• The CEO of TotalEnergies says that the oil major feels no pressure from the French government to stop its activities in Russia.
  • Airbus signs with Fortescue as partner for its hydrogen aircraft project.
  • Valneva announces the success of its pivotal Phase III trial with its chikungunya vaccine candidate.
  • According to Bloomberg, KKR is eyeing Albioma.
  • Lindt has posted record profits in 2021. Management is targeting sales growth in the upper 6-8% range for 2022, along with a 15% operating margin.
  • Adidas is closing its Russian retail site and stores until further notice.
  • Fresnillo's profit rises 17% in 2021.
  • Monsanto (Bayer) is sued in US for decades of water pollution.
  • Uniper will not sign a new long-term gas supply contract with Russia and takes a €987 million provision on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
  • Polymet Mining - Shares of the Wall Street-listed copper and nickel producer soared 50% in premarket trading as nickel prices soared above $100,000 a ton for the first time on Tuesday on fears of tougher Western sanctions against Russia, the metal's main producer.
  • Hycroft Mining - The gold and silver producer's stock rose 183% in premarket trading in response to a further rise in gold to $2,012 an ounce.
  • Tesla - The U.S. automaker sold 56,515 electric vehicles produced in China in February, including 33,315 for export, according to data released Tuesday by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), the Chinese industry federation. Tesla shares are up 1.2 percent in premarket trading.
  • South Korea has approved a law, set to take effect March 15, that prohibits major platform operators such as Apple and Alphabet subsidiary Google from forcing app developers to use their payment systems, the country's telecom regulator announced Tuesday.
  • Separately, Apple is expected to unveil a new version of its entry-level iPhone compatible with 5G networks this Tuesday during its traditional spring conference, analysts said.
  • Mandiant - The cybersecurity specialist's share price is down 2.8% in pre-market trading on Tuesday, the day after a 16% jump following initial reports of a takeover of the group by Google. The subsidiary of Alphabet confirmed Tuesday that it had bought Mandiant for $ 5.4 billion.
  • Kohl's - The department store chain, which recently rejected two separate takeover offers, said Monday it had contacted more than 20 potential acquirers and signed confidentiality agreements with some of them that give them access to more financial data. 
  • The Estée Lauder Co announced Monday that it intends to suspend all business operations in Russia, including the closure of all its stores in the country.
  • Lockheed Martin - The U.S. defense group announced on Tuesday its intention to invest more than $1 billion in a military production facility in Saudi Arabia.
  • KKR - U.S. fund KKR is in preliminary discussions for a potential bid for French renewable-energy producer Albioma, which is valued at about 1.1 billion euros, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing sources close to the matter.
  • In addition, according to the Italian daily Il Messaggero, KKR is still interested in buying Telecom Italia but at a price of about 0.40 euro per share, compared to a proposal in November at 0.505 euro per share, which valued its target at 10.8 billion euros.
  • Moderna - The U.S. laboratory announced Monday its intention to develop vaccines targeting 15 of the world's most worrisome pathogens by 2025, in preparation for potential future pandemics.