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Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp. II raised $360 million by selling 36 million units at $10 apiece, including 4.68 million units placed through a partial exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. The SPAC began trading on January 27, 2026, and plans for separate trading of shares and warrants under the symbols MLAA and MLAAW once those sec…
The Bovespa index closed higher Wednesday, rising 1.15% to reach a fresh all-time high as strength in the Financials, Basic Materials and Real Estate sectors powered the advance. A group of mid- and small-cap stocks recorded notable intraday gains, while several large names finished lower. Market breadth favored advancers and volatility gauges edge…
Shares of Innovation Beverage Group Ltd fell sharply after the company disclosed a five-for-one reverse stock split that will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on January 30, 2026. The move will reduce the firm's outstanding ordinary shares from 3,470,331 to 694,066, and the company's stock will continue to list on The Nasdaq Capital Market un…
Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Alphabet, said it aims to introduce a fully driverless ride-hailing service in London by the fourth quarter of 2026. The timeline was disclosed at a London briefing by Ben Loewenstein, Waymo’s head of policy and government affairs for the UK and Europe. The planned expansion coincides with UK regulatory work to e…
An Investing Pro model identifies Quebecor, Rogers Communications, Cogeco, BCE and TELUS as the top five Canadian telecoms to monitor into 2026. Rankings reflect a blend of recent performance, profitability metrics, forward valuations, dividend yields and analyst upside projections. The list highlights companies with differing risk-return profiles …
The U.S. Marshals Service is probing a potential hack of government-controlled digital-asset accounts, according to a report citing an agency email. Officials have said they will not provide further comment while the inquiry continues. The development follows industry data showing a surge in crypto-related thefts in 2025 and on-chain claims that mo…
The U.S. government plans to launch a new program this July that will place $1,000 of seed money into tax-advantaged investment accounts for children born between 2025 and 2028. Market participants, philanthropists and several major employers have pledged additional contributions or matches, but questions persist about tax complexity, treatment in …
Circle Internet's stock climbed after reports that the White House will convene banking and cryptocurrency executives to tackle stalled legislation and specific conflicts, including whether crypto firms can pay interest and rewards on stablecoin holdings. The scheduled summit, hosted by the White House's crypto council with trade groups expected to…
Earnings season presses on with a heavy slate of reports scheduled for Thursday. Market leaders including Apple, Visa, KLA-Tencor, Western Digital and Stryker are set to report after the close, while a diverse group of companies across materials, manufacturing, financials and healthcare will release results before the opening bell. Below is a compr…
Markets are set to focus on the weekly Initial Jobless Claims report on Thursday, January 29, 2026, with a broad set of additional U.S. economic releases and Treasury auctions scheduled the same day. The Initial Jobless Claims print, due at 8:30 AM ET and expected at 206K versus the prior 200K, will sit alongside data on unit labor costs, continuin…
CMA CGM and U.S. investor Stonepeak agreed to form a port terminal joint venture, United Ports LLC, with an enterprise value close to $10 billion. Stonepeak will pay $2.4 billion for a 25% stake and may provide up to $3.6 billion more for future projects. CMA CGM will fold 10 of its terminals into the venture and will deploy the $2.4 billion in pro…
Analysts expect major U.S. refiners to post higher fourth-quarter profits, supported by improved product margins driven in part by disruptions to Russian refining capacity and wider crude differentials. Attention is shifting to whether Gulf Coast complex refineries can absorb increasing flows of Venezuelan heavy crude following a change in that cou…
FedEx announced it is collaborating with Boeing and U.S. aviation safety regulators to return its grounded MD-11 cargo aircraft to service by May 31, following the November crash of an MD-11 operated by UPS that killed 15 people. UPS has retired its remaining MD-11s and plans to replace them with Boeing 767s. Regulators have highlighted a cracked c…
Meta Platforms is advancing into its upcoming earnings report with several influential research firms reiterating bullish ratings and high price targets. While analysts highlight robust product deployment and large user reach for Meta AI, they also flag the potential impact of elevated capital expenditure and operating costs tied to artificial inte…
Shares of Odysight.ai (ODYS) rose 6.9% Wednesday after the company disclosed it received two pilot orders from a major defense customer to test AI-based monitoring solutions on aerial platforms. One pilot will evaluate a computer-vision monitoring system on an operational combat helicopter; the other targets monitoring a critical component inside a…
A Republican chair of a U.S. House committee has asked Ford to clarify its agreement with China’s CATL after the automaker announced plans to repurpose U.S. battery manufacturing facilities to produce lithium iron phosphate cells and grid-scale energy storage systems using CATL-licensed technology. The lawmaker requested detailed answers from CEO J…
Solid Power Inc. said it has entered a securities purchase agreement with a single sector-focused institutional investor to sell shares and warrants in a registered direct offering expected to raise about $130 million in gross proceeds. The announcement was followed by a 6.6% decline in the company's stock on Wednesday.
AlphaTON Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: ATON) saw its stock climb 19.6% after company executives presented to an invitation-only investor audience at Mar-a-Lago Club on January 27, 2026. The presentation detailed the firm’s plans to expand TON blockchain infrastructure, strategic acquisitions, and an investment program in AI compute capacity, while the com…
The United States told the U.N. Security Council that Gaza’s demilitarization will involve an agreed process to place weapons permanently beyond use, supported by an internationally funded buyback and reintegration program. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said the plan includes independent monitoring and destruction of military inf…
Shares of OKYO Pharma (NASDAQ:OKYO) rose 4.7% after the company said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration agreed that the proposed primary endpoint for its Phase 2b/3 trial of urcosimod - Visual Analogue Scale pain reduction at Week 12 - is clinically meaningful. The agency also accepted the company’s study design, sample size and powering assumpt…
Diginex Limited appointed Lubomila Jordanova, founder and former CEO of Plan A.earth GmbH, as its new chief executive effective immediately. The announcement triggered a 15.1% drop in the company’s shares as investors reacted to the unexpected leadership change. Outgoing CEO Mark Blick will move into a Strategic Advisor role while Diginex pursues E…
PJM Interconnection is forecasting an all-time winter peak in electricity demand as hundreds of high-voltage transmission lines face restrictions, driving spot power prices sharply higher and increasing the risk of controlled or rolling blackouts. Constrained natural gas supplies that have reduced output in key producing states are compounding gene…
Lianhe Sowell International Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:LHSW) saw its stock fall after the company disclosed it received a Nasdaq notice for failing to maintain the exchange's $1 minimum bid-price requirement. Nasdaq granted a 180-day cure period through July 21, 2026, during which the company must achieve a closing bid of at least $1 for ten consecutive bu…
Youlife Group announced a non-binding letter of intent with VCI Global to jointly develop a robotics-enabled workforce-as-a-service platform, sending Youlife shares higher while VCI Global stock declined. The collaboration would combine VCI Global's robotics architecture, AI software and financing with Youlife's workforce deployment and on-site ope…
Valens Semiconductor's shares fell 3.9% on Wednesday after the company unveiled a plan to reduce its workforce by roughly 10% as part of an operational efficiency initiative. Management expects approximately $5 million in annual operating expense savings, with the cuts to be completed in the second quarter of 2026. The move comes ahead of the firm'…
