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PJ's Coffee adds three craft sodas and a patriotic Firecracker Lemonade for $2.50, available July 1 through Aug. 3. The New Orleans chain expands summer menu with handcrafted drinks.
Methanex lowered its July ACP by $120 to $620, the lowest since January, citing weak demand and a supply glut. The cut pressures second-half revenue.
The Smoked Taco opens its 8th Utah location July 8 in Sandy, featuring a new Nashville Hot Chicken taco for $4.95. The chain uses 12-hour smoked meats and cheese-crusted tortillas.
CFO says input costs softening after West Asia tensions ease; Q1 and Q2 earnings still hit. Expansion plans on track with ₹10,000 crore capex.
Mirae Asset launched MAPS in Hong Kong on June 27, letting retail investors trade stocks and crypto from one app. The firm plans to expand into the US, Japan, and Singapore. Execution across two regulatory regimes is the key risk to watch.
Binance listed tokenized Microsoft and Meta stocks as the RWA market hit $347B. The bStocks are depositary receipts with no shareholder rights.
Petrobras agreed to buy a 50% stake in the Itaimbezinho block from Equinor, securing pre-salt exposure in the Campos Basin. The deal fits a $11 billion exploration budget.
The joint venture targets 3,000 metric tons of annual capacity by 2028, aiming to counter China's 90% grip on permanent magnet production.
Baker Hughes won a 13-year contract from Nigeria LNG to service turbomachinery at the Bonny Island facility. The deal supports Train 7 expansion and underlines the company's gas services strength.
Saudi FDI inflows fell 2.4% YoY to SAR 23.1B in Q1 2026. At the current run rate, annualized inflows would reach roughly SAR 92.4B, far short of the Vision 2030 target of SAR 388B.
Wedbush says Apple's push to import Chinese memory chips faces supply constraints and political headwinds, offering only narrow relief to production shortages.
After moving to the US for marriage, a British man found identity through rugby, a pub job, and an expat group. Here is how he rebuilt his life.
LIVA Insurance shareholders approved the board's recommendation to skip a cash dividend for 2024, retaining capital amid regulatory and market pressures.
Australia's Travel Rule takes effect July 1, requiring exchanges to collect sender and recipient data on crypto transfers above A$1,000. Here is what changes for traders.
WEC Energy scores 51/100 on AlphaScala's model. The utility has raised its dividend for 21 straight years and is on track for Aristocrat status by 2029.
Vector Institute's UnBias-Plus scans text and training data for biased language on race, gender, age, and political framing, then suggests neutral alternatives.
TAM Development's 6.2% dividend for 2025 gets shareholder approval. The SAR 0.62 per share payout signals stable returns.
Inflation eased in France and Germany in June, pushing the ECB toward a July pause. Eurozone CPI due Wednesday, US JOLTS and consumer confidence follow.
MIS shares hit an all-time high of SAR 235 on Tadawul on June 30, driven by demand without a company catalyst. The breakout confirms the uptrend but leaves the stock vulnerable to profit-taking.
Patrick Industries will acquire LCI Industries in an all-stock deal valued at 1.2440 PATK shares per LCII share, creating a larger RV and marine components supplier.
Costco trades near 50 times earnings as revenue growth slows. The May earnings report could expose the valuation gap.
Saudi Arabia gave employers until Dec. 2026 to fix work-permit violations, extending a deadline that was set to expire sooner. The move gives companies with large expat workforces more time to reconcile contract data.
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ADC and O carry net-lease REIT yields above 5% with low leverage and long-duration fixed-rate debt that limit the damage from prolonged higher rates.
ARLP yields above 10% with a covered payout and no near-term debt wall. The bull case does not require growth, only that the contract book holds up longer than the market expects.
Harbor Diversified International All Cap Fund returned 1.17% in Q1 2026, beating its benchmark. Stock selection in financials and industrials drove the outperformance.
Ark Invest bought $17M in Coinbase, Circle, Bullish, and Robinhood on Monday. All four stocks rose. Goldman Sachs raised HOOD's target to $121. Alpha Score data shows weak signals on three of the four names.
MemeCore lost 75% in 30 minutes. Ethena, Mantle, Worldcoin, and Cosmos also fell double digits as Bitcoin dominance topped 58% and capital fled altcoins.
Sinopec won a Social Responsibility Best Practice award at the 3rd Sino-European Corporate ESG Best Practice Conference in Frankfurt, citing green energy and low-carbon R&D.
A SAR 1.7M negotiated deal on SARCO shares on Tadawul was executed. The block trade's impact on liquidity and price will be watched in the next sessions.