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Goldman Sachs says TikTok Shop has developed an engaging ecosystem for consumers, creators, and smaller brands and is expanding across Europe, but its sales mix and customer behavior mean the platform is unlikely to displace established online fashion retailers in the near term. Sales have risen since launches in France, Germany and Italy, with in-…
Analysts say European carriers have so far been more cautious than anticipated about cutting capacity despite a roughly 70% rise in jet fuel prices since the war began. Bernstein warns that mounting pressures tied to lower contribution margins and the gradual expiration of cheaper fuel hedges are likely to make winter capacity cuts more probable, w…
Moscow equities ended the session with the MOEX Russia Index unchanged at the close. Winners included Mobil’nye Telesistemy PJSC, TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin Pref and VK Company Ltd, while T Tekhnologii MKPAO, United Company Rusal IPJSC and Aeroflot PJSC were the largest decliners. Market breadth was modestly positive and volatility measures and key …
Barclays analysts contend that Embodied AI - AI systems in robots, vehicles and drones - will be bullish for stocks overall. While markets have concentrated on potential displacement effects, the bank says aggregate benefits from higher output, improved efficiency and lower opportunity costs should support asset returns, even if adoption is uneven …
Goldman Sachs analysts argue that the effect of artificial intelligence on market concentration and corporate profitability is uncertain and hinges on whether the gains of incumbents compound or whether top adopters pull ahead. Factors such as globalisation, regulatory regimes, and economies of scale will shape outcomes. Historical analogies to tra…
Ride-hailing firms Uber and DoorDash have held discussions with investors in Delivery Hero about a potential buyout, while Delivery Hero's board considers a full sale or piecemeal divestments. Investors reportedly seek more than EUR 40 a share, and Uber has become the group's largest shareholder after increasing its stake to 19.5%. Delivery Hero's …
On May 23 Delivery Hero acknowledged receiving a takeover proposal from Uber valuing its shares at 33 euros each. The bid is roughly 1.76% below Delivery Hero's last closing price on Friday. Uber has increased its ownership stake to about 19.5% from near 7%, making it the group’s largest shareholder. Delivery Hero reiterated its focus on a strategi…
UBS has identified ASML Holding as its preferred buy amid equity markets sitting at all-time highs, arguing that several structural and operational factors make the Dutch lithography equipment maker an underappreciated opportunity. The bank raised its price target to c1,900 and highlights three core rationales - capacity remaining above demand, in…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged stronger compliance from partners after Taiwan authorities detained three people accused of forging paperwork to export AI servers incorporating Nvidia chips to China, Hong Kong and Macau. Huang reiterated the company’s commitment to regulated partnerships while outlining the upcoming Q3 Vera Rubin system launch and no…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said his estimate that new central processing units (CPUs) open a $200 billion market includes China, signaling the company anticipates enduring demand there despite outstanding approvals and deliveries of the H200 AI chip. Huang made the comment on arrival in Taipei ahead of Computex, noting U.S. licensing for H200 shipment…
Zoom Video Communications' early 2023 investment in Anthropic has appreciated from roughly $51 million to nearly $1.3 billion, according to a regulatory filing. The windfall comes as Anthropic prepares a potential multibillion-dollar funding round and as Zoom reports stronger-than-expected first-quarter results, raises its full-year outlook and san…
Fenwick & West, a prominent law firm known for representing technology companies, has agreed to pay $54 million to settle claims by FTX customers who alleged the firm helped facilitate the fraud that led to FTX's collapse. The preliminary settlement was filed in federal court in Miami and requires judicial approval. Fenwick maintains it did not kno…
A U.S. District Court jury in Seattle concluded that Boeing did not defraud LOT Polish Airlines by hiding a safety-related change to the 737 MAX. The change had been associated with two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 that prompted a worldwide grounding of the model for 20 months. LOT had sought $153 million in damages; after a two-week trial the ju…
A letter dated April 23 from the chair of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee warns that Chinese influence may be seeking to bypass restrictions in a tender for a 25-year concession to dredge and operate Argentina's Parana River. The contest, which Argentina estimates could attract $10 billion in investment, has excluded state-owned companies …
Florida announced a $600 million expansion of Blue Origin’s Rocket Park campus in Cape Canaveral, centered on a new 830,000-square-foot upper-stage manufacturing facility. The project, supported by state programs, is expected to add 500 aerospace positions paying an average of more than $98,000. The move coincides with SpaceX preparing a high-profi…
SpaceX conducted the maiden flight of its upgraded Starship V3 from Starbase, Texas on May 22, carrying mock Starlink hardware and instrumented payloads while intending controlled splashdowns rather than recovery. The test validates multiple design changes - including Raptor 3 engines and a reworked Super Heavy booster - at a moment of intense inve…
Mexico's main equity gauge, the S&P/BMV IPC, closed marginally lower on Friday, slipping 0.07% as losses were concentrated in the Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors. Market breadth showed more advancing issues than decliners, while selected large-cap names recorded both gains and declines. Commodities and currency p…
Colombia's benchmark COLCAP declined 0.85% at Friday's close, driven by losses across the Financials, Investment and Public Services sectors. Several leading names finished the session unchanged, while commodity and currency moves showed mixed directions that accompanied the local market weakness and modest US Dollar strength.
Russia's benchmark MOEX Russia Index ended lower on Friday, sliding 1.54% at the close in Moscow. Declines were led by the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors. Market breadth favored sellers, the Russian Volatility Index rose, and key commodities and currency pairs moved unevenly through the session.
Aperture AC completed an initial public offering that generated $102 million in gross proceeds by selling 10,200,000 units at $10.00 apiece, including units issued through a partial exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment. The units began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on May 21, 2026 under the ticker APURU. The company, a blank check ve…
Coolbit Technologies Limited submitted a prospectus for an initial public offering on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker CBAI. The company is proposing to sell 3.75 million Class A ordinary shares at a proposed price range of $4.00 to $5.00 per share, while a selling shareholder plans to offer 1.25 million shares. The company will not recei…
OceanPal Inc. (NASDAQ:SVRN) saw its shares decline in after-hours trading after the company disclosed it received a delinquency notification from Nasdaq for failing to timely file its Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2025. The notice gives OceanPal until July 20, 2026 to submit a compliance plan; if approved, the firm could have until Octo…
Lantheus Holdings is considering a potential sale after receiving an approach from Curium Pharma that values the radiopharmaceutical company at about $7 billion. People familiar with the matter say the two firms have held discussions and that a deal could be weeks away, but no final decision has been made and there is no guarantee talks will result…
U.S. equities finished higher on Friday, paced by advances in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Industrials sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.58% to a new all-time high, the S&P 500 gained 0.37% and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.19%. Several individual stocks posted large moves in both directions, while the VIX slipped to a three-mon…
Scynexis Inc. (SCYX) saw its shares decline about 7% in after-hours trading following the company’s announcement that it will execute a 1-for-8 reverse stock split, effective May 29, 2026, and begin trading on a split-adjusted basis June 1, 2026. The corporate action was approved by stockholders at a Special Meeting on May 19, 2026, and is intended…
