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Greece's benchmark Athens General Composite closed down 1.38% on Wednesday, with Telecoms, Banking and Household names weighing on the market. Select mid-cap and construction-related stocks outperformed, while airlines and airport-related shares recorded the heaviest losses. Broader market breadth favored decliners, and commodities and currency fut…
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg told Reuters that the company expects support from the U.S. administration will be critical to securing a major aircraft order from China. Boeing says it has reached "a good solution" with Chinese airlines over access to critical spare parts, but Ortberg emphasized that without the administration's involvement there is unli…
The Trump administration is reportedly close to securing a rescue for Spirit Airlines (NYSE:SAVE) that would include a government loan of up to $500 million in exchange for warrants enabling the government to obtain a sizable ownership stake. The Transportation and Commerce Departments are involved in the negotiations, but terms remain unsettled an…
Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio has secured a preliminary agreement with banks for a 10-billion-euro loan intended to buy out two siblings' stakes in Delfin, the Luxembourg family holding that controls EssilorLuxottica. The move would raise his stake from 12.5% to 37.5%, but funds will be released only after a broader shareholder accord. A Delfin meetin…
Barclays projects that Western hyperscalers and AI labs could drive AI infrastructure spending above $1 trillion annually before a peak expected in 2028, identifying hundreds of companies that will be critical to the physical buildout. Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors that supply power, site infrastructure, and data cent…
Rivian has commenced production of its smaller R2 SUV and plans to begin customer deliveries later this spring. The company positions the R2 as a lower-cost complement to its R1 lineup, expecting the model to expand demand, compete with large-volume peers, and eventually meaningfully reduce per-vehicle build costs as volume rises in 2027. Margins w…
PepsiCo has entered a multi-year strategic collaboration with Google Cloud announced at the Cloud Next '26 conference in Las Vegas. The agreement will bring Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform into PepsiCo’s technology environment, migrate portions of its infrastructure to Google Cloud as part of a multi-cloud approach, and apply AI acr…
Shares of Inhibrx rose more than 20% following a report that several pharmaceutical companies, including Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK), Germany's Merck KGaA, and Ono Pharmaceutical, have shown interest in the biotech's experimental cancer therapy programs. Inhibrx is exploring a joint spin-off of INBRX-106 and a second investigational cancer drug that coul…
Peruvian Defense Minister Carlos Diaz resigned after interim President Jose Balcazar postponed a planned acquisition of F-16 fighter aircraft from the United States until the next government assumes office. The move halts progress on a long-running program to replace Mirage 2000 and MiG-29 jets, and affects a potential $3.42 billion agreement invol…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has entered a $300 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with Palantir Technologies to support the National Farm Security Action Plan and modernize delivery of services to farmers. The contract will extend Palantir’s work on USDA’s Landmark platform and back the One Farmer, One File effort, with the department saying…
UBS has maintained a Buy rating and a $180 price target on Yum! Brands (YUM) as the company prepares to report first-quarter results on April 29. The firm expects Taco Bell and KFC to keep driving growth despite macro and geopolitical pressures, forecasts Taco Bell same-store sales of 7-8% for the quarter, and anticipates Yum! will reiterate its 20…
UBS analyst Michael Yee upgraded Biogen from Neutral to Buy and lifted the price target to $225 from $185, pointing to a cluster of pipeline catalysts over the next 12 to 15 months that UBS believes are not fully reflected in the stock. The firm sees 25% to 50% upside from current levels versus roughly 20% downside, and applies a 14 times P/E multi…
Einride AB and Legato Merger Corp. III filed a Form F-4 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as they advance a previously announced business combination that values Einride at a $1.35 billion pre-money equity valuation. The deal is projected to generate roughly $333 million in gross proceeds, incorporating a $113 …
Following meetings with ASML's chief executive and chief financial officer, UBS analysts left the roadshow more confident that investor worries over the Dutch lithography equipment maker's capacity are exaggerated. The bank reiterated a Buy rating and a price target of €1,600, citing management guidance on EUV system potential, productivity improve…
Honeywell said its quantum computing arm, Quantinuum, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States. The company, in which Honeywell holds a majority stake, was valued at $10 billion during a September funding round. The filing follows a pause in new listings in March and aligns with intensifying activity around quant…
Jefferies has shortlisted a small group of UK construction stocks it views as best positioned to withstand a weaker demand environment, spotlighting Genuit for its defensive profile and regulatory exposure, and Forterra for its valuation and cash-generation potential. The broker nevertheless reduced earnings forecasts across the sector.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is deferring the Medicare Part D segment of the BALANCE model until 2027 to allow additional data collection, but will extend a bridge program that preserves patient access to GLP-1 weight-loss drugs through the end of 2027. Analysts say the pause is unlikely to reduce near-term demand, though it clouds …
Morgan Stanley analysts estimate advanced AI tools could reduce video game development costs by nearly 50%, potentially unlocking about $22 billion in annual profits for the industry. The brokerage forecasts global consumer spending on video games of $275 billion this year, with roughly $55 billion typically reinvested in development and operations…
Robinhood Ventures Fund I closed a purchase of approximately $75 million of common stock in OpenAI on April 17, a transaction the fund says aligns with its effort to broaden everyday investor access to private markets. The move comes amid a long-term decline in the number of U.S. public companies and rapid growth in the size and number of private f…
Insider disclosures filed this week show a cluster of significant transactions across several U.S. public companies. Notable purchases include additional units by a 10% owner of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust and stock buys by executives at Badger Meter and General American Investors. Major disposals were led by Astera Labs' CEO, who sold 335,861 shar…
InvestingPro is being offered at a 55% discount for a short window, allowing select subscribers to lock in plans priced at under $7 per month. The platform pairs proprietary AI with institutional datasets to surface high-probability stock opportunities. Recent April performance examples identified by the service include notable gains from names suc…
Upstart Holdings said funds managed by Centerbridge Partners will buy up to $1.2 billion of consumer loans originated on the Upstart platform under a 24-month forward-flow agreement. The announcement followed an initial 2024 transaction between the firms and coincided with a roughly 4% rise in Upstart shares. Executives from both companies framed t…
Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share closed down 0.88% as losses in Media & Publishing, Agriculture & Food and Energy & Utilities weighed on the market. Advancers were outnumbered by decliners, with 223 stocks falling versus 110 rising. Crude and Brent oil prices rose, gold futures advanced, and select currency pairs showed small moves.
Deutsche Bank lowered its rating on Huhtamaki Oyj to "hold" from "buy" and cut its price target to €33 from €38, citing converging cost inflation and weakening demand that could compress margins. The brokerage trimmed its FY26 and FY27 adjusted EPS forecasts and said the changes were made to reflect risks around delayed recovery of input costs.
Honeywell International announced that Quantinuum LLC, its majority-owned quantum computing subsidiary, confidentially submitted a draft Form S-1 registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2026, for a potential initial public offering of common stock. Key offering details, including the number of shares an…
