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Morgan Stanley's recent distributor survey and AlphaWise data indicate a clearer acceleration in the semiconductor upcycle, extending beyond data-center demand. The bank highlights three supporting pillars - broad-based strength, inventory replenishment and tighter supply - and identifies industrial, power and auto semiconductor segments as potenti…
Royal Unibrew has drawn a wave of broker downgrades after the company lost the Pepsi bottling mandate across the Nordics and Baltics from the end of 2028. Major banks have reduced ratings and substantially trimmed FY29 earnings forecasts, while peers Carlsberg and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) are expected to pick up much of the displaced v…
Alphabet shares rose 1.7% on Wednesday after Google Cloud detailed new AI infrastructure, an ecosystem funding initiative and expanded customer arrangements at its Cloud Next '26 event. The announcements included two eighth-generation Tensor Processing Units tailored for training and inference workloads, a $750 million fund to support partners buil…
Bank of America research shows continued rotation by global long-only funds out of U.S. equities in March, with sizable purchases in Europe, Japan and parts of Asia. Over the past year, funds have net sold $284 billion of U.S. stocks while adding to Asia Pacific ex-Japan and emerging markets. Active managers have driven much of the repositioning, s…
Crest Nicholson has revised its outlook after an unscheduled trading update highlighted early signs of weakening buyer interest and a marked deterioration in land market conditions. Deutsche Bank downgraded the stock from buy to hold on Wednesday and reduced its target price to 79p from 228p as the group scaled back FY26 volume and land-sale expect…
Companies spanning consumer goods, travel, mining and aerospace reported that the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is increasing costs, interrupting shipments and depressing demand, leading many to cut or withdraw guidance, warn of price rises and signal margin pressure. While some firms maintained full-year outlooks, executives said higher transport and…
Axe Compute Inc. (NASDAQ:AGPU) announced a $260 million, 36-month enterprise infrastructure contract to supply a dedicated cluster of 2,304 NVIDIA B300 GPUs and associated AI-focused high-speed storage at a single Tier 3 data center in the United States. The agreement - the largest enterprise engagement in the company’s history - includes renewal o…
Alphabet is sharpening its enterprise focus by placing AI agents at the core of its commercial strategy, rebranding and consolidating tools under Gemini Enterprise and expanding Vertex AI to support a surge in custom agent development. Executives at Google Cloud framed agents, governance, and enterprise deployment as the primary battleground for mo…
SiriusXM has reached an agreement with Alphabet’s YouTube to act as the exclusive audio advertising sales partner in the United States. The arrangement opens YouTube’s audio ad inventory - including podcasts, music and talk content - to advertisers through SiriusXM Media, allowing those ads to be bought alongside SiriusXM Media’s existing inventory…
Boston Scientific reported a modest first-quarter earnings beat and revenue above expectations, but the company reduced its 2026 adjusted profit outlook and trimmed its full-year organic revenue growth forecast, prompting market volatility and analyst scrutiny over whether the guidance change reflects worsening trends or a response to investor pres…
U.S. equity futures rose Wednesday morning as markets digested an extended ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran amid continuing disruptions to oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Major futures contracts were higher by 07:15 ET, and a range of corporate moves - from earnings and guidance to subscriber results and buybacks - drove premar…
Teledyne Technologies raised its full-year 2026 adjusted profit forecast and posted quarterly results that exceeded Wall Street estimates, citing robust demand across digital imaging, instrumentation, and aerospace and defense businesses. The Thousand Oaks-based firm highlighted contributions from recent acquisitions and pronounced organic growth i…
Moody’s reported stronger first-quarter results with profit rising to $661 million, supported by growth in its analytics subscription business and a record quarter for its investor services ratings unit. The company also raised its full-year adjusted earnings per share forecast, even as its stock has declined year-to-date.
JPMorgan’s Oil & Gas team warns that several European airports and airlines face heightened risk this summer due to constrained jet fuel supplies. With Europe importing a significant share of its jet fuel from the Middle East and inventories already low, the bank says shortages could emerge as early as June under certain replacement scenarios, putt…
Shares of Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:WLAC) climbed 9% after Boost Run, the private company slated to merge with Willow Lane, reached a $1.44 billion purchase agreement with Dell Technologies for hardware, software and financing support designed to scale enterprise AI capacity across Boost Run’s colocation sites. The planned combination w…
AST SpaceMobile received Federal Communications Commission commercial authorization to provide direct-to-device cellular broadband from space across the United States, a decision that lifted its shares pre-market. The approval permits a non-geostationary orbit constellation of up to 248 satellites and the coordinated use of 700 MHz and 800 MHz low-…
Boeing reported a much smaller first-quarter net loss than analysts anticipated, signaling progress in its operational recovery. The planemaker posted a $7 million loss for the quarter and a core loss per share of $0.20, well ahead of the $0.83-per-share shortfall Wall Street had expected. Strong jet deliveries and an uptick in defense earnings con…
Alibaba Group shares rose about 2% after a report said the company is negotiating to invest in AI startup DeepSeek alongside Tencent. DeepSeek, owned by hedge fund High-Flyer Capital Management, recently began fundraising for the first time and has seen its valuation target move higher amid investor interest. Discussions are ongoing and both the va…
Palantir Technologies announced a $300 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide operational software supporting USDA’s National Farm Security Action Plan. The deal builds on the company’s work powering the Landmark platform and aims to streamline service delivery, accelerate payments, and consolidate leg…
Barclays revised ratings across its semiconductor coverage before first-quarter earnings, moving three stocks to Overweight and lowering one to Equal Weight while reinstating another at Underweight. The firm highlighted hard disk drives and radio frequency chipmakers as the most attractive pockets of value within a market where fundamentals are wid…
Citi Research says the UK government's recent moves to curb gas-driven electricity prices will probably not lower power costs materially. The broker argued that raising the Electricity Generator Levy (EGL) rate while leaving the £75/MWh threshold in place, combined with a voluntary Contracts for Difference (CfD) plan lacking key details, will fail …
Merck & Co announced a multiyear partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate artificial intelligence adoption across its drug development, regulatory, manufacturing and commercial operations. The drugmaker said it could invest as much as $1 billion over several years to fund AI infrastructure, engineering collaboration and licensing of Google’s Gem…
Philip Morris International trimmed its full-year adjusted earnings-per-share outlook amid mounting competition in nicotine pouch products and regulatory uncertainty surrounding its Zyn line. The company reported first-quarter revenue and adjusted EPS above consensus and said it had incorporated limited impacts from the Middle East conflict into it…
European utilities have outperformed the broader market in 2026, with battery storage and renewables names driving gains. UBS analysts argue the sector has room to run after multiple recovery and stronger earnings growth, and they single out RWE, Orsted and Grenergy as preferred holdings. The bank also highlights exposure risks in National Grid, Ve…
Australia's online safety regulator has served legally enforceable transparency notices on several leading gaming platforms, requesting detailed information about measures to prevent grooming, sexual extortion and radicalisation of children. Platforms named include Roblox, Microsoft’s Minecraft, Epic Games’ Fortnite and Valve’s Steam. Companies fac…
