. The broker projects mid-teens growth in revenue and free cash flow over the next five years and notes broad…
U.S. corporate insiders sold substantially more shares than they bought in February, producing the widest net selling gap since July 2024. Data show a sharp rise in the seller-to-buyer ratio, a surge in recorded selling instances and large dollar volumes tied to executive sales, particularly among S&P 500 companies. Observers caution that while som…
Exxon Mobil has evacuated non-essential personnel from its Middle East operations and trimmed certain activities to manage inventories, CEO Darren Woods said in an interview. The company, a minority partner in projects across the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, has taken these steps as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is under pressure amid…
President Javier Milei is scheduled to address investors at JPMorgan’s Midtown Manhattan headquarters as part of an Argentina Week roadshow intended to convince financiers that Buenos Aires’ economic overhaul can endure amid a spike in oil prices, a stronger dollar and increased investor caution toward emerging markets.
B. Riley Securities initiated coverage of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) with a Buy rating and a $175 price target, citing the company's market-leading Bitcoin treasury, diversified capital structure and cash reserves. The firm also began coverage on Strive with a Buy and $12 target. The analyst noted sector-wide stress after Bitcoin's sharp cor…
