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The stalled talks add a geopolitical risk premium to crude, rekindling worries that sticky inflation may keep the Fed on hold. Traders now await the next round of negotiations for direction.
NAB's April survey shows cost pressures squeezing margins: purchase costs up 4.5% vs selling prices 1.8%. Retail price growth surged to 3.2%, keeping RBA tightening bias alive amid deteriorating activity.
Microvast Holdings released its Q1 2026 earnings call presentation, giving traders the first detailed look at production, margins, and order-book health as the commercial EV battery market digests softening demand.
Licensing surge and a full-stack Bluetooth HDT win support a mix shift toward high-margin royalties. Ceva's 40%-50% profit growth target hinges on Wi-Fi ramp conversion.
NAB business conditions fell to 3 in April from 6, extending a three-month slide from 11. Markets pulled forward RBA rate-cut timing, weighing on the Australian dollar.
NAB business confidence improved to -24 in April from -29, still deep in contraction territory. Conditions data points to weakening momentum ahead of the 20 May RBA minutes.
Japan's Katayama said the US and Japan affirmed close cooperation on currency moves, a signal that lowers the bar for intervention as USD/JPY hovers near 160.
Saudi Aramco warns normalization could stretch into 2027. Nintendo Switch 2 forecast cut slams demand thesis. S&P 500 closed at records anyway.
The UF/RO plant will treat 1.5M gallons per day with >90% recovery, reducing a major manufacturer's municipal water reliance. Commissioning by end-2026. Next: credit facility extension.
Turaco Gold drills 28m at 2.17 g/t gold at Afema as the June 2026 PFS approaches. Resource stands at 4.65 Moz after a 1.5 Moz increase in 12 months. The study will define whether the project can be built.
Simon raised 2026 FFO guidance to $13.10–$13.25 after Q1 NOI and redevelopment yields hit 9%. Buyback and dividend hike reinforce capital return.
First-quarter revenue beat expectations on $49 billion in assets. Cost reductions won't show until the second half, creating a margin lag that the next quarterly report will test.
Q1 revenue rose 22%. Management now targets 13-15% full-year sales growth and a move to positive EBITDAS in Q4, narrowing the path to a cash-flow inflection.
The two-hour meeting explicitly covered forex, adding a warning to yen bears as Washington and Tokyo coordinate on stability. Bessent leaves for Seoul trade talks.
The latest SPR release adds barrels near the peak of summer driving demand, yet the crude-to-gasoline transmission is clogged by refinery bottlenecks. The next EIA inventory report will show whether the barrels are adding to commercial stocks.
FY 2026 revenue guided to $1.185B–$1.205B alongside a 20% workforce cut. The shift to hybrid consumption pricing arrives Q3, reframing the AI demand narrative.
Philippine equities face renewed political uncertainty after Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano denied his appointment was tied to VP Duterte's impeachment. The next catalyst is any formal filing.
FG-3246 Phase II interim data due Q4 2026; roxadustat Phase III results in 2H 2026. Cash extended to 2028 removes dilution overhang, setting up a two-catalyst year.
Fifteen sell-side analysts from JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and others joined ZoomInfo's Q1 2026 call, signaling high expectations. The transcript is not yet available, leaving investors to parse the turnout for clues.
The reaffirmation of close cooperation removes a layer of political risk for yen bears. Japan's reserves plunged by roughly $1 billion in a suspected intervention last month. The new diplomatic alignment may shift the calculus toward coordinated action.
Drained across Ethereum, Base, and BNB Chain in 10–30 minutes, the attack exposes a key-management failure that threatens all SIGMA-generated wallets.
Swatch's $500 Royal Pop mimics the Royal Oak that crypto traders bought for $106,000 at peak. The May 16 release tests whether mass access erodes the exclusivity that drove secondary prices.
The S&P 500 added $9.6 trillion since March 30, closing at a record 7,412.84. Bitcoin holds above $78,000, yet the usual risk-on rotation has stalled. The next BTC move will signal whether the link is broken.
The euro slipped under 1.1800 as doubts over the US-Iran ceasefire drove haven demand for the dollar. US CPI data due next will set the near-term direction.
Brent crude rose to $104.51 after Trump called Iran's counterproposal 'garbage.' Trump-Xi talks this week could determine if supply risks escalate further.
CleanSpark's Q2 2026 call outlines a 14–18-month delivery window for AI data centers, with 1.8 GW of contracted power awaiting anchor tenants. Sandersville lease talks are the next catalyst.
CleanSpark's Q2 2026 call on May 11 puts its 1.8 GW AI data center roadmap under scrutiny as the miner pivots from bitcoin to high-performance compute.
Biome Australia extended exclusive Probiotical supply to 2028, removing a 2026 expiry. Revenue $12.4M, 8 EBITDA-positive quarters. BMB18 trial is next catalyst.
Earnings missed by 20.46% while revenue beat by 4.26% for the March 2026 quarter. The divergence points to cost pressures that could weigh on ITRG shares until the next production update.
Almonty Industries posted a 33.33% earnings beat and 19.90% revenue surprise in Q1. The beat suggests supply tightness is translating to financial outperformance.