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Italian family sues Meta and TikTok after 12-year-old’s death, citing algorithmic exposure to self-harm content

Italian family sues Meta and TikTok after 12-year-old’s death, citing algorithmic exposure to self-harm content

A family in northern Italy is among plaintiffs in the country’s first collective legal action directly challenging major social media companies and their recommendation systems, after their 12-year-old daughter died by suicide following months of exposure to self-harm content. The suit seeks stricter limits on minors’ access and greater transparenc…

Judge to Review Deferred Prosecution Deal Between U.S. and Halkbank

Judge to Review Deferred Prosecution Deal Between U.S. and Halkbank

A Manhattan federal judge is scheduled to determine whether to accept a deferred prosecution agreement between the U.S. Justice Department and Turkey's state-run Halkbank that would end a criminal case accusing the lender of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions. Prosecutors have asked the court to dismiss the indictment after a compliance monitor repo…

Tamron Shares Leap After Management Lays Out Aggressive Mid-Term Targets

Tamron Shares Leap After Management Lays Out Aggressive Mid-Term Targets

Tamron shares climbed sharply, reaching a record intraday price of ¥1,325 after management released a mid-term plan that lifts revenue and operating profit targets through December 2029 and increases shareholder returns. The plan also sets a 20%+ return on equity goal and moves away from a fixed 40% dividend payout policy toward a higher payout fra…

Capcom Shares Climb After Nomura Upgrade and New Game Announcements

Capcom Shares Climb After Nomura Upgrade and New Game Announcements

Capcom's stock jumped 4.7% to ¥2,955.5 after Nomura raised its rating to Buy from Neutral following fresh franchise announcements at the June 2026 Nintendo Direct. Momentum was further supported by strong early sales for new IP Pragmata and a constructive analyst consensus, with a 12-month price target implying notable upside.

Asian equities climb as Nikkei nears record; traders await Fed decision

Asian equities climb as Nikkei nears record; traders await Fed decision

Most Asian equity markets advanced Wednesday with Japan's Nikkei 225 trading close to record territory amid strength in chipmaking and industrial names. Gains were capped by anticipation of a US Federal Reserve meeting expected to leave rates unchanged. Broader regional moves were mixed, with Singapore reaching a record high, Australia and China po…

Kingboard Holdings Rockets After Laminates Stake Sale and Fresh Price Hike

Kingboard Holdings Rockets After Laminates Stake Sale and Fresh Price Hike

Kingboard Holdings jumped sharply after its parent executed a large block sale of shares in its laminate unit and the laminates business announced another round of price increases. Proceeds from the stake sale are earmarked for expansion of circuit-board capacity and R&D, while cumulative product price rises have boosted the group's earnings outloo…

Reliance Jio Poised to Lodge Draft IPO Papers for $4 Billion Offering

Reliance Jio Poised to Lodge Draft IPO Papers for $4 Billion Offering

Reliance Jio Infocomm is reported to be preparing draft documents for an initial public offering of about $4 billion, potentially filing within days. The planned listing could precede Mukesh Ambani's forthcoming annual address to Reliance Industries shareholders. The timetable reflects a delay from an earlier commitment to list in the first half of…

OpenAI's Q1 2026 Burn Rate Soars to $3.7 Billion as Revenue Climbs

OpenAI's Q1 2026 Burn Rate Soars to $3.7 Billion as Revenue Climbs

OpenAI recorded $3.7 billion in cash burn during the first quarter of 2026, more than half of its $5.7 billion revenue for the period, while holding over $73 billion in cash and marketable securities after a large funding round announced at the end of March. Revenue and cash burn both tripled from the same quarter in 2025. Reported plans to cut AI …

HSBC and Google Cloud Agree Multi-Year AI Partnership to Scale Advice, Risk Controls and Frontline Tools

HSBC and Google Cloud Agree Multi-Year AI Partnership to Scale Advice, Risk Controls and Frontline Tools

HSBC has entered a multi-year agreement with Google Cloud to accelerate its use of artificial intelligence across wealth management advice, financial crime risk management and frontline decision-making. The bank will gain access to Google’s Gemini model and engineering support from Google Cloud and Google DeepMind to identify priority initiatives, …

Cantor Equity Partners VII Prices $250 Million IPO for Nasdaq Listing

Cantor Equity Partners VII Prices $250 Million IPO for Nasdaq Listing

Cantor Equity Partners VII, a special purpose acquisition company backed by Cantor Fitzgerald, priced an initial public offering of 25 million Class A ordinary shares at $10.00 per share, raising $250 million. The shares are slated to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker CAES on June 17, 2026, with the offering expected to clo…

S&P Upgrades Scotts Miracle-Gro, Citing Stronger EBITDA and Cash Flow

S&P Upgrades Scotts Miracle-Gro, Citing Stronger EBITDA and Cash Flow

S&P Global Ratings raised The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.'s corporate rating to BB- from B+ and lifted the issue-level rating on senior unsecured notes to B+ from B-. The agency cited organic EBITDA growth, the April 2026 sale of Hawthorne, and satisfactory free operating cash flow as the drivers of the upgrade, while forecasting slightly lower adjusted…

Asset Managers Seek SEC Approval for ETFs Tied to Social Media’s New 'MANGOS' AI Group

Asset Managers Seek SEC Approval for ETFs Tied to Social Media’s New 'MANGOS' AI Group

Two asset managers filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to create exchange-traded funds tracking a social-media-coined group of AI-focused companies known as 'MANGOS.' The proposals come days after SpaceX completed a record $75 billion IPO and reflect a rapid product development cycle in the ETF industry aimed at concentrated expo…