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Munich Re (ETR: MUV2) trades 23% below 52-week high as reinsurance pricing softens into hurricane season
Munich Re beat Q1 by 57% and reaffirmed €6.3bn guidance. The stock is down 23%. The real question is whether softening renewal prices break the Ambition 2030 thesis.
Why Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.’s $47-per-share Tri Pointe Homes bet could shake up U.S. housing
Find out how Sumitomo Forestry’s Tri Pointe Homes acquisition could reshape U.S. homebuilding scale, strategy, and competition today!
Insmed (NASDAQ: INSM) rebounds as retail eyes ATS 2026 readouts after Q1 reset
INSM bounced 11% after a 20% post-earnings reset. BRINSUPRI is launching faster than any respiratory drug in a decade. So why did the market sell the print?
Oil markets face fresh volatility as US and Iran fighting threatens supply confidence
Brent crude is back above $100. United States and Iran tensions have turned Strait of Hormuz risk into the market’s key inflation threat.
Adidas Q1 2026 beats Street with €705m operating profit and 14% currency-neutral growth as ADS Xetra rallies 9% on FIFA World Cup tailwind
Adidas beat Q1 2026 consensus with €705m operating profit, but held 2026 guidance flat. The unbooked €300m tariff item is the real story for ADS investors.
Coca-Cola (KO) lifts 2026 EPS guidance after Q1 beat as price/mix slows and APAC operating income falls 14%
Coca-Cola raised 2026 EPS guidance after a Q1 beat. The harder question is whether tax cuts and a calendar tailwind are masking slower pricing power.
Alumni Ventures wants to bridge Japan and Silicon Valley. Can the timing get any better?
Japan has capital but needs global startup scale. Alumni Ventures’ Tokyo move could test whether U.S.-Japan venture bridges can finally work.
SAP Q1 2026: Cloud revenue surges 27% as Klein defends AI story against a halved stock
SAP cloud revenue jumped 27% in Q1 2026, but the harder question is whether one quarter can rebuild conviction in a stock down 48% from peak.
Ericsson posts 6% organic growth in Q1 2026 as currency headwinds mask gains across four global markets
Ericsson posts 6% organic Q1 2026 growth and nearly doubles free cash flow, but SEK 3.8B restructuring charges and legal risks complicate the recovery story. Read more.
Why RIKEN’s Quantinuum H2 upgrade could deepen Japan’s lead in hybrid quantum-supercomputing research
RIKEN is upgrading Reimei-Fugaku with Quantinuum’s H2 system to boost quantum-HPC research in Japan. Read what it means for science and industry.