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Sandoz Group AG has reached a $450 million settlement to resolve U.S. litigation brought by 43 states and territories alleging anti-competitive conduct in the generic medicines market. The company said the payment includes $400 million to be paid by its U.S. subsidiary in installments over seven years beginning in 2027, plus roughly $50 million to …
EasyJet has extended the deadline for private equity suitor Castlelake to decide whether to make a firm takeover offer, matching the deadline already set for Apollo. The Takeover Panel approved the extension to August 7 from August 3. The airline has been supplying due diligence access to both bidders since the last proposal. Apollo's July £5.7 bil…
Aino Health said second-quarter net sales declined year-over-year to SEK 6.70 million after delayed project starts shifted the timing of revenue recognition. The company reported a larger loss after financial items versus the prior-year quarter, signed customer agreements covering roughly 5,500 subscriptions whose revenue will be realized as implem…
Goldman Sachs strategists say sturdy second-quarter earnings have provided support for the market despite volatile moves in AI-focused names. A large share of S&P 500 companies beat earnings expectations, lifting forward profit estimates, while hyperscaler capex and financing patterns highlight both the scale of investment into AI infrastructure an…
Australian equities ended the trading day higher, with the S&P/ASX 200 up 0.47% as gains in Utilities, Industrials and Consumer Discretionary drove the market. Several small-cap and consumer-oriented stocks led the winners, while iron ore producers and a development group recorded notable declines. Volatility measures eased and commodity markets we…
Seeen posted a 65% increase in 2025 revenue to $5.0 million and reduced its adjusted EBITDA loss to $0.2 million from $0.5 million in 2024. The company cited expansion in its YouTube Creator Service Partner business, its largest contract to date, and the acquisition of MEDIAL as key drivers. First-half revenue was $3 million. Seeen reported average…
Microlise Group reported a 10% year-on-year drop in first-half revenue to 39.50 million, driven mainly by lower OEM and non-recurring hardware sales. The company recorded a recovery in adjusted EBITDA margin and expects fiscal 2026 adjusted EBITDA to match market forecasts of 10 million to 11.1 million, while warning that component shortages could …
European equities advanced on Monday, with the STOXX 600 extending late-July momentum as a sharp drop in global crude prices, prompted by a U.S.-Iran diplomatic development, offset lingering macro uncertainties. Gains were broad-based across major bourses while specific corporate headlines produced notable stock moves.
Shares of Hong Kong-listed Zhipu AI retreated after a wave of model rollouts by Chinese competitors. Investors have grown wary as firms introduce more powerful and cheaper large language and multimodal models, raising questions about the ability of any single company to retain a competitive edge in the crowded domestic AI market.
Taiwan equities finished a mixed session on Monday with the Taiwan Weighted index effectively unchanged at 0.00% at the close. Several individual issues posted double-digit percentage moves in both directions, while crude oil fell sharply and gold edged higher. Market breadth favored advancers, but notable declines in some names pushed several larg…
Artificial Analysis, a San Francisco research firm, found DeepSeek’s newly released V4-Flash model to be substantially less expensive to run on benchmark tests than widely known AI models, with an estimated average cost of $0.03 per test. V4-Flash charges $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens, and scored 50 on an Intell…
Italian cable manufacturer Prysmian has reached a definitive agreement to acquire U.S. electrical products maker Atkore for $3.8 billion in cash. Prysmian will pay $95 per share, about 30% above Atkore's most recent close. The deal, approved unanimously by both companies' boards, is positioned to expand Prysmian's electrical infrastructure product …
Shein is reportedly considering measures to reduce the effective cost basis for some late-stage investors as it prepares for a Hong Kong initial public offering at a valuation near $40 billion. Options under consideration include cash payments and additional Class B shares for participants in the pre-Series D, Series D and Series D+ rounds. Discuss…
Ageas has agreed to sell its 30.95% interest in Maybank Ageas to joint-venture partner Malayan Banking Bhd for €1.1 billion ($1.15 billion). The transaction, which values the venture at €3.5 billion, is expected to generate an estimated net after-tax capital gain of about €450 million for Ageas and to lift its Solvency II ratio by 25 percentage poi…
TOTO Ltd. shares tumbled 11.4% to ¥6,209 after the company posted a mixed set of fiscal first-quarter results. While net sales edged up 1.7% year-on-year to ¥168.61 billion for the three months to June 30, operating profit declined 1.6% to ¥8.07 billion. The results missed expectations and reignited investor concerns about the economics of TOTO's s…
After extreme swings in July that saw domestic retail investors suffer steep losses and leveraged ETF assets collapse, major global investors have returned to South Korean equities, concentrating on top semiconductor names. Record foreign purchases and signs that forced deleveraging has largely run its course underpin optimism, though elevated vola…
An autonomous AI-powered breach in mid-July 2026 and a surge in discovered software flaws have accelerated cybersecurity spending, boosting most large public cyber vendors by double digits year-to-date. Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks lead gains, while Zscaler stands out as a sizable laggard. Exchange-traded funds tracking the sector have also post…
Nippon Electric Glass sank 17.0% to ¥4,417 on Monday after the company disclosed a ¥12.6 billion extraordinary loss in Q2 FY2026 related to structural reforms in its composites business and announced a substantial downward revision to its full-year profit forecast. Foreign exchange gains partly offset ordinary profit pressure, but the one-off charg…
China Hongqiao Group Ltd shares fell 6.5% to HK$22.94 after the company disclosed that a unit will seek up to 12 billion yuan through a private placement. The fundraising is expected to support expansion but could dilute existing shareholders. The decline occurred even as major brokerages have kept optimistic ratings on the stock, while valuation r…
Fanuc Corp. shares dropped 15.0% to ¥6,068 on Monday after first-quarter results disappointed investors. While order intake jumped 36.9% year-over-year to ¥281.9 billion, operating profit of ¥53.5 billion, up 26.1% from a year earlier, landed about ¥1 billion below analyst consensus. The miss reversed earlier gains following a raised full-year oper…
Asian oil and gas equities fell Monday after crude prices extended losses following comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz would begin on Monday and that regional powers urged Washington to delay planned military action. The prospect of de-escalation eased fears of immediate supply disruptions and trimme…
Japanese automakers and other export-oriented firms tumbled on Monday after the yen strengthened following confirmed joint intervention by Japan and the United States. Major carmakers, electronics and industrial exporters posted notable declines as the firmer yen raised concerns about margins and overseas revenue translation.
Kioxia shares rose sharply after the company reported outsized fiscal Q1 FY2026 results, unveiled an ¥800 billion share buyback and a 3-for-1 stock split, and said it has cleared its net debt position. Management also projected stronger near-term revenue and profit and signaled expectations for a NAND supply deficit in 2027, a combination that has …
Asian equities moved lower on Monday with South Korea's KOSPI suffering the steepest losses after renewed selling in AI-linked technology names outweighed improving risk sentiment from easing Middle East tensions and stronger Wall Street futures. Oil eased after comments suggesting talks over the Strait of Hormuz would begin, reducing immediate sup…
Nvidia shares closed at $200.75, roughly 15% under their record $236.54 high and up 5.75% year-to-date. Despite the pullback, the stock sits near the lower bound of analyst price targets and retains broad Buy/Overweight support from major brokerages. Structural growth arguments and strong recent financials support the bull case, while rich multiple…
