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Shares of Dentsu Soken climbed nearly 15% to 2,717 JPY on Friday after a report said parent Dentsu Group is coordinating with Fujitsu to take the IT firm private. The plan would see Fujitsu and a trading house invest roughly ¥200 billion to purchase the roughly 38.2% of shares held outside the parent, while Dentsu Group retains its roughly 61.8% ho…
Asian equities staged a broad rebound on Friday as investors bought into beaten-down technology names, semiconductor shares led gains across the region and softer oil prices helped improve risk sentiment following comments suggesting tensions with Iran had eased. Economic indicators and PMIs from several regional economies supported the rally, whil…
Mizuho has identified four consumer-sector companies it believes are positioned to benefit from improving fundamentals, margin expansion and continued growth momentum. The investment bank assigns Outperform ratings to Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Chewy, Costco and Dutch Bros, providing price targets grounded in future EBITDA or earnings estimates and …
U.S. equity futures moved higher Thursday evening after the Labor Department reported substantially fewer jobs added in June than economists had forecast, tempering market bets on near-term Federal Reserve rate increases. Major futures rose modestly, the Dow reached a record closing high in regular trading, and individual stocks diverged, with Appl…
Suncorp shares fell after the insurer trimmed its gross written premium growth outlook for fiscal 2026, citing persistent weakness in its New Zealand commercial portfolio and weaker-than-expected demand in parts of the Australian insurance market. The company also guided total investment income of A$750 million to A$800 million for the full year, w…
Shares of Hong Kong-listed Kuaishou Technology climbed to their strongest level in over a week after Kling AI, its spun-off generative video unit, obtained an initial $2 billion in venture funding. The deal values Kling AI at about $18 billion before the injection, could expand to $3 billion, and is expected to support product development and overs…
Suncorp Group has reduced its gross written premium growth forecast for 2026, citing weaker commercial conditions in New Zealand and softer demand across Australia. The update coincided with a drop in the insurer's shares and a downgraded investment income outlook for the year, and the company warned of increased reinsurance costs for 2027 despite …
Morgan Stanley reiterated an overweight rating and $103 price target on Monster Beverage, pointing to the company’s most extensive innovation program to date. New items introduced since late 2025 now make up roughly 14.5% of U.S. scanner sales, and early market-share data and management plans support above-consensus forecasts through 2028, the brok…
Meta Platforms’ lead of its superintelligence team, Alexandr Wang, told employees at a town hall that the company’s forthcoming AI model, codenamed Watermelon, has reached parity with OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 according to individuals familiar with the matter. The company’s progress comes amid a broader push to scale its AI stack after earlier models lagged…
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg told staff that work on AI agents has not advanced as quickly as anticipated, prompting a reassessment of recent organizational changes. The company continues to ramp spending on AI infrastructure and expects more significant returns within three to six months. A separate review found no employee data was used to …
QTS, the data center unit affiliated with Blackstone, has terminated its proposed Digital Gateway project in Virginia and withdrawn the related regulatory filings after multiple years of planning, approval, local opposition and litigation. The company reaffirmed its continued investments across Virginia, while noting the Digital Gateway had been pr…
A 44-year-old Texas man has been charged with manslaughter after his Tesla Model 3, reportedly operating with the automaker's Full Self-Driving system engaged, struck a suburban home in Katy, Texas on June 19, killing 76-year-old Martha Avila. Court documents and company statements offer conflicting accounts of the vehicle's behavior in the moments…
Kioxia will hold a ceremony at its Kitakami fab on Friday as it prepares to mass produce 10th-generation BiCS Flash NAND memory developed with SanDisk. The company’s shares have surged this year amid an AI-driven shift in memory demand, lifting its market value above $250 billion. Kioxia, acquired by a Bain-led group in 2018, says it is considering…
Londian Wason Energy Tech, a Shenzhen-based maker of copper foil for lithium-ion batteries, filed for an initial public offering in the United States on July 2, aiming to tap investor demand tied to electric vehicle battery supply chains. The company reported a return to profitability for the quarter ending March 31, 2026, and says it was the large…
Crusoe is negotiating a funding round of roughly $3 billion that could lift the company's valuation to about $30 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The data center operator, which had an estimated valuation near $10 billion in October, provides AI computing capacity and reports contracts and a sizable project pipeline. Discussio…
Mexico's benchmark S&P/BMV IPC finished Thursday's session down 0.26%, pressured by losses in industrials, consumer goods and services, and consumer staples. A larger number of advancing issues narrowly outnumbered decliners, while materials and selected food producers posted gains. Commodities movements included a notable rise in August gold futur…
Centrus Energy Corp. (NYSE:LEU) saw its stock climb 2.8% in after-hours trading after S&P Dow Jones Indices confirmed its inclusion in the S&P SmallCap 600. The move, effective before the open on July 14, removes Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) from the index following its pending acquisition by Ares Management Corp. (NYSE:ARES). A separate S&P SmallCap…
Colombia's main stock index edged up at the close, supported by strength in Industrials, Services and Agriculture. The COLCAP finished 0.01% higher, with Etb and Cementos Argos Pf among the session leaders, while several banking stocks recorded declines. Commodities and currency benchmarks showed mixed moves during the trading session.
Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has asked U.S. trade authorities to consider Brazilian legislation that would bar the national instant-payments platform Pix from linking with non-Western cross-border settlement systems. He framed the proposal as an alternative to punitive tariffs that the U.S. is weighing following a probe into Pix and other practices.
Russian equities closed lower on Thursday, with the MOEX Russia Index declining 3.63% as losses in Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors pushed the market down. Decliners outnumbered advancers by a wide margin, several large-cap names recorded multi-year or all-time lows, and implied volatility on the MOEX rose modestly. Commodity prices were mixed w…
Osprey Acquisition Corp. III completed an initial public offering of 30,015,000 units at $10.00 per unit, generating $300.15 million in gross proceeds, including the full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. Units began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on July 1, 2026 under the ticker OSPRU. Proceeds from the IPO and a concurrent…
Moody's has cut Mercer International Inc.'s corporate family rating and related debt assessments, flagging a heightened chance of a distressed exchange or balance-sheet restructuring. The agency cited persistent high leverage, weak interest coverage and projected free cash flow shortfalls tied to rising fiber costs, soft pulp pricing and lower dema…
Seer Inc. shares rose sharply in after-hours trading following an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from the company’s Chair and CEO to acquire all outstanding Class A common stock for $2.45 per share in cash plus two contingent value rights. The Board will appoint a Special Committee of independent directors to evaluate the offer, consider alterna…
Lockheed Martin is reported to be leading negotiations to acquire Ultra Maritime from private-equity owner Advent International in a transaction that could value the naval defence business at about $3.5 billion. Discussions are active, other bidders are still in the running, and an announcement could come as soon as next week. Ultra Maritime is par…
ITG, Inc. closed an initial public offering of 22,439,025 shares of Class A common stock at $16.00 per share, including the full exercise of underwriters' option for 2,926,829 additional shares. The company began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 1, 2026 and reported net proceeds of about $323.4 million, which it intends to use to …
