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Futures tied to Canada’s primary equity gauge inched lower on Tuesday as investors weighed a cluster of cross-cutting risks: worries about the impact of powerful artificial intelligence models, unresolved questions over new U.S. global tariffs, and upcoming Canadian bank earnings that may reflect slower loan growth. Moves in materials stocks and co…
Major technology and infrastructure companies have struck a series of multi-billion-dollar contracts to secure artificial intelligence compute, chips and data-center capacity. Agreements span leading chipmakers, cloud providers, data-center operators and AI startups, with some arrangements including equity options, licensing of intellectual propert…
A widely circulated hypothetical report outlining a grim 2028 unemployment outcome tied to rapid AI-driven layoffs has unsettled markets already heavily exposed to the technology. Investors have moved out of software equities and into defensive names and parts of the AI supply chain perceived as durable winners, prompting sharp sectoral divergence …
AES Corporation shares climbed 2% following the announcement of multi-decade energy supply and management agreements with Google for a new data center in Wilbarger County, Texas. The arrangement includes 20-year Power Purchase Agreements, AES ownership and operation of generation assets, and a long-term energy management contract to provide powered…
UBS downgraded Belgian transmission operator Elia from "buy" to "neutral" while lifting its 12-month price target to €144 from €117, arguing that the stock's recent advance has already captured expected improvements in allowed returns across Germany and Belgium. The broker raised earnings and EBITDA forecasts on a higher assumed return on equity bu…
Advanced Micro Devices saw its stock climb 14% on Tuesday morning after unveiling an expanded multi-year, multi-generation deal with Meta to deploy as much as 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs for AI infrastructure. The agreement includes a staged shipment schedule beginning in the second half of 2026, a performance-linked warrant for up to 160 mill…
Palvella Therapeutics shares climbed 15% after the company reported positive topline results from its Phase 3 SELVA trial of QTORIN 3.9% rapamycin anhydrous gel for microcystic lymphatic malformations. The study met its primary endpoint and a pre-specified key secondary endpoint with strong statistical significance, showed favorable tolerability an…
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Reddit £14.47 million after determining the platform failed to handle children’s personal information lawfully. The regulator found that age-verification measures were not in place until July 2025 and that Reddit subsequently relied on user self-declaration, which it deemed insufficient to …
Thermon saw a sharp premarket gain after Ceco Environmental announced plans to merge with the company in a $2.2 billion transaction. Ceco also updated its full-year guidance higher, citing a record sales pipeline, its largest-ever backlog and strong bookings momentum, while noting the expected financial benefits of the merger are not included in th…
HSBC analysts contend that traditional enterprise software will remain the primary conduit for artificial intelligence in large companies. The bank cautions that foundation models have limitations that make them unlikely to displace established enterprise platforms, and says 2026 will mark the start of meaningful monetization inside software.
Nykode Therapeutics ASA (OSE:NYKD) released an interim update from its VB-C-03 clinical trial on Tuesday in a short statement that provided no detailed results. The company, which develops cancer immunotherapies and vaccines, did not outline a schedule for further data releases or describe next steps for the program. The announcement was accompanie…
UBS cut its rating on Galenica AG to sell from neutral and trimmed its 12-month price target to CHF86 from CHF85, arguing the stock already prices in high-single-digit revenue growth and above-consensus margin expansion. The bank warns that planned relaxation of Swiss rules on online OTC drug shipments by FY29 could undercut pricing and growth, whi…
Telefonica's chief executive acknowledged that conditions in Venezuela have changed, but stressed that the company's approach to disposing of certain Latin American assets remains unchanged. The firm continues to review its footprint in the region and has not set a timetable for potential sales as it pursues portfolio optimization across multiple m…
European fourth-quarter corporate earnings have edged past forecasts on aggregate, but the advance is fragile. With slightly more than half of STOXX 600 companies reporting, year-on-year EPS growth is tracking at 2%, outperforming earlier consensus at this point in the season which expected a 2% decline. The improvement is concentrated in financial…
A powerful winter storm that unsettled airports across the U.S. Northeast led to more than 2,000 flight cancellations on Tuesday, down significantly from the prior day. Flight tracking data show continued, though reduced, disruption as weather agencies forecast the system to move away by Tuesday with strong winds lingering into the morning hours.
Ferretti shares rose after the company released preliminary results showing year-on-year increases in net revenue and adjusted EBITDA, a healthier margin and a larger order backlog compared with September 2025. Management said it will concentrate on high-margin segments and distinctive boat design while seeking long-term value creation for stakehol…
Keysight Technologies shares rose sharply in premarket trading after the electronics equipment maker issued second-quarter guidance that exceeded analyst estimates compiled by LSEG. Management also updated its fiscal 2026 outlook, and several brokerages raised price targets following the results. The company's outlook excludes potential impacts fro…
Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic warned that the United States could be entering a period of structurally higher unemployment that the Federal Reserve may not be able to counter. He expressed confidence that institutional protections for Fed independence will endure, noted the need for any new chair to build internal relationships, …
Santander Executive Chair Ana Botin will set out plans to extract further cost savings through a unified IT platform and an operating model roll-out across its global businesses, following the bank's recent acquisitions including U.S. lender Webster and Britain’s TSB. The push supports a strategy to concentrate on three developed markets - Spain, B…
U.S. stock futures inched higher on Tuesday following a broad market decline the day before, as investors weighed the ramifications of President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement and growing concerns about artificial intelligence. Financial and software stocks were among the hardest hit in Monday’s selloff. Markets also awaited key corporate resul…
Deutsche Bank moved Rentokil Initial Plc (LON:RTO) from "buy" to "hold," trimming its price target to 465 pence from 505 pence. The bank highlighted underperformance in Rentokil's Pest Control division relative to leading international peers and said it awaits guidance from the incoming CEO on plans to close gaps in growth and margins. The downgrad…
Goldman Sachs strategists identify a market rotation favoring firms with substantial physical capital and low risk of technological obsolescence. Labelled HALO - heavy assets, low obsolescence - these companies, including utilities, grids and long-cycle industrial capacity, have outperformed capital-light peers by 35% since 2025. Goldman points to …
Jefferies analysts caution that emerging regulatory measures on artificial intelligence could create headwinds for the largest technology companies while redistributing potential gains across the wider market. Rising public unease, extensive state legislative activity and limited federal appetite for sweeping preemption are cited as forces likely t…
J.P. Morgan Cazenove has lowered its rating on Johnson Matthey from overweight to neutral and cut its March 2027 price target to 2,000p, after Honeywell agreed to reduce the purchase price for Johnson Matthey's Catalyst Technologies unit by £475 million. The bank revised transaction multiples and company forecasts, trimmed the planned cash return p…
As Nvidia prepares to report quarterly results, investors are searching for confirmation that the company’s profit growth remains strong amid expectations of significant capital spending from major cloud and tech companies. At the same time, hyperscalers developing their own AI chips and potential supply constraints at contract foundries are introd…
