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July 16 - Micron Technology signed a series of long-term agreements with automotive suppliers, including Qualcomm and Harman, to secure memory and storage components for AI-enabled vehicles. The deals, which also involve Visteon, JOYNEXT, DENSO, Astemo and Hyundai Mobis, are intended to provide predictable supply and pricing amid surging demand for…
Kongsberg Automotive's stock jumped after the company reported a swing to profit in Q2 2026, driven by a €12 million EBIT and positive free cash flow. Revenue edged up slightly year-on-year while sequential growth extended to a third quarter. Management pointed to restructuring and production consolidation moves as central to the improvement.
Uber on July 16, 2026 launched a public takeover bid for Delivery Hero valuing the German food-delivery company at about $14.8 billion. The offer converts Uber's existing minority position into full ownership and aims to accelerate scale across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America while adding quick-commerce capabilities to Uber Eats.
JCDecaux shares jumped after two influential broker notes raised expectations for the advertising group's near-term performance. J.P. Morgan added the stock to a Positive Catalyst Watch list and nudged its target higher, while Oddo BHF increased its organic growth forecast and price target. Investors moved ahead of the company's half-year results s…
Bernstein increased its ASML price target to €2,500 from €2,300 after the company's Q2 2026 results delivered what the firm called "triple happiness" - stronger revenue, capacity and margins. Analyst David Dai kept an Outperform rating and pointed to steep capacity ramps for Low NA EUV and ArFi, EUV pricing upside and higher-than-consensus margin g…
Bernstein has singled out Leonardo, Thales and Rheinmetall as its favored European defense equities, arguing that individual company catalysts and earnings upgrade potential offer a clearer path to returns than blanket sector exposure. The broker points to expected beats, improving free cash flow, stronger aerospace momentum and near-term contracts…
Saudi Arabian stocks finished higher on Thursday, with the Tadawul All Share index advancing 0.15%. Gains were concentrated in the Insurance, Financial Services and Transport sectors, while decliners outnumbered advancers on the exchange. Oil and Brent futures moved higher and gold futures dropped, as the US Dollar Index inched up.
The European Commission has directed Alphabet's Google to provide rival AI developers access to specific Android system features and to supply anonymized search data to AI firms such as OpenAI, under measures tied to the Digital Markets Act. The requirements include access controls, cybersecurity and privacy checks, and fixed implementation dates i…
Anthropic is advancing multiple financial preparations ahead of a potential 2026 IPO, including talks to expand bank credit lines beyond an existing $2.5 billion five-year revolving facility and organizing pre-IPO investor meetings. Bloomberg has identified October 2026 as a possible target for a public offering. The company’s last reported private…
CareDx Inc. stock rallied after Medicare published a final Local Coverage Determination that affirms coverage for the company’s molecular tests used to monitor solid organ transplant rejection. The policy specifies test frequency limits for kidney, heart and lung transplant surveillance and is slated to take effect later this summer.
HSBC has upgraded its position on Indian equities from underweight to neutral, citing easing energy costs and steady domestic consumption. The bank retains overweight ratings on mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore, while downgrading Malaysia and the Philippines amid weak macro fundamentals. HSBC also cautioned that Asia's AI-driven rally may co…
Rocket Lab shares slipped in pre-market trading after Piper Sandler began covering the company with a Neutral rating and an $83 price objective. The call adds a new layer of caution to a stock that had no sell-equivalent ratings among the 16 analysts tracking it. Ongoing concerns around Rocket Lab's planned roughly $8 billion acquisition of Iridium…
Berenberg cut its rating on Evotec to "hold" from "buy" and lowered its price target to €3.60 from €9.40 after the German biotech trimmed its full-year 2026 guidance. The revised outlook, published with preliminary H1 2026 results, reflects delayed revenue recognition from partnerships and a reliance on only high-confidence contracts, prompting the…
Apple is trading around $327.50 after a recent 4.01% rise, entering a 6-12 month window packed with potential catalysts. Near-term triggers include the July 30, 2026 earnings report, recent approval in China for on-device generative AI, a planned foldable iPhone roll-out and an ongoing legal dispute with OpenAI. Analysts remain divided on the stock…
U.S. index futures moved unevenly in early trading as market participants balanced persistent Middle East tensions with corporate earnings and signs of cooling inflation. Taiwan Semiconductor posted a record quarterly profit but its stock fell after management outlined higher capital spending, triggering weakness across chipmakers. Health insurers …
Oracle shares trade at $132.49, down roughly 45% from their 52-week high and close to year lows, yet some analysts place a $320 target on the stock. The company reports a $638 billion remaining performance obligation backlog and revenue of $67.4 billion (last twelve months), while simultaneously taking on heavy capital spending that has pushed free…
Distribution Solutions Group agreed to be acquired by entities controlled by LKCM Headwater Investments for $35.00 per share in cash. The announcement sent DSGR shares up about 25% after a trading halt. LKCM Headwater and affiliates already hold roughly 79% of the company; the deal must clear regulatory and shareholder approvals before closing.
SharonAI Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SHAZ) saw its stock rise 10% following disclosure of a $1.32 billion, five-year cloud computing services agreement with a global Artificial Intelligence Lab. The deal will see SharonAI deploy cloud solutions across data center infrastructure in New Zealand, with revenue from the contract expected to begin in the firs…
State Street reported a 56% year-over-year rise in quarterly profit, driven by stronger fee income across custody, investment management and foreign exchange trading. Assets under custody and administration rose 18% to $57.86 trillion, while assets under management for investment management grew 23% to $6.28 trillion. Total fee revenue increased 17…
Morgan Stanley's Q2 2026 CIO survey, conducted May 8 to June 8, shows CIOs expect IT budgets to grow 3.8% in 2026, a slight increase from 3.7% in 2025. Software is the fastest-growing technology segment, and Microsoft and security software emerge as the clearest winners from incremental spend. AI/ML remains top of mind for CIOs, but its perceived d…
The European Commission has detailed requirements forcing Alphabet’s Google to open specific Android functionalities and share anonymised search optimisation data with OpenAI and other AI and search competitors to comply with the Digital Markets Act. The measures include access to 11 Android features, a pricing formula for shared data, privacy and …
Abbott topped quarterly estimates and raised its full-year adjusted profit outlook for 2026, driven by growth in its medical devices and diabetes businesses and by contributions from its newly acquired cancer diagnostics assets. The company reported better-than-expected revenue and adjusted earnings per share for the quarter, while acknowledging co…
BTIG downgraded Etsy from Buy to Neutral after the stock outpaced the brokerage's price target following a strong run-up this year. The firm cites a stretched valuation versus earnings expectations, technical momentum, and the presence of convertible notes as factors that have reduced the stock's upside relative to downside.
Snowflake Inc has put forward a compensation plan for CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy that could be worth as much as $448 million if the company's market capitalization nearly doubles to $184 billion over seven years. The grant comprises 1 million shares split into five tranches, each conditioned on specific stock price hurdles and tenure requirements design…
U.S. Bancorp reported record quarterly revenue on July 16, with net interest income and fee revenue rising on strong loan growth and the completed acquisition of investment bank BTIG. Capital markets revenue jumped sharply, driven by the acquisition and higher fees from corporate bond underwriting and client-related derivative activity. Profit and …
