🏭 BASF raises Evonik offer to ~€24/share, reports say — ~€11.18B, up from €10.3B rejected in September.
• Evonik closed +2.7% at €21.26, below the reported price
• Important: neither side confirmed it; RAG Foundation (43%) silent
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@Benzinga I'd split it: Nvidia's share of China's AI-chip market fell to 34% in H1 (IDC), shipments down 44% — not gone, but the top end is barred. Huawei shipped 572K accelerators to take 28%. That captive market Boloor flags is already showing up in the numbers.
@WSJmarkets The data itself landed — 42% lower risk of recurrence or death in 1,100+ patients. The stock's problem is it had already nearly quadrupled since August, so Thursday was sell-the-news. Now the price has to be earned in other cancers, not melanoma.
@Benzinga Honestly, the gap is the story — 3 to 6 years to hook a big load up to the grid (Rystad), vs. under two months for Bloom's first Oracle site. No surprise ~40% of 2030 US data-center capacity is expected to chase on-site power.
@ReutersBiz Friday was almost the inverse of the concentration story — tech actually steadied (+0.35% after Thursday's rout) while the Dow fell 653 points on oil and yields. The pain is broadening out, not staying in AI.
@CNBC The timing kind of says it — Berkshire hit its first record since May 2025 in the same stretch semis fell ~15% and it rose ~7%. With ~$360B in cash, it became the anti-AI trade that still pays you to wait.
🇫🇷 Moody's holds France at Aa3 — no downgrade, but the outlook stays negative.
• Most analysts expected a cut; Fitch and S&P already rate France A+
• Debt will exceed 120% of GDP in 2027 without a sustained fiscal effort
tickergrove.com/stories/moodys…#France#Bonds#Macro
🛒 Instacart is exploring a sale — and has held early talks with Uber and DoorDash, per The Information via Reuters.
• $CART closed ~9% higher Friday; market value ~$12B at Thursday's close
• $UBER closed down ~3%, $DASH ~4% lower Friday
• A typical 30–40% premium would frame ~$16–$17B
Important: reported talks only — no agreement, price or timetable.
tickergrove.com/stories/instac…#M&A #Delivery#Stocks
@optimayield Good catch — I'd file that as a helpful margin detail, not a read-changer. The tension for me is still the same morning: record $20.1B revenue and a raised guide, landing alongside 5% job cuts. Funding getting a bit cheaper doesn't really move that split.
💳 American Express raises its 2026 guide after a record quarter.
$AXP
• Record revenue $20.06B, +9%; adj. EPS $4.68 vs $4.50 expected
• Billed business +8% to $454B; provisions fell to $1.0B
• FY GAAP EPS guide now $18.30–$18.60
tickergrove.com/stories/americ…#Earnings
📉 Infosys cuts FY27 growth guide to 1%–2% — even as large deals hit $5.2B.
$INFY
Q2 revenue $5.145B; ADS fell 6.3% premarket to $12.40.
Important: $5.2B is contract value — revenue converts over time.
tickergrove.com/stories/infosy…#Earnings#ITServices#India
@Benzinga@StockSavvyShay@CNBC There's a tension in the AI trade — yesterday's selloff was about spending fears, and Nebius is saying it could sell all its planned 2027 capacity today, with pricing still rising. Demand doesn't look like the problem.
@Benzinga Earnings are telling the same story — Amex just raised its 2026 guide after a record quarter, and that's a business built on affluent spenders. The top leg of the K is still spending.
🚀 SpaceX in reported talks for at least 80,000 U.S. cell sites.
$SPCX $CCI $AMT
Towers jumped Friday — $CCI +11%, $AMT +8% — as carriers fell 4–5%.
Important: reported talks only — nothing signed, no company has confirmed.
tickergrove.com/stories/spacex…#Telecom#Wireless#Starlink
🚨 $LKQ ousts CEO, withdraws guidance — shares -22% to $17.52.
• Prelim Q3 loss $16M–$32M vs +$178M a year ago
• Adj. EPS $0.47–$0.53 vs $0.69 expected
• Revenue $3.32B; Europe organic -9.8%
Abbate takes over Dec. 15.
tickergrove.com/stories/lkq-ce…#Earnings
⛏️ Newmont posts record adjusted income and lowers its cost guide.
$NEM
• Adj. EPS $2.20 vs $1.96 expected; revenue $6.36B vs $6.27B
• Record adj. net income of $2.3B
• Cost guide improved to $925/oz; output held at 5.3M oz
tickergrove.com/stories/newmon…#Earnings#Gold
@ReutersBiz The CEO's own framing is the tell: AI is 'the icing on the cake, not the cake.' About 1,000 of the 5,000 already went in H1 and 60% are support roles — and it landed with a Q3 miss (pretax £2.3B vs £2.4B expected, FICC down 19%). A cost programme wearing an AI badge.
@ReutersBiz The 5% is the 10-year OAT — first time since 2002 — with the spread over Bunds around 150bp, widest since 2011. One to watch today: Moody's is due to rule on France's rating. And the ECB shield isn't automatic — TPI eligibility requires complying with the EU fiscal framework.
@business The Fed wrinkle: selling prices rose at their fastest since August 2022, new orders hit their highest since March 2022, and Williamson reads the surveys as ~5% annualized GDP growth. That's not a cooling economy — it's a prices problem, five days before the FOMC meets.
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