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Lukas Schmidt
Author: Lukas Schmidt
07:30am, Tuesday, Sep 30, 2025
Zhipu AI (ZHIPU) CEO Zhang Peng rejects ASI-by-2030 hype and rolled out GLM‑4.6-targeting enterprise coding, reasoning and paid dev plans. Investors should watch monetization, enterprise traction and GPU/cloud suppliers (NVDA).
06:44am, Tuesday, Sep 30, 2025
Bernstein downgrades Quadient SA (EPA: QDT) to Market‑Perform, cutting the price target to €14.80 (from €22.40) after a 1H25 update - Mail guidance suspended and weaker Digital/Lockers trim 2025 revenue and EBITDA/EPS forecasts.
06:35am, Tuesday, Sep 30, 2025
Exxon Mobil (XOM) will cut ~2,000 jobs (3-4% of workforce) and consolidate offices into regional hubs, prompting near‑term restructuring charges while aiming for lower recurring operating costs and improved margins.
05:05am, Tuesday, Sep 30, 2025
Pandora (PNDORA) CEO Alexander Lacik to leave March 2026; CMO Berta de Pablos-Barbier, ex-LVMH, tapped as successor. Shares fell ~3% (down ~37% YTD) amid weak European sales, higher raw-material costs and U.S. tariffs.
04:33am, Tuesday, Sep 30, 2025
TotalEnergies (TTE) to monetize half of a 1.4GW U.S. solar package, selling 50% to KKR for $950M to ease leverage ahead of Investor Day; CEO targets ~$3.5B of disposals to shore up the balance sheet.
08:52am, Monday, Sep 29, 2025
Air India secures ~$215M six‑year GIFT City loan from Bank of India and Standard Chartered at ~168 bps over SOFR to refinance bridge debt tied to six Boeing 777‑300ER deliveries. No formal announcement yet.
08:39am, Monday, Sep 29, 2025
Lufthansa to cut ~4,000 admin jobs by 2030, raises targets to 8-10% adj. operating margin and >€2.5bn annual FCF. Shares +2% (~€7.85). Key risks: union votes/strikes-watch cost cuts, fleet rollout and margin execution.
08:36am, Monday, Sep 29, 2025
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) to be taken private in a ~$55B deal at $210/share in cash by Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia's PIF and Affinity Partners - ~25% premium. Closes Q1 FY2027; touted as largest LBO, will remove EA from indices and lift peers.
08:32am, Monday, Sep 29, 2025
Inherited ~$600K in Apple (AAPL) now 50% of a ~$1.2M portfolio: a concentrated position that raises volatility (blended ~17%). A 30% AAPL drop ≈ 15% portfolio hit. Strategies: gradual sale, hedges, gifting; inherited shares often get tax basis step-up.
08:25am, Monday, Sep 29, 2025
Bybit revives Daily Treasure Hunt as "Hot Token Rush" (Sept 28-Oct 27; prereg by Sept 28). Bigger prize pools, boosted referral points, DCA/TradeGPT bot entry and broader "hot" token drops - likely to lift short-term trading volume and token liquidity.
08:13am, Monday, Sep 29, 2025
BP okays ~$5B Tiber-Guadalupe Gulf project: 80,000 bpd FPSO, first oil targeted 2030, ~350M boe recoverable. Reuses 85% of Kaskida design to cut costs-signal BP doubling down on U.S. upstream vs. peers.
07:52am, Monday, Sep 29, 2025
Stellantis (STLA) names Joao Laranjo as CFO, replacing Doug Ostermann amid a wider leadership shake-up. Company keeps 2025 guidance; Milan shares swung intraday as analysts eyed ongoing management churn.
07:43am, Monday, Sep 29, 2025
Citi (NYSE: C) pivots for Q4-boosting cyclical exposure and trimming growth amid a "falling-rates but stable macro" view. Overweight Financials, IT and Utilities; underweight Consumer Staples and parts of Industrials. Expect choppier, sector-driven moves.
09:21am, Friday, Sep 26, 2025
Premarket: tariff chatter lifts chips & pharma-Intel (INTC) +3.7%, GlobalFoundries (GFS) jumps; J&J (JNJ), Pfizer, Lilly firmer after 100% branded-drug tariff talk. Boeing (BA) up on orders; Wayfair (W) down on furniture tariffs. Volatility likely.
