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A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower-court decision finding two patents challenged by AstraZeneca invalid in a dispute with Pfizer's Wyeth unit over the lung cancer drug Tagrisso. The ruling upholds the overturning of a jury award after a judge concluded the patents lacked adequate written descriptions and could not enable replication by an…
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit on Thursday against several large chemical manufacturers, alleging they knowingly produced and sold PFAS-containing products for decades while concealing evidence of health and environmental harms. The complaint seeks court orders for statewide cleanups, consumer warnings, an end to misleading…
Brazil's executive foreign trade panel extended a 12% tax on crude oil exports for an additional 60 days, maintaining a temporary levy first introduced in March. The decision, taken by the executive management committee of Camex (Gecex), will be reviewed again in 30 days. The government has tied tax revenue to consumer protection measures and retai…
Citizens Research initiated coverage of Tesla with a Market Perform rating, saying investor expectations for the rollout of Optimus humanoid robots and Robotaxi autonomous services appear to assume too-rapid launch schedules. While the firm acknowledged Tesla's technical strengths and optionality, it cautioned that Optimus will introduce a new laye…
Alignment Healthcare stock climbed 6.2% in mid-day trading to $21.27, recovering part of a roughly 17% decline that followed a whistleblower lawsuit. The rebound has been supported by an analyst note from KeyBanc, management's categorical rejection of the allegations, and a constructive market backdrop that has lifted managed-care peers.
Alignment Healthcare Inc. shares rose 6.2% on Thursday after a steep drop the previous day tied to a whistleblower lawsuit alleging misclassification of operating expenses as capital expenditures. Wall Street analysts urged that the Wednesday selloff, which erased about 17% of the stock’s value, was overdone and highlighted company and auditor revi…
FedEx stock rose 3.3% to $319.90 in mid-day trading after a wave of analyst upgrades, an improved company-specific outlook and the resolution of a notable labor risk. Upgrades from Barclays and Stephens, a stronger consensus among analysts, the ratification of a pilot contract and recent strategic divestitures combined to bolster sentiment for the …
FedEx Freight Holding shares jumped 6.5% intraday after Stephens began coverage with an Overweight rating and a $180 price target. The initiation follows earlier coverage from Goldman Sachs and comes as investors weigh signs that the prolonged freight downturn is easing, offering potential upside for the newly independent less-than-truckload carrie…
U.S. private credit firms saw a notable recovery in fundraising for closed-end, North America-focused direct-lending vehicles in the second quarter, yet lending activity by those firms contracted materially over the same period. Data from Preqin and PitchBook/LCD show a divergence between fresh capital entering the asset class and the pace at which…
S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Magna International to stable from negative while affirming the company’s 'A-' long-term issuer credit rating and 'A-' issue-level rating on unsecured debt. The agency pointed to better-than-expected margin improvement, robust free operating cash flow and faster-than-anticipated debt reduction as the basis …
US equity funding markets experienced a sharp rise in short-term financing costs around the June quarter-end, driven by heightened demand for leverage tied to technology and sector-targeted exchange-traded funds. Financing in the equity repurchase market reached roughly 200 basis points above the federal funds rate on June 26, per Morgan Stanley, b…
Google announced that AlphaEvolve, an AI agent powered by its Gemini models, is now generally available to Google Cloud customers via the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. The tool assists users by taking a baseline algorithm and objectives, searching for more efficient solutions for tasks such as microchip design, logistics routing and medical res…
Google announced plans to introduce a disclosure panel that will indicate when generative artificial intelligence was used to create or alter advertisements on its platform. The company said the panel - called "How this ad was made" - is part of broader AI transparency steps in its advertising business, though it did not provide timing, format cove…
Medallion Financial's shares rose about 1.0% in mid-day trading after Raymond James began coverage with a Market Perform rating. The analyst highlighted the company's strong growth profile and scalable operating model, while noting a low P/E, a roughly 5.7% dividend yield and the advantage of an industrial bank charter. An upcoming second-quarter e…
U.K. equities closed slightly lower on Thursday, with the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.06% at the London close. Gains among major miners contrasted with weaknesses in Pharmaceuticals & Biotech, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Tobacco, while commodity and currency markets showed divergent moves.
Frankfurt stocks ended higher on Thursday, supported by strength in Technology, Transportation & Logistics and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare. The DAX closed up 0.83%, the MDAX added 1.02% and the TecDAX advanced 2.11%. Notable winners included Infineon, Zalando and Siemens, while Rheinmetall, Deutsche Boerse and Daimler Truck were among the laggards…
French equities finished higher on Thursday with the CAC 40 climbing 0.90% and the SBF 120 up 0.85%. Technology, healthcare and consumer goods stocks were among the strongest sectors, while energy-linked commodities and some aerospace and defense names lagged. Market breadth favored advancers over decliners on the Paris exchange.
The BEL 20 index closed up 0.31% on Thursday, with gains concentrated in the Technology, Financials and Utilities sectors. Melexis recorded the largest rise among index components, while several large-cap names ended lower. Commodity markets saw gold strengthen and crude oil and Brent prices decline. Currency pairs were largely unchanged and the U.…
Spain's benchmark IBEX 35 closed higher after trading on Thursday, rising 1.14% as advances in consumer goods, financial services & real estate and building & construction stocks supported the market. Acciona, Unicaja Banco and Banco de Sabadell were among the session's strongest performers, while Indra, Cellnex and Telefonica finished lower. Broad…
Portugal's main stock index, the PSI, closed higher on Thursday, supported by gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Basic Materials sectors. The index finished up 0.43% as a narrow majority of listed names moved lower but notable large-cap gains drove the market higher. Sonae SGPS SA reached an all-time high during the session.
Amsterdam stocks finished Thursday's session higher, with the AEX index advancing 0.67% to reach a new all time high. Technology, basic materials and financials outperformed, led by BE Semiconductor Industries, ASML and ASM International. Energy benchmarks retreated while gold rose and currency pairs were little changed.
Italian equities ended the session higher on Thursday, with the Investing.com Italy 40 up 1.08% in Milan. Technology, Financials and Industrials were the strongest sectors. STMicroelectronics, DiaSorin and UniCredit were the top performers, while Avio, Saipem and Fincantieri lagged. Crude and Brent oil fell, gold futures rose, and major FX pairs sh…
Sweden's equity benchmark, the OMX Stockholm 30, ended Thursday trading 1.33% higher as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Financials sectors drove the market upward. Ericsson, Boliden and EQT were the session's strongest performers, while AstraZeneca registered the steepest decline. Broader market breadth favoured advancing issues, and com…
Finnish equities finished higher on Thursday, driven by strength in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors. The benchmark OMX Helsinki 25 rose 1.83% at the close, with Nokia posting the session's largest advance. A greater number of issues advanced than declined, while commodity and currency markets moved unevenly.
Shares of Rocket One Inc. (NASDAQ: RKTO) rose 21% after the company announced it has been accepted into the SpaceXAI API program, gaining access to SpaceXAI's multimodal models. Rocket One plans to evaluate those capabilities across initiatives tied to its AI infrastructure, autonomous defense software and space technologies, and says the integrati…
