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Heineken has named Rafael Oliveira as its new chair and chief executive officer, the first time the Dutch brewer has recruited an external candidate for the top role. Oliveira, who has led JDE Peet’s since 2024 and held senior roles at Kraft Heinz, will start on October 1 for a four-year term and is expected to push forward Heineken’s 2030 strategi…
Volkswagen shares fell after Citi reduced earnings forecasts and cut its price target to €94 from €110, citing faster-than-expected sales declines in China and growing structural and geopolitical challenges that are pressuring margins, volumes and cash flow projections for the automaker and its businesses.
Global semiconductor equities plunged on Tuesday as a sweeping technology selloff moved from Asian markets into Europe and threatened U.S. openings. Concerns about richly priced AI-related stocks and the likelihood of higher U.S. borrowing costs weighed on demand for chip makers, hitting memory leaders in South Korea hardest and sending major Europ…
Morgan Stanley moved GEA Group from Underweight to Equal-weight and raised its price target to 60 euros from 58 euros, saying a steep de-rating has largely reflected medium-term growth concerns. The broker points to a stronger-than-expected first quarter, management confidence in the order pipeline and a net cash position as reasons the risk-reward…
Infleqtion's stock climbed in pre-market trading after the White House issued executive orders accelerating federal efforts in quantum technologies and the company announced a founding-members coalition for space-based quantum applications. The move comes on top of a letter of intent from the Commerce Department's CHIPS research office for up to $1…
Brenntag SE reported preliminary second-quarter operating EBITDA of roughly €450 million, comfortably above analyst consensus, and raised its full-year 2026 operating EBITDA guidance. Despite the stronger-than-expected result and an upgraded outlook, the company's shares fell as management stressed lingering uncertainty and the risk of weaker deman…
International Business Machines Co. shares climbed in pre-market trading after President Trump signed two executive orders on quantum computing and publicly praised IBM's chief executive. The orders set aggressive federal targets for quantum deployments and cryptography migration, while an existing Commerce Department funding plan and a new AI-driv…
Telenor shares fell about 1.0% to trade at NOK 143.4 after Barclays downgraded the stock from Equalweight to Underweight and reduced its price target to NOK 140 from NOK 160. The bank noted Telenor was the only EU telecom operator to issue a profit warning in Q1 2026, and analysts expect further deterioration in Finland and Norway in Q2. Recent dow…
IG4, a private equity firm that recently took co-control of Braskem, is pursuing a path to acquire Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer Raizen. The firm aims to win creditor support and reach a binding commitment to buy Raizen by the end of March 2027, contingent on a successful pitch to creditors and other stakeholders. IG4 has presented a non-bin…
Barclays adjusted its ratings across several Nordic telecom operators after identifying a near-term growth slowdown in Finland and Norway that could weigh on second-half results. The bank downgraded Telenor to Underweight and trimmed its price target, while upgrading Telia to Equal Weight and raising its target price. Elisa and Tele2 ratings were u…
Nasdaq-linked futures dropped about 2% early Tuesday as investors fretted over looming U.S. interest rate increases and the impact of higher borrowing costs on corporate AI investments. Broader U.S. futures fell, commodity prices eased, and market attention turned to upcoming business activity surveys and a key inflation reading later in the week.
Ramsdens shares climbed sharply after FirstCash Holdings announced a recommended all-cash offer of 600 pence per share through its UK subsidiary Chess Bidco Limited. The proposal, which includes an interim dividend, values the transaction at roughly £206 million and sets a timetable that could see completion by the end of 2026, subject to sharehold…
Telecom Plus PLC saw its shares plunge as much as 29.4% after reporting full-year FY26 results and issuing weaker forward guidance for the year ending 2027. Management warned adjusted pre-tax profit for 2027 will fall to between 80m and 90m versus a record 132.2m in the year just ended, while announcing a steep cut to the final dividend and a fi…
FirstCash Holdings has agreed to buy Ramsdens Holdings for 600 pence per share in cash, with an interim dividend of up to 9 pence per share payable on October 9. The transaction values Ramsdens at roughly £206 million ($273 million) including the dividend. Ramsdens shares jumped more than 30% on the announcement, reaching an intraday record of 600 …
RWE AG's stock slid after the company unveiled a €4 billion equity issuance to finance a move from a minority to a majority holding in German grid operator Amprion. An accelerated placement of roughly 74.4 million shares, equal to about 10% of RWE's share capital, priced at €54.00 per share and issued without subscription rights, has set a near-ter…
Morgan Stanley adjusted coverage across several European medical-technology names, upgrading Demant and Qiagen and nudging Sonova higher to equal-weight while downgrading bioMerieux. The bank cited early signs of demand recovery in hearing aids and life sciences, attractive entry valuations after sector de-rating, and a roughly 5% compound annual s…
Bunzl Plc shares climbed after the company published a half-year trading update that raised its full-year 2026 revenue outlook, flagged a return to year-on-year adjusted operating profit with a slight margin improvement, and announced the acquisition of Scientifix Group in Australia. The update attributed revenue momentum to product-cost inflation …
Citi has named two established Japanese electronics companies - Panasonic and Mitsubishi Electric - as its preferred picks within the country’s industrial and consumer electronics sector. Panasonic is pursuing a ¥1.3 trillion sales target for its industry segment by the fiscal year ending March 2029, with a substantial portion of the planned expans…
Worldpanel by Numerator reported that UK grocery inflation slowed to 3.0% in the four weeks to June 14, down from 3.1% a month earlier. The data, an early indicator ahead of official figures due on July 22, also showed grocery sales rising 2.4% year-on-year over the same period, while shoppers leaned heavily on promotions and some categories saw ma…
European equity markets opened sharply lower as initial optimism about a U.S.-Iran peace agreement faded and investors re-focused on the inflationary consequences of recent conflict and the prospect of additional central bank tightening. Major indices from the STOXX 600 to national benchmarks in Germany, France, Italy and the U.K. booked declines, …
Japan's equity market closed lower on Tuesday, with the Nikkei 225 sliding 3.46% as declines in the Paper & Pulp, Transport and Communication sectors dominated trade. Market breadth favored decliners, volatility on Nikkei options eased, and oil, gold and major FX pairs moved lower alongside the index.
Barclays lifted its S&P 500 year-end target to 7,800 from 7,650 and published an initial 2027 target of 8,800, driven primarily by an improved earnings outlook. The bank increased its 2026 EPS forecast to $337 and introduced a 2027 EPS projection of $389, while trimming valuation multiples for Big Tech and flagging a number of macro and sector-leve…
Morgan Stanley has kept Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) as its highest-conviction pick in the U.S. beverages sector, maintaining an Overweight rating. The bank points to accelerated Fairlife sales tied to added capacity, sustained pricing strength relative to consumer packaged goods peers, and favorable foreign exchange and price-to-cost dynamics as reasons fo…
Australian equities closed lower on Tuesday, with the S&P/ASX 200 falling 0.33% as weakness in information technology, gold and metals & mining stocks outweighed gains in a handful of names. Market breadth favored decliners, the VIX eased and commodity prices retreated, while currency moves were mixed.
Heineken N.V. has nominated Rafael Oliveira, current CEO of JDE Peet's N.V., to be its next chief executive. The Supervisory Board will propose Oliveira for a four-year term beginning Oct. 1, subject to shareholder approval at an Extraordinary General Meeting scheduled for Aug. 5. Oliveira joins Heineken after leadership roles across major consumer…
