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Rocket Lab reported a new multi-launch agreement with the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS) for three additional dedicated Electron launches from its New Zealand pad beginning in 2028. The expansion raises the total contracted Electron missions for iQPS to 15, following seven missions completed since 2023 and a flawless mission rec…
The S&P/TSX Composite closed lower on Thursday, falling 0.42% as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Staples and Information Technology sectors weighed on the index. Select names posted outsized moves in both directions, with BlackBerry, Aecon and Bird Construction among the session's top gainers, and Telus, Shopify and Methanex among the biggest decl…
Brazil's Bovespa finished higher on Thursday, gaining 1.52% to a fresh all-time closing high. Advances were concentrated in the Public Utilities, Real Estate and Electric Power sectors, with Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (USIM5) and Auren Energia (AURE3) among the session's top performers and reaching 52-week highs. Broader market breadth fav…
U.S. equity benchmarks finished higher on Thursday, led by strength in consumer-facing and industrial sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.58% to a one-month high, while the S&P 500 rose 0.62% and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.83%. Market breadth was positive on both the NYSE and Nasdaq, but several large-cap tech and security name…
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the current U.S. restrictions on key Chinese vehicle software and hardware will remain unchanged, effectively preventing Chinese-made cars using banned components from entering the U.S. market. The rules, adopted in January 2025 on national security grounds, have phased-in software prohibitions and late…
StubHub Holdings will pay $10 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that it failed to display the full ticket price for live events, the FTC said in a complaint and proposed settlement filed in federal court. The settlement requires the company to make total prices more prominent on its platform and provides monetary relief to eli…
The U.S. Postal Service has requested permission to increase the price of a first-class stamp from 78 cents to 82 cents effective July 12. The move, subject to approval by the Postal Regulatory Commission, is one element of broader steps the agency is taking to shore up liquidity amid persistent losses and an urgent cash shortfall.
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino urged a cooling of tensions with China after a spike in inspections and detentions of Panama-flagged ships that Panamanian officials linked to a legal dispute over port concessions previously held by CK Hutchison. Mulino described inspections as not uncommon in global shipping, said Panama has raised concerns w…
GlaxoSmithKline asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to withdraw its application for leucovorin calcium, a drug that received attention as a potential autism treatment. The request follows the company's earlier submission at the request of health officials and comes after FDA approval last month. GSK said it does not market the product; gene…
S&P Global Ratings upgraded its view of CoreWeave Inc. by revising the company outlook to positive from stable while affirming a B+ issuer credit rating. The agency also assigned a B rating to the GPU infrastructure firm's proposed $1.25 billion senior unsecured notes due 2031 and to its existing senior notes, with a recovery rating of 5 (indic…
Anthony Armstrong, who took on the role of chief financial officer at xAI in October, has left the company as part of a wider set of senior departures, according to a report citing two people familiar with the matter. Armstrong, a former Morgan Stanley banker who advised Elon Musk during the acquisition of the social media platform X, reported to B…
Moody's elevated IAMGOLD Corporation's corporate family rating to B1 from B2, citing roughly $515 million of net debt reduction in 2025, full repayment of a $400 million second-lien term loan, and the successful ramp-up of the 70%-owned Cote Gold mine to commercial production. The move accompanies upgrades to probability of default and senior unsec…
Sazerac, the privately held U.S. spirits company, has signaled interest in a possible transaction for Brown-Forman, the maker of Jack Daniel's, according to a source familiar with the matter. The potential approach adds a competitor to ongoing merger discussions between Brown-Forman and France’s Pernod Ricard and has driven a sharp rise in Brown-Fo…
Glencore Plc. and Mercuria Energy Trading SA have each increased the annual volumes they will purchase from the Commonwealth LNG export terminal under 20-year contracts. The moves follow the termination of a separate 1 million-ton agreement with Jera Co., and reshape the terminal's committed offtake profile ahead of development in Louisiana.
Google has made Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) available to Windows users running Chrome 146, a measure designed to stop session theft by tying authentication sessions to a device's hardware-backed security. macOS support is planned for a forthcoming Chrome release. DBSC leverages platform-secured keys so session cookies cannot be used aft…
Texas Pacific Land Corporation shares fell sharply after the company reported the death of Murray Stahl, a senior executive at Horizon Kinetics, the firm that is Texas Pacific Land’s largest shareholder through subsidiaries. Related stocks, including LandBridge and Horizon Kinetics, also moved lower amid investor concerns about ownership and leader…
Disruptions to crude and fuel flows from the Iran conflict have tightened global product markets, lifting U.S. Gulf Coast refining margins to multi-year highs. U.S. refiners, positioned with direct access to export terminals and less reliance on Middle Eastern crude, are shipping record volumes abroad and reaping higher prices for diesel and jet fu…
Stocks across the market spectrum experienced sizable intraday swings on Thursday as company-specific announcements and corporate developments moved investor sentiment. Mega-cap names including Amazon, Lam Research and Intel posted notable gains, while Oracle and Palantir were among the largest decliners in the largest market-cap cohort. In the mid…
Traders face a heavy U.S. economic calendar on Friday, April 10, 2026, with headline and core Consumer Price Index data scheduled at 7:30 AM ET. Additional releases including the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey, factory orders and a broad set of Baker Hughes and CFTC reports will round out the day, offering fresh data points on inf…
Earnings season presses on into Friday’s trading session, with Sodexo and The Children’s Place among the companies scheduled to report. Sodexo is set to announce before the market opens, while The Children’s Place will report after the close with analysts expecting an EPS loss and near-$396 million in revenue. Investors should monitor results acros…
A federal judge in Kansas City ruled that Berkshire Hathaway Energy must face a proposed antitrust class action alleging a scheme to raise commissions paid by home sellers, despite a $250 million settlement by HomeServices of America in 2024. The court declined to accept the argument that dealings between the entities created a single enterprise th…
Multiple sizable trades and concentrated wagers on prediction markets occurred shortly before several high-profile policy announcements attributed to U.S. President Donald Trump. These transactions - spanning crude oil futures, exchange-traded fund options and event-focused prediction contracts - preceded dramatic market moves, prompting scrutiny o…
Paramount Skydance has completed syndication of its bridge loan and secured permanent financing commitments from a group of banks to support its agreed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery. The company reduced its committed bridge facility to $49 billion, arranged $5 billion in term loan As and a $5 billion revolving credit facility, and removed a …
Tesla is considering a smaller, lower-cost electric vehicle aimed at bolstering demand and factory utilization, particularly in markets such as China. Investors welcome the potential volume gains but warn the move could further compress already strained automotive margins as pricing competition and policy shifts weigh on sales.
Jefferies data show the Aya Demand Index for travel registered nurses fell 2.3% week-over-week after a prior 2.8% rise, while Aya Healthcare job postings increased 3.9% to 32,599 roles. The JEF Bill Rate Index ticked up 0.1% to about $2,210 per week and projects modest quarterly bill-rate increases for early 2026. Jefferies highlights an 11% cumula…
