North America:

  • Tesla faces environmental violations at its facilities, potential exclusion from California EV tax credits, and competitive pressures requiring price adjustments, amidst settling a lawsuit with
  • Rivian and adjusting Model Y prices in China, all of which could impact its stock performance and market strategy.
  • Intel has secured up to $7.86 billion in funding from the US Department of Commerce for semiconductor manufacturing, while Qualcomm's interest in acquiring the company has diminished due to deal complexities.
  • Agilent Technologies reported a Q4 earnings increase to $1.46 per share and revenue of $1.7 billion, both surpassing Street estimates, and provided guidance for Q1 with EPS between $1.25-$1.28 on revenue of $1.65-$1.68 billion, while also setting optimistic FY 2025 earnings expectations above analyst forecasts.
  • Zoom Video Communications reported strong fiscal third-quarter results with a beat on earnings per share and revenue, raised its full-year outlook, and expanded its share repurchase plan, despite a drop in revenue from customers contributing more than $100,000.
  • Financial stocks are experiencing gains in Monday's trading, influenced by Citigroup's cost-cutting measures including reduced promotions, and Credit Agricole's rise in the global systemically important banks list, amidst mixed economic indicators.
  • Woodward consistently surpassed expectations in both Q3 and Q4, with earnings per share and revenue exceeding analyst estimates.
  • Kohl's has lowered its annual sales forecast due to weak holiday shopping demand, announced the departure of CEO Tom Kingsbury after less than two years, appointed Ashley Buchanan as the new CEO, and reported a Q3 revenue of $3.51 billion amidst a significant drop in share prices following a Q3 earnings miss.
  • Embecta has announced the discontinuation of its insulin patch pump program and a restructuring plan to save $60-$65 million annually, alongside reporting a Q4 earnings decline but increased revenue, beating street estimates, and issuing a FY2025 EPS forecast of $2.70-$2.90, while maintaining a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share.
  • Google is enhancing digital infrastructure with a new subsea cable from Darwin to Christmas Island, adjusting search results in Europe to comply with the Digital Markets Act and address smaller businesses' concerns, amidst scrutiny from EU regulators and a legal battle with the DOJ over search advertising practices.

Europe and Asia:

  • Roche acquires Poseida Therapeutics for up to $1.5 billion to enhance its allogeneic cell therapy offerings, even as its SKYSCRAPER-01 lung cancer trial fails to meet its primary endpoint.
  • Compass Group reported a decline in pretax profit and lower attributable profit for FY24 despite higher revenue and a raised annual dividend, while forecasting over 7.5% organic revenue growth and slower profit growth for fiscal 2025 due to market exits and a costly abandoned technology project.
  • UniCredit launched a hostile takeover bid for Banco BPM valued at EUR6,657 per share, which was rejected by Banco BPM as undervalued, amidst Credit Agricole's unrelated increase in its stake through derivatives and without seeking ECB approval to go beyond 9.2%.
  • Barclays is set to open a private bank booking center in Singapore by 2026 to cater to ultra-high-net-worth and global family office clients, alongside cutting mortgage rates in response to market changes.
  • TotalEnergies is expanding exploration in South Africa's Deep Water Orange Basin, refuting fraud allegations by France's Energy Minister and denying new financial commitments with Adani Green Energy amidst a review of a power supply contract in Andhra Pradesh linked to U.S. bribery charges against the Adani Group.
  • Stellantis N.V. European automakers' shares and stock markets are expected to decline due to increased global economic uncertainty from Trump's tariff policies, despite Stellantis launching the E-Ducato electric van and dominating Italy's growing used car market.
  • DHL Group Authorities are nearing completion of the crash site investigation of a DHL partner jet in Lithuania, with leaders urging against speculation and demanding full clarification of the incident.
  • Cranswick PLC exceeded expectations in H1 2025, posting a 3.8% increase in pretax profit to GBP90.2 million and revenue of GBP1.33 billion, with earnings of GBX124.00 per share.
  • Volkswagen Group France expanded its vehicle recycling network with its 400th contract, amidst challenges including a potential global trade-war due to Trump's tariff threats and a significant writedown on its Northvolt stake, while the US NHTSA upheld a rule for advanced emergency braking systems in new vehicles by 2029.
  • Huawei has launched the Mate 70 smartphone amid impending US chip restrictions, while Brazil's antitrust regulator has mandated Apple to enable third-party payment methods for in-app purchases, aligning with new local regulations.
  • UBS intends to acquire full ownership of its Chinese joint venture, UBS Securities, to strengthen its presence in China.
  • Macquarie has been fined a total of £13 million by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority for failing to detect and prevent fictitious trades conducted by a metals trader in its London office.
  • Alphabet and Meta Platforms have urged the Australian government to postpone a proposed bill that would ban children under 16 from using social media.
  • Sony Group is reportedly developing a new handheld console to play PS5 games on the go, aiming to compete in the portable gaming market, while also facing a legal battle over copyright infringement with Cox Communications.
  • Alibaba Group Holding has filed for a listing of three bond series totaling $2.65 billion on the Singapore stock exchange.
  • Scott Farquhar, the co-founder of Atlassian, recently sold shares in the company.
  • Alimentation Couche-Tard announced a decrease in fiscal second-quarter earnings while simultaneously increasing its dividend.
  • HSBC repurchased 7.6 million of its shares across the UK and Hong Kong markets.
  • National Australia Bank Limited - Insignia Financial successfully migrated over 700,000 MLC MasterKey and Plum accounts, along with related applications and over 100 terabytes of data from National Australia Bank.
  • Sanofi and A*STAR have partnered to conduct research on new treatments for acne.
  • GE Vernova has secured a contract to supply 69 Dead Tank Circuit Breakers (DTCBs) of 245 kV and above to Powerlink, Queensland's public transmission company, for its Capital Work program.
  • BYD has refuted the rumors that it is planning to acquire Nio or enter into a joint venture deal with them.