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DeepSeek Nears 50 Billion Yuan Round as Tencent Leads Major Investment

DeepSeek Nears 50 Billion Yuan Round as Tencent Leads Major Investment

DeepSeek is closing a 50 billion yuan ($7.4 billion) funding round that counts Tencent and Contemporary Amperex among its largest investors, with the company’s founder also making a significant personal contribution. Management has told investors the priority will remain AI research rather than near-term commercialization as the startup expands int…

Goldman Flags AI Risks as it Initiates Wolters Kluwer at Neutral

Goldman Flags AI Risks as it Initiates Wolters Kluwer at Neutral

Goldman Sachs began coverage of Wolters Kluwer with a Neutral rating and a €71 price target, describing the Dutch information services group as attractively valued but lacking near-term drivers for a material re-rating. The bank expects Wolters Kluwer to deliver steady EPS compound growth while flagging AI-related threats to key product pricing and…

Macy's Lifts Annual Guidance as Luxury Brands Fuel First Quarterly Sales Gain in Nearly Four Years

Macy's Lifts Annual Guidance as Luxury Brands Fuel First Quarterly Sales Gain in Nearly Four Years

Macy’s reported a 1.8% rise in first-quarter sales to $4.68 billion, its first quarterly increase after 15 straight quarters of declines, and raised its fiscal 2026 net sales and adjusted EPS targets. Strong demand at Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury, along with broader interest in premium apparel and accessories, underpinned the results amid a split…

Shake Shack Guidance Cut Sends Stock Lower Ahead of Investor Meetings

Shake Shack Guidance Cut Sends Stock Lower Ahead of Investor Meetings

Shake Shack shares fell in pre-market trading after management reduced its Q2 2026 guidance, lowering revenue, same-shack sales growth and restaurant-level profit margin projections. The guidance revision prompted multiple analyst downgrades and price-target cuts, while the fast-casual sector faces ongoing consumer, commodity and competitive pressu…

Sherwin-Williams Shares Jump After Withdrawal of AkzoNobel Bid

Sherwin-Williams Shares Jump After Withdrawal of AkzoNobel Bid

Sherwin-Williams stock climbed 3.1% in pre-market trading after the company and Nippon Paint Group confirmed they are abandoning their joint, all-cash proposal to buy AkzoNobel. The offer - valued at about €12.5 billion ($14.5 billion) - had been repeatedly rejected by the Dutch paint maker. Investors reacted positively to the termination, which el…

Barclays Says Japan Offers Superior Risk-Adjusted Exposure to the AI Upswing

Barclays Says Japan Offers Superior Risk-Adjusted Exposure to the AI Upswing

Barclays told clients that Japan provides the most balanced risk-reward exposure to the current AI investment cycle among major equity markets, citing broad participation across the AI supply chain and supportive structural reforms. The bank cautioned that Korea and Taiwan have become concentrated bets tied to memory and foundry segments respective…

Software Stocks Recover; Investors Face a Selectivity Test as AI Rewrites the Playbook

Software Stocks Recover; Investors Face a Selectivity Test as AI Rewrites the Playbook

The software sector has staged a notable recovery after a steep selloff, driven by investor hopes that artificial intelligence will bolster demand rather than render traditional software models obsolete. An ETF tracking expanded tech-software names has climbed nearly 42% off its April lows even as the group remains slightly negative for 2026. Marke…

Macquarie Sees World Cup Boost Lifting Sports-Betting Operators, Names Top Beneficiaries

Macquarie Sees World Cup Boost Lifting Sports-Betting Operators, Names Top Beneficiaries

Macquarie projects the 2026 FIFA World Cup, staged across the United States, Canada and Mexico, will drive about $50 billion in global wagers and boost operator EBITDA by 2% to 5% in 2027. The bank identifies Flutter Entertainment, SG&H Capital and Rush Street Interactive as most likely to capture the bulk of the tournament-driven revenue upside, a…

RBC Lowers Rio Tinto Rating Amid Softer Iron Ore Outlook

RBC Lowers Rio Tinto Rating Amid Softer Iron Ore Outlook

RBC Capital Markets downgraded Rio Tinto to Underperform from Sector Perform while nudging its price target up to 6,400 pence. The move reflects a revised commodity outlook that anticipates further falls in iron ore prices and highlights potential pressures on realised pricing and cash generation if freight costs rise amid an extended conflict.

Early June Winners: AI Infrastructure Picks Rally, Led by Marvell and Penguin Solutions

Early June Winners: AI Infrastructure Picks Rally, Led by Marvell and Penguin Solutions

Just three trading days into June, model-driven stock selections published for subscribers under $9 a month have produced substantial gains. Marvell Technology shares jumped roughly 58.78% for the month so far, and Penguin Solutions has risen about 26.90%, after both companies' AI-related positioning and guidance reinforced investor interest. Sever…