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A blockbuster IPO, fame and fortune — yet something still felt off. Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky says even what looked like the biggest milestone of his life didn't change how he felt because much of our long-term...

Bank of America has agreed to a $2.25 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit over fees charged at ATMs in 7-Eleven stores.

The tech sector’s relentless restructuring wave has claimed another major player, pushing 2026’s total workforce reductions to a grim milestone, as companies continue to reallocate capital towards automated systems. GitLab, an open-source web platform crucial to engineers for securely storing code, ...

Squaring AI-spurred layoff announcements with the available data on how companies have — and haven't — changed their workforces in the aggregate paints a more complicated picture of both the US labor market and AI's role in reshaping it. 

AST SpaceMobile Inc shares are edging higher Thursday morning as traders recalibrate expectations after the company's recent quarterly results. Here’s what investors need to know. What To Watch After AST SpaceMobile’s Earnings Miss The latest repositioning follows first-quarter earnings miss,...

Cisco is positioning itself as one of the companies built to win from the artificial intelligence boom. But that shift is bringing pain for workers. Despite a record quarter, the tech giant is reducing thousands of jobs as part of a broader restructuring tied to where it sees future growth. ...

Investing.com -- A major liquidation event targeting long orders flushed massive leverage across the digital asset market overnight, forcing Bitcoin down near the $78,000 mark. The world’s leading crypto was trading at $78,030.1 as of 05:51 ET (09:51 GMT).

Reg Wydeven is a partner with the Appleton-based law firm of McCarty Law LLP. He writes a weekly column for The Post-Crescent.

May 15 (Reuters) - Arm Holdings is facing an antitrust probe by the U.S.

Arm Holdings is facing an antitrust probe by the U.S. Federal ‌Trade Commission over the British chip designer's ‌licensing of its semiconductor technology, part of ongoing global scrutiny ​of the business, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The FTC is investigating whether Arm is trying to illegally monopolize parts of the semiconductor market. It is ‌looking to assess ⁠if Arm will reject or downgrade the licensing agreements for its chip blueprints ⁠used to design central processing units, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Fears of a 2022-style inflation problem are bubbling back up, but there’s also hope for a Trump pivot on the Iran conflict.

Global stocks slumped and oil prices rose Friday with worries about sustained inflation driving up bond yields with no conclusion to the Iran war in sight."Today the catalyst is really the rally in bond yields, bond markets are under pressure as oil prices rise.

(Bloomberg) -- Government bond markets tumbled around the world, sending yields surging from Japan to the US on intensifying fears that the war-driven price shock will force central banks to raise interest rates to contain the impact.Most Read from BloombergHormuz Oil Flows Creep Higher as More Supertankers ExitIran’s Kharg Island Oil Jetties Empty Again Yesterday, Satellite ShowsWhat Is The Thucydides Trap and Why Did Xi Raise It With Trump?Nigerian Tycoon Femi Otedola Buys £53 Million London M

(Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co.’s blistering rally screeched to a halt Friday, as a broader market selloff cooled enthusiasm over the automaker’s potential to benefit from the boom in energy demand for artificial intelligence.Most Read from BloombergHormuz Oil Flows Creep Higher as More Supertankers ExitIran’s Kharg Island Oil Jetties Empty Again Yesterday, Satellite ShowsWhat Is The Thucydides Trap and Why Did Xi Raise It With Trump?Nigerian Tycoon Femi Otedola Buys £53 Million London MansionTrum

(Updates prices) Gold traded lower midafternoon Friday as the dollar and yields climbed on conce

On paper, the U.S. economy might seem strong. There were 115,000 jobs added in April, beating expectations. But much of that growth came from health care and social assistance positions. Economists often view those jobs differently from gains in sectors like manufacturing, retail, and ...

Higher oil prices could pressure consumers, inflation and investment while keeping South Africa's reform trajectory in focus.

PARR stock dips 13% after Q1 earnings miss estimates despite stronger refining margins and higher throughput volumes.

Microsoft (MSFT) stock is back in the spotlight after UK regulators launched a broad antitrust probe into its business software ecosystem and the company reworked its multibillion dollar AI partnership with OpenAI. See our latest analysis for Microsoft. Despite bouncing 1.04% in the last session to about US$409.43, Microsoft’s 7 day share price return is down 2.70% and its year to date share price return has fallen 13.43%, even as the company reshapes its OpenAI deal and faces fresh UK...

BUSINESS Many entrepreneurs toil for years toward a big payday. Is a successful exit more luck or skill?  I posed that question to Allison Ellsworth, the co-founder of beverage company Poppi, in the latest episode of The WSJ Money Interview.

Citi just trimmed its price target on Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) to $14 from $17, while keeping a Buy rating. Analyst Michael Ward cited the company’s Q1 2026 miss and the withdrawal of its 2026 outlook, but argued the medium-term thesis remains intact. For long-term investors, the price target cut reads as a sobering near-term recalibration ... Citi Cuts Lucid Price Target to $14: Q1 Miss, Pulled Guidance Test the Saudi-Backed EV Maker

POET Technologies Inc (TSX-V:PTK, NASDAQ:POET, FRA:RI4A) stock fell about 12% on Friday following the announcement of a $400 million registered direct offering and weaker-than-expected first quarter earnings. The company, which designs and develops Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs), light...

Japan and the U.K. have more to do with today's sell-off than the end of Powell's rein at the Fed.

Nvidia Drops, Marvell Slides 5% as AI Chip Rally Loses Steam

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -1.17%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.96%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.64%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -1.07%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Gold traded sharply lower early Friday as the dollar and yields climbed on concerns around inflation

U.K. regulators have opened a formal antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem, targeting Office, Teams, Copilot, and Azure. The probe focuses on bundling practices and how Microsoft’s services affect competition in cloud and AI interoperability. Microsoft has appointed former EY global chairman and CEO Carmine Di Sibio to its board as a director. At the same time, the company is pursuing independent AI capabilities by acquiring AI startups and expanding beyond its...

Starbucks is laying off 300 U.S. workers and closing several regional corporate offices in the latest move by Chief Executive Brian Niccol to turn the coffee chain around. Starbucks said the 300 U.S. corporate roles are based in Seattle along with remote positions scattered around the country. The company said it is closing regional corporate offices in Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas and Burbank, Calif. It will maintain North American regional offices in New York, Toronto and Coral Gables, Fla., along with its Seattle headquarters and a new Nashville, Tenn., corporate hub.

If you were a Comcast customer, you may be eligible for a payment from a $117.5 million lawsuit the company agreed to settle. How to file in Arizona.

Asian stock markets retreated Friday as traders weighed geopolitical concerns, inflation, labor issu