February 27, 2026 7:30 am
Key Moments Netflix exited the bidding after Warner Bros Discovery’s board labeled Paramount Skydance’s $31 per share offer for the entire company as “superior”. Netflix had led earlier with a $27.75 per share bid for Warner’s studio and HBO Max businesses, valuing those assets at almost $83bn including debt. If completed, a Paramount Skydance takeover […]
Read moreFebruary 26, 2026 3:05 pm
Key Moments eBay plans to eliminate about 800 positions, representing roughly 6% of its full-time staff, as it seeks to streamline operations. The latest layoffs come shortly after eBay’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Depop, strengthening its focus on secondhand fashion and Gen Z-oriented platforms. This marks eBay’s third round of workforce reductions since 2023, following […]
Read moreFebruary 26, 2026 2:01 pm
Key Moments Citi placed KLA Corp on a 30-day positive Catalyst Watch ahead of its March 12 Investor Day in New York. The bank’s analyst projects KLA could achieve “$24Bn/$68 revenue/EPS in 2030 on $200Bn WFE,” with gross margins at 63% from 2026 levels. Citi reiterated its Buy rating and views KLA as having “the […]
Read moreFebruary 26, 2026 10:55 am
Key Moments ING estimates that as much as a $10/bbl risk premium is currently embedded in oil prices ahead of US-Iran nuclear talks. ICE Brent timespreads indicate a better supplied physical market, even as flat prices remain supported by geopolitical uncertainty. The EIA reported a 15.99m-barrel weekly build in US crude inventories, the largest since […]
Read moreFebruary 26, 2026 9:29 am
Key Moments Bitcoin advanced 5.3% to $68,349.6 by 01:22 ET (06:22 GMT), recovering most of this week’s earlier declines. Roughly $468.7 million in Bitcoin short positions were liquidated in the past 24 hours amid a sharp short squeeze. Altcoins including Ether, XRP, Solana, Cardano, BNB, Dogecoin, and $TRUMP also moved higher, although broader sentiment stayed […]
Read moreFebruary 26, 2026 7:58 am
Key Moments GBP/JPY traded down 0.3% to around 211.30 in early European hours, reversing part of a two-day rally. BoJ Governor Kazuo Ueda kept further interest rate hikes in play, contingent on incoming economic and price data. Market participants expect the Bank of England to cut interest rates in March amid softer labor conditions and […]
Read moreFebruary 25, 2026 1:40 pm
Key Moments Oppenheimer raised Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) to Outperform from Perform and assigned a $185 price target following the stock’s recent pullback. The firm sees Oracle as a “strong EPS compounder,” even after assuming a 25% reduction to management’s revenue outlook and projecting earnings to double by FY30. Despite ongoing concerns around leverage, margins, and […]
Read moreFebruary 25, 2026 1:25 pm
Key Moments USD/CHF trades near 0.7746 after rebounding from an intraday low of 0.7719 as the US Dollar firms against the Swiss Franc. Markets now see a reduced probability of a Federal Reserve rate cut in June, with July viewed as the more likely start of easing. Swiss economic sentiment improves in February, but the […]
Read moreFebruary 25, 2026 10:37 am
Key Moments WTI trades near $65.90 per barrel in European markets, marking a second straight day of declines. API data show a weekly U.S. crude stockpile increase of 11.4 million barrels, reversing a prior 0.609 million-barrel draw. Traders weigh inventory pressure against geopolitical supply risks ahead of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks and potential trade tariffs. WTI […]
Read moreFebruary 25, 2026 9:51 am
Key Moments: HSBC Global Research notes that EUR/USD has stayed stable despite EU-US trade uncertainty. The bank believes most US policy risk is already reflected in EUR/USD, which trades above interest rate differentials. HSBC expects EUR/USD to test the top of its recent range, but fresh highs are unlikely due to muted wage growth and […]
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