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Oil fell below $80 on the Iran deal, the Dow hit a record, and Bitcoin touched $67K. Then the Fed wiped out rate cuts.

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese stocks listed in Hong Kong are facing bleak milestones as a global rush into artificial intelligence supply chain players sidelines the Internet and consumer companies that dominate the offshore benchmark.Most Read from BloombergRead the 14-Point Draft Memorandum Between the US and IranIran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Confirms Deal Reached With USNetanyahu Pays a Political Price for Trump’s Iran DealUS Set to Offer Iran Broad Financial Gains in Peace DealModi Warns of ‘Short

Jason Calacanis said Cursor could become the No. 1 or No. 2 AI coding agent within a year thanks to SpaceX's compute advantage.

Asian shares were mixed and oil was trading below $80 a barrel on Wednesday as markets watched for details on the interim agreement between the U.S. and Iran to end the war. U.S. futures edged higher ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision announcement and after Wall Street closed mixed near their record highs.

Europe's quest for technological sovereignty will dominate discussions at the G7 in France and the VivaTech conference in Paris this week, as policymakers and technology executives fret about American AI, ‌with alternatives remaining scarce. The gatherings come days after the United States tightened restrictions on Anthropic's most advanced AI models for ‌foreign nationals, underscoring Europe's vulnerability that political whims could derail its race to build domestic AI champions. "Tech sovereignty will be top of mind this week at VivaTech," Ana Paula ​Assis, senior vice president at IBM, told Reuters.

(Bloomberg) -- A US trading platform owned by crypto exchange Kraken has signed a $100 million private loan with a new Gulf investment firm, in another sign that Middle East financiers are looking past the regional conflict to press ahead with overseas investments.Most Read from BloombergRead the 14-Point Draft Memorandum Between the US and IranIran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Confirms Deal Reached With USNetanyahu Pays a Political Price for Trump’s Iran DealUS Set to Offer Iran Broad Financial Ga

Bernstein initiated coverage with an Outperform rating and a $187 target

Bitcoin has been one of the most-watched assets in 2026, alongside oil, gold, and stocks. Governments now hold 518,526 BTC, or 2.47% of the total supply, with the U.S. accounting for nearly 0.94%. As Bitcoin trades between $60,000 and $65,000, investors are keeping a close eye on ...

(Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank officials are signaling that a US-Iran peace accord won’t necessarily stop them lifting interest rates further, even if it prevents a more pronounced overshoot in inflation.Most Read from BloombergRead the 14-Point Draft Memorandum Between the US and IranIran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Confirms Deal Reached With USNetanyahu Pays a Political Price for Trump’s Iran DealUS Set to Offer Iran Broad Financial Gains in Peace DealStudios in Microsoft’s Xbox Division B

If you have been on Instagram or TikTok recently, you've probably seen influencers telling you to purchase your plane tickets at the library or use a VPN to mask your location because of dynamic pricing that changes based on location and search frequency. Dynamic pricing, also known by monikers ...

For most of the past four months, the story around Chevron (CVX) has been told through oil prices, Hormuz disruption data, and supply shock warnings. CEO Mike Wirth has been a fixture of that coverage, warning about inventory drawdowns and the inadequacy of the futures market's pricing. The ...

Global professional services company Accenture (NYSE:ACN) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before the bell. Here’s what to look for.

Nike (NKE) is entering the World Cup with one of the biggest marketing opportunities in sports. The brand has new football boots, new federation shirts, a global campaign, and thousands of revamped store displays tailored around sport’s biggest stage. That should be a great situation for a brand ...

Volume in the convertible-bond market has soared to the highest level since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

(Bloomberg) -- Kuaishou Technology is in discussions with General Atlantic to lead a first round of financing for its video AI arm, seeking to secure a major US backer ahead of an initial public offering.Most Read from BloombergIran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Confirms Deal Reached With USNetanyahu Pays a Political Price for Trump’s Iran DealRead the 14-Point Draft Memorandum Between the US and IranStudios in Microsoft’s Xbox Division Brace for ClosuresUS Set to Offer Iran Broad Financial Gains in

The Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is one of the most popular non-fungible token (NFT) projects ever. In simple words, an NFT is a unique digital asset that acts as a secure certificate of ownership for a specific item, such as digital art, music, gaming avatars, or virtual real estate. In September ...

Buying AI coding agent Cursor in a $60 billion deal and renting out data-center capacity gives the company a launchpad to land more enterprise customers.

The Dow surged to a fresh intraday record on Tuesday before finishing at an all-time closing high, marking its second straight record close.

When you think of quintessential American foods, a few things immediately come to mind: fried chicken, saucy barbecue, hamburgers, and apple pie. Apple pie may be one of the nation’s most iconic desserts, but it wasn’t actually invented here. The first known recipe dates back to England ...

Canada's largest blockchain and artificial intelligence event is returning this summer. The Blockchain Futurist Conference is set to run July 21–22, 2026, bringing together thousands of people from the technology, finance, and digital asset industries. Organizers say the conference is ...

The Dow rose 332 points, or 0.6%, to finish at a record high. Despite the downward slide of oil prices, trading ahead of Wednesday’s Fed interest rate decision was relatively “light and featureless,” writes Joe Mazzola, head trading and derivatives strategist at Charles Schwab. Kevin Warsh’s first press conference as Fed chairman is the big event tomorrow (more on that below), but the U.S. Census is also set to release a significant economic barometer on Wednesday morning: May retail sales.

By Suzanne McGee June 16 (Reuters) - Just days after SpaceX wrapped up its record $75 billion initial public stock offering and ignited another burst of enthusiasm among traders for all things AI, two

Rackspace Technology (RXT) runs the infrastructure that many enterprises rely on when they want managed cloud services without building everything in-house. The San Antonio-based company operates across public and private cloud segments, handling the compute, storage, and security layers that sit ...

HSBC on Wednesday announced a multi-year partnership with Alphabet Inc-owned Google Cloud focused on building ‌the British bank's artificial intelligence capabilities. The tie-up marks the ‌latest step in HSBC CEO Georges Elhedery's drive to embrace the revenue-generating and cost-savings ​power of AI which can process vast amounts of data, automating tasks previously done by people. The partnership, which HSBC said will focus on areas such as advice for wealth management clients and financial ‌crime risk management, shows ⁠how banks worldwide are accelerating their adoption of AI as they compete in a technology arms race ⁠with each other.

Trying to simplify your finances can sometimes result in expensive mistakes. One retirement saver recently learned that lesson after rolling money from a federal Thrift Savings Plan account into a Roth IRA. What seemed like a straightforward move to consolidate...

Investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's next interest rate decision, the first to be delivered under Chair Kevin Warsh.

US stock futures rose modestly as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's next interest rate decision, the first to be delivered under Chair Kevin Warsh.

US stock futures rose modestly as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision, the first to be delivered under Chair Kevin Warsh.

June 16 (Reuters) - A former Citigroup executive alleged in a lawsuit that the bank fired her ‌in retaliation for identifying regulatory and compliance risks that, according ‌to a Financial Times report on Tuesday, were related to Citi's efforts to court ​U. President Donald Trump as a client.

Qualcomm (QCOM) CEO Cristiano Amon told CNBC this week that AI agents will displace apps as the primary way consumers interact with their devices. That is not a modest claim. It puts Qualcomm in direct opposition to the app store model that has defined mobile computing for nearly two decades. Amon ...