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Israel's Competition Authority announced plans to impose a 121 million shekel fine on El Al Israel Airlines for what it calls excessive and unfair ticket pricing during the Gaza war. The regulator reviewed fares between October 7, 2023 and May 2024, finding El Al acted as a monopoly on many routes and raised prices by an average of 16%, in some cas…
Morgan McSweeney, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, has resigned after acknowledging his role in recommending Peter Mandelson for the post of ambassador to the United States. The appointment has prompted intense criticism of Starmer’s judgment after files revealed Mandelson’s ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a deve…
A selloff concentrated in technology, and software in particular, has kept market participants on edge ahead of a packed calendar of economic reports. While semiconductor shares helped spark a late-week rebound and other sectors such as energy and industrials have gained this year, the heavy weight of tech in major indexes means continued weakness …
Saudi Arabia's stock market finished the trading session higher, with the Tadawul All Share rising 0.25%. Advances were concentrated in Real Estate Development, Agriculture & Food and Energy & Utilities sectors. Market breadth favored rising issues, while crude, Brent and gold futures moved higher and select currency pairs shifted slightly.
Namibia's Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy has publicly expressed concern that TotalEnergies and Petrobras acquired large offshore positions in the Luderitz Basin without providing the ministry prior notice or securing ministerial approval. The two companies announced on Friday that each had taken a 42.5% stake in the PEL104 exploration lic…
Rising use of GLP-1 appetite-suppressing medications is altering meal choices for a growing share of Americans, prompting food companies and restaurants to introduce smaller portions, higher-protein items and snacks positioned as healthier. Industry executives and analysts say the trend is driving menu changes, product reformulation and renewed att…
Volatility and fresh scrutiny of risk have driven investors away from the mega-cap technology names that led recent gains and toward cheaper, smaller companies. Benchmark divergence intensified as the Dow hit a record while some software giants and speculative assets saw steep pullbacks. Market participants say the shift reflects growing doubts abo…
A senior executive at Zurich private bank Julius Baer has called for Switzerland to adopt a public register of bankers who breached professional duties, arguing it would prevent wrongdoing from moving unchecked between firms and support the country's effort to restore trust following the Credit Suisse collapse. He cited comparable systems in other …
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim pledged renewed efforts to strengthen bilateral trade and pursue collaborations across multiple sectors during Modi's two-day visit to Malaysia. The leaders observed the signing of 11 cooperation agreements covering areas such as semiconductors, disaster management and …
This week, major broker notes reshaped sentiment across several AI-related large-cap names. Stifel downgraded Microsoft to Hold, citing Azure capacity constraints, elevated capital spending and intensifying competition from Google and Anthropic. DA Davidson cut Amazon to Neutral, warning that AWS is losing ground and the company may need heavy inve…
Alphabet plans to raise capital expenditures to as much as $185 billion this year, well above market expectations of about $120 billion. Strong performance in search advertising and Google Cloud has given the company room to expand spending, which analysts attribute to growing AI-driven engagement and monetisation. While the move signals confidence…
This week Wall Street firms issued a string of influential ratings changes that shifted investor expectations across consumer electronics, fintech, travel bookings, semiconductors and cloud services. JPMorgan and BofA trimmed coverage on several large-cap names citing cyclical headwinds and product-cycle risks, while upgrades from JPMorgan and Mizu…
Documents disclosed by U.S. authorities show that UBS established personal and business accounts for Ghislaine Maxwell in 2014, handled as much as $19 million in the years before her conviction, and provided client services including relationship managers and transaction support. The records show transfers, payments and a 2019 grand jury subpoena; …
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom has agreed to meet with the Allied Pilots Association following union requests driven by growing unease over the carrier’s response to a January storm and broader financial performance. The union, which represents more than 16,000 pilots, has asked management to present its concerns to the airline’s board, citing p…
Russian equities ended the session with mixed outcomes as the MOEX Russia Index finished unchanged. Advancers outnumbered decliners by a wide margin, while individual large-cap names moved in both directions. Volatility measures held steady and commodity and FX markets recorded modest gains and losses.
President Donald Trump publicly endorsed Nexstar Media's proposed acquisition of Tegna, urging the companies to complete the deal. The planned $3.54 billion transaction, announced last year, would create the largest regional TV station operator in the United States. The move comes amid industry-wide revenue declines and subscriber losses tied to th…
An interim trade agreement between India and the United States sets a path to lower tariffs on high-end internal-combustion cars and removes duties on Harley-Davidson motorcycles, while explicitly excluding electric vehicles from the concessions. The framework reduces duties on cars with engines above 3,000 cc to 30% over a decade, but leaves EV ma…
Pharmaceutical and telehealth companies are investing heavily in Super Bowl advertising to promote newly available oral GLP-1 weight-loss therapies and direct-to-consumer offerings. High-profile commercials from Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, Ro and Hims & Hers aim to reach tens of millions of viewers as pricing pressure and new pill formats reshape mark…
Anthropic is allocating millions for a 30-second Super Bowl advertisement that takes aim at OpenAI’s announced intention to introduce advertisements into ChatGPT. The spot, which positions Anthropic’s Claude as ad-free, drew a sharp rebuke from OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman and highlights an escalating public rivalry between two unprofitable AI firms com…
Intel is promoting its Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge-T (EMIB-T) as a potential challenger to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s CoWoS advanced packaging for AI accelerators. Bernstein analysts highlight EMIB-T's ability to support larger reticle scaling, lower material waste through rectangular substrates, and potentially lower per-c…
U.S. equity indexes experienced a volatile week capped by a Friday bounce, yet the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were still positioned to finish the week in the red after pronounced declines in technology shares. Individual companies moved sharply in both directions: Walmart climbed as investors sought defensive exposure; PayPal and Novo Nordisk gave back sig…
TikTok Shop has used early rollouts to refine its social-commerce model, with a U.K. launch in 2021 serving as a learning phase and a U.S. expansion in 2023 producing stronger outcomes. A Morgan Stanley industry expert advising brands on the platform says the recent push into Europe’s five largest markets is poised to accelerate, driven by social d…
Multiple data sources reviewed in a Kepler Cheuvreux note point to an easing of the sharp drop in European-origin travel to the United States that occurred through much of 2025. Country-level divergence was pronounced, the third quarter was the trough for many markets, and late-2025 indicators including bookings and search interest show improvement…
The United States will make an initial payment toward the billions it owes to the United Nations within weeks, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz told Reuters, while emphasizing the need for continued U.N. reforms to improve efficiency and reduce duplication across agencies. U.N. officials say the bulk of arrears on the regular U.N. budget is o…
The federal prescription drug website TrumpRx.gov, unveiled at a White House event, highlights substantial price cuts negotiated for GLP-1 weight-loss medicines but lists discounts for under 45 drugs overall, many supplied by a single manufacturer. Experts say the site’s impact is constrained because most U.S. patients will continue to obtain bette…
