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S&P Global Ratings upgraded its outlook on Hitachi Ltd. from stable to positive while keeping the company’s long- and short-term issuer credit ratings at 'A' and 'A-1' respectively. The agency pointed to Hitachi's evolving business mix, improved cash generation, and targeted investments in social infrastructure and IT services - including AI-enable…
Norway's benchmark Oslo OBX ended lower on Friday, falling 0.29% as declines in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors outweighed gains from select technology and shipping stocks. Market breadth was positive with more advancers than decliners, and commodity moves included modest drops in crude and gold while the dollar strengthened…
Blue Owl Capital is moving to create a real estate investment trust focused on data centers, planning an initial public offering that would be seeded with roughly $6.5 billion of the firm’s current data center assets. The company would use the IPO and later share sales to buy more facilities, but executives and deal structure remain subject to chan…
Johnson & Johnson has surged to $275.66 after delivering a 59.3% total return over the past year, powered by FDA clearances, new drug approvals and revenue growth. Street targets are split, with a bull case at $320 and InvestingPro’s Fair Value model implying nearly 10% downside. The stock’s forward multiples reflect hopes for robust oncology-led e…
Modular Medical Inc. saw its stock climb after announcing a deal with a national U.S. pharmacy benefit manager to make its Pivot tubeless patch pump available through the PBM. The agreement is positioned by the company as a commercialization milestone that broadens patient access as Modular Medical prepares for the product's commercial introduction…
Options activity in Warby Parker Inc (WRBY) on September 4, 2026 showed a pronounced skew toward calls versus puts, driven primarily by a large December $25/$30 call spread and notable interest in deep-out-of-the-money $45 calls. While the imbalance points to constructive sentiment and a practical target in the high-$20s to $30 area, volume alone d…
Portugal has asked Air France-KLM and Lufthansa to improve their binding offers for a 44.9% minority stake in national carrier TAP, initiating a final round of negotiations after state evaluators judged the proposals broadly similar. The process follows the government’s revival of TAP’s privatization in July 2025 and preserves a 5% employee stake.
KLA Corporation climbed 6.9% in morning trading to $184.84 as a broad recovery in semiconductor equipment stocks drew buyers back into companies hit hard since late July. The move appears driven by sector dynamics rather than broader market strength, with peers including Applied Materials, Lam Research, Teradyne, ASML and Onto Innovation all postin…
Lynx Equity Strategies highlights a sharp decline in Micron’s daily volatility to 3.5% in August and says that the normalization of swings, together with tightening DRAM and NAND spot prices driven by HBM demand, sets up Micron and SanDisk for potential rallies. Lynx holds aggressive price targets of $1,325 for Micron and $2,450 for SanDisk, while …
ServiceNow shares fell 3.0% in morning trading to $141.29 amid a broad risk-off wave following recent U.S.-Iran military exchanges. The decline also reflected profit-taking after a roughly 30% one-month surge and analyst-driven gains the prior session, while insider share sales in late August added modest negative sentiment. Elevated valuation - ab…
Delegates from states party to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons have gathered in Geneva to consider a non-binding draft that could start formal negotiations on prohibitions and regulation of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems. Opposition and last-minute edits from the United States and Russia have narrowed the prospects for consensus, …
Bitmine Immersion Technologies shares slipped in morning trade as investors took profits following a prolonged rally. A same-day price-target increase from B.Riley was unable to stem selling, with market risk-off forces and the company’s concentrated Ethereum exposure weighing on the stock's near-term performance.
The European Medicines Agency's safety committee has launched a review of all injectable iron-containing medicines following reports of low blood phosphate levels and bone softening associated with treatments containing ferric carboxymaltose and other injectable iron products. The committee will assess whether the reported risks change the medicine…
Applied Materials shares jumped 4.4% to $455 in morning trading after investors revisited the company’s fiscal Q3 results and a Q4 revenue outlook that materially exceeded Street expectations. The stock’s rebound follows a steep post-earnings correction driven by profit-taking, and was supported by a UBS price-target increase and additional analyst…
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization reported that its Food Price Index rose to 133.3 in August, the strongest reading since November 2022, driven by extreme weather in Europe, concerns about an El Nino event, and trade disruptions tied to conflicts affecting Black Sea grain shipments and fertilizer flows. Cereals, vegetable oils and sugar benc…
Bilibili Inc. said it will issue $700 million of convertible senior notes due 2031, with Tencent subscribing for $200 million. The offering includes an initial conversion rate equal to roughly HK$155.79 per Class Z ordinary share, a conversion premium of about 28.3% versus the Sept. 4, 2026 Hong Kong close. Bilibili plans to use proceeds for stock …
Williams-Sonoma shares are trading roughly 12.6% below their 52-week peak after a modest post-earnings decline despite a Q2 beat and an upward revision to full-year guidance. Strong profitability metrics and margin gains support a bullish thesis, while quantitative fair-value models and tariff-driven margin risk underpin a more cautious view. Near-…
Aptiv is trading near its 52-week low and well below its high, yet model-derived fair value and analyst targets imply meaningful upside. The company's resilient free cash flow and plans to allocate cash to buybacks, alongside a strategic shift into non-automotive markets, underpin the valuation argument. Technical indicators remain weak, and near-t…
Moonshot AI, a Beijing-based artificial intelligence laboratory, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong and is considering raising between $3 billion and $5 billion. The company has added Bank of America as overall coordinator alongside China International Capital Corp., Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs. Moonshot recent…
Wacker Chemie shares fell after a report that the company has lost the last two customers for its Charleston, Tennessee polysilicon plant, putting the roughly 600-worker facility at risk of closure. The departures followed a White House proclamation on August 6 introducing a price floor and tariff on imported polysilicon, which the company says doe…
OFA Group (NASDAQ:OFAL) shares rose sharply in premarket trading after the company disclosed that its QikBIM artificial intelligence platform attracted 281,665 content views and converted its first paying subscribers within 90 days of launch. The firm reported substantial spikes in site traffic and session activity during an eight-day campaign, and…
Wacker Chemie shares fell after reports that the company is weighing the closure of its Charleston, Tennessee polysilicon plant, which employs roughly 600 people and reportedly lost its two remaining customers following U.S. trade measures intended to encourage purchases of American-made polysilicon. The company says it is still assessing the polic…
The Trade Desk said it will cut roughly 15% of its workforce as part of a realignment intended to focus resources on higher-priority growth areas and boost operational effectiveness. The plan, disclosed on September 3, 2026, is expected to be substantially complete in the third quarter of 2026. The company estimates cash restructuring and related c…
Options activity in Equinor ASA showed a heavy concentration of puts on September 4, 2026, with 6,000 Oct. 16 NOK355 contracts traded amid zero prior open interest. While the one-sided flow points to downside concern, a decline in three-month volatility and a slightly lower 90/110 skew indicate the broader options market moved less defensively, lea…
Morgan Stanley has added Accor to its European travel and leisure Top Picks list and retained IAG, upgrading Accor to overweight and keeping IAG at overweight. The broker raised Accor’s price target to €55 and maintained IAG’s at €5.80, each implying roughly 18% upside, while highlighting expected cash returns, buybacks and structural revenue impro…
