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Meta Platforms, Inc. and Shopify Inc. are teaming up to bring AI-powered shopping and checkout to Meta’s Muse personal AI agent. Meta Muse Partners With Shopify For AI Shopping Meta’s Muse will integrate with Shopify’s e-commerce infrastructure, allowing the AI...

UBS has initiated coverage on five AI data center colocation stocks with Buy ratings, citing constrained compute supply and favorable power access positioning the group for rapid growth as AI adoption accelerates. The bank started coverage of Hut 8 Mining Corp (TSX:HUT, Unlisted (US):HUTMF),...

Walt Disney is raising its streaming subscription prices for the second time in a year as it looks to focus on investing in content. The move comes at a notable time: The popularity of Meta Platform’s Muse has raised concerns that artificial-intelligence agents pose risks to companies that rely on recurring payments s if they help consumers cancel those payments from simple prompts. A Disney spokesperson confirmed the price changes to Barron’s on Wednesday.

It isn't just yields on long-dated bonds that are moving higher. The bond market moves come amid reports of a potential U.S. diesel export ban as U.S. Treasury actions to ease rising yields falter. The flattening yield curve means longer-dated bonds aren't yielding much more than shorter-dated bonds, which could signal investors see a slowdown in economic growth ahead.

A massive infrastructure push is reshaping Alibaba's growth story

Amazon is reaching out to former employees, including those previously laid off, to fill critical artificial intelligence and cloud computing roles amid an escalating industry talent war.

Meta Platforms' (META) Muse chatbot not only moved AI stocks higher this week, but it may have even led to a tonal shift in the AI narrative and how consumers are using the new technology. Futurum CEO Daniel Newman weighs in on this topic.

McDonald’s announces an $8.5 billion capital and financial support plan. MCD shares sold off nonetheless on Wednesday.

SanDisk (SNDK) has run up 23.3% over the last five trading days, while the S&P 500 added 2.4%. A move like that in a NAND maker pulls money in. But next week's price is not the question. What matters is what owning the stock does to your money when the market moves, because SanDisk travels much further than the index in both directions.

A powerful seasonal pattern is coming back into focus

As the payment company looks for new ways to drive volume, it's using the social media company's personal artificial intelligence to aid shopping and checkout.

The building products maker is an under-the-radar AI play.

Some iPhone owners may be eligible to receive money from Apple Inc., as the claim window for a recent settlement is now open. The settlement was from “a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of consumers who alleged that they purchased Eligible Devices expecting to receive certain Siri Apple Intelligence features that they allegedly did […]

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Paid fees at an independent ATM? You could qualify for part of a $167.5 million Visa and Mastercard settlement. Here’s who can claim.

The firm wants proof of a growth reacceleration before turning more positive

Premium demand looks steady, but China complicates the picture

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) is moving quickly to keep AI shopping agents on its payments network. The company is partnering with Alchemy to give developers the ability to integrate Mastercard-backed virtual cards directly into AI agents, positioning the network for the growth of agentic commerce. On the surface, this provides Mastercard with a clear way to […]

Fresh disclosures add another wrinkle for SpaceX investors

Notre Dame bundles hardware, automation, observability and services without disclosing the contract's financial value.

Cisco Systems (CSCO) trades near $106 a share, about 24.6 times the $4.33 of non-GAAP earnings per share it reported for fiscal 2026. That is the same basis Cisco uses for its guidance and analysts use for their forecasts. For a networking supplier with $63.33 billion of revenue behind it, that is rich. And it ignores the two years analysts have already forecast.

The latest move lifting investor focus onto Boeing (BA) is Korean Air’s finalized order for 103 aircraft, a US$36.2b list-price deal that meaningfully thickens the commercial backlog. The headline order arrives at a time when Boeing’s short term share price return has been weak, with the stock down 10.23% over 90 days and 13.19% year to date. However, the 3 year total shareholder return of 1.06% points to only modest long run progress so far, as investors weigh fresh contracts against ongoing...

With US Treasury yields jumping to fresh 19 year highs on strong economic readings, investors are being paid more to sit in cash and bonds. That raises the bar for any growth story. It also creates a window for fast growing businesses where founders and executives still own large stakes and have clear conviction. This article highlights three such stocks and explains why they merit a closer look now. The three stocks below are just a sample, and the full screen surfaced 178 more businesses...

NYSE is partnering with a crypto-transaction firm to develop around-the-clock stock trading, the latest in a series of moves among financial firms that seek to expand and globalize stock trading.

Marvell, Onsemi and Semtech Get Major AI Boost as Seaport Unveils New Targets

Reap expands Visa's distribution while authenticated agent payments remain an exploratory capability.

Two of retail’s biggest names just took opposite bets on AI shopping agents, and only one stock is moving on it.

The global hotel brand executive spoke at the annual Skift Global Forum in New York.

UBS just flipped its 2027 PC outlook from growth to decline, and the fallout hit Dell harder than HP even though HP has far more to lose. The reason comes down to what each stock had already priced in.

Marvell Technology (MRVL) stock has returned 248% since September 22, 2025, against about 18% for the S&P 500 over the same window. The products that drove that run were named in public months before the share price moved. None came with a date.