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Jefferies has singled out a handful of European technology companies it expects to outperform in 2026, favoring analog-focused firms and equipment suppliers tied to AI and optical networking demand. The brokerage expects semicap names to face a cyclical derating after a peak in early 2026, while analog players confront capacity tightness and rising…
Companies across cloud, chip and data-center sectors have announced a wave of multi-billion-dollar agreements to secure computing power for generative AI and other advanced workloads. The transactions span strategic investments, multi-year chip and cloud purchases, licensing arrangements for AI content, and joint ventures to build data-center capac…
Spire Global saw its stock slide 20% on Thursday following the announcement of a $70.0 million private placement priced at $14.00 per share for 5.0 million Class A shares. The offering price is about 32% below Wednesday's close of $20.50. Spire said proceeds will support working capital, corporate purposes and expansion plans across government and …
OpenAI projects $2.5 billion in advertising revenue for the current year and has laid out a path to reach $100 billion by 2030, contingent on large-scale user adoption and the continued rollout of ads across its platforms. The company has disclosed interim targets and reported early pilot milestones as it seeks to compete with established digital a…
Chery Automobile inaugurated its European Operations Centre in Barcelona, marking the company's first overseas regional operations hub. The move accompanies the opening of a Spanish research and development institute concentrating on electrification and intelligent mobility. Chery reported sales growth in the region and said it now operates across …
Novo Nordisk shares dipped after Amazon Pharmacy announced it will carry Eli Lilly’s newly approved oral GLP-1 treatment Foundayo with same-day delivery in thousands of locations, while Hims & Hers edged lower. Amazon said the drug will be available with low insured and cash pricing, automatic manufacturer coupons, and a nationwide delivery footpri…
Bank of America aggregated credit and debit card data indicate online spending rose 12% year-over-year in March, a one percentage point acceleration from February despite facing 5 percentage points tougher comparisons. For the first quarter, online spend increased 11% year-over-year and online penetration rose to 30.1%. The data highlight potential…
PMGC Holdings (NASDAQ:ELAB) shares gained 14% after AGA Precision Systems, a PMGC subsidiary, disclosed a long-term supply agreement with a Tier 1 aerospace and defense company. This is AGA’s second long-term defense contract in 2026, following a March 31 deal with Turbo-Jet Products Co. The undisclosed customer will receive precision CNC-manufactu…
Guggenheim Securities upgraded Datadog to Buy from Neutral and set a $175 price target, arguing the cloud monitoring provider stands to gain from rising data volumes and IT complexity tied to AI adoption. The firm adjusted its revenue and margin forecasts, highlighted a major new AI customer, and flagged Datadog's proprietary technology and Bits AI…
A pronounced gap-up in U.S. equities on Wednesday represents an uncommon technical event, according to BTIG. Analyst Jonathan Krinsky highlights two opposing historical patterns that leave the market's near-term path uncertain. The coming days should reveal whether the move leads to sustained gains or a rapid reversal, with software and business de…
Amazon Pharmacy will make Eli Lilly’s newly approved oral weight-loss medication available at select kiosks inside its primary care clinics and offer same-day delivery to roughly half of U.S. customers, while continuing to fulfill prescriptions through LillyDirect and expand kiosk distribution beyond California over time.
Barclays has updated its ratings across several Nordic banks, upgrading Norway's DNB and altering recommendations for a number of Swedish and Nordic lenders. The brokerage highlights a divergence between recent valuation gains in the region and the tougher competitive dynamics, particularly in Sweden, and adjusts price targets and earnings expectat…
Wolfe Research has trimmed forecasts for publicly traded homebuilders ahead of the sector's earnings season, warning that second-quarter gross margin guidance may fall short of consensus again. The firm highlights softer-than-normal spring demand, a roughly 50 basis-point rise in mortgage rates through March, and geopolitical uncertainty as drags o…
Truist Securities reports that Florida property insurance premiums have fallen roughly 20% year-over-year after peaking in 2023, a development that could help offset weather-related revenue pressures for listed manufactured-home communities. The decline is uneven across coverage layers and geographies, with state and private insurers showing differ…
Bernstein elevated its price target on SanDisk to $1,250 from $1,000 and outlined a bull scenario that values the stock at $3,000, implying roughly 280% upside from the current price near $781. The broker kept an Outperform rating, citing accelerating NAND flash prices, strong AI data-center demand, and what it sees as market underappreciation of t…
Macquarie names Manila Water Company its top pick among Philippine utilities, with Maynilad Water Services a close second after initiating coverage with an Outperform rating. The bank argues water utilities offer steadier demand and more predictable tariff paths than power firms, where market interventions and pending rate rebasing introduce greate…
Occidental Petroleum shares gained 1.8% Thursday after the company disclosed an oil discovery at the Bandit prospect in the Gulf of America and as global crude prices climbed 3% amid worries over a fragile two-week Middle East ceasefire and potential disruptions to flows through the Strait of Hormuz. The well, drilled in Green Canyon Block 680 abou…
Terra Quantum, a St. Gallen-based quantum technology company founded in 2019, has agreed a non-binding letter of intent to merge with Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp. II and pursue a Nasdaq listing that would value the firm at $3.25 billion. The company cited the U.S. as the primary growth market and regulatory benchmark and said proceeds would fund…
Shares of C4 Therapeutics climbed 10% following an announcement that the company has broadened its collaboration with Roche to create degrader-antibody conjugates targeting oncology indications. The agreement provides C4 with $20 million up front and the potential for more than $1 billion in milestone payments, plus future royalties. The partnershi…
BlackBerry reported continued strength in its software divisions and said it has completed its corporate turnaround, forecasting first-quarter revenue above analyst expectations. Growth at its QNX embedded software unit and steady demand for secure communications, largely from government customers, underpinned the outlook. The company also reported…
CoreWeave shares gained 8% following announcement of a $21 billion expanded contract with Meta Platforms to deliver AI cloud capacity through December 2032. The multi-location deployment will host inference workloads and will feature some of the initial implementations of the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform. CoreWeave leadership framed the agreement as …
J.P. Morgan in a Thursday note named Siemens Energy, Schneider Electric, Vestas, IMI and Metso as its top selections within the European capital goods sector. The bank argues that the sector’s direct revenue exposure to the Middle East is modest on average and that local production and supply chains limit near-term input-cost risks. The analysts al…
Tesla shares rose modestly in premarket trading after a report said the automaker is developing an all-new compact electric SUV that would be smaller and less expensive than its current lineup. Sources indicated the vehicle would be produced in Shanghai with potential expansion to the U.S. and Europe, and that cost savings would come from a smaller…
Polestar reported a 7% increase in first-quarter vehicle deliveries to 13,126 units, driven by a deliberate pivot toward European markets. The company faces margin pressure from U.S. import tariffs and higher costs, has announced refreshed versions of its Polestar 2 sedan and Polestar 4 SUV, and expects to expand to roughly 250 sales locations by t…
China's exports of electric and hybrid vehicles hit a record 349,000 units in March, more than doubling year-on-year, while domestic sales of the same segment declined sharply for a third straight month, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association. BYD led outbound shipments, accounting for roughly one-third of exports, even as its d…
