U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP- Apollo, Blackstone, Hershey Aug 13 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S.-listed companies including Apollo, Blackstone and Hershey, on Tuesday. HIGHLIGHTS * Apollo APO.N : Jefferies cuts target price to $114 from $129 * Blackstone BX.N : Jefferies raises target price to $147 from $138 * Hershey Co HSY.N : Goldman Sachs initiates coverage with sell rating * Palomar Holdings Inc PLMR.O : KBW raises target price to

Ukraine boosts grain exports despite intensified Russian attacks By Pavel Polityuk, Jonathan Saul and Tom Balmforth KYIV/LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Ukraine is scrambling to ship as much grain as it can this summer, taking advantage of military gains it has made in the Black Sea area to boost exports even as Russia has attacked its ports. Ukraine is a major global wheat and corn grower and before Russia's invasion in 2022 the country exported about 6 million tons of grain alone per month via the

AI boosts insurance tech financing, deepfakes a risk, report says LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Global financing for insurance technology (insurtech) firms rose 40% to $1.27 billion in the second quarter from the previous three months, helped by money going into AI-focused businesses, reinsurance broker Gallagher Re said on Thursday. The use of artificial intelligence in insurance presents challenges, however, because of the risks of so-called "deepfakes" in fraudulent claims and of the exclusion of

CORRECTED-U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Booking Holdings, Doordash, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Aug. 5) Corrects U.S. research roundup dated Aug. 5 to remove dated research actions from headline and tables, the errors appeared in previous versions also Aug 5 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S.-listed companies including Booking Holdings, Doordash and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, on Monday.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reports results for the quarter ended in June - Earnings Summary Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. AJG.N reported quarterly adjusted earnings of $2.26​​ per share for the quarter ended in June, higher than the same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of $1.90. The mean expectation of seventeen analysts for the quarter was for earnings of $2.24 per share.