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Earlier this month, Micron Technology appointed Deirdre Hanford as corporate vice president and president of Micron Research Labs and also unveiled the world’s first 512GB DDR5 server memory module, targeting AI, analytics and other data-intensive workloads with higher capacity and efficiency. By pairing a veteran ecosystem builder to lead long-horizon research with a record-capacity DDR5 module, Micron is tying its innovation agenda directly to future AI and data-center memory requirements...

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang were among the dozens of CEOs invited to President Trump’s state dinner in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to honor China’s Xi Jinping.

Bond yields near two decade highs are forcing weaker borrowers to pay up for capital, while companies with strong cash generation and low debt have more room to breathe. That creates a clear opening for investors who want resilient businesses rather than stories built on cheap money. This article walks through three stocks with sturdy finances and high return on equity that fit that brief. The three companies covered next are only a small sample of what fits this quality filter. The full...

Rising UK borrowing costs, highlighted by the recent jump in 10 year gilt yields ahead of the next budget, are forcing investors to think harder about where future growth could come from. That is one reason artificial intelligence in healthcare is getting more attention. This piece looks at three UK focused AI healthcare stocks from our screener that aim to tap into this shift and explains what each one offers. The three stocks covered below are just a sample, and the full screen surfaced 5...

A strong track record of payouts leads a compelling case for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). It also reflects on the company’s capacity to generate recurring cash flows at a time when it is extending significant amount of capital toward its AI capabilities. It makes the company’s Azure platform integral to the broader growth narrative. Read Jim Cramer […]

Jenny Johnson’s blunt assessment exposes what AI bulls still cannot prove.

International Business Machines (IBM) stock fell 12% over the past twelve months, while the S&P 500 gained 16.5%. The easy read is that the bad news is already in the price. By management's account, its second quarter of 2026 fell short of expectations mostly because tens of large deals slipped, after clients moved budgets toward servers, storage and memory. So how much could IBM still make you over three years, and what has to go right.

Adobe (ADBE) stock has fallen about 18% from its August 31 high, and the question is whether to buy. Its own trading history warrants caution: after past sharp drops, the stock was higher a year later only half the time. And Adobe is trading some near-term recurring-revenue growth for free users, a bet management says will play out over 2027.

Craig Dickman of TitletownTech joined FreightWaves Today to talk freight tech, capital discipline, and what actually stands out in this market. If you’re building, buying, or betting on logistics tech, what’s the one signal you trust most right now? TitletownTech, the early-stage venture fund launched in 2019 as a partnership between the Green Bay Packers […] The post Freight Tech Isn’t Dead – It’s Getting Picked Apart More Than Ever appeared first on FreightWaves.

Microsoft’s story may finally be gaining traction. Here’s why Stifel sees a path back to growth for MSFT.

Nebius and CoreWeave receive upgrades as Wall Street believes strong AI demand is supporting favorable contract pricing.

Salesforce (CRM) stock has gained 56% in three months, against 5.0% for the S&P 500. Buyers are betting that AI will lift Salesforce rather than undercut its seat-based model. For that gain to hold, two things must both be true. Salesforce's own AI must earn real money, and its new AI pitch must speed up growth. The first depends on an idea management no longer leads with. The second rests on what replaced it. So what idea did Salesforce management once stress on its calls.

Meta Platforms Inc., Apple Inc., OpenAI, Microsoft Corp. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. are taking different positions across the AI market as demand for computing power continues to outstrip supply and new AI formats broaden adoption. CLSA Sees Chip Shortage...

Some consumer, technology and industrial components form a solid core of possibilities for investors.

Rapid monetization is reshaping DeepSeek's next growth phase

Alphabet shed 3.8% in a single session with no earnings warning, no guidance cut, and no regulatory news to explain it. The gap between where the stock trades now and where analysts say it belongs raises a question worth sitting with before the next move.

CorpGov hosted the second LA CorpGov Forum on Sept. 18, 2026, at The Huntington Library in San Marino, California. This event brought together members of the financial community from both LA and beyond in panels focused on the finance of entertainment and media, sports, along with capital markets and shareholder activism. Panel: Keynote Fireside: Business […] The post Keynote Fireside: Business and Governance in LA: 2nd LA CorpGov Forum appeared first on CorpGov.

CoreWeave is profitable-adjacent but debt-heavy with customer concentration risk; QuantumScape has zero revenue but fortress-like balance sheet strength.

ADBE shares jump 24.4% in three months as AI monetization, user growth and a raised fiscal 2026 outlook boost operating momentum.

Okta (OKTA) could see stronger demand for its identity platform as companies adopt tools to secure a

Despite the caution, however, industry evangelists remain firmly behind AI.

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) stock has climbed 10.0% over the last five trading days, while the S&P 500 rose 2.0%. A run like that invites you to chase it. But one week is not the question. The question is what Palantir does to your money when the market moves, because it travels further than the index both ways and further still on the way down.

OpenAI and Anthropic quietly killed a deal to probe each other's AI models after it reached the contracts stage, and the reason it collapsed reveals a structural trap that no voluntary safety agreement can escape.

Lovable co-foudner Fabian Hedin said that apps created on the platform are getting nearly a billion monthly views each month.

ServiceNow is gaining traction, replacing legacy CRM and workflow tools as AI automation boosts expansion across enterprise workflows and drives customer growth.

Wall Street has already written Apple off as a stock with nowhere left to go, but a fresh look at the numbers tells a very different story about where shares could head over the next 12 months.

Here's a check of the markets in the first few minutes of trading.

If you own Alphabet (GOOGL) or Meta Platforms (META), you own the same idea: AI makes an advertising machine earn more, and both companies are spending heavily on computing capacity. The fork is where the money comes back from. Alphabet already has outside customers under contract through Google Cloud. Alphabet already sells directly to enterprise customers under contract through Google Cloud, whereas Meta is in the earlier stages of commercializing enterprise access to its AI models.

President Donald Trump says artificial intelligence will be a “big topic” at his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.

CoreWeave's Harell Data partnership brings proprietary datasets and AI infrastructure together, opening another potential growth avenue amid fierce cloud competition.