Category: Top Story
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Warner Bros. Discovery shares gain after report of higher takeover bid
Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) shares edged 1.5% higher on Monday after a media report indicated that Paramount is preparing to submit a revised acquisition proposal valuing the company at $32 per share. According to Variety, sources familiar with the matter said Paramount Skydance, led by David Ellison, is expected to increase its offer from a…
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Shutterstock shares rise after DOJ approves Getty Images merger
Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) shares climbed about 5% on Monday, while Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) gained 7%, after the U.S. Department of Justice granted antitrust clearance for the companies’ proposed merger of equals. The DOJ completed its review and allowed the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act to expire without imposing conditions, the companies said, marking a key…
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Eli Lilly shares gain after Novo Nordisk obesity drug falls short in trial
Shares of Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) rose 2.8% to $1,037 in premarket trading Monday after rival Novo Nordisk (CSE:NOVOb) reported that its experimental obesity treatment CagriSema failed to meet a key clinical trial objective. Novo Nordisk said the study did not demonstrate that CagriSema was non-inferior to Eli Lilly’s Tirzepatide in reducing body weight. Trial data…
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U.S. Stock Futures Edge Lower Amid Trump Tariff Uncertainty; Nvidia Earnings Loom: Dow Jones, S&P, Nasdaq, Wall Street
U.S. equity futures moved modestly lower on Monday as investors assessed the fallout from the Supreme Court’s ruling against President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs, while attention turned toward upcoming earnings from semiconductor heavyweight Nvidia later this week. As of 05:50 ET, Dow Jones futures were down 110 points, or 0.2%, S&P 500 futures declined 16…
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Domino’s Pizza Shares Rise After Revenue Beat and Strong Sales Growth
Domino’s Pizza Inc. (NASDAQ:DPZ) reported fourth-quarter results on Monday that topped revenue forecasts but narrowly missed earnings expectations, with shares climbing following the announcement. The stock rose 6.4% after the release and gained 4.8% in premarket trading to $403.04, supported by stronger-than-expected U.S. same-store sales performance. The pizza chain posted adjusted earnings per share of…
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Connecting Excellence Group Expands to U.S. with OTCQB Listing.
Connecting Excellence Group PLC AQSE:XCE is taking its next step in international expansion, with shares now trading on the OTCQB in the United States under the ticker (OTCUS:XCELF). The move builds on the company’s existing London listing and signals a clear ambition: broaden access to U.S. investors while scaling a dual-engine business model that blends…
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Five Key Market Themes to Watch in the Coming Week
Investors returning to markets this week are expected to focus heavily on the evolving outlook for President Donald Trump’s tariff policy following a Supreme Court ruling that struck down his emergency trade measures. Trump’s swift move to introduce new broad-based tariffs has added fresh uncertainty to global trade relations and existing international agreements. Markets will…
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Earnings Hold Up Even as AI Disruption Concerns Persist, Goldman Sachs Says
Companies that have been at the heart of recent anxiety over artificial intelligence-driven disruption are, for the most part, still delivering solid earnings, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. Over the past three months, software shares have dropped by double-digit percentages as investors reacted nervously to the rollout of advanced AI models capable of replicating…
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AI-Driven Market Bubble Now “Much Less Likely,” Says Yardeni
The risk of a stock market bubble sparked by artificial intelligence enthusiasm has become “much less likely,” according to analysts at Yardeni Research. Last year, heavy investment pledges from mega-cap technology firms and a flurry of interconnected deals among AI-focused companies fueled concerns that the market was entering a speculative phase similar to the late-1990s…
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Tax Refund Season Could Channel $11 Billion a Week Into U.S. Stocks, Deutsche Bank Says
U.S. equities may draw in around $11 billion in weekly inflows as tax refunds are distributed through mid-April, according to Deutsche Bank strategist Parag Thatte. Thatte pointed out that the mid-February to mid-April window has historically accounted for roughly one-third of total annual inflows into U.S. stocks, making it a seasonally strong period for equity…