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Holcim Ltd. has agreed to acquire part of James Hardie Industries Plc’s European business for just under €840 million ($981 million). James Hardie is exiting Europe and winding down its fiber cement business to concentrate on growth in North America and Australia. The transaction enlarges Holcim’s offerings in building, sustainable flooring and wal…
U.S. stock indexes closed lower on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding 1.31%, the S&P 500 falling 0.86% and the Nasdaq Composite dropping 1.00%. Losses were concentrated in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Industrials sectors. Several high-profile individual stock moves punctuated the session, including steep declines in Mo…
Canada's main equity index closed modestly lower as losses in Financials, Healthcare and Consumer Staples outpaced gains elsewhere. A group of miners and resource-related names led gains, while select small- and mid-cap names posted notable declines. Commodity prices, including gold and crude oil, moved higher and the S&P/TSX volatility gauge rose.
Brazil's Bovespa index ended Thursday's session with a modest gain of 0.06%, driven by advances in Basic Materials, Electric Power and Telecoms components. Minerva, Marcopolo and SLC Agrícola were the top performers, while Grupo Vamos and Hapvida posted the largest declines, with the latter falling to 52-week lows. Market breadth favored decliners …
Flux Power Holdings Inc. shares dropped 2.4% in after-hours trading following the company's release of fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2026 results. Management set a 4:30 PM ET conference call to discuss the outcome. The report arrives after a difficult prior quarter, tight cash reserves and an active Nasdaq minimum bid price compliance notice.
Shares of Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAH) fell in after-hours trading following disclosure that certain selling stockholders plan to offer 15 million shares of common stock in a secondary sale. The offering involves affiliates of J.H. Whitney Equity Partners VII, LLC and certain current and former company directors and officers, wit…
Sugar futures are trading at 17.50¢/lb, close to a 52-week peak of 17.66, after a six-month advance of 26.2%. While trend indicators across daily, weekly and monthly frames remain bullish, momentum oscillators are deeply overbought and today's sharp intraday reversal from 18.26 to 17.50 highlights a risk of near-term pullback. The monthly MACD rema…
Alibaba reported second-quarter results for FY2026 that show a deliberate trade-off between near-term profitability and long-term AI cloud expansion. Adjusted earnings per share came in below expectations and margins contracted, while AI Cloud and AI product lines delivered strong revenue growth. Management reiterated that demand for AI infrastruct…
Advance Auto Parts reported a Q2 beat on headline EPS driven largely by a one-time tariff refund, while underlying operational metrics painted a mixed picture. Margin expansion and meaningful free cash flow improvements reflect supply-chain restructuring gains, yet comparable sales slipped and DIY demand weakened, leaving guidance unchanged and the…
Vox.com has cut four positions in what company leadership describes as an organizational realignment aimed at sharpening editorial focus and expanding audience engagement across platforms. The move is the first personnel restructuring since James Murdoch's investment vehicle, Lupa Systems, acquired Vox.com along with the Vox Media podcast network a…
The Environmental Protection Agency will allow an early transition from summer to winter gasoline blends by moving the usual seasonal change up to September 1. The policy relaxes summertime low-volatility requirements, permits continued sale of gasoline with 10% ethanol and a less-clean-burning winter formulation, and is intended to raise domestic …
Anthropic PBC is preparing for a public listing and is targeting a flotation that could equal or surpass the size of SpaceX’s record initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is advancing filing preparations, lining up financing and engaging major banks as it reads market interest and finalizes terms.
Alphabet is introducing a set of personalization controls across Search, Discover and Google News intended to give users more control over the content they see and to provide publishers a mechanism to connect directly with readers. Key features include an embeddable Preferred Sources button, on-the-fly Discover feed customization and topic-based au…
Trading on Thursday produced divergent moves across market-cap brackets. Several mega-cap names fell, while semiconductor and cryptocurrency-related stocks led gains elsewhere. Company earnings, analyst actions and transaction announcements were among the drivers cited for the largest percentage changes.
Nvidia plans limited shipments of a reworked artificial intelligence accelerator to Chinese customers by year-end, using a modified Language Processing Unit built on licensed Groq technology. The device is designed to work alongside locally available processors because Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin architecture is barred from export to China …
Shares of SharonAI Holdings declined sharply after the company announced completion of the initial phase of a roughly $950 million, five-year AI cloud infrastructure contract with an unnamed global technology client with major Asia-Pacific operations. The milestone released escrowed cash and begins a staged revenue cadence into late 2026, but inves…
Turkey's benchmark index ended Thursday lower, with the BIST 100 retreating 0.43% as losses in Information Technology, Textile & Leather and Banking names outnumbered the winners. Several individual stocks posted double-digit percentage moves in both directions amid gains in gold and crude oil and modest FX shifts.
Transocean rallied after revealing a two-year binding Letter of Award with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for its Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 drillship. The campaign is expected to start in the first quarter of 2027 and is worth roughly $300 million including services and mobilization fees, with two priced option years that could extend work in…
Athens shares closed modestly higher on Thursday, with the Athens General Composite up 0.23%. Gains were led by the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors, while market breadth favored advancing issues over decliners. Several names, including Optima bank SA and Kri-Kri Milk, hit all-time highs as commodities and FX showed mixed moves.
Tactical Resources began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market after completing a deal with special purpose acquisition vehicle Plum Acquisition III Corp, drawing early selling pressure. CEO Ranjeet Sundher says the transaction gives the Vancouver-based rare earths miner better access to U.S. partners, investors and the market for its Peak Project i…
Marathon Digital Holdings stock rallied sharply after the company struck a deal to acquire Long Ridge Energy & Power, a transaction that increases its controllable power footprint and aligns with management’s strategy to broaden beyond pure Bitcoin mining into AI and high-performance computing infrastructure. Positive quarterly results from CoreWea…
Barclays reports a 9% year-on-year increase in China's semiconductor equipment imports in July, an acceleration from June's 4% rise and following declines earlier in 2026. The improvement is concentrated in logic-related spending in the Shanghai region, with lithography, chemical vapor deposition and assembly/back-end tools showing gains while etch…
As institutional flows favor AI infrastructure over legacy software, several high-quality, cash-generative SaaS companies are trading at valuation levels not seen since 2016. This analysis ranks six names where free cash flow yields, margins and growth create potential value for private equity and long-term investors, while highlighting near-term c…
Qtrex Quantum Ltd. fell sharply in morning trading after announcing a registered direct offering of 11,111,111 ordinary shares expected to raise about $10 million before fees and expenses. The placement, arranged with one existing institutional investor and one new global institutional investor, amplified investor concerns about dilution at a compa…
Cinema operators across the United Kingdom are rolling out policies to either ban or limit the use of camera-enabled smart glasses, including Meta’s AI-powered eyewear, citing film piracy and privacy concerns. The UK Cinema Association said measures vary by venue and that it will work with members to keep policies balanced, while recent court rulin…
