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Goldman Sachs reiterated Buy recommendations for Telia Company, Telenor and Tele2, pointing to structural improvements in the Swedish market that support stronger pricing and earnings growth across the Nordic telecom sector. The bank flagged lower competitive intensity and the prospect of consolidation as key drivers for industry-wide EBITDA expans…
Taiwan's main index rose to a fresh all-time closing high, led by gains in plastics, information services and computer-peripheral names. Several stocks advanced by the session limit while a handful of small-cap issues posted sharp declines. Oil and Brent futures strengthened, while gold futures slipped and the US dollar held near recent levels.
Applied Materials intends to grow its workforce in Southeast Asia by roughly 25% this year, adding about 1,000 positions predominantly in Singapore. The company has increased its regional headcount from about 3,300 two years ago and projects nearly 4,000 employees by the end of 2025. Singapore is described as the firm’s central manufacturing, logis…
Britain's Competition and Markets Authority has set new conduct obligations for Google’s search services under the digital markets competition regime. The measures include a publisher opt-out from training Google’s AI models and a requirement that content from publishers be clearly attributed with links in AI-generated search responses. The move fo…
Clas Ohlson reported fourth-quarter net sales of SEK 2.61 billion, an 11% increase year-over-year driven by 9% organic growth and a 25% rise in online revenue. Operating profit climbed to SEK 180 million, up 66% from the prior year, while net income reached SEK 139 million and earnings per share were SEK 2.18. The board has proposed a total dividen…
IHI Corp said its consolidated subsidiary, IHI Aerospace, has been suspended from participating in competitive bidding by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for five months, effective June 2, after the unit was found to have claimed costs on contracts using reports that did not accurately reflect work status. The announcement prompted an…
Kioxia surged to an intraday record after announcing a progressive dividend policy and flagging potential share buybacks, with management saying the company expects to benefit from long-term AI-driven memory demand. The stock briefly rose to a market capitalization that placed it among Japan's largest listed firms, overtaking Toyota in Nikkei 225 m…
DeepSeek is preparing to raise roughly 50 billion yuan in its inaugural funding round, with major Chinese investors Tencent and CATL poised to be the largest external backers. The potential financing could place the company’s valuation between 350 billion and 400 billion yuan, and founder Liang Wenfeng has pledged 20 billion yuan of his own funds. …
KPMG Australia’s chief operating officer, Eileen Hoggett, has stepped back from her executive responsibilities and will continue as an audit partner while investigations proceed. The move follows resignations at the firm and emerging allegations that confidential board papers from Lendlease were used in bids for major audit tenders at Westpac and D…
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is preparing to secure roughly 50 billion yuan in an inaugural financing round, with major commitments expected from its founder and strategic investors including Tencent and CATL. The deal would place the company at a post-money valuation between 350 billion and 400 billion yuan, while discussions w…
Asian equity markets advanced as technology and chip stocks attracted buying, allowing markets to largely dismiss renewed U.S.-Iran airstrikes. Japan’s Nikkei 225 climbed to a record on hopes for additional fiscal support, while Australia’s benchmark rose after softer-than-expected GDP data reduced bets on further rate increases. Broader regional p…
Atlas Renewable Energy has suspended roughly $1 billion in planned investments in Brazil after the national grid operator periodically rejected renewable generation, the company said. Curtailment rates for Atlas projects reached as high as 15%-25% in the June quarter, and at least 1.5 gigawatts of planned capacity has been put on hold. Market rules…
Megaport said on Wednesday it has won four AI infrastructure contracts valued at A$458.9 million and will raise A$827.3 million to create an inference cloud anchored by an on-demand GPU pool. The contracts, with U.S.-based technology firms, are due to commence in the first half of 2027 and require roughly A$369.5 million in capital expenditure, pri…
Applied Aerospace & Defense, a private equity-backed government contractor headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, has raised $650 million in a U.S. initial public offering after pricing shares at $20 each. The company sold 32.5 million shares, having marketed them in an indicated range of $18 to $21 apiece. Underwriters include Morgan Stanley and Je…
U.S. stock index futures held mostly steady Tuesday evening after reports of renewed strikes involving the United States and Iran, while benchmark U.S. equity indexes reached fresh intraday highs earlier in the session on strength in technology and chip stocks. Oil prices have rebounded amid worries the conflict could escalate, adding inflationary …
SpaceX plans to sell about 555.6 million new shares at $135 apiece to raise $75 billion in an initial public offering that targets a $1.75 trillion valuation. The offering consists entirely of new shares, with the company’s roadshow expected to begin this Thursday and earlier reports saying terms could be set as soon as Wednesday afternoon.
In remarks at the Wall Street Journal’s Global Food Forum, a Bayer representative said the company has no current plans to separate Monsanto despite facing roughly 100,000 Roundup-related lawsuits. Chief Executive Bill Anderson warned that unresolved litigation could halt American production of glyphosate, and the company continues to pursue settle…
AmperCap Acquisition Company sold 12.5 million units at $10 apiece, raising $125 million. The blank-check issuer will start trading on NASDAQ as APMCU on June 3, 2026, and plans to pursue a business combination with middle-market companies tied to the United States and Mexico. The offering is set to close June 4, 2026, subject to customary conditio…
OpenAI’s ChatGPT surpassed 1 billion global monthly active app users in May, becoming the fastest application to reach that milestone, according to market intelligence from Sensor Tower. The milestone arrives amid rising competition from Anthropic’s Claude, which has shown rapid year-over-year user growth, and as both companies take steps toward po…
CopperTech Metals filed for a U.S. initial public offering after reporting a marked increase in revenue from its Konkola Copper Mines operations. The company, established by Vedanta Resources to hold and run the Zambian asset, plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker CUX and aims to deploy primary IPO proceeds toward production…
Macquarie Asset Management and Brazil's IG4 Capital have agreed to sell a controlling stake in Corredor Logística e Infraestrutura S.A (CLI) to AD Ports Group for $835 million. The deal keeps CLI's existing management in place, is AD Ports' largest acquisition to date, and aims to establish new direct trade routes between Brazil and Abu Dhabi. The …
SpaceX is moving toward formally setting terms for its planned initial public offering, with an amended filing expected to reveal the price range and number of shares for sale. The company is seeking to raise up to $75 billion and is targeting a valuation of at least $1.8 trillion, with a short roadshow and possible pricing as soon as June 11.
Cigna will stop covering GLP-1 medications for weight loss, including Wegovy and Zepbound, in its employee health plan beginning July 1. The change was communicated to staff in an email dated June 1 and confirmed by a company spokesperson, who said the decision followed increased availability and emerging alternatives and that Cigna will continue t…
Shopify's board approved an additional $3 billion for its share repurchase program, boosting the company's total authorization to $5 billion. The announcement follows a lukewarm forecast that heightened investor concern about artificial intelligence-related disruption and comes as the company’s shares have fallen sharply in 2026. Management said st…
Moody's has downgraded the senior unsecured notes ratings for Whirlpool Corporation and its guaranteed borrowers to B2 from B1, citing greater effective subordination after the company's upsized secured second-lien issuance. Other ratings, including the Ba3 Corporate Family Rating and the Ba1 rating on the senior secured second-lien notes, were lef…
