North America:

  • Goldman Sachs raises its 2026 Brent price outlook to $71/bbl and WTI forecast to $67/bbl amid expected supply constraints.
  • Meta agreed to pay up to $50 million annually for three years to use News Corp content for AI training and output generation.
  • Intel announces that board chair Frank Yeary will retire in May, with Craig Barratt elected as his successor.
  • Moderna settles a $2.25 billion patent dispute over its COVID-19 vaccine technology, shifting focus to its oncology pipeline and projecting year-end cash for 2026 to be $4.5 billion–$5.0 billion.
  • Teva Pharmaceutical and Blackstone Life Sciences announced a $400 million strategic growth capital agreement to develop the drug Duvakitug.
  • OpenAI launches GPT-5.3 Instant for all ChatGPT users with immediate online availability.
  • Oxa raises $103 million in a Series D round to expand autonomous operations at ports, airports, and industrial sites.
  • Droplet Biosciences partners with Nvidia to leverage GPU-accelerated AI for producing post-surgery cancer test results within 24 hours.

Europe:

  • Adidas shares drop over 7% after issuing a weaker-than-expected 2026 profit outlook, despite projecting operating profit growth to €2.3 billion and extending CEO Bjørn Gulden's contract to 2030.
  • Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr implements cost-cutting and operational strategies to manage challenges from geopolitical tensions and delivery delays.
  • Bayer reported a widened fourth-quarter net loss of €3.76 billion, primarily driven by €3.55 billion in litigation-related expenses over its Roundup weedkiller.
  • Volvo Cars reports a 10% decline in sales volumes for the December 2025–February 2026 period, with 156,965 units sold, while fully electric car sales increased by 18% year-over-year.
  • Redcare Pharmacy shares fell significantly after disappointing annual results and a weakened outlook, despite reporting record €1bn prescription revenue for 2025 and forecasting 13-15% revenue growth with a minimum 2.5% adjusted EBITDA margin for 2026.
  • LSEG is collaborating with ASX to launch a high-performance, low-latency derivatives trading platform in 2026, upgrading ASX 24's system.

Rest of World:

  • Tencent is under scrutiny as the Trump administration debates allowing it to retain stakes in U.S. and Finnish video-game companies.
  • SABIC reports a $6.87 billion net loss in 2025 due to impairments and divestments, a widened Q4 net loss of 20.94 billion riyals, and declares a 1.5 SAR per share dividend for the second half of the year.
  • Indobell Insulations Ltd has secured multiple export orders totaling $942,101 and a domestic order worth 8.5 million rupees.