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A former Intuitive Surgical executive attributes the company’s competitive advantage to its training infrastructure rather than the robotic hardware itself, citing entrenched surgeon behavior and residency training as key factors. The firm reports accelerating revenue and procedure volumes, while analysts project strong earnings growth and price-ta…
Norwegian equities closed higher on Thursday as advance in healthcare-related sectors and utilities supported a modest rise in the Oslo OBX. Subsea 7 recorded the session's largest gain and reached an all-time high, while select technology and industrial names slipped. Energy and precious metals markets also saw notable moves alongside minor curren…
Israel's benchmark TA-35 finished the trading session down 1.10% after losses concentrated in the Insurance, Financials and Biomed sectors. Market breadth was negative, with more decliners than advancers. Commodity markets showed strong moves, with crude and Brent rising sharply while June gold futures fell.
Truist upgraded Airbnb from Sell to Hold after the company's 4Q25 results, citing steady travel demand and slightly higher 2026 estimates. The firm also published 2027 projections that underpin a higher price target of $129, while noting the valuation framework remains unchanged. Broader travel-market data through March showed continued momentum ac…
The Athens stock market closed modestly higher on Thursday, with gains in the Construction, Travel and Technology sectors supporting a 0.10% rise in the Athens General Composite at the close. While a small number of large movers posted gains, decliners outnumbered advancers and a range of commodity contracts registered sharp moves during the sessio…
Moonshot AI, a Beijing artificial intelligence firm backed by major Chinese investors, is in early-stage discussions about a potential initial public offering in Hong Kong and is simultaneously exploring a larger private funding round after a recent multimillion-dollar raise.The company has engaged with global investment banks about a possible list…
Google has introduced Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, an audio and voice model built to support real-time conversational experiences with reduced latency and finer acoustic understanding. The model is available in developer preview via the Gemini Live API in Google AI Studio, to enterprises through Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience, and to consumers…
Turkey's benchmark equity index closed lower on Thursday, pulled down by losses in the Banking, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors. The BIST 100 fell 1.83% at the close in Istanbul, while market breadth skewed heavily negative. Commodities and currency markets showed notable moves, with oil contracts rising and gold …
eMed said it raised $200 million in a Series A round that places the Miami telehealth company above a $2 billion valuation. The firm, which counts Tom Brady among its backers, works with employers and government payers to manage use of GLP-1 class drugs. Proceeds will support an agentic AI platform and back a new healthcare payment model intended t…
A U.S. district judge dismissed Ukrainian player Lesia Tsurenko's suit alleging the WTA Tour and its former CEO inflicted emotional abuse by their handling of Russian and Belarusian players after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The court said the WTA is the proper forum to determine what conduct is detrimental and that legal duties established i…
Novo Nordisk has named Poul Weihrauch, CEO of Mars, as an observer to its board and at the same meeting elected three new board members. The moves come as the company steps up consumer-oriented initiatives in the competitive U.S. obesity market, including a cash-pay roll-out of its Wegovy pill and expanded telehealth and retail approaches.
Moroccan equities closed lower on Thursday, with the Moroccan All Shares index falling 0.84%. Sector weakness in Utilities, Banking and Mining pressured the market, even as a few stocks posted double-digit percentage gains. Broader market breadth favored decliners, and moves in oil, gold and currency markets accompanied the session.
NASA announced a reorientation of its Artemis lunar strategy, pausing the Lunar Gateway and prioritizing a permanent surface base built in three phases. The move creates a watch item for companies tied to Gateway hardware and highlights potential upside for Firefly Aerospace, which has CLPS pedigree and recent strong revenue results.
Thursday's trading session brought pronounced volatility across market-cap segments. Major semiconductor equipment names including Lam Research and Applied Materials registered notable declines, while select consumer, food and small-cap biotechnology issuers produced outsized gains. The day featured several company-specific developments that drove …
A set of South Korean equities identified by an AI-driven stock selection process delivered outsized returns in March and since January 2025. DN Automotive Corp recorded a 51.65% jump in March alone, while other names on the list posted double- and triple-digit gains. The model's composed Korean picks outperformed the KOSPI by more than 10% in Marc…
Blackstone has put $250 million into Advanced Digital Gaming Technology (ADGT), a payments and data intelligence platform headquartered in Abu Dhabi. The deal - formed through a strategic partnership with local and technology partners - is the first private equity-backed inbound transaction in the Gulf since the Iran war began, and is positioned to…
GlobalFoundries has launched legal actions against Israel-based Tower Semiconductor, accusing the rival foundry of infringing 11 patents tied to chip production used in smartphones and other electronic devices. The company filed two complaints in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas and a separate complaint with the U.S. Intern…
Bank of Montreal told investors it is targeting a return on equity exceeding 15% by 2028, driven by growth in wealth management and its U.S. operations. CEO Darryl White emphasized the bank's North American capital markets business as a key growth engine and said the lender's long-term strategy is designed to perform across a range of economic outc…
A recent retreat among leading memory stocks has raised investor concern, but Mizuho technology analyst Jordan Klein argues the move resembles routine volatility rather than a structural peak. Klein points to recurring sell-offs, highlights Micron's recent drawdown amid a long-term surge, and prefers semiconductor equipment suppliers such as ASML, …
Goldman Sachs analysts estimate that the recent climb in oil prices will reduce U.S. payroll growth by roughly 10,000 jobs per month through the end of 2026. Using oil supply shock metrics, the firm finds the labor-market response is muted relative to earlier decades, and expects the shock to raise the unemployment rate by 0.1 percentage point as p…
Shield AI said it has raised $2 billion in a Series G funding round that places the defense software company at a $12.7 billion valuation. The round was led by Advent International, co-led by JPMorganChase’s Strategic Investment Group, and included participation from existing investors. Blackstone-managed funds are providing $500 million in preferr…
Jefferies initiated coverage of Robinhood Markets with a Buy rating and an $88 price target, arguing the retail brokerage has a pathway to become a broad financial services platform. The firm highlighted rising funded accounts, a large increase in platform assets, growing non-transactional revenue, and expectations for expanding adjusted EBITDA mar…
The senior U.S. diplomat in Taiwan, Raymond Greene, told Taiwanese leaders that American support for the island’s defence acquisitions and energy needs remains firm amid disruptions tied to the Iran war. Speaking at an American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan dinner attended by President Lai Ching-te and other senior officials, Greene cited the Taiwa…
Citron Research said it has opened a short position in the Fundrise Growth Tech Fund (VCX), arguing the fund is trading at a materially higher level than its disclosed net asset value and raising questions about the fund sponsor's marketing practices and prior regulatory findings. The firm highlighted a large discrepancy between VCX's market price …
A rapid rise in crude, from roughly $60 a barrel at the start of 2026 to above $100, is shifting consumer demand toward more fuel-efficient vehicles. Analysts argue this dynamic gives Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers and Japanese hybrid producers a strategic edge, although regional differences in fuel price pass-through and policy shifts crea…
