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Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. faces antitrust lawsuits, putting $30B in investment and 100M SF in limbo.
The investor said a combined company could use one balance sheet and capital structure to fund Elon Musk’s broader ambitions.
Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, tracking a rally on Wall Street following a report that showed U.S. inflation was not as bad last month as economists expected. Shares in computer chipmaker SK Hynix rose 9.4%, while those of Samsung Electronics surged 6.1%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng edged up 1.5% to 24,701.10, while the Shanghai Composite lost 0.2% to 3,957.79 after the Chinese government reported the economy expanded at a 4.3% annualized pace in April-June, slowing sharply from 5% in the first quarter of the year.
Streaming video giant Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) will be reporting earnings this Thursday after the bell. Here’s what to look for.
Health insurance company UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday before market open. Here’s what you need to know.
The product is expected to be OpenAI’s first physical AI device and a crucial milestone as the company moves forward with its IPO plans.
Industrial conglomerate GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before the bell. Here’s what investors should know.
Payments company Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal Holdings Inc for $60.50 per share, in a deal that would value the payments company at more than $53 billion, two people familiar with the matter said. The offer, submitted earlier this month, is backed by about $50 billion in committed financing from banks, the people said, and represents around a 28% premium to PayPal's closing share price on Tuesday. Advent declined to comment, while PayPal and Stripe did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
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Medical technology company Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) will be reporting results this Thursday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.
It turns out that Palantir (PLTR) CEO Alex Karp’s thunderous warning about the AI industry wasn’t a one-off rant. Over the past couple of years, the word "AI" has become like a broken record, heard at least once almost every day, often followed by a wave of anxiety. What has happened amid all the ...
Asian stocks gained Wednesday as markets dialed back U.S. rate-hike expectations following an unexpectedly upbeat inflation print.
Nvidia (NVDA) stock investors have been fed a familiar playbook. More robust accelerators, higher rack prices, and another wave of hyperscaler spending were expected to propel Nvidia stock's valuation to even more stratospheric levels. Bank of America's latest semiconductor outlook, shared with me, ...
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June rose 3.5% year-on-year, below market expectations.
There is a version of getting rich on Wall Street that has nothing to do with being right about a stock. You can spend a career building a reputation and then, one day, discover the reputation itself is the position. It pays whether or not your next call works. It compounds while you sleep. It does ...
Walmart has lowered prices on a range of grocery staples, including ground beef, corn on the cob, cherries, and 24-packs of soda. The nation’s largest retailer recently unveiled a summer rollback campaign covering thousands of products across groceries, household essentials, and seasonal goods ...
While running a fast-food giant might seem easy, few legacy chains have stood the test of time like McDonald’s (founded 1940) or KFC (founded 1952). Survival requires constant adaptation. According to Placer.ai, Q1 2026 U.S. quick-service restaurant (QSR) traffic grew just 0.1% year-over-year as ...
Leading cryptocurrencies rallied alongside stocks on Tuesday following cooler-than-expected inflation numbers, despite elevated geopolitical tensions remaining in place. Cryptocurrency24-Hour Gains +/-Price (Recorded at 9:25 p.m. EDT)Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)+3.50%$64,752.40Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) +4.72%$1,876.36XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) +3.52%$1.10Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) +2.93%$77.59Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) +2.64%$0.07403 Crypto Market Rallies Bitcoin hit $65,000 for the first time in over three weeks, while Et
SINGAPORE, July 15 (Reuters) - Asian markets were higher on Wednesday after a surprise slowdown in U.S. inflation scaled back market expectations for interest rate hikes, while oil took a breather as
Morgan Stanley will release its second quarter earnings report before the opening bell on Wednesday, July 15. Analysts expect the bank to report quarterly earnings of $2.81 per share, up from $2.13 per share in the year-ago period. The consensus...
The rush for cash by some of the world’s largest companies is putting the long bull market at risk. SpaceX’s record $75 billion public offering. Investors have been cheering the raging bull market for years—three years and nine months, to be precise—with the S&P 500 having more than doubled during that period.
Arista Networks is poised to release its second-quarter results next month, and analysts project a double-digit earnings growth.
AI and data center revenue surged to 71% of annual sales.
APA stock has logged a 127.5% return over the past five years, and the current valuation checks still point to it screening cheap rather than stretched. That combination of a strong long run and a positive valuation read is drawing attention to whether the recent share price now fully reflects the risks and opportunities around the business. Over five years, APA has returned 127.5%, which puts the current share price in the spotlight as investors assess how much of the story is already...
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Since its obesity pill Foundayo hit the market in April, Lilly has captured about 11% of the prescription volume for new pills, according to the latest weekly data. Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy pill, which launched in January, commands the rest. It is a remarkable turn of events for the near $80 billion anti-obesity market, among the hottest in the industry.
A lawsuit alleged the company relied on AI that disproportionately targeted workers with disabilities or who were on medical or parental leave.
It was a jam-packed day for the markets: earnings season started strong, oil futures fluctuated, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh testified in front of lawmakers, and the latest June inflation report delivered a cooler-than-expected reading that should make policymakers hold off on raising interest rates—for now. The Dow closed just above the flatline at 0.02%. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.9% and the S&P 500 finished the day up 0.4%.
AI cloud computing company CoreWeave is exploring the use of financial derivatives as a potential hedge against a future drop in memory and storage chip prices, according to a person familiar with the matter. To lock in supply amid soaring demand, thanks to a surge in AI infrastructure construction, cloud operators including CoreWeave have signed long-term agreements with memory and storage makers such as Micron and SanDisk. But the arrangement cuts both ways: it protects chipmakers from a downturn, but leaves cloud companies like CoreWeave exposed if prices fall and they are stuck paying well above the going rate.