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News Corp has launched the California Post, a West Coast counterpart to the New York Post, publishing in print and online from Los Angeles. The tabloid aims for a snarky, entertaining tone, features a West Coast Page Six, and plans podcasts, newsletters and events. Distribution began at 678 West Coast newsstands at $3.75 per copy, with online engag…
Advantest Corp. shares jumped to an all-time high after the company reported record profit for the fiscal third quarter and raised its full-year forecasts on sustained AI-related demand for semiconductor testing equipment. The stock rose more than 14%, reaching 29,250.0 yen, while the Nikkei 225 slipped 0.2%. The company reported a quarterly profit…
K2 Capital Acquisition Corporation sold 12 million units in an initial public offering at $10 per unit, raising $120 million. Each unit includes one Class A ordinary share and one right to receive one-fifth of a Class A share upon completion of an initial business combination. Units are slated to start trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under tick…
U.S. equity futures edged lower Wednesday as investors absorbed a mixed slate of results from major technology firms and the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates unchanged. Gains for Meta and Tesla in after-hours trading contrasted with a significant drop in Microsoft shares after the software giant flagged softer cloud growth and tigh…
Several consumer-facing platforms and a business data provider reported cybersecurity incidents this week. Statements from the affected companies indicate contact information and some corporate documents were involved, while companies say there is no evidence that sensitive credentials, financial data, or private communications were accessed.
Google said it has moved to disable domains tied to IPIDEA, one of the world's largest residential proxy operations, and deployed automatic protections for Android devices. The company said legal actions and technical defenses have significantly degraded the proxy network and its business operations, shrinking the pool of consumer devices available…
Samsung Electronics reported its strongest quarterly performance to date in Q4 2025, with record revenue and operating profit propelled by robust demand for advanced memory chips from the artificial intelligence sector. The company said momentum from AI workloads should persist into Q1 2026, and its memory division will prioritize high-value produc…
Serina Therapeutics saw its stock surge after the U.S. FDA cleared an Investigational New Drug application for SER-252, enabling the company to proceed with site-level activities for a planned Phase 1b registrational trial. The firm has also initiated site start-up and regulatory steps in Australia to support a global registrational program, and sa…
Las Vegas Sands reported a rise in fourth-quarter profit driven by stronger demand in its Macau properties. The company posted earnings of $0.58 per share, up from $0.45 a year earlier, while Macau revenue climbed 16.2% and total revenue exceeded analyst expectations compiled by LSEG. Management pointed to prior investments aimed at boosting Macau …
Documents reviewed by a House committee show Nvidia engineers provided detailed technical assistance to Chinese AI firm DeepSeek in 2024, including co-design work on algorithms and hardware optimization. Representative John Moolenaar says that support helped DeepSeek train a major model with far fewer GPU hours than typical U.S. counterparts, promp…
Senior U.S. officials informed mineral sector executives that the administration will no longer promise minimum price guarantees for domestic critical minerals projects, citing limited congressional authority and complex market implications. The change contrasts with earlier signals after a price floor tied to MP Materials and follows equity invest…
PicS NV, operating as PicPay, raised $434 million in its U.S. initial public offering by pricing 22.86 million shares at $19 each. The company, controlled by the Batista family since 2015, has evolved from a 2012 digital wallet into a broader banking operation with about 67 million clients as of December. Financial results for the nine months throu…
L3Harris Technologies has been granted a $62.7 million modification - designated P00353 - to an existing Department of War contract covering radar and optical space surveillance systems and sustainment work. The change represents Option Year Seven and lifts the contract's total value to $1.51 billion. Performance is slated for Colorado Springs and …
A U.S. House committee chairman says internal Nvidia documents show the chipmaker provided technical assistance that helped Chinese firm DeepSeek cut the GPU hours needed to train advanced AI models. The models later surfaced in applications tied to China's military, raising questions about export controls and end-use assurances for semiconductors …
Steel Partners Holdings LP has submitted an offer to buy a 51% controlling interest in InMode Ltd. at $18 per share, planning to fund the transaction with cash and borrowings under its existing credit facility. The firm, which currently holds about 1.3% of InMode’s stock, has attempted multiple meetings with company leadership but reports say it ha…
After the market close, Meta Platforms climbed sharply after delivering better-than-expected results and raising guidance for the next quarter, while Microsoft slipped despite strong earnings as spending rose. A mix of beats and misses across large-cap names including IBM, ServiceNow, Las Vegas Sands, Joby Aviation and United Rentals produced diver…
Blackstone’s largest hedge fund platform, Absolute Return Composite (AR), returned almost 12% in 2025, surpassing the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The performance, driven by gains in equities, computer-driven strategies, credit and macro positions, will be included in Blackstone’s forthcoming fourth-quarter and full-year report for its BXMA unit.
Joby Aviation's stock slid in after-hours trading after the company announced plans to raise about $1 billion from concurrent public offerings of convertible senior notes due 2032 and common stock. The filings include a related delta offering of borrowed shares to be handled by Morgan Stanley for hedging by some note investors, with specific contin…
The S&P/TSX Composite finished higher on Wednesday, advancing 0.24% to reach a new record high. Strength in the Materials, Energy and IT sectors underpinned the advance, with a handful of miners and energy-related names posting double-digit percentage gains. Volume breadth across the Toronto exchange was narrowly positive while key commodity contra…
U.S. equity markets closed mixed on Wednesday, with gains concentrated in Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials while Consumer Services, Industrials and Healthcare lagged. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 0.02%, the S&P 500 fell 0.01% and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.17% at the close in New York. Market breadth favored decliner…
Mexico's benchmark index closed higher, posting a 1.57% gain and registering a new all-time high. Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples led advances. Several large-cap names recorded notable moves, while commodities and FX markets showed mixed movement at the same time as U.S. dollar futures ticked up.
GigCapital9 Corp. completed a $253 million initial public offering, selling 25.3 million units at $10.00 each and placing the proceeds in a trust account. The special purpose acquisition company will have 24 months to identify a business combination in areas including aerospace and defense services, cybersecurity, secured communications, quantum-ba…
Colombian stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the COLCAP index edging up 0.41%. Strength in the Industrials, Services and Agriculture sectors supported the advance. Notable winners included Bolsa De Valores De Colombia, which climbed 9.40% to 16,760.00, and Grupo Aval Pref, which rose 5.96% to 960.00. Decliners included Bancolombia Pf, Intercon…
Levi Strauss reported fourth-quarter results that beat analysts' expectations for both revenue and adjusted earnings per share, driven by strong demand for baggy and loose-fit denim among younger shoppers and strategic retail moves that preserved full-price selling. The company reported mixed regional performance, raised inventory and modest price …
Russian equities closed modestly higher on Wednesday, driven by advances in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors. The MOEX Russia Index rose 0.18% to reach a new three-month high. Despite the index gain, decliners outnumbered advancers on the Moscow exchange, and moves in commodities and currencies were mixed.
