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Moody's has placed South32's issuer and commercial paper ratings on review for downgrade after the miner agreed to sell a suite of aluminium assets to Alcoa for consideration of up to $5.6 billion. The transaction materially reduces South32's operating footprint and commodity diversification - removing assets that produced around 37% of underlying …
Taiwan's benchmark rose at Friday's close, led by strength in the Plastic, Chemical and Semiconductor sectors. The Taiwan Weighted index gained 1.94% as a trio of stocks each climbed near double-digit percentages, while several other issues posted sharp declines. Oil and gold futures moved higher and currency indicators showed modest shifts.
ElevenLabs is holding preliminary conversations with investors about a secondary tender offer that could put the synthetic-voice specialist's valuation near $22 billion. The move, if completed, would let existing shareholders sell shares rather than bring in fresh capital and follows a February financing that valued the company at $11 billion. Mana…
STMicroelectronics, a leader in semiconductor manufacturing, announced it will release its Q2 2026 earnings before European market opening on July 23, 2026, followed by a conference call to discuss financial results and business outlook. The webcast will be accessible online and replayed until August 7, 2026. The company emphasizes its commitment t…
Shares of companies that supply Apple climbed across Asian markets after a Nikkei Asia report said Apple intends to increase production of its next-generation iPhones, including a higher-than-expected run of foldable units, and to introduce at least five new models spanning the second half of 2026 and the first half of 2027. The move boosted suppli…
Kuaishou Technology shares ticked higher after the company revealed that its Kling AI unit secured roughly RMB 19 billion from a group of investors led by major tech players. The transaction sets a $15 billion pre-money valuation for Kling AI, dilutes Kuaishou’s stake to about 68%, and establishes an independent commercialization path for the subsi…
Samsung Electronics shares climbed 8.8% on Friday, reversing a sharp drop from the previous trading day. The rebound followed a market-wide sell-off that activated circuit breakers on the KOSPI and amplified losses through leveraged single-stock ETFs. Traders and short-covering drove much of the recovery, while investor enthusiasm about Samsung’s a…
Bitcoin traded above $61,000 and was positioned for a weekly gain after U.S. employment figures suggested cooling in the labor market, easing bets on an imminent Federal Reserve rate increase. Renewed demand for spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also helped stabilize prices following a prior stretch of withdrawals.
Australia's financial crime regulator has confirmed that Sportsbet has completed mandated upgrades to its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing controls. AUSTRAC accepted a remediation undertaking from the Flutter Entertainment-owned bookmaker in 2024 after identifying deficiencies in areas such as risk assessment, customer monitori…
The newly appointed U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and several Pacific nations said securing deep-sea mineral resources in the Cook Islands has become a leading focus. He warned Pacific governments to be cautious in engagements with China and outlined U.S. efforts to strengthen ties, support critical mineral research and explore broader economic as…
India's services sector recorded its slowest growth in 17 months in June, driven by weakening domestic demand and the slowest pace of new business in over two-and-a-half years. Hiring nearly stalled, input cost inflation eased and firms showed reduced willingness to raise prices, while business sentiment slipped to a five-month low.
Shares of several Chinese suppliers to Tesla climbed after the automaker reported a record 480,126 vehicle deliveries in the June quarter. The results, driven by robust sales in Europe and modest growth in China, have renewed hopes of a rebound following two years of declining sales. Supplier gains were seen across Mainland and Hong Kong trading, w…
Anthropic has increased efforts to prevent unauthorised access to its Claude AI models from Chinese companies after identifying multiple workaround methods. The company found use of overseas subsidiaries, cloud infrastructure and virtual private networks to reach its services, practices that it says violate its terms of service even if they do not …
Global equity benchmarks pushed higher toward the end of the week after Purchasing Managers' Index readings from several Asian economies pointed to renewed expansion. The MSCI All-Country World Index rose for the week, helped by stronger-than-expected activity gauges in China, Japan, Australia and Singapore. Softer-than-anticipated US jobs data red…
Sumitomo Chemical's stock climbed sharply after Dongwoo Fine-Chem, its wholly owned South Korean subsidiary, reached a definitive agreement to form a joint venture with Samsung Electro-Mechanics to manufacture glass core substrates. The planned company - tentatively named GlaSSEM - involves a roughly 480 billion won investment, with Samsung holding…
Sumitomo Metal Mining shares rose 4.3% to ¥7,842 on Friday, driven by a sharp rebound in gold and sustained strength in copper. The metals rally followed a weak U.S. jobs report for June that reduced odds of further Federal Reserve rate hikes, bolstering commodity-linked equities. Recent corporate governance steps and an earlier analyst upgrade hav…
Workers at BHP's South Flank and Mining Area C iron ore sites in Western Australia have approved a new four-year labour agreement by a 58% to 42% margin, unions reported. The deal, which affects 1,814 employees and saw 1,618 cast ballots, guarantees a 16% pay increase over the term, boosts site-based allowances and establishes a payment for delayed…
Shares of Dentsu Soken climbed nearly 15% to 2,717 JPY on Friday after a report said parent Dentsu Group is coordinating with Fujitsu to take the IT firm private. The plan would see Fujitsu and a trading house invest roughly ¥200 billion to purchase the roughly 38.2% of shares held outside the parent, while Dentsu Group retains its roughly 61.8% ho…
Most Asian currencies gained modestly after the U.S. dollar weakened following softer-than-expected nonfarm payrolls data, while the Japanese yen steadied amid renewed speculation of intervention by Tokyo. Gains were capped by lingering concerns over U.S. rate trajectories, low trading volumes on a U.S. market holiday, and cautious sentiment around…
Asian equities staged a broad rebound on Friday as investors bought into beaten-down technology names, semiconductor shares led gains across the region and softer oil prices helped improve risk sentiment following comments suggesting tensions with Iran had eased. Economic indicators and PMIs from several regional economies supported the rally, whil…
Mizuho has identified four consumer-sector companies it believes are positioned to benefit from improving fundamentals, margin expansion and continued growth momentum. The investment bank assigns Outperform ratings to Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Chewy, Costco and Dutch Bros, providing price targets grounded in future EBITDA or earnings estimates and …
A San Francisco jury has convicted seven protesters who blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge during a 2024 pro-Palestinian demonstration of multiple misdemeanor offenses, while failing to reach agreement on a more serious felony conspiracy count. The defendants face sentencing in August and potential county jail terms of up to five years; pros…
Insulet’s Omnipod franchise remains a durable growth engine despite a manufacturing recall that reset sentiment. At $164.58 the stock prices in a premium multiple (P/E ~37, P/S ~3.8) but also delivers strong free cash flow ($399.9m) and high returns on equity (23%). For traders who want exposure to recovery in device adoption, a controlled long wit…
Officials in central Taiwan staged a two-day, closed-door resilience exercise in Nantou that simulated a cascading crisis: a Chinese blockade followed by a strong earthquake, propaganda and broadcast hijacking, infrastructure sabotage, bank runs, civil unrest and a full-scale invasion. The drill - attended by more than 370 government and military p…
U.S. equity futures moved higher Thursday evening after the Labor Department reported substantially fewer jobs added in June than economists had forecast, tempering market bets on near-term Federal Reserve rate increases. Major futures rose modestly, the Dow reached a record closing high in regular trading, and individual stocks diverged, with Appl…
