Month: October 2025
Figma’s stock pops as much as 16% after OpenAI CEO Altman touts ChatGPT integration
Figma signage appears at the New York Stock Exchange in New York as the company prepares for its shares to begin trading on July 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Figma shares jumped more than 15% on Monday after the design software vendor’s technology was promoted by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in […]
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Cerebras CEO explains IPO withdrawal, says it still intends to go public
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman speaks to the media at the Colovore office in Santa Clara, Calif., on March 12, 2024. The Washington Post | Getty Images Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman admitted that his artificial intelligence chipmaker made a mistake last week when it didn’t immediately explain its decision to withdraw its registration for an IPO. […]
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Senate to vote again on funding bill as government shutdown stalemate enters sixth day
US Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, speaks to reporters outside of his office at the US Capitol, on the second day of the US government shutdown in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images The Senate is set to vote again on Monday on a […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Critical Metals, Comerica, Advanced Micro Devices, Abercrombie & Fitch and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Verizon Communications — The New York-based telecom provider sank nearly 4% after CEO Hans Vestberg stepped down , replaced by independent lead director and former PayPal CEO Dan Schulman. Starbucks — The global coffee chain dropped almost 4% after a late September series of North American […]
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Firefly Aerospace surges 7% after buying defense tech firm for $855 million
Jason Kim, chief executive officer of Firefly Aerospace, center, during the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Firefly Aerospace stock climbed 7% Monday, after the space company said it’s buying defense technology contractor SciTec for $855 million […]
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Trump could ‘start taking sharp measures’ if next government funding bills fail: Hassett
President Donald Trump could “start taking sharp measures” on Monday if the government shutdown continues after the Senate’s next votes on stopgap funding bills, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said. Hassett’s warning on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” came after he said Democrats will be to blame for “any government worker that loses their job” due […]
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Anthropic lands its biggest enterprise deployment ever with Deloitte deal
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Deloitte on Monday announced a deal to bring Anthropic’s artificial intelligence assistant Claude to more than 470,000 of its employees around the globe. The rollout will be Anthropic’s largest enterprise deployment ever, building on a partnership that the two companies first unveiled last year. Deloitte, which offers consulting, […]
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Instagram will award top creators with a gold ring. But no cash
Instagram announced on Monday the launch of a new “Rings” award that will give 25 creators a literal gold ring and a matching badge on their profile, but no cash. Winners will be chosen by a panel including Instagram chief Adam Mosseri, filmmaker Spike Lee, designer Marc Jacobs and YouTuber Marques Brownlee. The move comes […]
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Democratic leader Jeffries challenges GOP House Speaker Johnson to debate shutdown
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). Tom Williams | Michael A. McCoy | Reuters Top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries challenged Speaker Mike Johnson to a live public debate about the government shutdown, which entered its sixth day on Monday with no off-ramp in […]
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Paramount Skydance to acquire Bari Weiss-founded Free Press
CBS News studio at Times Square in Manhattan, New York, United States of America, on July 6th, 2024. Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty Images Paramount Skydance said Monday it has agreed to acquire online publication The Free Press, naming its co-founder and CEO, Bari Weiss, as CBS News’ editor-in-chief. The digital upstart publication, which […]
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