On the May 8 episode of CNBC’s Halftime Report, the panel openly questioned whether the AI-driven rally has stopped discriminating between core AI plays and merely AI-adjacent names. One of the cleanest examples is Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM), where the stock gained around 70% in a month despite posting merely decent results and guiding lower for the ... AI Rally May Have Gone Too Far With Some Stocks Up 70% in a Month
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Though the start of 2026 wasn't kind to Oracle and Roku, both have bounced back in a big way over the past month, outperforming the S&P 500 and benefiting from strong quarterly results.
CRM's $14.4B free cash flow in fiscal 2026 powers $14.3B in shareholder returns and AI investments like Agentforce and Data 360.
The rollout spans FP&A, tax, and treasury, as SAP moves to an end-to-end approach for automating finance workflows.
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Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) is included among the 10 Best Robinhood Stocks to Buy According to Billionaires. On May 8, Arete analyst Adam Shepherd upgraded Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) to Buy from Neutral and set a $255 price target on the stock. The firm said supply constraints in graphics processing units are helping industry economics. It also […]
Eightfold AI has launched an agentic interview intelligence integration with Oracle Fusion Cloud Recruiting. The integration embeds autonomous interviewing tools into Oracle's HR workflow for enterprise clients. Eightfold AI's capabilities run on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, expanding Oracle's AI powered HR offering. For investors watching NYSE:ORCL, this move sits at the intersection of cloud, AI, and HR software. Oracle already serves large enterprises with Fusion Cloud applications, and...
In the most recent trading session, Oracle (ORCL) closed at $193.84, indicating a -1.08% shift from the previous trading day.
Masayoshi Son is reportedly considering a major French AI infrastructure push.
AI optimism pauses after massive 6 session run
If it feels like growth stocks can’t continue their outperformance much longer, ignore that feeling. The Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund Exchange-Traded Fund, home to companies with high sales growth including Nvidia Advanced Micro Devices Microsoft and Eli Lilly is up 13% in the past month. A couple of factors have driven the performance of the growth stocks.
SoftBank Group Corp founder Masayoshi Son is considering an investment of up to $100 billion in France, including a multibillion-dollar project to build AI infrastructure in the European nation, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. Companies have been channeling billions into data centres to power generative AI services. OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank announced in September last year plans for five U.S. AI data centres for the $500 billion Stargate project, a plan to build a nationwide advanced AI network.
For years, investors in the biggest technology companies could count on one reliable outcome: the cash would come back to them. Profits piled up, balance sheets swelled, and buyback programs grew year after year, quietly supporting stock prices even when markets turned volatile. That dynamic is ...
As AI demand keeps rising, Super Micro wants to pair its servers with nuclear-powered energy solutions to tackle growing power needs – a move that could put SMCI back in investors’ good books.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) has reportedly laid off an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 employees via email at the end of March 2026. The cuts affect a significant share of the workforce and have raised concerns about severance terms and compliance with WARN Act protections. The move comes as Oracle continues to focus on AI and cloud infrastructure, with questions around how the reductions may affect execution and talent retention. For investors watching NYSE:ORCL at a share price of $194.59, the size and...
Some found out they didn't qualify for WARN Act protections like two-months notice because the company had classified them as remote workers.
Cloudflare (NET) announced a round of layoffs, following Coinbase's (COIN) similar announcement at the beginning of the week. Yahoo Finance Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferré, Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Brooke DiPalma, and EMJ Capital founder and president Eric Jackson chat with Yahoo Finance's Brian Sozzi about the growing impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the workforce.
While the push into further AI adoption has driven a wide trend of layoffs in the tech sector in 2026, Acting US Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling speaks with Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Jennifer Schonberger about how his department is examining artificial intelligence's impact on the labor market.
Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) was one of the stocks on Jim Cramer’s radar as he highlighted AI winners to buy for 2026. A caller asked whether Cramer sees the stock returning to its all-time high. He replied: Okay, I think that last quarter was very good, and people were betting against Oracle. I think that’s a […]
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) was one of the stocks on Jim Cramer’s radar as he highlighted AI winners to buy for 2026. It was one of the stocks that Cramer mentioned during the episode, and he said: You need backup power. That’s Caterpillar and Cummins and Generac. As for the actual builders, CoreWeave, Oracle, they’re the […]
The question is not whether Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) will run low on cash. The question is how low. Some of the other mega-cap tech companies have similar problems, but only one has a deeper problem. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) has raised money “off-balance-sheet’, and its financial obligations are said to be as high as $300 billion. ... Amazon Starts To Run Low On Cash
Inriver has achieved Microsoft Certified Software Designation for its AI-powered Product Information Management (PIM) platform, specifically designed for Manufacturing AI. Now available in the Microsoft Marketplace, this certification allows global Microsoft customers to discover and integrate Inriver’s solutions, enhancing innovation and business transformation through seamless compatibility with Microsoft products. The platform offers manufacturers enhanced capabilities for product data...
Bloom Energy had a big month.