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Bank of America has pared earnings projections across packaging and paper companies to reflect higher oil-linked costs for freight, energy and chemicals following renewed geopolitical tension in the Middle East. Despite downward adjustments to estimates and price targets, the bank singled out four stocks - Packaging Corporation of America, Ball Cor…
Bank of America analysts anticipate Brazil's central bank will lower the Selic rate by 25 basis points to 14.50% at the next Copom meeting. The call comes even as domestic inflation metrics have worsened since March and geopolitical tensions have increased uncertainty around energy prices and supply chains. Currency strength and modest easing in fi…
UnitedHealth and CVS Health said they have standardized data and submission requirements for a majority of prior authorization requests, part of a sector-wide push to reduce administrative burden and delays for clinicians and patients. UnitedHealthcare expects over 70% of requests to follow the standardized process by year-end, while CVS Health's A…
Porsche said Friday it will sell its 45% holding in Bugatti Rimac and a 20.6% stake in Rimac Group to a consortium led by U.S.-based HOF Capital, which is associated with the Sawiris family. Financial terms were not disclosed. The move comes as Porsche reevaluates its strategic priorities amid a sharp earnings decline and a 93% fall in operating pr…
Bernstein identifies two top picks within the European non-alcoholic beverages space: Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), favored for its growth trajectory and margin improvement potential, and Royal Unibrew (RBREW), viewed as a high-upside turnaround candidate after recent share weakness. The broker points to revenue momentum, operational leverage and brand mix …
DA Davidson upgraded Advanced Micro Devices to Buy from Neutral and raised its price target to $375 from $220, citing what the firm called "a structural increase in CPU demand" driven by the emergence of agentic AI workloads and clearer visibility into AMD's role in accelerating data center expansion. The firm expects upside starting with the March…
Insider filings disclosed Thursday reveal sizeable purchases in Prelude Therapeutics and Bank First Corp alongside notable executive and institutional sales at NuScale Power, CoreWeave, Arista Networks, Everpure and SBC Medical Group. The filings detail transaction sizes, prices, and the mechanics behind several trades - including underwritten offe…
Barclays strategists say the brief optimism tied to potential ceasefire progress has faded and that global equity markets will likely need a clear, decisive outcome in Middle East negotiations before extending recent rallies. The bank highlights continuing constraints on oil flows, inventory drawdowns and growing physical market tightness as risks …
Shares of Zoom Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) climbed 3% on Friday after Spruce Point Capital Management published a detailed report recommending the video-conferencing company adopt a series of capital-allocation moves, cost reductions and governance changes intended to unlock what the firm describes as material upside from the current share price.
Yardeni Research says the U.S. equity rally that began on March 31 remains intact even as Brent crude topped $100, software names stumbled and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East linger. Futures markets, strong labor and PMI data, and a shift by investors into semiconductor and hardware stocks underpin the move, though Yardeni flags inventory-…
Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd. completed a U.S. initial public offering that generated approximately $20 million in gross proceeds before fees and expenses. The company sold 3,673,638 common shares at $4.50 each and issued pre-funded warrants for 770,807 common shares at $4.4999 per warrant. Liberty Defense began trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market…
U.S. equity funds recorded their largest weekly net inflow in four weeks through April 22, with investors buying a net $27.98 billion. Strength in corporate earnings and a large AI-related investment by Amazon supported demand for sector and growth funds, while bond funds also returned to favor and money market holdings saw renewed withdrawals.
Amazon shares rose 2% Friday morning after Meta announced plans to deploy tens of millions of AWS Graviton cores to support agentic AI workloads. The move makes Meta one of the largest Graviton customers globally and underscores increased demand for purpose-built silicon and cloud AI infrastructure.
UBS reiterated an "Attractive" view on U.S. stocks, arguing that the core drivers supporting the current bull market - healthy earnings growth, accommodative Federal Reserve policy and AI-related capital expenditure - remain intact. The bank projects a 7,500 S&P 500 price target for 2026 and forecasts 17% index earnings growth, with technology and …
Norfolk Southern reported a decline in first-quarter adjusted earnings as climbing fuel costs, elevated operating expenses and adverse weather hit margins. Railway operating revenue held near $3 billion while volumes slipped 1%, and the company’s efficiency metric deteriorated by 80 basis points year-on-year.
Pakistani officials report that Iran's top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, is expected to visit Islamabad by this weekend with a small government delegation, potentially arriving as early as Friday. Pakistan is mediating ceasefire talks between the U.S. and Iran as uncertainty persists over recent truces and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have pushe…
UBS launched coverage of Fuchs SE with a 'buy' recommendation and a €44 price target, citing an earnings and sales outlook closely tied to its oil-price base case of $86 per barrel. The bank projects mid-single-digit organic growth in FY26, anticipates near-term margin pressure linked to crude-driven feedstock costs, and models recovery in margins …
Meta Platforms has agreed to deploy Amazon Web Services’ Graviton5 central processing unit chips across its infrastructure. The multi-year arrangement, described by an AWS executive as worth billions, will involve "tens of millions of cores" of Graviton processors. The move underscores a broader shift in compute strategy as GPUs remain essential fo…
Lakewood-Amedex Biotherapeutics saw its stock climb 20% when it began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker LABT. The clinical-stage company, advancing the Bisphosphocin class of antimicrobials and lead topical candidate Nu-3 for infected diabetic foot ulcers, plans an initial Phase 2a safety and dose-response study followed by a pl…
Eli Lilly stock slid about 2% after weekly prescription figures displayed mixed trends within the company's GLP-1 lineup. Mounjaro posted a slight increase in both total and new prescriptions week-over-week, while Zepbound edged lower in total scripts but rose in new prescriptions. The broader GLP-1 category expanded roughly 32% year-over-year. Fou…
UBS holds an optimistic stance on global equities, pointing to a constructive macro environment, expected Fed rate easing, easing tariff headwinds, supportive fiscal measures and a manufacturing recovery as foundations for broad-based earnings growth. The firm projects 12% EPS growth for the MSCI AC World Index this year and highlights sector and r…
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices climbed 12% and Arm Holdings rose 8% as investors reacted to signs that AI workloads are shifting demand toward central processors. The move gained momentum after Intel posted robust quarterly results and surged 27%, and analysts outlined large changes in CPU-to-GPU ratios across training, inference, and agentic AI …
U.S. stock futures were largely rangebound early Friday as investors balanced limited progress toward a U.S.-Iran peace deal against a fresh round of corporate earnings. At 06:07 ET (10:07 GMT) the Dow futures contract was down 161 points, or 0.3%, S&P 500 futures were unchanged, and Nasdaq 100 futures were up 185 points, or 0.7%. Individual compan…
HCA Healthcare reported first-quarter adjusted earnings slightly above analysts' expectations, driven by continued demand for non-urgent procedures. The company said, however, that it did not see a typical seasonal uptick in volumes tied to flu season, with respiratory-related admissions and emergency room visits down substantially year-over-year. …
UBS upgraded Neste to a 'buy' rating from 'neutral' and lifted its price target to €31 from €29, arguing that recent diesel strength and regulatory tailwinds for biofuels are not fully reflected in the stock. The broker's analysis points to materially higher Renewable Products margins versus market expectations, with U.S. and European policy change…
