North America:

  • Apple reduces App Store commission fees in China to address regulatory concerns.
  • Amazon plans to move its Prime Day sale event from July to late June.
  • Nvidia is set to unveil a full-stack AI roadmap at its GTC developer conference.
  • Meta delays rollout of AI models 'Avocado' and 'Frontier' to address performance concerns.
  • Uber and Motional launch a commercial robotaxi service in Las Vegas.
  • Uber, Nissan, and Wayve partner to develop robotaxis with a pilot program in Tokyo by late 2026.
  • Goldman Sachs raises its March Brent oil price forecast to above $100 a barrel.
  • Applied Materials raises its quarterly dividend by 15% to 53 cents per share.
  • Chevron's Tengiz oilfield in Kazakhstan experienced an incident, raising supply disruption concerns.
  • Adobe reports a 12% increase in sales and $1.89 billion in profit, shares drop on leadership concerns.

Europe:

  • LVMH appoints Béatrice Goasglas as the new CEO of TAG Heuer, effective May 1, 2026.
  • Glencore's CEO suggests higher coal prices could reignite merger discussions with Rio Tinto.
  • The Berkeley Group reaffirms its profit forecast despite geopolitical risks.
  • GSK receives FDA approval to expand the use of its RSV vaccine Arexvy.
  • Eurazeo finalizes shareholder agreements.
  • Colas' rail unit wins a five-year maintenance fleet contract for Network Rail.
  • GTT secures an HD KSOE tanker design contract.
  • Cabasse enters judicial recovery.
  • Svolder reports a 7.3% decline in net asset value per share and a Q2 net loss.
  • Thule executives purchase shares in the company, with significant investments reported.
  • Aspex demands strategic changes at Delivery Hero, threatening leadership changes.
  • W5 Solutions AB acquires Finnish defence company KT-Shelter Oy for €22 million.

Rest of World:

  • ByteDance secures 36,000 Nvidia chips for AI infrastructure expansion in Malaysia.
  • Swire Pacific plans to sell 153.1 million Cathay Pacific shares, raising HK$1.789 billion.
  • HKEX proposes lowering listing thresholds to attract more companies.
  • Honda reports its first annual loss since listing, with a $15.7 billion write-down on its EV business.
  • Greaves Cotton Ltd appoints Manish Poddar as Group CFO, succeeding Akhila Balachandar.
  • Saudi Aramco offers 2 million barrels of Arab Light crude to stabilize supply amid U.S.–Iran tensions.