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Alphabet told investors that its recent AI investments are producing measurable returns across both consumer and enterprise businesses, citing strong engagement with the Gemini 3 model, rapid growth in cloud revenue and a materially higher capex outlook tied to AI computing capacity. The messaging, delivered after the company’s earnings release, sh…
SoftBank Group shares plunged on Thursday after Arm Holdings reported weaker-than-expected licensing revenue for the December quarter. The decline in Arm, coupled with a broader technology sector pullback driven by uncertainty over artificial intelligence, pushed SoftBank down as much as 7% and helped drag the Nikkei 225 lower by 1%.
Asian stock markets slid on Thursday after a wave of volatility in global technology shares. Investors pared back positions following a sell-off in U.S. tech stocks, and concern that rapid advances in artificial intelligence could disrupt business models weighed on sentiment. Major indexes from South Korea to Hong Kong retreated from recent record …
Sony reported a 22% increase in third-quarter operating profit for October-December, with operating profit of 515 billion yen beating the LSEG analyst average of 469 billion yen. The company raised its full-year operating profit forecast by 8% to 1.54 trillion yen, citing the music business. Market concerns persist about future growth drivers for t…
A global shortage of memory chips and rising memory prices are constraining smartphone shipments and denting demand for major chip industry players. Qualcomm reported weaker-than-expected orders and warned of lower revenue for the current quarter as customers struggle to secure memory to complete device builds. Arm warned its royalty revenue could …
Asian equity benchmarks declined as renewed concern about rising AI-related capital expenditure and a recent legal development involving a large language model pressured technology shares. Wall Street futures attempted a rebound after mixed corporate updates, while currencies, Treasuries and commodities reflected investor caution ahead of key earni…
Summary: Forgent Power Solutions Inc. has set the price for its initial public offering at $27.00 per share. The offering comprises shares sold by stockholders controlled by Neos Partners, LP and primary shares from Forgent, with underwriters granted a 30-day option to buy additional shares. Forgent will not receive proceeds from the shares sold by…
Renesas Electronics reported an annual loss driven by higher finance costs and valuation writedowns on Wolfspeed-linked assets, even as margins held up and infrastructure-related sales rose. The company disclosed a deal to sell its timing business to SiTime for roughly $3 billion, sending shares sharply higher. Management forecast a sequential reve…
Eikon Therapeutics priced an upsized initial public offering of 21,177,600 common shares at $18.00 per share, with underwriters granted a 30-day option to buy an additional 3,176,640 shares at the same price. The company said the offering is expected to generate about $381 million in gross proceeds before deducting underwriting discounts, commissio…
U.S. stock futures were modestly higher in evening trade after a session in which major indexes fell as technology and AI-related shares led declines. S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed lower while the Dow rose. Market attention centered on Alphabet’s post-close results and weaker-than-expected private payrolls data, with traders awaiting weekly j…
According to a Yomiuri report, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) intends to mass produce advanced 3-nanometre chips at a new facility in Kumamoto, southern Japan, backed by an investment of $17 billion. Japan's government, which has already provided subsidies to expand TSMC capacity in Kyushu, is evaluating additional support for the pr…
Bob’s Discount Furniture raised $330.7 million in its U.S. initial public offering by selling about 19.5 million shares at $17 each. The IPO values the Bain Capital-backed company at roughly $2.22 billion and positions the furniture chain to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BOBS.
Nvidia has not accepted the U.S. government's current Know-Your-Customer (KYC) conditions tied to a proposed sale of its H200 chips to China’s ByteDance. While Washington indicated roughly two weeks ago that it would approve a license for the transaction and the president has signed off in principle, the company has yet to agree to the KYC requirem…
Cantor Equity Partners VI, Inc. priced an initial public offering of 10 million Class A ordinary shares at $10.00 per share, raising $100 million. The shares are set to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on February 5, 2026, with the offering expected to close on February 6, 2026, subject to customary conditions. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. serv…
A 26-year-old Illinois resident pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston after prosecutors say he used social engineering to obtain Snapchat security codes from nearly 600 women, accessed at least 59 accounts and downloaded nude or semi-nude images that he kept, sold or traded. He faces sentencing in May following a plea deal that includes a recom…
Nvidia continues to negotiate with U.S. authorities over licensing conditions required to export its H200 AI chips to Chinese firms. Although the Trump administration signaled roughly two weeks ago that it would approve a license allowing ByteDance to buy H200s, Nvidia has balked at some stipulated conditions, notably Know-Your-Customer (KYC) oblig…
The U.S. administration has indicated it will permit ByteDance to purchase Nvidia's H200 AI chips, but Nvidia has not agreed to the conditions the U.S. has proposed, including a Know-Your-Customer (KYC) requirement designed to prevent access by China's military. Negotiations between Nvidia and U.S. officials continue over the licensing terms for sh…
Generate Biomedicines has submitted paperwork for a proposed initial public offering on the Nasdaq. The clinical-stage firm says its integrated Generate Platform combines computational methods with scalable biohardware to design and advance protein therapeutics, and has progressed three computationally engineered proteins into human testing, includ…
After the market closed, shares in major technology and chip-related companies moved sharply as investors digested a wide-ranging set of quarterly results and forward guidance. Alphabet reported solid results but startled markets with a 2026 capital expenditure forecast far above estimates, lifting chip names. Results and guidance from Qualcomm, Sn…
Alphabet outlined plans to sharply increase capital expenditure to a target range of $175 billion to $185 billion this year, roughly double recent spending levels, as it prioritizes AI infrastructure. The announcement came alongside quarterly results that beat revenue and profit estimates and showed strong growth in Google Cloud, prompting volatile…
Mexico's main stock gauge closed lower on Wednesday, with the S&P/BMV IPC slipping 1.49% as losses clustered in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples. A handful of names posted gains, led by Orbia Advance Corporation, while heavyweights such as Cemex and Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico registered notable declines. Commodity a…
Colombia's stock market finished the session lower, with the COLCAP index retreating 2.29%. Losses were concentrated in Financials, Investment and Public Services, while select names such as Mineros SA and Grupo Cibest posted gains. Commodities and FX moves included declines in coffee and cocoa, a rise in gold futures, and a firmer US Dollar Index …
Pandora will offer platinum-plated versions of its most popular charm bracelets to mitigate sharply higher silver costs, the company said. The move comes alongside guidance for subdued organic revenue growth and a narrower operating margin as the firm contends with rising input prices, U.S. tariffs and a cautiously spending consumer base.
Yum China reported its loyalty ecosystem has surpassed 590 million members, representing more than 40% of China’s population. The company said unique memberships across KFC and Pizza Hut rose 13% year-over-year, with 55% of sales now transacting through those programs. Management highlighted the role of loyalty in both near-term and long-term perfo…
VCI Global announced the sale of its fintech subsidiary Credilab via a management buyout valued at roughly $43.74 million, prompting a 9.2% rise in the company’s shares. The deal, paid in cash and stock, values Credilab at 1.1 times its net tangible assets and leaves VCI Global with a 30% equity stake as it shifts focus to AI-led, asset-light growt…
