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Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa, who took the helm in April 2025, is prioritizing a U.S. rebound by shifting away from aggressive discounting and rental-car volume that he says eroded resale values and brand image. The company reported a modest uptick in second-quarter U.S. vehicle sales and plans new models, including a Rogue hybrid and a return of rugge…
KNDS said Wednesday it has paused its planned initial public offering, citing volatility across the European defence sector and shareholder requests to wait for improved market conditions. The company had begun the IPO process in late June with intentions to list in Frankfurt and Paris, following agreements that put Germany and France in joint cont…
Brazil's benchmark Bovespa index closed 0.20% lower on Wednesday in São Paulo, dragged down by losses in the Electric Power, Public Utilities and Consumption sectors. While select stocks such as Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos, Suzano Papel e Celulose and Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais outperformed, heavy declines in Engie Brasil Ene…
Ares Acquisition Corporation III, a SPAC sponsored by a subsidiary of Ares Management Corporation, closed its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, generating $395 million in gross proceeds. The offering comprised 39.5 million units priced at $10.00 each, including a partial exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. Uni…
Alibaba Group and its U.S.-based payment processor, AUS Merchant Services, agreed to pay $600 million and enter non-prosecution agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice after admitting they did not adequately prevent the sale and importation of illegal drugs, related chemicals and pill presses through Alibaba’s e-commerce channels. The Justic…
SoftBank Group has resumed negotiations with a banking consortium for a $10 billion loan secured by its stake in OpenAI. After prior efforts stalled because lenders were uneasy about how to value shares in a private company, SoftBank is now proposing to guarantee repayment, giving banks recourse to the company if the OpenAI shares used as collatera…
Apple Inc. is negotiating purchases of memory chips from two Chinese manufacturers listed on a U.S. Pentagon blacklist as the company seeks to secure components amid a global shortage of standard DRAM driven by a pivot to AI-oriented memory production. Discussions with ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) and Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) are o…
Guggenheim Securities upgraded Salesforce, Check Point Software Technologies and ServiceNow to Buy, arguing that market fears about AI-driven disruption have pushed software stock valuations too low. The firm left specific price targets for each name and said it expects subscription revenue growth to stabilize in 2026 and potentially reaccelerate i…
S&P Global Ratings downgraded Janus Henderson Group PLC to BB from BBB+ following the completion of a take-private deal led by Trian Fund Management and General Catalyst. The firm merged into Jupiter Co. Ltd., which assumed a larger secured debt load, prompting S&P to also cut the company’s senior unsecured notes to B+. S&P expects Jupiter to opera…
Moody's has revised its outlook on Advance Auto Parts to stable from negative while affirming the company's Ba3 corporate family and Ba3-PD probability of default ratings. The ratings agency also upgraded the firm's speculative grade liquidity rating to SGL-1 from SGL-2, citing strong cash balances, a return to positive free cash flow, and availabl…
Options trading in Tractor Supply Co. (TSCO) reached 15,101 contracts at 3:51 p.m. New York time on Wednesday, driven largely by call purchases. The most active single contract was the September 18, 2026 $35 call, while several other calls and a subset of puts also saw meaningful flows. Tractor Supply shares moved higher the same day and measures o…
DA Davidson analyst Chris Dankert's initiation of coverage on 16 diversified industrial firms has driven notable investor engagement. Survey checks indicate a pickup in industrial volumes and several names - Timken, Genuine Parts, Regal Rexnord and Kennametal - have emerged as focal points in marketing meetings and in three in-person investor days …
Netflix shares rose sharply after prominent reporting dialed back speculation that the company was preparing a bid for NBCUniversal following Comcast's announced spinoff. The move relieved investor concern about another large acquisition so soon after Netflix's involvement in the contested Warner Bros. Discovery talks, while analysts and Comcast le…
Guggenheim Securities has named ABIVAX its preferred pick in the pharmaceutical sector, maintaining a Buy rating and a $175 price target. The firm points to improved sentiment after a long-term maintenance study update for obefazimod showed rates of non-melanoma skin cancers and other malignancies within expected background ranges and not clearly l…
The Federal Trade Commission said companies that train AI chatbots to produce answers aligned with particular ideological aims may be in violation of federal law. The comment appears in a proposed policy that explains how the agency intends to exercise its enforcement authority over artificial intelligence and invites public feedback through July 3…
The expanded 48-team World Cup has created an unprecedented broadcasting challenge. With 104 matches over 39 days held in three countries, more than 100 networks are delivering coverage to 223 territories. FIFA expects over six billion media engagements, one billion more than in 2022. Broadcasters have scaled up personnel, production capacity and l…
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission proposed guidance stating that AI firms whose chatbots produce outputs aligned with "ideological objectives" may be in breach of federal law. The agency warned that instructing models to avoid responses that single out or discriminate against particular groups could run contrary to the Federal Trade Act's Section 5…
Elon Musk rejected a report that SpaceX had shown a prototype of an AI-focused handset to investors and stakeholders, calling the account "Utterly false." The original report described a device tied to xAI software and Qualcomm Snapdragon chips, while noting the project was reportedly in early stages with no guarantee it would be completed. SpaceX …
Robinhood announced an expansion of its perpetual futures product in Europe to include commodities, ETFs and foreign exchange pairs, and said it will introduce crypto trading in the United Kingdom. The company also unveiled a U.S. lending product for its dollar-backed stablecoin USDG, secured limited insurance for certain losses, and confirmed mark…
SanDisk Corporation shares plunged more than 11% in afternoon trading as investors rotated out of hardware and memory chip stocks into AI software names. The decline came after an extraordinary first-half surge and follows a recent price-target boost from Bernstein that cited new long-term supply deals designed to lessen earnings volatility.
Powell Industries experienced a surge in options trading on Wednesday afternoon as its shares tumbled. Exchange data compiled by Bloomberg showed total options volume of 2,123 contracts at 2:30 p.m. New York time, with puts edging out calls. Short-term volatility rose and option skew moved further into negative territory.
Trading in options tied to Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. jumped to 6,097 contracts by 2:30 p.m. New York time on Wednesday, driven overwhelmingly by call activity. Call volume reached 5,915 contracts - the largest single-day tally since July 9, 2021 - while put volume stood at 182 contracts. Several near- and longer-dated call strikes acco…
Options activity in Meta Platforms Inc. surged Wednesday afternoon, with total contracts traded surpassing 1.14 million by 1:00 p.m. New York time. Call options led the session, far outpacing puts, as the stock traded at $618.13, up 9.73%. Several near- and longer-dated calls were especially active, and short-term volatility measures rose alongside…
Clear Street has highlighted five biotechnology companies it views as having high conviction for material upside across the second half of 2026. The selections emphasize firms with imminent clinical data readouts, regulatory milestones and commercial opportunities in hidradenitis suppurativa, autoimmune disorders, oncology and rare diseases.
Exxon Mobil Corp. will adopt the name ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. following its corporate relocation from New Jersey to Texas. The change, the oil major's first name revision since the Mobil merger more than 25 years ago, will involve a one-for-one exchange of existing shares for shares in the new holding company and continuation of trading under the…
