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Kontoor Sells Lee Denim to Authentic Brands in $1B Deal

Kontoor Sells Lee Denim to Authentic Brands in $1B Deal

Kontoor Brands said on Thursday it had agreed to sell its Lee denim ​brand for up to $1 billion to Authentic Brands Group, ‌as the apparel maker streamlines its operations and focuses on higher-growth brands such as Wrangler. The deal comprises an initial $750 million payment and a...


May 21, 2026
Walmart Holds Targets as Fuel Shock Hits American Spending
Walmart Holds Targets as Fuel Shock Hits American Spending

Walmart stuck to its conservative annual sales and profit targets on Thursday, as ​rising fuel costs drive value‑seeking shoppers to its...

SpaceX $2T IPO Bets on Musk's Ambitious Rockets-to-AI
SpaceX $2T IPO Bets on Musk's Ambitious Rockets-to-AI

Investors buying into SpaceX's nearly $2 trillion IPO are making a high-stakes wager that CEO Elon Musk can turn a fast-growing...

Samsung Union Deal Hailed as Win Despite Smaller Hynix Bonuses
Samsung Union Deal Hailed as Win Despite Smaller Hynix Bonuses

The pay deal reached between Samsung Electronics and its union is being hailed as a win for ​the company which gained key concessions and...

Stellantis to Launch $70B Plan with 60 new Models by 2030
Stellantis to Launch $70B Plan with 60 new Models by 2030

Stellantis set out a new 60 billion euro ($70 billion) business plan on Thursday that includes 60 new car models ​by 2030 - from combustion...

Samsung Stock Soars as Strike Averted; Bonuses Stoke Worry
Samsung Stock Soars as Strike Averted; Bonuses Stoke Worry

Samsung Electronics' shares surged on Thursday after it clinched ‌an 11th-hour deal with its South Korean union to avert a strike,...

Gazprom Shares Fall on Lack of Dividend, China Pipeline
Gazprom Shares Fall on Lack of Dividend, China Pipeline

Gazprom shares continued their slide on Thursday, pressured by the previous day's announcement that ​it would not pay a dividend on...

May 20, 2026
Target Doubles Forecast but Flags Caution on Tight Consumers
Target Doubles Forecast but Flags Caution on Tight Consumers

Target raised its annual sales growth forecast ​for the first time in two years, but cautioned a tough macro environment ahead, as the...

Samvardhana Motherson Quarterly Profit Up on Auto Parts Demand
Samvardhana Motherson Quarterly Profit Up on Auto Parts Demand

Indian auto-parts maker Samvardhana Motherson reported a rise in fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by ​stronger demand for its...

Strong Results Erase Hunterbrook-Driven Losses for CSG
Strong Results Erase Hunterbrook-Driven Losses for CSG

Shares in CSG rose more than 11% on Wednesday ​as solid quarterly numbers reassured investors, ‌helping the Czech defence group recoup...

Sberbank seeks Chinese Chips to Power Russia's GigaChat AI Model
Sberbank seeks Chinese Chips to Power Russia's GigaChat AI Model

Russia hopes to power its flagship GigaChat AI model with Chinese-made ​chips, Sberbank's CEO said during President...

Nvidia Shares Set for $350B Price Swing on Earnings, Options
Nvidia Shares Set for $350B Price Swing on Earnings, Options

Traders are pricing in a $355 ​billion swing in Nvidia's market value after the company reports first-quarter earnings on Wednesday,...

May 19, 2026
ConocoPhillips: Qatar Gas JV Delays to be Months, not Years
ConocoPhillips: Qatar Gas JV Delays to be Months, not Years

Any delays to increasing liquefied natural gas ​production capacity at ConocoPhillips' joint ventures with Qatar are likely to ‌be...

Germany Starts Sale of Bailed-Out Energy Firm Uniper
Germany Starts Sale of Bailed-Out Energy Firm Uniper

Germany began the sale process for Uniper on Tuesday, inviting potential bidders for what could ‌become one of Europe's biggest deals...

India Oil says Revenue Loss on LPG Widens in May
India Oil says Revenue Loss on LPG Widens in May

Indian Oil Corp, the country's top fuel retailer, is suffering a revenue loss of 617 rupees ($6.39) on the sale of ​a cylinder of liquefied...

ASML Says 1st Chips from new High-NA Machines to Arrive in Months
ASML Says 1st Chips from new High-NA Machines to Arrive in Months

ASML expects ‌to see the first products created on the company's new High-NA machines within ​months, the chief executive ​of the...

ArcelorMittal Raises $667 Million from Vallourec Stake Sale
ArcelorMittal Raises $667 Million from Vallourec Stake Sale

ArcelorMittal has raised about $667 million (573 million ‌euros) from a secondary share sale of a 10% stake in French steel ​tubes maker...

Stellantis Pitches US Revival, Brands, China Deals to Investors
Stellantis Pitches US Revival, Brands, China Deals to Investors

Stellantis' CEO Antonio Filosa will outline ​a new long-term strategy to investors on Thursday with a focus on reviving crucial U.S....

BofA: Fund Managers Boost Equity Allocations by Record
BofA: Fund Managers Boost Equity Allocations by Record

Global fund managers raised their allocation to equities by the most on record in May, driven ​by optimism over earnings growth and by the...

StanChart Targets Higher Return, to Reduce more than 7,000 Roles by 2030
StanChart Targets Higher Return, to Reduce more than 7,000 Roles by 2030

Standard Chartered raised a key profit metric on Tuesday that the bank expects ‌to achieve through deep headcount cuts and an expansion...

Mistral AI Buys Austrian Physics Startup in Industrial Push
Mistral AI Buys Austrian Physics Startup in Industrial Push

Europe's leading artificial intelligence firm, France's Mistral AI, said on Tuesday it has acquired Vienna-based Emmi AI for ​an...

Kyle Su’s Kuark Launches $400M Asia Tech Hedge Fund
Kyle Su’s Kuark Launches $400M Asia Tech Hedge Fund

A Hong ​Kong-based fund manager is launching a new hedge fund to tap rising investor interest ‌in Asian artificial intelligence stocks, with a...

May 18, 2026
Citi Partners with BlackRock's HPS for $17.5B Private Credit Program
Citi Partners with BlackRock's HPS for $17.5B Private Credit Program

U.S. banking giant Citigroup and BlackRock's HPS Investment Partners have partnered on a 15 billion euro ($17.48 ​billion) private...

Lululemon Talks with Founder Collapse over High Demands
Lululemon Talks with Founder Collapse over High Demands

Lululemon Athletica sought to settle its bitter proxy fight with ​Chip Wilson as recently as last week but ‌baulked at what it said were...

NextEra to Buy Dominion in $66.8B US Power Deal amid AI Boom
NextEra to Buy Dominion in $66.8B US Power Deal amid AI Boom

NextEra Energy will buy Dominion Energy in an all-stock transaction valued at about $66.8 billion, creating the world's largest...

Birkenstock Loses its Footing as Luxury Ambitions Unravel
Birkenstock Loses its Footing as Luxury Ambitions Unravel

Birkenstock is falling out of favor with investors who are abandoning hope that ​the sandal maker can scale into a luxury powerhouse. The...

Musk Expects Widespread Use of Driverless Cars in US this Year
Musk Expects Widespread Use of Driverless Cars in US this Year

Tesla chief Elon Musk said on Monday he expects fully self-driving cars without human safety monitors to become more widespread in the United...

Anglo American to Sell Australian Coal Mines for Up to $3.9B
Anglo American to Sell Australian Coal Mines for Up to $3.9B

Anglo American said on Monday it will sell its steelmaking coal mines in Australia to UK-based miner Dhilmar for ​up to $3.88 billion, exiting...

US Drill Makers Shift to Steel as Tungsten Prices Surge
US Drill Makers Shift to Steel as Tungsten Prices Surge

U.S. drill bit manufacturers are shifting to steel-based products to cut costs as ‌tungsten prices surge due to trade restrictions and tighter...

IKEA Franchiser Cuts 850 Jobs as Consumer Spending Drops
IKEA Franchiser Cuts 850 Jobs as Consumer Spending Drops

Inter IKEA, which franchises the Swedish budget home furniture brand in 63 ‌countries, is laying off 850 workers in a cost-cutting drive as...

May 15, 2026
Starbucks Cuts 300 US Corporate Jobs and Closes Offices
Starbucks Cuts 300 US Corporate Jobs and Closes Offices

Starbucks is laying off ‌300 U.S. corporate employees in its regional support offices as it seeks to return to "durable, profitable...

Japan’s Inpex Buys Stake in Browse Gas from PetroChina
Japan’s Inpex Buys Stake in Browse Gas from PetroChina

Japan's Inpex said on Friday it would buy PetroChina's 10% stake ​in the Browse gas fields offshore from Western Australia, the...

TSMC Plans to Sell 152 Million Shares in Chipmaker Vanguard
TSMC Plans to Sell 152 Million Shares in Chipmaker Vanguard

TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, said ​on Friday it plans to sell ‌up to 152 million shares in Vanguard International...

BP Considers Sale of some Egyptian Gas Assets, Sources Say
BP Considers Sale of some Egyptian Gas Assets, Sources Say

LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Oil major BP is considering selling some of its natural ​gas assets in Egypt, four people ‌close to the matter...

KFC India Operator Devyani International's Loss Narrows on Same-Store Sales Growth
KFC India Operator Devyani International's Loss Narrows on Same-Store Sales Growth

Devyani International, the operator of KFC and Pizza Hut outlets in India, posted a smaller ​quarterly loss on Friday, as strong same-store sales...

Singapore Airlines Adding more Flights, Competitors Cut Back
Singapore Airlines Adding more Flights, Competitors Cut Back

Singapore Airlines will continue to grow ​its capacity, executives said on Friday, even as some of its biggest rivals like Cathay...

Alphabet’s $3.6B Yen Bond Sale is Largest by Foreign Firm
Alphabet’s $3.6B Yen Bond Sale is Largest by Foreign Firm

Alphabet has sold 576.5 billion yen ($3.6 billion) in yen-denominated bonds, a ​term sheet showed on Friday, the ‌largest-ever issue by a...

May 14, 2026
JLR Eyes $2.3B in Savings as Tata Motors Profit Slumps
JLR Eyes $2.3B in Savings as Tata Motors Profit Slumps

Jaguar Land Rover is targeting 1.7 billion pound ($2.3 ​billion) in cost savings over the next ‌two years after its Indian parent posted a...

Air India Records Record Annual Loss above $2B, Shareholder Results
Air India Records Record Annual Loss above $2B, Shareholder Results

Air India Group recorded a record loss of more than $2 billion for its 2025-26 fiscal year, according to shareholder Singapore...

AI Boom Puts SK Hynix on Cusp of $1 Trillion Market Value
AI Boom Puts SK Hynix on Cusp of $1 Trillion Market Value

SK Hynix is on the verge of topping a $1 ‌trillion market value, just weeks after Samsung Electronics crossed the milestone, as...

Foxconn Q1 Profit Beats Forecast, Jumps 19% on AI Demand
Foxconn Q1 Profit Beats Forecast, Jumps 19% on AI Demand

Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, reported on Thursday a 19% rise in first-quarter ‌profit versus the...

Honda Posts 1st Annual Loss on $9B EV Hit, Scraps Goals
Honda Posts 1st Annual Loss on $9B EV Hit, Scraps Goals

Honda Motor posted its ​first annual loss in nearly 70 years as a listed company on Thursday, hit by more than $9 billion in costs ‌to...

APAC Banks Hike Provisions as Iran War Fuels Credit Risk
APAC Banks Hike Provisions as Iran War Fuels Credit Risk

Regional banks raise provisions amid higher oil prices and economic uncertainty Some banks have set aside hundreds of millions of dollars to cover...


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