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President Trump has signaled interest in ensuring the American public benefits financially from the growth of leading artificial intelligence firms. Policymakers and advocates have outlined multiple mechanisms that could deliver a public stake in the sector, including stock-based taxes, government equity tied to federal funding, and dividend-style …
Corgi Investments, a venture capital-backed asset manager affiliated with an AI-driven insurance startup, has launched an unusually large number of exchange-traded funds in rapid succession. Since debuting its first ETF last December the firm has rolled out 88 funds and, on two occasions this spring, issued more than 30 in a single day. One photoni…
Toronto-Dominion Bank has informed a subset of staff in its financial crimes and risk management unit that it will deploy WorkiQ, a monitoring tool from ActiveOps, to capture time spent in browsers and internal chat and meeting applications. The announcement, made on a team call and accompanied by an internal FAQ, prompted employee questions about …
Infineon Technologies rose sharply after Bernstein sharply raised its price target and Munich courts handed the company two additional patent victories against Innoscience. The stock’s advance was reinforced by gains across U.S. technology indices and recent analyst support, driving shares close to their 52-week high.
Export data analyzed by Bernstein indicates a pronounced increase in Samsung Electronics' high-bandwidth memory (HBM) shipments from South Chungcheong Province in May, coinciding with a record monthly high for overall HBM exports. Bernstein's regression model projects substantial quarter-over-quarter HBM revenue growth for both Samsung and SK hynix…
Citigroup has lifted its Nikkei 225 year-end projection to 90,000 while keeping its TOPIX objective at 4,500. The bank attributes the move to a technology-dominated rally, improving corporate margins supported by price pass-throughs, and abundant global liquidity funneling flows into previously overlooked Japanese equities. Citi sees additional ups…
Bernstein raised its price target on Infineon Technologies to €102 from €74 and kept an outperform rating, attributing the change to the company's leading position in power semiconductors and improving pricing. The broker lifted its valuation multiple and forecasted stronger earnings and revenue growth driven largely by higher power pricing and ris…
Tesla shares opened lower Monday as a Jefferies note highlighted a growing structural risk: investor concern that Tesla could effectively become a proxy for SpaceX if merger speculation culminates in an all-stock deal. SpaceX's large June IPO and subsequent price swings, combined with mixed sell-side reactions to its recent acquisition, are feeding…
Standard Chartered upgraded its stance on Asia ex-Japan equities to overweight, identifying Taiwan and China as preferred markets on the back of robust earnings prospects tied to AI spending and chipmaking. The bank also flagged a likely near-term resumption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz as a factor that could relieve oil-import-dependen…
Take-Two Interactive climbed in pre-market trading as the long-anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI pre-order window approaches. Market optimism was reinforced by a string of bullish analyst ratings, management revenue guidance tied to the franchise launch, and a broadly positive tape in tech-led indices. Key uncertainties include final retail pricing f…
Pierre et Vacances SA shares climbed 4.0% to €1.84 after Mubadala Capital submitted a firm, fully-funded cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares. The proposal, revealed on the evening of June 21, 2026, follows a competitive sale process and a strategic review launched in June 2025. The company reported strengthening operational metrics,…
U.S. equity futures opened the week with limited movement after a long weekend, as investors tracked developments in the first round of U.S.-Iran negotiations and prepared for several market-moving events later in the week. Oil fell sharply after talks wrapped up with a 60-day roadmap agreed between Washington and Tehran, while gains in memory chip…
CRH is reportedly in advanced negotiations to acquire Arcosa, a U.S.-focused construction engineering company, in a transaction that would place Arcosa's enterprise value above $8 billion. The deal implies an enterprise value to EBITDA multiple above 13.7 times and, if funded with debt, would lift CRH's net debt to EBITDA ratio to about 2.4 times f…
Hedge funds moved to net sellers of global equities last week for the first time in five weeks, according to the Goldman Sachs Prime desk led by Vincent Lin. Short sales exceeded long purchases by a ratio of 1.3 to 1. All major regions were net sold except Asian developed markets. Macro products were net sold for the first time in a month, while si…
Synthomer Plc said trading activity picked up in April and May amid disruptions to competitors' sourcing and distribution networks tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict, boosting volumes in several product areas and lifting first-half revenue and EBITDA performance versus a year earlier. The group said it passed on higher raw material and energy costs to …
Visteon Corp shares climbed in pre-market trading after JPMorgan raised its rating to Overweight and nearly doubled the price target. The bank cited a strong pipeline of wins and the commercial roll-out of Visteon's SmartCore HPC platform as drivers of expected high single-digit revenue growth over the next three to five years. JPMorgan's revised m…
Eiffage has opened exclusive negotiations with Atlas Arteria to acquire the Warnow Tunnel for a proposed price between 100 million and 115 million. The transaction values the German toll tunnel at about 9-10 times its projected 2025 EBITDA of 11.5 million. Eiffage shares fell 1.5% on the news, while analysts describe the deal as strategically co…
Jefferies has reduced its price target for Tesla to $375 and cautioned that growing market belief in a potential Tesla-SpaceX merger could cause TSLA to trade as a proxy for SpaceX. The firm sees roughly 6% downside from current levels and projects below-consensus results as early investments in robotaxi and humanoid robot programs create initial l…
Shares of Getty Images jumped sharply in pre-market trading after the company announced a multi-year arrangement to integrate its licensed image libraries directly into OpenAI’s ChatGPT search and discovery experiences. The partnership, revealed on the evening of June 21, 2026, was cited by Getty’s CEO as a step to improve the usefulness and trustw…
When chipmakers and equipment manufacturers dominate headlines, the raw materials that underpin circuit boards can be overlooked. This month, a Hong Kong-based laminate and copper-foil producer vaulted into triple-digit monthly gains after announcing a large stake sale and a string of product price increases. The move highlights a broader market ro…
Morgan Stanley says Kevin Warsh’s first Federal Open Market Committee meeting helped rebuild market confidence in the Federal Reserve by signaling a renewed focus on inflation and less reliance on balance sheet tools. However, the firm cautions that reduced liquidity - driven by smaller reserve management purchases, lower Treasury buybacks and acce…
Indonesia's benchmark IDX Composite Index ended Monday's session lower, down 0.77%, pressured by losses across the Financials, Infrastructure and Agriculture sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, with 485 stocks falling versus 218 advancing and 152 unchanged. Several small- and mid-cap names posted outsized percentage moves in both directions,…
Inficon shares surged to a fresh 52-week high after a broad rally in semiconductor stocks boosted demand for chip-equipment names. The Swiss vacuum-instrumentation firm rose to CHF 185.4, supported by earlier updates to 2026 guidance, analyst target increases and a sustained technical uptrend ahead of its July earnings date.
RWE is reported to be in talks to acquire roughly 31% of German transmission system operator Amprion, a move that would lift its stake to a controlling 51% and require full consolidation of Amprion into RWE's financial results. The deal would price Amprion at a single-digit premium to its 2026 Regulated Asset Base (RAB), a valuation level that is l…
BioArctic AB shares rose in Stockholm after the company announced a research and collaboration agreement with Eli Lilly to combine BioArctic’s BrainTransporter platform with an undisclosed Lilly drug candidate aimed at neurodegeneration. The deal includes $30 million upfront, up to $770 million in milestone payments and tiered mid-single digit roya…
