UnitedHealth stock rebounds as rural Medicare payment pilot rolls out, earnings next in focus

UnitedHealth stock rebounds as rural Medicare payment pilot rolls out, earnings next in focus

UnitedHealth shares rose 0.7% to $337.27 after rebounding from a 2% drop Thursday. The move followed UnitedHealthcare’s launch of a six-month pilot to speed Medicare Advantage payments for rural hospitals in four states. Investors are focused on the company’s Jan. 27 earnings and 2026 outlook. Rural providers face financial strains as federal budget changes loom.
Boeing stock rises on Bernstein target hike as Delta’s Dreamliner deal keeps focus on deliveries

Boeing stock rises on Bernstein target hike as Delta’s Dreamliner deal keeps focus on deliveries

Boeing shares rose 1.6% to $246.40 by midday Thursday after Bernstein raised its price target to $298. Delta ordered 30 Boeing 787-10 jets, with options for 30 more. Boeing delivered 600 jets in 2025, its highest since 2018, and net orders surpassed Airbus for the first time in seven years. Investors await Boeing’s Jan. 27 earnings for updates on cash flow and 2026 outlook.
15 January 2026
Petrobras stock (PBR) slips as oil falls; Tupi hits 1 million bpd, fertilizer restart in focus

Petrobras stock (PBR) slips as oil falls; Tupi hits 1 million bpd, fertilizer restart in focus

Petrobras’ U.S.-listed shares fell 1.1% to $12.52 Thursday as energy stocks slipped with Brent crude down 3.3%. CEO Magda Chambriard said Petrobras hit 1 million bpd at the Tupi field and resumed ammonia and urea output at its Sergipe plant, with Bahia’s plant to follow by month’s end. The company’s 2026 annual meeting is set for April 16. Investors await 2025 results on March 5.
15 January 2026
Grab stock slides as Indonesia weighs halving ride-hailing commissions, with earnings date looming

Grab stock slides as Indonesia weighs halving ride-hailing commissions, with earnings date looming

Grab Holdings shares fell 3.5% to $4.47 Thursday morning after news of a draft Indonesian decree that would cut ride-hailing commission caps to 10% and require platforms to pay more driver benefits. The proposal, still under review, has raised investor concerns ahead of Grab’s Feb. 11 earnings release. Shares have dropped for two days despite broader U.S. market gains.
15 January 2026
Applied Materials stock jumps today as TSMC lifts 2026 capex and Barclays upgrades AMAT

Applied Materials stock jumps today as TSMC lifts 2026 capex and Barclays upgrades AMAT

Applied Materials surged 7.8% to $325.41 Thursday after TSMC raised its 2026 capital spending outlook to up to $56 billion, far above forecasts. Barclays upgraded Applied to “overweight” and Stifel raised its price target, citing stronger chip equipment demand. U.S. chip tool stocks rallied broadly. Applied warned that tighter U.S. export rules could cut $600 million from 2026 revenue.
15 January 2026
Why Eli Lilly stock is down today: FDA pushes obesity pill decision to April 10

Why Eli Lilly stock is down today: FDA pushes obesity pill decision to April 10

Eli Lilly shares fell 4.7% to $1,022.50 after Reuters reported the FDA delayed its decision on the company’s experimental weight-loss pill to April 10. Strive Specialties sued Lilly and Novo Nordisk in Texas, alleging anticompetitive practices tied to GLP-1 drugs. Novo Nordisk shares dropped 3.6%. Investors await Lilly’s Feb. 4 earnings for updates on the pill’s timeline and legal risks.
15 January 2026
Rivian stock slips again as UBS turns bearish — Wall Street tests the R2 and autonomy story

Rivian stock slips again as UBS turns bearish — Wall Street tests the R2 and autonomy story

Rivian shares slipped 1.1% to $17.32 Thursday morning after analyst downgrades from Wolfe Research and UBS, which cited concerns over autonomy timelines and valuation. The stock has fallen 7.2% since Wednesday’s close. Rivian named Greg Revelle chief customer officer ahead of the R2 SUV launch, with first deliveries expected in the first half of 2026. Fourth-quarter and full-year results are due Feb. 12.
IREN stock slips as broker trims forecasts but keeps $80 target

IREN stock slips as broker trims forecasts but keeps $80 target

IREN shares fell 0.5% to $52.61 Thursday after H.C. Wainwright cut near-term earnings forecasts but kept a Buy rating and $80 target. Bitcoin dropped 0.8%, pressuring crypto-linked stocks. IREN’s AI push includes a $9.7 billion Microsoft deal and a $5.8 billion Dell supply agreement, both tied to GPU data center expansion in Texas. Delays in execution could trigger penalties, according to recent filings.
15 January 2026
J.D. Irving seeks an NB Power grid exit as minister backs self-generated wind power plan

J.D. Irving seeks an NB Power grid exit as minister backs self-generated wind power plan

New Brunswick’s natural resources minister backs J.D. Irving Ltd. and other major industries seeking to self-supply renewable energy outside NB Power’s grid. NB Power warns losing large customers could raise bills for other ratepayers. The utility recently signed a 200-megawatt wind power deal with a J.D. Irving subsidiary. Industry leaders say they need relief from rising power costs.
15 January 2026
Salesforce stock drops as Wolfe sticks with $350 target, but AI anxiety still weighs on CRM

Salesforce stock drops as Wolfe sticks with $350 target, but AI anxiety still weighs on CRM

Salesforce shares fell 1.6% to $235.78 late Thursday morning, underperforming gains in major U.S. stock indexes. Wolfe Research reiterated an Outperform rating and $350 price target after Salesforce’s Agentforce World Tour in Boston. Salesforce is rolling out new AI features in Slack and announced a health care software win with Spain’s Adamed Laboratorios. The stock is still recovering from a 6.5% drop earlier in the week.

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Singapore Airlines stock in focus: supply-chain “new norm” and Feb 24 update loom

Singapore Airlines stock in focus: supply-chain “new norm” and Feb 24 update loom

8 February 2026
Singapore, Feb 8, 2026, 15:20 SGT — Market closed Singapore Airlines Ltd shares (SGX: C6L) ended Friday at S$6.70, down 0.15%, ahead of a weekend break in Singapore trading. About 8.94 million shares changed hands and the session range was S$6.62–S$6.71; the stock has traded between S$5.90 and S$7.63 over the past 52 weeks. (Investing.com) The move was modest, but the debate around it isn’t. Investors are trying to gauge how hard it will be for airlines to add capacity when engines and parts still arrive late, and when “extra insurance” in spares and leases is no longer cheap. That
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