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  • US and Iran continue negotiations while Washington keeps forces 'locked and loaded,' lifting geopolitical risk for markets.
  • Brent crude briefly hit $100 a barrel after regional incidents and Strait of Hormuz transit disruptions.
  • China fined Trip.com 5.2 billion yuan for abusing hotel-booking dominance, signaling heightened regulatory risk for Chinese tech.
  • NVIDIA, NAVER and Brookfield plan to triple Korea AI cloud capacity to 200MW by 2028, backing a major AI infrastructure buildout.
  • Kuwait agreed a $16 billion leaseback of its crude pipeline network with Blackstone, KKR and Brookfield, unlocking $7.85 billion upfront.
  • Andy Burnham named John Healey chancellor, a move Citi says is market-positive but leaves limited fiscal headroom.
  • Youth-led protests demanding the education minister's exit disrupted Delhi metros and resumed talks amid mobile internet curbs.

Latest Articles

Apollo, Blackstone Seek Investors for $36 Billion Anthropic Debt Package

Apollo, Blackstone Seek Investors for $36 Billion Anthropic Debt Package

Apollo Global Management and Blackstone are arranging a roughly $36 billion debt financing to support Anthropic PBC’s expansion of AI compute capacity. The financing is structured to purchase custom tensor processing units (TPUs) from Google, which Anthropic would then lease. Broadcom is providing a backstop on the largest portions of the transacti…

S&P Lifts Northrop Grumman Outlook as Defense Demand Strengthens

S&P Lifts Northrop Grumman Outlook as Defense Demand Strengthens

S&P Global Ratings upgraded its outlook on Northrop Grumman to positive from stable and kept the company's BBB+ long-term issuer credit rating unchanged. The agency anticipates the company will reduce leverage and sustain strong funds-from-operations relative to debt, supported by elevated defense spending and accelerated B-21 production plans, whi…

Director's Sale and Operational Setbacks at Stryker Corp Raise Questions

Director's Sale and Operational Setbacks at Stryker Corp Raise Questions

Ronda E. Stryker, a director at medical technology firm Stryker Corp (NASDAQ:SYK), recently sold shares valued at approximately $96.8 million. This transaction occurred against a backdrop of mixed company performance, including significant revenue and EPS shortfalls reported in Q1 2026 due to a cyber incident. Despite the operational setbacks, Stry…

Colombian Equities Slip as COLCAP Falls 0.56% at Thursday Close

Colombian Equities Slip as COLCAP Falls 0.56% at Thursday Close

Colombian equities finished lower on Thursday, with the COLCAP index sliding 0.56% as weakness in the Financials, Investment and Public Services sectors weighed on the market. A handful of stocks outperformed, including Celsia and Grupo Nutresa, while mining and select banking-related securities posted sharper losses. Commodity contracts and curren…

S&P Global Elevates Uber to BBB+ Citing Robust Cash Flow and Deleveraging

S&P Global Elevates Uber to BBB+ Citing Robust Cash Flow and Deleveraging

S&P Global Ratings raised Uber Technologies Inc.'s long-term issuer rating to BBB+ from BBB and assigned a positive outlook, pointing to substantial free operating cash flow, low debt-to-EBITDA and ongoing deleveraging. The ratings agency highlighted management guidance for strong gross bookings growth and said rising EBITDA and cash flow should ex…

Moscow bourse slips as mining, oil and manufacturing shares weigh on index

Moscow bourse slips as mining, oil and manufacturing shares weigh on index

Russia's equity market ended lower on Thursday, with losses concentrated in mining, oil & gas and manufacturing names. The MOEX Russia Index fell 0.24% at the close in Moscow as decliners outnumbered advancers by more than two to one. A handful of stocks, including Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank and RusHydro, posted gains, but major metals producers and…

Executive Activity at Revolution Medicines Signals Continued Interest Amid Clinical and Financial Milestones

Executive Activity at Revolution Medicines Signals Continued Interest Amid Clinical and Financial Milestones

Chief Global Commercialization Officer Anthony Mancini recently executed transactions involving Revolution Medicines, Inc. (NASDAQ:RVMD) common stock, selling shares under an established 10b5-1 trading plan. These sales occurred as the company's stock trades near its 52-week high. Beyond the insider activity, recent corporate developments include t…

Nikon Seeks Market Share in Lithography by Competing on Price Against ASML

Nikon Seeks Market Share in Lithography by Competing on Price Against ASML

Nikon's new president, Yasuhiro Ohmura, signaled an effort to regain ground in semiconductor photolithography by offering equipment at lower prices than market leader ASML, which controls more than 80% of the market. Nikon plans to reduce dependence on large customers such as Intel while continuing development of systems for non-ultra-fine geometri…

Market Records Shattered as US-Iran Ceasefire Extension Drives Equity Gains

Market Records Shattered as US-Iran Ceasefire Extension Drives Equity Gains

Equity markets reached historic levels on Thursday, propelled by an extension of the ceasefire between the United States and Iran. While the S&P 500 and Nasdaq achieved record highs, the broader economic landscape remains complex, characterized by a divergence between rising inflation and slowing growth figures. Investors are currently navigating a…

Disciplined Growth Acquisition Corporation Announces Closing of $150 Million Initial Public Offering

Disciplined Growth Acquisition Corporation Announces Closing of $150 Million Initial Public Offering

Disciplined Growth Acquisition Corporation successfully closed its initial public offering of 15 million units at $10 each, raising $150 million. The units, trading on the NYSE under the ticker DGACU, consist of one Class A ordinary share and rights to receive additional shares upon business combination. The company, a blank check SPAC, aims to acq…