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Stocks open the day with modest gains as investors look ahead to earnings from Nvidia and Walmart to gauge the health of the AI trade and the economy amid ongoing Middle East tensions. The S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.1%, while the Dow was flat. With only a few economic data releases in the week ahead, investors are paying attention to other pieces of news, like signs of progress in the Middle East.

NextEra Energy is seeking to acquire Dominion Energy in an all-stock deal valued at about $67 billion, creating a massive power company as the energy needs of artificial intelligence drive demand higher in the U.S. It is one of the biggest proposed mergers so far this year and would create the world’s biggest regulated electric utility business by market capitalization, the companies said on Monday. The combined company will serve approximately 10 million utility customer accounts across Florida, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Ideally, Nvidia will have a big earnings day.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.1%, and the actively t

Longleaf Partners, managed by Southeastern Asset Management, released its first-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter is available to download here. The Fund returned -4.46% in the quarter, compared to the S&P 500’s -4.33% and the Russell 1000 Value Index’s 2.10% return. The year began similarly to the second half of 2025, with rising […]

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

NextEra and Dominion Energy will combine in a $68 billion all-stock transaction.

Lululemon is urging its shareholders to vote against the slate of directors nominated by founder Chip Wilson.

Consensus at $79 billion sits above Nvidia's own guidance midpoint

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US stocks have been predicted to start Monday trading in the red, as they ended last week, with investors continuing to worry about rising bond yields, stubborn inflation and the economic fallout from higher oil prices. Dow Jones futures were down around 262 points or 0.4%, while S&P 500...

NextEra Energy Inc's (NYSE:NEE) $190 billion all-stock takeover of Dominion Energy Inc (NYSE:D) announced on Monday would create the world's largest regulated electric utility and marks the most significant consolidation yet in the scramble to meet surging electricity demand from artificial...

Companies are restructuring engineering teams into smaller, more nimble cross-functional ‘pods,’ made up of humans and AI agents.

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.

The data center operator's latest spate of news items confirmed both its upside potential and its lingering risks.

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

Cerebras Systems stock exploded after its IPO debut as investors rushed into the company's massive growth and $24.6 billion backlog story.

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

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

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

The agency plans to round up any fraction of an inch for several of its services, part of a wave of changes set to impact package shippers on July 12.

It’s a quite week on the earnings front, but all eyes will be on Nvida who are due to report on Wednesday after the closing bell. Other big names reporting this week include Walmart, Home Depot, Target and Baidu.

Investing.com -- Citi lifted its price targets on Intel and AMD and introduced a new server CPU total addressable market (TAM) model that forecasts the segment could grow by 35% from $29.3 billion in 2025 to $131.5 billion by 2030, driven largely by surging demand for agentic AI applications.

US equity investors will remain focused on President Donald Trump's attempts to force Iran to reopen

Baidu stock was rising even as the Chinese internet company’s profit tumbled, with the focus on AI progress.

U.S. stocks offer the lowest dividend yields since the dotcom bubble in 2000. The yield on the Datastream index of the top 1,000 or so U.S. stocks compiled by LSEG hit 1.077% on Thursday, briefly dipping below the 1.078% level it hit in September 2000, amid the technology, media and telecom bubble.

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM26) are down -0.41%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM26) are down -0.30% this morning, pointing to a lower open on Wall Street as oil prices continue to rise amid the stalemate between the U.S. and Iran.

Retail earnings to offer glimpse at household spending, NextEra-Dominion tie up would capitalize on AI power boom, the Warsh era begins, and more news to start your day.

Samsung Electronics and its labour union plan to hold more talks on Tuesday in a bid to avert the biggest strike in the tech giant's history, amid concern that a walkout by more than 45,000 ‌workers could hit South Korea's economy and disrupt global supply chains. The threatened 18-day strike starting on Thursday comes amid an acute global shortage in ‌memory chips, which are essential components in AI data centres, smartphones and laptops. The shortage has fueled soaring profits at Samsung and its peers in recent months.