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CleanSpark announced a 20-year infrastructure lease at its Sandersville, Georgia data center campus with an unnamed global technology tenant. The initial term is expected to generate roughly $6.6 billion in contracted revenue, with two five-year extension options that could raise the contract value to $11.6 billion. The deal is structured as a trip…
PepsiCo’s effort to revive growth in its core North American business has hit a plateau as Americans alter snacking and beverage choices. Sales in the company’s North America food unit fell 2% in the second quarter ended June 13 and volumes were flat, even after price reductions of up to 15% on major snack brands. Broader trends - including rapid G…
Tower Semiconductor said it will invest $3 billion to expand manufacturing in Japan, with the Japanese government providing $1 billion in grants. The project centers on silicon photonics and silicon-germanium (SiGe) technologies to serve rising AI and data center needs. The plan unfolds in two concurrent phases, with initial 300mm silicon photonics…
Federal subpoenas have been issued to New York Times reporters ordering them to appear before a Manhattan federal grand jury after articles flagged security shortcomings in the new Qatari-donated presidential plane. The paper says it will contest the orders; prosecutors say they are pursuing the source of classified disclosures. The legal fight wil…
Summary: Circle Internet Group stock fell 0.7% in pre-market trading after Mizuho lowered its rating to Underperform, citing competitive pressures that could materially compress the firm's revenue model. The drop pared part of a prior session rally that followed final approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national digita…
Bank of America’s July Global Fund Manager Survey shows investor sentiment shifting strongly positive, with cash allocations dropping to 3.6% of assets and bullish indicators triggering contrarian sell signals. Panelists raised overweight positions in U.S. equities and signaled rising confidence in a 'no landing' economic outcome and a 'boom' scena…
Shares of IMCD NV climbed after UBS Global Research raised the stock to Buy from Neutral and boosted its price target to €100 from €85. UBS highlighted a potential return to 6-7% organic EPS growth driven by higher oil and chemical price inflation and persistent supply-chain stress, and adjusted its financial assumptions to reflect modest EPS upgra…
SK hynix American depositary receipt jumped 6.6% in U.S. pre-market trading to $162.35 after the ADR fell to a 52-week low of $151.30 following two days of heavy selling. The earlier drop was linked to a Korea Investment Securities estimate that Q2 operating profit would be about 60.4 trillion won, roughly 8% below consensus, and concerns that gain…
Chip-sector stocks opened higher in premarket trading following a steep decline in the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index in the prior session. SK Hynix American Depositary Receipts led the early uptick after a volatile day in South Korea. Several US-listed memory and storage companies, equipment suppliers and optical component makers posted mid-sing…
Peab AB ser. B stock climbed sharply after the company published its Q2 2026 interim report, with net sales up 12% year-over-year and improvements in operating profit and margin. Orders received and the total order backlog reached record highs in the quarter, extending a backlog peak reported in Q1 and underpinning increased revenue visibility for …
U.S. equity futures showed mixed moves as the market awaited June consumer price index data and second-quarter reports from major banks. Renewed U.S.-Iran tensions pushed oil higher, raising concerns that energy costs could reverse recent easing in inflation. Traders adjusted Fed rate expectations ahead of testimony to Congress from the Federal Res…
Jefferies upgraded Salzgitter to Buy from Hold and raised its price target to 66 euros, citing the German steelmaker's exposure to tighter EU import quotas, rising steel prices and anticipated German infrastructure spending beginning in 2027. The broker's analysis highlights material sensitivity of Salzgitter's earnings to both volume and price mov…
Obrascon Huarte Lain SA (OHLA) fell sharply after J.P. Morgan Securities carried out an accelerated placement of about 83 million ordinary shares at €0.4446 each, a roughly 9% discount to the prior close. The block sale was linked to derivative collar agreements tied to a purchase by the Amodio brothers, who boosted their combined stake to about 28…
Jefferies has raised its rating on Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE from underperform to hold while keeping a €65 price target and its prior forecasts. The broker says shares have repriced materially and now trade at levels that reflect elevated risks. Key drivers include a recent parliamentary law favoring overhead high-voltage DC lines, the company’s b…
Salzgitter shares climbed 6.7% to €54.825 after Jefferies started coverage with a buy recommendation, citing tighter EU steel trade protections, a firmer European steel price backdrop, and impending German federal infrastructure spending expected to begin next year. The move follows recent bullish turns from other major banks and stands out against…
Getech reported a 15% increase in revenue to £2.4m for the six months to June 30, 2026, and moved back to adjusted EBITDA profitability of £0.2m after posting a loss in the prior year period. The company cites cost reductions, a deeper pipeline from a strategic market refocus and an orderbook of £4.0m as supporting momentum into the second half of …
New York on July 14 announced a one-year halt on construction of data centers that consume 50 megawatts or more, becoming the first U.S. state to enact a full moratorium. The pause will stop discretionary permit approvals while the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation develops a Generic Environmental Impact Statement to set consistent s…
Allegro shares jumped after the company pre-released preliminary second-quarter 2026 results that beat consensus on key metrics and announced the imminent launch of Phase 1 of an PLN 800 million share buyback. Consolidated Q2 revenue and adjusted EBITDA grew year-on-year, gross merchandise value exceeded forecasts, and management said full-year gui…
Debenhams Group shares rose sharply after the company provided a trading update ahead of its Annual General Meeting, saying gross merchandise value and margins improved during June and July while product return rates fell. Management reiterated targets to cut net debt materially in the current financial year and maintained a goal of reducing net de…
DNB ASA shares fell after the bank reported second-quarter results that missed expectations on net interest income and the capital adequacy ratio. Net interest income was about 2% below consensus and contracted sequentially as lending spreads tied to notice periods narrowed by 22 basis points. Net profit of NOK 9.82 billion slightly missed the NOK …
Shares of Copenhagen-listed Zealand Pharma A/S fell after Jefferies downgraded the stock from Buy to Hold and lowered its price target to DKK320 from DKK505. The broker cited disappointing Phase III survodutide data that reduced the drug's probability of success and said key value-driving catalysts are unlikely in the next six to 12 months, while s…
Ericsson's stock plunged after the company reported Q2 2026 results that missed revenue expectations, driven by a decline in its Networks division and a cautious near-term margin outlook. The market reaction was amplified by broader European risk-off sentiment and the announcement that CEO Börje Ekholm will retire at the end of September, then rema…
Pearson PLC shares fell following a downgrade from JPMorgan that cited stretched valuation relative to fundamentals. The stock traded down after reaching a 52-week high, even as the company reported modest revenue growth, reaffirmed guidance, and pursued a significant share buyback program. Market-wide softness and the loss of a long-term instituti…
AP Moeller - Maersk A/S said it will reinstate its WAF6 service through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, linking the Middle East, the Mediterranean and West Africa. The move helped lift Maersk B shares and is being read as another step in the company's phased return to trans-Suez operations after more than a year of disruptions tied to Houthi attacks. S…
Shares of Indra A climbed after Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to Overweight from Equal-weight and raised its price target to €70, citing underestimated earnings potential from a planned multi-year increase in Spain's defense procurement. The stock outperformed the broader European market, and Morgan Stanley highlighted several near-term catalys…
