•The integration deal gives institutional clients of BlackRock's Aladdin platform access to Ethena's yield-generating token and a liquidity facility for BlackRock's tokenized products.
•Danaher Corporation (DHR) completed its $9.9 billion acquisition of Masimo Corporation, integrating Masimo as a standalone operating company within Danaher's Diagnostics segment.
•BT Group and Verizon Communications Inc. signed an agreement to form a 50:50 joint venture combining their international enterprise operations.
•The new entity will serve over 3,000 multinational customers across more than 180 countries, representing approximately $4 billion in combined annual revenue.
•Martijn Blanken has been appointed CEO-designate, and the transaction is expected to close in 2027 subject to regulatory approvals.
•NN, Inc. announced significant new awards for its NVIDIA data center liquid-cooled products business, tripling the size of its liquid cooling product line launched in Q1 2026.
•Apple accused Indian antitrust investigators of copy-pasting rival claims without conducting their own investigation, and called for the findings to be quashed.
•Goldman Sachs' top equity strategist predicts artificial-intelligence spending will be the big story again for the coming second-quarter earnings season.
•Duke Energy will terminate its offshore wind lease in the Carolina Long Bay area as part of a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior.
•BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, is integrating Ethena's USDe into its Aladdin investment platform, causing the ENA token price to rise 5%.
•Nikos Petrakakos, Managing Director of Investments at Tufton, stated that most ships currently crossing the Strait of Hormuz are those stranded since the Iran war outbreak, while other ships remain reluctant due to uncertainty over the fragile U.S.-Iran interim peace deal.
•The report indicated that traffic in the strait is unlikely to return near pre-war levels until there is greater clarity on a lasting deal.
