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PayPal shares climbed sharply after reports indicated that Stripe has expressed preliminary interest in acquiring all or parts of the company. The move follows earlier coverage that PayPal had attracted takeover interest from multiple suitors. Neither company has issued an official statement, leaving details and potential outcomes unclear.
Several major companies, including L’Oreal Travel Retail Americas, Dyson and Bausch + Lomb, filed claims in the U.S. Court of International Trade seeking refunds for tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) after the U.S. Supreme Court found the use of IEEPA to impose those duties unlawful. The filings add to a …
Brazil's stock benchmark rose to a fresh record as shares in electric power, public utilities and consumer sectors pushed the market higher. The Bovespa closed up 1.23% in Sao Paulo, with a larger number of advancers than decliners. Key individual winners and losers included Grupo Vamos, YDUQS, Sendas, Minerva, CVC Brasil and Gerdau. Market volatil…
A San Francisco federal judge has dismissed, for now, a trade-secrets lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's xAI against OpenAI, finding that the complaint failed to allege wrongdoing by OpenAI itself. The judge gave xAI the option to refile while the wider legal dispute between Musk and OpenAI remains active.
Bank of America upgraded JM Smucker to Buy and lifted its price target, citing reduced risk from the Hostess Brands acquisition and a pathway to higher earnings, while downgrading General Mills to Neutral as recoveries in pet food and North America Retail lag expectations and weigh on near-term volume and sales.
Morgan Stanley has moved to a Cautious stance on the U.S. liquefied natural gas sector, citing about 200 million tonnes per annum of new global capacity under construction that is due between 2025 and 2030. The bank expects annual supply additions to peak in 2027-2028 and forecasts weaker Japan Korea Marker (JKM) prices, a combination it says will …
Ten years after the inaugural liquefied natural gas shipment departed from Louisiana, the United States has become the world’s largest supplier of LNG. Supported by plentiful domestic gas, competitive feedgas costs and flexible contracts, U.S. exporters are accelerating capacity additions that industry participants say could roughly double output o…
Tuesdays trading produced pronounced moves across market-cap tiers as select corporate announcements and earnings results pushed individual stocks sharply higher or lower. Advanced Micro Devices jumped after an announced AI infrastructure collaboration, while Keysight Technologies surged after reporting stronger-than-expected results and upbeat gui…
Earnings season advances with a substantial roster of companies set to release quarterly results on Wednesday, February 25, 2026. The calendar features major technology names including Nvidia, Salesforce, Synopsys and Snowflake, as well as financial and consumer companies. The published schedule lists estimated earnings per share and estimated reve…
Market participants face a busy slate on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, with the Energy Information Administration's weekly crude oil inventory report and remarks from U.S. President Trump expected to be the main market-moving items. A number of additional data points and events - from the 5-year Treasury note auction to multiple EIA fuel and refine…
Bayer AG has sued Johnson & Johnson in federal court in New York, alleging that J&J carried out a misleading advertising campaign for its prostate cancer drug Erleada that falsely claimed a 51% lower risk of death versus Bayer’s Nubeqa. The complaint contends the comparison relied on a retrospective real-world analysis with unequal patient groups a…
Telecom Italia unveiled a €400 million share buyback plan alongside full-year results showing revenue of €13.7 billion and EBITDA after lease of €3.7 billion, up 6.5% year-over-year. The board also put forward a 1-for-10 reverse stock split for shareholder approval and approved 2026 guidance projecting 2-3% revenue growth and 5-6% EBITDA after leas…
UBS has promoted Lisa Golia to lead its U.S. wealth management advisers in the field effective March 1, shifting her from the chief operating officer role she held for the past two years. The move comes with a wider reorganization of senior roles as Mike Camacho, head of U.S. wealth management, turns his attention to strategic initiatives including…
Iovance Biotherapeutics shares climbed 32% after the company disclosed encouraging early results from a pilot study of lifileucel in advanced undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) and dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS). The trial, led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, reported a 50% objective response rate among the first six evalua…
Neuberger Berman is evaluating an expansion of its insurance capabilities that could include establishing an entity able to purchase life insurance assets, according to people familiar with the matter. The review is exploratory, with no certainty the firm will pursue the plan. The move reflects a wider trend of asset managers seeking fee income and…
Wolf Research screened the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats to surface 10 companies that combine solid dividend-growth characteristics with financial stability. The firm filtered for above-market dividend growth, second-quintile yields or steady repurchase programs and excluded firms showing high leverage or signals of dividend stress. The selected fir…
Alcoa said it intends to sell 10 closed or curtailed facilities to operators in the data centre industry, with the company targeting a first closing by the end of June and potential follow-on sales soon after. The announcement coincided with a 4% increase in the aluminium producer's share price and reflects management's efforts to convert underused…
CarGurus (CARG) shares rose 4% on Thursday as investor fears about artificial intelligence competition in the software arena eased. The gain followed an earlier pullback that occurred after Anthropic emerged as a perceived threat to software companies, prompting scrutiny of CarGurus' expanding software initiatives. Huber Research characterized the …
Colgate-Palmolive has informed a conservative shareholder group it intends to oppose a proposal seeking to eliminate race, gender and sexual orientation from criteria used to identify future board members. The company says the proposal would inappropriately constrain its nominating committee and stresses that diverse perspectives are important to s…
Raymond James upgraded Genuine Parts Company from Outperform to Strong Buy and established a $145 price target based on a sum-of-the-parts analysis tied to the planned split of its Auto and Industrial businesses. The firm argues the market is undervaluing the Auto operations relative to peers, and projects the separation to close by the first quart…
Shares of Reitar Logtech Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:RITR) fell 9% on Tuesday after the company disclosed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for a possible $60 million equity investment. The arrangement, proposed with Equator Capital Management SPC acting for Equator Private Equity Fund SP, would fund Reitar's participation in a consortium seek…
Alcoa Corp is seeking buyers from the data centre sector for 10 of its closed or curtailed aluminium sites, with its CEO saying the company expects the first sale to close by the end of June. The move reflects rising demand for power-adjacent real estate from data centres and raises questions about how AI-driven data centre growth could alter asset…
U.K. equities closed marginally lower on Tuesday, with the United Kingdom 100 index down 0.03% as losses in fixed-line telecommunications, REITs and automobile parts companies weighed on the market. While several mid-cap stocks posted strong gains, a handful of larger declines, including a steep fall in a major landlord, helped push the benchmark s…
Edesa Biotech's stock rose sharply after the company disclosed additional Phase 3 data for paridiprubart that indicate statistically significant reductions in adjusted 28-day mortality across an expanded patient cohort. The dataset covers 278 patients, including those who were and were not on invasive mechanical ventilation, and shows consistent sa…
Spain's benchmark index ended Tuesday's session in negative territory, dragged down by losses in Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services. The IBEX 35 closed down 0.54% in Madrid, even as several large-cap utilities and industrials posted strong gains and hit multi-year or record highs.
