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Magnite, the largest independent sell-side advertising company listed on Nasdaq (MGNI), announced an expanded partnership with JioHotstar, India’s biggest premium entertainment streaming service. The collaboration focuses on leveraging Magnite's SpringServe mediation technology to optimize programmatic ad inventory across JioHotstar’s live sports a…
The Reserve Bank of India faces a finely balanced policy decision as oil prices, a weakening rupee and monsoon uncertainty pull inflation and growth in opposite directions. Economists mostly expect no change to the policy repo rate, while some market instruments price in tightening. Traders and strategists have sketched four plausible scenarios - f…
Asian semiconductor and artificial intelligence-related equities declined Thursday following a sharp aftermarket drop in Broadcom. The chip designer reported a mixed fiscal quarter - slightly better-than-expected profit but revenue that missed estimates - and left its current-quarter AI chip revenue forecast unchanged at $16 billion, below market h…
The European Union introduced a technology sovereignty package intended to strengthen regional tech providers and curb the dominance of major U.S. cloud players. While it sets guardrails for sensitive public tenders and encourages a rapid expansion of data centres using some European hardware or software, the measures stop short of full self-relian…
Freightos (CRGO) has shown early signs of SaaS softness: price has slipped below key moving averages, short interest has crept up, and today's drop to $1.64 punctuates weakening momentum. I’m moving from a constructive stance to a tactical short with a defined entry, stop and targets over a mid-term horizon (45 trading days). This is a speculative …
Pharming Group announced that the U.S. FDA has accepted the resubmission of the supplemental New Drug Application for Joenja (leniolisib) to extend approval for children aged 4 to 11 years with activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome (APDS). If approved, Joenja will be the first treatment available in the U.S. for this rare pediatric imm…
WISeSat.Space Corp., a subsidiary of WISeKey International Holding Ltd., has confidentially submitted an amended draft registration statement on Form F-4 to the SEC related to its proposed business combination with Columbus Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: COLA), a SPAC. Upon closing, the combined company will trade on Nasdaq under the ticker WSAT. WISeSa…
Biogen Inc. and UCB presented Phase 3 PHOENYCS GO study data demonstrating that dapirolizumab pegol combined with standard care provides sustained disease control in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients while allowing significant reduction in glucocorticoid steroid use through 48 weeks. Additional findings include improved immunological mark…
Ampol's shares rose after Australia’s competition regulator approved its purchase of EG Australia on the condition Ampol divests 41 service stations. The company has agreed to sell those sites to Metro Petroleum and expects the takeover to close on June 30, paying about A$1.12 billion in net cash after electing to cash-settle the share component. A…
Australia's House of Representatives approved legislation to narrow tax concessions for property investors and replace the current capital gains discount with an inflation-adjusted gains tax and a minimum tax. The bill, which also provides modest tax relief for workers, now moves to the Senate where the government will need crossbench support to se…
Global risk appetite cooled as markets digested a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon alongside renewed U.S.-Iran tensions and domestic U.S. political manoeuvres. Oil eased modestly, equity futures fell, and the yen firmed from intervention-suspect levels amid signals of closer coordination between Tokyo and the Bank of Japan.
Indonesia’s legislature approved broad new legislation that strengthens the central bank’s role in supporting economic growth and allows lawmakers to evaluate independent financial regulators and Bank Indonesia. Passed by acclamation with unanimous party support, the bill has not yet been published and has prompted investor unease over potential po…
Meta Platforms has repeatedly delayed making its newest AI model available to external developers and currently has no scheduled release date. The postponements have extended to almost two months following an internal comment that a release would come "soon." Meta says it is testing an application programming interface (API) for the model with part…
Foreign companies listing their Indian subsidiaries are predominantly using offer-for-sale (OFS) structures that allow existing shareholders to sell stakes rather than raising new money for the Indian businesses. Data show only one in six foreign-based firms listing since 2024 raised fresh capital; the rest were secondary offerings that returned ne…
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda signalled a clear pivot from a cautious exit from stimulus toward an overt inflation-fighting stance, saying the central bank is prepared to raise rates if upside risks to prices outweigh downside risks to growth. His remarks reduced ambiguity over war-driven supply shocks and reinforced market expectations of a ra…
Most Asian currencies steadied on Thursday following large declines the previous session as the U.S. dollar remained close to a roughly two-month high. Markets were balancing a Washington statement that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to implement a ceasefire - contingent on Hezbollah halting its attacks - against fresh regional hostilities and stron…
Meta has delayed multiple planned rollouts of the Muse Spark AI model API for developers and, according to recent reports, had no scheduled launch date as of Tuesday. The company, however, told Reuters it is testing the API with select early partners and intends to release it this month. Muse Spark, unveiled in April, is the first model in a new Su…
Latham Group (SWIM) is a cash-generative pool manufacturer trading well below its 52-week high after a recent pullback. The company's acquisition of Freedom Pools and steady free cash flow support a near-term recovery. This trade targets a disciplined entry at $5.28, a $4.60 stop, and a $7.50 target over a mid-term horizon (45 trading days).
Rocket Lab has evolved beyond rideshare launches into spacecraft manufacturing, components and mission operations. With Q1 2026 revenue of $200M (63.5% YoY), a backlog north of $2B and Neutron on track for a maiden flight by end of 2026, the stock offers a high-risk, high-reward long trade. Entry at $115, stop $95, target $160 over a 180-trading-da…
Hyundai Motor, NVIDIA Corporation and the South Korean government are in late-stage discussions to establish an artificial intelligence research and development center in South Korea. The Saemangeum reclamation project on the country's southwest coast is the leading candidate for the site. The planned center would mirror Nvidia's existing R&D facil…
Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Company raised $270 million in its U.S. initial public offering by selling 20 million shares at $13.50 each. The Kellogg, Idaho-based firm, backed by Electrum Group and Ospraie Management, will list on the New York Stock Exchange as SSMR and is advancing plans to restart and expand a previously shuttered mine in Id…
Nu Holdings (NU) has compelling growth but the market is focused on two near-term storylines: a new CFO transition and signs of rising credit risk in Brazil. Technicals are weak and short activity is meaningful. For disciplined traders, a mid-term short with tight rules offers an asymmetric payoff while acknowledging the company's longer-term upsid…
On the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, Taiwan’s president publicly urged China to confront the events of June 4, 1989, seeking acknowledgement, healing and dialogue. Beijing continues to treat the episode as taboo, refusing public commemoration and rejecting Taiwanese overtures; overseas memorials and reduced vigils in Hong Kong…
First Community Corp (FCCO) trades below tangible book and at a low-teens P/E while generating positive free cash flow and paying a 2% dividend. With a conservative balance sheet (debt/equity ~0.07), modest short interest and recent technical support near the $30 area, FCCO is a pragmatic long candidate for traders willing to hold through a pending…
Asian equities declined Thursday as technology and semiconductor names ceded recent gains and uncertainty around U.S.-Iran talks kept markets defensive. Follow-through selling from overnight weakness on Wall Street - including a drop in Broadcom after mixed results - added pressure across the region, with Japan and South Korea among the hardest hit…
