In this article .N225 AMZN .IXIC .DJI .SPX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Business representatives staff a table at a career fair in Harlem hosted by Assemblymember Jordan Wright on Dec. 10, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images .ido-promo__content { box-sizing: border-box; width: 100%; background-color: #f0f0f0; padding: 2px 20px 2px…
New York — President Donald Trump promised voters in 2024 that if they returned him to the White House, his policies would deliver a blue-collar jobs boom. “We’re going to have a manufacturing boom,” Trump said during a September 2024 rally in battleground Georgia. Trump said his policies would attract “energy-hungry industries,” creating “millions and…
An administrative law judge has ruled that Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing that gave customers a false impression of the capabilities of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving driver assistance software, a pivotal development in a years-long case initiated by California’s Department of Motor Vehicles. The judge agreed with the state DMV’s request to suspend Tesla’s…
SHANGHAI, Dec 17 (Reuters) – MetaX Integrated Circuits jumped 700% in its Shanghai market debut as the Chinese AI chipmaker tapped into strong momentum triggered by Beijing’s push to reduce reliance on chips from U.S. firms Nvidia (NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Founded by former AMD executives, MetaX raised roughly $600 million in an…
OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, has restructured its relationship with Microsoft, leaving it able to agree data centre deals with rival cloud providers © Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Amazon is in talks to invest more than $10bn in OpenAI and sell it more chips and computing power, in the latest investment deal tying the AI start-up…
Regent street at Christmas time, London Getty Images LONDON — European stocks finished broadly higher on Wednesday as investors gear up for central bank decisions. The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed the session just above the flatline, with sectors mixed and most major bourses in positive territory. London’s FTSE 100 led regional gains with a jump…
21 hours ago Michael Sheils McNameeBusiness reporter Getty Images Falls in food, alcohol, and clothing prices last month helped drive inflation to its lowest level in eight months in November. The inflation rate fell to 3.2% from 3.6%, a larger fall than analysts expected. Lower food prices were the main driver of the fall, “with…
The Instagram for TV app is available now in the U.S. on select Amazon Fire TV devices, including Fire TV Stick HD, Fire TV Stick 4K Plus, Fire TV Stick 4K Max (1st and 2nd Gen), Fire TV 2-Series, Fire TV 4-Series, and Fire TV Omni QLED Series. Download it today from the Amazon Appstore…
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) and Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) are highlighted by Bank of America as top semiconductor stocks for 2026, amid ongoing growth in AI-related spending. Analysts see next year as a midpoint in an extended cycle of IT infrastructure upgrades driven by AI and accelerated workloads. They noted…
Illinois is running out of power. That’s the word from state analysts trying to figure out whether there are enough sources of electricity to keep the lights on in the coming years. The outlook is bleak, according to a just-released report from Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration, as demand is sky high and older sources of…
Pfizer (PFE) just laid out a 2026 outlook that underwhelmed the market, with lower expected earnings and revenue as COVID-19 sales fade and key drugs lose exclusivity, putting near term growth firmly under the microscope. See our latest analysis for Pfizer. Even with today’s dip on the 2026 guidance, Pfizer’s 90 day share price return…
7 hours ago Osmond Chia, Jonathan Josephsand Danielle Kaye,Business reporters Getty Images Warner Bros Discovery has told its shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s $108.4bn (£80.75bn) takeover bid. Paramount had said its offer was “superior” to a $72bn deal that Warner Bros struck with Netflix for its film and streaming businesses. But in a dramatic plot…
The SpaceX public offering could very well be the largest public offering of all time—bringing in even more money than Saudi Aramco’s cosmic $29 billion public listing in 2019. And with the rocketing costs (pun intended) that SpaceX would rack up as it paves the way for more test flights for the mega-rocket Starship it…
A woman who allegedly pushed razor blades into loaves of bread at two Biloxi, Mississippi, Walmart stores was arrested on Tuesday. Camille Benson, 33, of Texas, has been charged with attempted mayhem. Her bond is set at $100,000. Harrison County Jail records on Wednesday morning do not list an attorney for Benson who could be…
Automakers Hyundai and Kia must offer free repairs to millions of models under a settlement announced Tuesday by Minnesota’s attorney general, who led an effort by dozens of states that argued the vehicles weren’t equipped with proper anti-theft technology, leaving them vulnerable to thefts. Under the nationwide settlement, the companies will offer a free repair…
Waymo operates more than 250,000 rides per week across five US cities, including San Francisco © Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Waymo, the Alphabet-owned self-driving car company, is in talks with investors for a funding round that would value the company at more than $100bn as it gears up to deploy in more big cities. The company…
In this article HOOD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Robinhood is stepping up the capabilities of its fastest growing product — prediction markets — by giving users the ability to place what are essential parlay bets on multiple NFL games, putting it into direct competition with traditional sports books. Starting Tuesday, users are able…
It’s always fun to imagine what might happen to certain private valuations if they were ever exposed to the glare of public markets. Today, we have a chance to gawk at the reality. Let’s recap a saga that Alphaville has been idly following but not yet covered (it’s been a busy year, OK). Bluerock is…
Mount Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Wednesday as investors parsed Japan’s trade data. Japan’s exports in November grew 6.1% year on year, data from the country’s finance ministry released Wednesday showed….
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Dec. 17, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks declined on Wednesday as investors continued to rotate out of key artificial intelligence names, sparked by a report that Oracle’s primary investor pulled out of one of its data center projects….
A woman who allegedly pushed razor blades into loaves of bread at two Biloxi, Mississippi, Walmart stores has been arrested A woman who allegedly pushed razor blades into loaves of bread at two Biloxi, Mississippi, Walmart stores was arrested on Tuesday. Camille Benson, 33, of Texas, has been charged with attempted mayhem. Her bond is…
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tesla electric vehicles (EV) in front of the company’s store in Colma, California, US, on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images A California administrative law judge has ruled that Tesla’s marketing around its “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” systems was…
Elon Musk just woke up $168 billion richer. Even as the wealthiest man in the world, he is still setting new records and raising the bar for what ultra-wealthy looks like. The serial CEO’s net worth shot up to $638 billion on Monday, making him the first person estimated to be worth more than $600…
Ken Griffin on Tuesday declined to back any one candidate as Fed chair © Chandan Garner/AFP via Getty Images Citadel’s chief executive Ken Griffin has called for Donald Trump to create “distance” between the Federal Reserve and the White House, highlighting investor angst that the US president will pick a close ally to chair the…
Micron (MU) shares have been on quite a run as they head into Wednesday afternoon’s earnings report. The stock is up nearly 180% year to date and made a new 52-week high just last week when it traded as high as $264.75. From that recent peak, shares have fallen over 10%, and traders hope earnings…
The offering has been closely watched on Wall Street as a gauge of the health of the $4tn private equity industry © Medline Private equity-owned medical supply group Medline Industries jumped 41 per cent in its Wall Street debut on Wednesday after raising $6.3bn in the biggest initial public offering of 2025. Medline’s share price…
Jared Kushner’s private equity firm says it is dropping out of the group of firms that planned to back Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. “With two strong competitors vying to secure the future of this unique American asset, Affinity has decided no longer to pursue the opportunity,” a spokesperson for the company led by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law said in a statement…
As global trade negotiations evolve, the anticipated trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union hangs in the balance, reflecting the complex interplay of national interests and economic aspirations. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has issued a stern ultimatum, emphasizing the urgency of securing this deal, which has implications that extend beyond simple…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 11, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. Treasury yields fell slightly Tuesday after the latest jobs report showed a mixed picture of the U.S. economy. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield moved more than 3 basis points lower to 4.151%….
SEATTLE (BRAIN) — Rad Power Bikes filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday in advance of completing a sale of the company and less than a month after it said it could not afford a recall on some of its older lithium-ion batteries that the Consumer Product Safety Commission deemed unsafe. Filed in the U.S….
A Kalshi billboard showing US election odds across from the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on November 6, 2024 © Bloomberg Prediction markets have ballooned 130 times in size over the past two years, as users have flocked online to make wagers on events in sports, politics and popular culture. Bets placed on online platforms…
London — Plans to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars in the European Union by 2035 have been thrown into turmoil after pressure from car manufacturers. On Tuesday, the European Commission proposed applying the ban, approved in 2023, to only 90% of vehicles, down from 100%. This means the remaining 10% of new…
Adam Feuerstein is a senior writer and biotech columnist, reporting on the crossroads of drug development, business, Wall Street, and biotechnology. He is also a co-host of the weekly biotech podcast The Readout Loud and author of the newsletter Adam’s Biotech Scorecard. You can reach Adam on Signal at stataf.54. In an exceptional year for…