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General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE:GD) received three U.S. Navy contract awards totaling approximately $273.45 million, including a $183.23 million firm-fixed-price award for maintenance of USS Truxtun (DDG 103) and two cost-plus-fixed-fee modifications for Electric Boat to support submarine maintenance at Naval Submarine Support Facility New Londo…
Spyre Therapeutics disclosed an underwritten public offering of $300 million in common stock, with underwriters able to buy an additional $45 million of shares within 30 days. The company sold all offering shares and named Jefferies, Goldman Sachs, Evercore ISI and Guggenheim as joint book-runners, with LifeSci Capital as passive bookrunner. The an…
Mexico's benchmark equity gauge closed lower Monday, dragged down by losses in industrials, consumer goods and consumer staples sectors. The S&P/BMV IPC ended the session down 0.61%, with a modest majority of stocks advancing versus decliners. Commodity and currency markets showed mixed moves, with crude oil rising and gold futures slipping.
Colombian equities finished higher after the close on Monday, with the COLCAP benchmark rising 1.98% to reach a one-month high. Gains were broad-based, driven by Industrials, Services and Agriculture names, while several large-cap issues declined. Commodity contracts and FX pairs showed little change overall.
President Donald Trump has put forward former California congresswoman Michelle Steel as his choice for U.S. ambassador to South Korea. The post has been vacant for the duration of his second term, with a senior State Department official serving as acting ambassador since last October. The nomination must be confirmed by Congress.
The MOEX Russia Index closed down 0.16%, marking a one-month low as losses in Mining, Power and Manufacturing sectors pressured the market. Winners included Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank, OK Rusal and Rosneft, while AK ALROSA, VK Company and OZON led declines. Market breadth favored decliners and the Russian Volatility Index jumped, while commodities a…
Bloom Energy shares rose more than 6% in after-hours trading on Monday, extending a near 6% daytime advance, following an announcement that Oracle has expanded a partnership to deploy Bloom’s fuel cell systems for AI and cloud infrastructure. Oracle contracted 1.2 gigawatts of capacity under a master services agreement, with deployments already und…
Future Money Acquisition Corporation completed its initial public offering at $10 per unit, generating $112 million in gross proceeds. The special purpose acquisition company sold 11.2 million units, including a partial exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option, and began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol FMACU prior to…
FedEx said its Chief Financial Officer John Dietrich will step down effective June 1, coinciding with the planned spinoff of FedEx Freight into a publicly traded company. Claude Russ will act as interim CFO while the board conducts a search for Dietrich's successor. The company reiterated its adjusted profit guidance for the fiscal year ending May …
Credo Technology Group Holding said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Silicon Photonics specialist DustPhotonics. The deal, announced Monday, sent Credo shares up about 10% in after-hours trading as the company outlined plans to integrate DustPhotonics’ photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology into its optical interconnect roadmap…
Thoma Bravo has agreed to merge HCSS, a heavy civil construction software provider, into Nemetschek Group’s Build & Construct segment. Under the planned structure, Nemetschek SE will hold about 72% of the combined segment shares while Thoma Bravo-managed funds will retain roughly 28% as a minority stake. The transaction is expected to close in the …
U.S. stock indices finished higher on Monday, driven by strength in Technology, Financials and Industrials. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.63% to reach a new one-month high, while the S&P 500 climbed 1.02% and the NASDAQ Composite gained 1.23%. Broad market breadth favored advancing issues on both exchanges.
Canada's S&P/TSX Composite finished higher, rising 0.54% to reach a new one-month peak, with IT, Financials and Telecoms among the leading sectors. Several individual names recorded notable moves in both directions, while the S&P/TSX 60 VIX climbed and commodity prices showed divergent performance in gold and oil.
Brazil's main equity gauge closed higher on Monday, with the Bovespa rising 0.34% to reach a new five-year high. Strength in Real Estate, Basic Materials and Consumer sectors underpinned the session, while individual stocks showed wide dispersion. Option-implied volatility ticked higher and key commodities and currency pairs exhibited mixed moves.
Sana Biotechnology's stock climbed about 13% in after-hours trading on Monday after the company announced a strategic collaboration with the Mayo Clinic to advance SC451, an investigational pancreatic islet cell therapy designed to provide durable glucose control without ongoing insulin or immunosuppression. The agreement includes Mayo Clinic equit…
Greenlight Capital disclosed new positions in Versant Media (VSNT), Crocs Inc. (CROX) and SLM Corp. (SLM) during the first quarter through its quarterly letter, while closing positions in several other names. The hedge fund reported a 6.5% return for the quarter, net of fees and expenses, outpacing the S&P 500, which fell 4.4% over the same period.
A Bank of America survey of 30 global fund managers overseeing $341 billion indicates that recent US dollar strength is widely viewed as a short-lived response to geopolitical events rather than a durable trend. While many managers covered short positions on the dollar after the outbreak of the Iran conflict, few moved to a fully bullish stance. Re…
Brazil removed its secretary of labor inspection from his post after he ignored an instruction from the labor minister and added Chinese automaker BYD to the government's registry of employers accused of subjecting workers to conditions described as akin to slavery. The move intensifies a conflict between inspectors who pursue serious labor abuses …
Roblox's stock climbed 5% after the gaming platform announced two new age-targeted account types - Roblox Kids for ages 5-8 and Roblox Select for ages 9-15 - due to launch in early June. The company will align content access, communication defaults and parental controls to user age, automatically transition users as they age, and apply extra safegu…
Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, says cost pressures from the Middle East war have pushed its cash costs higher by at least $0.10 per pound, but the company remains on course to meet its 2026 output goal. Chairman Maximo Pacheco told Reuters the miner produced 271,300 tonnes of copper in the first quarter, experienced a recent multi-ye…
Stocks moved sharply Monday with winners and losers spanning mega-cap technology, large- and mid-cap software and hardware names, and volatile small-cap biotech issues. Oracle jumped after product additions to its Aconex platform, Intel and other large tech names rose, while several financial and consumer staples names declined. Biotech headlines -…
Traders face a busy Tuesday, April 14, 2026, highlighted by the Producer Price Index (PPI) release at 7:30 AM ET. A slate of additional data and central bank speeches through the day - including energy reports, employment indicators, small business sentiment and multiple Federal Reserve officials - will offer further context on inflation and econom…
Bank of America has identified six consumer staples companies it views as top selections ahead of first-quarter earnings season. The list spans beverages, coconut water, snacks, protein, oral care and household products, with analysts laying out near-term earnings estimates, margin expectations and event-driven catalysts investors should watch as r…
Stellantis will complete its withdrawal from hydrogen fuel cell joint venture Symbio by May, incurring an estimated cost of 235 million euros ($275.6 million). The carmaker ended its hydrogen fuel cell programme in July 2025 and will not introduce hydrogen-powered vehicles. Following a conciliation process, Michelin and Forvia are expected to each …
Regulatory changes designed to keep the grid stable for rapidly expanding AI data centers have reversed recent progress on coal plant emissions controls. In St. Louis, where residents already face poor air quality and heavy pollution from Ameren’s Labadie Energy Center, activists say newly weakened federal standards and policy shifts mean cleaner a…
