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Austria's three governing parties entered a critical phase of talks to decide whether to extend a fuel price relief scheme set to lapse on Friday. Introduced a month ago, the measure cuts fuel costs by reducing retailer margins and returning additional VAT revenue to consumers via lower petrol taxes, both currently set at 5 euro cents per liter. Ne…
Hyatt Hotels' stock climbed sharply after the company delivered first-quarter results that met expectations and affirmed its full-year EBITDA guidance. Strength in revenue per available room and tighter cost control supported performance in owned and leased operations, while the distribution segment experienced pressure tied to Mexico. Management p…
Willis Towers Watson shares plunged after the company reported a slowdown in first-quarter organic revenue growth even though adjusted earnings per share topped analyst estimates. The stock dropped sharply and is underperforming the broader market year to date, with the company seeing weaker growth in its risk and broking business.
Deutsche Bank's latest Myth Buster study tested many variants of the 'Sell in May and go away' approach across major European and U.S. indices. While the specific variant that sells at end-May and buys back at end-September produced higher headline annualized returns for the STOXX Europe 600 since 1987, the strategy underperformed buy-and-hold in a…
Jefferies revised forecasts across its DACH small- and mid-cap universe this week, increasing price targets for Nordex, Siltronic, Jenoptik and IFCN and keeping buy recommendations after generally strong first-quarter results. The research house pointed to better-quality backlogs, improving service margins and early signs of demand improvement in s…
On April 30 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed removing certain active ingredients used in popular GLP-1 weight-loss drugs from the list of bulk substances that outsourcing facilities may use for compounding. The agency said it found no clinical need for outsourcing facilities to compound semaglutide, tirzepatide or liraglutide from bul…
Barclays' technology team has spotlighted a group of natural gas producers and midstream operators it views as strategically positioned to supply the energy demands of an accelerating AI infrastructure expansion. Analysts estimate annual infrastructure spending by Western hyperscalers and AI labs could top $1 trillion before a 2028 peak, a level mo…
Novo Nordisk stock rose after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed excluding semaglutide, tirzepatide and liraglutide from the 503B bulks list, a step that would bar outsourcing facilities from compounding these medications from bulk drug substances. The FDA said it found no clinical need for compounding these therapies and is seeking pub…
U.S. equity futures climbed Thursday as crude retreated from earlier four-year highs and investors parsed quarterly results from technology giants and industrial names. Alphabet and Amazon led gains ahead of the open, while notable declines in social media, automakers and refining names weighed on the overall premarket landscape.
Teradyne shares rose more than 6% in premarket trading after JPMorgan upgraded the company to Overweight following an almost 20% post-earnings decline. The bank kept a December 2026 price target of $400 and based its upgrade on four core demand drivers: merchant GPU testing growth, proliferation of custom AI chips, expanding memory test opportuniti…
A number of U.S.-listed companies disclosed material insider transactions on Wednesday. Among the largest purchases, IperionX Executive Chairman Todd Hannigan increased his stake by more than A$2 million, while Zenas BioPharma's CEO and a PIMCO portfolio manager also added shares. On the sell side, CoreWeave executives executed pre-arranged Rule 10…
FICO (NYSE:FICO) shares fell 2.7% after investor Steve Eisman disclosed a short stake on live television, arguing the company has raised prices and alienated participants in the lending industry. Eisman, noted for his early bet against subprime mortgages ahead of the 2008 crisis, made the remarks during a CNBC appearance.
The European Commission has proposed a revision of EU merger rules to permit firms to present non-traditional benefits - including sustainability, resilience, investment and innovation - as part of their case for approving transactions. The changes would add new defences companies may use in merger reviews and introduce an innovation shield for cer…
The European Commission has proposed a rewrite of EU merger rules that would, for the first time globally, permit companies to formally advance arguments that mergers deliver benefits such as sustainability, resilience, investment and innovation. Regulators would still emphasise traditional competition concerns - notably potential price rises and h…
Can-Fite BioPharma's stock climbed after the company disclosed positive Phase 2a data for namodenoson in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. The fully enrolled study reported preliminary signs of clinical activity, including durable disease stabilization in a heavily pretreated population, a favorable safety profile, and several patients rema…
ConocoPhillips cut its annual production guidance and removed volumes from Qatar in its near-term outlook after disruptions tied to the Iran conflict affected LNG operations. The changes, combined with higher royalties at its Surmont oil sands project, weigh on 2026 output and follow weaker realised prices and quarterly earnings declines.
Blue Owl Capital saw its stock rise in premarket trading on Thursday after reporting first-quarter metrics that edged past analyst forecasts. Adjusted distributable earnings per share came in at $0.19 versus the $0.18 consensus, fee-related earnings per share increased to $0.25 from $0.22 a year earlier, and assets under management expanded 15% to …
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) reported first-quarter adjusted earnings that beat analyst expectations as increased market volatility boosted trading activity across asset classes. Exchange revenue and energy-related trading both rose sharply, while data services and mortgage technology contributed steady growth. Management highlighted customers' …
Saudi Arabia's stock market closed lower, with the Tadawul All Share sliding 0.45% as losses in Insurance, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services sectors outpaced gains. Individual stock swings were pronounced: three names gained more than 6%, while a leading decliner fell nearly 10%. Commodity and currency moves included weaker crude and Brent, firm…
Stellantis views its alliance with Chinese automaker Leapmotor as a replicable model for future collaborations in China, CEO Antonio Filosa said after the group's first-quarter results. The partnership, initiated in 2023 when Stellantis purchased about a fifth of Leapmotor and created a joint venture to produce and sell Leapmotor vehicles outside C…
Morgan Stanley has reiterated its positive stance on France’s largest banking groups, saying they are well placed to handle increases in systemic capital buffers without derailing earnings momentum or planned shareholder distributions. The brokerage highlighted BNP Paribas for its robust capital generation and comfortable cushion above minimum requ…
Mastercard topped analysts' expectations for first-quarter profit as sustained consumer spending supported transaction activity on its network. Gross dollar volume and cross-border spending rose, while net revenue increased 16% to $8.4 billion. The gains come amid uneven household spending patterns and external pressures including the Iran conflict…
Hershey reported quarterly results that exceeded analyst expectations as elevated pricing and rising demand for its salty snacks offset higher input and tariff costs. The company reiterated full-year targets even as first-quarter adjusted gross margin contracted and lower-income consumer spending remained cautious amid geopolitical and fuel-cost pr…
Wolfe Research has named The Cooper Companies (COO) as an investment idea, pointing to the company's dominant contact lens franchise and the valuation gap versus peers. The firm highlights that CooperVision’s market leadership is being weighed down by CooperSurgical’s weaker results, recent acquisitions that have pressured cash flow, and heightened…
Citi Research says gains in the Energy sector are concealing broader weakness across European corporate earnings. With energy now responsible for a large share of projected EPS growth for the year, revision trends have narrowed and positioning has shifted to net short, creating asymmetric risks for European markets in the months ahead.
