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Bufab reported an 11% rise in net sales for the second quarter, driven in part by 5.3% organic growth. Quarterly revenue reached SEK 2.27 billion and earnings per share increased to SEK 1.07 from SEK 0.80 a year earlier. Management highlighted margin improvements tied to customer and product mix, purchasing savings and price adjustments, and noted …
China's smartphone market contracted in the second quarter, with total shipments down 4.3% year-on-year to 66 million units in the three months to June 30. Market research firm IDC reported that Apple and Huawei were the only vendors to record shipment gains, rising 25% and 20% respectively, while other manufacturers faced headwinds as they raised …
Dometic reported a 5% drop in second-quarter sales to SEK 5.97 billion, missing analyst expectations. Operating profit and earnings also fell short, with margins pressured by a SEK 52 million bad debt related to West Marine's Chapter 11 filing and higher material and freight costs. The group recorded SEK 101 million in restructuring charges and sai…
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is preparing to list on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on July 27, aiming to raise 29.5 billion yuan through an offering that began book-building on July 15. The company, now a top-four global DRAM producer with a 7.7% market share in 2025, says the capital will support capacity expansion and technology upgrades. Th…
HMS Networks reported Q2 net sales of SEK 991 million, an 18% increase year-on-year and above analyst expectations. Net income reached SEK 155 million with EBIT of SEK 238 million, while orders totaled SEK 979 million. Semiconductor demand and stronger Asia-Pacific order intake underpinned the performance, though the company warns of component pric…
Sweden-based medical technology company XVIVO reported second-quarter net sales of SEK 239 million, beating the average analyst estimate of SEK 235.68 million. The company recorded 34% year-on-year revenue growth, driven mainly by a 53% rise in thoracic sales in local currencies and a 26% increase in abdominal sales, while services sales fell 25% i…
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son told attendees at the company's annual corporate conference in Tokyo that developing artificial intelligence will cost about $5 trillion annually by 2040 - equivalent to roughly 800 trillion yen - and dismissed questions that AI represents a bubble. Son outlined the scale of capital and power required to support AI …
China's smartphone market contracted in the second quarter as shipments fell 4.3% year-on-year to 66 million units, marking a fifth consecutive quarterly decline. Higher memory and component costs prompted many vendors to raise retail prices or prune budget models, discouraging upgrades. Huawei and Apple were the only major vendors to grow shipment…
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson reported second-quarter profit that exceeded analysts' expectations even as net sales fell short of forecasts, driven mainly by a drop in patent-licensing revenue after a one-off settlement benefited the prior-year quarter. The company delivered margin outperformance, issued a cautiously positive near-term Networks s…
Australian-listed lithium producers and developers fell broadly on Tuesday as China’s benchmark lithium carbonate futures retreated and market participants priced in rising supply and subdued near-term demand for the battery metal. The sector underperformed the S&P/ASX 200, with several companies hitting multi-week lows.
BMW is pinning its China turnaround on the Neue Klasse electric vehicle family after two consecutive years of falling sales and a sharp second-quarter decline. The automaker’s delayed entry into China’s rapid EV development cycle, coupled with local rivals delivering new technologies in months rather than years, leaves BMW scrambling to regain rele…
ASML, the Dutch maker of the specialized lithography systems essential to advanced chip production, will publish quarterly results as investors seek clarity on capacity constraints and the impact of U.S.-led export control efforts targeting China. The company’s lofty valuation, heavy backlog and guidance for EUV tool shipments sit alongside debate …
IDBI Bank shares rose on Tuesday following reports that India’s government is close to accepting an enhanced offer from Canada’s Fairfax Financial for a controlling stake. The move is part of a broader privatisation process the government aims to complete by FY27, with the combined sale of government and LIC stakes expected to fetch between ₹50,000…
Baidu's Hong Kong-listed shares fell 9.8% to HK$103.1 on Tuesday after an analyst preview signaled softness in the company's core digital advertising and search business. Management commentary and market moves suggest revenue stress in advertising and possible traffic substitution to AI chatbots, while a broader pullback in Chinese technology stock…
Yaskawa Electric's stock fell for a second consecutive session after the factory automation and robotics firm reported a decline in operating profit despite revenue growth. The share drop pushed the price to its lowest level since April 27 as investors focused on margin pressures from an ERP migration and European restructuring costs, and on manage…
Genesis Minerals will acquire Vault Minerals in a binding transaction that values Vault at about A$5.6 billion. The deal, cleared after rival Regis Resources withdrew, will create a combined business with an estimated market capitalisation of A$12.6 billion and projected annual production of up to 700,000 ounces of gold.
Nvidia has cut the roster of Asian customers eligible to purchase its artificial intelligence chips by more than half, instituting a new white list and stepped-up vetting in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan. The move, which allows excluded firms to reapply after making changes, follows pressure from U.S. authorities and sits alongside separate crimina…
SK Hynix’s Seoul-listed shares fell sharply, extending a two-day decline after the chipmaker’s U.S. ADR listing. Broker downgrades tied to weaker-than-expected memory prices and DRAM bit growth, plus a wide valuation gap between the ADR and domestic stock created by the Nasdaq debut, are cited as the main pressures. Broader market weakness and geop…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co is on track to report its fifth consecutive quarter of record profits, propelled by robust spending on AI infrastructure that has lifted demand for its 3-nanometre and 2-nanometre process technologies and its CoWoS advanced packaging. Analysts expect a substantial rise in second-quarter net income and anticipat…
Asian stock markets extended losses as heightened U.S.-Iran tensions pushed oil prices toward one-month highs, reviving inflation worries and complicating the outlook for global interest rates. U.S. stock futures were lower in Asian trading after Wall Street ended sharply down. Market attention shifted to U.S. consumer price inflation data due late…
Japan’s finance minister proposed permitting government bonds to be included in the tax-advantaged Nippon Individual Savings Account (NISA) and indicated the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) could alter its strategic mix if needed. Officials framed the comments as part of a push to steer more household savings and institutional capital int…
U.S. stock index futures declined Monday evening as fresh clashes between Washington and Tehran in the Strait of Hormuz unsettled markets. Investors were also preparing for a busy slate this week, including second-quarter earnings from large banks and a June consumer price index reading that could shape expectations for interest rates.
California has engaged the law firm Milbank to assist in its lawsuit seeking to block the proposed merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. The move adds seasoned antitrust litigators to the state's team and sets up a legal confrontation with the merger's backers, including a Republican administration that cleared the deal in June.
Jones Ventures INTL Acquisition1 Corp completed an initial public offering of 20,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit on July 13, 2026, raising $200 million. Each unit contains one Class A ordinary share and a right to receive one-eighth of a Class A ordinary share upon consummation of an initial business combination. The units are scheduled to trade o…
L3Harris Technologies has won a $955 million contract from a Space Development Agency unit within the U.S. Space Force to supply 18 satellites for the Golden Dome missile defense initiative. The deal adds to at least 70 missile-tracking and defense satellites ordered from the U.S., five of which are already operational. L3Harris said the satellites…
