• A Barclays shareholder sold just over 3% of the capital.
  • Elon Musk plans to create a new social network to compete with Twitter.
  • The Brazilian government dismisses Petrobras boss Joaquim Silva e Luna.
  • Walmart stops selling cigarettes in some stores.
  • Uniti Group received a buyout offer at AUD 5 per share from Morrison and Brookfield.
  • After 50 years at the helm of FedEx, Frederick Smith is stepping down.
  • Sonova launches a new CHF 1.5 billion share purchase program.
  • Daimler Truck cuts production at several sites due to semiconductor shortage.
  • Nestlé is negotiating with the FnB fund to sell it Mousline purees.
  • Uber- The stock gained 0.5% in premarket trading after news reports of a possible partnership in San Francisco between the VTC giant and Flywheel Technologies, similar to the one with New York cabs.
  • Lockheed Martin  - Canada has selected the U.S. defense group as its preferred supplier for 88 new fighter jets in a contract that Ottawa says could be worth more than US$15 billion. Shares are down 1 percent in pre-market trading Tuesday, but the stock had posted gains in seven of the past 10 sessions.
  • Intel, Micron, Qualcomm- The U.S. Senate on Monday approved a bill providing $52 billion in subsidies for the semiconductor industry to increase its production capacity.
  • UnitedHealth Group announced it has completed the purchase of LHC GROUP for about $5.4 billion in cash, or $170 per share, representing an 8.1 percent premium to its target's Monday closing price. LHC shares jumped 5% to $165.09 in premarket trading.
  • General Motors - The joint venture between General Motors and Chinese automaker SAIC Motor kept production at its Shanghai plant going during the city lockdown by asking employees to sleep on the floor, two sources close to the matter said.
  • Exxon Mobil failed to find oil while drilling in a new exploration area off Brazil's northeast coast, its partner Enauta Participacoes said Monday, the latest setback in the country for the U.S. group after mixed results from drilling in Opal and Tita (southeast).
  • Chevron- An undersea gas pipeline linking Turkey to Israel's largest offshore natural gas field, Leviathan, operated by U.S. Chevron and Israeli companies NewMed Energy and Ratio Oil, could reduce Europe's dependence on Russian hydrocarbons, government and industry officials from both countries said.
  • IGM Biosciences - The U.S. laboratory and Sanofi announced Tuesday a collaboration agreement to develop targets in oncology, immunology and inflammation.

Main earnings reports today: China Construction Bank, BYD Company, Micron, Lululemon, Porsche, McCormick, Chewy, Aroundtown, Kuka...