In this article EL PUIG-ES Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Estee Lauder Cos. concession in the beauty department inside the John Lewis Partnership Plc department store on Oxford Street in London, UK, on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Estée Lauder's shares were up almost 10% in premarket trading after talks over a potential merger with Spanish beauty ...
In this article EL PUIG-ES Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Estee Lauder Cos. concession in the beauty department inside the John Lewis Partnership Plc department store on Oxford Street in London, UK, on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Estée Lauder's shares were up almost 10% in premarket trading after talks over a potential merger with Spanish beauty group Puig were "terminated." The British beauty giant, which owns the Clinique and Tom Ford Beauty brands and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, said in March that it was in discussions with Puig , the owner of Charlotte Tilbury and Jean Paul Gaultier, to combine the companies. But Estée Lauder said in a statement on Thursday that both parties had terminated discussions and that it remained focused on its "Beauty Reimagined" turnaround strategy, which involves focusing on premium launches and streamlining the company's supply chain. "We are grateful for the conversations we have had with Puig," Estée's president and CEO, Stéphane de La Faverie, said in the statement. "We are reiterating our confidence in the power of our incredible brands, our talented teams, and our strength as a standalone company. "We are more optimistic than ever about our ability to unlock significant long-term value through Beauty Reimagined, and we remain focused on accelerating that progress." Estée Lauder's shares were last seen up 9.6% in premarket trading. Puig had plunged nearly 14% by 11:55 a.m. CEST (5:55 a.m. E.T.) . Estée Lauder has a market cap of $28 billion. Puig's is 2.7 billion euros (roughly $3 billion). Puig did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment. Estée said in February that it expects a $100 million hit to its full-year profitability due to tariffs. Its "Beauty Reimagined" strategy, which is intended to boost growth, is expected to cost between $1.2 billion and $1.6 billion. The company laid out plans to slash 3,000 jobs as part of a restructuring and is lo...
AI Trade Broadens Beyond Taiwan Semiconductor Rayliant Global Advisors CIO Jason Hsu told Bloomberg on Friday that the market is structurally rotating beyond Taiwan Semiconductor as investors seek exposure to emerging AI winners across the semiconductor ecosystem. Swiss-Asia Financial Services portfolio manager Brian Ooi said the rise of agentic AI is reshaping chip demand because AI agents requir...
AI Trade Broadens Beyond Taiwan Semiconductor Rayliant Global Advisors CIO Jason Hsu told Bloomberg on Friday that the market is structurally rotating beyond Taiwan Semiconductor as investors seek exposure to emerging AI winners across the semiconductor ecosystem. Swiss-Asia Financial Services portfolio manager Brian Ooi said the rise of agentic AI is reshaping chip demand because AI agents require greater CPU capacity as the industry transitions from AI training workloads toward inference-driven computing. MediaTek, Samsung And Memory Stocks Gain Momentum Financiere de l'Echiquier's Kevin Net told Bloomberg that his fund remains structurally underweight Taiwan Semiconductor due to portfolio concentration limits, while increasing exposure to companies such as MediaTek and Samsung. Taiwan Semiconductor Earnings & Analyst Outlook Looking further out, the next major catalyst for the stock arrives with the July 16, 2026 (estimated) earnings report. EPS Estimate : $3.69 (Up from $2.47 YoY) : $3.69 (Up from $2.47 YoY) Revenue Estimate : $39.76 Billion (Up from $30.07 Billion YoY) : $39.76 Billion (Up from $30.07 Billion YoY) Valuation: P/E of 35.1x (Indicates premium valuation relative to peers) Analyst Consensus & Recent Actions: The stock carries a Buy rating with an average price forecast of $420.00. Recent analyst moves include: Barclays : Overweight (Raises forecast to $470.00) (April 22) : Overweight (Raises forecast to $470.00) (April 22) DA Davidson : Buy (Maintains forecast to $450.00) (April 17) : Buy (Maintains forecast to $450.00) (April 17) Needham: Buy (Raises forecast to $480.00) (April 16) Taiwan Semiconductor Price Action TSM Price Action: Taiwan Semiconductor shares were up 0.31% at $408.41 during premarket trading on Friday. The stock is approaching its 52-week high of $421.97, according to Benzinga Pro data. Photo via Shutterstock
Key findings for Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) Weak Near-Term Sentiment Could Challenge Long-Term Strength A mid-channel oscillation pattern is in play. Exceptional 39.7:1 risk-reward short setup targets 11.5% downside vs 0.3% risk Signals: 339.11 · 386.11 · 411.42 · 436.17 (bold = current price) 339.11 · 386.11 · · 436.17 Divergent Sentiment Across Horizons Suggests Choppy Conditions — See current...
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Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh clashed with police in a bid to seize a suspect accused of raping a four-year-old girl, officials said on Friday. In recent months, the South Asian country has seen a spike in reported cases of violence against women and children, fuelling widespread anger. Police said the suspect, Monir Hossain, was detained by locals in Bangladesh’s second-largest city of Ch...
Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh clashed with police in a bid to seize a suspect accused of raping a four-year-old girl, officials said on Friday. In recent months, the South Asian country has seen a spike in reported cases of violence against women and children, fuelling widespread anger. Police said the suspect, Monir Hossain, was detained by locals in Bangladesh’s second-largest city of Chattogram and was being handed over to the authorities on Thursday when tensions boiled over among the roughly 5,000 people present. Advertisement Crowds surrounded the police vehicle and attempted to seize Hossain, prompting officers to deploy reinforcements and fire tear gas. The clashes lasted nearly six hours and a police vehicle was torched. Advertisement “The situation is now under control, and the perpetrator will be taken to court today,” Chattogram Metropolitan Police spokesman Aminur Rashid said. The four-year-old was undergoing hospital treatment.
When Pep Guardiola arrived in English football in the summer of 2016, there was a degree of scepticism. The quality of the football produced by his Barcelona had been extraordinary – and it’s perhaps difficult now, 18 years on, to remember the impact that side had when they first emerged, how incomprehensible the focus on passing and the manipulation of space seemed. But his Bayern Munich had not ...
When Pep Guardiola arrived in English football in the summer of 2016, there was a degree of scepticism. The quality of the football produced by his Barcelona had been extraordinary – and it’s perhaps difficult now, 18 years on, to remember the impact that side had when they first emerged, how incomprehensible the focus on passing and the manipulation of space seemed. But his Bayern Munich had not won the Champions League and it was reasonable enough to ask whether that very precise, technically accomplished style would be as effective amid the hurly-burly of an English winter as it had been in Spain and Germany. After a fine start, City fell away in the autumn. Then, at the beginning of December, away to the reigning champions, Leicester, they went 3-0 down inside 20 minutes. Jamie Vardy claimed a hat-trick as City, despite having 78% of the ball, were ripped apart on the counter and lost 4-2. Guardiola sounded almost bemused afterwards. “The second balls is a concept that is typical here in England when they talk a lot about the tackles,” he said. “I am not a coach for the tackles so I don’t train the tackles.” The feeling then was Guardiola had a lot to learn about the English game and he would have to change. And perhaps there has been some evidence of that, but Guardiola revolutionised the English game before it shaped him. Go down the divisions, to the ninth and 10th tiers and watch the football being played. This used to be the game in its rawest, least sophisticated form, physical, direct and played in thick mud for half the year. Yet now it’s common, almost the default, for sides to take goal-kicks short, to pass out from the back. Talk to a coach at that level and they’ll tell you that kids simply grow up playing that way, in part because that’s what they see on television and think football looks like, and in part because surfaces are so much better than they were two or three decades ago. Hybrid and 3G pitches have transformed the game. View image in full...
A so-called software supply chain attack , in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that haunted the cybersecurity world with its insidious threat of turning any innocent application into a dangerous foothold in a victim’s network. Now one group of cybercriminals has turned that occasional nightmare into a ne...
A so-called software supply chain attack , in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that haunted the cybersecurity world with its insidious threat of turning any innocent application into a dangerous foothold in a victim’s network. Now one group of cybercriminals has turned that occasional nightmare into a near-weekly episode, corrupting hundreds of open source tools, extorting victims for profit, and sowing a new level of distrust in an entire ecosystem used to create the world’s software. On Tuesday night, open source code platform GitHub announced that it had been breached by hackers in one such software supply chain attack: A GitHub developer had installed a “poisoned” extension for VSCode, a plug-in for a commonly used code editor that, like GitHub itself, is owned by Microsoft. As a result, the hackers behind the breach, an increasingly notorious group called TeamPCP, claim to have accessed around 4,000 of GitHub’s code repositories. GitHub’s statement confirmed that it had found at least 3,800 compromised repositories while noting that, based on its findings so far, they all contained GitHub’s own code, not that of customers. “We are here today to advertise GitHub’s source code and internal orgs for sale,” TeamPCP wrote on BreachForums, a forum and marketplace for cybercriminals. “Everything for the main platform is there and I very am happy to send samples to interested buyers to verify absolute authenticity.” Read full article Comments
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Nvidia's (NVDA, Financials) upbeat outlook for artificial intelligence demand continued to lift parts of the Asian semiconductor supply chain. Shares of several suppliers moved higher after Nvidia reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results and signaled that demand for AI chips remains resilient. Positive comments from Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa...
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Nvidia's (NVDA, Financials) upbeat outlook for artificial intelligence demand continued to lift parts of the Asian semiconductor supply chain. Shares of several suppliers moved higher after Nvidia reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results and signaled that demand for AI chips remains resilient. Positive comments from Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su on AI demand also helped support sentiment. The rally included companies tied to chip manufacturing, electronic components and specialty materials. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a major supplier to Nvidia and AMD, edged higher after a stronger move in the previous session. Foxconn also gained. Japanese suppliers saw broader strength, with Murata Manufacturing, Sumco, Shin-Etsu Chemical and Ibiden rising as investors bet that AI infrastructure spending will keep supporting chip demand. The gains show how Nvidia's results affect more than one company. When demand for AI chips rises, the benefit can spread to foundries, packaging firms, materials suppliers and electronics manufacturers. Still, the move was not uniform. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix slipped after strong gains a day earlier, as investors took profits and watched labor talks in South Korea. For investors, the next test is whether AI-related orders remain strong through the second half of the year.
Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. trimmed its holdings in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) by 3.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 47,406 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock after selling 1,902 shares during the period. Tesla comprises about 1.0% of Meiji Yasuda A...
Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. trimmed its holdings in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) by 3.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 47,406 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock after selling 1,902 shares during the period. Tesla comprises about 1.0% of Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd.'s holdings, making the stock its 14th largest position. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd.'s holdings in Tesla were worth $21,319,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Get Tesla alerts: Sign Up A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Cloud Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Tesla by 1.1% in the third quarter. Cloud Capital Management LLC now owns 2,076 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $923,000 after purchasing an additional 23 shares in the last quarter. PFS Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Tesla by 4.2% in the fourth quarter. PFS Partners LLC now owns 590 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $265,000 after purchasing an additional 24 shares in the last quarter. Monte Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Tesla by 1.5% in the third quarter. Monte Financial Group LLC now owns 1,644 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $731,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Jackson Hole Trust lifted its position in shares of Tesla by 1.0% during the third quarter. Bank of Jackson Hole Trust now owns 2,497 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $1,110,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Presidio Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Tesla by 0.6% during the third quarter. Presidio Capital Management LLC now owns 3,996 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $1,777,000 aft...
Intellus Advisors LLC reduced its stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) by 3.5% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 99,427 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after selling 3,653 shares during the period. Advanced Micro Devices accounts for about 2.8% of Intel...
Intellus Advisors LLC reduced its stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) by 3.5% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 99,427 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after selling 3,653 shares during the period. Advanced Micro Devices accounts for about 2.8% of Intellus Advisors LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest holding. Intellus Advisors LLC's holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $21,293,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of AMD. Joseph Group Capital Management acquired a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 61.0% during the third quarter. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. now owns 161 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 61 shares during the period. Aviso Financial Inc. boosted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 400.0% during the third quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. now owns 200 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 160 shares during the period. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 100.0% during the third quarter. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 200 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Finally, LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA boosted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 74.1% during the third quarter. LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA now owns 235 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional...
China’s top economic planner denied pressuring domestic tech companies to turn down foreign investment amid rising concerns sparked by its recent blocking of Facebook owner Meta Platforms’ proposed buyout of Chinese-founded AI start-up Manus. “We have never required Chinese tech firms not to accept foreign investment,” Li Chao, spokesman for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), s...
China’s top economic planner denied pressuring domestic tech companies to turn down foreign investment amid rising concerns sparked by its recent blocking of Facebook owner Meta Platforms’ proposed buyout of Chinese-founded AI start-up Manus. “We have never required Chinese tech firms not to accept foreign investment,” Li Chao, spokesman for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said at a press conference on Friday. “We support Chinese firms to integrate into the global innovation network and engage in mutually beneficial international collaboration.” Li’s comment was in response to a question about China’s reported plan to ask tech firms to turn down US capital. Bloomberg reported in April that Chinese regulators, including the NDRC, were planning to restrict China’s top AI firms and other tech companies from accepting US capital without government approval. Advertisement The concerns arose after the NDRC announced in late April that it had blocked Meta Platforms’ proposed purchase of Manus, an AI start-up officially registered in Singapore but that developed its products in mainland China. The regulator asked the parties involved in the deal to cancel the transaction. The logo of DeepSeek is seen during the Global Developer Conference in Shanghai on February 21, 2025. Photo: AFP A separate Bloomberg report on Thursday said that Manus was considering raising around US$1 billion from external investors to meet Beijing’s demand to unwind the takeover, citing anonymous sources. Advertisement “Foreign investments need to follow China’s rules and regulations, and should not harm China’s national security and interests,” Li noted on Friday. “China’s door to the world will only be more open.”
Getty Images By Mike Larson Just how big is the impending SpaceX ( SPCX ) offering? Try more than 3X the size of its next-closest competitor! Now, let’s talk about what that means for markets. My MoneyShow Chart of the Day comes courtesy of the Wall Street Journal . It shows the gross proceeds of every Initial Public Offering (IPO) from 2019 through present day. SpaceX is targeting a raise of $80 ...
Getty Images By Mike Larson Just how big is the impending SpaceX ( SPCX ) offering? Try more than 3X the size of its next-closest competitor! Now, let’s talk about what that means for markets. My MoneyShow Chart of the Day comes courtesy of the Wall Street Journal . It shows the gross proceeds of every Initial Public Offering (IPO) from 2019 through present day. SpaceX is targeting a raise of $80 billion - or more. The next-closest deal is the 2019 offering from the energy giant Saudi Aramco ( ARMCO ), which raised “only” $26 billion. Gross Proceeds of Global IPOs 2019-Present At $80 BLN+, the SpaceX IPO will leave every other deal in the dust! (Source: Wall Street Journal) What about valuation? Aramco’s offering valued that company at around $1.7 trillion. It’s not clear if Elon Musk’s SpaceX will top that... but it’s possible. All told, the firm will likely end up being the 10th or 11th largest publicly traded company after the IPO. Nvidia Corp. ( NVDA ) is at the top of the list, with a current market capitalization of $5.3 trillion. The big question for investors is simple: Can markets handle an influx of so much stock? Not just from this mega-deal, but other looming IPOs from AI names like OpenAI ( OPENAI ) and Anthropic ( ANTHRO )? The former is reportedly targeting a September transaction now. Ultimately, markets are priced off supply and demand - just like anything else. If too much stock floods Wall Street... and there aren’t enough buyers to absorb it... markets will fall. Investment bankers are hoping the appetite for SpaceX stock is strong. Bulls better hope they’re right! Editor's Note: The summary bullets for this article were chosen by Seeking Alpha editors. Originally published on MoneyShow.com
HOUSTON and LONDON, May 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced it has declared a dividend of $0.69 per share, to be paid to shareholders on June 8, 2026, with an ex-dividend and record date of June 1, 2026. About LyondellBasell We are LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) – a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. Through ad...
HOUSTON and LONDON, May 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced it has declared a dividend of $0.69 per share, to be paid to shareholders on June 8, 2026, with an ex-dividend and record date of June 1, 2026. About LyondellBasell We are LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) – a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. Through advanced technology and focused investments, we are enabling a circular and low carbon economy. Across all we do, we aim to unlock value for our customers, investors and society. As one of the world's largest producers of polymers and a leader in polyolefin technologies, we develop, manufacture and market high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. For more information, please visit www.lyondellbasell.com or follow @LyondellBasell on LinkedIn.
Higher prices at the pump are making Avarisse Crawford rethink her spending. The 33-year-old has started scaling back her “fun budget,” meaning fewer steak dinners and happy hours with coworkers — instead she’s seeking out free activities, like going to the park. “I’m making sure to cut open bottles to finish all of my products,” said the Philadelphia resident. Driving less is not an option for Cr...
Higher prices at the pump are making Avarisse Crawford rethink her spending. The 33-year-old has started scaling back her “fun budget,” meaning fewer steak dinners and happy hours with coworkers — instead she’s seeking out free activities, like going to the park. “I’m making sure to cut open bottles to finish all of my products,” said the Philadelphia resident. Driving less is not an option for Crawford, who commutes five days a week to the office of the nonprofit where she works. She also makes twice-a-month road trips to visit a sick relative. Gasoline will be a pain point for travelers this Memorial Day weekend. For many Americans, cutting back has already become the new reality after gas prices topped $4.50 a gallon for the first time in nearly four years. As the Iran war drags on, the average nationwide retail price is now less than 50 cents away from an all-time high, according to American Automobile Association data. In California, regular unleaded gasoline has surpassed $6 a gallon. The unofficial start of summer marks the beginning of a period of heightened demand, which risks further depleting US gasoline stockpiles and sending prices even higher. In an effort to put a ceiling on prices, the Trump administration has pulled on a wide range of policy levers, including releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a waiver of the Jones Act and discussion of a federal gasoline tax holiday . But so far, it’s been unable to counter the surge. With many Americans dependent on their cars, gasoline demand is unlikely to meaningfully stall at current prices. That sets up a squeeze on consumer finances that will ripple through the rest of the economy as it eats into spending on nonessentials. “It’s a basic necessity in most parts of America to drive a car to work, to school, to kids’ drop-off. It’s hard to get by without it in many places,” said Heather Long , chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union. “People have to absorb this cost.” Fuel Squeeze There’s littl...