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  • CK Hutchison’s Panama Ports unit initiated international arbitration after Panama’s Supreme Court annulled licences for Balboa and Cristobal terminals.
  • The arbitration jeopardizes Hutchison's planned $23 billion divestment of its global port assets.
  • Panama court ruling raises operational risk at Canal terminals and could pressure shipping-sector stocks.
  • U.S. dollar held firm while the yen weakened toward a two-week low ahead of Japan's national election.
  • Markets remained muted as investors weighed Kevin Warsh’s Fed nomination and U.S. political developments.
  • Euro and sterling stayed steady ahead of upcoming European Central Bank policy meetings.

Latest Articles

Takaichi Seeks Strong Mandate to Blunt China Pressure as Election Nears

Takaichi Seeks Strong Mandate to Blunt China Pressure as Election Nears

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has called a snap election for February 8 aiming to translate robust personal approval into a firmer parliamentary majority. Officials and analysts say a clear victory could compel China to reassess its recent campaign of diplomatic and economic pressure launched after Takaichi publicly outlined possible respon…

Ex-Google Engineer Found Guilty of Transferring AI Secrets to Chinese Firms

Ex-Google Engineer Found Guilty of Transferring AI Secrets to Chinese Firms

A federal jury in San Francisco convicted former Google engineer Linwei Ding of stealing thousands of pages of confidential AI-related materials and providing them to two Chinese companies he was secretly aligned with. The conviction covers multiple counts of economic espionage and theft of trade secrets, exposing Ding to substantial prison terms a…

Adidas ADRs Jump After Preliminary Q4 Results and €1 Billion Buyback Plan

Adidas ADRs Jump After Preliminary Q4 Results and €1 Billion Buyback Plan

Adidas reported preliminary fourth-quarter results showing solid currency-neutral top-line growth, margin improvement that beat expectations, and announced a return-to-capital program. The news lifted the company's ADRs and sets the stage for full-year guidance at a March presentation while management cites cash flow and balance sheet strength to f…

Apple Posts Strong Quarter as iPhone 17 Demand Drives Record Revenue

Apple Posts Strong Quarter as iPhone 17 Demand Drives Record Revenue

Apple reported fiscal first-quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations, fueled by robust iPhone 17 demand and a strong recovery in Greater China. The company posted record iPhone revenue and higher-than-expected overall revenue and profit, while services reached a new high. Supply constraints weighed on the wearables segment, and management…

Mexico Shares Slip as Industrials and Consumer Sectors Weigh on Market

Mexico Shares Slip as Industrials and Consumer Sectors Weigh on Market

Mexico's benchmark S&P/BMV IPC closed lower on Thursday, falling 0.52% as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors pulled the market down. While major names such as Grupo Mexico and Grupo Financiero Banorte reached new highs, a number of banking and consumer stocks posted the session's largest declines. Comm…

Relay Therapeutics Executive Sells $100k in Shares to Cover RSU Taxes; Company Posts Positive Clinical and Analyst Updates

Relay Therapeutics Executive Sells $100k in Shares to Cover RSU Taxes; Company Posts Positive Clinical and Analyst Updates

Relay Therapeutics executive Peter Rahmer sold 13,038 shares of the company’s common stock on January 27 and 28, 2026, generating roughly $100,473 to meet tax withholding obligations tied to vested restricted stock units. The transactions came as Relay’s stock traded near the lower end of the sale range and followed a year that has seen significant…

Colombian Stocks Slip at Close as COLCAP Falls 0.52%

Colombian Stocks Slip at Close as COLCAP Falls 0.52%

Colombian equities ended lower on Thursday, with the COLCAP index down 0.52% as losses in the Financials, Investment and Public Services sectors pressured the market. Etb led advancers, climbing 7.53%, while Interconnection Electric SA ESP recorded the steepest decline at 3.07%. Commodity and currency moves included weaker coffee futures, firmer co…

Toronto stocks slip as IT, Materials and Clean Tech sectors pull index lower

Toronto stocks slip as IT, Materials and Clean Tech sectors pull index lower

Canada's S&P/TSX Composite ended Thursday's session 0.48% lower, driven by losses in information technology, materials and clean technology sectors. While several large-cap names posted notable gains, a number of miners and outsourced manufacturing plays recorded steep declines. Trading breadth favored decliners and volatility measures ticked highe…

Space Asset Acquisition Corp. Raises $230 Million in NASDAQ IPO

Space Asset Acquisition Corp. Raises $230 Million in NASDAQ IPO

Space Asset Acquisition Corp. completed a public offering of 23 million units at $10.00 apiece, bringing total proceeds to $230 million after the underwriters’ full over-allotment was exercised. Each unit comprises one Class A ordinary share and one-third of a redeemable warrant; a whole warrant permits purchase of one Class A share at $11.50. The …

Stitch Fix CLO Executes Option Exercise and Share Sale Under 10b5-1 Plan

Stitch Fix CLO Executes Option Exercise and Share Sale Under 10b5-1 Plan

Stitch Fix Chief Legal Officer Casey O'Connor sold 19,347 Class A shares for $109,890 on January 27, 2026, and simultaneously exercised options to acquire the same number of shares at $3.80 under a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted January 9, 2025. The company reported first-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue above forecasts and amended its Citibank credit agreeme…

Pentagon and Anthropic Locked in Dispute Over AI Safeguards and Military Use

Pentagon and Anthropic Locked in Dispute Over AI Safeguards and Military Use

Officials and company representatives remain at an impasse after weeks of talks over whether safeguards on commercial AI should be removed to permit U.S. military and intelligence use. The disagreement centers on provisions that critics say could allow the technology to be used for autonomous weapons targeting and domestic surveillance, and reflect…

Visa Posts Higher Quarterly Profit as Holiday Spending Holds Up

Visa Posts Higher Quarterly Profit as Holiday Spending Holds Up

Visa reported an increase in first-quarter profit driven by heavier card usage over the holiday period and resilient U.S. consumer spending, particularly among higher-income households. Global payments volume on Visa's network rose 8% on a constant-dollar basis. Peer Mastercard also recorded stronger quarterly earnings as spending on travel, leisur…

Tigress Reaffirms Buy on Mobileye, Assigns $25 Price Target Backed by ADAS Monetization and Robotics Ambitions

Tigress Reaffirms Buy on Mobileye, Assigns $25 Price Target Backed by ADAS Monetization and Robotics Ambitions

Tigress Financial Partners has reiterated a Buy rating on Mobileye N.V. (MBLY) with a $25.00 price target, pointing to growing monetization of higher-value ADAS offerings and strategic expansion into Physical AI and humanoid robotics via the Mentee Robotics acquisition. The stock is trading near its 52-week low and is considered undervalued on Fair…