WSJ : Audi and Porsche Recall Thousands of U.S. Vehicles Due to Software Issues

Audi and Porsche Recall Thousands of U.S. Vehicles Due to Software Issues
Around 2% of the vehicles included in the recall might have the issue

Volkswagen’s Audi and Porsche PAH3 1.48%increase; green up pointing triangle brands are recalling thousands of vehicles in the U.S. due to various software problems.

Audi is recalling more than 44,000 of its vehicles due to a software issue that could cause the instrument panel display to fail.

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that certain 2021 model year Audi cars are affected by the problem that could cause the virtual cockpit instrument cluster to shut down.

“An instrument panel display that fails to show critical safety information, such as the speedometer or warning lights, increases the risk of a crash,” the NHTSA said in the recall notice.

The recall relates to the A6, A6 All Road, A&, A8, Q7, Q8, RS 6 Avant, RS 7, RS Q8, S6, S7, S8, SQ7 and SQ8, with a total of 44,387 cars potentially affected by the issue.

Around 2% of the vehicles included in the recall might have the issue, but dealers will update the instrument panel module software, free of charge, the recall report says.

Owners of the vehicles will be notified by May 30.

Separately, the NHTSA said 8,571 Porsche Macan electric vehicles produced in 2024 and 2025 are being recalled due to an issue with the rear-view camera that might produce a blurry image or fail to display, which breaches federal motor vehicle safety standards on rear visibility.

“A rear-view camera that does not display an image decreases the driver’s visibility, increasing the risk of a crash,” it said.

All vehicles in the recall are expected to suffer from the defect.

Dealers will update the control unit software and replace the rear-view camera as necessary, free of charge, with owners expected to be notified if their vehicle is included in the recall by June 6.

In addition, an airbag issue has been found in certain 2022-2023 Porsche Taycan vehicles.

The NHTSA said 9,735 vehicles are being recalled due to a system error that could deactivate the front passenger air bag.

Around 3% of the vehicles included in the recall are potentially affected by the problem.

Dealers will replace the front passenger seat cushion, free of charge, with owners expected to be notified by June 6.

Audi and Porsche didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

FT : Five eye-popping gadgets for the home

Five eye-popping gadgets for the home
A spectacular indoor lighting installation, 3D photo display, transparent 77in TV and more

A well-established trend in domestic lighting is to use smartphone apps to manage complex LED set-ups, fine-tuning their colour and intensity to create violet bathrooms, cerise utility rooms and “scenes” that can change by the hour or on a whim. By contrast, Italian design firm Mandalaki substitutes that granular control with a single powerful lamp emitting a consistent, unfluctuating radiance – effectively an indoor lighting installation. “We don’t want people playing around too much [with them],” says co-founder Enrico De Lotto. “After all, when you buy a painting, you don’t then paint over that painting.”

The firm has its roots in designing lighting installations in Milan. De Lotto created his first prototype by combining high-performance LED filters with arrays of old optical lenses he’d inherited from his grandfather, an ophthalmologist. He then set himself the challenge of creating similar, large-scale effects in smaller spaces using compact hardware; this resulted in a range of lamps, made from anodised blocks of aluminium, which cast nature-inspired lighting effects across walls and ceilings.

Halo Mini Landscape lamp, €988
Halo Mini Landscape

Price: €988

The Halo Mini, a scaled-down, table-mounted version of its larger lamps, became one of its bestsellers, and the Mini Landscape range (just launched at Milan Design Week) is its latest incarnation: three distinct models that each project a specific, linear colour gradient but with real three-dimensional impact. Horizon evokes the view of a sunset from an aeroplane, Sunrise recreates the Dolomites dawns of De Lotto’s childhood, and Vice is inspired by the pink, humid skies of Miami.

Practically speaking, the Mini is a stable, solid unit with a tiltable head (allowing you to extend that linear gradient up the wall) and a dimmer (Mandalaki’s one concession to user control). The size of the projection is roughly double the distance you place the lamp from the wall, so 75cm back will give you a display around 1.5m across. But calling it a display undersells it; it’s a gorgeous artwork with a meditative, sky-gazing quality – something you’d never hope to achieve with a bunch of LED lamps, no matter how much you fiddled with the settings. 

Wales song
Axjet Pro speakers, £102,000 a pair
Axjet Pro speakers

Price: £102,000 a pair

BUY

Fred Davies has been building and refining full-range, horn-based speakers in the Welsh countryside for five decades, and this is the culmination of that work. Faithful musical reproduction is achieved with just two drivers (one dedicated to deep bass below 70Hz) and a unique arrangement of horns, tubes and chambers that dictates the speakers’ almost sensual shape. They’re constructed from glass-reinforced cement and fibreglass with a ceramic glaze finish (you choose the colour), and they sound as extraordinary as they look, even when fed from a comparatively modest amp. Chrome castors and weather-resistant jackets encourage you to wheel them outside to create the ultimate patio sound system.

Now you see me…
LG Signature OLED T transparent TV, $60,000
LG Signature OLED T transparent TV

Price: $60,000

Huge television screens can dominate a space and feel oppressive when they’re turned off. But this one, housed in a freestanding unit, becomes transparent when you hit standby. That’s down to OLED technology; with no backlight needed, LG has sandwiched the pixels between transparent layers. Between off (transparent) and conventional watching mode (a thin blackout layer rises up behind the OLED) there’s a middle ground, where see-through screensavers or information can be displayed, seemingly hovering in space. Thanks to a neat cable management system and an LG Zero Connect box (which sits up to 10m away and handles connectivity to gaming consoles, etc), it wins the prize for the least obtrusive 77in TV in existence.

The life holographic
Looking Glass Go: Photo Bundle, £259
Looking Glass Go: Photo Bundle

Price: £259

New York-based Looking Glass makes a range of spatial displays for showing off 3D images, and the USB-powered Go is its smallest, a smartphone-like 6in model with a built-in, fold-out stand. Assemble a playlist of your digital photos using Looking Glass’s software (iOS, Android or via a browser) and they’ll be synced with the Go as 3D holograms. Thereafter, your images display with a new and striking depth, moving on about every 10 seconds (or you can tap a button on the base to pause on a particular image). Snap the Go into the bundled frame, pop it on a shelf and it becomes a unique showcase of personal memories. And 3D creators using Unreal Engine or Unity, for example, can use it as a display for testing.

Thunderstruck
Pro-Ject AC/DC turntable, £1,149
Pro-Ject AC/DC turntable

Price: £1,149

Austrian firm Pro-Ject has become the go-to partner for musicians wanting to incorporate their branding into high-spec turntables. Its back catalogue, hand-built in Europe, includes beautifully styled commemorations of work by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Metallica and the Vienna Philharmonic, to name just a few. The latest features AC/DC’s lightning bolt logo along with a red-glass platter, a sub-platter with red LED lighting, a flat acrylic tonearm and an Ortofon 2M Red cartridge. Audiophiles may shudder (high-end audio is usually more understated) but this is heavyweight kit, meticulously designed to eliminate resonance, provide rock-solid playback speeds and showcase any collection of vinyl (not just hard rock from Australia).

L'Infiorme : Nouvelle défaite de François-Henri Pinault face au fisc

Nouvelle défaite de François-Henri Pinault face au fisc
Passant la majeure partie de son temps à Londres, le patron du groupe Kering s’est retrouvé imposé en Grande-Bretagne. Il demandait au fisc français de réduire en conséquence son impôt payé dans l’Hexagone.

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Nouveau revers de François-Henri Pinault dans ses démêlés avec Bercy. Selon nos informations, vendredi 11 avril, le PDG de Kering s’est vu débouté par la cour administrative d’appel de Paris dans son litige avec le fisc, un an après avoir déjà perdu en première instance, comme l’avait révélé l’Informé. Une fois encore, le milliardaire réclamait 11,5 millions d’euros à l’État… En vain.

L’origine du problème remonte à 2012, lorsque François Hollande, tout juste élu, instaure une taxe sur les très hauts revenus. François-Henri Pinault demande alors à son directeur juridique comment y échapper. Celui-ci lui recommande de s’expatrier outre-Manche, mais souligne le risque pour sa réputation d’un exil fiscal : « une certaine presse dira en France que Pinault est encore et toujours un pirate », indique-t-il dans une note à son patron révélée par le Monde. En 2014, le patron de Kering finit par couper la poire en deux : il déménage bien à Londres, mais déclare publiquement qu’il « entend rester résident fiscal français ». Il assure ensuite au Monde : « Je suis citoyen français et fier de l’être. Je paie mes impôts en France. »

En pratique, le milliardaire commence à déclarer son salaire de patron du groupe de luxe au fisc britannique, qui se met à le taxer. Parallèlement, cette rémunération continue aussi à être imposée en France. Précisément, pour les années 2017 et 2018, l’administration tricolore prélève 5,3 millions d’euros sur les 24,7 millions d’euros de revenus imposables versés par la multinationale.

François-Henri Pinault se retourne alors vers Bercy pour soulever le problème. Il estime que son salaire est désormais « imposable au Royaume-Uni ». Ne voulant pas être taxé deux fois sur le même revenu, il demande aux services français d’appliquer les règles fiscales adoptées par Paris et Londres dans un tel cas. Ces dernières prévoient que le fisc hexagonal lui rembourse le montant de l’impôt français correspondant au salaire déjà taxé outre-Manche, soit dans ce cas, 11,5 millions d’euros.

Pour convaincre le fisc qu’il doit bien bénéficier de cet accord franco-britannique, le magnat du luxe argue que ses fonctions de PDG étaient exercées outre-Manche. Il explique passer dans la capitale britannique la majorité de l’année, et ne venir au siège parisien en moyenne que 3 jours toutes les deux semaines. À l’appui, il fournit ses agendas, des attestations de ses collaborateurs, les plans de son bureau londonien, et même son contrat de bail. Il ajoute aussi exercer des mandats de dirigeants de trois filiales britanniques.

Le boss de Kering ajoute des arguments assez inattendus pour justifier son exil londonien. Il explique vouloir « prendre du recul sur la gestion quotidienne », et « concevoir le développement international du groupe sur les marchés asiatiques et américains ». Selon lui, « la nature de Kering, groupe d’envergure mondiale, extrêmement présent à l’international, a rendu nécessaire son installation à Londres, afin de faciliter son exposition à un environnement international. Cette installation à Londres offre des garanties de confidentialité plus fortes par rapport au siège social à Paris. Elle lui permet de se soustraire aux sollicitations quotidiennes auxquelles il est autrement exposé ».

Son bras droit Jean-François Palus, qui était lui aussi installé à Londres à l’époque, atteste que cette délocalisation permet de « procurer à la direction générale le recul suffisant pour concentrer son travail stratégique en un lieu plus protégé des contraintes de la gestion journalière ». Le directeur général délégué évoque aussi « des raisons d’acculturation personnelle » (sic).

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Délocalisation informelle

Mais ces arguments ne convainquent pas le fisc français, pour qui François-Henri Pinault séjourne à Londres pour des raisons non pas professionnelles, mais « purement privées », car son épouse, l’actrice Salma Hayek, et sa fille y résident. Bercy éconduit donc l’héritier de l’empire Pinault, qui le conteste devant le tribunal administratif, puis la cour administrative d’appel.

Hélas pour lui, la justice est aussi restée dubitative face à ses arguments. Le tribunal administratif n’a pas compris pourquoi « il serait plus difficile d’assurer la confidentialité d’une rencontre à Paris par rapport à Londres ». Autre interrogation : « si la ‘délocalisation informelle’ à Londres de M. Pinault depuis 2014 revêtait un caractère stratégique, les raisons pour lesquelles il n’y a pas été procédé plus tôt n’apparaissent pas, alors que l’intéressé occupe les fonctions de PDG depuis 2005 », indique le jugement de première instance.

Même analyse des juges d’appel, qui rappellent que le milliardaire « a déclaré publiquement avoir choisi de s’installer à Londres pour des motifs familiaux ». Surtout, les magistrats relèvent moult points d’ancrage français : « le siège social de Kering, qui est le siège de direction effective, se trouvait à Paris, de même que les salariés. M. Pinault a, de façon habituelle, séjourné et exercé ses fonctions à Paris. Les rapports annuels de Kering mentionnent l’adresse du siège social comme étant l’adresse professionnelle de M. Pinault. Ses bulletins de paie font référence à un exercice de son activité professionnelle à Paris. Il est rattaché à la sécurité sociale française. Même lorsqu’il séjournait à Londres, il était quotidiennement en contact avec les équipes de Kering situées à Paris ». Les juges de première instance avaient aussi noté que sa résidence principale est à Paris, que ses salaires lui sont versés dans une banque française, que « la gestion quotidienne et les affaires courantes sont bien conduites depuis le siège parisien », et qu’il n’a pas demandé à devenir résident fiscal britannique

Conclusion ? Pour la cour d’appel, aucun argument avancé par l’héritier « n’est de nature à faire regarder Londres comme ayant été le lieu d’exercice de son emploi de mandataire social de Kering. Ainsi, M. Pinault ne peut être regardé comme ayant exercé cet emploi ailleurs qu’en France. M. Pinault n’est donc pas fondé à soutenir que ses revenus correspondant à ses fonctions de directeur général de Kering étaient imposables au Royaume-Uni ».

Le tribunal avait pareillement conclu que François-Henri Pinault ne prouvait pas que sa présence à Londres est « indispensable pour exercer » ses fonctions de directeur général. Elle « relève davantage d’une problématique de convenance personnelle que d’un impératif professionnel avéré ».

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Toutefois, le patron de Kering ne va peut-être pas rester sur cette nouvelle défaite : il peut encore se pourvoir en cassation devant le Conseil d’État. Interrogé, le porte-parole du patron de Kering nous a déclaré : « François-Henri Pinault a toujours été résident fiscal français, alors qu’il vivait et travaillait à Londres et à Paris. Conformément à la législation fiscale, il a déclaré ses revenus de PDG de Kering en France et en Grande-Bretagne. Au cours des années 2017 et 2018 sur lesquelles porte ce jugement, il a été imposé deux fois sur ces mêmes revenus : en France et en Grande-Bretagne. Son souhait en tant que contribuable est d’être en règle avec les administrations fiscales française et britannique, sans pour autant supporter, comme il l’a fait, l’impôt pour le même revenu dans chacun des deux pays. François-Henri Pinault aspire simplement au règlement d’une situation de double taxation qui serait contraire aux conventions fiscales internationales ». L’entourage du milliardaire assure que son objectif n’est nullement de bénéficier d’un taux d’imposition moins élevé outre Manche.

À noter que le salaire de PDG ne représente qu’une petite partie des sommes versées par Kering aux Pinault. L’essentiel de l’argent reçu provient des dividendes versés à la holding familiale Artémis, qui détient 41 % de Kering.

Enfin, selon le Monde, le montage fiscal imaginé par la direction juridique de Kering, finalement refusé par François-Henri Pinault, a été utilisé pour le n° 2 du groupe Jean-François Palus.

FT : UAE’s Sidara bids £242mn for Wood Group after offering £1.5bn last year

UAE’s Sidara bids £242mn for Wood Group after offering £1.5bn last year
Offer underlines scale of fall in UK-listed group’s value as accounting and governance issues mount

Sidara has made a £242mn offer to buy Wood Group less than a year after walking away from a £1.5bn bid for the crisis-hit UK oil services and engineering business.

Wood said on Monday that United Arab Emirates-based Sidara had made a “nonbinding conditional proposal” to buy the group for 35p a share, a 40 per cent premium on its 25p closing price last week.

The offer included a possible injection of $450mn by Sidara into Wood, it said. Wood said its board would be minded to recommend that shareholders accept a firm offer if one was made by Sidara, a privately held network of engineering and design companies run from the UAE and London.

Sidara would also take on Wood’s outstanding debt of approximately $1.1bn, much of which needs to be refinanced by October. 

The proposed price is about 85 per cent lower than the offer discussed by Sidara last year before it walked away citing “geopolitical risks and financial market uncertainty”.

Shares in UK-listed Wood have collapsed in recent months as it struggles with high debt levels and questions about its governance.

Wood said last month that it would need to restate financial results affecting the past three years and that its accounts for the year 2024 would be delayed, meaning its shares were likely to be suspended from trading at the end of April.

It added that an independent review of its projects division had found “cultural failings”, including information being withheld from auditors.

Wood said on Monday that Sidara had made “significant progress” on its due diligence, but that any firm offer would depend on Wood publishing its audited accounts for 2024.

The Financial Times first reported Sidara’s latest takeover talks for Wood in February.

Wood said on Monday that combining with Sidara “would create a leading global engineering consulting company” while Wood would “operate as a standalone, client-facing brand”.

Wood’s stock gained more than 14 per cent in early trading on Monday.

Under UK takeover rules, Sidara has until April 17 to make a firm offer for Wood or walk away.

>>> Europe : Brokers Upgrades & Downgrades - 14th of April 2025 V2(+)

>>> Up
* Atlassian Raised to Outperform at Baird; PT $255
* America Movil ADRs Raised to Buy at HSBC; PT $17.50
* Apple Raised to Sector Weight at KeyBanc
* DuPont de Nemours Raised to Overweight at KeyBanc; PT $81
* Freeport Raised to Buy at HSBC; PT $40
* Galp Raised to Outperform at Mediobanca SpA; PT 17.50 euros
* Handelsbanken Raised to Buy at SEB Equities; PT 127 kronor
* Indutrade Raised to Buy at SEB Equities; PT 285 kronor
* Metso Raised to Accumulate at Inderes; PT 9.50 euros
* QT Group Raised to Buy at Inderes; PT 85 euros
* Rightmove Raised to Equal-Weight at Barclays; PT 700 pence
* Saipem Raised to Outperform at Mediobanca SpA; PT 2.30 euros
* Sparebanken Ost Raised to Buy at Pareto Securities; PT 80 kroner (+)
* Sparebanken More Raised to Buy at Pareto Securities (+)
* Symrise Raised to Buy at Citi; PT 120 euros
* YPF ADRs Raised to Hold at HSBC; PT $33

>>> Down
* Acciona Cut to Neutral at JB Capital Markets; PT 136 euros (+)
* Acciona Energia Cut to Neutral at JB Capital Markets (+)
* Antin Cut to Neutral at Citi; PT 11 euros (+)
* ASML ADRs Cut to Underperform at GF Securities; PT $582
* Castellum Raised to Buy at Arctic Securities; PT 125 kronor (+)
* CTT Cut to Neutral at Grupo Santander; PT 7.90 euros
* Danone Cut to Neutral at Citi; PT 73 euros
* EDP SA Cut to Neutral at JB Capital Markets; PT 3.55 euros (+)
* Elia Group Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank; PT 85 euros (+)
* Euronext Cut to Underperform at BNPP Exane; PT 114 euros (+)
* InterContinental Hotels Raised to Hold at Deutsche Bank (+)
* Maersk Cut to Hold at Arctic Securities; PT 11,000 kroner
* Metall Zug Cut to Hold at Kepler Cheuvreux (+)
* Nostrum Oil & Gas Cut to Hold at Canaccord; PT 5 pence (+)
* Outokumpu Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank; PT 3.70 euros (+)
* Tenaris Cut to Neutral at Mediobanca SpA; PT 18 euros
* TotalEnergies Cut to Underperform at Mediobanca SpA; PT 58 euros
* Tullow Cut to Hold at Canaccord; PT 14 pence (+)

>>> Initiation
* Afentra PLC Rated New Buy at Stifel; PT 90 pence
* Amoeba SAS Rated New Buy at KBC Securities; PT 1.70 euros
* Duni Rated New Buy at Kepler Cheuvreux; PT 115 kronor (+)
* GE Vernova Rated New Buy at President Capital Management (+)
* JPMorgan Rated New Hold at KGI Securities; PT $260

>>> Call
* Barclays Strategists Upgrade Quality European Stocks, Cut Value (+)
* Citi Downgrades US Stocks to Neutral, Lifts Japan to Overweight
* Citi’s Chronert Slashes S&P 500 Target, Sees Lower EPS Estimates (+)
* Goldman Sachs Rebalances US Portfolio Strategy Sector Baskets
* Morgan Stanley’s Wilson Cuts 2025 EPS Estimate on Tariffs Impact (+)
* Norwegian Cruise Upgraded at CFRA on Strong Demand, Valuation

>>> Europe : Brokers Upgrades & Downgrades - 14th of April 2025

>>> Up
* Atlassian Raised to Outperform at Baird; PT $255
* America Movil ADRs Raised to Buy at HSBC; PT $17.50
* Apple Raised to Sector Weight at KeyBanc
* DuPont de Nemours Raised to Overweight at KeyBanc; PT $81
* Freeport Raised to Buy at HSBC; PT $40
* Galp Raised to Outperform at Mediobanca SpA; PT 17.50 euros
* Handelsbanken Raised to Buy at SEB Equities; PT 127 kronor
* Indutrade Raised to Buy at SEB Equities; PT 285 kronor
* Metso Raised to Accumulate at Inderes; PT 9.50 euros
* QT Group Raised to Buy at Inderes; PT 85 euros
* Rightmove Raised to Equal-Weight at Barclays; PT 700 pence
* Saipem Raised to Outperform at Mediobanca SpA; PT 2.30 euros
* Symrise Raised to Buy at Citi; PT 120 euros
* YPF ADRs Raised to Hold at HSBC; PT $33

>>> Down
* ASML ADRs Cut to Underperform at GF Securities; PT $582
* CTT Cut to Neutral at Grupo Santander; PT 7.90 euros
* Danone Cut to Neutral at Citi; PT 73 euros
* Maersk Cut to Hold at Arctic Securities; PT 11,000 kroner
* Tenaris Cut to Neutral at Mediobanca SpA; PT 18 euros
* TotalEnergies Cut to Underperform at Mediobanca SpA; PT 58 euros

>>> Initiation
* Afentra PLC Rated New Buy at Stifel; PT 90 pence
* Amoeba SAS Rated New Buy at KBC Securities; PT 1.70 euros
* JPMorgan Rated New Hold at KGI Securities; PT $260

>>> Call
* Citi Downgrades US Stocks to Neutral, Lifts Japan to Overweight
* Goldman Sachs Rebalances US Portfolio Strategy Sector Baskets
* Norwegian Cruise Upgraded at CFRA on Strong Demand, Valuation

>>> What to look at today - 14th of April 2025

Asian stocks advanced after President Donald Trump paused import duties on a range of consumer electronics, lifting sentiment after a volatile week for markets. Gauges in the region gained along with equity-index futures for the US and Europe as Trump halted some tech levies, though he indicated a specific tariff will be announced in due course. While stocks got a temporary relief, concerns were building up in other corners of the market about the US economy with the dollar weakening to a fresh low for the year. Gold, a traditional haven asset, hit a record, indicating market participants still remain wary amid mounting confusion over Trump’s tariff agenda. US Treasury yields edged down across the curve. The pause on duties on goods from smartphones to laptop computers - most of which are made in China — offers an interim reprieve for markets ravaged by Trump’s flip-flops on trade policy. Volatility shows little signs of easing after the White House signaled separate duties on tech products, including semiconductor chips, are being planned as Trump tries to rewrite global trade rules that he says aren’t in favor of the US. The late-Friday reprieve — exempting a range of popular electronics from the 145% tariffs on China and a 10% flat rate around the globe — is temporary and a part of the longstanding plan to apply a different, specific levy to the sector, the White House said. Still, a pause in the duties indicates a willingness by Trump to compromise on a deal, according to some analysts. A gauge of Asian technology shares rose 1.5%, with gains for Samsung Electronics Co. and iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. While the greenback struggled, yen optimism is spreading among hedge funds and asset managers as US tariffs drive haven demand at a time when traders are reassessing the Bank of Japan’s interest rate hike path. The yen appreciated 0.5% to just above the 142 level against the dollar, around its strongest since September. Demand for hedging against potential dollar declines jumped to a five-year high as the Trump administration’s tariff policies threaten to sap US economic exceptionalism and undermine the greenback. Citigroup Inc.’s equity strategists downgraded US stocks citing reasons include trade tensions. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President Alberto Musalem said there’s a near-term risk that inflation will rise while the labor market weakens, requiring policymakers to be vigilant as they monitor the economic data. Gains for Asian stocks came after the S&P 500 jumped 1.8% on Friday following a report that a Federal Reserve official said the central bank is ready to help stabilize markets, if needed. Still, Treasury yields climbed Friday, with benchmark 10-year bonds capping their biggest weekly jump since 2001 as investors pulled back from US assets that are normally seen as a haven from financial turmoil. Asian shares slumped for a third week last week after Trump rapidly escalated his trade war with China while announcing he would delay his so-called reciprocal tariffs that adversely impacted the region. In a sign that central banks in the region are bracing for the impact, the Monetary Authority of Singapore eased its policy settings for a second straight review. China said the reprieve is a small step toward rectifying the wrongdoings and urged Washington to do more to revoke the levies. Strategists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut their targets for key Chinese stock indexes for a second time this month, citing heightened trade tensions. Chinese gauges rose Monday as expectations for stronger stimulus and hopes of an eventual deal outweighed concerns over a further escalation of trade tensions. Shares of electric vehicle makers extend gains after a news report said that China is in talks with the European Union to set minimum prices on EVs made in the Asian nation, instead of tariffs. Meanwhile, the country’s exports rebounded in March as companies raced to send goods before higher tariffs kicked in. Japan at the weekend said it wasn’t planning to use its US Treasury holdings as a negotiating tool to counter US tariffs. In commodities, oil steadied above a four-year low as traders weighed the latest US moves. Goldman Sachs said the global oil market faces “large surpluses” this year and next as the trade war weighs on demand.

Nikkei +1.68% Hang Seng +1.77% CSI +0.16% Shanghai +0.62% Shenzen +0.85%

Eur$ 1.1366 CNH 7.3113 CNY 7.3077 JPY 143.01 GBP 1.3109 CHF 0.8172 RUB 83.3334 TRY 38.0130 WTI$ 61.32 Gold 3,227 -0.32% BTC 84,806 +1.59% ETH 1,635 +2.82%

S&P +1.07% Nasdaq +1.51% EuroStoxx +2.33% FTSE +1.91% Dax +2.13% SMI +2.27%

Macro :
- Lutnick Says Tariff Pause on Phones, Computers Is Temporary
- ECB Rates, China GDP, Meloni-Trump: Week Ahead April 12-18
- IMF Approves $20 Billion Extended Arrangement for Argentina
- A16z in Funding Talks for Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab: Rtrs
- Goldman Sachs Rebalances US Portfolio Strategy Sector Baskets
- Punch Drunk Traders Across Asia Ready for Another Week of Drama
- China Says US Tariff Break a ‘Small Step’ to Fixing Mistake
- The VIX Defies Fears It Might Break in Latest Volatility Shock
- Trump Says Looking at Tariffs on Chips, Electronics Supply Chain

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- AGS BB :
- ALLFG NA : KKR Said to Near Deal for OSTTRA for About $3 Billion
- GOOGL US : Alphabet, Nvidia Back Ex-OpenAI Scientist’s Startup: Reuters
- ATUS US : Altice USA: CSC Holdings Debt Talks Ended Without a Deal
- AAPL US : Lutnick Says Tariff Pause on Phones, Computers Is Temporary
- AAPL US : Apple Was on Brink of Crisis Before Trump Tariff Concession
- BNP FP : BNP Sees CET1 Ratio Hit of ~-35 Bps on ECB Decision on AXA Deal
- BP/ LN : BP Investor L&G to Vote Against Keeping Outgoing Chair on Board
- British Steel : British Steel’s nationalisation is a ‘likely option’, says business secretary - FT
- British Steel : Politico.eu: UK suspends some tariffs to help firms cope with Trump’s trade war
- BMY US : Bristol Says FDA Approves Additional Use for Opdivo Plus Yervoy
- CAN LN : An activist investor has urged Canal+ to set out clearer long-term performance targets and improve the communication of its strategy to the market, as its stock languishes below flotation price. - Times
- CVC NA : CVC Explored Deal for Golub Capital: FT
- DHL GY : Companies Getting ‘A Bit Tired’ of Tariff Chaos, DHL CEO Says
- DHER GY : Delivery Hero Increases Provisions for Legal Risks by €183M
- FABG SS : Fabege 1Q Occupancy Misses Estimates
- FORTUM FH : Finnish utility explores buying part of Germany’s Uniper three years after exit
- GALD SW : Trade war could put the frown back on Botox users’ faces, Fears that pharmaceuticals could yet be hit by tariffs have sent shares sharply lower - FT
- GREEN BB : Deprez Family, Solum Plan €7.40/Shr Takeover Bid for Greenyard
- HBR LN : Letterone Investment Holds 3.3% Voting Rights in Harbour Energy
- HOLN SW : Holcim Proposes Special Dividend of 1 Amrize Shr Per Holcim Shr
- HTG LN : Activist investor out to shake up oil engineer Hunting - Times
- HTG LN : Hunting Investor Urges Return of $145m to Shareholders: Times
- KESKOB FH : Kesko March Comparable Sales +3.9%
- NEX FP : Nexans Launches Share Buyback Program for Up to 750,000 Shares
- BMPS IM : Norway’s Wealth Fund Plans to Back Paschi’s Mediobanca Bid
- PSM GY : ProSieben Now Sees FY Revenue Adjusted for Verivox EU3.7b-EU4b
- RIO LN : Rusal Seeks RUB104B From Rio Tinto in Russian Court
- ROG SW :
- SDZ SW : Sandoz Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Amgen on Etanercept
- SAP GY : SAP Plans to Nominate René Obermann to Supervisory Board in ‘26
- SZG GY : Salzgitter Ends Talks with GP, TSR Consortium on Takeover
- SWON SW : SoftwareOne Controls ~66.2% of Crayon Shares as of April 11, SoftwareOne Amendmends Existing Crayon Total Return Swap
- SHED LN : Urban Logistics Gains on Preliminary Proposal From LondonMetric
- TEF SM : Spain’s Telefonica Sells Peru Unit to Integra Tec International
- VK FP : Vallourec in Talks With Aldebaran to Sell Serimax for €79M
- VOW GY : Volkswagen Files Recall of 313 Vehicles: NHTSA
- WON SW : SoftwareOne Gives Crayon Investors More Time to Accept Takeover

>>> Stoxx 600 Pre-Market Indications

  • ASM Intl (AVS TH) +6.1%
    • Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
  • Infineon (IFX TH) +5.2%
    • Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
  • Rolls-Royce (RRU TH) +5%
  • ASML (ASME TH) +4.9%
    • Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
  • Novo (NOV TH) +4.6%
  • Glencore (8GC TH) +4.3%
  • Danske Bank (DSN TH) +4%
  • BE Semiconductor (BSI TH) +4%
  • TotalEnergies (TOTB TH) +3.8%
  • Hexagon (HXG TH) +3.7%