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European equities moved slightly lower on Thursday, pressured by falls in AI-related technology shares after sharp declines in Asia and on Wall Street. The pan-European STOXX 600 slipped 0.1% to 638.27 by 0704 GMT. Market attention turned to the U.S. June nonfarm payrolls report for guidance on the path of U.S. interest rates, as the Federal Reserv…
British equities recovered from an earlier dip on Thursday, with the FTSE 100 recording a modest gain after central bank officials conveyed a dovish tone at the Sintra forum. Comments from Fed Governor Kevin Warsh, ECB President Christine Lagarde and BoE Governor Andrew Bailey helped offset downward pressure from falling oil prices tied to reported…
KNDS has postponed its planned initial public offering, citing current market volatility. The company said it has finished preparatory steps and engaged extensively with potential investors. KNDS intends to list shares in Paris and Frankfurt and will monitor market conditions closely before moving forward.
European stocks were largely unchanged in early trade as investors balanced cautious commentary from global central bankers with regional economic signals and awaited a key U.S. non-farm payrolls report. The STOXX 600 hovered at 638.66, after posting its third-highest close earlier in the week and finishing the quarter with gains above 10%. Mixed m…
Japan's equity market ended Thursday with losses, the Nikkei 225 finishing down 2.33% as declines in Paper & Pulp, Transport and Communication sectors pressured the benchmark. A small group of stocks outperformed while several large components posted steep drops. Volatility measures and movements in oil, gold and currency markets accompanied the se…
HSBC upgraded Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) to Buy from Hold and raised its price target to $308 from $282, saying investor worries about generative AI disrupting Adobe's core business have been exaggerated. The upgrade follows solid fiscal second-quarter results and ongoing momentum across Adobe's core offerings, with HSBC also nudging …
A U.S. House Judiciary Committee interim report concludes that South Korean authorities engaged in systematic discrimination against Coupang, initiating a wave of investigations after a 2023 data breach. Seoul officials have contested the committee's findings, and Coupang expressed regret over events that prompted the inquiry while calling for a co…
Carlsberg has confidentially submitted draft paperwork for an initial public offering of its Indian operations that could raise as much as $700 million. The proposed transaction is expected to be a secondary sale of Carlsberg shares in India and may take place later this year. The company is working with several investment banks on the deal, while …
Australian equities finished the trading day marginally higher, with the S&P/ASX 200 rising 0.02% in Sydney. Strong moves in gold-related names and gains in Financials and Healthcare supported the index, while notable declines among several mid-cap stocks weighed on broader performance. Commodity prices and currency movements were mixed across the …
3i Infrastructure repaid its Revolving Credit Facility in full after receiving €1.1 billion from the sale of TCR on June 17. The transaction generated a gross annual internal rate of return of about 19% over the investment period. The company reported no drawings on its £900 million facility as of June 30, noted planned liquidity reductions from a …
Nvidia announced a program enabling artificial intelligence startups to access computing resources through a revenue-sharing arrangement combined with credit support. Under the plan, AI cloud providers will market Nvidia-powered cloud services that produce both traditional product sales and a portion of cloud revenue for Nvidia. The company said th…
Shares of JL Mag Rare-Earth climbed sharply after the company issued a profit alert for the first half of 2026, driven by elevated rare-earth demand and supportive pricing. Management expects net profit attributable to shareholders of RMB 400 million to RMB 460 million, and flagged revenue growth led by new energy vehicles, auto parts and a near-do…
Super Micro said two employees at its Taiwan unit have been detained pending a court hearing and two others released on bail after questioning by Taiwanese prosecutors. The inquiries concern the alleged illegal export of high-end AI servers manufactured by Super Micro that contain Nvidia chips subject to U.S. export controls prohibiting shipment to…
The Taiwan Weighted index closed up 2.50% on Thursday, powered by advances in the Glass, Plastic and Electronic Parts/Components sectors. Several individual stocks posted double-digit percentage moves in both directions, while commodity and currency metrics showed modest declines and slight FX movements.
OpenAI has suggested granting the U.S. government a 5% ownership stake as part of early discussions with the Trump administration, a move pitched by CEO Sam Altman as a mechanism to share the economic upside of artificial intelligence with the public. The proposal could extend to other U.S. AI firms, though their participation and the administratio…
Samsung Group unveiled detailed plans to invest 140 trillion won ($90 billion) in South Korea's central Chungcheong province for the manufacturing of display panels, batteries, semiconductor packaging and chip materials. The breakdown includes allocations to Samsung Display, Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electro-Mechanics, with timet…
Fortescue Metals shares fell after reports that Chinese state procurement channels told mills not to accept certain lower-grade Fortescue shipments from mid-July. The move, combined with a tepid price-target revision from UBS and weakness across Australian miners, intensified selling pressure and highlighted risks to margins from iron ore price pre…
South Korea's benchmark KOSPI was temporarily suspended early Thursday after a sharp opening decline, led by large drops in major memory-chip makers. The index fell more than 6% to 7,769.16 points, activating a sell-side sidecar that paused trading for five minutes. The move is the latest in a series of volatility-driven interruptions tied to outsi…
An EU-funded independent study warns that Europe’s semiconductor industry faces a difficult outlook owing to Chinese export controls on critical inputs, a reliance on U.S. technology and several domestic structural weaknesses. The report highlights geopolitical threats, supply-chain fragilities and internal constraints such as high energy costs, li…
Apple is moving forward with a broader iPhone lineup that will extend into the first half of 2027 and has increased its production target for an upcoming foldable iPhone. The company is pushing into the premium foldable segment amid supply-chain pressures and higher component costs that have already prompted price increases for some Mac and iPad mo…
Bain Capital Specialty Finance and LY Corp elevated their binding takeover bid for Kakaku.com to 670 billion yen ($4.1 billion), offering 3,384 yen per share in cash with a potential increase to 3,500 yen if major shareholder KDDI supports the transaction. The bid surpasses EQT's 3,000-yen offer and has driven Kakaku shares above both proposed pric…
SoftBank-backed LY Corp and private equity firm Bain Capital have increased their offer for Kakaku.com to 3,384 yen per share, valuing the company at 670 billion yen ($4.12 billion). The duo said the bid, announced late Wednesday as legally binding, would rise to 3,500 yen per share if shareholder KDDI Corp agrees to back the proposal. Kakaku.com s…
Switch, a Las Vegas-based data center operator, has initiated a private financing round that could raise about $2 billion and place the company’s enterprise value close to $50 billion including debt. The round is being led by venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, with an expected contribution of roughly $400 million, while Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Ch…
KakakuCom Inc shares climbed 3.7% to ¥3,514 after LY Corp and Bain Capital converted a prior counter-proposal into a binding offer of up to ¥3,500 per share, intensifying a weeks-long acquisition battle with Swedish private equity firm EQT, which launched a tender at ¥3,000 per share in May. The move coincides with the final day of EQT's acceptance…
Shares of Sony Corp climbed after the company’s gaming unit announced it will halt production of physical discs for all new PlayStation titles from January 2028 and emphasized pricing discipline for future hardware, boosting expectations for improved margins even as Japan’s broader market fell back.
