KYIV (Reuters) – Russia, whose leader is accused of war crimes, assumed charge of the United Nations Security Council on Saturday causing fury in Ukraine, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy calling it an absurd and destructive move.Slideshow ( 3 images )The last time Russia held the rotating presidency of the body responsible for maintaining peace and combating acts of international aggression […]

(Reuters) – Last year, Kris Kashtanova typed instructions for a graphic novel into a new artificial-intelligence program and touched off a high-stakes debate over who created the artwork: a human or an algorithm.A sketch drawn by Kris Kashtanova (L) that the artist fed into AI program Stable Diffusion and transformed into the resulting image (R) using text prompts. Courtesy of […]

This report was sent to Briefing.com subscribers earlier today.  Research calls posted earlier this morning are available here.  Upgrades: > Air France-KLM (AFLYY) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank > Beazley Plc (BZLYF) upgraded to Buy from Sell at UBS > Crombie REIT (CROMF) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Desjardins > Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DLAKY) upgraded to […]

This report was sent to Briefing.com subscribers earlier today.  Research calls posted earlier this morning are available here. Upgrades: 1-800-FLOWERS (FLWS) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Craig Hallum > Anglo American (NGLOY) upgraded to Equal-Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley > Paycom Software (PAYC) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at DA Davidson; tgt $350 > Paylocity (PCTY) upgraded to […]

This report was sent to Briefing.com subscribers earlier today.  Upgrades: > American Tower (AMT) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at MoffettNathanson; tgt lowered to $234 > Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Wells Fargo; tgt lowered to $17 > Crown Castle (CCI) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at MoffettNathanson; tgt lowered to $155 […]

There is a lot riding on the outcome of the Reserve Bank decision on rates next week. Already more than one-quarter of those with a home loan are at risk of mortgage stress, and this number will rise to almost one-third if April yields another rise. Five days out from this crucial decision, the result remains a coin toss. On […]

It was inevitable, after the drastic steps the Swiss regulators took to “rescue” Credit Suisse, that there would be a global hunt for the next big vulnerable bank. It was equally inevitable that the risk averse, and the short sellers, would target Deutsche Bank. Deutsche Bank shares fell 8.5 per cent on Friday (after being down as much as 15 […]

WACO, Texas (Reuters) -Donald Trump used his first election rally in Waco, Texas, to rail against the prosecutors investigating him, employing dark and conspiratorial language to fire up his base ahead of next year’s Republican primary elections. Trump told supporters gathered at Waco’s airport on Saturday that the investigations swirling around him were “something straight out of the Stalinist Russia […]

(Reuters) – Donald Trump will hold an election rally in Texas on Saturday at a site that critics say will play to his far-right supporters as he seeks to boost a presidential campaign dogged by the threat of criminal indictments.FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on education as he holds a campaign rally with supporters, in Davenport, […]