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PARIS (Reuters) -The Paris court of appeals ruled on Tuesday the French market watchdog must reconsider whether a mandatory buyout offer is or was necessary when the former media conglomerate Vivendi completed its multibillion-euro split last year. Last December Vivendi spun off its Canal+, Louis Hachette and Havas businesses, which are now listed as standalone companies in London, Paris and Amsterdam respectively. The breakup was championed by Vivendi's largest shareholder Bollore SE, the holding company of French billionaire Vincent Bollore.

Shares of the financial insights company, best known for rating the creditworthiness of corporate and government bonds, fell 2% before the opening bell. The forecast cut comes as fears of disruption from fluctuating U.S. trade policy have led companies to pause debt issuance. In the reported quarter, however, profit attributable to the company grew 8% to $625 million, or $3.46 per share, compared with $577 million, or $3.15 per share, a year ago.

Satellite communications provider reported Q1 CY2025 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 5.4% year on year to $214.9 million. Its GAAP profit of $0.27 per share was 27% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Verizon Communications stock fell Tuesday after a wider-than-estimated drop in phone subscribers outweighed first-quarter results that topped analysts' expectations.

Security and aerospace company Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales falling 6.6% year on year to $9.47 billion. On the other hand, the company’s outlook for the full year was close to analysts’ estimates with revenue guided to $42.25 billion at the midpoint. Its GAAP profit of $3.32 per share was 46.7% below analysts’ consensus estimates.

Gold hit a record $3,500 per ounce for the first time early Tuesday as President Donald Trump's renewed attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell unnerved markets and sent investors into safe-haven assets.

Wall Street's main indexes jumped at the open on Tuesday, as investors turned their focus to corporate earnings after President Donald Trump's mounting criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell caused a sharp selloff in the previous session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 345.8 points, or 0.91%, at the open to 38,516.23. The S&P 500 rose 49.5 points, or 0.96%, at the open to 5,207.67​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 209.0 points, or 1.32%, to 16,079.94 at the opening bell.

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The past six months haven’t been great for RE/MAX. It just made a new 52-week low of $6.99, and shareholders have lost 42.9% of their capital. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.

Titan International trades at $6.51 per share and has stayed right on track with the overall market, losing 10.5% over the last six months while the S&P 500 is down 11%. This might have investors contemplating their next move.