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Anthropic in talks with investors to raise funds at $900 billion valuation, higher than OpenAI
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, during the company’s Builder Summit in Bengaluru, India, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. Samyukta Lakshmi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic has been chasing OpenAI since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022. It appears to have finally caught up. The artificial intelligence startup, founded five […]
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S&P 500 futures tick higher after ‘Mag 7’ titans Alphabet, Amazon report earnings: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during Pershing Square Capital Management LP’s initial public offering (IPO) in New York, US, on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images S&PP 500 futures were near the flatline on Wednesday night, following the release of quarterly reports from […]
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Saudi Arabia’s PIF to end funding of LIV Golf league after this season
A general scene of LIV Golf signage during Day Three at LIV Michigan at The Cardinal at Saint John’s on Aug. 24, 2025 in Plymouth, Michigan. Michael Miller | ISI Photos | Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will end funding of the LIV Golf league after the 2026 season, two people familiar with […]
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Microsoft beats on top and bottom lines with 40% Azure growth
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft AI Tour event in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 25, 2026. Sven Hoppe | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Microsoft shares slipped 3% on Wednesday after the software maker reported more robust fiscal third-quarter results than analysts had expected. Here’s how the company did in comparison with LSEG […]
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Meta looks to report fastest revenue growth since 2021
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears a pair of Meta Oakley Vanguard AI glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta will report first-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday. Here’s what analysts polled […]
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Fed holds rates steady but with highest level of dissent since 1992
An unusually divided Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its key interest rate steady as policymakers grappled with the policy impact of persistent inflation and awaited a looming leadership transition at the central bank. In what may have been Chair Jerome Powell’s final meeting at the helm, the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee voted to hold […]
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Microsoft and Nvidia finally became cheap enough for this value investor – and he plans to buy any dips
One value investor who envied the yearslong rise of artificial intelligence darlings Microsoft and Nvidia has finally found their prices compelling enough to snap up earlier this year. He also said he will be buying any dips. Chris Grisanti, chief market strategist at MAI Capital Management, oversees the MAI Focused Equity Strategy, which has $3 […]
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Alphabet first-quarter results likely to show continued growth, boosted by cloud
Google CEO Sundar Pichai looks on during the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Feb. 19, 2026. Ludovic Marin | AFP | Getty Images Alphabet is set to report its first-quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday. Here’s what Wall Street is looking for, according to analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: $2.63 Revenue: […]
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Trump Fed pick Kevin Warsh clears key Senate hurdle, teeing up final vote
The Senate banking committee on Wednesday voted to advance Kevin Warsh’s nomination to lead the Federal Reserve, teeing up President Donald Trump’s pick for a final confirmation vote in the Republican-controlled Senate. The vote fell along party lines, with all 13 Republican members voting in favor of the nominee and all 11 Democrats voting against […]
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A million-dollar gold bear emerges ahead of the Fed decision
One of the hottest trades of the past year might have run its course, if one options trader gets their way. In one of the most interesting macro trades of the day, someone sold upside call exposure in the SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) while simultaneously buying downside put exposure in a two-pronged trade that both […]
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