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Ageas has agreed to sell its 30.95% interest in Maybank Ageas to joint-venture partner Malayan Banking Bhd for €1.1 billion ($1.15 billion). The transaction, which values the venture at €3.5 billion, is expected to generate an estimated net after-tax capital gain of about €450 million for Ageas and to lift its Solvency II ratio by 25 percentage poi…
TOTO Ltd. shares tumbled 11.4% to ¥6,209 after the company posted a mixed set of fiscal first-quarter results. While net sales edged up 1.7% year-on-year to ¥168.61 billion for the three months to June 30, operating profit declined 1.6% to ¥8.07 billion. The results missed expectations and reignited investor concerns about the economics of TOTO's s…
After extreme swings in July that saw domestic retail investors suffer steep losses and leveraged ETF assets collapse, major global investors have returned to South Korean equities, concentrating on top semiconductor names. Record foreign purchases and signs that forced deleveraging has largely run its course underpin optimism, though elevated vola…
Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met on Monday with Arnaud de Baecque, the International Committee of the Red Cross resident representative to Myanmar, the government said. The announcement came with four photographs showing the meeting and a birthday cake, but the location and timing of the images could not be independently verifi…
Microsoft’s July quarter removed the biggest skeptic arguments: AI is driving real revenue and profit expansion without blowing up free cash flow. Azure’s 43% lift, $90B revenue quarter and Copilot hitting 30M paid seats give a durable growth runway. At $465.10 I see a clear path to $560 within a 180-trading-day horizon if execution remains steady …
WeRide, a global autonomous driving technology leader listed on Nasdaq, has formed a strategic partnership with Denmark’s GreenMobility, to deploy Level 4 autonomous shared electric vehicles in Denmark beginning in early 2027. This marks WeRide’s entry into the Nordic region and sixth European market. The collaboration combines WeRide’s autonomous …
Japan and the United States carried out joint yen-buying intervention to curb the currency's descent from multi-decade lows, a move confirmed by Japan's finance ministry. A photographed notepad suggested U.S. purchases of $5 billion to $10 billion of yen were being considered. While the intervention pushed the yen higher intraday and lifted short-t…
An autonomous AI-powered breach in mid-July 2026 and a surge in discovered software flaws have accelerated cybersecurity spending, boosting most large public cyber vendors by double digits year-to-date. Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks lead gains, while Zscaler stands out as a sizable laggard. Exchange-traded funds tracking the sector have also post…
Nippon Electric Glass sank 17.0% to ¥4,417 on Monday after the company disclosed a ¥12.6 billion extraordinary loss in Q2 FY2026 related to structural reforms in its composites business and announced a substantial downward revision to its full-year profit forecast. Foreign exchange gains partly offset ordinary profit pressure, but the one-off charg…
China Hongqiao Group Ltd shares fell 6.5% to HK$22.94 after the company disclosed that a unit will seek up to 12 billion yuan through a private placement. The fundraising is expected to support expansion but could dilute existing shareholders. The decline occurred even as major brokerages have kept optimistic ratings on the stock, while valuation r…
Fanuc Corp. shares dropped 15.0% to ¥6,068 on Monday after first-quarter results disappointed investors. While order intake jumped 36.9% year-over-year to ¥281.9 billion, operating profit of ¥53.5 billion, up 26.1% from a year earlier, landed about ¥1 billion below analyst consensus. The miss reversed earlier gains following a raised full-year oper…
Asian oil and gas equities fell Monday after crude prices extended losses following comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz would begin on Monday and that regional powers urged Washington to delay planned military action. The prospect of de-escalation eased fears of immediate supply disruptions and trimme…
Japanese automakers and other export-oriented firms tumbled on Monday after the yen strengthened following confirmed joint intervention by Japan and the United States. Major carmakers, electronics and industrial exporters posted notable declines as the firmer yen raised concerns about margins and overseas revenue translation.
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche formally rescinded the May 18, 2026 order that created the so-called "Anti-Weaponization Fund" just days before the Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to consider his nomination. The move followed Republican objections and a hold on his confirmation by Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, who sought …
Kioxia shares rose sharply after the company reported outsized fiscal Q1 FY2026 results, unveiled an ¥800 billion share buyback and a 3-for-1 stock split, and said it has cleared its net debt position. Management also projected stronger near-term revenue and profit and signaled expectations for a NAND supply deficit in 2027, a combination that has …
Asian equities moved lower on Monday with South Korea's KOSPI suffering the steepest losses after renewed selling in AI-linked technology names outweighed improving risk sentiment from easing Middle East tensions and stronger Wall Street futures. Oil eased after comments suggesting talks over the Strait of Hormuz would begin, reducing immediate sup…
Kay Granger, a Republican from Texas who became the first woman in her party to chair the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, has died at age 83, her son J.D. Granger confirmed on Sunday. No cause of death has been disclosed. Granger served in Congress from 1997 until 2025 and chaired the Appropriations Committee for more than a year during her fi…
Nvidia shares closed at $200.75, roughly 15% under their record $236.54 high and up 5.75% year-to-date. Despite the pullback, the stock sits near the lower bound of analyst price targets and retains broad Buy/Overweight support from major brokerages. Structural growth arguments and strong recent financials support the bull case, while rich multiple…
Alibaba Group's Hong Kong-listed shares jumped after the company introduced Qwen 3.8-MAX, a Max-class update built on the Qwen 3.5 architecture that the company says improves reasoning, coding, agent and multimodal capabilities while lowering inference costs. The model, with 2.4 trillion parameters and 95 billion active parameters, will have its we…
Private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners has submitted an indicative takeover proposal valuing FleetPartners at approximately A$760.3 million (US$534.5 million). The proposed A$3.60-per-share price represents about a 27% premium to the company’s last close of A$2.83, prompting a sharp intraday rally that sent the stock to a 20-month high. FleetP…
Local authorities have directed roughly 60,000 residents to leave their homes as a cluster of wildfires known as the Spokane Area Fire approaches populated areas in and around Spokane, Washington. The blazes have destroyed 600 buildings, knocked out power for thousands of customers and remain uncontained. State officials report more than 250,000 ac…
Pitney Bowes is a high-cash-flow, low-multiple name that has been punished on top-line pressure but is showing profit recovery and strong free cash flow. We recommend a mid-term swing trade to capture multiple expansion and a valuation re-rating driven by continued FCF growth, dividend support, and an improving cost structure.
Invesco's latest results and continued AUM momentum have pushed fundamentals closer to a valuation floor. The business generates meaningful free cash flow, carries low leverage, and has restarted capital returns — creating a setup where a tactical, defined-risk long can capture a re-rate over the next 45 trading days.
South Korea's KOSPI dropped more than 4% on Monday as renewed selling pressure on memory-chip leaders erased gains from a brief earnings-driven rebound. The broad index entered the session having suffered its worst month since 2008, with July losses driven by concerns over AI valuations, cooling hyperscaler spending and heavy retail positioning.
Steadfast Group's stock climbed after a consortium led by Amwins, Dragoneer and KKR reaffirmed a A$6.00-per-share cash proposal valuing the insurer at A$7.7 billion. The bidders say most due diligence is complete and the exclusivity period has been extended to Aug. 19 to finalise documentation and remaining checks.
