The tech-heavy Nasdaq slid more than 2 percent on Thursday as growth stocks weakened after earnings from mega-caps Tesla and Meta did little to address AI-related concerns, with a recovery in oil prices further adding to market unease. Meta slipped 5.2 percent after the social media giant unveiled a new class of non-voting shares to help fund its costly AI expansion. The decline came despite stronger-than-expected quarterly revenue and an upbeat fourth-quarter sales forecast. The market weakness marked a sharp reversal from Wednesday, when robust results from SpaceX and Super Micro sparked an AI-fueled rally. The optimism faded as investors shifted their focus from earnings strength to the enormous capital required to build AI infrastructure and their uncertain return timeline. The selloff put the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index on track to shed more than $616 billion in market value, while the Nasdaq-100 was set to erase nearly $1 trillion. The semiconductor index fell 5.6 percent to its lowest since July 29. "Semiconductors and the Nasdaq have been elevated to a huge degree by inve
The tech-heavy Nasdaq slid more than 2 percent on Thursday as growth stocks weakened after earnings from mega-caps Tesla and Meta did little to address AI-related concerns, with a recovery in oil prices further adding to market unease. Meta slipped 5.2 percent after the social media giant unveiled a new class of non-voting shares to help fund its costly AI expansion. The decline came despite stronger-than-expected quarterly revenue and an upbeat fourth-quarter sales forecast. The market weakness marked a sharp reversal from Wednesday, when robust results from SpaceX and Super Micro sparked an AI-fueled rally. The optimism faded as investors shifted their focus from earnings strength to the enormous capital required to build AI infrastructure and their uncertain return timeline. The selloff put the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index on track to shed more than $616 billion in market value, while the Nasdaq-100 was set to erase nearly $1 trillion. The semiconductor index fell 5.6 percent to its lowest since July 29. "Semiconductors and the Nasdaq have been elevated to a huge degree by inve
Several government, school and hospital websites across Europe and beyond were taken offline on Wednesday as organizations rushed to protect themselves from two critical security flaws in PHP, a programming language that powers a large share of the internet. Cybersecurity agencies across the world warned that organizations unable to apply fixes in time should consider taking affected sites offline. PHP's developers said a set of new updates fixing two previously identified critical vulnerabilities was available. Here are some major websites and services taken offline or otherwise affected: Germany A spokesperson for the German digital ministry said on Wednesday the federal IT service provider ITZBund had taken several websites offline due to the discovery of PHP vulnerabilities. The temporary deactivation was purely preventive and no security incidents were known to have occurred, the spokesperson said. France The Interior Ministry said it had temporarily taken offline the websites of prefectures, which are local government administrative offices, while awaiting a security fix for the PHP
Several government, school and hospital websites across Europe and beyond were taken offline on Wednesday as organizations rushed to protect themselves from two critical security flaws in PHP, a programming language that powers a large share of the internet. Cybersecurity agencies across the world warned that organizations unable to apply fixes in time should consider taking affected sites offline. PHP's developers said a set of new updates fixing two previously identified critical vulnerabilities was available. Here are some major websites and services taken offline or otherwise affected: Germany A spokesperson for the German digital ministry said on Wednesday the federal IT service provider ITZBund had taken several websites offline due to the discovery of PHP vulnerabilities. The temporary deactivation was purely preventive and no security incidents were known to have occurred, the spokesperson said. France The Interior Ministry said it had temporarily taken offline the websites of prefectures, which are local government administrative offices, while awaiting a security fix for the PHP
Turkiye will host an R-4 and an R-4+E-3 meeting of foreign ministers in Istanbul on October 23, the Turkish foreign ministry said on Thursday.
The R-4 group, which comprises Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye, emerged in March and has been focusing on regional security and mediation efforts between the United States and Iran.
The E-3 group is a trio of European powers — France, Britain and Germany — that was set up more than 20 years ago to advance diplomatic coordination over Iran’s nuclear programme.
The Foreign Office in Islamabad has yet to comment on the planned meetings and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar’s participation.
A Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters that the seven countries would meet in the R-4+E-3 format for the first time at Turkiye’s initiative as wars involving Iran, Yemen and Ukraine threaten shipping routes and regional security.
The ministers are expected to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian issue, the latest situation in the Strait of Hormuz, developments related to Yemen, efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, and opportunities for closer cooperation between the regional and European countries, the source added.
Fidan is expected to emphasise the need for a diplomatic solution to the war between the United States and Iran, the importance of freedom of navigation in the straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab, and reiterate Turkiye’s support for Saudi Arabia’s security against attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement signed by Islamabad, Ankara, and Riyadh, they said.
Fidan will also tell counterparts that Turkiye has been working to stop the war in Ukraine from spreading to the Black Sea, pointing to the regional security risks posed by the conflict, the source said.
As ações da Meta Platforms caíam mais de 5% nesta quinta-feira, com investidores contrabalançando os benefícios do negócio de agentes de IA (inteligência artificial), que cresce rapidamente, com os custos crescentes para financiar a ambiciosa expansão da companhia nessa área.
Até o fechamento de quarta-feira, o papel acumulava alta superior a 5% no ano. Se a queda dos primeiros negócios for mantida, a Meta poderá perder cerca de US$85 bilhões em valor de mercado.
A reação negativa ocorre apesar de a Meta ter divulgado na véspera uma receita trimestral acima do esperado, projetado vendas para o quarto trimestre acima das estimativas de Wall Street e destacado a rápida adoção de seu novo aplicativo de agente de IA, o Muse.
O balanço foi divulgado poucas horas depois de um juiz do Novo México determinar que a empresa pague uma multa de US$ 5 bilhões em um caso relacionado à privacidade de dados envolvendo a Cambridge Analytica. A Meta informou que pretende recorrer da decisão.
A controladora do Instagram está gastando pesadamente para sustentar seus planos de IA, com uma previsão de investimentos (capex) anuais entre US$ 135 bilhões e US$ 145 bilhões.
A empresa também reportou um fluxo de caixa livre negativo de US$ 2,12 bilhões no terceiro trimestre, ante fluxo de caixa livre positivo um ano antes.
O analista Benjamin Black, do Deutsche Bank, afirmou que os investimentos da Meta em IA estão gerando melhor desempenho publicitário e maior engajamento, criando uma visão cada vez mais favorável para a ação, à medida que investidores passam a enxergar a infraestrutura computacional como um ativo gerador de receita, e não apenas como um centro de custos.
A Meta também anunciou planos para criar uma nova classe de ações Classe C sem direito a voto, dando à empresa maior flexibilidade para aquisições e remuneração de funcionários, ao mesmo tempo em que preserva o controle decisório do presidente-executivo, Mark Zuckerberg.
Pelo menos 13 corretoras elevaram seus preços-alvo para a ação após os resultados, segundo dados compilados pela LSEG.
As preocupações com a dimensão dos investimentos da Meta em IA também chegaram ao mercado de crédito, onde o custo para segurar a dívida da empresa contra inadimplência avançou para um nível recorde.
Un terremoto de magnitud 7 ha sacudido este jueves la región autónoma del Tíbet. El seísmo, el más potente registrado en la zona desde enero de 2024, se produjo alrededor de las 22:33 hora local (16:33 en la España peninsular), de acuerdo con las primeras informaciones del Centro de Redes Sismológicas de China (CENC). En las primeras informaciones de los medios locales se mencionan que hay heridos y que las viviendas de los pueblos más próximos al epicentro han sufrido daños.
China is emerging as a major supplier of water technology to parched countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa, as shrinking natural supplies at home push Beijing to invest heavily in manufactured freshwater, industry experts say.
Chinese firms are selling desalination membranes, filtration equipment and engineering services to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, often through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which connects Chinese capital and infrastructure projects to developing markets.
Even Gulf states, long desalination pioneers, are turning to Chinese manufacturers to produce equipment at scale.
China exported more than $2 billion of water filtering and purifying machinery in 2025, up 25 per cent from $1.6bn in 2020, according to UN Comtrade.
Vontron Technology said it shipped more than 30,000 seawater desalination membranes to BRI countries last year, enough for more than 300,000 tons of daily capacity. In January, PowerChina said it was building a water supply project in Tanzania to serve more than 450,000 people.
At home, Beijing has made water security a strategic priority.
Spending on water conservancy has grown faster than military spending since 2015, according to China Water Risk (CWR), a Hong Kong-based think tank. It now exceeds 1.2 trillion yuan ($170bn) a year, which CWR says rivals China’s central military budget.
A crisis at home
The push is rooted in domestic risk. In August, a massive collapse of ice and rock near the border between Nepal and Tibet showed how volatile natural water sources are becoming.
Tibet’s “water towers” feed headwaters for nearly 2bn people across South, Southeast and East Asia, and climate change is eroding them. Meanwhile, severe over-extraction in northern China has depleted groundwater and left key farming regions with systemic deficits.
“We could see peak water by 2050 across 10 major river systems that provide water to one in two Asians as glacier melt peaks and river flows decline,” CWR said.
Peak water is the tipping point where flows from natural water sources reach a maximum and thereafter enter continual decline.
“This will put almost half the GDP of 16 countries at risk, including China, CWR said.
Benjamin Horton, dean of the School of Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong, said China’s ability to develop water technology at scale could cut costs for other water-stressed countries. He said Beijing could become Asia’s leading provider of practical water security solutions.
“Through the Belt and Road Initiative, there is likely to be continued demand for hydropower, desalination, flood forecasting, irrigation, wastewater treatment, and climate-resilient infrastructure,” he said.
Water as national security
In July, China rolled out new regulations under its Five-Year Plan that treat water as a pillar of national security and economic self-reliance, not just an environmental issue.
Surface water supplies about 80pc of China’s freshwater, while recycled water, desalinated seawater and harvested rainwater provide just 3pc to 4pc. Authorities have pledged to raise that share.
The South-North Water Transfer Project moves billions of cubic meters from the Yangtze to the dry north, but it is constrained by energy costs and shrinking surpluses in the warming Yangtze basin.
Saleh Al Khabti, China president of Saudi developer Acwa, said costs are rising and quality is deteriorating in some areas.
China operated 167 seawater desalination projects at the end of 2025, with total capacity of 3,076,805 tonnes a day, up 221,283 tonnes from 2024, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. State media put the average production cost at 4 to 8 yuan per cubic meter.
Industry reports expect the market to grow from $1.84bn in 2024 to $4.66bn in 2033, or about 11pc a year.
Hurdles remain, including the scale of investment and the central planning needed for multi-city conveyance grids, while public attitudes also pose a challenge.
Khabti said many Chinese still view drinking desalinated water as taboo, though local governments are keen to build capacity.
Foreign players buying in
Khabti said more than 90pc of the renewable equipment Acwa procures comes from Chinese manufacturers, and the company buys about 70pc of its global water equipment from Chinese suppliers.
Acwa has pledged to invest up to $30bn in China by 2030, working with firms including PowerChina and China Energy Engineering Corporation. It plans to spend at least $15bn a year on Chinese equipment over the next three years across renewables, green hydrogen and desalination.
Khabti expects Chinese membrane makers to catch up fast.
“It took us 15 years to reach where we are today with our partners,” he said.
He thinks Chinese original equipment manufacturers could match that level in two to three years, and he expects desalination to follow wind and solar as “a big area of exports.”
“We’re very bullish about China,” he said. “Once it’s there, China will be the leader.”
O USDA (Departamento de Agricultura dos Estados Unidos) informou nesta quarta-feira que confirmou a primeira detecção da mosca-da-bicheira do Novo Mundo, parasita que se alimenta de tecido vivo, em um animal silvestre nos EUA: um alce no condado de Pecos, no Texas.
O alce foi encontrado em uma fazenda de caça e foi relatado após ter sido abatido por um caçador, informou o USDA em um comunicado.
A Comissão de Saúde Animal do Texas modificará uma zona infestada previamente estabelecida, e o USDA e o Departamento de Parques e Vida Selvagem do Texas estão realizando vigilância adicional da vida selvagem na área, informou o órgão.
Erradicada dos EUA há décadas, a praga avançou para o norte a partir da América Central, passando pelo México, o que levou Washington a impor uma proibição de mais de um ano às importações de gado mexicano.
Os EUA suspenderam as importações de gado do México no ano passado para impedir a entrada da mosca-da-bicheira, mas retomaram o comércio em agosto em um porto do Arizona como parte de um plano de reabertura gradual.
A suspensão contribuiu para reduzir a oferta de gado nos EUA e elevar os preços da carne bovina a níveis recordes para os consumidores norte-americanos.
The Greek finance ministry said on Thursday it was implementing sanctions in place linked to Iran and that it backed efforts to effectively combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
A França registrou, nesta quinta-feira (22), o primeiro caso humano do vírus Shamonda, normalmente encontrado em animais de criação, em um paciente que morreu posteriormente. As autoridades informaram que, neste momento, não há risco para a população em geral.
Transmitido por mosquitos e mais comumente encontrado em bovinos, o vírus Shamonda também já foi detectado em cavalos, alpacas, ovelhas e cabras, informou a Organização Mundial de Saúde Animal (WOAH, na sigla em inglês).
“O Centro Europeu de Prevenção e Controle de Doenças (ECDC) está monitorando cuidadosamente a situação, após as autoridades francesas terem anunciado o primeiro caso já registrado de infecção humana pelo vírus Shamonda, uma doença que, até agora, afetava apenas animais”, afirmou o ECDC, com sede em Estocolmo, em comunicado.
O ECDC está em contato com autoridades francesas e parceiros europeus para investigar as possíveis implicações para a saúde pública.
O anúncio francês indicou que a hipótese principal é que o paciente tenha sido infectado no leste da França, onde o vírus circulou entre animais nesta primavera e verão.
“Com base no conhecimento disponível sobre esse vírus, nenhum risco à saúde da população em geral foi identificado até o momento”, afirmou o comunicado.
O ECDC informou que o paciente morreu no início de outubro e lembrou que a vítima vinha recebendo tratamento para uma doença grave que a tornava mais suscetível à infecção do que a população em geral.
“Estão em andamento investigações para determinar se o vírus causou ou contribuiu para a morte do paciente e como a infecção foi contraída”, disse.
Atualmente, não há vacinas comercialmente disponíveis contra o vírus Shamonda, informou a WOAH.
Identificado na Nigéria em meados da década de 1960, o vírus Shamonda foi confirmado pela primeira vez na Europa no final de julho, após testes genômicos em bovinos doentes no sul da Alemanha, na Suíça e no leste da França.
Um relatório do boletim semanal de vigilância sanitária animal da França indicou que o vírus também havia sido detectado na Áustria, Bélgica, Irlanda, Itália, em Liechtenstein, Luxemburgo, na Holanda, em Portugal, na Eslovênia, Espanha e na ilha de Jersey, no Reino Unido.
Um estudo feito em nove fazendas leiteiras francesas constatou que a produção de leite caiu em até 75% nos rebanhos afetados.
*(Reportagem adicional de Makini Brice e Jennifer Rigby)
Several government, school and hospital websites across Europe and beyond were taken offline on Wednesday as organizations rushed to protect themselves from two critical security flaws in PHP, a programming language that powers a large share of the internet. Cybersecurity agencies across the world warned that organizations unable to apply fixes in time should consider taking affected sites offline. PHP's developers said a set of new updates fixing two previously identified critical vulnerabilities was available. Here are some major websites and services taken offline or otherwise affected: Germany A spokesperson for the German digital ministry said on Wednesday the federal IT service provider ITZBund had taken several websites offline due to the discovery of PHP vulnerabilities. The temporary deactivation was purely preventive and no security incidents were known to have occurred, the spokesperson said. France The Interior Ministry said it had temporarily taken offline the websites of prefectures, which are local government administrative offices, while awaiting a security fix for the PHP
Several government, school and hospital websites across Europe and beyond were taken offline on Wednesday as organizations rushed to protect themselves from two critical security flaws in PHP, a programming language that powers a large share of the internet. Cybersecurity agencies across the world warned that organizations unable to apply fixes in time should consider taking affected sites offline. PHP's developers said a set of new updates fixing two previously identified critical vulnerabilities was available. Here are some major websites and services taken offline or otherwise affected: Germany A spokesperson for the German digital ministry said on Wednesday the federal IT service provider ITZBund had taken several websites offline due to the discovery of PHP vulnerabilities. The temporary deactivation was purely preventive and no security incidents were known to have occurred, the spokesperson said. France The Interior Ministry said it had temporarily taken offline the websites of prefectures, which are local government administrative offices, while awaiting a security fix for the PHP
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck China's southwestern region of Tibet at around 10:33 p.m. (1433 GMT) on Thursday, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said. Local authorities have found at least two people injured in a village near the epicentre, with some houses in villages closest to the epicentre showing cracks, the state broadcaster said. The quake is the strongest to hit China since January 2024. The epicentre was in a sparsely populated, high-altitude county in Nagqu, northern Tibet, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). The average elevation within 5 km of the epicentre is about 4,864 metres (15,960 feet), CENC data showed. Videos released by local officially run media showed people leaving their homes and seeking shelter outside or in their cars parked on the street. One resident reported being awakened by the strong quake and heard the house squeaking in the tremor. The quake was clearly felt in the local area, CENC said. The epicentre was around 400 km from the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. Local fire and rescue teams have mobilised and are heading to the affected region, state
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck China's southwestern region of Tibet at around 10:33 p.m. (1433 GMT) on Thursday, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said. Local authorities have found at least two people injured in a village near the epicentre, with some houses in villages closest to the epicentre showing cracks, the state broadcaster said. The quake is the strongest to hit China since January 2024. The epicentre was in a sparsely populated, high-altitude county in Nagqu, northern Tibet, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). The average elevation within 5 km of the epicentre is about 4,864 metres (15,960 feet), CENC data showed. Videos released by local officially run media showed people leaving their homes and seeking shelter outside or in their cars parked on the street. One resident reported being awakened by the strong quake and heard the house squeaking in the tremor. The quake was clearly felt in the local area, CENC said. The epicentre was around 400 km from the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. Local fire and rescue teams have mobilised and are heading to the affected region, state
South Korea's international aid agency has decided to bring back one of its two staff members from its office in Ukraine's capital on safety grounds, the Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday. Kyiv has come under increasingly heavy Russian drone and missile attacks in recent weeks, more than 4-1/2 years after Moscow's invasion of its neighbour. South Korea has also been caught up in a diplomatic dispute with Ukraine and withdrew its ambassador this month after accusing Kyiv of breaching a confidentiality agreement over the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to the South. The decision by the Korea International Cooperation Agency to repatriate the aid agency staff member was made after a safety meeting, Yonhap said in its report. It cited an official from the agency who did not mention the dispute over the prisoners of war. The other staff member would stay in Kyiv, it added. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the UN General Assembly in September that Ukraine had transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to the South. He said the men had been sent there after be
South Korea's international aid agency has decided to bring back one of its two staff members from its office in Ukraine's capital on safety grounds, the Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday. Kyiv has come under increasingly heavy Russian drone and missile attacks in recent weeks, more than 4-1/2 years after Moscow's invasion of its neighbour. South Korea has also been caught up in a diplomatic dispute with Ukraine and withdrew its ambassador this month after accusing Kyiv of breaching a confidentiality agreement over the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to the South. The decision by the Korea International Cooperation Agency to repatriate the aid agency staff member was made after a safety meeting, Yonhap said in its report. It cited an official from the agency who did not mention the dispute over the prisoners of war. The other staff member would stay in Kyiv, it added. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the UN General Assembly in September that Ukraine had transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to the South. He said the men had been sent there after be
NEW YORK — Oil prices climbed about 2 percent to a five-month high on Thursday after Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia stoked concerns of further disruption to energy supplies from the key exporting region. Brent futures rose $2.42, or 2.2 percent, to $111.24 a barrel at 10:45 a.m. EDT (1445 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose $1.14, or 1.2 percent, to $98.29. That drove Brent into technically overbought territory for a third time in a week and set for its highest close since May 18. Saudi Aramco has told staff to evacuate its headquarters in Dhahran on the Gulf near Bahrain, Reuters reported, as fighting between the world's largest crude exporter and Yemen's Houthis intensifies. Clashes between the Houthis and a Saudi-led coalition that backs Yemen's internationally recognised government have raged since the Iran-aligned group pushed towards Bab el-Mandeb, a shipping chokepoint at the Red Sea's mouth. "Reports of Middle East crude oil exports exceeding pre-conflict levels are more than countered by attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the Houthi strikes on Sa
NEW YORK — Oil prices climbed about 2 percent to a five-month high on Thursday after Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia stoked concerns of further disruption to energy supplies from the key exporting region. Brent futures rose $2.42, or 2.2 percent, to $111.24 a barrel at 10:45 a.m. EDT (1445 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose $1.14, or 1.2 percent, to $98.29. That drove Brent into technically overbought territory for a third time in a week and set for its highest close since May 18. Saudi Aramco has told staff to evacuate its headquarters in Dhahran on the Gulf near Bahrain, Reuters reported, as fighting between the world's largest crude exporter and Yemen's Houthis intensifies. Clashes between the Houthis and a Saudi-led coalition that backs Yemen's internationally recognised government have raged since the Iran-aligned group pushed towards Bab el-Mandeb, a shipping chokepoint at the Red Sea's mouth. "Reports of Middle East crude oil exports exceeding pre-conflict levels are more than countered by attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the Houthi strikes on Sa
A Blackstone, a maior gestora de ativos alternativos do mundo, divulgou nesta quinta-feira uma queda nos lucros do terceiro trimestre, já que o ambiente turbulento do mercado prejudicou sua capacidade de obter retorno sobre os investimentos.
Os mercados globais têm sido abalados pelo aumento dos rendimentos dos títulos, pelas expectativas de taxas de juros mais altas por mais tempo e pela elevada volatilidade do mercado decorrente da guerra no Irã.
Como resultado, muitos negócios em potencial estão sendo suspensos, levando a uma desaceleração nas transações e nas IPOs (ofertas públicas iniciais) no primeiro semestre do ano.
A atividade global de fusões e aquisições (M&A) caiu 41% em relação ao trimestre anterior no terceiro trimestre, de acordo com dados da LSEG.
As realizações líquidas da Blackstone, que acompanham os recursos provenientes da saída de investimentos, caíram 34%, para cerca de US$332 milhões, prejudicadas por uma queda de quase 50% em seus negócios de private equity.
O lucro distribuível, ou lucro disponível para os acionistas, caiu 13%, para US$ 1,32 por ação. Analistas esperavam em média US$ 1,26, de acordo com dados compilados pela LSEG.
Os resultados da Blackstone, no entanto, foram amenizados por entradas líquidas de mais de US$ 63 bilhões, elevando os ativos sob gestão para US$ 1,37 trilhão e impulsionando os lucros relacionados a comissões em 6%.
Seus negócios de crédito e seguros representaram a maior parcela dos novos influxos, gerando quase US$ 36 bilhões, seguidos pelo private equity, com US$12,6 bilhões.
Os lucros relacionados a comissões provenientes da gestão de investimentos em seus fundos de private equity saltaram 26%, para US$ 619 milhões.
As gestoras de ativos alternativos estão enfrentando uma queda nos preços de suas ações este ano, à medida que os investidores se tornaram cautelosos diante das perspectivas de um crescimento futuro mais lento e de possíveis perturbações causadas pelos avanços da IA nas empresas de suas carteiras.
O crédito privado, em particular, tem sido alvo do nervosismo dos investidores, com grandes gestoras relatando um aumento nos pedidos de resgate nos últimos trimestres.
A Blackstone informou no mês passado que os pedidos em seu fundo BCRED permaneceram elevados no terceiro trimestre, mas afirmou que os fundamentos da carteira continuam sólidos.
Suas ações despencaram quase 30% este ano, em linha com o desempenho de outras gestoras de ativos, em comparação com um ganho de 13% no mercado como um todo e de cerca de 2% no índice S&P 500 Financials.
Os principais índices de Wall Street abriram em queda nesta quinta-feira (22), com as ações de crescimento sofrendo novas pressões depois que os resultados financeiros das megacapitalizadas Tesla e Meta pouco contribuíram para dissipar as dúvidas sobre as perspectivas da IA, enquanto uma recuperação nos preços do petróleo aumentava o nervosismo do mercado.
O Índice Dow Jones Industrial Average caiu 0,13%, para 52.788,41 pontos na abertura. O S&P 500 recuou 0,81%, para 7.694,62 pontos, enquanto o Nasdaq Composite recuou 1,48%, para 26.308,407 pontos.
England’s Harry Brook smashed the fastest double-century in One-Day International (ODI) history and became the first Englishman to score 200 in the format but Sri Lanka sealed a two-wicket win in their tri-series clash with one ball to spare in Rawalpindi on Thursday.
The 27-year-old captain rewrote the record books by racing to his double hundred in 114 balls, surpassing the previous mark of 117 deliveries set by India’s Shubman Gill.
In the process, Brook also eclipsed England’s highest individual ODI score of 182, held by all-rounder Ben Stokes.
Brook’s scintillating performance ended with the final ball of England’s innings when he was caught by Sahan Arachchige off the bowling of Janith Liyanage.
England’s captain Harry Brook celebrates after scoring a double century (200 runs) during the one-day international (ODI) tri-series cricket match between England and Sri Lanka at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on October 22, 2026. — AFP
He made 202 from 116 deliveries, peppering the Sri Lanka attack with 21 fours and 10 sixes before departing to warm applause from the crowd.
The defeat leaves England bottom of the standings after losing both their matches, with Brook saying they need to win their next two games to reach the final in Lahore.
“Unfortunately, it (the record) doesn’t matter now. I thought we were going to be in a good position but, unfortunately, it doesn’t even count,” Brook said.
“Heart-breaking. I think you’ve hit the nail on the head there. It’s very disappointing that we haven’t been able to defend 430, but that’s life, that’s cricket,” he added.
“You don’t see many teams chase down 430 and hats off to Sri Lanka. They’ve played exceptionally well. We couldn’t execute our skills enough with the ball and, again, they’ve just played an absolute blinder there.
“We’ll have a good chat about it now and over the next couple of days. We’ve got a good opportunity in the next couple of games to really try and get to that final in Lahore.”
Joe Root provided strong support with 69 off 66 balls as England piled up 429-4.
But the total proved insufficient as Sri Lanka completed the second-highest successful run chase in ODI history.
Pavan Rathnayake top-scored with 130 from 106 deliveries, while opener Avishka Fernando and Dasun Shanaka both fell three runs short of centuries.
Sri Lanka’s Pavan Rathnayake in action in the one-day international (ODI) tri-series cricket match between England and Sri Lanka at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on October 22, 2026. — Reuters
Needing six runs from the final two deliveries, Sri Lanka sealed victory when Liyanage launched Josh Tongue over long-off for six, leaving Brook’s record-breaking innings all in vain.
Tongue was England’s most successful bowler with 3-79.
England lost by 87 runs at the same venue in Rawalpindi on Tuesday to Pakistan, who lead the table with two wins from two.
O Barclays anunciou que cortará cerca de 5.000 empregos, ou 5% de sua força de trabalho, este ano, à medida que utiliza tecnologias como a inteligência artificial para reduzir custos fixos e melhorar a rentabilidade geral.
Os cortes de pessoal foram apresentados quando o Barclays divulgou lucro no terceiro trimestre de 2,3 bilhões de libras (3,08 bilhões de dólares), acima do registrado no ano anterior, mas abaixo das previsões dos analistas, devido ao desempenho abaixo do esperado do negócio de negociação de renda fixa.
O banco informou ter realizado mais 201 milhões de libras em “medidas de redução de custos estruturais” no terceiro trimestre, como parte de seu plano de longo prazo para reduzir despesas, como custos com pessoal, por meio de maior uso de tecnologia.
Cerca de 60% do total de cortes de pessoal afetará funcionários em funções de apoio, como desenvolvedores, disse a diretora financeira Anna Cross aos repórteres, em um dos sinais mais claros até agora, vindo de um grande banco, de como a IA está permitindo que as empresas reduzam o quadro de funcionários nessas funções.
Cross disse que 1.000 cargos já foram eliminados, com o restante a ser cortado até o final do ano.
As ações do Barclays caíam 2,5% no início do pregão, apresentando desempenho inferior ao de outras instituições financeiras.
As ações do banco caíram 14% neste ano, em linha com os pares europeus, que sofreram correção após anos de alta, à medida que as taxas de juros mais elevadas impulsionaram os lucros.
A Shore Capital afirmou em uma nota que os resultados ficaram abaixo do esperado devido ao desempenho decepcionante do banco de investimentos.
O banco de investimentos do Barclays registrou receita total no terceiro trimestre de 3,1 bilhões de libras, abaixo das previsões de 3,3 bilhões de libras.
Os resultados do terceiro trimestre dos concorrentes do Barclays em Wall Street, divulgados no início deste mês, mostraram a natureza cíclica da receita dos bancos de investimento, à medida que as negociações desaceleraram e as mesas de renda fixa apresentaram desempenho abaixo do esperado, com apenas a negociação de ações mantendo o forte ímpeto observado no primeiro semestre do ano.
A farmacêutica suíça Roche superou as expectativas de vendas do terceiro trimestre nesta quinta-feira, impulsionada pela demanda constante por medicamentos-chave, como o Ocrevus, para ganhar tempo enquanto busca no exterior reabastecer seu pipeline diante de expirações iminentes de patentes.
A receita do grupo cresceu 7% a taxas de câmbio constantes, atingindo 16,13 bilhões de francos suíços (US$19,61 bilhões), superando a previsão consensual elaborada pela empresa, de 15,75 bilhões de francos (US$19,15 bilhões).
No entanto, o trimestre trouxe um sinal precoce de pressão competitiva — as vendas do medicamento Xolair ficaram abaixo das previsões do mercado após o lançamento do primeiro genérico mais barato, gerando vendas de 848 milhões de francos (US$ 1,03 bilhão) contra expectativas de 925 milhões de francos (US$1,12 bilhão).
As ações caíam 1,1% no pregão da manhã.
Com vários medicamentos de grande sucesso mais antigos se aproximando do vencimento das patentes, a Roche aposta em seus principais produtos para impulsionar o crescimento no curto prazo, ao mesmo tempo em que intensifica as negociações externas para tratamentos de última geração.
A empresa fechou um acordo no valor de mais de US$ 15 bilhões com a chinesa Hansoh Pharma, segundo notícia divulgada na segunda-feira.
Com foco no ecossistema de biotecnologia da Europa, o presidente-executivo Thomas Schinecker afirmou na quinta-feira que cerca de 50% dos acordos de licenciamento externos do grupo nos últimos quatro anos foram firmados nos EUA e os outros 50% na China e na Ásia.
“Isso mostra um pouco a situação em que a Europa se encontra em termos de inovação”, disse Schinecker.
A administração também observou que o impacto negativo das reformas nos preços dos serviços de saúde na China estava diminuindo, apesar das quedas de dois dígitos no país, com a divisão de diagnósticos — que cresceu 5%, para 3,54 bilhões de francos — devendo retornar a um crescimento “normal” na faixa de um dígito médio a alto no próximo ano.
A Roche também se beneficiou da estabilização do dólar em relação ao franco suíço, aliviando o impacto prolongado das taxas de câmbio no mercado norte-americano, que responde por quase metade da receita do grupo.
Os medicamentos mais vendidos impulsionaram a unidade farmacêutica, liderada pela injeção para esclerose múltipla Ocrevus, cuja receita cresceu 9% em moedas constantes, atingindo 1,84 bilhão de francos.
A Nestlé divulgou nesta quinta-feira (22) um crescimento orgânico das vendas no terceiro trimestre acima do esperado e informou que excluiu sua unidade russa das demonstrações financeiras consolidadas após Moscou ter confiscado o negócio.
A diretora financeira da Nestlé, Anna Manz, disse que o negócio na Rússia, que contribuía com cerca de 2% das vendas do grupo, não estava mais sendo consolidado nos resultados financeiros a partir do final de setembro, sem impacto nas vendas orgânicas, nos volumes e nos preços.
No entanto, a medida afeta as vendas reportadas, o lucro operacional subjacente e o fluxo de caixa livre a partir do quarto trimestre, disse Manz, observando que o desreconhecimento dos ativos líquidos teria um impacto negativo na dívida líquida de aproximadamente 900 milhões de francos suíços (US$ 1,09 bilhão) para 2026.
A Nestlé informou que estava desreconhecendo ativos na Rússia no valor de 1,6 bilhão de francos e reconhecendo um encargo não monetário de cerca de 1,4 bilhão de francos referente a ajustes cumulativos de conversão cambial.
As ações da Nestlé registraram alta de 1,3% nas negociações pré-mercado.
Crescimento do volume impulsiona vendas orgânicas
A fabricante dos cubos de caldo Maggi e do café Nescafé manteve sua perspectiva de vendas orgânicas para o ano inteiro de 2026 em um crescimento de 3% a 4% e registrou um aumento de 4% nas vendas orgânicas trimestrais, acima das expectativas dos analistas, que apontavam para um aumento de 3,4%.
Os aumentos de preço de 1,1% da Nestlé ficaram abaixo da estimativa média dos analistas, de 1,9%. O crescimento interno real (RIG) — ou volume de vendas — foi de 2,8%, superando as expectativas de um aumento de 1,5%.
O RIG, um indicador-chave na estratégia da Nestlé, tem melhorado constantemente desde que Philipp Navratil assumiu o cargo de presidente-executivo em setembro de 2025.
“Estou contente com o nosso progresso”, disse Navratil. “Mas não estou satisfeito. Ainda há muito mais a ser feito para concretizar o potencial do negócio.”
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