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Cofinimmo reported full-year 2025 EPRA earnings per share of €6.45, beating analyst estimates and the company’s guidance. The Belgian property investor confirmed a €5.20 dividend per share and issued a 2026 EPRA EPS target of €6.35, based on planned net investments of €200 million and projected net rental income of €351 million. Key balance-sheet m…
European stocks moved modestly higher on Friday as investors parsed a late wave of corporate results and economic releases, while geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and Iran lent support to oil prices. German, French and U.K. benchmarks all advanced in early trading. Corporate reports from miners to drugmakers provided mixed signals, U.K. retai…
Chemring Group PLC has maintained its FY26 guidance as of the end of January 2026, reporting a modest increase in its order book and a rise in group order cover to 85%. While total orders advanced slightly to £1.364bn, first-quarter order intake dropped to £122m, reflecting the absence of the multi-year contracts that lifted Q1 2025 results. Divisi…
ALK-Abello reported fourth quarter sales and operating profit above consensus, driven by stronger-than-expected European tablet sales and Other Products. The Danish biotechnology firm proposed a DKK1.6 per share dividend, its first since 2017, and issued 2026 revenue and margin guidance while confirming leadership changes in research and developmen…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved AstraZeneca’s Calquence (acalabrutinib) in combination with venetoclax as the first all-oral, fixed-duration regimen for adults with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). The decision is grounded in results from the AMPLIFY Phase III trial, which demonstrated hig…
Bernstein has highlighted three companies in its coverage universe that stand to gain from a sizable uptick in capital expenditure on artificial intelligence data centres in India. The bank pointed to the country’s large AI user base, recent tax relief for data centre construction and roughly $57 billion of announced data centre investments as driv…
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 slipped 1.07% at Friday’s close as losses concentrated in Paper & Pulp, Transport and Communication stocks outpaced gains. Mitsui Mining and Smelting, IHI Corp. and Sumitomo Electric Industries were among the session’s top advancers, while Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma, Olympus and Seven & i Holdings recorded the day’s steepest decli…
Danone reported 2025 results that surpassed analyst expectations on sales and free cash flow, while cost reductions lifted its recurring operating margin. Strong demand for medical nutrition and baby food in China helped offset softness in U.S. coffee creamers. The company said the financial impact of infant formula recalls related to a cereulide c…
Diageo's chief executive Sir Dave Lewis is planning a substantial reconfiguration of the company's senior leadership team, with multiple executive committee members expected to be replaced. The move is being driven by concerns about company culture and cumbersome decision-making processes; Lewis may also remove whole layers of management as part of…
Industry sources indicate Samsung Electronics has landed an effectively exclusive supply arrangement for the highest-performance HBM4 modules destined for Nvidia’s top-end Vera Rubin processors, while Nvidia will use a two-tier supplier approach for its next-generation chips. The general-purpose models should account for a larger share of productio…
Shares of Novartis India surged about 20% after Novartis AG agreed to sell its stake in the Mumbai-listed company to a consortium led by ChrysCapital affiliates for up to 14.46 billion rupees ($159 million). The transaction will transfer control of the listed entity to the ChrysCapital-led group, subject to regulatory clearances and other customary…
Ola Electric shares tumbled following reports that the company intends to reduce its physical retail footprint by about 550 stores during the March quarter. The drop compounds recent weak results, including record-low quarterly revenue and a steep sales decline in the December quarter. Management has acknowledged service-related trust issues while …
Australian equities closed modestly lower on Friday as declines in information technology, consumer staples and consumer discretionary stocks outweighed gains from a handful of names. The S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.05% in Sydney trade. Volatility edged higher while commodity and FX moves were mixed, with gold and oil posting modest gains.
Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has agreed to pay as much as $35 million to resolve a class action accusing two of his former advisers of facilitating sex trafficking. The settlement, disclosed in a federal court filing, covers claims against Epstein’s former personal lawyer and former accountant, who serve as co-executors of the estate. The deal would en…
Shares of Alibaba Group and Baidu tumbled in Hong Kong trading after both firms, along with BYD, were momentarily included on an updated U.S. Section 1260H list of companies with ties to the Chinese military that was withdrawn minutes after release. The brief mention, combined with post-holiday catch-up selling and investor worries about heavy AI-r…
Most Asian equity markets declined as investors shunned risk amid uncertainty over U.S. interest rate policy and heightened geopolitical tensions involving Iran. Japanese indices were among the weakest performers after mixed economic data, Hong Kong shares fell on resumed trading and tech losses, and mainland Chinese markets remained closed for the…
President Donald Trump said he met with Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan at the White House and was told the Swiss drugmaker is constructing 11 manufacturing sites in the United States, which the president attributed to his tariff policies. Novartis acknowledged recent groundbreakings in North Carolina and California and plans for a radioligand therapy …
Sika AG (SKFOF) approaches its fourth-quarter results with attention concentrated on its first guidance for fiscal 2026, following a softer finish to 2025 in the Americas. Organic sales in the region fell roughly 1% year on year, a decline the company tied to construction uncertainty surrounding the US government shutdown. Peer results suggest Sika…
Employees at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee assembly plant approved a four-year labor agreement with the United Auto Workers by a 96% margin, securing 20% wage increases along with enhancements to healthcare and job security. The deal, reached after roughly 18 months of bargaining, represents a major UAW victory in the South and follows earlie…
Toyota announced a management reshuffle that will see Koji Sato move from the chief executive role to vice chairman and chief industry officer in April, with Chief Financial Officer Kenta Kon stepping in as CEO. The change follows a period in which Sato delivered record sales and profit but faced increasing scrutiny over rising costs, investments i…
Tesla has reduced the U.S. sticker price for the Cyberbeast, the highest-spec Cybertruck, to $99,990 from $114,990. The move comes amid sharply reduced sales for the Cybertruck line, quality and recall problems, and increased pressure from lower-priced rival pickups. The automaker is also experiencing broader EV sales declines and has shifted produ…
Asian equity markets declined as investors fled risk following turmoil in listed private equity and renewed U.S. pressure on Iran. Oil climbed to multi-month highs and the dollar moved toward its largest weekly gain in four months, while Treasuries and major currencies showed mixed moves ahead of key corporate earnings and geopolitical uncertainty.
A White House memo sent to congressional leaders details a presidential proposal to prohibit investors owning more than 100 single-family homes from acquiring additional properties. The plan, which includes limited exemptions for those who construct or substantially rehabilitate homes for rental use, is being pushed as an amendment to pending housi…
Nvidia is reportedly close to committing $30 billion to OpenAI as part of a broader $100 billion funding round that would value the AI developer at $830 billion post-money. Negotiations are said to be in the final stages and could conclude imminently. OpenAI is expected to channel much of the fresh capital back into Nvidia hardware, while other maj…
U.S. equity futures traded in a narrow band Thursday evening as investors weighed recent Federal Reserve minutes that suggested members remain open to further rate action. Attention has turned to two key economic reports due Friday - the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index for December and preliminary fourth-quarter GDP - which will influ…
