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  • Saudi restored East‑West pipeline to roughly 7 million bpd, returning 700,000 bpd and easing supply disruption.
  • Saudi shipments via Red Sea terminals surged as flows were rerouted to southern export points.
  • Irish police cleared tractors and trucks from central Dublin, ending a five‑day fuel blockade that left about a third of stations dry.
  • Bitcoin fell about 1.8% after U.S.‑Iran talks in Islamabad collapsed, yet held above key technical support amid spot ETF inflows.
  • Analysts raised ratings and targets on AI‑linked names, boosting SanDisk, Texas Instruments and Datadog outlooks.
  • Around 30 vessels departed Barcelona in a second humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza, risking confrontation with Israeli forces.

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Ubisoft Holds Full-Year Targets After Strong Assassin’s Creed Bookings

Ubisoft Holds Full-Year Targets After Strong Assassin’s Creed Bookings

Ubisoft confirmed its full-year financial targets after third-quarter net bookings of 338 million euros beat the company’s prior guidance. The outperformance was led by Assassin’s Creed Shadows on Nintendo’s Switch 2, while Ubisoft reiterated forecasts for roughly 1.5 billion euros in bookings and an operating loss near 1 billion euros for the year…

PTC Shares Slide After Google Rolls Out Gemini 3 Deep Think Upgrade

PTC Shares Slide After Google Rolls Out Gemini 3 Deep Think Upgrade

PTC Inc. shares fell 3.8% on Thursday following Google's announcement of a major upgrade to its Gemini 3 'Deep Think' AI mode. The upgrade adds capabilities aimed at solving complex science and engineering problems, including converting sketches into 3D-printable models, a functionality that overlaps with PTC's core computer-aided design (CAD) and …

Kraft Heinz Pauses Planned Split to Reinvest in Weakened Brands

Kraft Heinz Pauses Planned Split to Reinvest in Weakened Brands

Kraft Heinz's incoming chief executive, Steve Cahillane, has suspended a previously announced plan to separate the company into two businesses and will concentrate on reinvigorating underinvested brands. The move follows weakness in sales, investor skepticism about the split, and concerns that legacy products need fresh marketing and product invest…

Stifel nudges Kimco price target higher to $25.75, keeps Buy as leasing momentum supports 2026 outlook

Stifel nudges Kimco price target higher to $25.75, keeps Buy as leasing momentum supports 2026 outlook

Stifel has lifted its 12-month price target on Kimco Realty (KIM) to $25.75 from $25.50 and reiterated a Buy rating, citing the company's leasing traction for 2026. Management reported that 87% of expiring annual base rent (ABR) in the first half of 2026 is either resolved or has active deals underway, and 98% of anchor leases expiring without opti…

Copenhagen Market Falls as Tech, Chemicals and Energy Stocks Drag Index Down

Copenhagen Market Falls as Tech, Chemicals and Energy Stocks Drag Index Down

Denmark's benchmark OMX Copenhagen 20 closed lower, dropping 1.78% as losses across Technology, Chemicals and Oil & Gas weighed on the market. Major decliners included DSV Panalpina, Ørsted and AP Moller - Maersk B, while Carlsberg and Zealand Pharma were among the session's gainers. Commodities and currency moves tracked alongside the equities dow…

Gail Slater Resigns as Justice Department Antitrust Chief

Gail Slater Resigns as Justice Department Antitrust Chief

Gail Slater, confirmed in March to lead the Justice Department's antitrust division, announced her resignation on Thursday. Her departure follows internal conflict earlier in the administration when two deputies were dismissed after opposing a settlement that cleared Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks.

Live Nation Shares Jump After Resignation of DOJ Antitrust Chief

Live Nation Shares Jump After Resignation of DOJ Antitrust Chief

Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) shares climbed 3.7% on Thursday after Abigail Slater, the Justice Department's Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, announced her resignation on social media. The departure comes only weeks before the DOJ is due to take Live Nation to trial seeking a divestiture of its Ticketmaster business, prompting marke…

UBS Cuts ANGI Price Target to $11 After Steep Network Revenue Drop

UBS Cuts ANGI Price Target to $11 After Steep Network Revenue Drop

UBS lowered its price target on ANGI Inc. to $11.00 from $15.00 and retained a Neutral rating following the company's fourth-quarter 2025 results. The downgrade reflects a substantial year-over-year decline in the network business - roughly 79% - driven by persistent Google SEO challenges, even as ANGI's proprietary operations showed improving Serv…

Ford: Cheap Cash Flow and a Tradeable Upside — A Tactical Swing Long

Ford: Cheap Cash Flow and a Tradeable Upside — A Tactical Swing Long

Ford is trading like a cyclical turnaround gone wrong, but the company throws off substantial free cash flow, pays a healthy yield, and still dominates profitable truck markets. The setup is actionable: enter around $14.00, protect with a $12.50 stop, and target $16.50 on a mid-term (45 trading days) horizon if margin improvement and tariff clarity…

NY Fed: U.S. Households and Firms Bear Vast Majority of Trump-Era Tariff Increases

NY Fed: U.S. Households and Firms Bear Vast Majority of Trump-Era Tariff Increases

A Federal Reserve Bank of New York study concludes that American consumers and companies carried nearly all of the economic burden from the administration’s recent tariff increases. The paper finds large pass-through of tariffs into import prices and shows the domestic share of the cost shifted somewhat over last year but remained dominant. The New…

Why Toast Is More Restaurant Stack Than AI Casualty - A Tactical Long

Why Toast Is More Restaurant Stack Than AI Casualty - A Tactical Long

Toast is trading at cycle-low levels after a broad SaaS sell-off triggered by new AI tools. The restaurant-focused POS and software platform is mission-critical, with ~$5.8B implied revenue, $564M in free cash flow, and sticky economics. This trade idea lays out an entry at $26.11, a $38 target, and a $23 stop with a long-term (180 trading days) ho…

Benchmark Lifts Healthcare Services Group Target to $28, Cites Strong Earnings and Improved Client Health

Benchmark Lifts Healthcare Services Group Target to $28, Cites Strong Earnings and Improved Client Health

Benchmark increased its price target on Healthcare Services Group (HCSG) to $28.00 from $24.00 and reiterated a Buy rating following a notable share rally and an outsized quarterly earnings beat. The firm highlighted improving skilled nursing facility client fundamentals, strong cash flow and a net cash position that enables targeted M&A and a new …

Benchmark Sticks With Buy on Grab After Q4 Results; $7 Price Target Intact

Benchmark Sticks With Buy on Grab After Q4 Results; $7 Price Target Intact

Benchmark has reaffirmed its Buy rating and $7.00 price target for Grab Holdings Inc. after the company reported mixed fourth-quarter results and provided guidance for fiscal year 2026. While guidance modestly missed consensus, management presented a three-year plan targeting $1.5 billion in adjusted EBITDA by FY28. Other broker moves included Bern…