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U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Asia-Pacific allies concluded 22 agreements worth $57 billion with American companies during the Indo-Pacific Energy Security Forum in Tokyo. Burgum told Fox News that Japan is showing interest in purchasing additional U.S. oil and is helping lead efforts to increase oil supplies.
Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share index finished the session 0.06% lower, pressured by declines in Hotels & Tourism, Agriculture & Food and Energy & Utilities. Whereas several industrial and chemical stocks outperformed, market breadth favored decliners and a leading fisheries stock hit a five-year low. International commodity moves included a rise …
Leaders of major U.S. passenger and cargo carriers issued an open letter to Congress urging a rapid resolution to a 29-day partial federal government shutdown that has left roughly 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers working without pay. The airline executives said growing TSA absences have caused long security lines and travel d…
This week saw several major analyst actions focused on companies exposed to artificial intelligence-related demand. JPMorgan lifted Oracle to Overweight following a steep share-price decline and fresh debt issuance that eased financing concerns. TD Cowen initiated coverage of Ciena as a Top Pick tied to datacenter networking demand. Susquehanna rai…
Generative AI is being applied across U.S. retail operations with the most immediate effects in distribution centers and labor scheduling. A Jefferies sector report highlights that large-format retailers - notably Walmart and Target - are moving faster to integrate AI-driven automation and analytics, producing SG&A leverage and improved inventory f…
Russian equities closed with mixed footing as the MOEX Russia Index finished unchanged. Several energy and materials firms led gains, while metals and transport names slipped. The Russian Volatility Index fell to a new 52-week low amid notable moves in oil, gold and currency rates that weighed on market dynamics.
A Goldman Sachs 'Top of Mind' note warns that agentic AI capable of autonomous software development poses an existential challenge to the software sector, accelerating a re-rating of software equities. Analysts argue incumbents retain structural advantages - integration into workflows, proprietary training data and customer relationships - that can…
Ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz produced fresh market volatility, boosting selected equities and commodity-linked names. Hims & Hers leapt after resolving a dispute and unveiling a partnership to sell Ozempic and Wegovy, PayPay enjoyed a strong IPO debut, fertilizer producers rallied on supply concerns, a…
Bernstein analysts say the rise of generative AI represents a structural change for the online travel agency sector that could be more disruptive than Google's move into travel in 2010. The firm warns that AI-driven, high-context natural language search and agent interfaces may reduce the scale and marketing advantages enjoyed by Booking Holdings a…
U.S. and Japanese officials have established how each will participate in a potential collaborative nuclear power project involving Westinghouse and Japanese equipment makers. Discussions include onshore supply-chain roles in Japan and target technologies ranging from large pressurised water reactors to small modular reactors, with potential invest…
Meta is planning substantial workforce reductions that could affect 20% or more of its employees as the company seeks to offset heavy AI infrastructure spending and capture efficiency gains from AI-assisted work. Executives have signaled senior leaders to prepare for reductions, though no date or final headcount has been set. The moves would mark t…
iFixit’s teardown of Apple’s newly announced MacBook Neo finds significant improvements in serviceability compared with recent Mac designs, including screws for the battery and keyboard and easily replaceable camera and fingerprint modules. Despite those changes, the device received a 6 out of 10 repairability score and retains soldered DRAM, which…
Spirit Aviation Holdings has disclosed plans to pare its fleet to about one-third of its size before its most recent Chapter 11 filing, moving forward with a deep restructuring that would shrink aircraft counts, cut debt and refocus the carrier on core markets. The plan faces negotiation challenges tied to unpredictable fuel prices and creditor con…
A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed a proposed class action accusing Stellantis of defrauding investors by failing to disclose practices described as channel stuffing. Plaintiffs alleged the automaker overloaded dealers with inventory to boost short-term sales while harming long-term results and thereby made misleading statements about pricing p…
Digg has started cutting staff as its leadership says the platform has struggled to reestablish itself against incumbent social networks and has been hit by a large wave of sophisticated AI-driven bots that compromised voting and engagement systems. Founder Kevin Rose is slated to return full time to lead a rebuild beginning in April.
Several leading U.S. automotive trade organizations have sent a joint letter urging the Trump administration to maintain a Commerce Department cybersecurity regulation that effectively bars most Chinese-made vehicles from the U.S. market. The groups also warned against any efforts by Chinese automakers to bypass those restrictions by building produ…
The U.S. Department of War has issued a $2.01 billion modification to Raytheon Co.'s Advanced Extremely High Frequency terminal production contract, increasing the contract's total value to $2.97 billion from $960 million. The contract, first awarded in 2021 under a ceiling arrangement, lists work at Raytheon sites in Marlboro, Massachusetts, and L…
Mexico's main stock index closed lower on Friday, pressured by weakness in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples. The S&P/BMV IPC slipped 0.66% to reach a new one-month low, with mixed results among individual large-cap names and notable moves in commodities and currency markets.
TMX Group is lobbying Canadian securities regulators to permit all publicly listed companies to file earnings reports twice a year instead of quarterly. The proposal builds on a CSA plan to exempt smaller firms - typically those with under $10 million in revenue - and mirrors calls in the United States to reduce reporting frequency. TMX sees the ch…
Travis Kalanick announced the launch of Atoms, a refocusing and renaming of City Storage Systems, to develop specialized industrial robots for mining, transport and food industries. Kalanick emphasizes task-specific machines as the route to raised productivity and describes Atoms as comprising distinct units for food, mining and transport applicati…
Colombia's main stock index finished the session higher, supported by advances in the Industrials, Services and Agriculture sectors. The COLCAP rose 0.39% while individual movers included Ecopetrol reaching a 52-week high and a number of large-cap names posting sharp declines. Commodity prices and currency pairs also moved notably during the sessio…
The MOEX Russia Index closed modestly lower, falling 0.07% as declines in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Power sectors pressured the market. Market breadth was mixed with a slightly greater number of gainers than losers. Key commodity and currency moves included a sharp rise in crude oil prices and a notable strengthening of the US dollar against…
President Donald Trump said on Friday that Richard Grenell - who was appointed last year as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - will transition out of his role. Matt Floca, the center's vice president of facilities operations, will be elevated to chief operating officer and executive director, the president added in a …
U.S. equities closed lower on Friday as declines in Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials pushed the market down. The Dow fell to a fresh three-month low, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted larger percentage drops. Individual stocks registered both sharp gains and steep losses, and commodity and currency markets showed notable moves.
Canadian equities declined at Friday's close, with the S&P/TSX Composite falling 0.91%. Losses were concentrated in the Materials, Information Technology and Clean Technology sectors. A handful of names bucked the trend, while several large declines among resource-related issuers weighed on the broader index. Volatility measures rose and commodity …
