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Citi's valuation models produce fair value estimates for USD-JPY around ¥161 using data spanning 2017-2025 and ¥159 when restricting the sample to 2023-2025. The bank finds no clear distortion in market pricing, notes offsetting forces from Japanese equity strength and interest rate spread contraction, and anticipates a corrective move to below ¥15…
Shares of ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ:ON) rose 5% on Monday after Citi raised its price target from $100 to $120, put the stock on a 90-day upside Catalyst Watch ahead of the company's September Analyst Day, and boosted earnings estimates for 2026 through 2028. Citi kept a Neutral rating while attributing its revisions to expanded data center power ex…
Castellum, Inc., a cybersecurity and software services company focused on the federal government, announced that its joint venture, CTM JV, LLC, has secured a position on the U.S. Navy's Logistics IT Integration and Support Capability Modernization, Deployment, and Support Multiple Award Contract with a maximum total value of approximately $250 mil…
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, a leading U.S.-based drybulk shipowner, strongly encourages shareholders to vote in favor of its incumbent board of directors and against handpicked nominees from Diana Shipping Inc. ahead of the company's June 18, 2026 annual meeting. Supported by top proxy advisory firms ISS, Glass Lewis, and Egan-Jones, the comp…
RBC Capital Markets strategists say U.S. equity valuations have declined from recent highs amid the latest market wobble, trimming excess but not plunging to levels that historically signal a broad washout. The S&P 500’s pullback was modest relative to RBC’s Tier 1 definition, small-cap multiples remain elevated versus past troughs, and select sect…
Global equities climbed and oil prices fell after the United States and Iran reached a preliminary memorandum of understanding that could end months of near-total disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. While markets welcomed the prospect of resumed traffic and lower energy-driven inflation pressure, the agreement leaves key issues unresolved and a 60-…
Stellantis has assured Italian unions that none of its manufacturing sites in Italy will be shuttered. Europe chief Emanuele Cappellano outlined how each plant fits into the automaker's recently unveiled business plan, describing encouraging trends such as rising demand, market share gains, higher production and fewer furloughs.
Austrian printed circuit board manufacturer AT&S announced an up-to-€2 billion investment in its Malaysian operations to capture growing demand tied to AI infrastructure. The company will expand capacity at its Kulim site and activate an unused building at a second plant there, backed by long-term customer commitments. The move followed recent agre…
Fitch Ratings has maintained China’s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating at A with a Stable Outlook. The rating reflects the country's large, diversified economy, key role in global trade and solid external finances, while noting medium-term fiscal pressures from high deficits, falling revenue, rising government debt and economy-wide leverage. Fitch pr…
Shares of Corbion NV climbed after Berenberg upgraded the stock from hold to buy and increased its price target to €24. The broker cited record fish oil prices, higher algal EBITDA forecasts for 2026-27, and a sum-of-the-parts valuation that highlights upside versus historical trading multiples. Berenberg also flagged potential acquisition interest…
KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded Rocket Lab and Firefly Aerospace from Sector Weight to Overweight, arguing sector-wide weakness tied to SpaceX's IPO created buying opportunities. The firm set $135 and $50 price targets on Rocket Lab and Firefly, respectively, and pointed to sizeable backlogs, vertical integration, NASA contracts and defense spendi…
Nano Labs (NA) is a small Hangzhou-based fabless chip designer whose product set - high-throughput compute chips, smart network interface cards, distributed compute/storage and vision chips - sits squarely at a little-discussed bottleneck for AI deployments: moving data to and through accelerators. The stock trades at $1.77 with a market cap of rou…
Parsons Corporation has secured a $184 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Department of the Navy to support the Intelligence Carry-On Program. This program delivers ruggedized, portable workstations aimed at improving battlespace awareness and readiness for military operators in challenging environments, reinforc…
Context Therapeutics Inc. announced positive interim results from its ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of CTIM-76, a CLDN6 x CD3 T cell engaging bispecific antibody for solid tumors, in patients with heavily pretreated platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC). The trial showed a 29% confirmed overall response rate and a favorable safety profile with …
Diana Shipping Inc., a major shareholder of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, publicly opposes Genco's board decision to maintain a poison pill that blocks takeover attempts including Diana's all-cash offer. Diana encourages Genco shareholders to vote against the ratification of the poison pill and the equity incentive plan, and to support its nomi…
Indian stocks closed higher on Monday with the Nifty 50 up 0.98% and the BSE Sensex rising 0.97%. Strength in Real Estate, Auto and Consumer Durables names supported the advance. Market breadth was positive on both exchanges and the India VIX fell to a three-month low. Commodities and currency markets saw notable moves, with gold futures jumping, c…
Akamai Technologies has unveiled its Agentic Security Framework, designed to secure and scale AI-driven digital interactions and commerce. The framework introduces the "Know Your Agent" protocol to verify AI agent identities linked to authorized human users, integrates with major partners like Visa, Experian, and Skyfire to establish trusted AI age…
French wine and spirits exporters criticized a U.S. presidential threat to impose 100% tariffs on French wine and champagne, saying the measure would be damaging for an industry heavily reliant on overseas sales. The threat was tied to a 3% French digital tax on U.S. technology companies, and follows earlier warnings of higher tariffs on alcoholic …
European Central Bank policymaker Peter Kazimir warned that the ECB's initial rate increase last week is only a first step and that further policy tightening may be required as elevated energy costs continue to spread through the euro zone economy. Writing in an opinion piece, Kazimir said the central bank must remain vigilant and ready to act, not…
Infectious disease specialists say the chance that an Ebola-infected traveler will arrive in the United States during the 2026 World Cup is low but not zero. U.S. hospitals and public health agencies in host cities have bolstered training, created specialized treatment capacity and deployed surveillance tools, though experts caution that lingering …
Russia's foreign minister said Moscow remains committed to U.S. President Donald Trump's proposals for ending the war in Ukraine and is awaiting clarification from Trump's envoys on implementation. The Kremlin confirmed the envoys will return to Russia soon. Lavrov also criticized European offers to mediate, saying they rest on incorrect assumption…
The Bank of Portugal kept its 2026 GDP growth projection at 1.8% but revised the public finances and inflation outlooks in its quarterly bulletin. The central bank lowered its 2026 budget deficit forecast to 0.2% of GDP, raised the near-term EU-harmonised inflation forecast to 3.1% for this year, and flagged constraints from higher oil prices, elev…
French wine and spirits exporters said Monday that threats by the U.S. administration to impose steep tariffs on French wine and champagne are harmful to a sector that relies heavily on overseas sales. The warnings are linked to a 3% French digital tax on U.S. technology companies; the exporters group FEVS called for responsible behavior and balanc…
The Bank of Portugal held its 2026 economic growth projection at 1.8% and revised down its projected budget deficit for 2026 to 0.2% of GDP. The central bank flagged a likely upward effect on inflation from higher oil prices connected to the Middle East conflict, adjusted its EU-harmonised inflation forecast for this year to 3.1%, and laid out a pa…
U.S. energy shares declined in premarket trading after crude futures fell following an initial agreement between Washington and Tehran that could end a months-long conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Markets reacted to comments that a memorandum of understanding will be signed in Switzerland on Friday and to a U.S. statement that the strait w…
