The recent buyout proposal for a major casino operator highlights the immense underlying value of real estate and digital assets in the gaming sector today.
The recent buyout proposal for a major casino operator highlights the immense underlying value of real estate and digital assets in the gaming sector today.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares rallied nearly 29% in premarket trade on Tuesday, as investors cheered the AI server maker pulling forward its long-term financial targets by two years, buoyed by strong AI infrastructure demand. HPE, which competes with Dell Technologies and Super Micro Computer in enterprise servers, is seeing sustained demand as large enterprises bring forward purchases to a...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares rallied nearly 29% in premarket trade on Tuesday, as investors cheered the AI server maker pulling forward its long-term financial targets by two years, buoyed by strong AI infrastructure demand. HPE, which competes with Dell Technologies and Super Micro Computer in enterprise servers, is seeing sustained demand as large enterprises bring forward purchases to avoid supply risks amid surging memory chip prices. Hyperscalers including Alphabet and Amazon are set to spend more than $700 billion on AI infrastructure this year, likely boosting demand for HPE's server and networking products.
Emily Thornberry criticises Israel’s ‘staggering’ sense of impunity and rebukes Donald Trump for abandoning Gaza The UK government has let the Palestinian people down and failed to make it economically impossible for Israel to continue to act with impunity in the West Bank and Gaza, the Labour chair of the foreign affairs select committee, Emily Thornberry, has said. She accused her own government...
Emily Thornberry criticises Israel’s ‘staggering’ sense of impunity and rebukes Donald Trump for abandoning Gaza The UK government has let the Palestinian people down and failed to make it economically impossible for Israel to continue to act with impunity in the West Bank and Gaza, the Labour chair of the foreign affairs select committee, Emily Thornberry, has said. She accused her own government of lacking ambition and wringing its hands on the Palestinian crisis, and she also chastised Donald Trump for declaring a ceasefire in Gaza and then walking away, leaving Gazans to live in rubble. Continue reading...
Hello Group press release ( MOMO ): Q1 Non-GAAP EPADS of $0.30 beats by $0.07 . Revenue of $345.9M (-5.3% Y/Y) beats by $4.63M . Net revenues from overseas increased by 44.1% year over year to RMB597.4 million (US$86.6 million) in the first quarter of 2026. For Momo app, total paying users were 3.7 million for the first quarter of 2026, compared to 4.2 million for the same period last year, and 3....
Hello Group press release ( MOMO ): Q1 Non-GAAP EPADS of $0.30 beats by $0.07 . Revenue of $345.9M (-5.3% Y/Y) beats by $4.63M . Net revenues from overseas increased by 44.1% year over year to RMB597.4 million (US$86.6 million) in the first quarter of 2026. For Momo app, total paying users were 3.7 million for the first quarter of 2026, compared to 4.2 million for the same period last year, and 3.9 million from last quarter. Tantan had 0.6 million paying users for the first quarter of 2026 compared to 0.8 million from the year ago period and 0.6 million from last quarter. Net cash provided by operating activities in the first quarter of 2026 was RMB158.9 million (US$23.0 million), compared to RMB239.7 million in the first quarter of 2025. Business Outlook: For the second quarter of 2026, the Company expects total net revenues to be between RMB2.45 billion and RMB2.55 billion, representing a decrease of 6.5% to 2.7% year over year. More on Hello Group Hello Group: A Value Trap In Secular Decline Hello Group: Searing Overseas Growth Likely To Maintain 'Higher Lows' Trend Hello Group Inc. (MOMO) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Hello Group Q1 2026 Earnings Preview Hello Group outlines RMB 3B 2026 overseas revenue target as global expansion accelerates
Ashi Sae Yang Abivax ( ABVX ) plunged in premarket trading on Tuesday despite announcing positive Phase 3 maintenance trial results for its ulcerative colitis drug, obefazimod. The medicine met its endpoints of demonstrating a clinically meaningful efficacy and a remission rate of about 40% for both doses tested but also showed that there were cancer cases among patients taking the higher dose. ″[...
Ashi Sae Yang Abivax ( ABVX ) plunged in premarket trading on Tuesday despite announcing positive Phase 3 maintenance trial results for its ulcerative colitis drug, obefazimod. The medicine met its endpoints of demonstrating a clinically meaningful efficacy and a remission rate of about 40% for both doses tested but also showed that there were cancer cases among patients taking the higher dose. ″[The] cancer signal complicates matters,” a Jefferies analyst told CNBC . “Even if unrelated noise, we think the overhang will be real, especially considering absence of other value-inflecting data events over the next [year].” In the study cohort, there was one reported case each of prostate cancer, breast cancer, and colonic dysplasia, which the company said were unrelated to treatment. There were also four cases of skin cancer on the higher 50 mg dose, of which two were deemed not or unlikely related to the drug, and the other two had a medical history of skin cancer, Abivax ( ABVX ) said . The Jefferies analysts said that “a reasonable explanation” for the cancer cases was plausible, but “doesn’t seem like an easily dismissed overhang.” The stock was last trading down over 32%. More on Abivax Abivax: Obefazimod's Strategic Scarcity Drives Optionality (Maintaining Buy) Abivax: Going It Alone At A Premium (Rating Downgrade) Abivax: Maintaining 'Strong Buy' On Buyout Speculation And Obefazimod Advancement Abivax CEO suggests no urgency for deal-making ahead of key trial readout Abivax reports FY results
Fitch Ratings' Angelina Valavina discusses the outlook for the oil market, saying the firm's current assumption is for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen in July. She speaks on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
Fitch Ratings' Angelina Valavina discusses the outlook for the oil market, saying the firm's current assumption is for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen in July. She speaks on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
The incoming chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. said he is open to forming alliances with companies outside of Japan as the nation’s largest utility seeks to restructure its operations and fund the massive cost of cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear disaster. “We would not rule out an alliance simply because it’s foreign,” said Keisuke Yokoo , who was nominated as Tepco’s next chair in April, with...
The incoming chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. said he is open to forming alliances with companies outside of Japan as the nation’s largest utility seeks to restructure its operations and fund the massive cost of cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear disaster. “We would not rule out an alliance simply because it’s foreign,” said Keisuke Yokoo , who was nominated as Tepco’s next chair in April, with his formal appointment expected later this month at the annual shareholders’ meeting. His remarks to reporters on Tuesday come as the utility pushes ahead with a business plan unveiled in January, which includes a search for partnership proposals to secure investments and help turn its business around, as well as the sale of some assets. Since Tepco is a public utility, which supplies electricity to Japan’s most populous region, any potential partnership that involves restructuring the firm with a foreign entity could get more scrutiny from the government than an alliance with a domestic firm. Yokoo did not state a preference for domestic or non-Japanese partners. “What truly matters is what businesses Tepco should pursue in order to increase cash flow and achieve growth in the first place,” he said. “That’s the discussion I want to have with the execution side. If we conclude that an alliance is needed to achieve that direction, then we will proceed with one.” Read More: JPMorgan Selected as Adviser in Tepco’s Business Partner Search Yokoo, who spoke at a media conference in Tokyo, will join Tepco from the government-backed Japan Investment Corp. , where he is chief executive officer. His leadership will likely be tested on whether he can secure partners that can both enhance corporate value and help offset financial burdens such as the decommissioning of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant, the facility that suffered a meltdown after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Tepco booked a ¥903 billion ($5.7 billion) charge last year for its decommissioning efforts at Fuku...