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(Bloomberg) -- A luxury chain setting up shops across Manhattan is betting customers from Los Angeles to Chicago will be willing to pay $32 for an 8-ounce cup of coffee. Most Read from BloombergOpenAI’s New Device Will Be Hockey Puck-Sized and Cost Over $300Iran Wants to Bar US, Israeli Ships From Hormuz in Peace AccordIran Says Agreement on Hormuz Shipping Reached With OmanTrump Administration Considers Order on Autism and VaccinesWhy Do Data Centers Use So Much Fresh Water?London-based WatchHo

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises Friday ahead of a pivotal July jobs report. AI name Cloudflare stock soars on earnings.

Amazon, with the staff and funds to experiment with any AI model out there, has come to some interesting conclusions about using the technology well. First, pairing a smart human with the AI matters, says Stephen Schmidt, Amazon’s chief security officer.

Cloudflare shares rose before the bell on Friday after the cloud services firm raised its annual ‌forecasts, betting that resilient AI-driven demand will sustain traffic across ‌its network. Quarterly results of Cloudflare, whose shares were last up 16.2% at $330.51, follow ​Amazon.com's strongest cloud growth in more than four years. Cloudflare now expects full-year revenue of $2.86 billion to $2.87 billion, up from its prior expectation of $2.805 billion to $2.813 ⁠billion.

Cloudflare shares rose before the bell on Friday after the cloud services firm raised its annual ‌forecasts, betting that resilient AI-driven demand will sustain traffic across ‌its network. Quarterly results of Cloudflare, whose shares were last up 16.2% at $330.51, follow ​Amazon.com's strongest cloud growth in more than four years. Cloudflare now expects full-year revenue of $2.86 billion to $2.87 billion, up from its prior expectation of $2.805 billion to $2.813 ⁠billion.

(Bloomberg) -- After spending much of the year in the stock market doghouse over fears about their profligate spending on artificial intelligence, the world’s biggest technology companies are suddenly leading the way once again. Most Read from BloombergOpenAI’s New Device Will Be Hockey Puck-Sized and Cost Over $300Iran Wants to Bar US, Israeli Ships From Hormuz in Peace AccordIran Says Agreement on Hormuz Shipping Reached With OmanTrump Administration Considers Order on Autism and VaccinesIshbi

Aug 7 (Reuters) - U.S. equity funds recorded outflows in the week to August 5 as some investors cashed in gains after a record-setting market rally and awaited Friday's July jobs report, a key input

(Bloomberg) -- When BlackRock Inc. sought to raise billions in debt financing for a Meta Platforms Inc. data center, there was one type of investor the asset management giant wanted to avoid: those looking for a quick profit.Most Read from BloombergOpenAI’s New Device Will Be Hockey Puck-Sized and Cost Over $300Iran Wants to Bar US, Israeli Ships From Hormuz in Peace AccordIran Says Agreement on Hormuz Shipping Reached With OmanTrump Administration Considers Order on Autism and VaccinesIshbia’s

The company and Gilroy, Calif., officials spent years quietly negotiating a $2 billion project that few residents knew about until construction began. Now, locals are upset.

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Global equity funds recorded inflows for an 11th consecutive week, as optimism about a strong earnings season and cooling crude oil prices boosted investors' appetite for risk assets

Cloud companies’ capex would run at roughly 3% of the U.S. GDP every year from 2027 to 2029, up from 0.3% of GDP in 2019 and 1.4% in 2025, according to a top economist.

AI CapEx fatigue continues to sour investors as hyperscalers shell out billions on data centers, chips, and power infrastructure without a clear timetable for returns. Wall Street’s been bracing for evidence of the spending boom being a drag on margins, free cash flows, and earnings. Some of the ...

Utility companies are increasingly benefiting from the AI data center boom, and here is my favorite way to gain exposure to this investment theme.

Bezos sold $4.07 billion in Amazon stock this week, but the sale plan was set eight months before the earnings beat.

The move is expected to benefit Corning's joint venture with Japan's Shin-Etsu Handotai.

The central bank has let the bond market do its heavy lifting when it comes to rates. But a cut is on the horizon if a weak jobs and inflation stir up Wall Street.

A modest earnings premium sits on top of one exceptional margin, and the AI build-out is now pressing on that margin.

(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc. has received about $115 billion of orders for its latest jumbo bond sale, signaling renewed investor appetite for debt tied to the artificial intelligence boom after a recent selloff.Most Read from BloombergIran Says Agreement on Hormuz Shipping Reached With OmanGoogle AI Veterans Depart During Seismic Leadership ShiftWhy Do Data Centers Use So Much Fresh Water?Microsoft’s AI Sales Mostly Come From OpenAI, Disclosures ShowOpenAI Models Joined Forces Months Ahead of H

Anthropic's IPO could generate strong tailwinds for Amazon's business.

Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound and Foundayo will be available at a cost of $50 a month.

Optical networking startup Lumilens said on Thursday it was valued at $5.51 billion in its latest funding round, ‌as surging investment in AI data centers fuels demand for ‌high-speed connectivity technologies. The San Jose, California-based company designs and manufactures optical and networking products ​that help data centers move data faster while using less power. It raised more than $700 million in the Series C funding round co-led by Atreides Management, Bain Capital Ventures, Meritech, Seligman Ventures and Spark Capital, bringing its ‌total funding to more than $900 ⁠million.

Alphabet is looking to raise as much as $25 billion from its ‌latest U.S. bond offering, Bloomberg News reported ‌on Thursday citing people familiar with the matter, weeks ​after the tech giant's 2026 capital spending outlook triggered a selloff. Alphabet ⁠did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Alphabet late ‌in July raised its ​annual capital expenditure forecast for ​the second time ​this year, fanning fears over the ‌pace of returns on ​its AI investments, ​especially as concerns mount over delays to its flagship AI model.

Every quarter, Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet publicly announce they cannot buy fast enough from one company, and that paper trail shapes every investment decision I make heading into a critical August earnings date.

(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc. has started marketing a US investment-grade bond offering, testing investor appetite soon after its raised 2026 spending forecast helped trigger a selloff in AI-related debt.Most Read from BloombergIran Says Agreement on Hormuz Shipping Reached With OmanGoogle AI Veterans Depart During Seismic Leadership ShiftMicrosoft’s AI Sales Mostly Come From OpenAI, Disclosures ShowMajor Hedge Funds Targeted in Wave of Attempted CyberattacksSpaceX’s AI Splurge Puts a Damper on F

It’s been 23 weeks since the U.S. began strikes on Iran, and we’re still in the midst of what feels like the hundredth attempt at peace talks. President Donald Trump said this week that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was close, but warned that strikes could resume if talks fall apart. This week I’m diving into El Niño, and how the sheer strength of this year’s weather event means that its effects will extend well beyond agriculture profit margins—it will hurt global central banks’ efforts to curb inflation.

Aug 6 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Dow futures were steady on Thursday after this week's record-breaking rally as investors awaited details on a Middle East peace deal, while Nasdaq futures slipped as

Pattern Group (NASDAQ:PTRN) reported record second-quarter results, with revenue rising 47% year over year to $877 million and adjusted EBITDA increasing 54% to $54 million. Chief Executive Officer Dave Wright said the company’s adjusted EBITDA growth exceeded revenue growth for the fourth consecuti

NiSource Inc (NI) navigates regulatory changes while securing $1.4 billion in customer bill relief from major data center agreements.

North America, Asia-Pacific, and South America drive 4% organic sales growth, offsetting Middle East and Eastern Europe declines.

Sandisk shattered Wall Street estimates for its fiscal fourth quarter as relentless hyperscaler demand for AI data storage triggered severe capacity bottlenecks and surging memory chip prices.