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Southwest Airlines reports no noticeable drop in travel demand after implementing seven fare increases since February, CEO Bob Jordan said at a Bernstein investor conference. Jordan said demand remains resilient across leisure and business travel, regions and booking timeframes, and expressed confidence that higher revenue can help offset rising je…
Morgan Stanley reaffirmed MediaTek as its top pick after takeaways from the Taiwan AI Summit 2026. The bank pointed to MediaTek’s cloud AI ASIC design services, edge AI prospects, a secured 2nm ASIC project likely to be TPU v9, and potential revenue contributions from a TPU v10 IceFish program in 2029-2030. Management reiterated plans to avoid ASIC…
Anthropic announced a $65 billion Series H financing that values the AI developer at $965 billion post-money. The round, backed by a coalition of venture firms and strategic partners, accompanies recent compute capacity agreements and a reported run-rate revenue surpassing $47 billion. Proceeds are earmarked for safety and interpretability research…
Sandoz submitted a draft anti-dumping complaint to the European Commission concerning imports of amoxicillin from China, arguing that below-cost pricing, government subsidies and the concentration of global capacity in China are undermining Europe's remaining penicillin production network and threatening future antibiotic supply.
A Lombard Odier survey of more than 390 high-net-worth individuals in the Asia-Pacific region found that over half view an economic recession as their primary worry for the next three years, with nearly half also citing the risk of an equity market correction or crash. The research, conducted between December 2025 and February 2026 among respondent…
Market action on Thursday featured pronounced moves across market-cap segments, led by strong showings from Arm and Oracle among mega-caps and an outsized rally in Snowflake among large-caps after an acquisition announcement. Several mid- and small-cap issues also posted double-digit gains, while a handful of companies including GE Vernova, Pure St…
First Solar shares spiked intraday after GLJ Research upgraded the stock to Buy and raised its price target to $315, citing reduced debooking risk and an impending Section 232 determination on polysilicon imports. The move amplified gains following a five-day rally and came against a modestly positive market backdrop, while First Solar's recent qua…
Friday, May 29, 2026, brings a concentrated set of economic releases and Federal Reserve speeches that market participants will watch for signals on goods trade, regional manufacturing activity and monetary policy sentiment. Key scheduled items include the goods trade balance, the Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index, remarks from Fed officials Neel …
Arm Holdings ADR climbed sharply in midday trading after several brokerages issued bullish ratings and price-target upgrades, backed by strong fiscal results and signs of accelerating demand for AI-focused CPUs. Analysts cited durable DRAM demand, expanding high-bandwidth memory markets, and a structural shift toward agentic AI workloads that favor…
Agilent Technologies rallied sharply in mid-day trading after reporting fiscal second-quarter results that beat expectations on key metrics and after management raised full-year guidance. Revenue and non-GAAP earnings exceeded consensus, analysts issued upgrades and the company reiterated structural tailwinds including instrument replacement cycles…
Advanced Micro Devices shares jumped sharply in mid-day trading, buoyed by a Wolfe Research note that singled out the company as the biggest beneficiary in an expanding CPU market driven by agentic AI workloads. The move came atop robust first-quarter financials, recent analyst support, and a fresh partnership announcement, all set against a constr…
Apotex Health Corp. has submitted a preliminary prospectus to Canadian securities regulators for an initial public offering of its common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The planned offering will consist of newly issued shares as well as existing shares to be sold by certain shareholders, including controlling shareholder SK Capital Partners.…
DHL eCommerce has entered an exclusive, multi-year agreement with the United States Postal Service for last-mile parcel delivery in the U.S., an arrangement the companies say is worth more than $10 billion and is the largest contract in their 25-year relationship. Under the deal, DHL will manage pickup, sortation at 19 fully automated hubs and air …
Moody's upgraded Aveanna Healthcare LLC's credit ratings and upgraded its liquidity assessment after citing meaningful improvements in business performance and a reduction in leverage. The rating firm expects the company to maintain growth while operating with leverage in the mid-to-high 4.0 times range and forecasts substantial free cash flow over…
S&P Global Ratings moved Titan International Inc.'s outlook to negative from stable while maintaining a 'B' issuer credit rating and affirming its 'B' issue-level rating on the company's 2028 secured notes. The revision reflects prolonged weakness in the agricultural equipment market, constrained farmer purchasing, and limited cash flow improvement…
Brazil's federal government and the Federal District agreed on Thursday to a 6 billion reais ($1.19 billion) credit package to support state-owned BRB. The operation will be executed by the Federal District with backing from the credit-guarantee fund FGC and guarantees from a bank syndicate, using district revenue flows tied to state and municipal …
CBS News has appointed investigative journalist, filmmaker and author Nick Bilton as executive producer of the prime time news magazine 60 Minutes. Bilton becomes the program's fifth executive producer and the first to be chosen from outside conventional television news. The move follows internal efforts to reorient the newsroom toward streaming an…
Two sources told Reuters that Albert Manifold, who was removed as BP chairman after less than eight months, held meetings with activist investor Elliott Management without directly informing fellow directors. While those meetings did not constitute a clear rule breach, they were cited as an example of acting unilaterally and not in good faith towar…
Citi removed its positive Catalyst Watch on BASF after Asian chemical spreads fell in May and BASF reported weaker-than-expected market share gains in Europe. The bank has trimmed its net-pricing forecast for BASF's upstream segments for fiscal 2026 and adjusted its base-case earnings outlook, while retaining a constructive stance on diversified Eu…
Bank of America upgraded Agilent Technologies from Neutral to Buy after the company posted fiscal second-quarter results that beat expectations across revenue, margins and adjusted earnings. The brokerage lowered its near-term price objective to $145 from $150 but raised its EPS forecasts for 2026 and 2027, citing strong execution, share gains in k…
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8 globally. Building on the Opus 4.7 architecture, the update brings improved benchmark performance, an effort control on Claude.ai to scale reasoning depth, a research preview of dynamic workflows within Claude Code for large-scale migrations, and safety upgrades that reduce unflagged coding errors by a factor …
Anthropic said it will make its advanced Claude Mythos model available to all customers in the coming weeks while simultaneously launching an updated Claude Opus 4.8. Mythos, noted for enhanced cybersecurity capabilities, has prompted concern among executives and world leaders. Opus 4.8 is being offered at the same price as the prior release and sh…
Brokerage Rosenblatt reaffirmed a Buy rating on Meta Platforms and maintained a $1,015 price target, pointing to the company’s initiative to roll out a bundled subscription strategy - dubbed 'Meta One' - across its social and AI products as a potential multibillion-dollar source of recurring revenue. The plan includes modest monthly fees for Instag…
Axon Enterprise stock climbed 12.8% in mid-day trading to $441.25 as a cluster of company-specific events and reinforcing Q1 results renewed investor enthusiasm for its AI products and counter-drone business. The surge coincides with the company’s Annual Shareholder Meeting on May 28 and a presentation at TD Cowen’s TMT conference on May 27, alongs…
Shares across the software industry rallied sharply after Snowflake reported quarterly results that demonstrated clear AI-driven revenue growth, margin expansion and strengthened forward guidance. The data platform's performance and product adoption, led by its Coco coding agent, reversed a prolonged sector selloff driven by concerns about agentic …
