The trajectory of agentic commerce is splitting. Europe is prioritizing a regulatory-first architecture, while the United States remains stalled by a lack of federal guidance and unresolved liability questions. The same underlying technology is producing two distinct commercial realities. The European Regulatory Backbone Europe is utilizing the PSD3/PSR framework to define its deployment. The legislation, […]
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The U.K.-based company didn’t say how many shares it would offer, or at what price, but intends to list shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NSCL.

Caterpillar (CAT) delivered the biggest quarter in its history, with a $72 billion order book behind it—59% of which it expects to ship over the next twelve months. The stock has gained 82.8% on a price basis over the past twelve months against 15.6% for the S&P 500, and still sits about 25% below its 52-week high. Neither the record nor the backlog is the number to watch. That would be the roughly $2.2 billion of tariff costs, before the second-quarter recoveries, that Caterpillar expects to ca
US equity indexes closed mixed this week after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed its commitment to cont
Domestic radar production supports delivery, but federal cost inflation can reshape procurement economics.
Investing.com -- The U.S. Department of Justice is actively weighing whether to intervene in a high-stakes state antitrust lawsuit against asset management giants BlackRock Inc (NYSE:BLK) and State Street Corp (NYSE:STT), Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Senior antitrust officials have held discussions in recent weeks with involved state attorneys general and company representatives, though federal officials have yet to reach a final determination on joining the litiga

Nscale, a developer of artificial intelligence data centers that counts Nvidia Corp. and Microsoft Corp. among its partners, filed for an initial public offering in New York to tap into AI’s insatiable demand for computing power.
Key TakeawaysZscaler’s net new ARR growth (excluding Red Canary) accelerated to 17% year over year in the fiscal fourth quarter, the fastest pace in years, yet FY27 guidance points to that growth cooling back down toward the high teens or lower. Deferred revenue, an independent forward indicator of billings, has decelerated every year since FY22, falling from 62% growth to just 18.

3M trades at $164.70 and has moved in lockstep with the market. Its shares have returned 13.5% over the last six months while the S&P 500 has gained 14%.

Over the last six months, Watsco’s shares have sunk to $305.50, producing a disappointing 19.2% loss - a stark contrast to the S&P 500’s 14% gain. This was partly driven by its softer quarterly results and may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.

Korean Air just signed a $36.2 billion Boeing commitment stretching well into the next decade, but a record backlog and blockbuster headline numbers tell only part of the story for a manufacturer still racing to prove it can actually deliver.

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - A group representing major US airlines said on Friday it opposes Air China's bid to schedule additional flights from Beijing to New York and Washington as part of President Xi Jinping's planned meeting with President Donald Trump. Airlines for America, which represents American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and others, opposed the request because US airlines are effectively banned from flying from the US east coast to China because they cannot acc

Nvidia, Google and Emerald AI have launched the AI Energy Management Alliance (AEMA), a coalition that dynamically manages the electricity use of data centers in response to grid conditions. Varun Sivaram Founder and CEO of Emerald AI joins to discuss the alliance.

Forty-five years ago next week, a tiny four-store hardware chain in Atlanta completed a very unlikely IPO. It was possible only because a well-connected investment banker, Ken Langone, happened to be a nonexecutive co-founder and a member of the company’s board of directors. Langone had such faith in the young company’s prospects that he called in some favors on Wall Street, and Bear Stearns reluctantly agreed to take on the piddly $6 million planned offering.
Investing.com -- Westinghouse Electric Co. is pursuing a valuation exceeding $50 billion for its U.S. initial public offering, Bloomberg reported Friday citing people familiar with the plans.

The first junk-bond offering for a data center tied to Meta Platforms Inc. attracted demand more than four times the deal’s size, with juicy yields helping to lure investors.

Aptos SVP Ash Pampati warns the quantum threat is closer than people think. Aptos already has a post-quantum upgrade accepted and ready to go.
Component inflation supports AI scarcity while raising the cost of systems carrying Intel processors.

Here’s what could happen to Costco stock next.

The AI agent startup is in talks with IDG Capital, Boyu Capital, and battery maker CATL at a roughly $4 billion valuation

Major indexes edged lower as the yield on the 10-year Treasury note pushed past 5%. Markets have had a lot to digest this week: a quarter-point interest-rate hike, fluctuating fuel prices and big tech's P(doom)--aka the probability that AI results in a existentially catastrophic outcome, according to the Silicon Valley ecosystem.

Westinghouse Electric Co., a provider of reactor technology to nuclear power plants, is seeking a valuation of more than $50 billion in its US initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter.

It’s out of one of Wall Street’s most elite indexes, but its newest sponsorship win says the comeback story isn’t over yet.

The Dow is down 2% this week. The Nasdaq is up. One of the indexes is reading the Fed policy wrong.

Drug companies had incentives to participate in the deals to stave off the threat of U.S. tariffs on their products.

The AI developer is reportedly gearing up for an initial public offering this fall at a valuation near $2 trillion.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Major automakers, suppliers and dealers on Friday urged President Donald Trump to keep Chinese automakers out of the US market, ahead of his meeting
