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A resolution would allow David Ellison's $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery to finalize

Whether investors realize it or not, the ruling is huge for Google's parent company and its stock.

David Einhorn believes this probably may extend beyond SpaceX.

Sept 18 (Reuters) - Withdrawal requests at a Morgan Stanley private credit fund remained elevated in the third-quarter repurchase offer, according to a regulatory filing on Friday, as the investment

An interest rate hike amid soaring energy costs and rising inflation concerns has weighed on the Dow.

Paramount is in advanced settlement talks with California officials aimed at resolving the antitrust lawsuit that stands in the way of the company’s $81 billion deal to acquire rival Warner Bros. Discovery, according to people familiar with the matter. A dozen Democratic-led states led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued in July to block the deal on antitrust grounds, arguing that the combination of Paramount and Warner would create too much concentration in the markets for theatrical films and cable television channels.

IonQ (IONQ) shares rose 9.5% on Thursday, closing at $40.34 after six sessions that had mostly gone the other way. The reason on offer was research: quantum algorithms running inside mainstream engineering software, developed with Synopsys, sped up complex industrial design by up to 14.6%. That is genuine progress. It is also not a sale, and the price you pay for IonQ already assumes a great many sales.

S&P 500 earnings in Q3 are expected to increase by +24% from the same period last year, reflecting the 8th consecutive quarter of double-digit earnings growth for the index. Earnings revisions have been positive, sustaining the favorable trend in place for almost a year now.

A veteran tech analyst thinks Intel stock could gain seriously in two years if its foundry plan gets the right customers.

The low purchase price of Helomics and low revenue suggest that the acquisition is not that promising for DataMEDS AI.

California and 11 other states sued in July to block the $81 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.

AI data center provider Nscale has submitted paperwork for a New York initial public offering to fund computing infrastructure.

Accenture shares climbed nearly 9% in aftermarket trading. The technology consulting company announced a partnership with Anthropic Friday afternoon. The firm is establishing a team of "embedded evaluators" to work with Anthropic's internal teams in stress testing models, safeguards and alignment.

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Anthropic PBC is partnering with Accenture Plc, a management and technology consulting company, to test the safety of its advanced artificial intelligence models by embedding evaluators from the consulting firm directly within its operations.

The trajectory of agentic commerce is splitting. Europe is prioritizing a regulatory-first architecture, while the United States remains stalled by a lack of federal guidance and unresolved liability questions. The same underlying technology is producing two distinct commercial realities. The European Regulatory Backbone Europe is utilizing the PSD3/PSR framework to define its deployment. The legislation, […]

The U.K.-based company didn’t say how many shares it would offer, or at what price, but intends to list shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NSCL.

Caterpillar (CAT) delivered the biggest quarter in its history, with a $72 billion order book behind it—59% of which it expects to ship over the next twelve months. The stock has gained 82.8% on a price basis over the past twelve months against 15.6% for the S&P 500, and still sits about 25% below its 52-week high. Neither the record nor the backlog is the number to watch. That would be the roughly $2.2 billion of tariff costs, before the second-quarter recoveries, that Caterpillar expects to ca

Global stocks were mixed Friday at the end of a week dominated by central bank moves to tame inflation as the yen retreated against the dollar despite a Bank of Japan interest rate hike.The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to a three-decade high, but the yen sank against the dollar on fears the pace of hikes might be slower than expected.

US equity indexes closed mixed this week after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed its commitment to cont

Domestic radar production supports delivery, but federal cost inflation can reshape procurement economics.

Investing.com -- The U.S. Department of Justice is actively weighing whether to intervene in a high-stakes state antitrust lawsuit against asset management giants BlackRock Inc (NYSE:BLK) and State Street Corp (NYSE:STT), Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Senior antitrust officials have held discussions in recent weeks with involved state attorneys general and company representatives, though federal officials have yet to reach a final determination on joining the litiga

Nscale, a developer of artificial intelligence data centers that counts Nvidia Corp. and Microsoft Corp. among its partners, filed for an initial public offering in New York to tap into AI’s insatiable demand for computing power.

Key TakeawaysZscaler’s net new ARR growth (excluding Red Canary) accelerated to 17% year over year in the fiscal fourth quarter, the fastest pace in years, yet FY27 guidance points to that growth cooling back down toward the high teens or lower. Deferred revenue, an independent forward indicator of billings, has decelerated every year since FY22, falling from 62% growth to just 18.

AI Boom Is Supercharging S&P 500 Profits. Goldman Sachs Warns the Boost Won't Last

The talks are a turnaround for a ship that posed risks to crew members on a 2024 flight to the International Space Station.

The shipping industry group continues to show why it's one of the best in the current stock market, with boatloads of stocks making new highs.

3M trades at $164.70 and has moved in lockstep with the market. Its shares have returned 13.5% over the last six months while the S&P 500 has gained 14%.

As Paramount looks to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, it’s racked up billions of dollars in financial backing from three Gulf countries. The FCC cleared the way on Thursday, granting sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to hold indirect equity interests in a Paramount-Warner combo, but no voting stakes. Skydance-owned Paramount — whose $81 billion merger with Warner is still on hold amid a separate antitrust battle with twelve states and Hollywood writers — welcomed the FCC's ruling.

Over the last six months, Watsco’s shares have sunk to $305.50, producing a disappointing 19.2% loss - a stark contrast to the S&P 500’s 14% gain. This was partly driven by its softer quarterly results and may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.