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Fitch Ratings upgraded TechnipFMC plc and FMC Technologies, Inc. to BBB from BBB-, also moving the company's senior unsecured revolver and unsecured notes to BBB. The rating agency assigned an F2 Short-Term IDR and an F2 rating to TechnipFMC's $1.0 billion commercial paper program and left the Rating Outlook at Stable. Fitch pointed to a roughly $6…
Apotex Health Corp. is indicating its Toronto IPO will price at C$24 per share, the top of the marketed range, and raised the number of shares being offered. The transaction, a mix of new shares and secondary sales, is expected to raise about C$1.3 billion (roughly $932 million) and will list on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol APTX. Maj…
Nike shares rose roughly 2.8% in mid-day trading to $44.45 as investors reacted to the company’s intensified football marketing ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026, management’s operational reset under returning CEO Elliott Hill, and recent analyst and institutional moves. The advance came despite a weaker U.S. market and lingering pressures from tari…
Morgan Stanley analysts inspected the Robin Hood Jimokuji outlet run by Pan Pacific International Holdings (TYO:7532) in Ama, Aichi Prefecture, describing the store’s layout, assortment and strategy after its April 24, 2026 conversion from Piago. The report highlights a food-focused sales mix, a larger deli offering, use of pre-packed fresh items, …
Poland's main index, the WIG30, finished the session higher by 0.19%, with Media, Banking and Telecoms sectors among the drivers. Market breadth was mixed, with slightly more decliners than advancers. Commodity prices for crude oil, Brent and gold fell, while EUR/PLN held near recent levels and USD/PLN declined marginally.
Shares of CAVA Group Inc. rose 1.7% after the company announced plans to hire more than 2,500 team members in 2026 and expanded leadership roles, compensation and benefits as part of a broader growth program called "Flavor Your Future." The chain expects to open over 75 restaurants next year and has introduced a new Assistant General Manager positi…
Officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection are scheduled to appear before the U.S. Court of International Trade to negotiate a plan for refunding tens of billions of dollars in tariffs the Supreme Court declared unlawful. The case centers on a multi-phase refund process that has already produced nearly $90 billion in claims accepted by CBP, …
Turkey's benchmark BIST 100 closed lower after Tuesday trading, dragged down by losses across chemical, petroleum & plastic, electricity and industrials sectors. Market breadth showed far more decliners than advancers while commodity prices, including crude oil and gold futures, traded lower. Select stocks posted sizable gains and losses on the day…
Denmark’s equity market closed lower on Tuesday, with the OMX Copenhagen 20 index down 0.54% to a one-month low. Losses were concentrated in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Chemicals sectors. Zealand Pharma posted the largest individual gain, while Vestas, FLSmidth and DSV were among the heaviest decliners. Commodity weakness, including a near 4% dro…
Hyliion is pitching its KARNO Power Module as a grid-independent solution for data centers and other large power users, citing constrained electrical interconnect capacity. CEO Thomas Healy outlined efficiency, fuel flexibility and a near-term commercial timeline while flagging a $40-$50 million military pipeline and a $400 million letter-of-intent…
Bank of America Securities reaffirmed a buy rating on MercadoLibre, highlighting a fast-growing credit card book that more than doubled year-over-year to $6.6 billion in Q1 2026. The firm expects an EBIT loss from the credit card unit in 2026 that will depress consolidated margins modestly before the segment reaches breakeven in 2028 and contribute…
The European Commission has imposed an interim measure forcing Meta Platforms to allow rival AI chatbots free access to the WhatsApp for Business API while an antitrust probe continues. The order follows complaints from multiple AI developers and is the Commission's first interim intervention in 17 years. Meta has criticized the decision and said i…
People familiar with the matter say orders from institutional investors for SpaceX’s initial public offering are several times larger than the shares on offer. Banks managing the sale told investors that demand rose after meetings with company management, and several institutions placed orders of roughly $10 billion or more. The offering plans to s…
Barclays has assembled a roster of companies it sees as critical suppliers and operators in the buildout of cloud-native compute, GPU-heavy AI capacity and power-hungry Bitcoin mining infrastructure. The bank's list includes more than 400 'pick and shovel' firms and highlights 16 names - from neocloud providers to transformed miners - that it belie…
Tesla has obtained authorization from Danish authorities to deploy its supervised full self-driving (FSD) technology on public roads, the company said Tuesday. The move follows similar approvals in other European markets, and comes as Tesla leans on autonomous driving capabilities to help lift vehicle demand amid headwinds in the region.
Citigroup has hired Andrew Conway as global chair of its consumer and retail investment banking business. Conway, a banking veteran with more than three decades in the sector, will join Citi in September from Bank of America and will be based in New York, working closely with the bank's consumer leadership.
Blackstone reported an improvement in inflows from individual investors in June following a slowdown in April and May, according to President and COO Jon Gray. While private credit experienced net outflows earlier this year, private equity products saw their strongest inflows since launch by June 1. Industrywide withdrawal requests linked to privat…
Wolfe Research attributes the persistent narrowness in equity market leadership to heavy ETF inflows and the outsized weight of the S&P 500's biggest constituents. While a late-week rotation into defensive sectors hinted at some breadth, analysts say the move reflected geopolitical caution rather than a broadening driven by fundamentals. A resoluti…
The UK government has opened a full review of the National Health Service contract with U.S. data analytics firm Palantir, assessing whether to exercise a break clause at the end of the initial term in early 2027. The review will consider whether to extend the £330 million deal for up to seven years or to terminate it, following criticism from a pa…
Boeing delivered 60 aircraft in May, a 33% increase from the same month a year earlier. The tally included a monthly high of 51 737 MAX jets since production restarted in December 2024, and the company plans a summer production increase for that model. Net orders for May were modest after cancellations, and Boeing's order backlog remained above 6,0…
The European Banking Federation warns that Europe now faces a €1.4 trillion annual investment gap, revised upward from earlier estimates, that threatens progress on priorities such as the energy transition. The EBF, citing analysis by consultancy Oliver Wyman, says simpler, better-coordinated regulation could unlock bank financing, while recent sig…
Boeing delivered 60 commercial jets in May, a 33% increase from the same month a year earlier, driven by 51 737 MAX deliveries. The company plans a summer increase in 737 production from 42 to 47 jets per month. May order activity was mixed, with 27 new bookings offset by 16 cancellations, producing 11 net new orders for the month and leaving a May…
Morgan Stanley's analysis shows existing U.S. home sales rose 3.2% in May to a 4.17 million annual pace, outpacing its forecast and consensus. Single-family transactions led the gain, inventories continued to grow, and the firm has increased its second-quarter residential investment projection to a 1.2% SAAR gain.
Norway's equity benchmark closed slightly lower on Tuesday, pushed down by losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors. The Oslo OBX fell 0.06% at the close as a larger number of stocks declined than advanced. Commodity futures and currency moves accompanied the market action, with crude oil and Brent both falling and the Norw…
Airbus said it may miss its targeted ramp-up to produce 75 A320-family narrowbody aircraft per month next year because of constrained engine deliveries from Pratt & Whitney, a unit of RTX. The planemaker has already pushed back the timeline for attaining that production rate amid wider supply chain limits on parts and engines. Airbus still expects …
