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Musk calls proxy advisory firms ‘corporate terrorists.’ Why their power is growing in the stock market
Tesla CEO Elon Musk lashed out at the leading shareholder advisors on Wednesday, shining a spotlight into a corner of Wall Street that wields enormous influence among the largest institutional investors. Musk said proxy advisors Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis “have no freaking clue” after ISS last week recommended shareholders reject Musk’s near $1 […]
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European stocks higher as earnings buoy sentiment; Saab up 4.5% amid defense boom
LONDON — European stocks opened in positive territory on Friday amid a slew of earnings reports. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.1% higher at 8:43 a.m. in London (3:43 a.m. ET), though sectors and bourses were mixed. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 and Italy’s FTSE MIB were around 0.1% higher in the first hour of […]
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AI, private credit, inflation: Global fund managers reveal their top concerns heading into year-end
Fund managers are taking a cautious stance as the fourth quarter gets underway, opting to go underweight in risk assets in favor of defensive plays with lower volatility. AI, private credit, sticky inflation — and the Fed’s ability to deal with it amid interference from U.S. President Donald Trump — are top of mind for […]
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Trump to meet China’s Xi for the first time in second term as trade deal remains elusive
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Jim Watson and Peter Klaunzer | Pool, AFP | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week as part of his trip to Asia, as the world’s top two economies seek to dial down tensions in search for a […]
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How to tackle private credit’s ‘cockroaches’ as contagion fears build
Private credit investors say active portfolio management, tighter lending standards and greater risk discipline are now paramount as the sector navigates rising default rates. After J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned last week of “cockroaches” lurking in private markets, fears of contagion and a potential repeat of the 2008 subprime lending crisis have driven central […]
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Asia-Pacific markets rise as White House says Trump will meet Xi next week
A HDR evening shot taken at sunset of the Tokyo skyline. Fgm | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Friday, after the White House said that U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping were set to hold talks next week. U.S. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump will leave for Malaysia late […]
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Stock futures are little changed ahead of highly awaited inflation data: Live updates
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Oct. 22, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures are little changed Thursday night ahead of a key inflation print. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 18 points, or 0.04%. S&P futures ticked up 0.06%, […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Intel, Ford, Deckers, Newmont and more
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Alphabet — Shares of search engine giant Alphabet ticked 1% higher after Anthropic and Google officially announced their cloud partnership Thursday. The deal, worth tens of billions of dollars, gives Anthropic access up to one million of Google’s custom-designed Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs. Ford Motor […]
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Trump White House ballroom financed by Big Tech and these other corporate donors
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks holding a photos of the new ballroom during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on October 22, 2025. Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty Images Big Tech and other publicly traded companies are helping to […]
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Shares of Labubu maker Pop Mart dip despite staggering third-quarter U.S. sales growth
An exhibition room at Pop Mart’s theme park, Pop Land, in Beijing, on June 18, 2025. Pedro Pardo | Afp | Getty Images Shares of Chinese toymaker Pop Mart fell 9% Thursday, notching the stock’s worst day since April and extending its declines since a late-August peak. The company behind the popular Labubu dolls, a […]
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