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Brandon Craig, BHP’s incoming chief executive, takes over as the mining giant confronts intensifying competition for copper, heightened geopolitical friction and strained relations with a key Chinese customer that have threatened its iron ore strength. A 25-year company veteran with senior roles across copper and iron ore, Craig is prioritising ope…
Genel Energy posted a FY25 net loss of $9 million, in line with analyst expectations and ahead of the $15 million consensus loss. The company registered EBITDAX of $43 million, exceeding forecasts, and reported year-end net cash of $134 million. Production from the Tawke PSC in Kurdistan was paused for two weeks amid regional hostilities, but the c…
Vinci SA posted divergent February traffic results: airport operations recorded a 1.6% year-on-year rise, buoyed by stronger activity in Japan, Hungary and Chile, while motorway traffic fell 0.8% year-on-year amid calendar timing and weather-related headwinds. Light vehicles were down, but heavy vehicle flows edged up.
Citi economists say a fresh energy price surge tied to events in the Middle East complicates the European Central Bank's task, increasing the likelihood that policymakers will feel pressure to act if inflation trends higher. Despite hawkish rhetoric and markets pricing in tighter policy, Citi expects rates to remain around 2% through 2026 and predi…
Relatives and friends of people receiving treatment at a drug rehabilitation facility in Kabul continued to look for missing loved ones two days after an air strike that Afghan authorities say killed more than 400 people and wounded 265. Pakistan denied those casualty figures, asserting it targeted military installations and terrorist support infra…
Alibaba is directing its artificial intelligence efforts toward AI agents that can coordinate tasks across its broad consumer and enterprise ecosystem. The company has spun out AI activities from its cloud unit into a new Alibaba Token Hub led by Eddie Wu, rolled out agent integrations and launched an enterprise automation platform called Wukong. T…
Tufton Oceanic Assets reported lower revenue in the first half of its fiscal year as nine scheduled vessel dockings led to increased off-hire days. The company posted $47.0 million in revenue, $26.10 million in operating expenses and $20.90 million in EBIT. Net income rose to $33.0 million, helped by higher charter-free values and extended charters…
Gem Diamonds reported a 36% year-over-year decline in revenue for 2025, with full-year sales of $98.4 million. The UK-based miner posted a net loss of $63.40 million and recorded an impairment at its Letšeng operation, while launching a cost and cash-conservation programme in the second half of the year.
Nexteq reported full-year revenue of $90.20 million, a 4% increase year-over-year driven by strength in its gaming segment. Adjusted earnings per share declined 29% to $0.04 as gross margin fell to 32.8%, pressured by rising memory component costs and shifts in customer and product mix. Management flagged a sharp drop in volumes from its largest cu…
Itim Group, a UK-based software-as-a-service provider serving retailers, reported flat revenue for its 2025 fiscal year while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) fell versus the prior year. The company recorded a loss before tax after recognising a bad debt tied to a retail customer that entered administration. M…
TruFin reported a 20% increase in 2025 gross revenue to £65.9 million and a 66% rise in adjusted EBITDA to £12.6 million, driven largely by its Playstack games publishing arm. While Playstack delivered stronger catalogue performance and new releases, fintech units showed divergent results: Oxygen grew 18%, Satago’s revenue fell 50% after the loss o…
AMS, a UK-based maker of tissue-healing devices, reported preliminary results for 2025 showing 29% revenue growth driven by organic gains and the full-year impact of recent acquisitions. The company delivered a 24% rise in adjusted EBITDA and a 12% increase in adjusted diluted earnings per share. The board has proposed a 10% increase to the full-ye…
Tokyo equities ended higher on Wednesday, with the Nikkei 225 advancing 3.15% as gains concentrated in Real Estate, Banking and Textile names. A handful of large-cap stocks recorded double-digit percentage gains, while market breadth favored advancers by a wide margin. Volatility eased and commodity and currency movements were mixed at the close.
Shares of Tencent Music Entertainment Group (HK:1698) fell sharply after the company released fourth-quarter results that showed revenue and net profit growth but revealed weakening user engagement and an end to public reporting of certain operating metrics. Market reaction drove Hong Kong-listed shares down as much as 24% intraday.
Industrie De Nora projects adjusted core profit margins between 15% and 19% annually over the next three to five years, confirmed its 2025 adjusted net profit and reiterated prior guidance for 2026 while signaling a strategic push into electrochemistry and water treatment markets. The company also proposed a dividend and maintained its earlier prel…
TAG Immobilien reported a 3% year-over-year increase in FFO I for 2025 to EUR 181 million, driven by stronger rental performance and lower vacancies in both Germany and Poland. Adjusted rental EBITDA rose 4% to EUR 333.1 million, net income reached EUR 90.30 million and FFO per share was EUR 1. The company confirmed FFO I guidance for 2026 and flag…
Unionised employees at Samsung Electronics in South Korea voted overwhelmingly to authorise a strike, with 93% of 66,019 ballots cast in favour. The union has warned management to address its demands or face an 18-day walkout that could begin on May 21 after a planned rally on April 23. The dispute centers on bonus limits and profit-linked pay, and…
Mersen reported a 3.2% organic decline in sales for 2025, with revenue of €1,186 million and net income of €14 million after a €45 million asset impairment. The company reinstated a dividend of €0.90 per share, delivered a return on capital employed of 8.4%, returned to positive free cash flow a year earlier than planned, and issued guidance for 20…
Par Pacific (PARR) is trading like a cyclical refiner but is delivering consistent free cash flow, improving margins, and a cleaner balance sheet. With a market cap of roughly $2.6B, EV/EBITDA ~5.0 and free cash flow near $296M, the stock offers asymmetric upside into a set of near-term operational catalysts and potential multiple expansion.
Industrie De Nora has forecast adjusted core profit margins of 15%-19% on an annual basis for the next three to five years, while reporting modest growth in 2025 adjusted net profit and reaffirming earlier full-year preliminary figures and 2026 guidance. The company plans to push into new markets using electrochemistry and water treatment technolog…
SkiStar AB reported an 8% year-over-year increase in adjusted operating profit for the second quarter, while revenue rose 8% to SEK 2.99 billion, slightly below analysts' SEK 3.02 billion estimate. The company cited robust demand for mountain holidays and higher skier days sold, even as near-term winter bookings showed a decline for 2025/26 and sta…
Bitcoin traded mostly unchanged on Wednesday after a short-lived rally in the prior session, as traders adopted a cautious stance ahead of a highly anticipated U.S. Federal Reserve policy announcement and commentary from Chair Jerome Powell. The cryptocurrency edged up modestly to $74,207.9, while concerns about rising crude prices and new regulato…
Nano Labs (NA) is a small-cap fabless chip and distributed computing player that pivoted heavily into crypto reserves in 2025. The stock trades at a sub-$75M market cap and PB of 0.80 after a 2025 reset. With CEO buying, product launches and cost cuts showing early execution, the setup favors a risk-on swing trade that sizes for volatility and watc…
Swiss residential landlord Investis reported a 24% rise in rental income for 2025, driven by acquisitions and higher rents at full occupancy. Net profit declined year-over-year because this period lacked gains from an asset sale that benefitted the prior year. The company booked a CHF 113.5 million upward revaluation and a CHF 11.1 million gain fro…
Shares of Chinese AI companies advanced sharply after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised OpenClaw and autonomous AI agents. Early-stage AI developers and several cloud and AI-computing firms posted sizeable gains, while larger technology names showed mixed performance amid regulatory warnings and a weak earnings print at a Tencent unit.
