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On June 25 McCormick reported second-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings above Wall Street expectations, citing sustained consumer demand for spices and seasonings as households cook more at home amid economic uncertainty. The company also reiterated progress on its proposed roughly $45 billion merger with Unilever’s food business, a deal that wo…
Darden Restaurants shares fell about 2.1% in pre-market trading as investors positioned for the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 results. Street expectations call for adjusted EPS near $3.63–$3.64 and revenue of $3.73 billion. Concerns centered on Olive Garden same-store sales, where one analyst modeled results below consensus, while LongHorn S…
Schaeffler shares climbed after Citi characterized the stock as a buying opportunity, citing a near-trough valuation for the core business and potential additional value from non-automotive initiatives. The move came amid improving operating margins reported in Q1 2026 and a broader constructive trading backdrop for German equities.
The Kremlin expressed appreciation for U.S. efforts to mediate in the Ukraine conflict but insisted that effective mediation cannot come from a party that is supporting one side. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed a Kyiv Independent report that Ukraine believes it has secured U.S. support to act "more boldly," and said Russia expects continu…
L’Oréal shares rose 1.5% to €392.5 after Citi upgraded the stock to Buy and lifted its price target to €435, citing improved long-term growth expectations tied to the Kering Beauty acquisition and strengthening organic sales trends. The move countered recent negative notes from Deutsche Bank and Jefferies as investors await the July 29 earnings rep…
H.B. Fuller fell sharply in pre-market trading after formally confirming the purchase of Advanced Medical Solutions and reporting fiscal second-quarter results that met revenue and EPS expectations but left full-year adjusted EPS midpoint slightly below analyst forecasts. The deal, priced at £715 million (about $942 million including debt), is expe…
Micron Technology's stronger-than-expected quarterly guidance and a $22 billion customer commitment to memory supplies triggered a global tech rally, lifting chip-linked indexes and sending Micron shares sharply higher. The surge arrives amid sliding crude prices back to pre-conflict levels, mixed U.S. economic data and persistent inflation concern…
Bio-Techne shares jumped sharply in pre-market trading after Merck KGaA announced a binding agreement to acquire the Minneapolis-based life sciences company for $73 per share in cash, implying an enterprise value near $11.3 billion. The board-approved offer carries a 36% premium to the one-month volume-weighted average price and compresses the stoc…
ProQR Therapeutics completed a registered direct offering raising approximately $50 million by selling over 27.6 million ordinary shares at $1.81 per share. Concurrently, strategic partner Eli Lilly purchased 5.1 million shares in a private placement to maintain its pro rata ownership. Proceeds will primarily fund ongoing research, clinical develop…
ITV Plc shares climbed after Sky, the Comcast-owned pay-TV operator, agreed terms to purchase ITV’s Media & Entertainment unit, including its free-to-air channels and ITVX streaming service, for £1.6 billion. The transaction includes a swap in which ITV Studios will acquire Love Productions from Sky, valued between £80 million and £120 million, plu…
Investors and fund managers are preparing for elevated trading volumes tied to FTSE Russell's June reconstitution, which includes the fast-entry adoption of SpaceX into the Russell 1000, reclassifications for megacaps, and dozens of small-cap promotions to larger indexes. Market participants expect substantial portfolio rebalancing, with nearly $15…
WidePoint Corporation has been awarded the exclusive 10-year contract for the Department of Homeland Security's Cellular Wireless Managed Services (CWMS) 3.0 program, valued at approximately $3.1 billion. This contract reinforces WidePoint's position as a key federal technology managed solution provider and enables delivery of advanced secure mobil…
Indian shares finished modestly higher on Thursday with the Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex both advancing 0.14%, driven by strength in auto, real estate and banking names. Market breadth was negative on both exchanges, while volatility, commodity and currency indicators moved lower in late trade. Notable movers included Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki …
Volkswagen AG shares climbed after the company confirmed it will sell a 51% stake in its large engine business, renamed Everllence, to Bain Capital for about c7.4 billion including the stake value and expected post-deal debt. Volkswagen will remain a 49% shareholder. Analysts said the transaction strengthens the group's finances as it pursues a br…
Germany’s Merck KGaA agreed to buy Bio-Techne for about $11.3 billion, adding research and bioprocessing capabilities to its life sciences division. That transaction is the latest in a string of large deals over the past decade by U.S.-based pharmaceutical and biotech companies targeting assets across oncology, immunology, rare diseases, obesity, d…
Barclays retains a positive outlook on global equities and expects the economic expansion to continue, forecasting 3.1% global growth in 2026. The firm highlights the U.S. profit cycle as the primary driver of global macro developments and notes earnings gains spreading beyond mega-cap tech into hiring, capital spending and consumer demand. At the …
Schaeffler shares climbed after Citi identified the stock as attractively valued at roughly €8, arguing the core business alone is worth about €8.30 and that further upside could come from non-automotive opportunities in humanoids, space and defense. The bank said recent weakness in the share price does not reflect a deteriorating fundamental outlo…
WeRide's proprietary AI platform, GENESIS, has won the 2026 AI Breakthrough Award for Overall Gen-AI Solution of the Year and the Simulation Innovation Award at the 2026 Automotive Testing Technology International Awards. This recognition highlights GENESIS's capabilities in advanced autonomous driving simulation, training, and deployment, signific…
ProQR Therapeutics announced positive Phase 1 clinical data for AX-0810, showing dose-dependent target engagement of NTCP biomarkers in healthy volunteers, favorable safety, and promising pharmacokinetics. The data validate the company’s innovative Axiomer RNA editing platform and support advancement of next-generation candidate AX-0811, with plans…
International Business Machines saw a sharp pre-market rally after revealing a 0.7 nanometer transistor architecture built on a three-dimensional 'nanostack' that stacks and staggers transistors to reach roughly 100 billion transistors on a fingernail-sized chip. The announcement, presented at VLSI 2026 and unveiled at IBM Research's Yorktown Heigh…
Volkswagen stock climbed after the automaker confirmed a deal to sell a 51% stake in its engine business Everllence to Bain Capital. The agreement is expected to provide Volkswagen with €7.4 billion in proceeds, with the transaction closing and final revaluation to be completed by year-end. Bain beat rival private equity bidders CVC and EQT in a cl…
JuNeng Technology Limited has filed a prospectus for an initial public offering of 6,250,000 ordinary shares, each with a par value of $0.0001. The company plans to price the shares between $4.00 and $5.00 and has reserved the ticker symbol NENG for a Nasdaq Capital Market listing, subject to Nasdaq granting approval. The firm is organized as an ex…
Bain & Company reports early second-quarter signs of recovery in the global personal luxury goods market, driven by stronger U.S. demand and a gradual rebound in China. The consultancy has adjusted its central scenario to a 2% to 4% increase in personal luxury sales for the year, down from a November forecast of 3% to 5%. The study highlights shift…
Volkswagen shares rose after the automaker agreed to sell a 51% stake in engine maker Everllence to Bain Capital in a transaction projected to yield €7.4 billion in proceeds. The deal follows a competitive sale process and values Everllence at over €9 billion on Reuters calculations using late-May book value. Management said the group will decide l…
Berenberg has started coverage of Ithaca Energy plc with a 'buy' recommendation and a 270 pence price target. The broker cites strong production growth following the merger with Eni’s UK business, an outlook for sustained output into the 2030s, a solid dividend track record and potential upside from UK fiscal policy changes, while flagging balance-…
