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Needham named Carvana as its top selection in the transportation technology sector and included the stock on its Conviction List, saying the company shows signs of sustained unit growth, margin improvement and operational progress that the market is not fully valuing. The firm highlighted developments from the first-quarter 2026 shareholder letter …
Australian equities ended lower on Monday, with the S&P/ASX 200 finishing down 0.15% at the close in Sydney. Losses in Utilities, Metals & Mining and Materials were the primary drags, even as a handful of stocks posted strong gains. Market breadth favored decliners over advancers, while volatility and some commodity futures moved higher.
ITV has agreed to sell its media and entertainment division to Sky, part of Comcast, for £1.6 billion ($2.13 billion). The package includes £1.2 billion in cash, an earn-out of up to £200 million contingent on 2027 advertising performance, and the transfer of Love Productions to ITV’s remaining studios business. Sky’s CEO described the transaction …
China announced a missile was launched from a People’s Liberation Army Navy nuclear submarine into international waters of the Pacific on July 6 at 12:01 p.m. (0401 GMT). State media called the exercise routine, while officials in Japan, Australia and New Zealand expressed alarm and urged greater restraint and transparency.
Solstice Advanced Materials, a Honeywell spin-off, and Element Solutions are engaged in talks about a potential merger that would create a specialty chemicals company with an enterprise value near $27 billion. Discussions center on a merger of equals that could close to agreement imminently, but no final deal is confirmed and talks may still fall a…
HSBC Global Research completed a broad reassessment of European pharmaceutical coverage, lowering its AstraZeneca target price while re-rating GSK, Roche and Merck KGaA. The bank highlighted forthcoming clinical readouts, potential deal valuation risks and increasing capital intensity across the sector as driving considerations behind its changes.
Spain and Portugal are increasing regulatory attention on rapidly appreciating housing markets amid signs of overheating. While prices and mortgage lending are rising strongly - notably Portugal's EU-leading growth and a near-record mortgage stock in Spain - supervisors so far favour targeted, limited measures rather than sweeping restrictions, ref…
The coming week offers few scheduled macro releases but several high-impact events that could move markets. Investors will pore over minutes from the Federal Reserve's June meeting - the first under chair Kevin Warsh - for signs of internal divisions and policymakers' views on recent energy price moves. A NATO summit in Ankara will test alliance co…
Leading consumer goods firms report that AI tools are changing how they invent and reformulate products. L'Oreal says AI has helped it repurpose skincare molecules for shampoo and compress development timelines by a factor of four. Food and confectionery makers such as Mondelez report AI-assisted recipe generation and faster testing, while other co…
Kosmos Energy provided an operational update highlighting progress in its Ghana drilling campaign with strong production from well J76 and upcoming wells expected to increase output further. The company noted robust LNG cargo liftings in Mauritania and Senegal, successful asset sales in Equatorial Guinea, and ongoing farm down progress in the Gulf …
Taiwan's benchmark closed slightly higher on Monday, with the Taiwan Weighted finishing up 0.08%. Strength in the Chemicals, Textile and Transport sectors helped offset steep declines in several individual issues. Volume breadth data reported an unusual 0 to 0 spread between advancing and declining issues on the exchange.
Black Diamond Therapeutics reported encouraging Phase 2 results for silevertinib (BDTX-1535) in frontline EGFR non-classical NSCLC, showing a 60% ORR, median PFS of 15.2 months and 86% CNS response. With a market cap of about $115M, recent commentary implies roughly $118M in cash — an uncommon setup where the equity is trading at or below net cash …
Shares of Shenzhen Xunce Technology surged by as much as 15% on Monday after the company announced a strategic cooperation memorandum with GCT Dongzhi (Shenzhen) Technology. The pact aims to deploy Xunce's TokenOS-centered data tokenization model within industrial intelligent manufacturing, creating a new commercial vertical for the firm. The annou…
Super Typhoon Bavi, a Category 5 storm, moved across the Mariana Islands, bringing catastrophic winds, destructive gusts and intense rainfall to Rota, Guam, Tinian and Saipan. The U.S. National Weather Service warned of life-threatening conditions, flash flooding and severe wind damage as the storm's eyewall made landfall and the islands prepared e…
Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) system is reportedly considering loosening investment restrictions to permit higher allocations to gold exchange-traded funds, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. The move, still under discussion with no final decision made, could bolster locally listed gold ETFs and benefit market particip…
Australian media reported that China has informed Pacific governments of an upcoming intercontinental ballistic missile test in the South Pacific, expected within 24 hours. The notification followed a defence pact between Australia and Fiji. Independent ship-tracking data shows three Chinese satellite-tracking vessels deployed across the region, wh…
The Bank of England is reviewing the operation of its leverage rules, a move banks say could encourage them to buy substantially more UK government bonds and cut public borrowing costs by over >$1.3 billion a year, according to bank estimates. The Financial Stability Report due at 0930 GMT on Tuesday will include the BoE's update on the review.
Molecular Partners reports progress in its innovative DARPin radiotherapeutics pipeline. The company is dosing patients in the Phase 1/2a trial of MP0712, a 212Pb-based DLL3-targeting Radio-DARPin for small cell lung cancer and neuroendocrine cancers, with initial data expected soon and full efficacy data in 2027. They are also initiating imaging s…
Cal-Maine (CALM) is trading like a cyclical commodity name but exhibits balance-sheet strength and recurring free cash flow that argue for a value-oriented long. With a market cap near $3.97B, free cash flow of $720M and no debt, the stock screens cheap on P/E (~5.7) and EV/EBITDA (~3.8). This trade targets a recovery in egg prices and margin norma…
Tencent Holdings rose 3.8% to HK$447.4 on Monday after JP Morgan highlighted the potential upside from the company's artificial intelligence offerings, particularly the integration of AI agents into WeChat. The rally was supported by Tencent's recent investments in the generative AI ecosystem, the upcoming deployment of a production model on Tencen…
Shenzhen Longsys Electronics saw its shares spike after a pre-announcement for the first half of 2026 projecting net profit attributable to shareholders between CNY 9.2 billion and CNY 11.0 billion. The guidance implies an extraordinary year-on-year increase of roughly 62,200% to 74,400%, and the company pointed to stronger downstream demand, const…
The U.S. Coast Guard removed a Hudson River Sloop Clearwater vessel from the Sail4th 250 parade in New York Harbor on July 4 after organizers deemed banners on the ship 'politically charged.' The Coast Guard said the vessel was asked to remove the messages or leave the parade route; the ship's operator disputes aspects of that account and framed th…
Mizuho named five top equity picks across the Americas energy complex, covering large-cap producers, midstream infrastructure and a regulated utility. The selections reflect potential benefits from recent merger activity, rising data center demand and ongoing infrastructure buildout, with target prices that imply 20% to 65% upside from current leve…
Private equity and financial groups including Blackstone, CVC Capital Partners and Japan’s MUFG have been named among potential bidders for a stake in Vietnamese fintech operator MoMo. Sources say binding bids are expected in September, the stake size remains undecided and the process could lead to the sale of a substantial share, possibly up to 50…
Global markets began the week in a subdued fashion as attention turns to a heavy earnings calendar and a mix of geopolitical and economic datapoints. Oil softened after OPEC+ agreed a modest output increase, Asian equities pared gains following strong year-to-date rallies, and investors await Federal Reserve minutes and several central bank appeara…
