BUZZ-In economic recovery JPM prefers cheap and smaller European media stocks ** In an economic recovery, J.P.Morgan prefers those European media stocks that are cheap with improving earnings, which could lead shares re-rating ** As we move from economic contraction, "investors should typically favor value, low quality, high risk, small caps and rising momentum to maximize returns," says JPM ** "Contraction winners, quality names that are easy to love, may struggle to outperform unless they have

EUROPE RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Bunzl, Relx, Rolls-Royce July 4 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several European companies including Bunzl, Relx and Rolls-Royce, on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS * Biomerieux BIOX.PA : Midcap raises to buy from hold * Bunzl BNZL.L : HSBC raises to buy from hold * Hennes & Mauritz HMB.ST : HSBC raises to buy from hold * Relx REL.L : Citigroup raises target price to 3525p from 3300p * Rolls-Royce RR.L : Barclays raises target price to 495p

EUROPE RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Air France-KLM, Shell, Watches of Switzerland June 28 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several European companies, including Air France-KLM, Shell and Watches of Switzerland, on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS * Air France-KLM AIRF.PA : Barclays cuts to equal-weight from overweight * BP BP.L : Jefferies raises target price to 590p from 580p * Liontrust Asset Management Plc LIO.L : Peel Hunt cuts to hold from buy * Shell Plc SHEL.L : Jefferies

Law firm Morrison & Foerster to exit Miami office for 'flexible' alternative By Sara Merken June 26 (Reuters) - Morrison & Foerster has decided it will not continue to maintain a traditional office in Miami, the law firm said , five years after announcing its first hires in the city. A Morrison Foerster spokesperson told Reuters that the San Francisco-founded firm will "transition to a flexible office space model" after its lease in a downtown Miami skyscraper expires at the end of 2024. The fir

EUROPE RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Hargreaves Lansdown, Segro, Umicore June 19 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several European companies, including Hargreaves Lansdown, Segro and Umicore, on Wednesday. HIGHLIGHTS * GEA Group AG G1AG.DE : Jefferies raises to buy from hold * Hargreaves Lansdown HRGV.L : Jefferies cuts to hold from buy * Oxford Instruments OXIG.L : Berenberg raises target price to 2,945p from 2,640p * Segro SGRO.L : Jefferies cuts to hold from buy *

EUROPE RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Ashtead Technology Holdings, Computacenter, Maersk June 6 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several European companies, including Ashtead Technology Holdings, Computacenter and Maersk on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS * Ashtead Technology Holdings Plc ATAS.L : Stifel raises target price to 900p from 770p * Computacenter Plc CCC.L : Morgan Stanley cuts target price to 2550p from 2650p * IG Group Holdings Plc IGG.L : Deutsche Bank cuts target

Google sued by top textbook publishers over ads for pirated e-books By Blake Brittain June 5 (Reuters) - Google GOOGL.O was hit with a lawsuit on Wednesday by educational publishers Cengage, Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill and Elsevier accusing the tech giant of promoting pirate copies of their textbooks. The publishers told the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that Google has ignored thousands of copyright-infringement notices and continues to profit from the sale of pi

Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions Adds Paramount Global, Deutsche Telekom June 3 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Monday: ** Skydance Media was awaiting a response to its enhanced bid for entertainment conglomerate Paramount Global PARA.O , in which it offered to buy nearly half of the nonvoting Paramount shares at $15 each, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions Adds: Stericycle, Edwards Lifesciences, Pershing Square Capital Management, LexisNexis, STC Group Updates: Waste Management June 3 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Monday: ** Waste Management said it will take Stericycle SRCL.O private in a deal valued at $7.2 billion, as it looks to tap into the growing healthcare waste disposal market in the United States.

RELX brings its AI to law firms' data with Henchman tech deal LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - LexisNexis, the legal intelligence firm owned by RELX REL.L , said on Monday it had agreed to buy Belgium tech company Henchman to help bring its generative AI capabilities to its law firm customers' in-house data. The London-listed group is paying about $160 million, according to sources close to the deal.

ANALYSIS-Europe stock pickers go old-school to ride the next wave in AI AI theme still a hot topic in Europe Region's need for data centres in focus Utilities could benefit from higher power demand Infotech firms adopting tech stand out By Lucy Raitano LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - European stock pickers are turning to more established sectors like utilities, professional data providers and even copper miners to tap into the next wave of the AI boom, a year after AI chipmaker Nvidia's NVDA.O emerge

LIVE MARKETS-Wall St ends higher with Fed and earnings in focus Nasdaq out front adding 1.5%, S&P, Dow both up ~0.9% S&P sectors: technology rises most, materials biggest loser Dollar, gold down; US crude flat; bitcoin up >3% U.S. 10-year Treasury yield edges down to ~4.58% Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters.

LIVE MARKETS-Earnings may be mixed but overall view is brighter U.S. stock indexes rise; Nasdaq out front up >1% S&P sectors: Consumer disc up most, materials biggest laggard Dollar dips, crude up; gold off U.S. 10-year Treasury yield edges down to ~4.58% Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com EARNINGS MAY BE MIXED BUT OVERALL VIEW IS BRIGHTER With Wednesday evening's mi

LIVE MARKETS-Don't put all your eggs in one basket, even if it screams AI! U.S. stock indexes rise; Nasdaq out front up >1% S&P sectors: Consumer disc up most, materials biggest laggard Dollar dips, crude up; gold off U.S. 10-year Treasury yield edges down to ~4.58% Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters.

LIVE MARKETS-So what happened in April? U.S. stock indexes rise; Nasdaq out front Tech up most among S&P sectors; materials biggest laggard STOXX 600 falls 0.2% Dollar dips, crude flat; gold off U.S. 10-year Treasury yield near flat at 4.59% Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com SO WHAT HAPPENED IN APRIL?

LIVE MARKETS-Thursday data: Prelude to payrolls U.S. stock indexes rise; Nasdaq out front Tech up most among S&P sectors; materials biggest laggard STOXX 600 down 0.2% Dollar ~flat; gold, crude down; bitcoin up ~3% U.S. 10-year Treasury yield up at 4.63% Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com THURSDAY DATA: PRELUDE TO PAYROLLS A swath of economic data was released on Thu

LIVE MARKETS-Wall Street eyes a dovish wait U.S. stock indexes rise Materials is weakest sector, energy and staples biggest gainers STOXX 600 down 0.08% Dollar edges up, gold down, oil flat, bitcoin up >2% U.S. 10-year Treasury yield up at 4.63% Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com WALL STREET EYES A DOVISH WAIT Wall Street indexes were higher on Thursday with strategi

LIVE MARKETS- U.S. index futures climb early as investors digest Fed U.S. stock index futures higher STOXX 600 down 0.06% Dollar flat, gold down >1%, oil rises, bitcoin up >2% U.S. 10-year Treasury yield up at 4.64% Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com U.S.

LIVE MARKETS-A balancing act to lure inflows into UK equities STOXX 600 flat Banks lead gainers Novo dips after Q1 Wall St futures inch up Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com A BALANCING ACT TO LURE INFLOWS INTO UK EQUITIES The UK government is aiming to sell shares in lender Natwest NWG.L this summer, as part of a wider push to spur inflows into beleaguered UK equiti

LIVE MARKETS-The UK has its premium stocks too! STOXX 600 flat Banks lead gainers Novo dips after Q1 Wall St futures inch up Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com THE UK HAS ITS PREMIUM STOCKS TOO! The FTSE 100's .FTSE recent run to record levels has brought the UK back on equity investors' radar screens and it looks that the prevailing narrative of a market lacking glo