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A U.S. State Department cable directed diplomatic posts worldwide to warn partners about what it describes as extensive efforts by Chinese companies to extract and distill proprietary outputs from U.S. artificial intelligence models. The memo names startups including DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax, and says such distillation can produce lower-co…
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court alleging that New York's attorney general overstepped by suing operators of prediction markets. The CFTC contends the state's legal action against Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan encroaches on the federal regulatory framework governing commodity…
Mexico's benchmark S&P/BMV IPC finished Friday's session up 0.87%, with strength centered in industrials and consumer-oriented sectors. Top performers included Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte, Arca Continental and Corporacion Inmobiliaria Vesta, while Genomma Lab, Sigma Foods and Cemex lagged. Market breadth was positive, and key commodity and …
The Colombian benchmark fell at Friday's close, driven by weakness in Financials, Investment and Public Services. The COLCAP index ended the session down 0.86%. Ecopetrol and Bolsa de Valores De Colombia were among the winners, while Grupo Bolivar, Grupo Aval and Grupo Nutresa registered the steepest declines.
Russia's share market ended Friday's session lower, with losses concentrated in Mining, Oil & Gas and Power stocks. The MOEX Russia Index declined 1.27% at the Moscow close, while market breadth favored decliners and volatility edged higher. Commodity and FX moves accompanied the equity downturn, with crude prices mixed and the ruble strengthening …
Lincoln International has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. The filing is not yet effective, the share count and price range have not been set, and the company has applied to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the tic…
Pioneer Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:PBFS) announced the acquisition of Targeted Lending Co. LLC for approximately $140 million in cash, adding a nationwide equipment financing platform and roughly $120 million in loans to its balance sheet. Targeted Lending will become Pioneer’s Specialty Financing division, led by Targeted Lending CEO Brian Gallo, and wi…
CureVac has initiated a lawsuit in Delaware federal court accusing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, of infringing on CureVac patents tied to mRNA technology. The complaint alleges Moderna used CureVac’s methods for stabilizing inherently fragile mRNA and seeks royalties as damages. The suit forms part of a broader string of legal actions by bi…
Maine's Democratic governor, Janet Mills, vetoed legislation that would have halted approvals for large new data centers after lawmakers approved the measure last week. The proposed law would have frozen permits for facilities requiring more than 20 megawatts of power until October 2027 while a state council studied effects on the grid, electricity…
The U.S. Trade Representative's office announced public hearings for April 28-29 at the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington to examine ongoing Section 301 investigations into whether 60 countries have failed to prevent imports made with forced labor. The hearings will include 12 panels and roughly 60 witnesses from advocacy groups, hu…
U.S. equity markets closed mixed on Friday with sector rotations producing divergent outcomes. The S&P 500 gained 0.80% and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.63%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.16%. Tech, basic materials and consumer services stocks were among the day’s winners, while telecoms, healthcare and industrial names lagged.…
Canadian equities finished slightly lower on Friday, with the S&P/TSX Composite retreating 0.03% after declines in Energy, Telecoms and Real Estate weighed on the index. A handful of stocks posted notable moves in both directions, while market breadth was modestly positive and volatility eased. Commodity prices and major currency pairs showed mixed…
Brazil's main equity gauge closed modestly lower on Friday, pressured by losses in Real Estate, Industrials and Electric Power segments. The Bovespa declined 0.33% at the Sao Paulo close, while market breadth favored decliners and volatility edged higher. Selected commodities and currency pairs also registered small moves during the session.
iHeartMedia stock rallied sharply on Friday after reports surfaced that the company and Sirius XM were in early-stage merger discussions. Shares of iHeartMedia rose 14% while Sirius XM fell 6%, and trading in iHeartMedia was paused for volatility. Company representatives declined to comment, and the talks were described as preliminary with no certa…
The U.S. government's purchase of a 9.9% stake in Intel has produced an estimated paper gain of just over $26 billion, driven by a rise in the chipmaker's share price to about $81 late on Friday. The investment included 433.3 million primary shares and a conditional five-year warrant. Recent corporate deals and stronger-than-expected quarterly resu…
The investment strategy favoring heavy-asset, low-obsolescence sectors - known as the HALO trade - has encountered setbacks after the war in Iran introduced doubt into its central assumptions. That shift has prompted reductions in first-quarter profit estimates for both industrials and materials, rising short interest in industrial stocks, and a ma…
The current administration has filed intentions in federal court to again terminate the legal parole status of migrants who entered the United States after using the CBP One app. A federal judge in Boston previously ruled that the Department of Homeland Security acted unlawfully when it ended parole for more than 900,000 people, and set a hearing t…
The U.S. Space Force has issued prototype contracts with a potential combined value of up to $3.2 billion to multiple companies to advance space-based missile defense interceptors as part of the Golden Dome initiative. The effort includes awards intended to develop interceptors that could engage missile threats shortly after launch from orbit and a…
The U.S. Space Force has issued contracts totaling up to $3.2 billion to a dozen companies to develop space-based missile interceptors as part of the Golden Dome initiative. The awards, delivered in late 2025 and early 2026, are intended to accelerate technology for intercepting missile threats shortly after launch and to demonstrate an integrated …
Ford Motor Co. and China's Geely held discussions earlier this year about the possibility of extending negotiations from Europe to the United States, including the option for Ford to license Geely technology domestically. Those talks have slowed, with both companies now focusing on completing a pact to share technology and production capacity in Eu…
Major technology and semiconductor stocks spearheaded gains Friday, with Intel among the largest advancers after an analyst upgrade. Several large-cap communications and healthcare names fell following earnings and volume headlines. Market moves ranged across mega-cap, large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap lists, with distinct company-specific catalysts…
Traders face a packed calendar on Monday, April 27, 2026, with multiple Treasury auctions and a Dallas Fed manufacturing report for Texas scheduled through the morning and noon sessions. While there are no major three-star economic indicators on the docket, the day’s auctions and regional factory data may offer fresh information on short- and mediu…
U.S. equity benchmarks looked set to finish the week with gains as a three-week extension of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire and reports of Iran's foreign minister traveling to Pakistan reduced immediate geopolitical pressure. Still, a software-led selloff and a fresh uptick in oil prices on Thursday underscored fragile sentiment. Semiconductor names …
Eli Lilly’s newly introduced oral weight-loss medication, Foundayo, recorded a modest uptick in prescriptions in its second week compared with its debut, but remained well below the pace set by Novo Nordisk’s oral Wegovy. Analysts and investors are closely watching the rollout as a test of Lilly’s ability to challenge Novo’s early lead in the oral …
A U.S. Army master sergeant charged in connection with wagers placed on a prediction market surrounding the removal of Nicolás Maduro was released on a $250,000 bond, a Justice Department spokesman said. Prosecutors allege the soldier used confidential information about a U.S. military operation to place bets on Polymarket between Dec. 27, 2025 and…
