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U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told attendees at an Amazon Web Services conference that critics of the rapid build-out of data centers have overstated their concerns and urged supporters to push back in their communities. Wright acknowledged real issues raised by opponents but called public concern disproportionate, citing poll results that sho…
Morgan Stanley reduced its rating on Affirm Holdings Inc from Overweight to Equal-weight and removed the company from its top pick list, attributing the change to valuation pressures following a substantial share-price recovery. The firm kept a $79 price target and raised its fiscal 2028 GAAP EPS estimate, while noting that earlier operational conc…
Bank of America has reiterated a Buy rating on Chevron Corporation with a $210.00 price target, following a field visit that covered Chevron's Gulf Coast refining operations and offshore developments. The trip, which included meetings with senior company executives, reinforced BofA's view that Chevron's centralized refining model and strong perform…
Anthropic has introduced Claude Science, an AI-first workbench meant to aggregate scientific research tools into a unified environment. The platform packages more than 60 curated skills and connectors for life‑science domains, supports macOS and Linux with remote HPC access, produces figures and manuscripts alongside reproducible code, and includes…
Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras approved a mechanism to introduce floor and ceiling Brent price levels into the formulas used to calculate natural gas prices. The change is optional for customers via contract amendments and is projected to reduce the projected August increase for state distributors from 22% to 6%.
OpenAI unveiled GeneBench-Pro, a synthetic benchmark consisting of 129 problems spanning genomics, quantitative biology and translational medicine. The suite asks models to examine datasets, select analytic strategies and deliver final answers. External domain experts reviewed a subset of the problems for realism and answer identifiability. Leading…
C1 Fund, an exchange-listed closed-end vehicle concentrated in late-stage digital asset infrastructure businesses, is executing a multi-faceted strategy to reduce the gap between its market price and net asset value, CEO Dr. Najam Kidwai said in a recent interview. The fund combines investor education, expanded investor relations, pursuit of sell-s…
Blue Origin said it will not reconstruct the launch pad destroyed in May during a hot-fire test. The company plans to move to a horizontal/vertical hybrid launch configuration using infrastructure developed for a larger New Glenn variant called the 9x4, and expects to return to flight before the end of the year while investigations into the cause c…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) orders for 20 variants of ZYN nicotine pouches, enabling Philip Morris International's U.S. unit to market these products as carrying a lower risk of several smoking-related diseases than cigarettes. The decision, the first MRTP designation for nicotine pouches, p…
Pirelli has presented a multi-year investment programme for the United States valued at roughly $1.0 billion to $1.2 billion to expand local manufacturing capacity, with planned production of Cyber Tyres. The plan was shared with the company's newly constituted board and will be submitted for approval at an upcoming meeting. The announcement follow…
Sherwin-Williams shares have climbed roughly 18% off a 52-week low, with Citi lifting its price target to $380 and keeping a Buy rating. The rally follows a Q1 earnings beat but has been shadowed by cautious forward guidance and a mixed set of analyst views. Institutional buying and technical support coexist with index-related selling pressure afte…
The Philadelphia semiconductor index climbed about 94% in the first half of 2026, its second-best six-month performance since the index began in 1994. Strength in demand for data center chips tied to artificial intelligence workloads, plus higher capital spending by large cloud operators, underpinned gains led by memory and data-center-focused supp…
BMW reduced its full-year automotive profit margin outlook to 1-3%, down from 4-6%, citing the economic effects of the Iran conflict and softer demand in China. The guidance cut, labelled "radical" by JPMorgan, accompanies plans to discuss roughly 5% workforce reductions and has driven the stock to levels near its 52-week lows. Investors now look t…
S&P Global Ratings upgraded Airbus' long-term rating to A+ from A and raised short-term and issue-level ratings, citing a strengthened cash position and sustained free operating cash flow. The agency highlighted cumulative free operating cash flow of about €15.6 billion for 2022-2025 and a net cash balance exceeding €10 billion as of December 2…
Moody's upgraded ATS Corporation's corporate family rating to Ba2 from Ba3, citing material deleveraging over the past 12 months and forecasted ongoing organic growth. The agency also lifted the probability of default rating to Ba2-PD and senior unsecured note ratings to Ba3, while keeping the speculative-grade liquidity rating at SGL-2 and the out…
NVIDIA shares ticked higher at the end of the quarter after SemiAnalysis published research forecasting that the chipmaker's data-center compute revenue in the second half of fiscal 2027 will be about 20% above Wall Street consensus. The bullish case rests on resolution of an HBM4 memory constraint and an accelerating ramp of the Vera Rubin platfor…
BMW has introduced the fifth-generation X5 (G65), adopting its Neue Klasse styling and offering five distinct powertrain options - gasoline, diesel, plug-in hybrid, electric and a hydrogen fuel cell planned later in the model cycle. The SUV brings a revised exterior and interior, including a one-piece tailgate, a 17.9-inch central touchscreen with …
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review Apple’s appeal of a lower court decision that upheld a finding the company was in contempt for its handling of App Store rules in litigation with Epic Games. The dispute centers on a 2021 injunction that required Apple to permit links to alternative payment methods and Apple’s subsequent policies, includi…
U.S. intermodal rail traffic rose 12.1% year-over-year for the week ending June 20, 2026, extending a run of strong weekly gains and lifting total weekly rail volumes 7.1% versus a year earlier. FTR Intelligence and Association of American Railroads data show domestic containerized movements - not imports - are powering the increase, with capacity …
Zimmer Biomet shares fell sharply after the company agreed to acquire the iovera° cryoneurolysis system from Pacira BioSciences for up to $140 million. Investors focused on the deal's immediate balance sheet impact as the company entered 2026 with substantial net leverage and recent credit activity, while analysts have flagged execution and debt ac…
Google introduced two new models in its Gemini family: Nano Banana 2 Lite, positioned as a rapid and cost-efficient text-to-image generator, and Gemini Omni Flash, a model aimed at video generation and conversational editing. Both models are integrated into Google's development platforms and consumer products, and can be used together in workflows …
Verizon shares plunged as investors reacted to a regulatory filing that outlined a non-cash $700 million to $800 million second-quarter loss tied to a new international joint venture with BT Group and substantial restructuring-related charges. The stock also faced selling pressure after Verizon was removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, amp…
London equities finished marginally higher on Tuesday, with the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rising 0.06% at the close. Gains were concentrated in the Aerospace & Defense, Electronic & Electrical Equipment and Industrial Engineering sectors, while several large-cap stocks moved in opposite directions. Commodity and currency markets registered o…
Spanish stocks finished Tuesday's session higher, with the IBEX 35 rising 0.37% as gains in Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors supported the market. ArcelorMittal, ACS and Acciona were the top performers, while Solaria, Cellnex and Telefonica were the weakest names. Market breadth was…
Portugal's PSI index closed lower, down 0.29%, with sector losses in Consumer Services, Telecoms and Basic Materials driving the decline. EDP Renovaveis, Banco Comercial Portugues and Galp Energia were among the session's gainers, while Jeronimo Martins, Teixeira Duarte and Semapa led declines. Commodity prices moved lower for crude while gold tick…
