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Conagra Brands shares fell about 4% on Monday following the company's announcement that John Brase will succeed Sean Connolly as President and Chief Executive Officer effective June 1, 2026. Connolly will step down from both executive duties and the board on May 31, 2026, concluding an 11-year tenure. The board cited succession planning and discuss…
Bank of America’s quantitative analysis, in a report dated April 10, finds markets positioned for de-escalation trades - with a softer U.S. dollar and strength in the euro, Australian dollar and emerging-market assets - while cautioning that the dollar could rebound if hostilities resume or a global growth shock emerges.
GSK reported encouraging early clinical data for Mo-rez, an antibody-drug conjugate targeting B7H4, showing substantial tumor shrinkage in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian and endometrial cancers. Company executives described the asset as a priority with blockbuster potential, while additional late-stage studies are under way or planned.
SoftBank Group Corp. is engaging with investors ahead of a potential six-part bond issuance split between U.S. dollar and euro markets. The planned program includes benchmark-sized dollar notes maturing in 3.5, 5.5 and 10 years and euro tranches due in four, six and eight years. The move follows recent fund-raising by the group and its mobile unit,…
Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev said Russia has entered the last stage of withdrawing personnel from the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran. On Monday morning 108 employees departed the facility, leaving a 20-person skeleton crew composed of engineering and technical staff responsible for equipment safety. The staged pullout beg…
Bernstein analyst Mark Moerdler pushes back on bearish narratives around Microsoft, asserting that the apparent disconnect between heavy capital expenditure and revenue reflects timing rather than a business shortfall. With an outperform rating and a $641 price target, Moerdler lays out five potential uses of Microsoft capex and says Azure revenue …
Bank of America’s latest tracker shows accelerating hyperscale data center investment and sets out a list of nine semiconductor and related stocks it views as best positioned for AI-driven demand. The bank highlights large year-over-year capital expenditure gains, multi-year cloud spending projections, and vendor-level sales upside tied to AI compu…
Sandisk Corporation shares rose 4% on Monday after Nasdaq said the company will be added to the Nasdaq-100 Index, replacing Atlassian Corporation. The change takes effect prior to market open on April 20, 2026. Inclusion often draws buying from index-tracking funds and exchange-traded funds that mirror the index composition.
Equities rallied broadly last week as investors took on more risk, and several mid-cap stocks highlighted by an AI selection process produced outsized gains in April. Wingstop, Jefferies Financial and other mid-cap names logged double-digit monthly rallies, while the AI-driven Mid-Cap Movers strategy has delivered strong cumulative returns since la…
On April 13, a federal judge dismissed former President Donald Trump’s defamation suit targeting the Wall Street Journal over a 2003 birthday greeting alleged to bear his name, finding that the legal standard of 'actual malice' had not been satisfied. The judge permitted Trump to file an amended complaint by April 27. News Corp’s Dow Jones has defe…
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has signaled it will launch a formal phase 1 investigation into Paramount Skydance’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery in the coming weeks. The regulator previously sought feedback on whether the transaction could harm competition and has given interested parties until April…
Two prominent Wall Street strategists say the S&P 500 has likely bottomed, even as a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz raises the possibility of renewed market pressure. RBC Capital's Lori Calvasina kept a 12-month S&P 500 target of 7,750 and described the market's recent low as a "fragile, foggy bottom," while Wolfe Research's Chris Seny…
Futures for Canada’s main stock gauge eased on Monday amid U.S. threats to impose a blockade on portions of the Strait of Hormuz and a retreat in gold after oil surged back above $100 a barrel. Investors weighed renewed Middle East tensions, a sharp rise in fuel-driven consumer price inflation, and the implications for interest-rate prospects as Wa…
Traton reported a 6% year-on-year drop in vehicle deliveries for the first quarter of 2026, with the U.S.-focused International Motors brand falling 21%. Overall deliveries fell to 68,600 from 73,100 a year earlier. Electric vehicle shipments rose 38%, while the MAN Truck & Bus division posted a 14% increase attributed to recovery in Europe. Analys…
More than 1,000 industry professionals signed a public letter urging opposition to Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing the merger will reduce creative opportunities, cut jobs across production chains, raise costs and limit choices for viewers in the United States and internationally.
Global commercial aviation continues to face major disruption after a regional conflict led to the closure of significant Middle Eastern air corridors. Dozens of airlines have announced route suspensions, delayed restarts and reduced schedules affecting destinations across the Middle East, Europe and beyond. The cancellations span through spring, s…
Insider filings disclosed Friday detail several high-value purchases and sales by executives, 10% owners and funds across a range of U.S. stocks. Notable activity includes a multi-million-dollar purchase in Hycroft Mining Holding Corp by Eric Sprott and related entities, repeated buy-ins by Forager Fund L.P. in Repay Holdings Corp, a sizeable inves…
UBS has reiterated its preferred selections within the European automotive sector ahead of first-quarter earnings, naming Stellantis and Continental as top picks. The broker points to a strengthening North American performance and improving product mix at Stellantis, and to pricing power, operational gains in tires, and a potential asset sale at Co…
U.S. stock futures moved lower in early trading as investors assessed President Donald Trump’s threat to block the Strait of Hormuz after unsuccessful weekend talks with Iran. At 06:46 ET (10:46 GMT) major futures contracts pointed down, oil climbed back above $100 a barrel and the dollar strengthened. Sector action was uneven, with energy and fert…
Morgan Stanley analysts counter recent market selling in cloud infrastructure names by arguing that managed AI agent offerings do not eliminate infrastructure needs but redirect execution outward. The team led by Sanjit Singh says large-scale agent deployments would increase traffic, latency sensitivity, and the need for governed data access and mo…
Citi Research lowered its recommendation on Sandvik AB to neutral from buy after the stock climbed to what the bank regards as a fair valuation following a tungsten-driven uplift. While Citi raised near-term earnings forecasts on stronger tungsten ammonium paratungstate (APT) prices and a sizeable underground equipment order in Colombia, it warned …
Saudi Arabia's stock market closed higher on Monday, with the Tadawul All Share index rising 0.99% to reach a one-month high. Strength in the Cement, Petrochemicals and Telecoms & IT sectors supported the advance. Market breadth was mixed, while oil prices jumped and gold fell. Major individual movers included Arabian Internet and Communications Se…
Morgan Stanley's equity team is tilting cautiously bullish, arguing that the market has already priced out a substantial portion of recent uncertainty. Analyst Michael Wilson points to the S&P 500 holding the low end of the firm's correction range and a subsequent 7% rebound, a strengthening earnings backdrop, and a shift in sector leadership as th…
OpenAI's head of revenue, Denise Dresser, told employees in an internal memo that the company's partnership with Amazon will be central to expanding its enterprise footprint. The memo - seen by CNBC - was circulated weeks after Amazon revealed plans to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI as part of a strategic alliance. Dresser emphasized demand for…
Yesway Inc. has launched an initial public offering for 13,953,488 shares of its Class A common stock, with a proposed price range of $20.00 to $23.00 per share. The Fort Worth, Texas-based convenience-store operator has also granted underwriters a 30-day option to buy up to 2,093,023 additional shares and plans to list on the Nasdaq Global Select …
