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QBE Insurance Group reported a marked rise in full-year profit driven by improved underwriting results and solid investment returns. The insurer declared a larger final dividend and maintained its forward guidance for combined operating ratio and premium growth into 2026. Shares rallied on the results, reaching their highest level since early Septe…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit against Sanofi, alleging the pharmaceutical company provided services to healthcare providers that amounted to unlawful inducements to prescribe its medications. The state is pursuing monetary relief exceeding $1 million, civil penalties and an injunction to halt purportedly illegal conduct. Sanofi s…
Guzman y Gomez reported a first-half net profit that exceeded expectations, but the company’s shares plunged to record lows after U.S. sales underwhelmed investors. The Australian-listed fast-food operator, which raised A$335.1 million in a high-profile IPO, faces short-term sales momentum pressure in the U.S. as it shifts delivery partners and ant…
HSBC has cut about 10% of its U.S.-based debt capital markets team, letting go of at least six New York staff across multiple seniority levels. The reductions come amid a wider restructuring initiative aimed at simplifying management layers and cutting employee costs by 8% to reach $1.8 billion in savings under CEO Georges Elhedery.
WarrenAI used Investing Pro metrics - including Fair Value, Pro Score, technicals and analyst targets - to rank supermarket stocks for 2026. Kroger leads the list after installing a new CEO and showing modest upside to fair value, Sprouts appears as a high-upside but volatile growth candidate, Weis Markets offers steady returns and dividends with l…
Meta Platforms has lowered the equity component of annual pay packages for most employees for a second straight year, cutting stock option refreshers by about 5% after a roughly 10% reduction the prior year. The move comes amid large-scale investments in artificial intelligence, with the company signaling potential spending as high as $130 billion …
Wedbush technology analyst Dan Ives outlined 10 concrete developments that he says could reverse the recent weakness in the technology sector and address what he calls the AI "ghost trade" overhang. Drawing on 25 years of Wall Street experience and historical market misreads, Ives highlighted both industry examples and specific corporate milestones…
Several large American companies have removed explicit diversity criteria from their board-selection rules after pressure from conservative shareholder activists. Documents disclosed by the National Legal and Policy Center confirm policy reversals at American Express and Deere, while Johnson & Johnson has also abandoned specific diversity requireme…
Several public companies saw material price moves in after-hours trading following earnings reports and clinical results. Akamai slid after issuing fiscal 2026 guidance below consensus; GRAIL fell sharply after its cancer screening study missed the primary endpoint; Opendoor jumped on revenue that exceeded estimates; Workiva outperformed on both EP…
U.S. stock indexes finished lower on Thursday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average leading the losses, retreating 0.54% by the close in New York. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite also ended the session lower. Weakness in the Financials, Consumer Services and Technology sectors helped push the broader market down, while individual large-cap names a…
Mexico's main stock gauge finished Thursday with effectively no net change as advances in industrials, consumer goods & services and consumer staples were balanced by notable declines in a handful of stocks. Trading breadth favored decliners, and commodity and currency markets saw modest moves, with crude oil and Brent rising and the peso weakening…
Canadian equities finished higher on Thursday, with broad gains led by Energy, Materials and Industrials. The S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.61% to a fresh all-time high while select precious metals and energy producers posted the day’s largest moves. Market volatility as measured by the S&P/TSX 60 VIX increased, and trading breadth favored advancers ove…
Colombian stocks closed higher on Thursday with the COLCAP index advancing 0.81%. Gains were concentrated in the Industrials, Services and Agriculture sectors. Top session performers included Banco De Bogota, Mineros and Grupo Bolivar, while Interconnection Electric, Grupo Cibest and Banco Davivienda Pf were the largest decliners. Commodity and cur…
Russian equities finished the trading day lower, with the MOEX Russia Index slipping 0.21% as losses concentrated in the Mining, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors. A small set of names including OZON, Mobil’nye Telesistemy and PhosAgro outperformed, while Bank VTB, Aeroflot and TATNEFT were among the largest decliners. Market breadth favored lose…
JPMorgan Chase and CEO Jamie Dimon contend that former President Donald Trump improperly named Dimon as a defendant in a $5 billion lawsuit alleging debanking and trade libel, arguing in a federal filing that claims against a bank officer regulated by federal agencies do not apply and that the suit was filed in state court to avoid federal jurisdic…
Armada Acquisition Corp. III completed an initial public offering of 24,850,000 units at $10.00 each, generating $248.5 million in gross proceeds following a partial exercise of its over-allotment option. Units began trading on NASDAQ on February 18, 2026, and the company named its management team, book-runners and the industry verticals it intends…
Documents from the U.S. Department of Justice reveal that Charles Schwab executed roughly $27.7 million in transfers on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein and entities tied to him in the weeks leading up to his 2019 arrest, including a transfer from an account that temporarily lacked sufficient funds. Schwab reported the activity in a suspicious activity re…
New Zealand cooperative Fonterra increased its 2025/2026 farmgate milk price range to NZ$9.20-NZ$9.80 per kgMS, citing firmer global commodity prices and a strong sales pipeline. The company also said it intends to distribute a special dividend funded by Mainland Group's fiscal 2026 underlying earnings following the planned sale of its consumer bus…
Brazil's Bovespa index closed higher on Thursday, gaining 1.06% in Sao Paulo. Advances were concentrated in the Public Utilities, Real Estate and Financials sectors. Market breadth was narrowly positive as winners slightly outnumbered losers, while volatility measures and several commodities registered notable moves.
Nutrien told investors on its fourth-quarter results call that it expects potash demand to increase in 2026. The company cited large 2025 crops that depleted soil nutrients, reduced autumn application opportunities in the U.S., and potash's relatively low cost versus other fertilizers. At the same time, phosphate purchases are likely to be constrai…
Brazil's Ports and Airports Minister has asked the Finance Ministry to relax eligibility and operational conditions for loans backed by the National Civil Aviation Fund (FNAC). The package of changes would broaden permitted uses to include workforce training, raise the financing cap on eligible items from 10% to 30% of an aircraft's value, and ease…
Johnson & Johnson is preparing to market its orthopedics division, DePuy Synthes, a business it has been planning to separate. Reports indicate private equity firms and rival medical device makers are assessing bids, with the unit potentially valued at more than $20 billion. J&J is assembling documentation and financials ahead of meetings with pros…
Walgreens will eliminate over 600 positions across the United States following its acquisition by private equity firm Sycamore Partners. The reductions include 469 jobs in Illinois and 159 in Texas tied to the planned closure of a distribution center. The owner is also changing employee benefits for some staff and shifting store assortments to try …
Johnson & Johnson is preparing to market its orthopedics unit, DePuy Synthes, assembling documents and financial information ahead of meetings with potential buyers in the coming weeks. The business, which posted $9.3 billion in sales last year, could command a valuation above $20 billion and is drawing interest from private equity consortia as wel…
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters asked a federal judge to block United Parcel Service from offering $150,000 voluntary buyouts to drivers, saying the program was implemented without bargaining and violates the parties' 2023 labor agreement. UPS disputes that claim, arguing buyouts are lawful and less disruptive than layoffs as it seeks to…
