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Coowa, a Shanghai-based maker of AI-driven robots, is preparing to take the company public in Hong Kong within the next two to three months, after completing a funding round that placed its valuation north of $3 billion. The company, backed by SoftBank Group and other investors including the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, reported revenue ab…
Lime has designated Uber as an anchor investor in an updated initial public offering prospectus that is expected to be filed soon, according to a person familiar with the situation. Uber will make a meaningful investment as Lime begins investor presentations this week in a road show aimed at securing roughly $200 million, with a target valuation ne…
China has intensified checks on shipments of indium, a metal used in displays, solder and as the feedstock for indium phosphide - a material for high-speed optical chips critical to next-generation AI data centers. Buyers in Europe and North America report additional documentation requests and longer approval times, raising concerns that China may …
U.S. stock index futures slipped on Sunday evening after President Donald Trump warned of further strikes on Iran if it did not restrain Hezbollah, even as U.S. and Iranian officials were engaged in talks in Switzerland over a framework to end hostilities. The comments undercut optimism that had supported a positive close on Wall Street on Friday, …
A UBS Global Research note warns that US airline equities are entering a consolidation phase after a macro-fueled rally slowed. The bank says attention will shift back to company-specific fundamentals and second-quarter earnings, highlighting valuation disparities between Delta and United, the earnings sensitivity of carriers to jet fuel moves, and…
Saudi Arabia's equity market ended the session lower on Sunday, with the Tadawul All Share (TASI) down 0.40% as losses in the Retail, Insurance and Energy & Utilities sectors outpaced gains elsewhere. Market breadth was negative, with 190 decliners versus 128 advancers and 22 unchanged. Several individual stocks recorded double-digit percentage mov…
This week's analyst activity highlighted four distinct narratives: Truist raised its view on Datadog, citing AI deployment urgency; BofA cut W. P. Carey loose from Underperform as credit risk eases and valuation expands; Needham initiated coverage of NeoVolta based on a planned domestic battery scale-up; and KBW upgraded CME Group pointing to impro…
Danone has filed a federal lawsuit against Chobani in Manhattan, accusing the U.S. rival of overstating protein on labels of multi-serve tubs of Chobani 20G Protein and of copying Danone's product strategies. The dispute comes as yoghurt has emerged as one of the few food categories to see sustained demand gains from users of GLP-1 weight-loss drug…
Russian equities closed lower overall on Saturday trade, with the MOEX Russia Index recorded as unchanged at a new 52-week low. Several large-cap names finished unchanged in price, while volatility measures and commodity prices diverged. The source material did not specify which sectors led declines.
South Korea's stock benchmark has surged this year while the won has weakened to levels not seen since 2009. Bank of America Global Research attributes the split to exceptionally large foreign equity outflows, heightened currency-hedging demand and a set of reinforcing flows that have amplified won weakness even as the KOSPI climbed.
Goldman Sachs has reduced its global smartphone shipment projections for 2026 and 2027, pointing to elevated memory chip costs—driven by strong AI-related demand and capacity reallocation—as a key headwind. Despite lower unit forecasts, the bank expects overall market revenue to rise as consumers shift toward higher-priced devices and memory-driven…
Porsche's chief executive, Michael Leiters, has signalled an intention to finalise negotiations on a second round of cost reductions with employees ahead of the factory holidays in July. The company is moving to reduce production capacity, pursue closer cooperation with Audi and proceed with previously announced job cuts, while reporting profit pre…
A large fire at the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Hotel in Bayahibe killed a 46-year-old Italian guest and prompted the evacuation of nearly 1,700 tourists. Emergency services report several injuries, rapid fire spread linked to palm roof materials and wind, and an ongoing investigation into the cause.
Toronto-Dominion Bank plans to roll out software for certain members of its financial crimes and risk management team that records time spent in browsers, internal chat and meeting applications and flags activity in common programs. The bank says the tool is intended to improve insight into workloads and is not an AI application, while some employe…
Mexico's main stock gauge ended Friday in negative territory, with the S&P/BMV IPC sliding 0.82% as losses in industrial, consumer goods and consumer staples stocks outweighed gains elsewhere. Market breadth was slightly tilted toward decliners, and commodity and currency contracts showed mixed performance in late trading.
Colombian share prices ended higher after the close on Friday, led by strength in industrials, services and agriculture sectors. The COLCAP index rose 4.02% to reach a new three-month high. Major movers included Ecopetrol, Grupo Cibest and Bancolombia Pf on the upside, while Terpel, ETB and Celsia were among the laggards. Commodity contracts and FX…
Russian equities closed lower on Friday, with the MOEX Russia Index falling 1.04% to register a new 52-week low. The retreat was driven by weakness in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, volatility rose, and key commodities and currency pairs posted mixed results.
Canada's S&P/TSX Composite closed lower, retreating 0.32% as declines in the Materials, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors pressured the market. A small group of stocks outperformed, while several gold miners and a major precious-metals producer posted notable declines. Volatility eased and key commodity prices moved mixed ahead of the close.
Brazil's Bovespa closed slightly higher on Friday, buoyed by advances in Real Estate, Basic Materials and Consumption sectors. The benchmark finished up 0.03% in Sao Paulo, while individual equities saw sizable swings: AZZA3 led gainers and BEEF3 was the session's weakest performer. Market breadth favored advancers over decliners, and measures of v…
A Boeing 747 donated by Qatar was displayed at Joint Base Andrews as it nears handover to the presidential fleet. The aircraft was upgraded by L3Harris Technologies, repainted in a red, white, dark blue and gold livery chosen by the president, and is intended as an interim Air Force One while purpose-built 747-8s are completed. Lawmakers and expert…
President said an earlier concern about Anthropic has eased following the company's response to an administration directive restricting foreign access to its most advanced AI models. Anthropic had disabled access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after the order, and senior technical staff were scheduled to meet with administration officials to discuss the d…
Market participants face a concentrated slate of events on Monday, June 22, 2026: remarks from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's weekly speculative positioning data across equities, metals, energy and agricultural futures, and regular three- and six-month Treasury bill auctions. No 3-star econom…
Charles Schwab is working with Cboe Global Markets to bring binary, all-or-nothing options tied to the S&P 500 to its retail customers in the coming months. The contracts would pay a fixed cash settlement if the index meets the contract condition, and nothing if it does not. A separate options feature under development would allow partial payouts w…
Earnings season presses on with a group of companies slated to publish quarterly results on Friday. The Canadian convenience-store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard is the headline name, reporting after the market close, while Ammo (POWW) is set to release results before the open. Analysts' estimates for both companies provide a snapshot of expecte…
Portugal's PSI index finished the session up 0.69%, led by strength in the Financials, Utilities and Telecoms sectors. Teixeira Duarte, Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA and Mota Engil SGPS SA were the session's biggest gainers, while Ibersol SGPS and Corticeira Amorim were among the laggards. Commodity and currency moves were mixed, with Bre…
