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Australian Lithium Stocks Slide as Prices and Supply Concerns Weigh

Australian Lithium Stocks Slide as Prices and Supply Concerns Weigh

Australian-listed lithium producers and developers fell broadly on Tuesday as China’s benchmark lithium carbonate futures retreated and market participants priced in rising supply and subdued near-term demand for the battery metal. The sector underperformed the S&P/ASX 200, with several companies hitting multi-week lows.

BMW’s bid to catch up in China’s fast-moving EV market faces long odds

BMW’s bid to catch up in China’s fast-moving EV market faces long odds

BMW is pinning its China turnaround on the Neue Klasse electric vehicle family after two consecutive years of falling sales and a sharp second-quarter decline. The automaker’s delayed entry into China’s rapid EV development cycle, coupled with local rivals delivering new technologies in months rather than years, leaves BMW scrambling to regain rele…

IDBI Share Price Climbs as Reported Fairfax Offer Nears Government Approval

IDBI Share Price Climbs as Reported Fairfax Offer Nears Government Approval

IDBI Bank shares rose on Tuesday following reports that India’s government is close to accepting an enhanced offer from Canada’s Fairfax Financial for a controlling stake. The move is part of a broader privatisation process the government aims to complete by FY27, with the combined sale of government and LIC stakes expected to fetch between ₹50,000…

Baidu Shares Drop Nearly 10% as Advertising and Search Growth Show Strain

Baidu Shares Drop Nearly 10% as Advertising and Search Growth Show Strain

Baidu's Hong Kong-listed shares fell 9.8% to HK$103.1 on Tuesday after an analyst preview signaled softness in the company's core digital advertising and search business. Management commentary and market moves suggest revenue stress in advertising and possible traffic substitution to AI chatbots, while a broader pullback in Chinese technology stock…

Yaskawa Shares Slide to April Low After Profit Miss, Guidance Left Intact

Yaskawa Shares Slide to April Low After Profit Miss, Guidance Left Intact

Yaskawa Electric's stock fell for a second consecutive session after the factory automation and robotics firm reported a decline in operating profit despite revenue growth. The share drop pushed the price to its lowest level since April 27 as investors focused on margin pressures from an ERP migration and European restructuring costs, and on manage…

Vault and Genesis to Combine, Forming A$12.6 Billion Gold Producer

Vault and Genesis to Combine, Forming A$12.6 Billion Gold Producer

Genesis Minerals will acquire Vault Minerals in a binding transaction that values Vault at about A$5.6 billion. The deal, cleared after rival Regis Resources withdrew, will create a combined business with an estimated market capitalisation of A$12.6 billion and projected annual production of up to 700,000 ounces of gold.

Nvidia Narrows Asia Customer List as Compliance Checks Intensify

Nvidia Narrows Asia Customer List as Compliance Checks Intensify

Nvidia has cut the roster of Asian customers eligible to purchase its artificial intelligence chips by more than half, instituting a new white list and stepped-up vetting in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan. The move, which allows excluded firms to reapply after making changes, follows pressure from U.S. authorities and sits alongside separate crimina…

Japan Considers Letting Retail Accounts Hold Government Bonds as Lawmaker Presses GPIF on Domestic Investment

Japan Considers Letting Retail Accounts Hold Government Bonds as Lawmaker Presses GPIF on Domestic Investment

Japan’s finance minister proposed permitting government bonds to be included in the tax-advantaged Nippon Individual Savings Account (NISA) and indicated the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) could alter its strategic mix if needed. Officials framed the comments as part of a push to steer more household savings and institutional capital int…

YPF Electric Energy flags strong quarterly revenue gain in U.S. IPO filing

YPF Electric Energy flags strong quarterly revenue gain in U.S. IPO filing

YPF Electric Energy said quarterly revenue rose 45.8% and net profit climbed as it filed for a U.S. initial public offering, detailing its mix of thermal and renewable capacity and naming global coordinators for an American Depositary Share listing on the NYSE under the symbol YLUZ. A stakeholder will sell shares and the company will not receive pr…

Mexican equities retreat as S&P/BMV IPC falls 0.79% to one-month low

Mexican equities retreat as S&P/BMV IPC falls 0.79% to one-month low

Mexico's main stock gauge closed lower Monday, with the S&P/BMV IPC sliding 0.79% to a fresh one-month low. Industrial names and consumer-focused stocks led declines, while a handful of large-cap firms posted gains. Commodity and FX markets registered notable moves, including a sharp drop in gold futures and a surge in U.S. crude oil.

L3Harris Awarded $70.8 Million Navy Contract Modification

L3Harris Awarded $70.8 Million Navy Contract Modification

L3Harris Technologies received a $70.8 million modification to an existing U.S. Navy contract to supply equipment, components and engineering support. The work, structured under a mix of firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangements, will be carried out at facilities in Millersville, Maryland; Liverpool, New York; and Ashaway, Rhode Island,…