Investing.com -- SoftBank Group Corp. arranged a $10 billion margin loan backed by its ownership in OpenAI, adding to the company's borrowing to fund its artificial intelligence investments.
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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.
SpaceX stock closed down 14% after Musk said the company will build AI infrastructure exclusively on Nvidia chips.
1655 GMT – Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks says on CNBC that Foundayo—the company’s recently launched once-daily GLP-1 pill—is expanding the market, not cannibalizing it even though it’s offered at lower prices. At the same time, access to weight-loss treatments continues to expand, further increasing the total addressable market, Ricks says. Eli Lilly is up 3%.
Not really, but CME Group the granddaddy of derivatives exchanges, would like to keep it respectable. CME provides many products needed for the normal functioning of financial markets. Its business has also gotten a big lift from the explosion in retail options trading and the public’s embrace of leveraged and options income funds.
Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) shares fell in premarket trading on Thursday after the flash memory manufacturer issued first-quarter guidance that failed to meet investors’ elevated expectations, despite another quarter of exceptional growth fuelled by artificial intelligence demand. The company forecast fiscal first-quarter 2027 revenue of between $10.
Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) announced on Thursday that the U. S.
(Bloomberg) -- Accell Group Holding BV, the bike maker whose €1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) buyout by KKR & Co. epitomized pandemic lockdown bets, has sought court protection in the Netherlands after running out of cash to pay its debts.Most Read from BloombergIran Says Agreement on Hormuz Shipping Reached With OmanGoogle AI Veterans Depart During Seismic Leadership ShiftMajor Hedge Funds Targeted in Wave of Attempted CyberattacksMicrosoft’s AI Sales Mostly Come From OpenAI, Disclosures ShowSpaceX’
Aug 6 () - Four months ago, the Netherlands approved Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system and has since then advocated for its adoption across the EU. But Dutch road regulator RDW won’t tell the public why it concluded the driver-assistance system is safe or how it evaluated the technology, which for years has faced regulatory investigations and lawsuits over FSD-involved crashes in the United States.
PZ Cussons (LON:PZC) reported higher revenue, operating profit and free cash flow for the year ended May 31, 2026, as growth across its four lead markets and top 10 brands supported increased marketing investment and a materially lower debt position. Group revenue rose 5.4% to £541 million, represe
SpaceX insiders and early investors will be able to sell their stock for the first time on Thursday, when 911.5 million shares become eligible to trade — around 43% more than the 638.9 million shares the company floated in its June initial public offering.
Doustdar was fairly fresh off an earnings call, but we connected to discuss a different milestone—his one-year anniversary in the CEO role, which is tomorrow. Introducing culture change had been part of the CEO’s mission since he landed the job, and he arrived with notes, having already worked at Novo Nordisk for 33 years.
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
NEW DELHI, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Air India, owned by the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, has named Tewolde Gebremariam as its new CEO at a time when the Indian carrier faces a host of challenges, from
Few big-pharma bosses enjoy a stronger reputation on Wall Street than AstraZeneca’s chief executive, Pascal Soriot. After plunging on a Financial Times report of merger discussions with Bristol-Myers Squibb shares of AstraZeneca recovered somewhat when Reuters reported there are no ongoing talks. After rebuffing Pfizer’s $120 billion takeover bid in 2014, he steadily transformed AstraZeneca into one of the drug industry’s top growth stories.
U. S. stock index futures traded with little direction on Thursday as investors monitored diplomatic developments involving Iran, assessed another round of corporate earnings and looked ahead to key labour market data due later this week.
Reports of talks were quickly disputed, but the prospect exposed the appeal — and antitrust risks — of combining two pharma giants.
European stock indexes rose in early trade as earnings stories drove increases. The Europe-wide Stoxx 600 added 0.3%, led by consumer-facing stocks and healthcare. London's FTSE 100 moved 0.3% higher, led by a 10.
Chip stocks fell in Asia and the U.S. as investors once again grew nervous about the durability of artificial-intelligence spending, while oil held steady in early European trade.
The latest tariff move wasn't about raising rates; it was about making them stick, and that could reshape which stocks win for years to come.
A modest silver lining for headline inflation is overshadowed by one of the central bank's favorite inflationary measures.
(Bloomberg) -- Nigeria agreed a gas deal that moves it closer to reviving a giant steel plant that hasn’t produced any metal since being built half a century ago.Most Read from BloombergIran Says Agreement on Hormuz Shipping Reached With OmanGoogle AI Veterans Depart During Seismic Leadership ShiftMajor Hedge Funds Targeted in Wave of Attempted CyberattacksMicrosoft’s AI Sales Mostly Come From OpenAI, Disclosures ShowSpaceX’s AI Splurge Puts a Damper on First Earnings After IPOThe agreement with
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Today Economic data: Weekly jobless claims, preliminary productivity and costs report for the second quarter, EIA weekly natural gas storage report, Challenger job-cuts report Earnings (a.m.): ConocoPhillips, Warner Bros Discovery, Kenvue, Fox Corp, Hertz, Keurig Dr Pepper, Datadog, Ralph Lauren Earnings (p.
Dutch Bros (NYSE:BROS) reported second-quarter 2026 revenue growth of 32% and raised its full-year outlook, citing transaction gains, food-program adoption, menu innovation and continued new-shop productivity. Total revenue for the quarter ended June 30 reached $551 million, while adjusted EBITDA i
A10 Networks (NYSE:ATEN) reported second-quarter revenue growth of 15.5% as demand for its application networking and security offerings benefited from AI-related traffic, latency and security requirements. The company raised its full-year revenue and earnings outlook, citing results through the fir
Earnings are exploding, but the stock is priced as though the boom were nearly over. Is the market right?
Work to build Google's planned Indian data centre hub is in full swing, with a hillside above the site stripped to red earth and terraced into steps, but mounting opposition from environmentalists is creating hurdles for the U.S. tech giant's $15 billion project. The southern state of Andhra Pradesh, governed by an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has hailed the project as historic and transformational, has denied allegations that the project was fast-tracked without weighing risks to water supplies and wildlife. But the growing opposition could become an early test for Google's biggest-ever India investment, which is facing several legal challenges over its impact on water supplies and proximity to a wildlife sanctuary that is home to leopards and pangolins.
Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue and earnings above the high end of its guidance, citing strong demand for high-capacity hard disk drives, favorable pricing and growth in cloud storage needs tied to artificial intelligence workloads. For fiscal 2026, the hard driv
Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue and earnings above its guidance, supported by demand from data-center customers, aerospace and defense markets, and contributions from acquired Spirent product lines. Fiscal fourth-quarter revenue totaled $443.1 million, exceeding