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Two leading U.S. pizza brands - Papa John’s International and Pizza Hut - are progressing in separate sale discussions as competitive pressures, higher commodity costs and weaker consumer demand weigh on performance. Private groups, including a Qatari-backed fund and several private equity firms, are among those engaged in talks or preparing bids. …
Barclays has singled out over 400 firms positioned to gain from the electrical and digital infrastructure required by artificial intelligence data centers. The bank's review spotlights U.S. manufacturers of turbines, switchgear, power conversion, cooling, and distribution equipment that underpin high-capacity computing facilities, and highlights te…
Allbirds Inc. stock rose more than 370% shortly after the market opened following the companys disclosure of a $50 million convertible financing facility tied to a strategic pivot toward AI compute infrastructure. The firm said it will change its corporate name to NewBird AI and use initial proceeds to acquire high-performance GPUs, with a longer-…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a substantial change to the pattern day-trading rule, removing the long-standing $25,000 minimum-equity threshold for frequent traders and substituting a requirement that customers maintain enough equity to cover real-time risk. The decision sent shares of Webull higher by more than 9% and lifted…
Morgan Stanley moved capital freed by recent U.S. regulatory easing into its prime brokerage and macro trading desks during the first quarter, Chief Financial Officer Sharon Yeshaya said. The bank cited revisions to the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio as the source of the newly available funds and confirmed a direct link between the regulator…
ServiceNow shares have plunged about 43% year-to-date and traded near $88 as of Tuesday amid concerns that AI could undercut demand for workflow automation software. Oppenheimer analyst Brian Schwartz disputes the AI-disruption narrative, maintaining an Outperform rating while lowering his price target to $130 from $175 due to weaker software group…
Macquarie identifies SSE:AMEC and SZSE:NAURA as leading beneficiaries of Yangtze Memory Technologies Co.'s factory expansion, which includes two additional 100,000-wafers-per-month fabs. YMTC's buildout, significant projected capex and reliance on domestic suppliers should concentrate equipment spending within China as the company remains on the US…
After meetings with Target management in Minneapolis, Morgan Stanley reiterated its Overweight rating and a $145 price target, saying the retailer is showing early but concrete signs of a turnaround. The firm highlights improvements in store layout, merchandising and category upgrades that it expects will help restore foot traffic. Near-term growth…
The European Commission has signaled it may impose temporary measures to stop policy changes by Meta that are alleged to restrict competing AI firms from offering services on WhatsApp. The move comes via a supplementary statement of objections and is subject to Meta's right to respond and defend itself in the process.
Wolfe Research identified potential value among mid-cap equities after the S&P 400 Mid-Cap index returned approximately 9% year-to-date following five years of underperformance versus large caps. The index is trading at 15.9x next twelve months earnings per share, marginally below its long-term average of 16.1x. Wolfe’s screen isolated S&P 400 cons…
Adobe introduced a new AI assistant, branded Firefly, intended to execute creative tasks across its suite of applications by taking direction from creative professionals and autonomously using tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere Pro. The company said the assistant will also be available to users of Anthropic's Claude through a connect…
A review of Tuesday's filings shows a mix of insider buying and selling among U.S. public companies. Nike executives increased their stakes as the stock traded near a 52-week low, while a string of large sales were reported at several technology and logistics firms. Other purchases and disposals across smaller-cap names rounded out the activity, of…
Eurostat figures analyzed by Stifel show European industrial production rose 0.4% month-on-month in February for both the EU21 and EU27, topping the 0.3% consensus. Sector-level gains in capital, intermediate and non-durable consumer goods contrasted with declines in energy and durable consumer goods. Stifel projects a generally positive yet volati…
Arbutus Biopharma's stock jumped 6% on Wednesday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration awarded Fast Track designation to imdusiran for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. The company reported that imdusiran has produced functional cures in 10 trial patients and enabled many others to live without ongoing medication. Arbutus, a clinical-stag…
Jane Street has agreed to spend approximately $6 billion on cloud services from CoreWeave and simultaneously purchased $1 billion of CoreWeave stock at $109 per share, lifting its total holding to about $1.44 billion and making it the company's fifth-largest shareholder. The commitments come as CoreWeave secures consecutive multibillion-dollar cont…
Barclays' Q1 FY26 review of the European airports sector signals a tougher near-term outlook as regulatory ambiguity collides with weaker traffic expectations driven by Middle East disruptions and fuel-related capacity limits. Despite trimming near-term forecasts, the broker reiterates Aéroports de Paris (ADP) and Fraport as its favoured names, cit…
ASML reported that South Korea became its top market in the first quarter after memory chip producers stepped up purchases to alleviate shortages tied to artificial intelligence demand. Shipments to South Korea rose to 45% of net system sales from 22% in the prior quarter, with total sales of €2.84 billion. Taiwan was the second-largest market whil…
Saudi Arabia's equity market closed higher on Wednesday, with the Tadawul All Share index rising 0.90% to reach a new three-month high. Gains were concentrated in Industrial Investment, Hotels & Tourism and Real Estate Development sectors. Market breadth favored advancers over decliners, while crude, Brent and gold futures showed mixed moves and ma…
Lumen Technologies' stock rose 4% on Wednesday after the company announced it is the first network provider to deliver last-mile connectivity for AWS Interconnect. The offering, Lumen Cloud Interconnect, links enterprise locations directly to Amazon Web Services through both the AWS Console and Lumen Connect portal and is now generally available to…
Bank of America Global Research sees divergent end-markets shaping the near-term prospects for European diversified semiconductor companies as they approach first-quarter reporting. Automotive-related demand remains under stress, weighed by softer EV sales and rising memory costs, while industrial demand shows signs of recovery. The brokerage raise…
Goldman Sachs' option-pricing data indicates tactical dollar positioning has been pared back to roughly neutral in recent days. The bank's skew-based measure shows a sizable reduction in directional dollar exposure across G10 currency pairs, while at-the-money volatility has compressed and repriced lower for several major currencies.
Allbirds shares climbed 70% after the company announced a $50 million convertible financing facility and plans to reposition itself as an AI compute infrastructure provider. The firm said it has a definitive agreement with an institutional investor for the facility, expects the financing to close in the second quarter of 2026, and plans to rebrand …
Morgan Stanley reports that federal tax refunds are up 14% year-over-year, short of the firm’s expected 15-25% rise. The average refund has climbed 11% and more taxpayers are receiving refunds, but rising gasoline prices and tax-rate dynamics may blunt the consumption boost the refunds would otherwise provide.
Bank of America recommends receiving the forward real yield in the 2031-2040 OATei strip at 2.5%, pointing to level, roll-down and July rebalancing as supporting factors. The bank also prefers "beta breakeven" inflation-long positions while selling payers, highlighting a divergence between rising forward real rates and muted forward inflation expec…
Futures tied to Canada's principal equity benchmark held near unchanged on Wednesday as market participants digested growing hopes for U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks alongside fresh quarterly results from major U.S. banks. The S&P/TSX composite recently sat at its highest level since early March, driven by gains in heavyweight financial names that offse…
