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The United Nations has asked major artificial intelligence firms to disclose the environmental impacts of their data centres and to commit to renewable power by 2030. The appeal, and a new U.N. initiative on transparency, were announced during London Climate Action Week, alongside a separate push to reduce methane emissions in the fossil fuel secto…
Nasdaq-linked futures dropped about 2% early Tuesday as investors fretted over looming U.S. interest rate increases and the impact of higher borrowing costs on corporate AI investments. Broader U.S. futures fell, commodity prices eased, and market attention turned to upcoming business activity surveys and a key inflation reading later in the week.
Ramsdens shares climbed sharply after FirstCash Holdings announced a recommended all-cash offer of 600 pence per share through its UK subsidiary Chess Bidco Limited. The proposal, which includes an interim dividend, values the transaction at roughly £206 million and sets a timetable that could see completion by the end of 2026, subject to sharehold…
Ligand Pharmaceuticals has priced a private placement of $625 million aggregate principal amount of 0.0% convertible senior notes due 2031, with an option for an additional $75 million. The proceeds will enhance financial flexibility, fund share repurchases to offset dilution, and support corporate purposes including the acquisition of Xoma Royalty…
Telecom Plus PLC saw its shares plunge as much as 29.4% after reporting full-year FY26 results and issuing weaker forward guidance for the year ending 2027. Management warned adjusted pre-tax profit for 2027 will fall to between 80m and 90m versus a record 132.2m in the year just ended, while announcing a steep cut to the final dividend and a fi…
FirstCash Holdings has agreed to buy Ramsdens Holdings for 600 pence per share in cash, with an interim dividend of up to 9 pence per share payable on October 9. The transaction values Ramsdens at roughly £206 million ($273 million) including the dividend. Ramsdens shares jumped more than 30% on the announcement, reaching an intraday record of 600 …
Eurozone government bond yields fell as a series of ECB officials delivered calming messages about the scale of future rate action and developments in U.S.-Iran talks, together with resumed shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, helped cool fears of a prolonged energy shock. German 10-year Bund yields eased to 2.92%, short-dated yields moved lower,…
RWE AG's stock slid after the company unveiled a €4 billion equity issuance to finance a move from a minority to a majority holding in German grid operator Amprion. An accelerated placement of roughly 74.4 million shares, equal to about 10% of RWE's share capital, priced at €54.00 per share and issued without subscription rights, has set a near-ter…
Morgan Stanley adjusted coverage across several European medical-technology names, upgrading Demant and Qiagen and nudging Sonova higher to equal-weight while downgrading bioMerieux. The bank cited early signs of demand recovery in hearing aids and life sciences, attractive entry valuations after sector de-rating, and a roughly 5% compound annual s…
Bunzl Plc shares climbed after the company published a half-year trading update that raised its full-year 2026 revenue outlook, flagged a return to year-on-year adjusted operating profit with a slight margin improvement, and announced the acquisition of Scientifix Group in Australia. The update attributed revenue momentum to product-cost inflation …
Citi has named two established Japanese electronics companies - Panasonic and Mitsubishi Electric - as its preferred picks within the country’s industrial and consumer electronics sector. Panasonic is pursuing a ¥1.3 trillion sales target for its industry segment by the fiscal year ending March 2029, with a substantial portion of the planned expans…
Pakistan’s involvement in facilitating talks between Iran and the United States has won international praise and created an opening to convert diplomatic capital into economic advantages. Analysts and former officials, however, caution that any external goodwill will not resolve Pakistan’s deep fiscal imbalances, narrow tax base, and recurring reli…
Worldpanel by Numerator reported that UK grocery inflation slowed to 3.0% in the four weeks to June 14, down from 3.1% a month earlier. The data, an early indicator ahead of official figures due on July 22, also showed grocery sales rising 2.4% year-on-year over the same period, while shoppers leaned heavily on promotions and some categories saw ma…
European equity markets opened sharply lower as initial optimism about a U.S.-Iran peace agreement faded and investors re-focused on the inflationary consequences of recent conflict and the prospect of additional central bank tightening. Major indices from the STOXX 600 to national benchmarks in Germany, France, Italy and the U.K. booked declines, …
NetEase is trading at a reasonable valuation today (PE 16.3, market cap ~$78.4B) while accelerating international initiatives and selective investments in AI and IP partnerships. We see scope for a re-rating to a mid-teens-higher PE as overseas revenue scales and recurring streams (subscriptions, Yanxuan, Cloud Music) deepen. Trade idea: buy NTES a…
Japan's equity market closed lower on Tuesday, with the Nikkei 225 sliding 3.46% as declines in the Paper & Pulp, Transport and Communication sectors dominated trade. Market breadth favored decliners, volatility on Nikkei options eased, and oil, gold and major FX pairs moved lower alongside the index.
Barclays lifted its S&P 500 year-end target to 7,800 from 7,650 and published an initial 2027 target of 8,800, driven primarily by an improved earnings outlook. The bank increased its 2026 EPS forecast to $337 and introduced a 2027 EPS projection of $389, while trimming valuation multiples for Big Tech and flagging a number of macro and sector-leve…
European equity futures pointed to a weaker start on Tuesday as traders priced in further Federal Reserve tightening and worried that increased corporate spending on artificial intelligence could strain balance sheets. Futures tracking the STOXX 600, DAX and CAC 40 were all lower, while markets maintained bets on ECB rate moves despite dovish signa…
MakeMyTrip (MMYT) has faced heavy selling after a short-seller report and travel softness, but the core business - India’s leading online travel agency - still generates strong unit economics, holds a manageable balance sheet, and benefits from structural travel growth. The risk-reward at the current $46 area favors a measured long trade. Trade pla…
Morgan Stanley has kept Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) as its highest-conviction pick in the U.S. beverages sector, maintaining an Overweight rating. The bank points to accelerated Fairlife sales tied to added capacity, sustained pricing strength relative to consumer packaged goods peers, and favorable foreign exchange and price-to-cost dynamics as reasons fo…
Australian equities closed lower on Tuesday, with the S&P/ASX 200 falling 0.33% as weakness in information technology, gold and metals & mining stocks outweighed gains in a handful of names. Market breadth favored decliners, the VIX eased and commodity prices retreated, while currency moves were mixed.
Hess Midstream (HESM) trades like a beaten-up midstream name but still generates strong free cash flow, pays a juicy distribution (~8-9% yield) and shows valuation metrics that justify a long trade on pullbacks. The business is regionally concentrated in the Bakken and levered to crude and produced-water services, but the balance sheet and cash gen…
Heineken N.V. has nominated Rafael Oliveira, current CEO of JDE Peet's N.V., to be its next chief executive. The Supervisory Board will propose Oliveira for a four-year term beginning Oct. 1, subject to shareholder approval at an Extraordinary General Meeting scheduled for Aug. 5. Oliveira joins Heineken after leadership roles across major consumer…
FirstCash Holdings, Inc., a leading international pawn store operator, announced a recommended cash acquisition of UK-based Ramsdens Holdings plc. The $273 million deal will add 174 pawn locations, significantly expanding FirstCash's presence in the UK and strengthening its global platform. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to EBITDA and …
Nissan has halted development of a fully electric version of its Qashqai SUV, sources say, as the automaker trims models and seeks cost savings. The move affects plans tied to the Sunderland plant in Britain, raises questions about the timing of any future EV launch of the Qashqai, and comes amid broader changes to Nissan’s global product mix and U…
