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Reitar Logtech Holdings said it has entered a three-year exclusive strategic partnership with Optimize Integration Group, appointing Reitar as the exclusive overseas procurement agent for Optimize's frozen meat purchases. The deal sets a first-year procurement target of RMB 1 billion (about $138 million) and includes digital platform integration an…
Senator Tim Scott has asked SEC Chairman Paul Atkins to scrutinize Warner Bros. Discovery’s disclosures about its proposed sale of streaming and studio assets to Netflix, saying shareholders lack crucial information to compare offers. The timing of any shareholder vote is uncertain until the SEC clears the company’s proxy filing, and the review com…
Transocean Ltd will acquire Valaris Limited in an all-stock transaction valued at about $5.8 billion, combining fleets to form a 73-rig offshore drilling leader. Valaris stock rose sharply in premarket trading while Transocean shares dipped. The deal sets a fixed exchange ratio, outlines expected cost synergies and preserves leadership under Transo…
Workday experienced a 6% drop in its stock after the company announced that co-founder Aneel Bhusri will return as chief executive officer effective immediately, replacing Carl Eschenbach, who is stepping down after three years and will stay on as a strategic advisor. The transition is framed around the firm’s focus on AI as it begins fiscal 2027. …
Bernstein says Oracle's proposed $45 billion to $50 billion capital raise to support AI data center expansion should meet the company's financing needs through fiscal 2028. The plan, which mixes equity-linked instruments, common equity and senior unsecured debt, reduces a key investor overhang and has prompted a premarket share gain of more than 4%…
China's Nio is initiating a recall of 246,229 electric vehicles because of a software flaw that can cause temporary loss of the instrument cluster and central control screen, the State Administration for Market Regulation said on Monday. The affected models - ES8, ES6 and EC6 - were built between March 16, 2018 and January 16, 2023. Nio will deploy…
Kepler Cheuvreux's sector report signals that European chemical firms may be poised for a recovery in 2026 after a difficult 2025 characterized by tariff questions, broad destocking and pressure on prices. While the first half of 2026 could stay muted, the research house sees signs of a cyclical turning point likely in the second half as demand sta…
VinFast announced a target to deliver 300,000 electric vehicles worldwide in 2026, up sharply from its nearly 197,000 deliveries in 2025. The company is prioritizing growth in India, Indonesia and the Philippines and expects a sizable increase in two-wheeler shipments. VinFast will publish its fourth-quarter and full-year results prior to market op…
Once Upon a Farm continued its post-IPO advance Monday, with shares rising 9% in early activity after the company’s trading debut produced a 17% jump on Friday. Pre-market quotes reached $23.24, building on an opening price of $21 on the NYSE and an $18 IPO price. The Berkeley-based maker of organic children’s snacks raised about $197.9 million fro…
UBS strategist Sunil Tirumalai notes that tightening global memory markets are creating a bottleneck in AI supply chains, driving higher prices and elevated free cash flow for Korean memory producers Samsung and SK Hynix. UBS projects these flows will represent a meaningful share of global and emerging-market free cash flow in 2027, prompting a mor…
Hapag-Lloyd moved into positive territory on Monday after the German container carrier reported preliminary full-year 2025 earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of $1.1 billion, matching the upper bound of its prior guidance of $600 million to $1.1 billion. The result marks a sizeable decline from 2024's $2.8 billion and reflects an 8% rise in …
A broad equity rebound on Friday pushed the Dow above 50,000 for the first time while tech shares led gains after several tough sessions. Attention shifts to delayed U.S. employment and consumer price reports due later this week, and to a final tranche of fourth-quarter earnings that includes software names and major consumer brands.
Momentus saw a roughly 30% rise in its stock after unveiling a Space Act Agreement with NASA to cooperate on a joint mission that will demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operations, formation flying, and inter-satellite data links using a CubeSat launched on the company’s Vigoride 7 vehicle. The project includes sensor demonstrations supported by…
WarrenAI’s recent screening of the utility sector singles out Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (CWCO) and NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) as utilities offering a mix of income and meaningful earnings growth. Both firms present distinct investment profiles: CWCO with steady dividend growth and mid-teens EPS expansion, and NRG with substantial recent equity return…
Eltek Ltd. (NASDAQ:ELTK) saw a 15% rise in its stock following the announcement that it will fulfill $12.2 million in purchase orders from a single U.S. defense customer. The orders, for components to be integrated into a defense project, will be delivered throughout 2026 and 2027 and are aligned with the company’s stated U.S. expansion strategy.
Deutsche Bank reports that Mega-Cap Growth and Technology stocks have bounced off the bottom of a decade-long performance channel versus the rest of the S&P 500 following a three-month investor rotation away from the sector. Despite the pullback, forward earnings estimates for these groups rose during the earnings season, and recent fund flow activ…
SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) climbed 2.9% in early trading after Citizens analyst Devin Ryan upgraded the stock from Market Perform to Market Outperform and set a $30.00 price target. Ryan says recent selling reflects style and technical pressures rather than weakening macro fundamentals and points to member growth, product cross-sell and a shif…
Futures tied to Canada’s principal stock index opened higher Monday as gold and silver gains supported a rebound in mining shares and helped Canadian technology stocks recover partially from earlier AI-driven selling. U.S. futures were slightly lower as investors awaited delayed U.S. employment and consumer price index data and a fresh wave of corp…
UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel addressed recent reports about a meeting with Generali's CEO, saying any exchanges relate to long-standing commercial ties between the bank and the insurer. Orcel stressed that Generali is an industrial partner that supplies most of UniCredit's bank insurance products in central and eastern Europe and that UniCredit distr…
China’s transport ministry convened a meeting with the ride-hailing arm of Alibaba-owned Amap to press the company on management shortcomings and pricing practices. Officials instructed Amap to follow through on a public pledge to lower commission fees and ensure drivers receive reasonable income, while also tightening safety measures and complianc…
Robinhood Markets rallied modestly after Wolfe Research upgraded the stock from Peerperform to Outperform and set a $125 price target. Analyst Steven Chubak cites recent sentiment deterioration as an opportunity, arguing that new products and international expansion have increased the company’s earnings power despite near-term headwinds from fallin…
Saudi Arabia's stock market closed modestly lower on Monday, with the Tadawul All Share slipping 0.19% as declines in the Energy & Utilities, Building & Construction and Agriculture & Food sectors outweighed gains among select names. Market breadth favored losers, while crude, Brent and gold posted gains and currency pairs showed mixed moves.
A B3 comunicou os horários de operação da bolsa para o período do Carnaval. Não haverá pregão para os mercados de renda variável nos dias 16 (segunda) e 17 (terça). Na Quarta-Feira de Cinzas (18) as negociações ocorrerão em regime de meio período, com horários específicos para pré-abertura, sessão contínua e call de fechamento, além de horários dif…
RBC Capital Management views the recent 2.6% slide in the S&P 500 from its all-time high as a short-lived fluctuation rather than the onset of a broader market decline. The firm’s U.S. equity strategy team says past small drawdowns are comparable, risk indicators that worried investors earlier in the year have stabilized, and valuation and earnings…
U.S. stock futures edged lower Monday as markets brace for a week that will bring key economic data and additional corporate earnings. Several individual stocks moved sharply in premarket trading: Novo Nordisk, Kroger and Eli Lilly advanced, while Hims Hers Health, Micron Technology and others declined on company-specific news and sector pressures.
