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India's factory sector recorded a modest increase in activity in January, with the HSBC India Manufacturing PMI rising to 55.4 from December's 55.0. The gain reflected firmer domestic orders and stronger output, but export demand stayed weak, hiring remained subdued despite a small rise, and business confidence fell to a three-and-a-half-year low.
Shares of Chinese electric vehicle makers dropped sharply after January delivery figures showed a muted beginning to 2026. BYD led declines after reporting a roughly 30% year-on-year fall in deliveries, while peers Xpeng, Li Auto, NIO and Xiaomi also reported mixed results that failed to match December volumes.
Recent reports indicate SpaceX is nearing an agreement to acquire xAI, a development that would support Elon Musk’s vision of orbiting data centers for high-performance AI computing. Observers and investors say combining two private, Musk-controlled companies would face fewer hurdles than integrating Tesla into that mix. Tesla’s move from conventio…
A federal judge in San Francisco declined to order Alphabet Inc.'s Google to surrender $2.36 billion in alleged profits or to impose a permanent ban on certain data collection tied to advertising, affirming a jury's earlier determinations while leaving other litigation elements intact. The judge also rejected Google's bid to decertify the class of …
Saks Global has decided to terminate its 'Saks on Amazon' partnership and wind down the dedicated storefront so it can concentrate effort and traffic on Saks.com. The move follows the retailer's recent Chapter 11 filing and comes against a backdrop of strained relations with Amazon, questions over collateral tied to a $1.75 billion loan, and resist…
Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang said in Taipei that the company will make a "huge" investment into OpenAI and dismissed reports that he was unhappy with the ChatGPT maker. Huang reiterated that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is leading the fundraising and that Nvidia will be "absolutely" involved, describing OpenAI as one of the most consequential compa…
SpaceX filed with the Federal Communications Commission seeking authorization for a constellation of up to one million satellites designed to harness near-constant solar energy to power AI data centers in orbit. The filing was posted a day after reports that SpaceX and Elon Musk's xAI are in talks to merge ahead of a planned public offering this ye…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's trip to China delivered several concrete trade and travel concessions, but the agreements underline the narrow scope of benefits available to Western middle powers seeking to rebalance relations amid tensions with the United States. While Beijing can present such visits as evidence of global realignment in its …
U.S. equity futures opened lower Sunday evening as market participants adopted a cautious posture ahead of a concentrated slate of corporate results and key economic data. The move followed a recent pullback in technology stocks that accelerated after Microsoft reported results last week, leaving investors uncertain about near-term returns from hea…
Hyundai Motor confirmed it did not exercise the contractual option to repurchase its former Russian manufacturing facility, a buyback window that expired in January after the plant had been sold in 2024. The factory has been idle since March 2022 following the onset of severe supply and payments disruptions related to the conflict in Ukraine. Hyund…
Peter Mandelson has resigned his membership of the Labour Party after recent media reports renewed focus on his past connections to Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson, dismissed last year from his role as Britain’s ambassador to the United States, said in a letter that he did not want to cause “further embarrassment” to the party and that he would investig…
Oracle said it expects to secure between $45 billion and $50 billion in gross cash proceeds in 2026 through a combination of debt and equity instruments to expand its artificial intelligence and cloud computing capacity. About half of the funding will come from equity derivatives and common equity, while the remainder will be raised via a single is…
The MOEX Russia Index finished the session unchanged, with selective gains in power and banking names offset by modest declines among oil and mining stocks. Market breadth favored advancers, while volatility measures and major commodity and FX benchmarks saw mixed movement at the close in Moscow on Sunday.
U.S. equity markets enter a pivotal week as a concentrated slate of quarterly reports from large-cap technology and consumer names arrives on the heels of a disappointing Microsoft update that pressured software stocks. Investors will also parse the monthly U.S. jobs report for January, with the Federal Reserve having signaled a pause in interest r…
Former members of Ben & Jerry’s independent board filed a U.S. court challenge arguing that Magnum Ice Cream Company’s attempt to install new directors and a parent-appointed chair breaches the governance safeguards intended to preserve Ben & Jerry’s autonomy and social mission. The dispute follows a string of governance changes introduced by Magnu…
Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share slipped 1.89% at Monday's close, pressured by losses in the Cement, Industrial Investment and Real Estate Development sectors. Decliners outnumbered advancers by a wide margin as several mining and industrial names posted substantial declines. Oil, Brent and gold futures each moved lower, while the US Dollar Index F…
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a banned separatist organization, has claimed responsibility for coordinated gun and bomb attacks that killed dozens of civilians and security personnel and prompted one of the most intense security responses in Balochistan in recent years. The group, the most potent of several insurgent factions in the province, h…
India's 2026-27 budget introduces a temporary tax exemption allowing foreign companies to own capital equipment used by contract manufacturers in customs-bonded zones without creating taxable income in India. The change, effective through the 2030-31 tax year for bonded-area factories, removes a key barrier that had forced manufacturers to buy mach…
Capgemini announced it is selling its U.S. arm, Capgemini Government Solutions, after facing pressure to explain a contract with U.S. immigration enforcement agency ICE. The company said U.S. legal constraints tied to contracting with federal entities conducting classified activities limited its ability to control certain aspects of the subsidiary …
Wall Street research teams published a string of notable analyst notes this week that altered price targets and revenue forecasts across several sectors. Needham turned bullish on AppLovin, hiking its ecommerce outlook for 2026; BWS initiated coverage of American Axle with a Buy while detailing the strategic implications of a merger with Dowlais; M…
Negotiators for the United Steelworkers and Marathon Petroleum met on Saturday, hours before a national four-year contract was due to expire, but the union rejected a Marathon offer that would have increased wages by 13% over four years. Core disputes include cost-of-living adjustments, healthcare costs, standards for artificial intelligence use at…
During a widely publicized visit to Taiwan, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised the island's technology firms, urged major suppliers to increase production to meet surging AI demand and warned of memory supply constraints. He attended a "trillion-dollar" suppliers' dinner, highlighted anticipated capacity growth at TSMC, and mingled with fans throughou…
A judicial misconduct complaint filed by the U.S. Justice Department against Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has been dismissed by a federal appeals court judicial council. The complaint, announced in July by Attorney General Pam Bondi, centered on comments Boasberg was said to have made during a Judicial Conference meeting. Chief U.S. Cir…
Russia's equity market closed with a flat MOEX Russia Index, even as more stocks rose than fell. A handful of names posted modest gains while several large-cap issues slipped. Volatility measures were stable, and commodities and currency pairs posted mixed moves at the session's end. The source report did not specify which sectors led the intraday …
Reports emerged that Ford engaged in talks with Chinese EV maker Xiaomi about a potential joint venture to build electric vehicles in the United States. Ford has called the report "completely false," and both Ford and Xiaomi did not immediately respond to follow-up requests for comment. The episode has revived concerns among U.S. automakers and som…
