This week is the last full trading week on Wall Street for the year, and it is packed with key economic and earnings reports. The data will help us sharpen our 2026 market outlook following a wild week for stocks that saw the S & P 500 close at a record high this past Thursday … Read more
Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk appears on a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle on Friday pushed back against a report that said the company will complete data centers for OpenAI, one of its major customers, in 2028, rather … Read more
Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, center, speaks on a media tour of the Stargate data center in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025. Stargate is a collaboration of OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank, with promotional support from President Donald Trump, to build data centers and other infrastructure for artificial intelligence throughout the US. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg … Read more
Oracle shares sank 11% in extended trading on Wednesday after the database software maker reported lower quarterly revenue than expected despite booming demand for its artificial intelligence infrastructure. AI-related stocks were hit following the report with, chipmakers Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices each dropping about 1% and cloud provider CoreWeave sliding more than 3%. Here’s … Read more
Futures-options traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange’s NYSE American (AMEX) in New York City, U.S., Dec. 8, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks were little changed on Tuesday as Wall Street looks ahead to this week’s interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 hovered around the flatline, … Read more
Hong Kong Skyline Nikada | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Friday following a subdued Wall Street session. Australia’s ASX/S&P 200 added 0.19% to 8,634.6. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 1.05% to close at 50,491.87, while the Topix declined 1.05% to 3,362.56. Yields on the Japanese 10-year government bond rose to 1.94%, … Read more
A general view of the Microsoft office building is seen in Cologne, Germany, on November 18, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Microsoft said Thursday that it will increase the prices of Office productivity software subscriptions for commercial and government clients on July 1. The company’s Office applications, which include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and … Read more
When Nvidia this week said it would take a $2 billion stake in chip design company Synopsys, it was just the latest in a string of massive investments announced by the chipmaker this year. Nvidia has also said it would take a $1 billion stake in Nokia, invest $5 billion in Intel and $10 billion … Read more
Aerial sunrise view of Osaka city in Japan Frank Lee | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose Thursday, after Wall Street gained on hopes the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates next week following weaker-than-expected jobs data. Payroll processor ADP reported that private companies cut 32,000 workers in November, compared with 47,000 additions … Read more
Microsoft pushed back on a report Wednesday that the company lowered growth targets for artificial intelligence software sales after many of its salespeople missed those goals in the last fiscal year. The company’s stock sank more than 2% on The Information report. A Microsoft spokesperson said the company has not lowered sales quotas or targets … Read more