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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…
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.
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…
Frontier Airlines said on Tuesday it will begin offering in-flight Wi-Fi via SpaceX’s Starlink and plans installations across its fleet in early 2027. The carrier is the first U.S. ultra-low-cost airline to commit to Starlink as the satellite internet provider competes with Amazon’s Kuiper for airline customers. The move follows Frontier’s recent p…
Regulatory disclosures filed for transactions made between July 9 and July 13, 2026, show sizeable insider accumulation at Energizer Holdings and large-scale disposals tied to SharkNinja. Additional material insider purchases were reported at Gloo Holdings, IPERIONX, and Caris Life Sciences, while heavy selling was recorded for Arista Networks, Del…
Piper Sandler upgraded Halliburton and Patterson-UTI Energy to Overweight from Neutral, pointing to strengthening U.S. land activity, higher frac utilization and firmer pricing as catalysts ahead of second-quarter earnings. The firm signaled continued geopolitical-driven oil price swings but sees a more constructive multi-year outlook for selected …
A Bank of America survey of European fund managers shows a dramatic rise in optimism for European equities: a net 91% now expect gains over the next 12 months and the survey-implied expected return has increased to 6.3%. Near-term sentiment has also turned positive, and investors are tilting toward cyclicals and banks while remaining cautious on th…
Germany’s Commission for Licensing and Supervision (ZAK), representing the country’s 14 state media authorities, said AI-generated search summaries and chatbot responses from services such as Google’s AI Overviews and Perplexity are to be treated as content produced by the providers themselves and therefore fall within the scope of German media law…
Germany's Commission for Licensing and Supervision (ZAK) has declared that AI-generated search summaries and chatbot responses produced by Google and Perplexity are subject to German media regulation. The decision follows a Munich court finding that Google can be held responsible for false statements generated by its AI Overview feature, and ZAK sa…
Morgan Stanley opened coverage on three Nordic property and casualty insurers with differentiated ratings, arguing the historical quality premium enjoyed by the region has narrowed and may compress further. The bank initiated Sampo at equal-weight with a €9.80 price target, initiated Gjensidige at underweight with a NKr 260 target, and cut Tryg to …
Saudi Arabia's stock market ended lower on Tuesday, with the Tadawul All Share index falling 0.80% to a three-month low. Gains in several mid-cap names were offset by declines in media and banking stocks. Crude oil, Brent and gold futures all registered notable rises, while the U.S. dollar futures eased.
HSBC downgraded IBM from Hold to Reduce and cut its price target to $191 from $231. The bank said a constructed basket of SAP, Accenture, HP and IonQ - a 'synthetic IBM' - would cost roughly the same as IBM today but offer materially higher estimated 2030 earnings per share. HSBC also highlighted concerns about IBM's quantum order flow and reliance…
Workday stock dropped sharply in pre-market trade following a surprise preliminary earnings update from IBM that fell short of expectations. IBM reported $17.2 billion in revenue for the quarter, a 1% increase year over year, and said clients are reallocating capital expenditures toward hardware - a development that could siphon discretionary IT do…
U.S. equity futures steadied near unchanged on Tuesday as market attention shifted from Middle East tensions to the start of the second-quarter earnings cycle led by major banks. Semiconductor and data-center-related stocks led premarket gains after corporate announcements, while IBM's subdued update weighed on software names. Big banks reported mi…
KeyBanc Capital Markets downgraded Apple to Underweight from Sector Weight and set a $250 price target, citing weakening hardware demand as measured by its proprietary KFLD spending index and growing concerns about fiscal 2027 growth assumptions. The firm highlighted below-trend U.S. spending in June, potential pressure on Services revenue from slo…
Liberty Energy shares climbed about 3% in pre-market trading after the company announced a strategic partnership with SLB to provide modular data center infrastructure and integrated power generation solutions. SLB will contribute modular infrastructure and global project execution capabilities, while Liberty will deliver modular power generation s…
Bank of America has turned constructive on the European software sector ahead of second-quarter earnings, arguing that the sector's steep underperformance year-to-date creates an appealing risk-reward profile. The brokerage expects software revenue growth of 9.4% for the quarter and reiterated buy recommendations on SAP, Sage, Planisware and Temeno…
A coalition of U.S. states has filed a lawsuit seeking to block Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros Discovery, arguing the deal would concentrate market power among film distributors and cable networks. The complaint warns the consolidation could force theaters to accept less favorable revenue shares, curb investments in the theater experi…
Texas Instruments shares climbed in pre-market activity after KeyBanc raised its price target to $390 from $325 and kept an Overweight rating, while Citi reiterated its Buy stance with a $345 target. The analyst moves come as the company approaches its Q2 2026 earnings report on July 22, with consensus estimates pointing to roughly $1.90 in EPS and…
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions said it received about $400 million in new Department of Defense funding tied to hypersonic system programs and other national security initiatives. The company said the funds began flowing in June and accelerated in July, and management expects the award to lift organic growth, increase operating cash receipts a…
Bank of America reported a robust Q2 2026 with net income and revenue comfortably ahead of analyst expectations, driven by record sales and trading and a rebound in investment banking fees. Despite the beats, BAC shares fell modestly in pre-open trading as the stock’s run-up left limited upside and broader market weakness prompted risk-off position…
Citi Research moved EFG International from a neutral to a buy rating, citing a year-to-date share decline that has materially de-rated the Swiss private bank versus peers. The bank's target price was raised to SFr18.80, implying roughly a 16.6% total return, and Citi detailed fiscal 2028 earnings and dividend projections while flagging contingent l…
