TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) today announced that S&P Global Ratings ("S&P") has upgraded Teva's long-term issuer credit rating to ‘BB+' from ‘BB', with a stable outlook, and that Moody's Ratings Agency ("Moody's") affirmed Teva's B1a rating and revised Teva's outlook to positive from stable. These upgrades mark another significant milestone in Teva's journey toward achieving investment-grade status.

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Nexa Closes Otavi Project Divestment, Focuses on Core Assets — Neutral

NEXA   Zacks Investment Research — December 24, 2025

Nexa completes its Otavi Project divestment, sharpening focus on higher-return copper assets.

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To win over skeptical investors, Meta will need to bring costs down and monetize AI in new ways

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The festive period is, for some, a time for taking stock of what's happened in the past year - for others, though, its a time to pick stocks for the year ahead. So it is, then, that it's the season for looking ahead.

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Petrobras and OceanPact Sign $590M Deals for Offshore Services — Positive

PBR   Zacks Investment Research — December 24, 2025

PBR and OceanPact sign $590 million ROSV charter deals, reinforcing their focus on offshore safety, maintenance, and subsea performance.

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CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) Stock Price Prediction and Forecast 2025-2030 (Jan 2025) — Positive

CRWD   24/7 Wall Street — December 24, 2025

The cybersecurity company CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD) posted better-than-expected third-quarter results and raised its full-year 2026 revenue guidance.

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SEATTLE , Dec. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mynd.ai, Inc. ("Mynd" or the Company) (NYSE American: MYND), a global leader in interactive classroom technology, today announced that through its subsidiary, Promethean, is working with the Q101 Foundation toward finalizing a strategic Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") that is expected to support Mynd's next phase of platform expansion, product diversification, and long-term ecosystem monetization. The proposed collaboration is centered on the Open Quest Academy ("Open-Q") educational ecosystem- an AI-driven, globally co-created and shared learning platform and content marketplace designed to enable educators and learners to create, distribute, and engage with educational content at …

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HANGZHOU, China , Dec. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Eastern International Ltd. ("Eastern International" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ELOG), a provider of domestic and cross-border professional logistic services including project logistic and general logistic for Company clients, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Guizhou Tianrun Zhicheng Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.

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Lyell Immunopharma: LYL314 Drives Momentum Amid Strong ASH Data — Positive

LYEL   Seeking Alpha — December 24, 2025

Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL) has surged 191% YTD, driven by strong momentum and promising CAR T-cell therapy pipeline candidates LYL314 and LYL273. LYL314 achieved a 93% overall response and 76% complete response rate in heavily pre-treated LBCL, positioning LYEL as a differentiated player in CAR T therapies. LYEL maintains a $320 million cash position, funding operations into 2027, with pivotal LYL314 trial data and a BLA submission targeted for 2027.

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Berkshire: One Beautiful Way To Play The Long XLI/XLU Thesis In 2026 — Positive

BRK-A  BRK-B   Seeking Alpha — December 24, 2025

After outlining why Industrials and Utilities could lead in 2026 (XLI/XLU), this article goes a step further. Berkshire Hathaway is used as a proxy to test whether those sector calls are already visible in real cash flows. The XLI thesis was about pricing power and stabilization. Here, the focus shifts from ETFs to operating businesses, showing how railroads, factories, and logistics can confirm — or challenge — that view.

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Where To Invest In 2026: Top 5 Secular Growth Trends — Positive

AMPX  CHYM  GH  LSCC  MOD  PRCT   Seeking Alpha — December 24, 2025

Every once in a while, a secular trend is so obvious that everyone can see it, and that is the case with AI. Drones are another important secular trend that we believe will benefit many areas of the economy. Robots used to be the province of science fiction movies, but today they are an integral and rapidly expanding area of the economy.

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S&P 500 holds near record high as Wall Street heads into holiday-shortened session — Positive

IVV  SPLG  SPXL  SPY  SSO  UPRO  VOO   Proactive Investors — December 24, 2025

8:15am: Markets wind down US stock futures were treading water early Wednesday, with contracts tied to the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all hovering just below the flatline as Wall Street eases into a holiday-shortened session. That quiet start comes after a strong run.

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Jim Wyckoff has spent over 25 years involved with the stock, financial and commodity markets. He was a financial journalist with the FWN newswire service for many years, including stints as a reporter on the rough-and-tumble commodity futures trading floors in Chicago and New York.

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Phunware appoints Fandom CFO Ed Lu as independent director — Neutral

PHUN   Proactive Investors — December 24, 2025

Phunware Inc (NASDAQ:PHUN) announced that it has elected Ed Lu to its board of directors following the company's annual meeting of stockholders held on December 17. The Austin, Texas-based enterprise mobile cloud platform company said Lu joins the board as an independent director.

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Shares of Agios Pharmaceuticals jumped nearly 12% premarket on Wednesday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the expanded use of its drug for the treatment of a type of blood disorder.

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International Recognition Within First Year of Operation Validates LRE's "Stay Like Living" Concept as Affluent Travelers Prioritize Authentic, Residential-Style Experiences International Recognition Within First Year of Operation Validates LRE's "Stay Like Living" Concept as Affluent Travelers Prioritize Authentic, Residential-Style Experiences

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Vertical Aerospace Traded a Delay for a Major Advantage — Positive

EVTL   MarketBeat — December 24, 2025

Following the global launch event earlier this month, investors in Vertical Aerospace NYSE: EVTL were left with one lingering question: When would the critical piloted transition flight occur? In late December, Vertical delivered investors an early Christmas present by providing a transparent answer.

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Shares of Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) have popped 5.2% in the past week, after it announced it would begin shipping H200 chips to China in February and that it would invest $1.5 billion on a server farm in Israel.

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Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc. (NASDAQ: RIVN) are 16.3% higher than a week ago.

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Boomers Are Buying These 5 High-Quality Monthly Dividend Stocks Hand Over Fist — Positive

ADC  LTC  MAIN  O  STAG   24/7 Wall Street — December 24, 2025

While reaching retirement age can be both a blessing and a curse, relying on the U.S.

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