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Fincantieri said it is actively exploring mergers and acquisitions to accelerate growth in underwater operations, while Romania and Greece have expressed interest in joining the European Patrol Corvette project. The moves reflect the group’s strategic shift to diversify away from traditional surface-vessel construction and pursue subsea defense and…
Norwegian shares closed higher on Wednesday, led by gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors. The Oslo OBX climbed 1.29% as several large-cap stocks rose, while oil and Brent futures retreated and gold futures jumped sharply. Market breadth favored advancers over decliners.
Israel's equity benchmark finished higher on Wednesday as strength in the Insurance, Biomed and Financials sectors pushed the TA 35 up 0.97% at the close in Tel Aviv. Insurers recorded the session's largest advances, while renewable energy and select technology-related names posted the biggest declines. Market breadth was mixed, and commodities and…
Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) saw its share price drop sharply during its 2026 Investor Day after investors' expectations for a long-term hyperscaler agreement went unmet. The company reported a roughly 75% increase in its data center product backlog over six weeks and kept its 2026 financial guidance intact, including mid-teens revenue growth and a…
Lyft announced a 60-day U.S. program starting March 27 to offer drivers additional cash-back and fuel discounts via the Lyft Direct debit card amid a sharp increase in national gasoline prices. The initiative provides incremental rewards for top- and mid-tier drivers and, when combined with partner offers, could reduce fuel costs by up to 94 cents …
Shares of memory and storage companies tumbled after Google unveiled TurboQuant, a 3-bit compression approach for AI models. Analysts at Lynx Equity Strategies argued the announcement has been overstated by some commentary, maintained a bullish view on Micron and said the technology does not eliminate demand for DRAM and flash over the next three t…
Turkey's benchmark BIST 100 finished the trading session up 0.26%, supported by advances in Wholesale & Retail Trade, Metal Products & Machinery and Real Estate Investments. Market breadth was mixed, with slightly more decliners than advancers, while individual large moves included double-digit gains for Ral Yatirim Holding and Astor Enerji and fal…
Jefferies has flagged three small- and mid-cap biotechnology companies as its preferred SMID picks, citing imminent product launches, pivotal clinical readouts and regulatory milestones. The firm highlighted Insmed for its Brinsupri launch and underappreciated TPIP franchise, Revolution Medicines for the potential of its RAS(ON) platform and RASolu…
Brazil on Wednesday revealed the first supersonic Gripen fighter jet assembled in the country, making it the first Latin American nation to produce a supersonic combat aircraft. The aircraft is part of a 36-jet contract with Saab, under which 15 will be built at Embraer’s Gaviao Peixoto facility in Sao Paulo state through a technology transfer agre…
Shares of Corcept Therapeutics climbed about 40% after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval for relacorilant (Lifyorli) used in combination with nab-paclitaxel to treat adults with platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer. The decision, completed 2.5 months ahead of the target date, is su…
Wolfe Research upgraded General Motors to Outperform after a recent sectorwide pullback created what the firm views as attractive entry points. The note, authored by Emmanuel Rosner, also elevated BorgWarner and reiterated a positive view on Aptiv while warning of execution risk at Ford. Wolfe adjusted production and commodity assumptions and now s…
Wednesday's session produced notable volatility across market-cap tiers, with semiconductor names such as Advanced Micro Devices and Intel posting strong advances amid reporting of a supply squeeze, while several other technology, industrial and small-cap stocks recorded sizable moves in both directions. The list of top movers spans mega-caps, larg…
The Pentagon has signed framework agreements with Honeywell Aerospace, BAE Systems and Lockheed to ramp up production of munitions and critical components as part of a push to place U.S. forces on a wartime footing. The moves follow recent high-level meetings with defense executives and come amid significant draws on U.S. weapons stockpiles.
Shares of several U.S. firms tied to the commercial space and satellite industries climbed markedly in premarket trading after a late Tuesday report said SpaceX is preparing to file an initial public offering prospectus with regulators this week or next. The report indicated SpaceX could seek to raise more than $75 billion and noted media speculati…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that Cox Communications cannot be held liable in a retrial over damages for contributory copyright infringement related to subscriber piracy of songs owned by major record labels, ending a long-running billion-dollar lawsuit brought by more than 50 labels including Sony Music, Warner Music Group and Universal Music …
March 25 - Meta Platforms said it will lay off a few hundred employees across its Reality Labs unit, social media teams and recruiting operations, with a smaller number of roles affected in its sales organization. The reductions come as the company moves to rein in rising costs tied to heavy investments in artificial intelligence and escalating emp…
SIX Group AG's chief executive expressed guarded optimism about this year's initial public offering (IPO) market in Switzerland and Spain, saying the operator sees no withdrawals but expects some listings to be postponed amid uncertainty tied to the war in Iran. The company noted a stronger stance compared with last year and highlighted a robust Sw…
Deutsche Bank strategist Henry Allen tells clients that global bonds and equities are moving together in a pattern associated with stagflation as the war in the Middle East continues. However, Allen argues the scale of the current sell-off is smaller than the market shocks seen in 2022 or during the 1970s, citing three key differences: markets are …
Global passenger schedules continue to be heavily disrupted after the escalation of conflict in the Middle East led to the closure of key regional airspace. Airlines from Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia have imposed lengthy suspensions or reduced services to destinations including Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Tel Aviv. The can…
A collision at LaGuardia Airport between an Air Canada Express plane and a Port Authority fire truck has killed the two pilots and injured dozens, and has prompted investigations into whether federal or local entities can be held legally responsible. Recordings indicate an air traffic controller cleared both the aircraft to land and the truck to cr…
Beyond Meat said it will postpone the release of its fourth-quarter financial results by roughly one week to March 31, citing the need for extra time to complete internal processes. The maker of plant-based meat substitutes earlier delayed its annual report after finding material weaknesses in controls over inventory accounting, including issues wi…
Shares of several major memory and storage companies fell Wednesday following Google's announcement of TurboQuant, a compression approach that can reduce key-value cache size to 3 bits without retraining and that showed marked memory and performance improvements in tests. The decline in select memory-related stocks occurred even as the Nasdaq 100 m…
Wolfe Research is lowering its fiscal 2026 operating income projections for Amazon as rising diesel prices push up shipping costs. The broker quantifies a multi-quarter hit to operating income driven by fuel, models substantial incremental costs for the first half of the year, and notes a potential offset from higher Prime pricing even as it holds …
The White House announced plans to appoint top technology executives, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). An initial group of 13 industry members was named, among them Google co-founder Sergey Brin and AMD C…
SentinelOne announced an expanded multi-year strategic collaboration with Google Cloud to build integrated security solutions that combine the two firms' technologies. The agreement extends SentinelOne’s Singularity Platform availability to three Google Cloud regions - North America, Frankfurt, and Saudi Arabia - and targets solutions for data sove…
