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Morocco's equity market closed higher on Thursday, with the Moroccan All Shares index advancing 4.18%. Strength in the Banking, Beverage and Transport sectors underpinned the move. Market breadth was strongly positive, as rising issues outnumbered decliners by a wide margin. Commodity and currency moves accompanied the equity gains, with crude and …
Netflix has purchased InterPositive, a film-technology company launched by Ben Affleck that develops artificial intelligence tools for movie production. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal comes amid a shifting industry stance toward AI in content creation and follows Netflix's withdrawal from a prior acquisition contest for Warner Bros Di…
Norway's main equity gauge closed modestly lower on Thursday, dragged down by losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors. The Oslo OBX fell 0.12%, while individual movers included notable gains for Nel, Equinor and Aker BP and declines for Hafnia, Hoegh Autoliners and Norwegian Air Shuttle. Commodity and currency movements we…
Israel's equity market finished higher on Thursday, led by strength in technology, real estate and communications sectors. The benchmark TA 35 rose 1.07% to a new all-time high, with several large-cap names posting double-digit point gains. Commodities and currency markets showed notable moves, as crude oil surged and the US dollar strengthened aga…
Greece's main benchmark, the Athens General Composite, closed 0.51% higher on Thursday, led by gains in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors. Several individual names posted strong rises while others finished lower. Trading breadth on the exchange was balanced with a number of unchanged issues. Commodity and FX markets saw notable moves, in…
Loop Capital has initiated coverage of Astera Labs with a Buy rating and a $250 price target, arguing the company is well-positioned across a widening set of AI accelerators and that its COSMOS software could create durable customer stickiness as AI server and cluster complexity grows. The firm views Astera Labs as one of the clearest avenues for i…
Trading on Thursday produced notable volatility across the market cap spectrum. Mega-cap names such as Avago Technologies (Broadcom) and Oracle gained after company updates, while several large-, mid- and small-cap stocks fell sharply amid earnings misses, downgrades and other company-specific developments. The session highlights how discrete corpo…
Volkswagen presented military-ready vehicle concepts at the Enforce Tac defense fair as it evaluates options for its Osnabrueck factory, which employs roughly 2,300 people and will cease T-Roc Cabriolet production in 2027. The prototypes, marketed under the D.E.S. Defence name, include an Amarok-based MV.1 and a Crafter-based MV.2. Talks with Rhein…
Turkey's main stock index, the BIST 100, closed up 1.05% on Thursday as advances in Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Leasing & Factoring and Technology sectors pushed more stocks higher than lower. Several individual issues recorded double-digit percentage moves in both directions. Commodities and currency pairs also showed notable moves during the s…
Analysts say infrastructure spending tied to artificial intelligence and cloud computing has ignited more than $1 trillion in physical investment this cycle, driving data center demand that is growing faster than new capacity. Bernstein's new coverage highlights winners among enterprise-focused facility owners while warning that vacancy rates shoul…
A lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia challenges the U.S. government's approval of ByteDance's plan to create a majority American-owned joint venture for TikTok. The Public Integrity Project brought the case on behalf of two retail investors in competing social media companies, arguing the approval violated a 2024…
Mazda, which halted exports to Russia in 2022 and relinquished its local joint venture stake, has re-emerged among Russia's top-selling marques after a sharp rise in scrappage fees for powerful, high-cost vehicles redirected imports through independent trading intermediaries. Autostat data show Mazda climbed to sixth with 4,871 units sold in Januar…
Franklin Resources reported preliminary assets under management of $1.74 trillion as of February 28, 2026, up from $1.71 trillion at January 31, 2026. The firm attributed the increase to favorable market conditions and roughly $10 billion in long-term net inflows, while a Western Asset Management outflow of about $1 billion reduced the long-term in…
Northrop Grumman will supply 47 Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) systems to Germany, marking the first deployment of the company's CIRCM equipment in that country. The systems, procured under a U.S. Army production award, will be fitted to Germany's newly ordered CH-47 Chinook helicopters to upgrade rotary-wing survivability and meet NATO co…
Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel told German broadcasters that he is against imposing petrol price controls in Germany and that he has no concerns about the nation’s gold reserves that are kept in the United States. His remarks, reported by RTL and NTV, touched on both domestic energy policy and the management of international reserves, including…
Greg Abel, who took over as Berkshire Hathaway's chief executive at the start of the year, told CNBC that he remains in near-daily contact with Warren Buffett, who still comes to the office every day and remains active as chairman. Abel described the challenge of stepping into Buffett's role as the company's primary communicator to shareholders and…
Rothschild & Co Redburn has downgraded American Airlines to Neutral while keeping a negative view on Southwest and reaffirming positive stances on Delta and United. The firm cites rising jet fuel prices and increasing industry capacity as key headwinds that have prompted cuts to earnings forecasts and a lower price target for American.
Evercore analysts say AI-driven 'agentic commerce' creates a theoretical path for payment flows to be steered away from traditional card networks, but they view the risk to Visa and Mastercard as uncertain and likely to unfold slowly because of structural, behavioral and legal obstacles in developed markets.
Chile’s Codelco and Microsoft have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly evaluate initiatives in artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, automation and digital security. The initial 18-month agreement establishes shared governance and targets intensive data use, AI-assisted decision-making, autonomous operations, process automation a…
Sable Offshore's stock rose roughly 12% Thursday morning after a Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel memorandum concluded that presidential directives issued under the Defense Production Act can preempt state laws that conflict with federal energy production directives. The March 3, 2026 opinion was written in response to a Department of …
Global airline operations remain deeply affected after the conflict in Iran prompted the shutdown of major Middle Eastern aviation hubs, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi. Dozens of carriers have published suspension notices and adjusted schedules, cancelling routes to regional destinations and beyond. The disruptions are producing widespread can…
The World Health Organization has confirmed 13 attacks on health facilities in Iran and one in Lebanon amid a U.S.-Israeli campaign, reporting four health workers killed and 25 injured. WHO officials said ambulances and hospitals sustained damage and that a WHO logistics hub in Dubai is temporarily out of service due to transport restrictions.
CVS Health said it will partner with Google Cloud to develop Health100, an AI-enabled, consumer-centric health engagement platform that aggregates data from benefit managers, pharmacies, providers and digital health systems. The platform, which will use agentic AI and be supported by Google Cloud technologies including Gemini models, Cloud Healthca…
CoreWeave stock slipped 2% on Thursday following Bernstein’s initiation of coverage with an underperform rating and a $56 price target. Analyst Madison Rezaei acknowledged the company’s success meeting demand for compute capacity but flagged intensified competition from hyperscalers moving into the GPU cloud space as a material concern.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s strategy to transform Hungary into a European battery hub through large-scale foreign investment has stalled, and recent reports of safety and environmental breaches at a major plant have turned a cornerstone economic policy into a political risk ahead of the April 12 national vote. Despite billions in investment and g…
