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Meta Platforms will raise U.S. prices for its Quest virtual reality headsets beginning April 19, attributing the move to higher memory chip costs. The entry-level Quest 3S (128 GB) will be $349.99, while Quest 3 models jump to $449.99 (256 GB) and $599.99 (512 GB). Meta said refurbished units will follow the new pricing and accessories remain uncha…
Jefferies is urging investors to be cautious on Trade Desk ahead of the company’s upcoming first-quarter earnings report, warning that consensus revenue projections for the back half of 2026 appear overly optimistic and that further downward revisions are likely. The firm models modest near-term growth but sees limited upside versus Street expectat…
Morocco's benchmark slipped modestly at Thursday's close in Casablanca, with the Moroccan All Shares ending down 0.02%. Losses were concentrated in Utilities, Banking and Mining stocks, although several individual names posted notable gains. Market breadth favored decliners, and commodities pushed higher with crude, Brent and gold posting gains. Cu…
Polaris Inc. shares climbed 10% after the company announced that recent U.S. tariff policy changes - excluding potential refund considerations - are not expected to have a material effect on the full-year 2026 guidance it issued March 3. The move follows competitor BRP's suspension of fiscal 2027 guidance tied to tariff developments; Polaris pointe…
Norwegian equities closed lower on Thursday, with the Oslo OBX index falling 0.12% as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors outweighed gains in a handful of industrial and maritime-related stocks. Nordic Semiconductor marked a three-year high, while several small- and mid-cap names posted notable declines. Commodities an…
Israel's stock market closed lower on Thursday, with the TA 35 falling 1.13% as losses in the Banking, Biomed and Oil & Gas sectors pushed more names into negative territory than positive. Market breadth favored decliners, while select technology and cybersecurity names posted gains. Commodities moved notably, with crude and Brent rising and gold r…
Alamar Biosciences Inc. has told investors it expects its initial public offering to be priced at the top of its marketed range or higher, according to a Bloomberg report. The company is offering roughly 9.375 million shares at $15 to $17 apiece and has drawn demand in excess of 10 times the shares available, with interest concentrated among long-o…
Greece's benchmark Athens General Composite closed lower on Thursday, slipping 0.63% as losses in Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors outweighed gains in media, port and construction-related shares. Trading breadth favoured advancers, but several large-cap names posted declines. Commodities and currency markets showed mixed moves, with oil up a…
Summary: Ciena Corporation shares rose about 1.1% on Thursday after Bank of America increased its price target to $550 from $355 and reiterated a Buy rating. The bank places Ciena at the center of expanding AI-related infrastructure spending, pointing to a growing backlog, sharply higher hyperscaler capital expenditure forecasts and upgraded revenu…
Lawmakers in the U.S. House circulated a revised version of the MATCH Act that pares back many of the sweeping export controls originally proposed but preserves a countrywide restriction on ASML's deep ultraviolet immersion lithography systems and continues to bar foreign firms from selling to specified Chinese chipmakers for facilities Washington …
Boeing and its Millennium Space Systems unit said they will expand production and roll out a new mid-class satellite platform called Resolute as they seek to fulfill a rising backlog. Boeing aims to deliver 26 satellites in 2026, up from four in 2025, and will invest in integrating Boeing and Millennium products to accelerate output. The companies …
Aevex Inc., a manufacturer of drones, is guiding expectations that its initial public offering will price in the upper half of the marketed $18 to $21 range. The offering is reported to be multiple times oversubscribed after investor meetings, drawing strong participation from long-only funds and remaining on track to price later Thursday. Shares a…
Trading on Thursday produced wide moves across market-cap segments as individual corporate developments and analyst actions drove share-price shifts. Large-cap technology and chip-related names posted strong advances, while several industrial and automotive stocks weighed on the market. Company-specific announcements, analyst coverage and corporate…
Snap Inc. announced plans to cut about 1,000 roles, around 16% of its full-time staff, citing AI productivity gains. The timing of CEO Evan Spiegel's Coachella appearance, shared on Instagram by his wife Miranda Kerr days before the layoffs were disclosed, has prompted backlash from departing employees and observers.
Brazil’s newly implemented 10% withholding tax on dividends has produced only a small fraction of the revenue authorities expected in the first two months of the year, according to unpublished tax data reviewed by Reuters. The shortfall calls into question whether proceeds from the levy will be sufficient to finance President Luiz Inacio Lula da Si…
Wolfe Research identifies four large-cap internet stocks it views as attractive near-term opportunities amid compressed sector multiples. The firm cites favorable earnings dynamics, AI-driven product improvements, re-grossing potential and margin expansion as drivers for Meta Platforms, Uber Technologies, DoorDash and Shopify. Valuations are below …
Shares of footwear maker Allbirds and social media operator Myseum rocketed after each announced moves to rebrand and reorient around artificial intelligence. Allbirds revealed plans to sell most assets and to reposition as NewBird AI while securing convertible financing to acquire GPUs; Myseum adopted the Myseum.AI name to emphasize an AI-enabled …
Stellantis NV has appointed Michael Orange, formerly Hyundai Motor America’s vice president of national sales, as its new head of U.S. sales effective April 22. The move comes as the automaker rides a 12% rise in global shipments in the first quarter led by stronger Ram pickup deliveries in the U.S., and amid pressures from overcapacity in Europe a…
Bank of America reiterated a bullish view on Dell, arguing the PC and server maker is well placed to capture an ongoing increase in AI infrastructure spending. Analyst Wamsi Mohan projects 28% unit growth for AI servers in 2026 and a 50% rise in average selling prices, producing a $495 billion AI server market next year. BofA estimates Dell will ca…
Goldman Sachs analysts see a pick-up in capital spending by hospital systems on revenue-generating medical technologies, favoring Philips in Europe and GE HealthCare in the U.S. The bank points to a surge in MRI and CT tenders across Europe and a product cycle inflection for GE HealthCare as reasons for a constructive stance ahead of first-quarter …
Market research firm Apptopia reports that Starlink's global app downloads and monthly active users more than doubled in the first quarter versus a year earlier. The satellite internet unit of SpaceX recorded four consecutive quarters of MAU growth above 100%, with notable gains in Brazil, Argentina and the United States. Analysts say sustained sub…
Shares of Myseum climbed more than 270% Thursday after the company announced it is changing its trading name to Myseum.AI and said it is integrating proprietary artificial intelligence into its messaging and social platforms. The company said the AI agents under development will help users manage personal media while preserving privacy and that its…
Walmart announced plans to remodel 72 stores across Texas in 2026 under its broader store modernization program. The upgrades will update store layouts, technology and services to accelerate shopping and delivery times, add pharmacy and vision enhancements, expand brand assortments, and support new services for Walmart+ members. The company is also…
American Express announced plans to purchase Hyper, an AI-focused expense management startup backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The acquisition, with terms undisclosed and expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, is part of AmEx's push to add automation tools for commercial clients and strengthen its position in corporate spending.
Alphabet’s Google is negotiating with the U.S. Department of Defense to permit deployment of its Gemini AI models in classified settings, with discussions focused on allowing all lawful uses while including contract language aimed at preventing domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons without human oversight.
