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Companies operating global capability centres in India are hiring more selectively as geopolitical uncertainties and accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence prompt caution, according to the CEO of ANSR. Firms are reducing planned headcounts by significant margins, downsizing some centre ambitions and relying more on scalable, flexible work…
HSBC upgraded Shell and Repsol from Hold to Buy, increasing price targets for both names as stronger-than-expected earnings momentum, improved cash generation and a higher 2026 Brent assumption underpin the moves. Repsol's refining outperformance and Shell's acquisition of ARC Resources were highlighted as key drivers that enhance medium-term visib…
The USD/IDR rate jumped to a fresh record amid a broad market selloff after a two-day holiday, driven by global inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and large-scale index-driven foreign selling. Weakening reserves, substantial equity outflows and rising US yields added to the currency's pressure as investors brace for a possible Bank Indonesia…
NextEra Energy shares fell in pre-market trading after reports over the weekend said the company is in advanced talks to buy Dominion Energy in a predominantly stock-financed transaction. The proposed combination, which could value Dominion at roughly $66 billion and create a utility group worth more than $400 billion including debt, has triggered …
Baidu Inc. jumped in pre-market trading after reporting first-quarter 2026 results that exceeded consensus on both revenue and adjusted profit per ADS. The company highlighted robust growth in AI-powered businesses, with AI-related revenue exceeding half of core business revenue for the first time and cloud infrastructure posting a sharp increase. …
Ipsen SA reported promising mid-stage results for its synthetic long-acting neurotoxin corabotase, showing substantially higher six-month responder rates than its existing Dysport and placebo, along with rapid onset and sustained patient satisfaction. Nonetheless, the company's shares dropped over 4% as investors reacted to lingering questions abou…
Citi has released a new total addressable market model for server CPUs, forecasting the sector will swell to $132 billion by 2030 from $29.3 billion in 2025, a 35% compound annual growth rate. The firm expects agentic CPU applications to expand fastest, and has raised price targets on Intel and AMD based on the updated model and related industry de…
Credit growth across much of Latin America has slowed amid tighter financial conditions, with Barclays reporting evidence of weakening asset quality as households face higher debt service burdens. The bank's country-by-country snapshot highlights a moderation in Brazil's lending expansion, sharply slower credit momentum in Mexico, persistently shal…
Deutsche Bank strategists reported a rise in aggregate equity positioning last week as discretionary allocations shifted to overweight and systematic strategies continued increasing. Volatility-control funds raised their equity exposure to a three-month high, while commodity trading advisors trimmed long equity bets. Mega-cap growth and technology …
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals shares plunged in pre-market trading after its Phase 3 trial of fianlimab plus cemiplimab in first-line unresectable or metastatic melanoma missed the primary endpoint of improved progression-free survival versus pembrolizumab alone. Although the high-dose combination showed a 5.1-month median PFS advantage, the result was…
Dominion Energy stock jumped sharply in pre-market trading after reports that NextEra Energy is engaged in serious negotiations to acquire the Richmond, Virginia-based utility in a mostly stock transaction that would value Dominion at about $76 per share, or roughly $66 billion. The proposed exchange ratio would be about 0.8 NextEra shares for each…
Shares of several companies tied to the commercial space industry rose in U.S. premarket trading after Elon Musk said he is working on plans to move forward with an initial public offering for SpaceX, a remark he made while in Texas. Satellite broadband and space transportation stocks led the moves, with EchoStar and Intuitive Machines among the la…
A social movement representing Western Cape communities and a UK-based non-profit have formally objected to Equinix's application to build two data centres in Cape Town, arguing that key information on water use, power demand, backup generation, emissions and other environmental impacts has not been disclosed and that the planning application shoul…
Citigroup analysts Charles Armitage and Rodrigo Campo upgraded Rheinmetall to "buy" with a €1,408 target and raised Saab to "neutral" with a SEK527 target following a widespread pullback in European defence stocks. Citi says the market reaction appears excessive given the sustained security threat from Russia and lays out detailed valuations and sc…
At Sandia National Laboratories' Kirtland Air Force Base facility, liquid-cooled supercomputers run high-precision simulations for nuclear security. With mainstream chipmakers shifting designs toward AI workloads and creating supply constraints, Sandia is evaluating newcomer processors, including Israeli startup NextSilicon, to ensure continued acc…
Inter IKEA, the group that manages sourcing and franchise relationships for the Swedish flat-pack furniture brand across 63 countries, is eliminating 850 positions as it seeks to reduce costs and become more efficient. The move comes as consumer spending weakens, costs and U.S. tariffs pressure margins, and the company pivots from large suburban wa…
InvestingPro is running a time-limited flash sale that allows new subscribers to secure the platform's full feature set for the lowest price of 2026. The offer includes access to monthly AI-powered stock picks that the service says have significantly outperformed the S&P 500, new strategy coverage across global markets, and a suite of analytical to…
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals saw its shares tumble in premarket trading after announcing that its phase 3 trial of fianlimab in metastatic melanoma did not meet the study's primary endpoint of statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival. While a numeric median PFS gain of 5.1 months was recorded for the high-dose fianlimab combi…
Teleperformance SE shares rose sharply after the company unveiled a refinancing package that includes new 5-year and 8-year senior unsecured fixed rate notes and a partial tender offer for about EUR 500 million of higher-cost bonds maturing soon. The move is aimed at pushing out debt maturities and bolstering the balance sheet, and it arrived again…
Indonesia's benchmark IDX Composite Index fell 2.88% at Monday's close, reaching a new 52-week low as selling dominated the session. Infrastructure, financials and agriculture stocks led declines, while a small set of mid- and small-cap names posted strong gains. Commodities and currency moves accompanied the equity weakness.
Prudential has agreed to acquire a 75% controlling interest in Bharti Life Insurance for $389 million, with a potential additional earn-out payment of $78 million contingent on specified conditions. UBS values the whole business at about $623 million including the conditional payment. The insurer intends to leverage its capabilities and secure dist…
The two-day meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping emphasized 'strategic stability,' reducing near-term geopolitical uncertainty for Chinese markets. However, the summit produced no substantial trade breakthroughs or concrete Chinese action to ease the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, leaving investors concerned about en…
Teleperformance SA shares jumped after the company unveiled a bond refinancing package that includes issuance of new 5-year and 8-year senior unsecured notes, an expected BBB rating from S&P, and a partial tender offer to repurchase selected outstanding bonds using proceeds from the new issue. The operation is intended to extend the company’s debt …
Advanced Medical Solutions Group shares fell sharply after U.S. private equity firm TA Associates Management, L.P. confirmed on May 15 that it will not proceed with a potential offer for the British wound-care company. The decline followed an April 18 disclosure that TA was considering a possible bid.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has named Mary-Anne Williams as its chief AI scientist, a role the bank says is the first of its kind at an Australian lender. Williams joins from the University of New South Wales, where she is deputy director of the AI Institute. The bank did not disclose her start date. Williams will lead a team of AI scientists an…
