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The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act aims to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets in the United States. It seeks to bring legal certainty to the crypto industry while setting clearer rules for companies operating in the sector. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon criticized the bill in a Fox ...

NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) and Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) reported Q1 2026 results, then confirmed a $66.8 billion all-stock deal making NextEra the buyer of Dominion’s Virginia franchise. The earnings explain the bid: Dominion’s grid sits under the world’s densest data center cluster, and NextEra needs that real estate. Virginia Volumes Carry Dominion. Florida Solar ... NextEra’s $67 Billion Megamerger Proves Dominion Was the Real AI Infrastructure Prize All Along

(Bloomberg) -- The head of BlackRock Inc.’s beleaguered private credit fund is in the process of leaving the firm, a move that follows months of losses on soured loans and revelations of a US regulatory probe into the unit’s valuation practices.Most Read from BloombergMeta Is Planning a Cloud Business to Sell AI Computing PowerSpaceX IPO Left Mirae With No Shares on MisunderstandingTrump Reports at Least $1.4 Billion in 2025 Crypto EarningsDemocratic Socialist Ousts 15-Term House Incumbent in Co

Nike's fiscal Q4 2026 beat was bolstered by tariff refunds masking core weakness, as revenue fell 1% YOY and analysts cut price targets despite the earnings surprise.

Ford (NYSE: F) ranked No. 1 among “Mainstream Brands” in the new J.D. Power Initial Quality Study. It was the first time it had occupied that spot since 2010. Much of that positive news was wiped out by a recall of more than 740,000 vehicles, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The notice ... Ford Reputation Deeply Damaged by 740,000 Recall

Altria has become a magnet for income-focused capital this year, with the stock climbing 32.55% year-to-date as retirees hunt for inflation hedges while the Fed has cut its target rate to 3.75%. Altria (NYSE:MO) sells Marlboro, Copenhagen, Skoal, on! nicotine pouches and NJOY e-vapor, and its smokeable engine just posted a 65.1% operating margin. The ... 1 Masterclass in Pricing Power Makes Altria an Absolute Sanctuary for Retirees

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) closed the month of June at $580.91, up 7.68% in the last session, and hit a new 52-week high of $584, giving the company a market cap approaching $950 billion. The stock is up 171.25% year-to-date and 309.38% over the past year, according to Yahoo Finance. What I ...

Global equity fundraising topped $729.4 billion in the first half of 2026, boosted by SpaceX’s record IPO, marking the second-best start to the year on record, according to Mergermarket data. It's only the third time tech fundraising passed the $100 billion mark at the year midpoint—the other two were in 2000 and in 2021. Neither period augured well for the near-term performance of equity markets.

The Senate Banking Committee’s top Democrat wants the Fed’s inspector general to examine whether a top Fed regulator broke protocol by participating in the closed-door client event.

President Donald Trump bought a sizable stake in Axon Enterprise this year, the maker of the taser and a growing lineup of policing technology. Two weeks later, Immigration and Customs Enforcement asked vendors for thousands of new tasers built to specifications that experts say match only ...

MOSCOW, July 1 (Reuters) - Russia's anti-monopoly watchdog has issued a warning to iPhone maker Apple, urging the company to address what it described as discriminatory practices against Russian

Alphabet (GOOGL) just got one of the most renowned promotions in the stock market. Google parent Alphabet officially entered the Dow Jones Industrial Average on June 29, replacing Verizon Communications (VZ) and giving the 30-stock blue-chip index a stronger stake in the artificial intelligence ...

(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump, who reversed his early skepticism of crypto to become one of the industry’s biggest boosters, reported more crypto-related income last year than any publicly traded US digital-asset company earned.Most Read from BloombergMeta Is Planning a Cloud Business to Sell AI Computing PowerSpaceX IPO Left Mirae With No Shares on MisunderstandingTrump Reports at Least $1.4 Billion in 2025 Crypto EarningsDemocratic Socialist Ousts 15-Term House Incumbent in ColoradoSupreme Court

Stocks were mixed, with the Nasdaq composite retreating after U.S. equities closed out a blockbuster quarter Tuesday.

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Meta said on Wednesday its chief marketing officer Alex Schultz will become the ‌company's first chief data officer, to better manage ‌AI analytics globally. The Facebook-parent also promoted its vice president of consumer ​marketing and growth, Denise Moreno, to marketing chief. • "My focus in this new role will be helping transform how Meta learns and makes decisions in the AI era," Schultz ‌said in a LinkedIn ⁠post.

Goldman (GS) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

GE (GE) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

Vertiv (VRT) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG, July 1 (Reuters) - Google has exceeded a five-year target to invest $1 billion in Africa, it said on Wednesday, as it made public initiatives on infrastructure and

Together AI on Wednesday said it has raised $800 million in a funding round led ‌by Aramco Ventures, more than doubling the artificial intelligence ‌startup's valuation to $8.3 billion. Founded in 2022, the startup's platform lets companies train ​and run AI workloads on open models such as DeepSeek, MiniMax and Kimi at lower costs than closed systems.

Kroger’s $1.65 billion deal for supermarket chain Giant Eagle is a bet on the East. Giant Eagle’s nearly 200 stores would expand Kroger’s foothold in Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana, and add Pennsylvania, ratcheting up the grocery industry’s turf war.

Alcoa shares are on track for their worst day since President Trump announced sweeping tariffs in April 2025, trading as much as 12% lower after the Pittsburgh company said it would pay up to $5.6 billion for bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets in South Africa, Australia and Brazil. The BHP spinoff will receive $3.1 billion in cash, newly issued Alcoa stock worth roughly $1 billion that it plans to distribute to shareholders and future payments that could reach $750 million. The deal comes amid a decline in aluminum prices from near record highs reached when fighting in the Persian Gulf blocked the region's aluminum smelters from global markets.

U.S. Vice President J. D. Vance recently disclosed holding Bitcoin (BTC) valued between $250,001 and $500,000. As per the recently released certified annual financial disclosure report (OGE Form 278e), Vance holds Bitcoin in a Coinbase account and the holding generated no income or less than ...

French container shipping company CMA CGM Group said Wednesday it will buy FedEx Supply Chain, the third-party logistics subsidiary of FedEx for $1.4 billion, as it works to expand in the U.S. CMA CGM Group said the acquisition will triple the size of its own logistics arm, CEVA Logistics and help build its presence as a contract logistics provider in North America. In 2025, CMA CGM pledged to invest $20 billion in its U.S. warehousing, air cargo and logistics over four years.

Bending Spoons’ listing comes after U.S. IPOs raised a record haul in the first six months of the year.

Advanced Energy stock is near a buy point as the semiconductor equipment firm scored a fresh buy rating. But AEIS stock fell Wednesday.

Micron Technology (MU) became one of the world’s most valuable companies in 2026, but not too long ago, it was a four-person consulting firm operating out of the basement of a dental office in Boise, Idaho. Now, it has millions of owners, including company executives, institutional investors like ...

Micron's earnings confirm Sandisk's tailwinds will get even stronger.

Investing.com -- French shipping giant CMA CGM has agreed to acquire FedEx's third-party logistics business for an enterprise value of $1.4 billion in cash, the company confirmed Wednesday, July 1, stripping FedEx of its largest warehousing and contract logistics operation in a deal that extends a sweeping restructuring of the U.S. package delivery giant.