In this article NVDA TRI-CA TRI LZ CRM WDAY TCS-IN INFY-IN ARM Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The software sector faced renewed market concerns this week after artificial intelligence company Anthropic released new AI tools, triggering a sell-off in software-as-a-service and data provider stocks. Anthropic's new AI tools, bu...
In this article NVDA TRI-CA TRI LZ CRM WDAY TCS-IN INFY-IN ARM Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The software sector faced renewed market concerns this week after artificial intelligence company Anthropic released new AI tools, triggering a sell-off in software-as-a-service and data provider stocks. Anthropic's new AI tools, built for its Claude "Cowork" AI agent, are designed to handle complex professional workflows that many software and data providers sell as core products. The tools and other similar AI agents target functions ranging from legal and technology research, customer relationship management and analytics. That has raised concerns that AI could undercut traditional software business models. The S&P 500 Software & Services Index, which has 140 constituents, fell over 4% on Thursday, extending its losing streak to eight sessions. The index is down about 20% so far this year. Shares of Thomson Reuters , Salesforce and LegalZoom were among the hardest hit in U.S. trading this week, with the sell-off spreading to Asian IT firms Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys . Despite the market jitters, analysts and tech executives remain divided on the long-term impact of these AI tools on these industries. 'Illogical' panic? Among tech leaders downplaying market concerns that AI will replace enterprise software is Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. "There's this notion that the software industry is in decline and will be replaced by AI," he said at an event on Wednesday. "It is the most illogical thing in the world." The influential tech leader instead argued that AI will use and enhance existing software tools rather than completely reinventing them. Rene Haas, CEO of British chip designer Arm Holdings , echoed that sentiment this week, arguing during an earnings call that enterprise AI deployment is still in its early days and not yet massively transformative. Haas described recent market fears as " m...
With ample cash but fewer investment options, Chinese speculators have fanned a rally in global metals prices, underscoring just how difficult it is for authorities to channel capital into the real economy. International prices of base and precious metals, which are heavily keyed to demand in the world’s biggest buyer, went stratospheric last month. Copper, gold and silver all hit record highs, an...
With ample cash but fewer investment options, Chinese speculators have fanned a rally in global metals prices, underscoring just how difficult it is for authorities to channel capital into the real economy. International prices of base and precious metals, which are heavily keyed to demand in the world’s biggest buyer, went stratospheric last month. Copper, gold and silver all hit record highs, and activity on Chinese futures markets has soared. “We are seeing rocketing short-term trading volumes in silver, copper, aluminum, nickel, tin and steel wire rod futures markets in the last few months, likely a result of surplus liquidity with a dearth of attractive options elsewhere,” said Duncan Wrigley , chief China economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics Ltd. Easy money has helped underpin the economy for years, but the People’s Bank of China is being forced to do more to prop up sluggish growth. The M2 measure of money supply expanded 8.5% in December from a year ago, a much faster rate compared with the 3.9% rise — feeble by Chinese standards — in nominal gross domestic product recorded in the last quarter of 2025. Investment in more economically fruitful activities such as retail spending and capital expenditure hasn’t kept pace. Households have been penny-pinching on their day-to-day shopping since the pandemic. Chinese banks last year extended the least amount of new loans since 2018. Fixed-asset investment — covering buildings, machinery and infrastructure — recorded the first annual contraction on record. “The PBOC can only ensure ample banking system liquidity and guide down interest rates, but it can’t magic up attractive investment options in the real economy, and so people are chasing returns in the financial markets,” Wrigley said. Some of the sting has come out of metals markets in recent days, although prices for key items like copper and gold are still near record highs. China’s worsening economic conditions have amped up calls for more policy support, inclu...
LifestyleVisuals/iStock via Getty Images Much slower turnover in the labor force leaves fewer job openings to be filled. Job openings fell in December. But “quits” – a sign of confidence in the labor force – rose for the second month in a row to the most since June, and hires jumped. Layoffs and discharges undid part of the plunge in November and remained historically low. These are signs of slowi...
LifestyleVisuals/iStock via Getty Images Much slower turnover in the labor force leaves fewer job openings to be filled. Job openings fell in December. But “quits” – a sign of confidence in the labor force – rose for the second month in a row to the most since June, and hires jumped. Layoffs and discharges undid part of the plunge in November and remained historically low. These are signs of slowing churn in the labor force. This is according to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) of 21,000 business locations. JOLTS doesn’t track employment levels or job creation, but “turnover” – churn – in the labor force. Some of the data were electronically self-reported by companies, and some of the data were obtained via surveys of work sites. This data here are not based on online job postings. Job openings fell by 386,000 in December to 6.54 million, seasonally adjusted, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. The three-month average, which irons out the month-to-month squiggles, fell by 372,000 to 6.97 million openings and has now fallen visibly below the highs in 2018 and 2019, after hovering near these pre-pandemic highs for over a year (red in the chart). Job openings are mostly the result of quits, layoffs & discharges, and other separations (retirements, deaths while employed, etc.), all of which are tracked by today’s JOLTS. Only a small sliver, if any, is from job growth, which is tracked by the jobs reports released in January. Quits – number of workers who quit their jobs voluntarily, such as to take a better job somewhere else, but does not include retirements, deaths, etc., which are tracked separately – rose by 11,000 in December, after the 220,000 jump in November, to 3.20 million (blue in the chart below). The three-month average rose for the second month in a row to 3.12 million quits (red). More quits means more open slots left behind that would eventually turn into formal job openings and later into more hires that filled those job...
Line Man Wongnai , a Thai technology startup backed by Singapore’s GIC Pte, is considering an initial public offering abroad to tap stronger investor demand and secure a higher valuation, a move that would signal a lack of confidence in the local stock market. The operator of food delivery, ride hailing and e-payment services is exploring an IPO in Hong Kong and US after postponing a domestic shar...
Line Man Wongnai , a Thai technology startup backed by Singapore’s GIC Pte, is considering an initial public offering abroad to tap stronger investor demand and secure a higher valuation, a move that would signal a lack of confidence in the local stock market. The operator of food delivery, ride hailing and e-payment services is exploring an IPO in Hong Kong and US after postponing a domestic share sale, Chief Executive Officer Yod Chinsupakul said. The company expects to make a final decision by the end of June, he said. The Thai stock exchange is grappling with the departure of companies seeking deeper capital pools and higher valuations abroad. Regulators and the bourse have rolled out incentives such as relaxed listing rules to keep high-growth firms at home, but a market slump, foreign fund outflows and poor IPO performance have weighed the attractiveness of the Bangkok market. “There is less appeal in a domestic listing, with the unfavorable macro outlook from a weak economy to unstable politics,” Yod, 43, said in an interview Thursday. “It should be in the best interest of our shareholders to list shares in another country that has a more vibrant stock market and trading activity.” Read more: Thai IPO Drought May Persist as Issuers Chase Valuations Abroad Line Man Wongnai, registered in Singapore, hired banks for an IPO in Thailand in 2025, according to Yod. It has now paused that plan and is assessing the market environment again. Thailand’s IPO market raised about 13 billion baht ($408 million) last year, the least since 2010, according to the stock exchange’s data . Among Thai companies opting to list elsewhere, cryptocurrency exchange operator Bitkub is considering an offering in Hong Kong, Bloomberg News reported . Coconut-water maker IFBH Ltd. made its Hong Kong debut in June. The market has been constrained partly by policy uncertainty as the country prepares to elect its fourth prime minister in less than three years on Feb. 8. The economy has struggl...
Shares in Chinese private healthcare provider Distinct surged in their Hong Kong debut Friday. Founder and CEO Philip Wang says it'll use the money raised from the share sale to expand overseas "cautiously." He speaks exclusively with Yvonne Man and Annabelle Droulers on "Bloomberg: The China Show." (Source: Bloomberg)
Shares in Chinese private healthcare provider Distinct surged in their Hong Kong debut Friday. Founder and CEO Philip Wang says it'll use the money raised from the share sale to expand overseas "cautiously." He speaks exclusively with Yvonne Man and Annabelle Droulers on "Bloomberg: The China Show." (Source: Bloomberg)
美要求中國加入限制核武條約 中方:美方渲染中國核威脅論 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】美俄最後一項限制核武條約失效後,美國繼續批評舊有的機制不公,又指名中國應加入。中方則指堅決反對美方說法,並拒絕...
美要求中國加入限制核武條約 中方:美方渲染中國核威脅論 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】美俄最後一項限制核武條約失效後,美國繼續批評舊有的機制不公,又指名中國應加入。中方則指堅決反對美方說法,並拒絕不實指責。 聯合國在日內瓦召開裁軍談判會議,這一輪會議正值美俄的削減戰略武器條約剛到期失效,美方強調是追求令世界更安全,維持戰略穩定及更好地限制核武的機制,繼續把矛頭指向中國,指控中方的核武發展不透明、不受限。美國副國務卿迪安諾:「幾乎全數美國部署核武都曾受條約限制,俄羅斯更大的庫存只有部分受限,我還要再提涵蓋的中國核武為『零』,當我們齊聚這裡開會,中國的整個核武庫沒有限制、透明度、申報或任何控制。」 中方則反駁指美方的說法對軍控機制沒有幫助,中國裁軍大使沈健:「中方注意到美方在發言中繼續渲染所謂中國核威脅,我們堅決反對這種虛假敘事,拒絕美方的不實指責。沈健又強調中國對核武問題採取極其慎重、負責任的態度,恪守不首先使用核武的政策,亦無意與任何國家進行核軍備競賽,始終把核力量維持於國家安全需要的最低水平。
Earnings Call Insights: Ribbon Communications Inc. (RBBN) Q4 2025 Management View CEO Bruce McClelland opened the call by noting a dynamic macro environment, stating, "We successfully closed multiple significant deals in the quarter and achieved record product and professional service bookings." He emphasized that new orders are tied to voice modernization projects, with expected revenue beginning...
Earnings Call Insights: Ribbon Communications Inc. (RBBN) Q4 2025 Management View CEO Bruce McClelland opened the call by noting a dynamic macro environment, stating, "We successfully closed multiple significant deals in the quarter and achieved record product and professional service bookings." He emphasized that new orders are tied to voice modernization projects, with expected revenue beginning in the second half of 2026. The company reported an expanded customer base and continued leadership in cloud-centric voice modernization, highlighting ongoing integration opportunities with conversational and Agentic AI platforms. McClelland addressed revenue shortfalls relative to guidance, attributing delays to project implementation and customer budget issues, explaining that "delayed programs are not lost business and are primarily tied to two key reasons," including backlog implementation delays and year-end budget constraints, particularly with a U.S. customer undergoing restructuring and another project awaiting BEAD funding. Market commentary included a 27% year-over-year increase in sales with Verizon and a significant opportunity following the Frontier acquisition. For the full year, sales to global service providers increased 5%, enterprise sales rose 2%, and sales to government and defense declined 23%. John Townsend, CFO, stated, "In the fourth quarter of 2025, Ribbon generated revenues of $227 million, a decrease of 10% from the prior year." He highlighted a $90 million deferred tax benefit recognized in the quarter, resulting in a $0.50 benefit to non-GAAP EPS and future annual cash tax savings of $15 million to $20 million. Outlook McClelland outlined a "more cautious approach at this point in the year" for 2026 due to macro uncertainties. Full-year revenue is projected in a range of $840 million to $875 million, with 1.5% consolidated growth at the midpoint. The Cloud & Edge segment is projected to grow approximately 6% in product and professional services...
Earnings Call Insights: Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) Q4 2025 Management View Andy Power, President & CEO, characterized 2025 as a “pivotal year for the data center industry and for Digital Realty,” highlighting that the company closed the year with record financial performance, exceeding full-year guidance across
Earnings Call Insights: Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) Q4 2025 Management View Andy Power, President & CEO, characterized 2025 as a “pivotal year for the data center industry and for Digital Realty,” highlighting that the company closed the year with record financial performance, exceeding full-year guidance across
(RTTNews) - SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. (SSNC) reported earnings for fourth quarter that Drops, from the same period last year The company's bottom line totaled $193.1 million, or $0.77 per share. This compares with $248.2 million, or $0.98 per share, last year. Excluding items, SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. reported adjusted earnings of $634.2 million or $1.69 per share for the period. The ...
(RTTNews) - SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. (SSNC) reported earnings for fourth quarter that Drops, from the same period last year The company's bottom line totaled $193.1 million, or $0.77 per share. This compares with $248.2 million, or $0.98 per share, last year. Excluding items, SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. reported adjusted earnings of $634.2 million or $1.69 per share for the period. The company's revenue for the period rose 8.1% to $1.653 billion from $1.529 billion last year. SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. earnings at a glance (GAAP) : -Earnings: $193.1 Mln. vs. $248.2 Mln. last year. -EPS: $0.77 vs. $0.98 last year. -Revenue: $1.653 Bln vs. $1.529 Bln last year. -Guidance: Next quarter EPS guidance: $ 1.62 To $ 1.68 Next quarter revenue guidance: $ 1.608 B To $ 1.648 B FY26 Revenue Guidance: $6.654 Bln - $6.814 Bln FY26 EPS Guidance: $6.70 to $7.02 The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.