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You don't need to guess which big tech company will come out on top.
The tool and DIY retailer’s foundation has partnered with NVIDIA, General Motors and other U.S. business behemoths to help bolster the construction labor force by 2035.

From an economic standpoint, the nation’s fiscal status has been turned upside down—from a federal budget swimming in surpluses to one deeply in deficit, despite the U.S. not being in recession or officially at war. Since then, the world has become even more dangerous, with the Iran war, Russia’s war on Ukraine, and China’s adventures in the Pacific. The Up & Down Wall Street written directly after the 9/11 attacks predicted a marked increase in spending for national security.

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly pushed back against a proposed national artificial-intelligence regulator during an August phone call with President Donald Trump, as the White House weighs a FINRA-style watchdog for frontier models. Zuckerberg Pushes Back On AI Watchdog According to a Politico report on Thursday, Trump called Zuckerberg during the week of Aug. 17. Zuckerberg said he opposed the proposal but did not ask Trump to change his position. Instead, he sa

Asian shares were mostly higher in early Friday trading, as regional market sentiment got a boost from the rally on Wall Street, mostly from big technology stocks. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.6% in morning trading to 64,622.33. Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 2.1% to 25,751.26, while the Shanghai Composite added 0.8% to 3,973.27.

Shares of social network operator Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) jumped 3.5% in the afternoon session after the stock continued to rally as the company opened paid developer access to its upgraded Muse Spark 1.3 artificial intelligence model.

The round came together after the data center developer reportedly secured a $13 billion contract with Jane Street.

Reddit (RDDT) stock closed 9.3% higher on Wednesday at $158.10, and the news behind it came from a research desk rather than from Reddit. The argument was that the worst outcome for two of its data licensing contracts is already in the price. That put a price on the cheaper half of Reddit's AI question. The expensive half is untouched.
Texas stopped approving additional grid hookups as bipartisan scrutiny intensifies over power, water, rural development and incentives.
Meta must also strengthen age verification and parental controls

Amazon’s June 8 agreement with a company founded in 1851 says something important about the newest AI systems: their performance depends on more than processors. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) signed a multiyear, multibillion-dollar deal with Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) for optical fiber, cable, and connectivity products. Corning expects the work to support about 1,000 jobs in North […]

Meta's new AI model is the reason its shares are rising. The bigger question is whether its costly AI push can produce products people actually want.

While known for gaming, the company's fastest growth is happening elsewhere. Its consumer vertical is quietly becoming a second engine, with advertiser spend already setting records. This segment finished the second quarter 28% above fourth quarter 2025 levels.

Stocks rallied during Thursday's session, nearing record levels, with some help from the Magnificent Seven. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF was up 2.7% to $70.58, just a stone's throw from its record closing price of $70.94. The Nasdaq was up 1.4% while the S&P 500 rose 1%.

Data center demand is surging, but utilities, electric transmission and grid connections can take years to meet the need

Zuckerberg's Q2 message was blunt about AI transforming Meta's business, yet the stock sits more than 25% below its all-time high while legal storms and a historic capex surge squeeze free cash flow to a fraction of last year's levels. Whether the ad machine can overpower those headwinds is the trade every Meta investor needs to understand right now.

Uber’s CEO said he aims to make the company “simpler and faster.”

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, XETRA:FB2A, SIX:FB) shares climbed more than 4% on Thursday after the company unveiled an upgraded version of its flagship AI model, which its AI chief says now matches offerings from Anthropic and OpenAI. The new model, Muse Spark 1.3, marks Meta's "biggest...

A federal judge confirmed Google runs an illegal monopoly in ad tech, then refused to break it up anyway. What that contradiction means for Alphabet investors depends entirely on what comes next.

Amazon.com (AMZN) trades at $255, down 10% over the past month and about 10% below its 52-week high. The second quarter of 2026, reported in July, was a strong one: revenue rose 20% year over year to $200.6 billion and operating income rose 43%, though about $1.2 billion of that income came from tariff refunds and an energy-contract accounting gain. That makes the drop worth sizing, because this is a stock with a long habit of falling further than the market.

Stocks climbed as Wall Street let out a sigh of relief that bond yields ticked lower and the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike fell. The S&P 500 gained 1%, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.

Score one to Nvidia The chip company emerged as the clear winner over rival Broadcom when it comes to the market reaction to their latest earnings report. It’s not that there was much wrong with Broadcom’s earnings. Nvidia’s projections were well ahead of what Wall Street analysts had penciled in.

Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta Platforms are three top AI stocks to own for the long term.

Meta's stock is down sharply, capex is ballooning toward $145 billion, and Wall Street's average target stops well short of four digits. So what would actually need to happen for shares to reach $1,000 by 2027?

Ciena (CIEN) raised its full-year revenue outlook on Thursday as the networking systems and software

Microsoft and Meta just locked in nuclear power for decades, and the contracts are reshaping how the entire supply chain gets valued. Three very different companies sit between those deals and your portfolio, and treating them as one trade could cost you.
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