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Australia's equity benchmark, the S&P/ASX 200, finished higher on Tuesday, rising 1.09% as the Gold, Metals & Mining and IT sectors advanced. Market breadth favored gainers by a wide margin and implied volatility eased, while commodity and currency markets showed mixed moves at the close in Sydney. Several individual stocks recorded double-digit pe…
Chinese electric heavy-duty trucks are moving into European markets in force this year, with multiple manufacturers planning launches in 2026. Backed by scale, lower supply-chain costs and rapid product development, these entrants intend to sell at up to 30% below the European average truck price. European incumbents and industry groups are pressin…
Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI), the company founded by former Meta AI chief Yann LeCun, said it has closed $1.03 billion in funding on a $3.50 billion pre-money valuation. AMI plans to commercialize AI systems emphasizing reasoning, planning and internal 'world models,' targeting organizations that operate complex physical systems while testin…
Shares of Tencent and other leading Chinese AI-focused companies rose sharply as several firms introduced agentic AI products that operate on users' computers. Tencent's new WorkBuddy, along with Zhipu's AutoClaw and MiniMax's MaxClaw, drove buying interest in technology names and helped lift the Hang Seng index.
A new study from industry groups finds U.S. solar installations fell in 2025 after federal policy changes disrupted project economics and approvals. Installed capacity dropped to 43 GW from nearly 50 GW the prior year, with utility-scale and community solar segments seeing double-digit declines. Texas led state-level additions, and the report proje…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it would prevent any oil shipments from the Middle East if U.S. and Israeli strikes continue, and President Donald Trump warned the United States would strike Iran far more forcefully if tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is obstructed. The confrontation has already pushed oil prices to dramat…
Apple increased iPhone assembly in India to roughly 55 million units in 2025, a rise of about 53% from the prior year, bringing Indian production to approximately one quarter of the company’s global iPhone output of 220-230 million devices. The expansion aligns with Apple’s strategy to diversify manufacturing away from China amid trade tensions and…
Asian equity markets rallied on Tuesday after oil prices eased from multi-year highs and U.S. President Donald Trump suggested the conflict with Iran may be nearing an end. Major indexes across the region climbed following volatile trading earlier in the week, while investors awaited Chinese trade data and analysts warned that Middle East developme…
Goldman Sachs has marketed structured strategies to hedge funds that would profit from declines in corporate loan prices, particularly loans to enterprise software firms and other sectors seen as vulnerable to artificial intelligence. The bank has proposed trades using total return swaps and has fielded client interest in recent weeks. Many of the …
Air New Zealand has increased ticket prices across its network in response to a sharp jump in jet fuel costs tied to the Middle East conflict, and warned that further price adjustments or network changes may be needed if elevated fuel costs persist. The rise in fuel prices and airspace disruptions have reverberated through the industry, prompting r…
Anthropic has asked a federal court to block the Pentagon from placing the company on a national security blacklist, arguing the designation would materially reduce projected 2026 revenue by multiple billions of dollars and inflict significant reputational damage. Senior executives detailed specific revenue exposures tied to Department of Defense w…
Telix Pharmaceuticals reported that Part 1 of its global Phase 3 ProstACT trial met its primary endpoints, showing an acceptable safety and tolerability profile for TLX591-Tx in advanced prostate cancer patients. Shares climbed intraday, and the company plans to seek to advance the study into a randomized expansion and engage U.S. regulators as it …
U.S. stock futures declined in evening trading after major U.S. indexes closed higher earlier in the day, as investors digested remarks from President Donald Trump that the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran might end soon. Energy markets continued to command attention following a sharp oil spike that briefly neared $120 a barrel, and traders are awai…
Associations representing German publishers, advertisers and branded-goods companies told the country’s competition authority that Apple’s proposed amendments to its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) tool do not address antitrust concerns. The groups asked the regulator to refuse Apple’s commitments, to require the company to stop the app tracking me…
Nvidia is preparing to introduce an open-source platform, NemoClaw, designed to deploy AI agents for enterprise use. The company has approached several large software firms about partnerships as interest in open-source agent tools grows following the viral uptake of OpenClaw. The announcement is expected at Nvidia's developer event in San Jose next…
Goldman Sachs has pitched a total return swap product to hedge funds that would give them the ability to take long or short positions on corporate loans. The derivative would let investors gain from shifts in loan market values, though no trades using this approach have been reported. The outreach comes as software-linked debt markets face pressure…
EQT AB is exploring a potential sale of enterprise Linux software vendor SUSE, having retained Arma Partners to approach private equity buyers. The contemplated transaction could be valued at as much as $6 billion, roughly double the price EQT paid to take SUSE private in 2023, though discussions remain preliminary and there is no certainty the sal…
AAR Manufacturing LLC has been awarded a $159.78 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contract by the U.S. Department of War to provide repair services for 463L Legacy Cargo Pallets. Work will be performed at the company’s Cadillac, Michigan plant, with an expected completion date of March 5, 2031. The contract was issued as a…
Lockheed Martin has received two contracts from U.S. defense procurement agencies totaling about $761 million. The largest award - $700.4 million - modifies an existing contract to supply long-lead materials and components for Lots 20 and 21 of F-35 production aircraft, including airframes for Denmark and contributions for cooperative partners and …
Beta Technologies said it has moved up development of its Alia MV250 military cargo drone by six months, with the first flight now expected this year. The Vermont-based electric aircraft maker cited increased spending on military programs and policy tailwinds as reasons for the acceleration. The company also won multiple FAA grant program selection…
Joby Aviation's stock rose in after-hours trading after the company was named a partner in several winning applications under the Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Integration Pilot Program, a White House-backed initiative. The selection permits Joby to begin early air taxi operations this year in multiple states before completing FAA t…
Mexican stocks closed lower on Monday, with the S&P/BMV IPC dropping 0.63% to a one-month low. Losses were concentrated in the Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors. While several large-cap names fell, a handful of companies including Grupo Televisa, Qualitas and Grupo Mexico registered gains. Commodity and currency ma…
Colombian equities finished higher on Monday, with the COLCAP index rising 2.31% as Industrials, Services and Agriculture sectors supported the advance. Energy heavyweight Ecopetrol led gains and reached a 52-week high, while select banking stocks registered the session's largest falls. Commodity and currency moves were mixed, and the US Dollar Ind…
Russia's benchmark MOEX Russia Index closed higher on Monday, rising 1.17% to a new three-month high as the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors provided upward momentum. Market breadth was mixed, with slightly more decliners than advancers, while commodity prices and currency pairs showed divergent moves during the session.
About 3,800 workers at JBS' beef plant in Greeley, Colorado, intend to begin a strike on March 16, the union representing them said, a move that threatens to severely curtail production at one of the country's largest beef-processing facilities. The labor action comes as beef prices hit record highs and follows disputes over wages, workplace charge…
