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Pulsenmore Ltd. disclosed the pricing of a $7.5 million private placement with a healthcare-focused institutional investor, a move that coincided with a roughly 10% decline in the company’s shares. The deal calls for the sale of up to 1,562,500 ordinary shares (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) alongside warrants to purchase an equal number o…
Alphabet shares fell in pre-market trading as fresh departures of core AI researchers and a postponed Gemini model release compounded investor concerns about the company’s position in generative AI. Despite strong underlying business metrics at Google Cloud and a recent capital raise that won support from some analysts, market sentiment remained fr…
KKR & Co's stock rose 0.9% in pre-market trading after the firm disclosed that monetization income for the second quarter through June 24, 2026 has exceeded $900 million. The tally, weighted roughly 80% toward realized performance income and 20% toward realized investment income, outpaced both the firm's three-year quarterly average and the first-q…
BofA Securities upgraded Sika AG to neutral from underperform and increased its price target to 170 Swiss francs from 122 Swiss francs, citing an end to the earnings downgrade cycle, lower margin risk from falling oil prices, and improving regional volume trends including stronger data centre activity in the U.S. The broker raised 2026-28 EBIT esti…
J.D. Power's latest initial quality survey of nearly 80,000 buyers and lessees of 2026 model-year vehicles shows the automotive industry achieved its largest year-over-year improvement in reported problems since 1997. Ford Motor led mass-market brands with the best initial quality score, a turnaround from prior years, even as the company remains bu…
Partners Group’s chairman said the firm does not intend to change its overall strategy following recent withdrawal limits on an $8.6 billion open-ended private equity fund, but indicated future evergreen funds could be kept slightly smaller to align with flow dynamics. The firm’s stock has fallen sharply this year amid investor concerns about alter…
Micron Technology reported fiscal third-quarter results that far outpaced analyst expectations, driven by sustained demand for AI-related memory hardware and a string of long-term customer commitments. Revenue and adjusted EPS dramatically exceeded forecasts, gross margins widened sharply, and management outlined substantial multi-year contractual …
JPMorgan has identified retreating retail leverage in options and margin accounts as a potential headwind for technology stocks. The bank's analysis points to a recent peak in small-account call buying, margin leverage at extreme historical levels with tentative signs of easing, and significant leverage inside risk parity funds. JPMorgan also highl…
UBS Global Research has moved Freenet AG from a sell rating to neutral after the stock dropped 29% from its February high. The research team left its 12-month price target at €25 and highlighted a floor valuation of €21 and potential upside tied to a Telefonica Deutschland contract renegotiation. UBS also outlined expectations for Q2 results and lo…
Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA) saw its shares decline 13% in pre-market trading after announcing a priced underwritten public offering totaling 32,500,001 common shares and 833,333 pre-funded warrants. The offering, which is expected to generate roughly $200.0 million in gross proceeds before fees and expenses, is scheduled to close on or about June …
Steve Jarrett, who served as Chief AI Officer at French telecom Orange since 2019, has accepted a role with U.S. AI firm Anthropic. He will begin on August 25, will be based in Paris, and will initially focus on helping Anthropic tailor its products for European and African markets. The move comes as Anthropic opens additional European offices and …
Susquehanna raised its Micron Technology price target to $2,000 from $1,750 after the memory chipmaker delivered record fiscal third-quarter results and guidance that exceeded analyst estimates. The upgrade follows a string of long-term, non-cancellable customer agreements that cover significant portions of DRAM and NAND supply and include price fl…
Carlos Ghosn says shareholder proposals seeking his return to Nissan signal mounting frustration after successive management teams failed to reverse the automaker’s decline. Pointing to an 80% fall in the company’s share price since 2018, a fall in annual sales to roughly 3 million vehicles from over 5 million and other indicators of weakening perf…
BlackBerry lifted its full-year 2027 revenue forecast after reporting a strong first quarter driven by its QNX division, which supplies secure operating systems for automotive and other embedded systems. QNX revenue climbed nearly 26% to $72.3 million for the quarter ended May 31 and carries a backlog of almost $1 billion in future royalties. The c…
UBS upgraded Gurit Holding AG from "neutral" to "buy" and raised its 12-month price target to CHF43 from CHF25. The bank cited a combination of internal restructuring, an expected sales inflection in 2026, and a more balanced wind-market supply-demand picture as the rationale. UBS also revised earnings estimates higher across 2026-2028 and forecast…
WidePoint Corporation's stock climbed sharply after the company was named the sole awardee for the Department of Homeland Security's Cellular Wireless Managed Services 3.0 contract, a 10-year IDIQ with a contract ceiling of roughly $3.1 billion and an ordering period beginning June 25, 2026. The award tasks WidePoint with providing an integrated su…
Darden Restaurants reported adjusted diluted EPS of $3.66 for its fiscal fourth quarter ended May 31, beating analyst expectations by $0.03, while revenue of $3.72 billion narrowly missed the consensus. The quarter included an extra week that added $0.25 to EPS. Management issued fiscal 2027 guidance above Street estimates and announced an increase…
Documents reviewed by Reuters show Morgan Stanley provided one of the earliest pieces of institutional capital to entities controlled by Paresh Raja, the founder of Market Financial Solutions Ltd. The investment - a £50 million purchase of Class A loan notes in November 2021 from Earthave Bridging - preceded a wider set of bank exposures that left …
Barclays has reaffirmed equities as its preferred asset class for the third quarter, arguing that an AI-driven U.S. earnings cycle should offset concerns about currently stretched valuations. The bank raised its 2026 S&P 500 EPS forecast and price target, highlighted favored sectors tied to AI investment, flagged Japan as a compelling non-U.S. expo…
Deutsche Bank has upgraded Vonovia SE from hold to buy and raised its price target to €26 from €25, adding the German landlord to a trio of sector top picks that includes Merlin Properties and VGP. Analyst Thomas Rothaeusler cites trough valuation and priced-in rate expectations as reasons for upside potential, even as the bank adopts a cautious ma…
McCormick & Company reported quarterly results that exceeded analyst estimates, with adjusted EPS of $0.80 and revenue of $1.94 billion. The company reiterated its fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS guidance and expects full-year net sales growth driven in part by the McCormick de Mexico acquisition. Improved gross margins were supported by the acquisition, …
Eni SpA shares fell 1.8% to trade at €20.415 during the session as a drop in crude oil benchmarks, with the WTI August futures around $69.5 per barrel, pressured oil-sector stocks on Piazza Affari. No company-specific news was found to explain the decline, which follows a substantial retracement from a 52-week high hit in early April 2026.
On June 25 McCormick reported second-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings above Wall Street expectations, citing sustained consumer demand for spices and seasonings as households cook more at home amid economic uncertainty. The company also reiterated progress on its proposed roughly $45 billion merger with Unilever’s food business, a deal that wo…
Darden Restaurants shares fell about 2.1% in pre-market trading as investors positioned for the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 results. Street expectations call for adjusted EPS near $3.63–$3.64 and revenue of $3.73 billion. Concerns centered on Olive Garden same-store sales, where one analyst modeled results below consensus, while LongHorn S…
Schaeffler shares climbed after Citi characterized the stock as a buying opportunity, citing a near-trough valuation for the core business and potential additional value from non-automotive initiatives. The move came amid improving operating margins reported in Q1 2026 and a broader constructive trading backdrop for German equities.
