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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.

Saudi quick-delivery startup lines up major banks for a possible listing despite regional market uncertainty.

(Bloomberg) -- Blackstone Inc., one of the largest institutional owners of single-family homes in the US, is launching a new lending platform for homebuilders.Most Read from BloombergIran Makes New Offer on Uranium in Response to US, WSJ SaysTrump Rejects New Iran Peace Offer as ‘Totally Unacceptable’Inside a Year of Chaos and Conflict at Kevin Hart’s Media CompanyModi Asks Indians to Stop Buying Gold, Hitting Jewelry StocksDrone Hits Ship Near Qatar as US Awaits Iran Peace Plan ResponseThe vent

Circle Internet Group said it has presold $222 million worth of a new token to a group of investors including Andreessen Horowitz and BlackRock. The token sale signals continued demand for digital assets from institutional investors, even as major cryptocurrencies struggle to reclaim their 2025 highs.

Moderna rallies 7% on hopes of hantavirus research.

Lumen Technologies (NYSE:LUMN) said first-quarter 2026 results were in line with its expectations as management highlighted improving revenue mix, continued adoption of its network-as-a-service offerings and a planned acquisition intended to expand its cloud connectivity capabilities. Chief Executi

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mixed as we get set to start the new trading week, as reports indicate that President Trump declined Iran’s counteroffer for peace. This comes after a remarkable Friday, when stocks roared to record highs, driven primarily by a stronger-than-expected April jobs report that eased economic concerns and by a ... Here Are Monday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Dell Technologies, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Disney, HubSpot, Klarna, Oklo, Pitney Bow

The benchmark US stock measures were pointing lower before the opening bell Monday as the US rejecte

By Ragini Mathur and Utkarsh Hathi May 11 (Reuters) - Wall Street futures were subdued on Monday, taking a breather after a record rally last week, as investors fretted over signs of stalled talks

Mosaic, the fertilizer producer, reports a loss of $258 million in the first quarter amid rising input costs.

Alphabet plans to sell Japanese yen-denominated bonds for the first time, it disclosed in a filing on Monday, as technology giants ‌tap debt markets to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure deployments. Alphabet did not immediately respond to a Reuters request on the offering size. Alphabet has mandated Mizuho, ‌Bank of America and Morgan Stanley ⁠to work on the transaction.

This retailer is well positioned to survive higher gas prices.

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(Bloomberg) -- Blackstone Inc. and Halliburton Co. are investing a combined $1 billion into VoltaGrid in a deal that values the energy startup at more than $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.Most Read from BloombergIran Makes New Offer on Uranium in Response to US, WSJ SaysTrump Rejects New Iran Peace Offer as ‘Totally Unacceptable’Inside a Year of Chaos and Conflict at Kevin Hart’s Media CompanyDrone Hits Ship Near Qatar as US Awaits Iran Peace Plan ResponseJudge to Revie

US equity investors will look out for consumer price inflation as hopes diminish for a return to Ira

Barrick Gold (ABX.TO) reported a 173% jump in adjusted net earnings year over year in the first quar

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM26) are down -0.03%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM26) are down -0.04% this morning, pointing to a muted open on Wall Street as oil prices and bond yields climbed after U.S. President Donald Trump slammed Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal.

President rejects Iran’s response, Warsh’s favored inflation measure, airlines are raising bag fees, and more news to start your day.

Ed Yardeni, founder and CEO at Yardeni Research, lifted his year-end price target for the S&P 500 by just over 7%, taking it to 8250 from 7700, a level that suggests gains of more than 11.5% from the benchmark’s close Friday of 7398. Yardeni also thinks the benchmark will hit 10,000 by the end of 2029, adding in a note published Sunday that such an elevated reading might “arrive ahead of schedule” in the new market paradigm. The push comes amid an historic change in earnings forecasts, for both this year and next, that has lifted stocks more than 16.6% since the market bottomed out on March 30, powered in large part by advances in artificial intelligence and gains for the Magnificent Seven tech giants.

It’s business lesson number one: “You’ve got to spend money to make money.” Now that we have details of a full century of detailed U.S. stock returns, investors who study it for an edge can confidently say that asset-light companies did much better. “We know from this 100 years of data that capex is bad,” says Gregg Fisher, a pioneer of factor-based investing and portfolio manager at Quent Capital.

Circle on Monday reported higher quarterly revenue and reserve income driven by increased adoption and circulation of its stablecoin, sending ‌its shares rising nearly 5% in trading before the bell. Market volatility ‌and the Middle East conflict pushed investors to rotate out of cryptocurrencies and into stablecoins to ​park capital earlier this year. This was underscored by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase's results last week, which reported dropping trading volumes.

The pace of first quarter earnings reports eases this week as economic data takes center stage, but investors will still be on the lookout for results from a handful of big corporations.

The pace of first quarter earnings reports eases this week as economic data takes center stage, but investors will still be on the lookout for results from a handful of big corporations.

The pace of first quarter earnings reports eases this week as economic data takes center stage, but investors will still be on the lookout for results from a handful of big corporations.

KKR’s largest private-credit fund held by individual investors took a $560 million loss in the first quarter when a growing number of loans tipped into default. The write-down—equivalent to about 10% of the fund’s net asset value—is one of the biggest indicators so far of underlying problems in a large private-credit fund. Defaults in the fund jumped to 8.1% in the first quarter from 5.5% in December, KKR said.

The pace of first quarter earnings reports eases this week as economic data takes center stage, but investors will still be on the lookout for results from a handful of big corporations.

Cheniere Energy (NYSE:LNG) raised its full-year 2026 financial outlook after reporting higher first-quarter adjusted results, record LNG exports and stronger production expectations, while executives said geopolitical disruptions in the Middle East have tightened global LNG markets and reinforced de

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) reported a stronger first quarter for fiscal 2026 and raised its full-year outlook, citing solid core execution, recent acquisitions and continued demand across defense, intelligence, health and energy infrastructure markets. Chief Executive Officer Tom Bell said first-quarter re

Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) reported higher first-quarter revenue and raised its full-year revenue outlook, citing commercial progress, improving offtake discussions and continued work on its uranium enrichment expansion program. On the company’s Q1 2026 earnings call, President and Chief Executive O