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SoftBank Group reported that it disposed of its entire holding in Nvidia during the fourth quarter of 2025, according to its Form 13-F submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing, which compares positions as of Dec. 31, 2025 to those on Sept. 30, 2025, corresponds with a modest pullback in Nvidia's share price, which traded…
IG Metall has filed a criminal complaint accusing a manager at Tesla's German factory of 'spreading false allegations' and has applied for a temporary injunction to bar further statements by the manager. The move follows a criminal complaint from Tesla last week alleging an IG Metall member secretly recorded a works council meeting. IG Metall also …
Liftoff Mobile Inc., backed by Blackstone Inc., has formally withdrawn its registration for an initial public offering, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The move follows an earlier postponement of a planned offering that could have raised up to $762 million and occurs amid widespread weakness in software stocks tied in part…
Norway's Oslo OBX index ended Tuesday's session down 0.40% as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors offset gains among several large-cap names. Kongsberg, Orkla and DnB were among the session's top performers, with Orkla and DnB reaching all-time highs. Tomra, Norsk Hydro and Nordic Semiconductor paced declines. Commodit…
Eric Trump is among investors committing capital to a $1.5 billion all-stock merger that will combine Israeli drone manufacturer XTEND with Florida-based JFB Construction Holdings, a transaction structured to list the joint company on Nasdaq as XTND. The deal includes participation from other strategic and financial backers and is expected to close…
Israel's main index, the TA 35, closed higher, gaining 0.25% to reach a new all-time high as advances in the Banking, Technology and Communication sectors supported the market. Renewable energy and real estate leaders posted the session's largest gains, while several technology and industrial names fell. Commodities and currency benchmarks moved lo…
Several European governments have initiated investigations and proposed age restrictions on major social media platforms, citing AI-generated sexual imagery of minors and broader concerns about youth wellbeing. Actions range from criminal probes to formal regulatory inquiries and proposed bans for adolescents, while Brussels' Digital Services Act p…
EQT AB and Vitruvian Partners have engaged financial advisers to explore strategic options for their investment in cyber insurer CFC, including a potential sale or an initial public offering. Evercore Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have been retained to prepare CFC for these alternatives. A transaction could value the company at about £5 billion…
Brokerage analysts at Mizuho and Citi initiated coverage of BitGo with constructive ratings, pointing to the company's large custodial footprint, recurring revenue mix and an evolution from pure custody into a more comprehensive institutional platform. Both firms see demand from on-chain finance, tokenization and stablecoin activity supporting cust…
Greek equities ended Tuesday’s session under pressure, with the Athens General Composite dropping 1.14% as losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors dominated trading. Market breadth favored decliners, while a handful of stocks recorded notable gains and a few hit multi-year highs. Commodities and currency markets moved alongside equiti…
The chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a Senate panel that the agency is moving to replenish staff in divisions left thin after voluntary workforce reductions pursued last year under a White House initiative. Paul Atkins defended the commission against Democratic accusations that enforcement actions were curtailed for crypto …
Figma is introducing a feature called "Code to Canvas" in partnership with Anthropic that will translate code output from AI coding tools such as Claude Code into editable design elements inside Figma. The move creates a direct pathway from AI-generated interfaces into collaborative design workflows, at a time when Figma's shares have fallen sharpl…
The chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission indicated regulators are considering limiting which senior executives must be included in detailed investor disclosures about compensation. The proposals, part of a wider agenda to ease compliance burdens on public companies, could also simplify pay-versus-performance metrics and change repor…
JFB Construction Holdings shares tumbled 35.2% after the company unveiled plans to merge with XTEND, an artificial intelligence-driven defense technology business. The all-stock agreement, which values XTEND at roughly $1.5 billion based on a concurrent private placement, would leave XTEND stakeholders with about 70% of the combined company and JFB…
Sana Biotechnology shares declined after the company appointed Brian Piper as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Piper brings more than 25 years of biopharma finance experience and will join as the company progresses toward near-term clinical data for SC451 and SG293, programs management says will create key value inflection poin…
Global Business Travel Group Inc. raised its share repurchase program to $600 million, doubling the prior authorization, and its stock climbed 7% after the announcement. The parent of American Express Global Business Travel also published preliminary fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 figures showing substantial revenue gains, a return to net income…
Stocks across market-cap bands swung on Tuesday with several large-cap technology and semiconductor names sliding, while industrial and small-cap shares produced some of the day's largest percentage moves. Company-specific earnings and revenue updates drove notable declines in a number of mid- and large-cap issues, even as a subset of mid- and smal…
Turkey's main stock index closed lower after trading on Tuesday, with losses concentrated in the Basic Metals, Metal Products & Machinery and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors. The BIST 100 slipped 0.78% as a handful of winners contrasted with larger declines among several heavyweights. Commodities and FX moves accompanied the equity pu…
A recently released Canadian defense strategy sets targets to substantially increase weapons purchases from domestic firms, reversing the current reliance on U.S. suppliers. The plan includes ambitious investment and industry growth goals while noting the change follows recent U.S. tariffs and has delayed a review of an F-35 purchase.
Mizuho analysts report that sustained weakness in crypto prices has driven casual traders away from the market, eroding take rates and worsening fundamentals at Coinbase and Robinhood. The bank lowered price targets on both firms, noting Robinhood's more diversified revenue mix cushions some impact compared with Coinbase's crypto-concentrated busin…
Roth Capital Partners downgraded ConocoPhillips from Buy to Neutral, arguing that the stock is trading near its price target and faces downside risk if oil markets remain oversupplied through much of 2026. The firm pointed to roughly 2 million barrels per day of OPEC+ production added between April and December 2025 and expects inventories to build…
Central Garden & Pet Company said its board has approved a $100 million increase to its share repurchase authorization, prompting a 2.9% rise in its stock on Tuesday. The firm will buy both common and Class A common shares via open-market and privately negotiated transactions, including Rule 10b5-1 plans. Management described current share prices a…
Moleculin Biotech (NASDAQ: MBRX) saw its shares rise 3.4% after the Japan Patent Office issued a notice of allowance for a patent application covering methods to reconstitute and prepare liposomal Annamycin. The allowed claims focus on converting a preliposomal lyophilizate into precisely concentrated intravenous formulations under controlled tempe…
Ormat Technologies saw its stock climb after announcing a long-term geothermal power purchase agreement with NV Energy to supply up to 150MW of new capacity to support Google’s Nevada data centers. The multi-project portfolio requires Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approval expected in the second half of 2026, with the first facilities slate…
Bragg Gaming Group saw its shares rise 3.2% after confirming a strategic expansion of its content aggregation and delivery agreement with Super Technologies. The pact builds on a collaboration that began in 2020 and leverages Bragg’s Remote Games Server and HUB platform to supply market-specific and third-party titles, FUZE promotional tools, and p…
