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NiSource Inc. shares climbed about 3% in after-hours trading after the utility announced long-term energy agreements with subsidiaries of Alphabet Inc. and Amazon Data Services, Inc. The pacts support large-scale data center development in northern Indiana, use NiSource’s NIPSCO Generation LLC (GenCo) model, and include commitments intended to prod…
Canadian equities closed lower on Thursday, with the S&P/TSX Composite declining 0.30% as losses in several sectors outweighed advances among individual large movers. Market breadth was positive but muted, volatility gauges climbed and commodity prices diverged, with crude rising and gold easing.
Brazil's main equity index ended Thursday in negative territory, with losses concentrated in the Consumption, Industrials and Real Estate sectors. The Bovespa finished down 0.46% as a larger number of stocks declined versus those that gained. Volatility measures eased to a one-month low while moves in gold, oil and coffee highlighted the commodity …
U.S. stock indices closed higher on Thursday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching a one-month high. Strength in Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials helped lift the market, while individual large-cap names showed divergent performance. Market breadth was positive on both exchanges and volatility declined to a one-month low. Commodi…
Trevi Therapeutics saw its shares tumble in after-hours trading after the company announced an underwritten public offering of common stock intended to raise $150 million. The clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which is developing Haduvio (oral nalbuphine ER) for chronic cough in several patient populations, will sell all shares in the offer…
Knight-Swift Transportation reduced its first-quarter adjusted EPS guidance to $0.08-$0.10 from $0.28-$0.32, citing several one-time and operational headwinds. The company issued a second-quarter outlook of $0.45-$0.49 per share and pointed to improving freight market fundamentals despite near-term disruptions.
Netflix said its co-founder and chairman, Reed Hastings, will not stand for re-election at the company's annual meeting in June and will turn his attention to philanthropy and other pursuits. In a 14-page shareholder letter, Netflix reiterated its core mission and highlighted recent financial results, the $2.8 billion termination fee tied to the co…
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told a congressional budget hearing that the administration is writing text for a plurilateral trade agreement on critical minerals. The proposed arrangement would create a market among participating countries that trades at market-based prices and would impose a price floor on non-members seeking to trade w…
OpenAI on Thursday introduced GPT-Rosalind, an AI model engineered to assist work in biology, drug discovery and translational medicine. The model is tuned for scientific workflows spanning chemistry, protein engineering and genomics, and will be available as a research preview to qualified customers through a trusted-access deployment. Early bench…
OpenAI has unveiled GPT-Rosalind, an AI model tailored to life sciences research. Positioned to assist tasks from literature review to experimental suggestion, the model is being offered as a research preview through ChatGPT, Codex and the API for eligible customers and accompanied by a free Codex plugin connecting users to over 50 scientific tools…
Intel has recruited Shawn Han, an executive vice president at Samsung Electronics, to serve as general manager of foundry services beginning next month. The hire, reporting to foundry chief Naga Chandrasekaran, is part of CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s plan to expand Intel’s foundry business and win outside chipmaking clients in a market led by Taiwan Semiconduc…
Federal officials are moving to provide select agencies with a restricted version of Anthropic's Mythos artificial intelligence model for defensive cybersecurity work, while establishing guardrails amid concerns about the model's capacity to locate and potentially exploit major software flaws. Internal guidance from the Office of Management and Bud…
U.S. equity markets have recovered to record levels following a selloff tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict. Market internals - including bullish options positioning, buying from volatility-linked funds and reallocations by systematic managers - suggest the rally may have room to extend even as energy prices and geopolitical uncertainty remain elevated.
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison addressed a packed CinemaCon audience in Las Vegas to reassure movie theater owners that, should regulators approve the proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, the combined studio will produce at least 30 films annually and keep a minimum 45-day exclusive theatrical run for its releases. Some…
Pirelli has launched a mitigation plan aimed at reducing the financial impact of the ongoing Middle East crisis. The plan, which includes raising prices and further cost reductions, was presented alongside the company’s final full-year 2025 results. Management said these actions, together with expected progressive normalisation of input costs and r…
Stocks moved unevenly on Thursday with notable rallies among several large technology and semiconductor names and pronounced declines in a subset of small-cap issues. Advanced Micro Devices and Oracle were among the top gainers in the mega-cap cohort, while General Electric and a number of small-cap companies posted sharp losses. Market activity ra…
Traders entering the final trading day of the week will focus on a slate of Federal Reserve speeches and the weekly Baker Hughes rig count on Friday, April 17, 2026. While no major three-star economic releases are scheduled, remarks from Fed officials and the U.S. rig counts, together with a full suite of CFTC commitments data, could influence near…
RBC Capital has ranked six oil and gas services companies that it views as best positioned to capture improving financial returns and broadened exposure across the energy value chain. The firm emphasized free cash flow generation, reduced financial leverage, operational scale and capabilities that extend beyond traditional hydrocarbons as key selec…
A report from short seller Morpheus Research accuses Figure Technology Solutions Inc. of overstating the role of blockchain in its home equity lending operations, pointing to SEC disclosures, third-party tool usage, elevated delinquency metrics, and concentrated ownership of related tokens and projects.
Michael Burry disclosed a new stake in PayPal and reiterated holdings in several software and payments-related stocks, saying the recent pullback reflects technical market dynamics linked to private credit and bank debt rather than fundamental weakness in the businesses themselves. He plans additional purchases in Salesforce and MSCI after conducti…
A recent wave of corporate transformations has seen companies across industries reposition toward technology, AI and crypto-related businesses to capture investor interest. From apparel brands adopting AI branding to legacy manufacturers launching cryptocurrency initiatives, these pivots have produced dramatic share-price moves and uneven financial…
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has terminated a consent order imposed on JPMorgan Chase in March 2024 relating to lapses in monitoring employee and client conduct. The termination, dated March 30, closes a two-year enforcement matter tied to trade-surveillance deficiencies the OCC identified as unsafe or unsound practices dating back…
Madison Air Solutions Corp. saw its stock surge 17.3% on its first day of trading following a $2.23 billion initial public offering, the largest U.S. industrial IPO since 1999. The Chicago-based maker of ventilation and filtration systems priced its offering at $27 a share, sold 82.7 million shares, and reported 2025 revenues of $3.34 billion with …
Codelco and Anglo American intend to submit two largely identical environmental impact applications for a single, shared open-pit copper operation linking the adjacent Andina and Los Bronces mines. Documents presented in January show the companies will file separate but mirror-image petitions in December, a structure they say navigates Chilean cons…
Airlines and governments are raising alarms over tightening jet fuel availability and escalating prices since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began on February 28. Carriers have raised fares, added fuel surcharges and trimmed routes to conserve cash, while some have warned of imminent fuel shortages. Germany’s Lufthansa has taken the first major ste…
