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  • Major Western consultancies in China are using riskier workarounds to navigate sanctions and Beijing's data-security limits.
  • Some firms drafted plans to assist a sanctioned Russian bank with local licensing and regulatory work in China.
  • Consultancies proposed intermediary payment schemes to facilitate sensitive China projects.
  • Teams used Chinese third parties to present foreign consultants for state-owned bank assignments.
  • Australian shares rose 0.89% as gains in gold, IT and metals & mining lifted the S&P/ASX 200.
  • Market breadth was positive and implied ASX option volatility eased during the session.
  • Ukraine and Western partners agreed a graduated enforcement framework for ceasefire breaches that could escalate to coordinated military action.

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Alphabet Q4 Setup - Upgrade to Long as Quantum & AI Momentum Converge

Alphabet Q4 Setup - Upgrade to Long as Quantum & AI Momentum Converge

Alphabet ($GOOGL) looks positioned to outperform into and through its upcoming Q4 report. The stock trades near $338 with a ~$4.08 trillion market cap, robust free cash flow of $73.6B and a clean balance sheet. Recent headlines around AI, AR hardware, and cloud traction make this a sensible upgrade to a long trade into earnings, paired with a stric…

Rohingya Survivors Anticipate ICJ Finding of Genocide Against Myanmar

Rohingya Survivors Anticipate ICJ Finding of Genocide Against Myanmar

Rohingya survivors of Myanmar's 2017 military campaign say they expect the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to find that Myanmar committed genocide. The court heard three weeks of testimony and legal argument, and a judgment is due within three to six months. The case, brought by Gambia, has implications beyond Myanmar, including p…

RBC Capital Lifts AXIS Capital Price Target After Strong Q4 2025 Results

RBC Capital Lifts AXIS Capital Price Target After Strong Q4 2025 Results

RBC Capital raised its price objective for AXIS Capital to $130 from $125 while keeping an Outperform rating following the insurer's robust fourth-quarter 2025 results. The firm cites strong underwriting returns, substantial capital returns and attractive growth guidance for 2026, and sees the shares as undervalued based on multiple valuation metri…

Parazero Shares Rise After Follow-On Order for Net-Pod Counter-Drone Systems

Parazero Shares Rise After Follow-On Order for Net-Pod Counter-Drone Systems

Parazero Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:PRZO) saw its shares increase 5.8% on Friday after the company disclosed that it had received a second significant order from the same major global defense corporation for operational interception net-pods. The systems are intended to kinetically neutralize aerial drone threats while minimizing collateral damage, a…

JPMorgan Lifts Apple Price Target to $325 After Strong Margin Print

JPMorgan Lifts Apple Price Target to $325 After Strong Margin Print

JPMorgan raised its price target on Apple to $325 from $315 while maintaining an Overweight rating, citing robust product gross margins and iPhone revenue upside. The move follows fiscal first-quarter 2026 results that beat expectations, with broad strength across iPhone and Services revenue. Several other firms adjusted targets or ratings after th…

Orion Energy Systems Shares Drop After $7M Secondary Offering Announcement

Orion Energy Systems Shares Drop After $7M Secondary Offering Announcement

Orion Energy Systems Inc. said it will offer 500,000 shares at $14.00 per share in a public offering expected to raise roughly $7.0 million in gross proceeds. The company plans to use most of the funds to pay down debt under its existing credit agreement, with the remainder allocated to working capital and general corporate purposes. Following the …

Starbucks Sets 2028 Financial Targets as Analysts Call Goals Achievable

Starbucks Sets 2028 Financial Targets as Analysts Call Goals Achievable

Starbucks' 2026 investor day presented a roadmap toward fiscal 2028 objectives that analysts at Bernstein and Morgan Stanley judged credible and, in Bernstein's words, largely beatable. The company outlined a fiscal 2028 EPS range of $3.35 to $4, a $2 billion gross savings target and initiatives aimed at lifting customer checks through food and pro…

Wolfe Raises Nvidia Price Target to $275 Citing Rack-Scale Momentum

Wolfe Raises Nvidia Price Target to $275 Citing Rack-Scale Momentum

Wolfe Research increased its Nvidia price target to $275 from $250, based on supply-chain checks and modeling that emphasize rack-scale deployments, rising average selling prices and persistent gross margins. The firm projects substantial Blackwell and Rubin rack volumes, strong GPU unit growth through 2027, and very large data center revenue figur…