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An AI spending blitz is demolishing new Fed chair Kevin Warsh's argument for interest rate cuts with more price increases about to ripple through the economy

(Bloomberg) -- Government attempts to address the global memory chip shortage by influencing prices or production capacity would worsen a historic squeeze on supply driven by the artificial intelligence boom, a semiconductor industry group warned the Trump administration. Most Read from BloombergExxon to Change Name for First Time in Decades After RedomicileGermany Rejects Trump’s Demands for NATO Loyalty to WashingtonMeta Is Planning a Cloud Business to Sell AI Computing PowerRussia Indicates U

UiPath’s agentic automation push is raising the stakes for its next report, where investors will look for proof that new workflow tools are lifting ARR, retention, and margins.

Wall Street does not punish companies for spending money. It punishes them for spending money without a story. Give investors a believable path from this year's bills to next year's profits and they will forgive almost any number on the capital expenditure line. Take that story away, and every ...

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump made more than 21,000 securities trades in his first year back in office, often in intense bursts tied to market events he created.Most Read from BloombergExxon to Change Name for First Time in Decades After RedomicileMeta Is Planning a Cloud Business to Sell AI Computing PowerGermany Rejects Trump’s Demands for NATO Loyalty to WashingtonRussia Indicates Ukraine Fired Long-Range Ballistic MissileKrafton Agrees to Pay ‘Subnautica 2’ Bonuses as Developer’s CEO

OpenAI already has a lineup of impressive investors ahead of its eagerly awaited initial public offering. OpenAI has talked about offering a 5% ownership stake to the U.S. government, potentially via a sovereign wealth fund, the Financial Times reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the talks. There would be a couple of potential benefits for OpenAI if the Trump administration were among its investors.

US equity markets were mostly tracking in the green before the opening bell Thursday as traders awai

(Bloomberg) -- Investors in SpaceX have been largely flying blind since the company’s record-breaking IPO last month, with few financial projections to help determine what the stock is actually worth. Most Read from BloombergExxon to Change Name for First Time in Decades After RedomicileMeta Is Planning a Cloud Business to Sell AI Computing PowerKrafton Agrees to Pay ‘Subnautica 2’ Bonuses as Developer’s CEO ResignsUS Decides Against Renewing USMCA, Shifting to Rolling TalksSpaceX IPO Left Mirae

(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp. and its telecom unit will start renting AI computing resources to US companies next fiscal year in a bid to capitalize on the company’s growing pipeline of data center projects.Most Read from BloombergMeta Is Planning a Cloud Business to Sell AI Computing PowerExxon to Change Name for First Time in Decades After RedomicileKrafton Agrees to Pay ‘Subnautica 2’ Bonuses as Developer’s CEO ResignsUS Decides Against Renewing USMCA, Shifting to Rolling TalksSpaceX IP

The AI boom created a ton of winners on Wall Street. However, it also created an incredibly unforgettable story for workers. Tech behemoth Microsoft (MSFT) is reportedly preparing a fresh round of layoffs, according to Business Insider, in a move that could be announced as early as next ...

Stocks fell as Meta buzz hit SpaceX, Micron and many AI stocks. Tesla is near a buy point with deliveries due. The June jobs report also is on tap.

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Tesla, Caterpillar, Applied Materials and an ETF of chip stocks are in the idiosyncratic investor’s crosshairs.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.2%, and the actively t

(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc. has had a remarkable 12 months by just about any measure you can imagine.Most Read from BloombergSpaceX IPO Left Mirae With No Shares on MisunderstandingSupreme Court Backs Birthright Citizenship in Blow to TrumpTrump Reports at Least $1.4 Billion in 2025 Crypto EarningsWhatsApp Opens Username Reservations to 3 Billion UsersYen Hits Four-Decade Low in Historic Slide That’s Rattled JapanThe stock price has more than doubled, raising its market capitalization by more t

The market might be all-in on the AI trade, but a growing chorus of traders and analysts is changing strategies. Mega-cap tech companies like Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon have been hit particularly hard in recent weeks as their plans to spend billions on AI infrastructure have attracted growing ...

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq, which logged their best quarterly performances since 2020, ended the day 0.79% and 1.52% higher, respectively.

(Bloomberg) -- Retail investors’ activity in the technology stocks known as the “Magnificent Seven” hit a four-year low in recent days after having been muted for months, according to Citigroup Inc. equity strategists.Most Read from BloombergSpaceX IPO Left Mirae With No Shares on MisunderstandingYen Hits Four-Decade Low in Historic Slide That’s Rattled JapanWhatsApp Opens Username Reservations to 3 Billion UsersTrump’s U-Turn on Iran Sanctions Would Unravel Decades of CurbsIran Ratchets Up Talk

A country-by-country EU reporting requirement forces companies to offer additional public tax details.

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - Britain said on Tuesday it could intervene in Paramount Skydance Corp's proposed takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, potentially holding up the $110 billion deal after the U. and China gave it ‌the green light.

18% That's how much Microsoft shares have fallen this month as investors retreat from Mag 7 stocks. It's put the tech behemoth on track for its worst month since December 2000, when stocks were in the midst of the dot-com bubble burst.

Investing.com -- The "Magnificent 7" group of technology companies lost approximately $2.3 trillion in market value this month as investors increased scrutiny of large infrastructure spending by these firms.

(Bloomberg) -- Chip stocks are heading for their best quarter ever, extending an extraordinary start to the year driven by insatiable demand for artificial intelligence equipment. But after recent jitters sent the stocks tumbling, investors are wondering how much further the rally can go. Most Read from BloombergYen Hits Four-Decade Low in Historic Slide That’s Rattled JapanTrump’s U-Turn on Iran Sanctions Would Unravel Decades of CurbsWhatsApp Opens Username Reservations to 3 Billion UsersUS St

The Magnificent Seven group of megacap tech stocks has shed more than $2.3tn of value this month, in a violent rotation away from companies spending...

This is nothing new to Xbox lovers. It isn't a cheap system. But it's the cheapest way to enter Microsoft's gaming universe. You buy the box and plug it into your TV. Later, you can spend money on games, controllers, subscriptions, and downloadable content. The deal no longer works like that. ...

The AI data center boom has created an unusual power shortage, and oil companies are stepping in to supply the needed power using their extra natural gas. Chevron (CVX) became the latest to join that dynamic on June 22, when it announced a 20-year agreement with Microsoft (MSFT) to supply ...

It was a good day for the Magnificent Seven—at least some of them. Tesla stock ended Monday's session up 8.5%, perhaps riding the coat tails of SpaceX, which was up 7.1%. The two Elon Musk companies are tightly linked, jointly developing a chip fabrication complex in Texas.

Investing.com -- Anthropic said on Monday its Claude family of artificial intelligence models is now available in Microsoft Foundry on Azure, running on NVIDIA’s GB300 Blackwell Ultra GPU systems, marking the AI startup’s first deployment on NVIDIA hardware.

The bank’s top equity strategist thinks artificial-intelligence spending will be the big story again for this coming second-quarter earnings season.

Alphabet shares climbed on Monday as the Google parent made its debut in the blue-chip Dow Jones ‌Industrial Average, replacing Verizon Communications, and immediately ranking among its ‌most influential members. • Its shares rose 3.7% to $350.24, offering one of the biggest boosts ​to the 30-member Dow. • The company replaced Verizon on the index, S&P Dow Jones Indices said in an announcement on June 23.