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Eli Lilly stock climbs on Ventyx buyout talk as dealmaking takes center stage

Eli Lilly stock climbs on Ventyx buyout talk as dealmaking takes center stage

New York, January 7, 2026, 11:41 EST — Regular session. Eli Lilly and Company shares were up 3.3% at $1,099.44 in late morning trade, pushing back toward the $1,100 level as investors cheered fresh deal chatter around the drugmaker’s pipeline. (https://www.reuters.com/markets/companies/LLY.N/) The lift matters now because the market is watching how Lilly defends its growth run while competitors push pill versions of obesity drugs and pricing stays in flux. Investors have rewarded companies that can keep adding late-stage shots on goal without derailing margins. The Wall Street Journal reported Lilly is in advanced talks to buy Ventyx Biosciences for more
7 January 2026
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Broadcom stock: AVGO files new senior notes offering as it rolls out Wi‑Fi 8 AI platform at CES

Broadcom stock: AVGO files new senior notes offering as it rolls out Wi‑Fi 8 AI platform at CES

New York, Jan 6, 2026, 4:34 PM ET — After-hours Broadcom shares rose 0.1% to $343.77 in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the company filed a preliminary prospectus supplement for a four-part senior notes offering with key terms left blank. Broadcom said it plans to use proceeds for general corporate purposes and to repay debt, with BofA Securities and J.P. Morgan listed as joint book-running managers. SEC The filing puts fresh focus on how Broadcom is balancing its capital structure as investors weigh funding costs across large technology companies. For equity holders, the next question is whether the debt move
6 January 2026
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Amazon (AMZN) stock climbs on AWS self-driving truck deal as U.S. jobs data nears

Amazon (AMZN) stock climbs on AWS self-driving truck deal as U.S. jobs data nears

New York, Jan 6, 2026, 16:12 EST — After-hours Amazon.com Inc shares closed up 3.4% at $240.91 on Tuesday, keeping the Dow component in focus heading into after-hours trading. The stock ranged from $232.07 to $243.18 and traded about 36.6 million shares. Stooq The move comes as investors look for fresh signs that Amazon Web Services, the group’s cloud arm, can keep winning high-margin workloads as companies spend on artificial intelligence. For Amazon, that matters because AWS performance tends to carry disproportionate weight in how the market prices the business. Amazon rose with a broader rally that lifted U.S. stocks
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McDonald’s stock rebounds as McRib lawsuit hits headlines — what could move MCD next

McDonald’s stock rebounds as McRib lawsuit hits headlines — what could move MCD next

NEW YORK, Jan 6, 2026, 15:48 EST — Regular session McDonald’s Corp shares rose about 1% on Tuesday to $302.94, recovering ground after the company pushed back against a proposed class action tied to its McRib sandwich. The stock traded between $298.36 and $304.19 during the session, with about 2.3 million shares changing hands. CBS News The bounce comes after McDonald’s shares fell 1.1% on Monday to $299.86, extending a six-session slide and leaving the stock about 8% below its 52-week high. Rival moves were mixed on Monday, with Starbucks closing higher while Yum Brands slipped. MarketWatch In the lawsuit,
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InterDigital (IDCC) stock slides 7% as Amazon patent fight and insider sale notice draw focus

InterDigital (IDCC) stock slides 7% as Amazon patent fight and insider sale notice draw focus

New York, January 6, 2026, 14:58 EST — Regular session InterDigital, Inc (IDCC) shares fell about 7.3% to $311.23 in afternoon trading on Tuesday after touching $309.30, giving back a chunk of Monday’s close at $335.84. The stock earlier traded as high as $336.22. The pullback matters because InterDigital’s business leans heavily on patent licensing, where court rulings and policy shifts can quickly change negotiating leverage and the pace of royalty collections. The company develops and licenses technology used across wireless, video and other markets. Tuesday’s decline stood out against a firmer tape, with the Nasdaq-100 tracking fund QQQ up
6 January 2026
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Apple Stock Gets Mixed Signals: UBS Stays Neutral as App Store Growth Cools

Apple Stock Gets Mixed Signals: UBS Stays Neutral as App Store Growth Cools

New York, Jan 6, 2026, 11:20 EST UBS reiterated a Neutral rating on Apple on Tuesday and kept a $280 price target, saying App Store growth slowed in the December 2025 quarter. The bank estimated growth at about 7%, down from 12% and 10% in the June and September 2025 quarters, and about 5% on a foreign-exchange-neutral basis — stripping out currency swings. UBS said the March 2026 quarter still looks like a hurdle even with easier comparisons of roughly 200 basis points, or two percentage points. Investing.com The App Store is a key driver of Apple’s services business, which
6 January 2026
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Brambles (ASX:BXB) stock slips as CPI looms; director adds 22 shares

Brambles (ASX:BXB) stock slips as CPI looms; director adds 22 shares

Sydney, January 6, 2026, 18:43 AEDT — After-hours Brambles Limited shares (BXB.AX) closed down 1.0% on Tuesday at A$22.31, with investors reluctant to add risk ahead of a key Australian inflation reading. The pallet-pooling group traded between A$22.11 and A$22.53, and remains about 17% below its 52-week high. The move comes as traders reassess the path for Reserve Bank of Australia policy and rotate between sectors, a pattern that can leave steady industrial names whipsawed despite a thin company-news flow. “If the market starts pricing in rate increases, the ASX is likely to see more differentiated performance across sectors rather
6 January 2026
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Pfizer stock in the spotlight: what to watch ahead of CEO Bourla’s JPM Healthcare Conference webcast

Pfizer stock in the spotlight: what to watch ahead of CEO Bourla’s JPM Healthcare Conference webcast

New York, January 5, 2026, 21:51 EST — Market closed Pfizer said it will webcast a discussion with Chief Executive Albert Bourla at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference next week, putting the drugmaker’s 2026 reset back in focus. Pfizer shares finished Monday little changed, down 0.04% at $25.17. Pfizer The San Francisco gathering is a major kickoff for healthcare investing, and it comes as Pfizer tries to convince markets it can replace fading pandemic-era revenue. The company’s initial 2026 outlook, issued in December, came in below analysts’ estimates. JPMorgan Chase That timing matters because Pfizer is navigating lower sales of
6 January 2026
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Amazon stock slips at the open as AI inflation fears resurface; what’s next for AMZN

Amazon stock slips at the open as AI inflation fears resurface; what’s next for AMZN

New York, January 5, 2026, 09:32 EST — Regular session Amazon.com shares slid in early trading on Monday, falling 1.9% to $226.50. The drop comes as investors start 2026 re-testing a market assumption: that aggressive spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure won’t rekindle inflation. “The costs are going up not down in our forecast, because there’s inflation in chip costs and inflation in power costs,” Morgan Stanley strategist Andrew Sheets said in a Reuters report on the risk. Reuters That matters for Amazon because Amazon Web Services is a major buyer of data-center hardware and power, and the stock has tended
5 January 2026
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Amazon stock steadies in premarket as Evercore flags Rufus AI as the next AMZN catalyst

Amazon stock steadies in premarket as Evercore flags Rufus AI as the next AMZN catalyst

NEW YORK, January 5, 2026, 07:40 ET — Premarket Amazon.com (AMZN) shares were little changed in premarket trading on Monday, around $226.50, after Evercore ISI reiterated a buy rating and a $335 price target, pointing to the retailer’s AI shopping assistant Rufus. Evercore analyst Mark Mahaney said “agentic commerce” — AI that can take actions for shoppers — is “coming very soon,” and he projected it could add up to $31 billion to Amazon’s 2028 revenue, TipRanks reported. TipRanks The call lands as investors look for measurable payoffs from consumer-facing AI, not just bigger data-center budgets. For Amazon, the fastest
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Micron stock jumps nearly 4% in premarket as MU extends Friday rally; $330 target in focus

Micron stock jumps nearly 4% in premarket as MU extends Friday rally; $330 target in focus

New York, Jan 5, 2026, 06:02 (EST) — Premarket Micron Technology shares (MU.O) rose 3.85% in premarket trading on Monday to $327.57, building on a strong finish to last week. The stock ended Friday up 10.51% at $315.42.  Public The early move matters because Micron has become a high-volume proxy for a bet that memory-chip prices will keep rising in 2026, lifting earnings across the sector. Investors are watching demand for DRAM — the mainstream memory used in servers, PCs and phones — and high-bandwidth memory (HBM), a premium stacked form of DRAM used alongside AI processors. Micron’s closest rivals
5 January 2026
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Silver price today surges as Venezuela raid drives safe-haven demand; U.S. payrolls next test

Silver price today surges as Venezuela raid drives safe-haven demand; U.S. payrolls next test

PRECIOUS METALS, January 5, 2026, 02:42 ET — Market closed Silver prices jumped in overnight trade on Monday after the United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, prompting fresh demand for safe-haven assets, which investors buy when risk rises. COMEX silver futures — traded on the U.S. metals exchange — were last up about 5.9% at $75.18 an ounce by 2:32 a.m. ET, after touching $76.05, Google Finance data showed.  Google The move matters because silver has become one of the market’s most volatile bellwethers after last year’s outsized rally. Spot silver ended 2025 up 147% and hit an all-time
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Ashtead share price in focus as buyback rolls on and NYSE switch clocks closer

Ashtead share price in focus as buyback rolls on and NYSE switch clocks closer

7 February 2026
Ashtead shares closed Friday at 4,936p, up 1.09%, after the company bought 88,872 shares under its repurchase program. The group is set to shift its primary listing to New York on March 2, pending court approval, and will be removed from the FTSE UK index the same day. Ashtead paid a half-year dividend of 37.5 U.S. cents per share on Friday.
Beazley share price: big funds reshuffle stakes as Zurich bid deadline nears

Beazley share price: big funds reshuffle stakes as Zurich bid deadline nears

7 February 2026
Beazley shares closed flat at 1,236 pence Friday as BlackRock disclosed a 6.55% stake and Vanguard reported 5.02%. Wellington Management cut its holding below 5%. The disclosures follow Zurich Insurance’s possible takeover offer of up to 1,335 pence per share, with a Feb. 16 deadline for a firm bid.
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