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Darden Restaurants Heading Into 2026 With 'Lack Of Incremental Sales Drivers'

Darden Restaurants Inc (NYSE: DRI) is facing challenges heading into 2026, with analysts noting a lack of incremental sales drivers and limited margin upside. Analyst Jake Bartlett downgraded the rating from Buy to Hold and reduced the price target from $240 to $207. Despite Olive Garden's historical outperformance, its sales growth was subdued in 2025. Darden's shares fell 1.01% to $200.45, reflecting investor concerns amid rising commodity costs and labor productivity issues, although the company maintains a strong market cap of $23.32 billion.

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EXCLUSIVE: 'Big Short' Investor Danny Moses: Ignore Prediction Markets At Your Own Risk

Danny Moses, a prominent investor from 'The Big Short', emphasizes the growing importance of prediction markets in finance. He notes that as liquidity increases and institutional validation rises, these markets are evolving from mere curiosities to significant trading assets. Major players like CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange are investing heavily in prediction market infrastructure, indicating a shift in investor behavior. Moses believes that by 2026, prediction markets will play a crucial role in market analysis, becoming integral to how investors gauge market sentiment.

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BUZZ-Health insurers rise after US House advances effort to reinstate healthcare subsidies

Shares of health insurers rose by 1% to 2% after the U.S. House advanced legislation to reinstate expired healthcare subsidies. Elevance Health increased by 2.4%, Centene by 1.4%, Cigna by 1.5%, UnitedHealth by 1.3%, and Molina Healthcare by 1.8%. The legislation aims to lower costs for 24 million Americans under the Affordable Care Act, which is set to expire at the end of 2025. Without congressional action, millions may face higher premiums after COVID-era subsidies expired on December 31. Over the past year, stock performance varied, with significant declines for some insurers.

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BUZZ-Darden Restaurants falls after Truist Securities downgrades to 'hold'

Darden Restaurants, owner of Olive Garden, saw its shares drop 1.4% to $196.97 in premarket trading after Truist Securities downgraded its rating from 'buy' to 'hold' and reduced the price target from $240 to $207. The brokerage cited a challenging outlook for 2026, with limited new sales drivers and tough comparisons following last year's performance. Despite 20 of 33 brokerages rating the stock as 'buy' or higher, concerns about growth remain, particularly regarding Olive Garden's value positioning and delivery performance.

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Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on January 7

Swiss stocks may be influenced by several factors on January 7. Nestle is recalling some infant nutrition products in Europe due to potential contamination, prompting warnings from Saudi Arabia's Food and Drug Authority. Swisscom's Fastweb and Telecom Italia are close to a mobile network-sharing deal to reduce 5G infrastructure costs. Additionally, Alcon is terminating its acquisition of STAAR Surgical due to insufficient shareholder support. Jefferies has lowered Nestle's target price from CHF 81 to CHF 76. An SNB US Dollar auction is scheduled for 1000 GMT.

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