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Internal promotions and outside hires helped the Fortune 500 notch more women CEOs.

Software stocks have rebounded from a punishing selloff as investors are betting that AI may boost the sector rather than leaving it for dead. Now investors are flocking to firms they see succeeding at integrating AI and adjusting price models by charging clients based on actual usage – while steering clear of firms that are too dependent on traditional pricing, ​which involves subscription fees based on headcount. "While AI is causing massive disruption, it is remapping the industry rather than destroying it," said Daniel Morgan, portfolio manager at Synovus Trust in Atlanta.

The Lone Star State is now home to 57 Fortune 500 companies.

By Karen Brettell June 3 (Reuters) - The artificial-intelligence boom already has fueled a record stock-market surge. Now it's driving up long-term Treasury yields too.

Google-parent Alphabet’s plan to raise $80 billion through equity sales signals that its AI spending intentions aren’t slowing down. Alphabet’s stock price slipped nearly 4% Tuesday, while the prospect of more capex surges in the future also weighed on the shares of cloud rivals Microsoft, Amazon and Oracle.

Investors might have overestimated the impact of artificial intelligence on the software industry.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) is partnering with Bloom Energy to supply gigawatt-scale clean fuel-cell power for its data centers, targeting lower on-site emissions and greater energy resilience. The company is also rolling out Arm-based CPUs across its AI data centers, expanding beyond traditional server chips for certain next-generation workloads. Both moves mark a shift in how Oracle plans and powers its infrastructure for AI and cloud services. These infrastructure changes come as NYSE:ORCL trades...

Oracle (ORCL) concluded the recent trading session at $244.58, signifying a -1.44% move from its prior day's close.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed up +0.13%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.45%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.48%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +0.14%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion through equity sales to fund its 2026 and 2027 capital expenditures.

Oracle's late-May surge lifted Larry Ellison's fortune to $302 billion, vaulting him past Jeff Bezos and Sergey Brin to be the world's third-richest.

Alphabet’s latest fundraising move suggests the AI buildout is becoming so capital-intensive that even one of the world’s richest companies is looking beyond debt markets.

A Barchart report today shows unusually heavy trading in Oracle put options ahead of its earnings due out next Wednesday, June 10, after the market closes. This may signal that investors are bearish.

Alphabet will appeal to yield-oriented investors with the $15 billion of mandatory convertible preferred stock that it plans to sell as part of its plan to raise $80 billion of equity to fund its huge AI capital spending program. The Alphabet convertible preferred offering, one of several equity deals announced late Monday by the company, is expected to be priced later Tuesday after the close of trading at $50 a share with a dividend yield about 6.5%, in line with the dividend on an Oracle mandatory convertible sold in February. It will amount to a twin offering with $7.5 billion of preferred convertible into Alphabet’s class A voting shares and the other $7.5 billion of preferred exchangeable into the company’s nonvoting class C stock.

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Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion through equity sales to fund its 2026 and 2027 capital expenditures.

Artificial intelligence is sucking in capital at a pace never seen before. The five biggest U.S. hyperscalers, namely Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and Oracle, are expected to spend roughly $720 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026. Chip companies are booked out for years, and even ...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.24%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.26%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.29%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.20%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Arm says major cloud and tech customers are using its data center CPUs.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.20%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.23%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.33%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -0.18%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The software sector is currently caught in a tug-of-war between profound optimism and existential dread over the future of artificial intelligence. After a brief period of euphoria, reality—and algorithmic trading—bit back hard, sending major software stocks tumbling in a sudden reversal. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF fell 3%, wiping out half of the 6% gains it had recorded just a day prior. The bleeding was widespread across the industry’s biggest names: Atlassian plunged 8%, Hu

Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO is starting to make some moves, but the scale of his investments warrants consideration.

Haas told Reuters that banning AI CPUs ​would be nearly impossible due to the challenge of setting precise performance and memory bandwidth limits.

FEATURE The rebound in software stocks looked set to fizzle out as Wall Street pivoted back toward the chip and server makers that have helped power the market to all-time highs in recent months. Oracle fell 5%, ServiceNow dropped 5.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) shares moved lower in premarket trading on Tuesday as investors evaluated the broader implications of escalating artificial intelligence infrastructure costs following Alphabet’s announcement of a major capital-raising initiative. The stock fell 4.

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) has signed multi gigawatt fuel cell agreements with Oracle to supply on site power for AI data centers. The company announced a $5b partnership with Brookfield Asset Management focused on large scale clean power deployments. Nebius Group is fast tracking Bloom powered AI infrastructure, highlighting growing demand for modular fuel cell solutions. These new commercial deals arrive as Bloom Energy trades at $273.51 and is positioned at the center of the AI power...

Both benefit from AI, but their valuations tell different stories.

Bloom Energy, which has seen an unprecedented surge in orders from hyperscalers and data centers, does not need to sell shares to meet demand, CEO KR Sridhar told Bloomberg News on Monday.

Asana Inc. (NASDAQ:ASAN) is one of the 10 Stocks Entering June on Fire. Asana bounced back by 17.21 percent on Monday to close at $185.67 apiece, as investor sentiment was bolstered by its expansion into artificial intelligence with its acquisition of Stack AI. In a statement late Friday, Asana Inc. (NASDAQ:ASAN) said that it has […]

Shares of leading designer of graphics chips Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) jumped 6.3% in the afternoon session after over 150 million shares traded hands (well above average) as CEO Jensen Huang's keynote at Computex in Taipei delivered two major announcements.