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May 18 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google and Blackstone plan to launch an artificial-intelligence cloud company using Google's specialized chips, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing sources

The duo plans to launch the unnamed U.S. company with $5 billion in equity capital from Blackstone, which will be the majority owner.

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NextEra Energy has agreed to acquire Dominion Energy in a $66.8 billion all-stock deal, creating the world's largest regulated electric utility with over $400 billion in enterprise value.

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President Trump’s trading activity surged in the first quarter, totaling more than 3,700 transactions, according to recent financial disclosures. The disclosures, published by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics late last week, include millions of dollars in transactions relating to companies such as Nvidia, Alphabet and Amazon.

Ideally, Nvidia will have a big earnings day.

Decart’s valuation hit nearly $4 billion as investors pour capital into startups making AI computing more efficient.

Investors will get highly anticipated quarterly results from Nvidia (NVDA) on Wednesday in what's expected to be the marquee earnings event of the week.

Investors will get highly anticipated quarterly results from Nvidia (NVDA) on Wednesday in what's expected to be the marquee earnings event of the week.

Investors will get highly anticipated quarterly results from Nvidia (NVDA) on Wednesday in what's expected to be the marquee earnings event of the week.

Investors will get highly anticipated quarterly results from Nvidia (NVDA) on Wednesday in what’s expected to be the marquee earnings event of the week.

Baidu stock climbed higher early Monday after the Chinese search engine company reported first-quarter results ahead of analyst expectations. Baidu said that it earned an adjusted 12.06 yuan per American depositary share for the March quarter, down 34% from a year earlier. Often compared to Google, Baidu was one of the quickest Chinese tech companies to embrace AI.

The Kiplinger Letter’s argument is uncomfortable for anyone overweight artificial intelligence: almost none of the GDP growth Washington has been celebrating actually came from AI. The mechanics are counterintuitive. When hyperscalers buy NVIDIA chips manufactured by TSMC in Taiwan and servers assembled overseas, that spending lands in the import column, which subtracts from GDP. The ... The Kiplinger Letter Says Almost None of the GDP Growth Washington Is Celebrating Actually Came From AI and f

Nvidia earnings report is expected to be the main event for tech investors this week.

The Chinese search-engine operator recorded another sharp profit drop and a fourth straight quarter of revenue declines.

Stanley Druckenmiller is one of the most-watched money managers on Wall Street, and his Duquesne Family Office Q1 2026 13F filing just landed. The headline number is brutal for Alphabet bulls. Duquesne sold all 385,000 shares of Alphabet (GOOGL) Class A stock during the quarter. That same stake had ...

Cash is suddenly king again on Wall Street. With recession fears lingering, interest rates still elevated, and consumers showing signs of fatigue, corporate America has been preparing for rougher weather ahead. Few companies have prepared more aggressively than Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A)(NYSE:BRK-B). The conglomerate ended the first quarter sitting on a staggering $397.6 billion cash pile, ... Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Just More Than Tripled Its Stake in Alphabet

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Investing.com -- Artificial intelligence is beginning to account for a significantly larger share of corporate workforce reductions, according to a UBS Global Research report issued on May 13, 2026.

AI companies are boosting the U.S. economy, but it doesn’t tell the full story about inflation, wages, and the labor market.

Broadcom (AVGO) stock has gained about 36% since the April 6 closing price of $314.43, trading at $428.61 according to Yahoo Finance at the time of writing, Friday afternoon, May 15. Meanwhile, the SPDR S&P 500 index (SPY) is up about 12.5% in the same period. Why has Broadcom outpaced the ...

There's a lot of enthusiasm about this Nvidia competitor. What exactly is drawing investors?

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Stock market investors await Nvidia earnings and the Google I/O Conference, as well as a key conference from the Atlanta Federal Reserve.

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said on ‌Saturday that the sale ‌of Google parent Alphabet's shares was ​not a bet against the company. Ackman on Friday said his firm Pershing Square had built ‌a new ⁠position in tech giant Microsoft after its stock ⁠price dropped recently, and sold his long-owned investment in ​Alphabet to ​help ​pay for it.

Netlist (OTCMKTS:NLST) reported record quarterly revenue for the first quarter of 2026, citing strong demand for memory products, tight industry supply and higher DRAM pricing as key drivers of its performance. Chief Executive Officer Chuck Hong said the company delivered “a strong first quarter pe

Alphabet's YouTube and Snap have reached settlements in the first case set for trial in litigation seeking to force ‌social media platforms to cover the costs school districts incur to combat a youth ‌mental health crisis they say the companies fueled. The settlements were detailed in court filings on Friday in federal court in Oakland, ​California, and resolve claims by a Kentucky school district that is still due to take Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms and TikTok to trial on June 15. Terms of the settlements with Breathitt County School District in rural Eastern Kentucky were not disclosed.