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Tokyo equities closed higher on Friday with the Nikkei 225 advancing 0.36% to a fresh all-time high. Gains were concentrated in Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors, while a handful of tech-related names weighed on the index. Commodity benchmarks and currency pairs showed modest movement during the session.
Hyatt Hotels aims to increase its presence in India by five times within five years, driven by stronger domestic travel and higher consumer spending. The CEO framed the move as a response to market demand, noting Hyatt currently operates 55 properties in India and more than 1,400 worldwide. Industry forecasts and rival expansion plans underline the…
Australian equities finished higher on Friday, with the S&P/ASX 200 rising 0.25% to reach a fresh all-time high. Sector strength in Gold, Utilities and Telecoms Services supported the advance. Several individual stocks delivered large swings in both directions, while market breadth was positive and implied volatility eased.
Most Asian equity markets declined on Friday as technology stocks followed weakness seen in U.S. markets, even after strong results from a leading chip maker. Despite the daily pullback, South Korea's KOSPI and Japan's Nikkei were positioned for significant monthly gains, supported by AI-related optimism and expectations of domestic stimulus.
Nintendo is arranging for strategic shareholders, including MUFG Bank and the Bank of Kyoto, to sell a significant stake in the company - a move that could amount to about 300 billion yen. The Kyoto-based game maker is also planning a share buyback, and a final decision may come as soon as Friday, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Hyundai Motor Group and the South Korean government signed an agreement to invest about 9 trillion won to develop an AI data centre, a robot manufacturing facility and energy projects on the west coast's Saemangeum reclamation area. The group plans to allocate 5.8 trillion won to an AI data centre equipped with 50,000 GPUs, 400 billion won to a fac…
Asian equities tracked Wall Street lower on Friday as investor appetite for risk cooled following mixed market reactions to Nvidia’s quarterly update and ongoing uncertainty around U.S.-Iran negotiations. The yen gained, U.S. Treasury yields fell, gold remained steady and oil markets stayed on edge amid limited progress in talks aimed at reducing t…
China's central bank said it will remove the foreign exchange risk reserve requirement on certain currency forward purchases, reducing the ratio from 20% to zero effective March 2. The policy change reverses a September 2022 tightening that had been introduced to address rapid yuan depreciation and capital outflows. The yuan posted its largest annu…
The Federal Aviation Administration restricted flights around Fort Hancock, Texas after congressional aides reported that a military laser-based anti-drone system was believed to have accidentally shot down a U.S. government drone. The FAA cited "special security reasons" for the airspace notice. Earlier this month, the agency briefly ordered a clo…
Generate Biomedicines has set the price for its initial public offering at $16.00 per share for 25 million common shares, targeting $400 million in gross proceeds before underwriting discounts and commissions. The company granted a 30-day option for underwriters to buy up to 3.75 million additional shares, and expects its stock to begin trading on …
Illumination Acquisition Corp I has priced a 20 million-unit initial public offering at $10 per unit, generating $200 million in gross proceeds. Units are slated to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on February 27, 2026, with separate listings for Class A shares and redeemable warrants expected once the securities trade separately. The comp…
U.S. stock index futures moved lower Thursday evening as Nvidia’s post-earnings decline spread through technology names, overshadowing other corporate moves. Netflix rallied sharply in after-hours trading after announcing it would not raise its offer for Warner Bros Discovery following an upgraded bid from Paramount Skydance. Other notable aftermar…
Alphabet’s Google has reached a multi-year agreement to rent its tensor processing units to Meta Platforms, a deal reported to be worth billions of dollars. Meta will deploy the chips to develop new artificial intelligence models. The arrangement amplifies competition with NVIDIA in AI hardware, while Google continues to face manufacturing constrai…
Warner Bros Discovery's corporate arc stretches from its founding as a pioneering Hollywood studio in 1923 through decades of mergers, divestitures and digital-era restructurings, culminating in a proposed split and a contested sale process that drew bids from major media players. The company has faced multiple rounds of offers, hostile bids, legal…
A federal judge in Manhattan declined to enforce an arbitration requirement for Binance customers who lost value on certain tokens, ruling the exchange did not properly notify users of changes to its terms of use. The decision clears the way for court proceedings for claims that arose by Feb. 20, 2019 related to seven tokens, while the alleged clas…
Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said he will take a "new interest" in the U.S. airline industry after separate problems affected him and his wife on American Airlines flights. His comments come as American continues to face scrutiny over operational reliability following a major January storm, and as the Transportation Department unde…
MOZAYYX Acquisition Corp. completed an initial public offering of 30 million units at $10 each, generating $300 million in gross proceeds before underwriting discounts and expenses. The offering included a partial exercise of the underwriter's over-allotment, and the units began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on February 25, 2026. Each unit…
MP Materials reported a return to profitability in the quarter ended December 31, posting net income of $9.4 million aided by a U.S. government price protection payment and magnet sales. Adjusted results exceeded analyst expectations, but the stock fell in after-hours trading. The company is expanding processing capacity in California and bringing …
Netflix said it will not increase its previously negotiated offer for Warner Bros. Discovery after Warner Bros. Discovery's board concluded that Paramount Skydance's latest proposal constitutes a superior offer under the merger agreement. Netflix's co-CEOs said the price required to match the rival bid makes the transaction no longer financially at…
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions said it will sell $1 billion of common stock in an underwritten offering, with underwriters able to buy an additional $150 million of shares within 30 days. The company said net proceeds will support customer- and program-focused acquisitions, investments and capital expenditures to scale operations for national …
Anthropic PBC has rejected a U.S. government demand to lift safety guardrails on its Claude AI model, citing two categorical red lines: mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous lethal weaponry. The standoff pits the startup against threats from Washington to label it a "supply chain risk" or to compel compliance under the Defense Production …
Brazil’s National Monetary Council approved a set of changes broadening how airlines may draw on the National Civil Aviation Fund (FNAC). The alterations expand eligible uses to include crew and worker training, raise the financing cap on qualifying items from 10% to 30% of an aircraft’s value, and permit loan proceeds to secure contractual guarant…
Flutter, owner of FanDuel, reported a 21% increase in core profit for 2025 but is guiding to only 4% growth in 2026 to $2.97 billion, well below analyst expectations of $3.5 billion. The company attributes the weaker outlook to reduced U.S. customer engagement following favourable sports results that hurt betting activity and to underperformance of…
ASML's newest High-NA extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems have reached technical readiness for mass production, the company's chief technology officer said, based on uptime progress, imaging precision and processing of 500,000 wafers. The machines, which cost roughly $400 million each, aim to let chipmakers consolidate multiple manufactur…
Neurogene Inc. (NGNE) saw its shares rise 30% in after-hours trading after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to NGN-401, the company's one-time investigational gene therapy for Rett syndrome. The decision was based on interim Phase 1/2 efficacy and safety data through October 30, 2025, and the company is…
