Month: November 2025
Anthropic to spend $50 billion on U.S. AI infrastructure, starting with Texas, New York data centers
Anthropic announced plans Wednesday to spend $50 billion on a U.S. artificial intelligence infrastructure build-out, starting with custom data centers in Texas and New York. The facilities, which will be designed to support the company’s rapid enterprise growth and its long-term research agenda, will be developed in partnership with Fluidstack. Fluidstack is an AI cloud […]
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Toyota opens new U.S. battery plant, confirms $10 billion in new investments
Toyota display is seen at the New York International Auto Show on April 16, 2025. Danielle DeVries | CNBC Toyota Motor on Wednesday said it has started production at a new $13.9 billion battery plant in North Carolina and confirmed plans to invest up to $10 billion more than previously expected over the next five […]
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Waymo begins offering freeway robotaxi rides in San Francisco, LA and Phoenix
Waymo robotaxis will now take passengers on freeways in three major U.S. cities, marking a major milestone for the driverless, ride-hailing company. Alphabet-owned Waymo on Wednesday said it will begin offering those types of trips in the San Francisco, Phoenix and Los Angeles markets “when a freeway route is meaningfully faster.” The Google sister company […]
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Trump ‘knew about the girls,’ Jeffrey Epstein said in email
Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein, left, and Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1997. Davidoff Studios Photography | Archive Photos | Getty Images Notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote in an email to author Michael Wolff that his former longtime friend, President Donald Trump, “knew […]
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AMD stock soars 10% on strong growth projections as CEO Su calls AI spending ‘the right gamble’
Advanced Micro Devices‘ CEO Lisa Su shut down concerns over Big Tech’s elevated spending during an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday and said investing in more computing will accelerate the pace of innovation. “I don’t think it’s a big gamble,” she said. “I think it’s the right gamble.” Shares soared 10%. Many of […]
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British utility SSE seeks to raise $2.7 billion for grid investments, shares soar
The chief executive of British power firm SSE says a rapid build-out of renewable projects can help the U.K. to secure its energy security and bring costs down for consumers. Lindsey Parnaby | Afp | Getty Images British utility SSE unveiled a 33 billion pound five-year investment plan on Wednesday, including a 2 billion pound […]
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Howard Marks highlights credit ‘carelessness’ but says issues are not systemic
Howard Marks, co-founder of Oaktree Capital Group, at the Qatar Economic Forum (QEF) in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Veteran investor Howard Marks has warned that cracks unearthed in the credit market demonstrate investor “complacency” and “carelessness” — but stopped short of calling the turmoil a broader […]
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House to vote on bill to end shutdown around 7 p.m. ET Wednesday, Rep. Scalise says
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote early Wednesday evening to end the longest government shutdown in history, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) said. “We’ll start the process probably around four, five o’clock. The actual vote on the bill to fund the government will probably come later, around seven o’clock,” the House majority leader told CNBC. […]
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Coinbase moves incorporation to Texas from Delaware, following Musk’s lead
Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of Coinbase Global Inc., speaks during the Messari Mainnet summit in New York, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coinbase is following Tesla out of Delaware and into Texas. Paul Grewal, Coinbase’s chief legal officer, wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Wednesday […]
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Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: Advanced Micro Devices, Clearwater Analytics, On Holding and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Advanced Micro Devices — The chipmaker jumped nearly 6% in reaction to robust long-term growth targets made at its Investor Day , including an internal forecast that the company’s data center revenues will jump 60% in the next three to five years. BILL Holdings — Bloomberg […]
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