Wednesday, 4 November 2026
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The US and Japan coordinated on the biggest currency market intervention in 15 years, helping to stabilize a weakening yen. Karen Fishman, senior FX strategist in Goldman Sachs Research, and Praneet Shah, global head of…
SpaceX shares have bounced almost 60% off their low in early August, boosted by the company's AI business and Starship progress.
Lucid delivered 3,806 EVs and produced 2,954 vehicles during the third quarter. That compared with 4,078 deliveries on production of 3,891 vehicles a year earlier.
Oct 5 (Reuters) - A major Mattel shareholder urged the Barbie maker on Monday to explore a sale, saying progress in its performance and profitability had stalled, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
Even if Toshiba doubles its capacity, analysts say it has a ways to go to catch up with Western Digital and Seagate
Analysts highlight the stock’s cheap valuation and the chip maker’s central role in the AI ecosystem.
There’s a huge and rare divergence between the two-month returns of the Nasdaq and Dow Jones Industrial Average.
A new bill bans federal candidates from trading prediction market contracts related to their own elections and would result in a fine if violated.
The Nokia CEO's comments underscores continued demand for AI even as top executives debate slowing down the pace of development.
The moves come after the first round results of Brazil's presidential election on Sunday. Bolsonaro will face incumbent Lula da Silva in a run-off on Oct. 25.
The leading AI labs facing intensifying scrutiny over their safety and security practices.
Some see record oil production and more alternative routes for delivery once the Strait of Hormuz fully opens.
Nvidia stock enters its upcoming earnings report with a final integrated prediction score of -3.4 / +10, suggesting a moderately bearish event-risk bias. This is not a clean breakdown call, but the setup warns that NVDA…
Oil prices rose and stock markets dropped in shaky trading worldwide Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump raised doubts about the temporary truce in the war with Iran.
Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a snap election for Nov. 29 on Monday after parliament rejected measures intended to quell public anger and mass protests over the country's housing crisis.
Nvidia, which accounts for 13% of the Nasdaq and 8% of the S&P 500 Index, added 1.3% Friday, ending seven weeks of sideways trading surrounding a high-stakes meeting between the President and corporate executives leadin…
“We’d better get real quick or we’re going to have a financial crisis that makes the Great Recession of 2008 look like a picnic.”
Tesla reported weaker-than-expected earnings for the second quarter even as revenue topped estimates. The stock slid about 4% in extended trading on Wednesday.
Hyperscalers and software were back in investors’ good books last quarter as memory, chip, and industrial stocks stalled.
The euro hit its weakest level against the U.S. dollar in 17 months on Monday, as concerns over the political trajectories of two of the euro zone's biggest economies spill over into wider markets.
On a sunny day in Seattle in late September, about 50 executives representing large Microsoft customers had a rare opportunity. They could ask anything of CEO Satya Nadella.
U.S. Treasury yields held steady near multiyear highs after a sharp sell-off the week prior, as investors look await the release of new data and minutes from the Federal Reserve's September minutes.
Nearly 200 people have been placed under medical observation in Russia's Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia over suspected exposure to plague, according to local media reports.
As Western populations age, fewer workers and higher costs will strain public finances, credit rating agency Moody's has warned.