Nike (NKE): China sales slide and a weak outlook meet a $2.5 billion cost plan
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Intel (INTC): CEO says Intel stays on Musk's Terafab as TSMC talks emerge
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Samsung Electronics (005930.KS): Q3 profit seen topping 100 trillion won for the first time
Samsung Electronics reports preliminary Q3 results tomorrow, and analysts expect operating profit above 100 trillion won, a first for any Korean…
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD): CEO promises "substantially" more chip supply in 2027
AMD CEO Lisa Su told reporters in Taipei that the company will "substantially" increase chip supply in 2027, as AI demand still runs ahead of what…
Skydance Corp (SKYD): Closes $110B Warner Bros. Discovery merger
Paramount Skydance closed its roughly $110B takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Oct 6, paying WBD holders about $31 in cash per share. The combined…
Marvell Technology (MRVL): Lifts FY28 revenue target to ~$20B at investor day
Marvell raised its fiscal 2028 revenue target to about $20B from $18B, above the ~$18.2B consensus, and framed $70B-$90B of revenue by fiscal 2031…
Constellation Brands (STZ): Beats Q2 but beer depletions slip 0.6%
Constellation beat Q2 with $2.63B revenue and $3.74 adjusted EPS, but beer depletions fell 0.6% while shipments rose 5.5%, a gap worth watching. FY27…
PTC Inc. (PTC): Schneider Electric agrees to buy PTC for $205 a share in cash
Schneider Electric agreed to acquire PTC for $205 per share in cash, about $22.6B and a 42.3% premium to the prior close. It is Schneider's largest…
Option Care Health (OPCH): CD&R and McKesson Agree to Buy Option Care for $5.8B at $32.05 a Share
CD&R and McKesson agreed to take Option Care Health private at $32.05 a share in cash, a ~$5.8B enterprise value and a 37% premium to Oct 5's close…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE): Daiwa upgrades HPE to Outperform on networking outlook
Daiwa upgraded Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Outperform (from Neutral), raising its price target to $75 from $65 — pointing to its Sept 30 Networking…
GEO Group (GEO): Sells Adelanto ICE Facilities to DHS for $950M, Boosts Buyback to $1.25B
GEO Group sold its 3 Adelanto, CA detention facilities (2,644 beds) to the U.S. government for $950M, but keeps running them under its ICE contract…
Wells Fargo (WFC): Morgan Stanley Upgrades to Overweight, Sees End to Balance-Sheet Drag
Morgan Stanley upgraded Wells Fargo to Overweight ($102 target), calling an end to the balance-sheet-cap drag that made WFC the worst-performing big…
Intel (INTC): TSMC's Terafab talks put Intel's exclusive Texas foundry deal at risk
Elon Musk confirmed TSMC is in early talks to join his Terafab chip project in Texas, where Intel has been the only named manufacturing partner since…
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY): Leerink cuts rating as pipeline doubts grow
Leerink Partners downgraded Bristol-Myers Squibb to Market Perform, cutting its price target to $59 from $73 — citing fading confidence in three…
Vaxcyte Shares Soar on Positive Phase 3 Vaccine Data ($PCVX)
Vaxcyte's pneumonia vaccine VAX-31 just hit all its goals in a major trial, matching or beating today's top shots from Pfizer and Merck. Shares…
Nasdaq Sets Record, Norway Targets AI Glasses and Huawei Renews Qualcomm Deal: What’s Going On Today
US shares advanced on Monday, October 5, with the Nasdaq closing at a record high as Nvidia and Microsoft helped lift the index and investors looked…
Stocks Rally on Jobs Data, AI’s Trillion-Dollar Race and Meta’s Muse Gadget: What’s Going On Today
US stocks and bonds bounced on October 2 after September job growth slowed more than expected. Payrolls undershot forecasts and unemployment rose to…
Revolut’s $115B Challenge, Stocks Brace for Fed Minutes and AI’s Trillion-Dollar Race: What’s Going On Today
Reuters reported on October 4 that Revolut has become Europe’s most valuable startup, with a $115 billion valuation, positioning the digital bank as…
OPEC Holds November Oil Targets, Altman Defends AI Risk and Anthropic Researcher Heads to NYC Hearing: What's Going On Today
OPEC+ agreed in principle on Sunday, October 4, to keep its November oil-production targets steady, Reuters reported, citing sources. The decision…
White House Forms AI Task Force, Wall Street Faces Q4 Test: What’s Going On Today
Investors head into the first full week of Q4 weighing spiking Treasury yields, the approaching US midterm elections and the start of corporate…
AI’s Trillion-Dollar Race, Amazon Pledges $1B to Data Center Communities and Stocks Rebound: What’s Going On Today
Investors are weighing the scale and durability of the AI buildout. Reuters reported October 3 that global AI investment is reaching historic…
US Funds Extend Inflows as AI Optimism Holds, Anthropic Pledges $100M for AI Engineers: What’s Going On Today
US equity funds recorded inflows for a second consecutive week through September 30, Reuters reported on October 2, as investor enthusiasm for AI…
Anthropic Flags Government Risks in IPO Filing as AI’s Commercial Stakes Grow: What’s Going On Today
US stocks closed higher on Friday, October 2, after weaker-than-expected September jobs data eased rate-hike concerns, Reuters reported. This market…
French Bond Yields Near 5%, Euro Zone Firms Self-Fund AI and South Korea Reviews Bank Hacks: What’s Going On Today
French markets faced fresh pressure on October 2 amid high public debt and political gridlock. Reuters reported French bond yields had reached a…
JD.com’s $2.5B Ceconomy Bid, Armadin’s $255M Raise and AI Skills Surge: What’s Going On Today
Chinese e-commerce group JD.com is set to secure European Union approval for its $2.5 billion bid for German electronics retailer Ceconomy, Reuters…
US Stocks Rebound, Oil Reserve Release Looms and OpenAI Fires Three Researchers: What's Going On Today
US stocks advanced on Friday, October 2, after September payrolls increased by just 29,000, far below the 84,000 forecast, while unemployment rose to…
US Adds 29,000 Jobs, Stocks Rally and Tesla Deliveries Beat Estimates: What's Going On Today
The US added 29,000 jobs in September, well below expectations, and unemployment rose to 4.2%, according to October 2 Labor Department data reported…
Profit Boom Faces a Reality Check, Nvidia’s $500B Chip-Financing Plan Draws Questions: What’s Going On Today
US corporate earnings are on track to rise more than 35% in 2026, but investors are increasingly wary that the profit boom may slow, Reuters reported…
Global M&A Slows to $993B, Broadcom Offers Anthropic $42B and AI Spending Stays in Focus: What's Going On Today
Global mergers and acquisitions totaled $993 billion in the third quarter, down 41% from the previous quarter, as higher borrowing costs cooled…
Treasury Yields Hit 24-Year Peak, Wall Street Edges Higher and AI Experts Targeted by Hackers: What’s Going On Today
A global bond selloff deepened on October 1, pushing US Treasury yields to a 24-year peak, Reuters reported. The pressure extended across bond…
South Korea’s Exports Hit $120.9B, Wall Street Rebounds and Google Unveils Gemini 4 Argon: What’s Going On Today
South Korea’s exports surged 83.5% year over year in September to a record $120.9 billion, topping expectations, with chip sales driving the jump…
Europe’s Earnings Forecast, Volantis Raises $88M and OpenAI Flags Rogue Agent Activity: What’s Going On Today
Analysts expect third-quarter earnings for Europe’s blue-chip companies to rise 19.4% year over year, easing from the previous quarter’s pace…
Stocks Recover as Yields Ease, Broadcom Offers Anthropic $42B and Armadin Raises $255M: What’s Going On Today
US stocks recovered from early losses on Thursday, October 1, and closed slightly higher as Treasury yields retreated from multi-decade highs…
ElevenLabs Hits $22B Valuation, CScale Raises $145M and Wall Street Enters Q4: What’s Going On Today
US stocks closed a volatile September with mixed moves on Wednesday, September 30. The Nasdaq rose while the S&P 500 dipped, though both indexes…
Stocks Close Q3 Higher, Micron’s AI Sales Jump and Anthropic Prepares for a Landmark IPO: What’s Going On Today
US markets ended Wednesday’s session mixed, with the Nasdaq higher and the S&P 500 slightly lower, while both recorded a second consecutive quarterly…
Micron’s AI Sales Surge, DoorDash Adds 3,000 Jobs and FTC Probes AI Labs: What’s Going On Today
Micron beat Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations and issued strong guidance, with data-center revenue increasing elevenfold as demand for AI…
AI Infrastructure IPO Slips on Debut, Google Launches Gemini 4 Argon: What's Going On Today
AI data-center infrastructure company Accelevation fell 2.5% on its Nasdaq debut on September 30, below its $18 IPO price, leaving it valued at about…
AI Chip Deals Spread From China to Silicon Valley as Asia’s Fundraising Surges: What’s Going On Today
Asia-Pacific companies are poised to challenge the region’s 2021 record for share and convertible-bond fundraising this year, as the AI boom fuels a…
US Inflation Cools, Micron’s AI Forecast Surges and Stocks Close Q3 Higher: What’s Going On Today
US inflation rose less than economists expected in August, offering the Federal Reserve some breathing room. The Personal Consumption Expenditures…
Robinhood Adds Weekend Trading, Netlist Seeks Micron Chip Import Ban: What's Going On Today
Robinhood said Tuesday, September 29, that it will allow users to trade some U.S. stocks around the clock on weekends, Reuters reported. The move…
Kalshi Courts $1B as Prediction Markets Draw Wall Street Capital: What's Going On Today
Prediction-market company Kalshi is in advanced discussions to raise about $1 billion in fresh funding, Reuters reported on September 29, citing…
Stocks Slip as Yields Stay High, EliseAI Reaches $4B and Anthropic Details $518B AI Plan: What's Going On Today
US stocks ended slightly lower on Tuesday, September 29, as government bond yields continued to climb ahead of inflation and labor-market data…
Bond Yields Hit Multi-Decade Highs, Confidence Sinks and AI Firms Sign Voluntary Pact: What's Going On Today
US stocks ended modestly lower on Tuesday, September 29, as government bond yields continued to rise. Reuters reported that the 30-year Treasury…
OpenAI Eyes $30bn at a $1.4tn Valuation as It Delays Its IPO
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. On the same day it showed off Dots, OpenAI was reported to be lining up one of the biggest private funding rounds ever…
Brixmor Buys Slate Grocery REIT for $2.34bn as JPMorgan Sours on PepsiCo
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Two very different consumer stories today: investors are paying up for grocery-anchored shopping centres, while one of…
Who Pays and Who Polices? The Fed's Waller on AI Agents as Reco Raises $55m
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. After a day of launches from OpenAI and Meta, the harder questions about AI agents are arriving: how they will pay for…
Fed's Williams Sees 'No Urgency' for Next Hike as Barr Says Inflation Is Too High
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Three Federal Reserve officials spoke today, and together they sketch a central bank that expects to raise rates again…
Anthropic's $518 Billion Compute Bill and the White House's New AI Chatbot
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Anthropic's IPO filing has revealed just how much it has promised to spend on computing power, and most of it cannot be…
FICO Plunges as US Opens Mortgage Scoring to VantageScore
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. The big mover on Wall Street today is not a tech giant but the company behind America's credit scores. FICO shares have…
OpenAI Launches Always-On 'Dots' Agents and a $500 ChatGPT Plan at DevDay
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. OpenAI has used its DevDay keynote in San Francisco to launch Dots, always-on AI agents that work across your apps in the…
Gold Steadies Near 7-Week Low as Markets Bet on More Fed Hikes
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Gold is trying to bounce after its worst day in weeks, markets are now all but certain the Fed will raise rates again by…
Google Takes the EU to Court Over Search Data and Android AI Rules
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Google is taking Brussels to court over orders to share search data and open Android to rival AI assistants, Apple has…
UK Mortgage Approvals Hit 32-Month Low as BoE's Taylor Resists a Rate Rise
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. British home buyers are pulling back as mortgage costs climb, one Bank of England policymaker is pushing back against a…
Samsung Bets $6 Billion on AI's Plumbing: Helix Data Centres and Chip Substrates
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Samsung has announced two big bets on the physical backbone of AI in the space of two days: $1 billion for data centre…
US Consumer Confidence Hits 12-Year Low as Job Openings Slide
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Two fresh reports on the US economy landed at 10am New York time, and both point the same way: Americans are growing…
Meta Brings Its Muse AI Agent to Small Businesses as Researchers Warn of AI Arms Race
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Meta is putting its AI agent to work for small businesses, AI researchers are sounding the alarm over self-improving…
Carnival Posts Record Quarter Despite Fuel Costs as Goldman Eyes Waldron for CEO
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Carnival has shrugged off soaring fuel costs with a record quarter, sending its shares sharply higher, while Goldman…
OpenAI Pulls GPT-6.1 Astra Over Safety Fears as Oura Shelves Its IPO
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. OpenAI has pulled its next flagship model on safety grounds just hours before its biggest event of the year, and smart…
Bond Yields Hit Multi-Year Highs, Anthropic Bets $518B on AI and Tech Stocks Find Their Footing
Global stocks struggled on September 29 as oil prices rose and sovereign bond yields remained near multi-year highs, reviving fears that interest…
Fed's Cook Warns AI and Oil Will Keep Inflation Hot as CarMax Profits Jump 81%
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. A Federal Reserve governor has signalled that interest rates may have further to rise, while CarMax surprised with an 81%…
US Futures Edge Up, Anthropic’s $518B AI Buildout and OpenAI’s Safety Pause: What’s Going On Today
US stock-index futures inched higher on Tuesday, September 29, as technology shares found some footing, even as elevated crude prices and Treasury…
China Cuts Credit Costs, Google Challenges EU AI Rules and UPS Partners With TikTok Shop
China announced a cut to the rate on a key central-bank lending facility and interest subsidies on new commercial mortgages for eligible first-time…
Stocks Juggle Oil and Yields, OpenAI Shelves Astra and AI Pricing Reaches McDonald's: What's Going On Today
Global shares faced pressure on Tuesday as oil prices rose and bond yields remained near multi-year highs, keeping investor rate concerns in focus…
Anthropic's $2 Trillion IPO Numbers and Meta Poaches MongoDB's CEO
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Two stories are dominating tech today: the first detailed look at Anthropic's finances from its IPO prospectus, and Meta…
Gold at 7-Week Low, Bitcoin Slips and Micron Earnings Loom: What's Going On Today
The bond market squeeze tightened further overnight and continued to drag on equities, Reuters reports. Elevated Treasury yields remain the dominant…
Oura Delays $2.2B IPO, Bond Yields Pressure Markets and AI Safety Warnings Escalate: What's Going On Today
Oura postponed its U.S. IPO on Tuesday, citing market uncertainty despite what the company described as strong demand. Reuters and CNBC reported the…
Yields Top 5.2%, Gold Slides and Nvidia Unveils AI Safety Platform: What's Going On Today
Wall Street closed lower on Monday, with the S&P 500 giving back 62 points to finish near 7,681 and all three major indexes in the red. The pressure…
Yields Near 19-Year High, Nvidia's $150B Buyback and AMD's $8.2B AI Deal: What's Going On Today
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Bond yields near a 19-year high, oil above $90 and a wave of big AI deals are shaping markets today. Here is what is…
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