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DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has begun discussions with potential investors about a new financing round only weeks after completing a $7 billion fundraising in early June, the Financial Times reported. The company is reportedly seeking a pre-money valuation of $71 billion, intends to deploy proceeds to expand computing capac…
Energizer Holdings (ENR) is trading near $20, a level that several valuation models mark as substantially below estimated intrinsic value. Since April 14, 2026, Aqua Capital has been steadily acquiring shares, lifting its direct stake to roughly 7.48 million shares. Metrics such as a low forward P/E, depressed price-to-sales and an outsized return …
Barclays has launched coverage of SK Hynix's newly listed American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) with an Overweight rating and a $330 price target, signaling potential upside of nearly 117% from a recent close. Analyst Simon Coles bases the bullish stance on a forecasted mismatch between DRAM bit supply and demand in 2027, SK Hynix's leadership in hig…
Deutsche Bank's analysis projects that SpaceX could bring the cost of running large-scale data centers in orbit in line with terrestrial equivalents by the early 2030s. The projection rests on the company’s Starmind plan of AI1 satellites using optical inter-satellite links, expansion of Starlink fleets, advances in satellite optical terminal capac…
Tower Semiconductor said it will invest $3 billion to expand manufacturing capabilities in Japan, and the news sent the company's shares up about 19% in pre-market trading. The plan is organized in two phases, with the Government of Japan providing $1 billion in grants to support the project. The first phase targets production readiness in the four…
Nebius Group NV has entered into an agreement to sell in excess of $1 billion of computing power to Reflection AI, with the provision running through 2029. The arrangement includes access to Nvidia GB300 AI processors. Reflection AI, founded by two former Google DeepMind researchers, is expanding model development capacity and has recently secured …
Newmont Goldcorp shares rose in pre-market trading after TD Cowen raised its rating on the stock from Hold to Buy. The upgrade joins an already favorable analyst consensus and a fair-value estimate that implies substantial upside versus current levels. Investors are positioning ahead of Newmont's Q2 2026 earnings report on July 23, with the company…
Rio Tinto's American Depositary Receipt climbed about 2.0% in pre-market trading to $91.61 after copper futures advanced, driven by production pressures in Chile. A recent wave of analyst downgrades appears largely priced in, and investors are positioning ahead of the miner's July 29, 2026 earnings release. The move stands in contrast to a softer U…
Berenberg initiated coverage of Danish property and casualty insurer Alm. Brand A/S with a "hold" rating and a DKK17 price target, highlighting the company’s successful integration of Codan Danmark but pointing to three principal risks - softer pricing in commercial lines, a Supreme Court ruling raising claims exposure, and a regulator review of pr…
Major software stocks fell sharply after IBM reported softer-than-expected preliminary results and said clients had shifted spending toward hardware to secure memory and other infrastructure amid a supply-constrained market. The combination of rising memory prices driven by AI data center demand and near-term cybersecurity priorities has investors …
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. rose 1.1% in pre-market trade to $60.60 after copper futures strengthened and the company announced a cash dividend with an imminent ex-dividend date. Institutional accumulation and an upcoming Q2 2026 earnings report added to investor motivation to buy before the regular session.
B. Riley argues that second-quarter earnings from ASML and TSMC will carry outsized informational value for the semiconductor and semiconductor capital equipment sectors, saying a roughly $880 billion surge in AI infrastructure spending has arrived about a year earlier than it previously expected. The firm points to upgraded CY26 hyper-scale guidan…
Goldman Sachs projects June core consumer price index (CPI) to rise 0.17% month-over-month, a touch below market consensus, while headline CPI is expected to fall 0.11% month-over-month. The firm says the release will be an important input for Federal Reserve policy choices, with nuances across rent, travel, energy and autos shaping its softer core…
Preliminary data compiled by Macquarie shows U.S. revenue per available room (RevPAR) rose 8.7% in June 2026, driven by a mix of leisure travel and World Cup-related demand. The increase reflected gains in both average daily rate and occupancy, with luxury and upper-upscale hotels outperforming lower chainscales. Macquarie favors Hyatt Hotels based…
Thomson Reuters will sell 51% of its Global Print unit to private equity firm KKR for approximately $500 million and form a venture that will hold exclusive licensing rights for distributing its legal and tax content in print and digital book formats. Thomson Reuters will retain intellectual property rights, editorial control and a 49% stake in the…
CleanSpark shares jumped in pre-market trading after the company disclosed a 20-year infrastructure lease at its Sandersville, Georgia data center campus with a high-investment-grade global technology tenant. The agreement, which includes two five-year extension options, is projected to deliver about $6.6 billion in contracted revenue over the init…
IBM reported second-quarter revenue and non-GAAP EPS below analyst consensus, citing softness in its Z mainframe transaction processing and a shift in client capital spending toward servers, storage and memory. Shares fell 14% on the news as the company detailed margin contractions, cash flow generation and pockets of growth in Red Hat and Distribu…
Needham continues to expect the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance to close, even after a lawsuit brought by 12 state attorneys general alleging the transaction would harm competition. Paramount Skydance has pledged to increase film output and preserve staff and content budgets, and it still lists September 30 as the target…
International Business Machines shares fell in pre-market trading after HSBC lowered its rating from Hold to Reduce and set a $191 price target, well below the stock's prior close of $290.23. The downgrade, one of the more bearish among roughly 24 analysts covering the company, added a second sell-equivalent view to the analyst mix and intensified …
Wells Fargo shares climbed 1.5% in pre-market trading after the bank reported second-quarter 2026 results that exceeded analyst estimates. The bank posted earnings per share of $2.00 versus a consensus of $1.72, and revenue of $22.62 billion versus $21.87 billion expected. Net income rose to $6.41 billion from $5.49 billion a year earlier, a 17% in…
JPMorgan Chase reported Q2 EPS of $7.70 and revenue of $57.35 billion, topping analyst expectations, but the results included roughly $1.56 of per-share significant items and management left full-year guidance unchanged. With the stock trading near its 52-week high and a volatile macro backdrop including the June CPI release, JPMorgan shares fell i…
Canadian equity futures opened lower as a flare-up of military activity in the Middle East and hawkish commentary from U.S. central bank officials pushed investors toward defense and away from riskier assets ahead of the U.S. Consumer Price Index release. Brent crude traded near one-month highs, while gold futures moved sharply lower, creating mixe…
India's merchandise trade deficit expanded to $30.4 billion in June from $28.2 billion in May, driven primarily by a larger non-oil trade gap. Exports slowed while imports accelerated, with notable moves in oil, gold and electronics-related shipments. The services surplus edged down as services imports rose faster than exports.
Intuit Inc. shares fell in pre-market trading after Piper Sandler initiated coverage with an Underweight rating and a $250 price target, the most negative call among analysts. The new initiation follows earlier downgrades from Stifel and Goldman Sachs and comes amid securities-fraud investigations tied to weak fiscal Q3 2026 tax-season results. Bro…
TKO Group shares climbed in pre-market trading after Seaport Global Securities upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy and set a $210 price target. The firm cited an improved risk/reward after regional geopolitical headwinds were better understood and raised near-term estimates. Broader markets remained under pressure as investors awaited June CPI a…
