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Formula 1 may only be able to reinstate one of the two Middle Eastern rounds that were removed from the early-season schedule after the Iran war, Chief Executive Officer Stefano Domenicali said. The Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Grands Prix were scrapped from the April portion of the calendar, leaving F1 to consider moving a recovery date to the tail en…
Smithfield Foods reported first-quarter results that beat analyst expectations and left its full-year outlook intact, but shares fell after executives flagged cost pressures tied to the Iran war and postponed the planned $450 million Nathan's Famous acquisition to the second half of 2025 amid a partial U.S. government shutdown.
Tuesday’s trading session produced sharp divergences across market-cap tiers. Coca-Cola climbed more than 5% while a number of large-cap technology and semiconductor companies posted notable declines. Movers spanned mega-caps down to small-cap names, with several earnings reports and analyst actions cited alongside company-specific developments.
At the Three Seas Initiative business forum in Dubrovnik, Croatia, U.S. officials and American companies finalized multiple high-value agreements with Balkan states to broaden U.S. energy supply and back artificial intelligence infrastructure. Major transactions include a $6 billion, 20-year LNG export deal to Albania, U.S.-backed financing for a p…
Disney's chair James Gorman said the company’s response to the dispute between President Trump and ABC host Jimmy Kimmel is a matter for newly appointed CEO Josh D'Amaro and his leadership team to resolve, adding that the board will provide guidance. The remarks came as the president and first lady criticized Kimmel over a joke made prior to a shoo…
T-Mobile announced agreements to form two separate joint ventures with Oak Hill Capital and Wren House that will fold regional fiber providers into its growing internet business. The carrier plans roughly $2.7 billion of combined investments for 50% stakes in the two ventures, which it says will add more than 1 million homes to its fiber reach and …
Officials indicate the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to consider whether to open an early review of broadcast licenses held by Disney, according to people familiar with the matter. The agency may ultimately decide not to initiate the formal review. The reported precaution follows public criticism of a late-night monologue that aire…
U.S. energy equities rose Tuesday after Brent and West Texas Intermediate futures advanced following renewed disruptions tied to the Strait of Hormuz and stalled efforts to resolve the Iran war. Major integrated oil companies, upstream producers, oilfield service firms and refiners all logged intraday gains as markets reacted to tighter supply pros…
SLB is pursuing recovery of increased expenses from customers after the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupted global supply chains. The company reported a decline in first-quarter profit, cited sharp operational impacts in the Middle East - particularly in Qatar and Iraq - and said the conflict will sh…
Reports from Munich Re and Chubb indicate that the emergence of agentic and autonomous AI tools is likely to increase how often cyber incidents occur in the near term, while not necessarily driving a proportional rise in financial severity immediately. Both firms stress that insured cyber losses remain concentrated in ransomware, data breach, busin…
Franklin Resources, operating as Franklin Templeton, reported a jump in second-quarter profit driven by robust long-term net inflows that increased assets under management and lifted investment management fees. The firm’s AUM rose year-over-year and adjusted earnings improved materially compared with the prior-year quarter.
Sysco reported third-quarter revenue below analysts' consensus as demand from restaurants softened, sending the stock lower in early trading. The company held its full-year adjusted earnings guidance but noted margin pressure from higher costs and incentive compensation even as gross margin expanded slightly thanks to volume growth and sourcing act…
Kimberly-Clark Corp. told analysts it would incur an extra $150 million to $170 million in input costs if oil prices remain around $100 per barrel through the second half of the year. The maker of Huggies and Kleenex has not folded those potential costs into its current outlook, which still anticipates double-digit earnings growth. The company also…
Morgan Stanley says early Q1 results broadly match conservative expectations, citing durable U.S. short-cycle activity driven by production relocation. The bank highlights a subset of industrial and data center-exposed names that it views as best positioned for the current earnings cycle due to order strength, margin recovery potential and pricing …
Australian markets recorded broad losses over the past month, with the ASX100 down 2% and the ASX300 similarly lower. Energy was the sole sector to deliver positive returns, buoyed by Woodside Energy, Ampol and Santos. Healthcare suffered the steepest setback, and market valuation and earnings revision metrics showed cooling momentum. US benchmarks…
T-Mobile has signed definitive agreements to establish two equal-partnership fiber joint ventures that will broaden its fixed broadband reach. The carrier will partner with Oak Hill Capital to combine GoNetspeed and Greenlight Networks, and with Wren House to acquire i3 Broadband. Together, the platforms are expected to pass more than 1.8 million h…
PACCAR reported a first-quarter drop in revenue as demand for new trucks softened, reflecting an industry still working through over-capacity. Truck sales fell while aftermarket parts revenue rose slightly, and the company reported higher earnings per share even as total revenue, including financial services, declined year over year.
Standard Chartered, BlackRock and crypto trading platform OKX have launched a framework that permits OKX’s VIP and institutional clients to use the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity (BUIDL) Fund as collateral for trading on OKX Middle East. Under the arrangement Standard Chartered will act as custodian for the off-exchange collateral se…
UBS raised its price target for Apple to $287 from $280 ahead of the company’s quarterly report, while retaining a Neutral rating. The firm anticipates a modest March-quarter beat led by iPhone and Mac demand and has materially updated its June-quarter outlook after factoring in memory-driven share gains for iPhone units and higher memory costs tha…
A Barclays review of insider activity in the life science and diagnostic tools sector found $187 million in insider sales in the first quarter of 2026 across 20 companies. Only five firms recorded net insider purchases in the open market, with Avantor leading modest buying. Pre-scheduled sales accounted for the bulk of selling at one company, while…
The Baltic Exchange's main dry bulk freight index ticked up, buoyed by stronger rates across capesize, panamax and supramax vessels. Capesize earnings saw the largest jump in absolute dollars, even as iron ore futures retreated following a shift in Chinese buying that relieved some port-stockpile concerns.
CLS reported first-quarter revenue and earnings that beat or matched analyst forecasts, yet the stock tumbled sharply as investors assessed limited upside after a recent run-up. Revenue rose 53% year-over-year to $4.05 billion and adjusted earnings per share increased to $2.16, outpacing consensus. Mixed margin results and valuation concerns weighe…
A new study by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, prepared with the Bank for International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund and other multilateral bodies, finds that central banks and financial regulators are trailing the industry in adopting and collecting data on advanced AI. The research highlights Anthropic’s Mythos as an…
JPMorgan Chase has entered into a partnership with the International Olympic Committee to become a global partner for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the French Alps 2030 Winter Games. The bank will act as the official bank for the U.S. Olympic team at LA28 and will be a founding partner of the LA28 Games. Financial commitment…
Goldman Sachs has reduced its forecast for U.S. consumer discretionary cash inflow growth for 2026 to 3.7% from 4.2%, citing both a weaker outlook for disposable personal income and higher projected energy costs. The bank also raised its fourth-quarter 2026 Brent crude forecast to $90 per barrel and expects a slower normalization of Persian Gulf ex…
