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Freight-market metrics improved through February and into mid-March, with Truist reporting tighter truckload capacity, rising spot rates and continued expansion in manufacturing activity. Those trends underpin buy recommendations on several carriers and brokers that the firm sees as likely to benefit from improving industrial volumes and heavier sh…
Canada’s main equity index reversed a run of losses to post its largest daily advance in more than a month as oil prices eased. U.S. shares opened higher alongside the S&P/TSX, while investors continued to monitor developments tied to the Iran conflict, global energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, and high-profile technology events and corpora…
Infineon, NXP and STMicroelectronics have each announced partnerships with Nvidia to sell hardware aimed at humanoid robots. Nvidia is positioning its Jetson Thor processors as the central computing platform for such machines, while the European chipmakers will supply sensors, motion control, power management and high-speed internal communications.…
Skild AI said its generalized artificial intelligence model will operate robots on Foxconn assembly lines in Houston, where Nvidia’s Blackwell GPU racks are assembled. The company also announced partnerships with ABB Robotics and Teradyne’s Universal Robots to integrate its software across industrial robots, aiming to create a general-purpose "brai…
Roche has installed 2,176 Nvidia Blackwell graphics processing units across facilities in the United States and Europe, describing the deployment as the industry's largest GPU footprint. The new hardware is intended to speed modelling, data analysis and clinical trial processes and is part of a collaboration with Nvidia that began building in 2023 …
On March 16, Uber Technologies and Nvidia said they will introduce a fleet of robotaxis powered by Nvidia’s autonomous driving stack on Uber’s ride-hailing network. The service is slated to begin in Los Angeles and San Francisco in 2027 and expand to 28 cities worldwide by 2028. Initial operations will use data-collection vehicles to train city-spe…
U.S. stock markets finished higher on Monday with the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all rising. Gains were concentrated in Technology, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors, while commodities and the dollar weakened. Several small-cap and biotech names experienced extreme moves, including multiple stocks falling to all-time lows.
Canadian equities closed higher on Monday, led by gains in Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary and Financials, pushing the S&P/TSX Composite up 1.03%. Altus Group, Lundin Gold and NFI Group were the session's top performers, while Nutrien, goeasy and Denison Mines led declines. Market breadth favored advancers, volatility eased and commodities…
Brazil's main stock index, the Bovespa, finished the trading day up 1.25% in Sao Paulo on Monday, led by strength in the Real Estate, Public Utilities and Electric Power sectors. A larger number of advancing issues outpaced decliners, while volatility measures and several commodity and currency benchmarks moved notably.
Boeing has asked companies on its commercial programs to identify any work performed in the Middle East and any operational impacts by March 9, as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran enters a third week. The request reflects industry worries that continued fighting, elevated oil prices and disruptions to air and sea transit could strain aircraft productio…
Dell reported a roughly 10% reduction in its global workforce for fiscal 2026, a drop of about 11,000 employees to roughly 97,000. The company recorded $569 million in severance expenses for the period, down from $693 million a year earlier, and reiterated strong demand expectations for its AI-optimized server business alongside increased sharehold…
The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing a proposal that would allow public companies to replace mandatory quarterly disclosures with semiannual reporting. The plan, which could be published as soon as next month, would make quarterly updates optional rather than eliminate them, and follows advocacy from senior officials and market parti…
U.S. securities regulators are reportedly preparing a rule that would let public companies replace quarterly earnings filings with an option to publish results twice a year. The initiative, described as a move to make quarterly reporting optional rather than eliminate it, is said to be under discussion with major exchanges and could be released in …
AeroVironment has agreed to acquire Empirical Systems Aerospace in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at roughly $200 million. ESAero will operate as a subsidiary within AeroVironment’s precision strike and defense systems group. The deal comes as demand for precision unmanned systems rises and as AeroVironment faces scrutiny following incidents i…
Kone Oyj is reported to be in negotiations to acquire TK Elevator, whose owners have been simultaneously advancing plans for an initial public offering. Sources say the owners have sought a valuation of as much as 25 billion euros including debt, and that Kone is aiming to conclude talks within weeks. The prospective buyers and sellers have not com…
A federal judge in Boston has enjoined significant portions of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s effort to remake U.S. vaccine policy, including proposals to curb routinely recommended childhood vaccines. The ruling sided with medical groups that argued the changes were implemented unlawfully and risked reducing vaccination coverage. The fol…
Cboe has filed a proposal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to operate near 24x5 trading on its EDGX Equities Exchange, aiming for a December 2026 start if regulators approve. The plan would expand trading to run from Sunday night through Friday evening with a daily one-hour operational pause, part of a broader push by exchanges to m…
A federal judge in Boston has temporarily enjoined key elements of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s changes to U.S. childhood vaccine policy, including a reduction in the number of routinely recommended shots. The ruling follows a legal challenge by pediatric and medical organizations that argued regulators acted unlawfully and that the cha…
Jefferies upgraded Simply Good Foods (SMPL) to Buy from Hold, arguing the stock is trading at a deeply discounted multiple relative to its earnings potential. The firm set a $22 price target and pointed to sustained consumer demand for protein-rich, convenient foods that has driven multi-year revenue growth, even as some brands within the portfolio…
Eni reported two new gas discoveries in Libya’s offshore Metlaoui formation that together exceed 1 trillion cubic feet. Libyan state oil company officials say the finds should yield about 130 million cubic feet per day, supplying domestic demand and exports to Italy with rapid connection possible to the nearby Bahr Essalam field.
UniCredit submitted a low-ball unsolicited bid for Commerzbank to force merger talks and break an 18-month deadlock. Holding nearly 30% of the German bank after a September 2024 stake purchase, UniCredit values Commerzbank at about 35 billion euros. The offer increases pressure on shareholders and signals UniCredit’s option to buy more shares on th…
Jefferies has reinstated a Buy rating on Eaton following the company's closing of its acquisition of Boyd Thermal. The brokerage sets a $430 price target based on roughly 24 times Eaton's 2026 enterprise value to EBITDA estimate and says the deal substantially broadens Eaton's data center thermal-management offerings while having limited near-term …
Stocks displayed notable intraday volatility Monday, with large-cap semiconductor names including Micron and Intel posting some of the largest gains. Other sectors and market-cap cohorts produced mixed results, from double-digit jumps in certain mid- and small-cap issues to notable declines in a handful of names.
Traders face a packed economic schedule on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, with the National Association of Realtors' Pending Home Sales report and the American Petroleum Institute's weekly crude inventory figures among the highlights. Additional data include ADP private employment estimates, a 20-year Treasury bond auction and a series of Fed-related rel…
Italy's competition authority on Monday granted conditional approval for Plenitude - the low-carbon arm of Eni - to buy specified assets from regional utility ACEA for 587 million euros. The regulator found the deal would materially restrict competition in Rome's retail gas and power market and in Umbria's electric vehicle charging segment, and all…
