Vincent Gallet

Bridgepoint Takes a Majority Stake in Belgium's Lansweeper

Bridgepoint says it has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Lansweeper, a leading technology asset intelligence platform headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

July 27, 2026 at 05:54 am

Santander rises on Deutsche Bank comments

Santander is up 2.8% at €12.3 in Madrid, supported by positive comments from Deutsche Bank, which reiterates its 'buy' rating on the Spanish lender's shares, with its price target raised to €13.55 from €12.10.

July 27, 2026 at 04:54 am

Eutelsat Welcomes the US FCC's Decision

Responding positively to the FCC's decision 'establishing the regulatory framework for the transition of the upper C-band in the United States and creating the conditions for an orderly transition of satellite services', Eutelsat said it will receive $504m in incentive payments.

July 27, 2026 at 02:40 am

Argenx Snaps Up Forte Biosciences

argenx said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Forte Biosciences, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, for $77 per share in cash, representing a total equity value of about $2.2bn.

July 27, 2026 at 01:46 am

BNP Paribas Cardif takes a 26% stake in IndiaFirst Life

BNP Paribas Cardif said on Friday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire an approximately 26% stake in IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Limited from Warburg Pincus, a transaction subject to regulatory approvals.

July 27, 2026 at 01:28 am

Dell selected for an AI platform for research

Dell Technologies says it has been selected by the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) to design and develop the Innovative Growth in Next Generation AI Technology Ecosystem (IGNITE), a new AI and high-performance computing (HPC) platform for research funded by the State of Texas.

July 24, 2026 at 10:42 am

AMD slips despite upbeat comments from Jefferies

AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is down 2.8% at $525 in early trading on Wall Street, despite upbeat comments from Jefferies, which reiterates its 'buy' rating and raises its price target on the stock to $640 from $515.

July 24, 2026 at 10:07 am

American Express beats expectations in the second quarter

American Express posted earnings per share (EPS) up 11% year over year to $4.53 for its second quarter of fiscal 2026, a result above the analysts' average estimate of around $4.40.

July 24, 2026 at 07:22 am

BNP Paribas in the green on analyst comments

BNP Paribas is up 1.4% at around 105.2 EUR, supported by a number of analyst shops revisiting the name a day after the banking group's quarterly results, including BofA Securities, which reiterates its buy rating with a new price target of 130 EUR.

July 24, 2026 at 06:27 am

Euro zone: activity returns to growth in July (PMI)

S&P Global's Flash Composite PMI index for overall euro zone activity came in at 51.9 in July, up from June (50.0), signaling the first expansion in activity in four months, although growth remained at a moderate pace.

July 24, 2026 at 04:12 am

Deutsche Bank slightly raises its target on Deutsche Boerse

Deutsche Bank reiterates its buy recommendation on Deutsche Boerse, lifting its price target to €305 from €300, citing a quarterly release that leads it to modestly raise its forecasts by 1% (already above consensus) for the German exchange operator.

July 24, 2026 at 03:15 am

Sanofi halts amlitelimab in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis

Sanofi has announced it is discontinuing the clinical development of amlitelimab, an anti-OX40L ligand monoclonal antibody, in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD), after determining that the overall efficacy and safety data generated to date did not support continuing in this indication. The group is not changing its 2026 guidance following the announcement.

July 24, 2026 at 02:05 am

Argan outlines a merger plan with WDP

Argan has announced a plan for a cross-border merger via a share exchange with WDP, which 'will make it possible to build a platform spanning eight countries, generate accretive growth and create immediate value for shareholders of each company'.

July 24, 2026 at 01:46 am

BESI slips despite solid outlook, analysts say

BE Semiconductor Industries (BESI) is down 4% at €238.2 in Amsterdam, despite reporting its second-quarter results, marked by strong order intake and better-than-expected targets for the current quarter, according to ING.

July 23, 2026 at 10:32 am

The ECB keeps its key interest rates unchanged

As economists had expected, the ECB's Governing Council decided today to leave its three key interest rates unchanged, noting that 'the outlook for energy price developments, while very volatile, is currently close to the baseline scenario of its June projections'.

July 23, 2026 at 08:30 am

France: the business climate edges up slightly in July

In July 2026, the composite business climate indicator in France, calculated from responses by business leaders in the main market sectors of activity, rises by two points to 97 and moves closer to its long-term average (100).

July 23, 2026 at 07:10 am

Tech and oil send European markets lower ahead of the ECB

With attention set to shift to the ECB early this afternoon, European stock markets are looking gloomy, dragged down by late-evening results seen as disappointing in the US technology sector and by the ongoing surge in oil prices.

July 23, 2026 at 06:09 am

Atos launches a sovereign cloud platform for Europe

Atos announces the launch of Atos Sovereign Cloud, a next-generation platform dedicated to application orchestration and modernization, designed and developed in the European Union, and intended for public administrations, defense organizations, healthcare institutions, critical infrastructure operators and organizations subject to stringent regulatory requirements.

July 23, 2026 at 05:07 am

Nestlé slides in the wake of its half-year earnings

Nestlé is down 6.2% at 80.8 CHF early in trading in Zurich, after the Swiss food and beverage giant reported net profit of 3.47 bn CHF for the first half of 2026, or 1.35 CHF per share, down 31.4% from the same period in 2025.

July 23, 2026 at 03:40 am

STMicroelectronics quintuples its EPS in the second quarter

STMicroelectronics reports, for the second quarter of 2026, on a non-GAAP basis, EPS multiplied by five (+416.7%) year over year, to $0.31, an operating margin of 7.7% versus 2.1% a year earlier, as well as a gross margin up 1.7 points, to 35.2%.

July 23, 2026 at 02:12 am

BNP Paribas boosts net profit by a third in the second quarter

BNP Paribas reports group share net profit of €4,345m for the second quarter of 2026, up 33.4% year on year, implying a ROTE (return on tangible equity) of 13.3%.

July 23, 2026 at 01:46 am