Vincent Gallet
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A UBS upgrade to buy sends Straumann higher
Straumann is up 3.6% to 97.2 CHF in Zurich, buoyed by a recommendation upgrade from UBS on the shares of the company, which specializes in implantology, restorative dentistry and oral tissue regeneration.
September 01, 2026 at 03:44 pm IST
Swiss Life's half-year results generate little enthusiasm
Swiss Life is down 0.6% at 914 CHF in Zurich, after the Swiss insurer published its results for the first six months of the year, a release that does little to excite KBW despite the announcement of additional share buybacks.
September 01, 2026 at 03:30 pm IST
A Deutsche Bank buy initiation lifts Spie
Spie is up 1.6% at €44.2 early in Paris trading, helped by favorable comments from Deutsche Bank, which is initiating coverage at 'buy' with a target price of €57, arguing that this European leader in multi-technical services enjoys a scale advantage over most of its competitors.
September 01, 2026 at 12:52 pm IST
Societe Generale takes a stake in OXG, Vodafone says
In a brief statement, Vodafone Group says Societe Generale will acquire the 50% stake that Geodesia Holding holds in OXG Glasfaser Beteiligungs-GmbH, Vodafone's fiber-optic joint venture in Germany.
September 01, 2026 at 12:34 pm IST
Edycem (Herige Industries) closes an acquisition in Loire-Atlantique
Herige Industries reports that its subsidiary Béton Edycem has finalized the acquisition from BHR of ready-mix concrete plants in Loire-Atlantique. The acquired perimeter represents annual revenue of about €14m and employs 26 staff.
September 01, 2026 at 11:32 am IST
US Bancorp expands its geographic footprint in corporate banking
US Bank says it is expanding its corporate banking presence across the United States, adding more than 50 client-facing banker roles this year in Florida, Georgia, Texas and Arizona, to serve companies with annual revenue between $2.5m and $50m.
August 31, 2026 at 07:12 pm IST
AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN team up on AI infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN, a company owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund that provides full-stack AI solutions, say AI infrastructure based on AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs and Cisco Silicon One AI networking is now operational in Saudi Arabia and is serving HUMAIN's customers.
August 31, 2026 at 06:52 pm IST
Arnaud Belloni appointed to lead marketing for Europe at Stellantis
Stellantis announced the appointment of Arnaud Belloni as CEO of the FIAT, Abarth and Lancia brands, as well as marketing director for Europe, reporting to Emanuele Cappellano, head of operations for Enlarged Europe at the Franco-Italian-American automaker.
August 31, 2026 at 06:14 pm IST
Adobe Offers AI Creation Tools to Saudi Arabia
Adobe has announced an expanded partnership with Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and HUMAIN, a company providing AI capabilities, to develop the kingdom's creative sector by making tools available free of charge.
August 31, 2026 at 05:38 pm IST
Repatha (Amgen) cuts death risk, Phase III study shows
Amgen reports new study data showing that its Repatha (evolocumab) reduces the risk of death in high-risk adults with no prior heart attack or stroke, when added to statins or other LDL-C cholesterol-lowering treatments.
August 31, 2026 at 04:56 pm IST
Ageas edges up modestly on KBW comments
Ageas is up 0.9% at €75.4 in Brussels, as Keefe Bruyette & Woods (KBW) reiterates its "market perform" rating on the stock, with a price target raised from €65.5 to €68, adjusting its estimates after the Belgian insurer's half-year results published last week.
August 31, 2026 at 03:09 pm IST
Three board appointments ahead of the AkzoNobel-Axalta merger
AkzoNobel and Axalta Coating Systems announced that Stephan B. Tanda, Denise C. Johnson and Robert Schuchna have agreed to become non-executive directors of the group to be formed following their merger of equals.
August 31, 2026 at 01:00 pm IST
Bridger (Winamp) expands its international network
Winamp Group announced the signing of five new agreements with AKM (Austria), ACUM (Israel), SCD (Chile), MACP (Malaysia) and CASH (Hong Kong) for its Bridger copyright management platform, bringing its international network to more than 35 agreements.
August 31, 2026 at 12:42 pm IST
Mycronic targets SEK20bn in revenue by 2032-2035.
Ahead of its investor day, Mycronic said it is setting new growth and profitability targets for 2032-2035, namely revenue reaching SEK20bn (€1.8bn at the current exchange rate) and an EBIT margin remaining at current levels of around 25%.
August 31, 2026 at 12:05 pm IST
Prologue to carry out its reverse stock split in September
In line with the decision taken at its Combined General Meeting on June 25, Prologue is implementing a reverse stock split on the basis of 100 old shares for one new share. The reverse split will run from September 14 through October 14, inclusive.
August 31, 2026 at 11:47 am IST
BioNTech plunges after colorectal cancer study is halted
BioNTech is down 8%, to $102.5 on Wall Street, sharply punished after announcing the discontinuation of a phase 2 clinical trial evaluating autogene cevumeran as an adjuvant monotherapy in patients with surgically resected stage II or III colorectal cancer who are positive for circulating tumor DNA.
August 28, 2026 at 08:34 pm IST
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