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  • Baidu Q1 Earnings Down On Weak Revenues, Sees Higher AI Demand Ahead; Stock Up In Pre-market May 18, 2026 05:59 ET

    Baidu.com Inc. (BIDU), a Chinese AI and internet company, reported Monday lower profit in first quarter hurt by weak revenues. Looking ahead, Robin Li, Co-founder and CEO of Baidu, said, "We see AI driving even greater value for Baidu in the quarters ahead." In pre-market activity on Nasdaq, the...

  • Tencent Music Entertainment Group Completes Acquisition Of Ximalaya May 18, 2026 05:36 ET

    Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME, 1698.HK), on Monday, announced the completion of its acquisition of Ximalaya Inc. pursuant to the merger agreement announced in June 2025. The transaction included cash of up to $1.26 billion and up to 175.3 million Class A ordinary shares of Tencent Music,...

  • Sensorion Appoints Fred Chereau CEO; CMO Geraldine Honnet Steps Down May 18, 2026 02:27 ET

    Sensorion SA (ALSEN.PA), a French clinical-stage biotechnology company, on Monday announced that Chief Medical Officer Geraldine Honnet is stepping down to join a privately held biotechnology company, and that the company has appointed Fred Chereau as Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1. Chereau...

  • GSK: Japan's MHLW Expands Eligible Population For Arexvy May 18, 2026 02:22 ET

    GSK plc (GSK, GSK.L) announced that Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has expanded the eligible population for RSV vaccine, Arexvy, to include adults aged 18 to 49 years at increased risk for RSV disease. GSK's RSV vaccine was previously approved in Japan for the prevention of RSV disease...

  • Standard Chartered Names Manus Costello Permanent CFO, Tanuj Kapilashrami Group COO May 18, 2026 02:04 ET

    Standard Chartered PLC, (SCBFF.PK, STAN.L, STAC.L, 2888.HK), a British multinational banking and financial services company, on Monday announced the appointment of Manus Costello, as Group Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director succeeding De Giorgi. De Giorgi had resigned in February 2026...

  • Bitcoin Depot Files For Bankruptcy Protection, Plans Orderly Wind-Down And Asset Sale May 18, 2026 01:53 ET

    Bitcoin Depot (BTM), a U.S.-based Bitcoin ATM operator, on Monday said it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to facilitate an orderly wind-down of operations and the sale of its assets. "The regulatory environment for BTM operators has shifted significantly: states have imposed increasingly...

  • Life360 Announces Multi-Year $225 Mln Share Buyback Program May 18, 2026 01:49 ET

    Life360, Inc. (360.AX, LIFX, LIF) Monday said that its Board of Directors has authorized a multi-year share repurchase program worth $225 million. The program plans to enhance shareholder value by offsetting dilution from stock-based compensation instruments. As per the terms of the program, the California-based...

  • Sohu.com Posts Loss In Q1 May 18, 2026 01:46 ET

    Sohu.com (SOHU) reported a first quarter net loss attributable to Sohu.com of $4 million, compared with net income of $182 million, a year ago. Loss per ADS was $0.17 compared to profit of $6.07. Non-GAAP net loss attributable to Sohu.com was $4 million, compared with a net loss of $16 million. Non-GAAP...

  • Ryanair Holdings FY26 Profit Climbs On Traffic Growth; Sees Higher Traffic In FY27 May 18, 2026 01:38 ET

    Ryanair Holdings plc (RY4C.DE, RYA.L, RYA.IR) reported Monday higher profit in fiscal 2026, with lower expenses and higher revenues amid growth in passenger traffic. Looking ahead, the company said it expects fiscal 2027 traffic to grow 4 percent to 216 million passengers. In the full year, profit...

  • Brambles Lowers Full-year Guidance; Announces $400 Mln Share Buyback May 18, 2026 01:31 ET

    Brambles Limited (BXBLY), a logistics solutions provider, on Monday revised its fiscal 2026 guidance lower, citing repair capacity constraints that developed in the central and northeastern regions of its U.S. service centre network during April 2026. The company now expects fiscal 2026 sales revenue...

  • ST Engineering Q1 Group Revenue Climbs May 18, 2026 01:05 ET

    Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (SGGKF, S63.SI) reported Monday higher revenues in first quarter, with growth in all segments. In the first quarter, Group revenues increased 11 percnt to S$3.26 billion from last year's S$2.92 billion. Excluding revenue from LeeBoy, which was divested in...

  • Publicis To Acquire LiveRamp?for Total Equity Value Of $2.546 Bln; Raises 2027-2028 Objectives May 17, 2026 12:56 ET

    Publicis Groupe (PUBGY.PK, PGPEF.PK, PUBP.PA), a French advertising and public relations company, announced that it entered into an agreement to acquire?LiveRamp, a global data collaboration?platform, for a total enterprise value of $2.167 billion in an all-cash transaction, based on an acquisition price...

  • AZN :FDA Approves ENHERTU For HER2-Positive Early Breast Cancer In Neoadjuvant And Adjuvant Settings May 17, 2026 11:49 ET

    The US Food and Drug Administration approved AstraZeneca (AZN) and Daiichi Sankyo's ENHERTU (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) for both the neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatment of patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer based on results from the DESTINY-Breast11 and DESTINY-Breast05 Phase III trials,...

  • WHO Declares Ebola Epidemic In DRC And Uganda Public Health Emergency Of International Concern May 17, 2026 11:06 ET

    The World Health Organization or WHO has declared the ongoing epidemic of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern under the International Health Regulations. While the situation is serious, WHO has...

  • Nanobiotix And Johnson & Johnson Report Promising Phase 2 Results For JNJ-1900 In Stage III NSCLC May 17, 2026 10:39 ET

    Nanobiotix (NBTX) announced the presentation of Part 1 data from the Johnson & Johnson-sponsored CONVERGE study, a randomized Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the potential first-in-class Nanoradioenhancer JNJ-1900 (NBTXR3) for patients with stage III inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), at...

Global Economics Weekly Update: May 11 – May 15, 2026

May 15, 2026 15:25 ET
Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.

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