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Brookfield Infrastructure (BIP) offers a near-5% yield, inflation-linked revenue exposure and visible data-infrastructure growth, yet trades below its 52-week high with a market cap of roughly $17.6B. The business mix and recent results support steady distributable earnings growth; this trade targets total-return upside while collecting a high dist…
Frontier Airlines said Tuesday it will equip its aircraft with SpaceX's Starlink broadband system, with the first Airbus expected to offer the service in early 2027. The announcement places Frontier alongside a number of low-cost and major carriers that have committed to Starlink while some airlines have opted for rival services or declined install…
Banzai International, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed marketing technology company, completed a $0.9 million underwritten public offering by selling 327,273 shares of its Class A common stock at $2.75 per share. The net proceeds will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes. The company also granted an over-allotment option to cover additio…
India's central bank has proposed a change to rules governing institutional ownership of banks that would grant mutual funds, insurance companies and pension funds a one-time approval to subsequently increase their shareholding in a bank to up to 10%. The move aims to remove the need for repeated approvals when holdings fluctuate and preserves the …
Barclays analyst Saket Kalia says a sudden shift in enterprise capital spending - highlighted in IBM's Q2 preannouncement - has redirected budgets toward servers, storage and hardware security. Channel checks indicate a surge in firewall purchases by customers trying to beat expected price increases, supporting key network security vendors in the n…
BP said it expects a second-quarter earnings lift driven by higher oil and gas prices, stronger refining margins and resilient trading, while also warning that results will include about $1 billion of impairments largely linked to its lower-carbon energy transition businesses. The company reported lower upstream output, a reduction in net debt vers…
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has reinstated and reinforced guidance urging airlines to avoid the airspace of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the area over the Gulf of Oman, citing elevated risk as tensions between the United States and Iran escalate. The advisory, effective until July 29, follows recent missile exc…
WeTouch Technology Inc. has been officially accepted into the global supply chain of one of Japan's top three office equipment manufacturers after passing stringent qualification processes. This milestone validates WeTouch's R&D, product quality, and manufacturing standards in high-end office automation equipment touch display solutions. The partne…
A fund controlled by investor Sardar Biglari has executed a substantial sale of El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LOCO) shares, filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Lion Fund II, L.P. disposed of 75,000 shares on July 13, 2026, totaling $1,255,499. This transaction occurs as the stock trades near its 52-week high of $17.40, de…
Performance Shipping Inc. has extended the time charter of its Aframax tanker M/T Blue Moon with American Eagle Tankers for two years starting late 2026, at an average gross daily rate of $40,500, up from the previous rate of $28,000. The extension is expected to generate approximately $29 million in gross revenue and increases the company's contra…
ServiceNow's shares have been punished on fears that agentic AI will eliminate SaaS revenue. The company's fundamentals tell a different story: 22% subscription growth, healthy free cash flow of $4.63B, low leverage and new product rollouts (Control Tower, Now Assist) that monetize AI. This trade targets a mid-term re-rate into $130 while limiting …
A growing set of governments, municipal authorities and grid operators are pausing or prohibiting new data centre construction amid concerns that the rapid expansion supporting artificial intelligence is straining electricity supplies, water resources and local infrastructure. Measures range from one-year construction freezes and connection bans to…
Biogen Inc. shares rose modestly after the company disclosed Phase 2 CELIA study results for diranersen, an antisense oligonucleotide targeting tau. The data, presented at a major Alzheimer’s conference, showed efficacy across doses at 18 months with the 60 mg dose producing the largest slowing of cognitive decline on multiple endpoints and marked …
SRX Global Inc. announced that its EMJX strategy, a paper-traded crypto treasury model blending bitcoin, altcoins, and tech equities, achieved a 24.8% total return from February 11 to July 10, 2026, significantly outperforming Bitcoin's -4.2% return. Following the strategy's acquisition, SRX plans to begin live trading with real capital and is enga…
Mizuho Securities downgraded Circle Internet Group to Underperform from Neutral and trimmed its price target to $50 from $85, pointing to competitive risk from Open USD (OUSD), a new dollar-pegged stablecoin launched June 30. The bank says OUSD’s pass-through model and likely regulatory alignment could meaningfully weaken Circle’s USDC-based revenu…
Morgan Stanley reiterated an Overweight rating on Broadcom, arguing the company should maintain roughly 80% share of Google's TPU business over time. The bank downplayed scenarios that have MediaTek capturing half of TPU share or fully displacing Broadcom, while highlighting contract-secured HBM supply and packaging execution challenges for MediaTe…
Upwork Inc. published its Future Workforce Index 2026 report revealing a significant rise in U.S. skilled freelancing, fueled by AI's role in reshaping labor value. The study shows freelancers incorporating complex AI tools earn substantially more, with the emergence of AI Orchestrators who leverage AI in specialized services. The report emphasizes…
Opera offers a rare combo for income-focused growth traders: a semi-annual dividend yielding roughly 4% and an ad/search business that’s showing improving monetization and ARPU. At a $1.77B market cap and a mid-teens P/E, the risk/reward tilts toward buying on a pullback. This trade idea lays out entry, stop, targets and the rationale tied to produ…
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index jumped to its highest level in over a month, driven by gains across capesize, panamax and supramax segments. Capesize vessels saw daily earnings increase materially, while iron ore futures rose as geopolitical tensions and a strike at a major Australian port weighed on supply.
Biogen announced positive Phase 2 CELIA study results for diranersen, an antisense oligonucleotide therapy targeting tau protein in early Alzheimer's disease patients. The study demonstrated meaningful clinical efficacy across multiple cognitive endpoints and robust biomarker reductions in tau pathology, supporting advancement into Phase 3 trials. …
Russia accused Ukraine of terrorism after Kyiv-linked drone forces reported striking 11 Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov overnight, part of a nine-day run that Moscow says is disrupting commercial traffic along a corridor that handles a sizable share of grain exports. Industry sources reported several grain ships were hit and caught fire on July …
Estee Lauder Companies Inc. opened modestly higher in pre-market trading after Citi kept a Buy rating and a $110 price target while adding the stock to a 90-day Catalyst Watch tied to the company’s fiscal second-quarter earnings report due August 19, 2026. The move follows recent analyst optimism, a consensus buy rating and forecasts pointing to a …
Mercedes-Benz Group shares rose after the company reiterated its fiscal 2026 Mercedes-Benz Cars return on sales guidance of 3%-5% in a pre-close call, even as challenges persist in China and pricing remains under pressure globally. Analysts note the company has some protection versus peers but say earnings are still constrained until cost cuts prov…
Warren Buffett said he intends to dispose of his entire holding in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. within roughly eight years by donating shares to four foundations. He converted 8,000 Class A shares into 12 million Class B shares and allocated those shares among three foundations run by his children and one named for his late wife, setting a target of Dec…
New York state has announced a one-year suspension on discretionary permits for large data centers that draw 50 megawatts or more of power. The pause, ordered by the governor's office, directs the Department of Environmental Conservation to stop issuing new discretionary permits not already deemed complete while lawmakers and regulators work throug…
