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Deutsche Bank upgraded Amadeus IT Group from hold to buy and raised its price target to €71.50 from €58 after conversations with company executives and its own travel-booking AI experiments. The bank found that even a severe AI-driven disintermediation case produces only a modest hit to 2028 earnings-per-share, and that current valuation already em…
JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. shares dropped as much as 9% in premarket Wednesday after the company issued an uncommon intra-quarter earnings outlook and pointed to rising costs at a Morgan Stanley conference. Management told investors it expects second-quarter to third-quarter earnings to fall between 5% and 10%, and noted it does not typically …
Goldman Sachs reported August credit-card performance showing mildly higher delinquencies but a sharper-than-expected decline in net charge-offs, along with above-seasonal loan growth. The bank said these trends leave card issuers on track to beat consensus loss estimates for the third quarter unless losses accelerate markedly in September.
Deutsche Bank moved Aena from sell to hold after Spain’s Council of Ministers approved a 0.33% annual tariff increase under the Dora III regulatory framework. The bank raised its price target to €24 from €20, citing eased regulatory risk and the implication that the allowed return on the regulatory asset base likely exceeds 8%. The decision follows…
Goldman Sachs has raised its dividend forecasts for the Euro Stoxx 50 to 194.7 for 2027 and 218.3 for 2028, about 6 index points higher than its May estimates. The firm cites stronger-than-expected dividend performance across regions, earnings upgrades driven by AI-capex beneficiaries - notably semiconductor firms - and a supportive sector mix in E…
Oil futures climbed back above $108 per barrel after Saudi Arabia shut down its East-West pipeline, offsetting an earlier dip tied to reports of possible GCC-Iran talks and weaker demand forecasts. Citi analysts say near-term price support comes from the combination of geopolitical risk and steady physical demand, while available inventories and ex…
KeyBanc’s credit and debit card tracking indicates that year-over-year growth in spending per self-storage transaction slowed to 0.9% in August from July’s 2.3% pace. Average spend per transaction fell to $172.33 in August, a 1.4% decline from July, and the July-to-August change was the second-weakest in more than a decade of KeyBanc data.
TISCO Securities moved its view on Thailand's electronic components sector from neutral to overweight, pointing to a brighter second half of 2026, clearer data-centre spending plans for 2027 and a recent pullback that it says has already priced in much of investor pessimism. The broker upgraded Delta Electronics Thailand and Hana Microelectronics t…
Piper Sandler recommended investors avoid heavy equity exposure after identifying deteriorating intermediate-term breadth and momentum. The firm highlighted sell readings in its 26-week and 40-week indicators, a rise in weekly downtrends versus uptrends, and uneven sector performance amid a spike in the U.S. 10-year yield and volatile oil prices.
Citi's latest survey finds that consumers plan to replace smartphones more frequently, with average holding periods shrinking to between 2.1 and 2.7 years from prior ranges of 2.9 to 4.3 years across regions. Demand for AI-capable devices is a key driver, lifting purchase consideration for Apple amid interest from older iPhone owners in Apple Intel…
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Games Workshop shares rose after the company issued a trading update confirming results through August 30 were in line with the board’s expectations for the fiscal year and declared a £0.70 per share dividend, taking total dividends announced in fiscal 2027 to £3. The move follows mixed market reception to the firm’s full-year results published Jul…
Tecnicas Reunidas shares rose sharply after the company’s board authorized a share buyback of roughly 2.5% of capital for up to €50 million. The stock reclaimed a key technical level and recent company results and balance sheet improvements have removed long-standing investor overhangs, supporting the move.
Vodafone Group PLC shares fell 1.5% to 129.3 pence on Wednesday after reports said the company could forfeit as much as €1.1 billion ($1.27 billion) in potential earnings linked to the sale of Patrick Drahi’s 50% stake in German broadband joint venture OXG. The reports indicate Société Générale agreed earlier this month to acquire the stake but wil…
Babcock International Plc shares climbed 2.0% to 1,013p after the company used its Annual General Meeting in London to reaffirm full-year fiscal 2027 guidance and report that trading across its marine, nuclear and land divisions in the first five months is tracking in line with expectations. Analysts expect a notable step-up in FY2027 revenue and p…
Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang is reported to be planning to attend a state dinner in Washington hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump for Chinese President Xi Jinping on September 24. His presence would place a leading U.S. AI executive at a high-profile diplomatic event as leaders from the United States and China prepare to discuss economic and tec…
Reliance Worldwide Corp shares climbed to their highest level since August 2025 after Brookfield offered A$4.75 a share in cash, valuing the Australian plumbing-products manufacturer at roughly A$4.1 billion including debt. The proposal follows multiple earlier approaches and comes amid a period of revenue and profit pressure for Reliance Worldwide…
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. received a $34,388,301 modification from the U.S. Department of War to raise the ceiling on an existing firm-fixed-price IDIQ contract for Link-16 A- and B-Kits and related spare parts for UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters. The change adds specific kit quantities and allocates work across multiple U.S. locations, with compl…
Colombia's main equity index, the COLCAP, ended Tuesday's session down 0.81% as losses in the Financials, Investment and Public Services sectors pushed the market lower. While a handful of names posted gains, notable components including Grupo Nutresa, Grupo Argos and Banco de Bogota finished the day in negative territory. Commodity contracts and c…
JPMorgan expects third-quarter growth in investment banking fees and markets revenue to land in the mid-to-high teens percentage range, driven by a strong deal pipeline and broad-based strength across its investment banking and markets franchises. Comments from co-President Doug Petno at a financial services conference helped lift the stock modestl…
U.S. stocks closed lower Tuesday with the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all finishing in negative territory. Losses were concentrated in Consumer Services, Utilities and Consumer Goods, while select energy and semiconductor names posted notable gains. Market breadth favored decliners and volatility edged higher amid divergent single-stock performances.
Truist Financial has agreed to sell $5.5 billion of auto loans, a move that will generate about $5.2 billion in net proceeds and represent the bank's exit from near-prime auto lending. The transaction is part of a larger strategic review led by CEO Mike Lyons to shed less profitable, non-core businesses and reposition the franchise for stronger gro…
Citi's analysts project that a shift toward continual learning in artificial intelligence will elevate demand for high-bandwidth memory, server DRAM and high-density NAND storage, driving market undersupply through at least 2028 and potentially to 2031. The bank highlights Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron, Sandisk and Kioxia as primary beneficiaries of th…
Meta unveiled Meta One on Tuesday, a subscription suite that bundles more than 50 features across Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Meta AI. The company said it has reached 15 million subscriptions and trials so far. Core app functionality remains free while paid plans provide expanded AI-driven media tools, creator and business features, and tiere…
Meta Platforms has launched Meta One, a subscription offering that bundles more than 50 enhanced features and AI capabilities across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. The service has already reached 15 million subscriptions and trials in its phased rollout and is designed to supplement ad revenue by monetizing its large user base with tiered plans …
