Key Points: Micron and SanDisk shares jumped again on Monday as analysts predict strong demand for artificial intelligence memory through the decade. Micron stock climbed 5.6%, pushing its overall market cap near $600 billion, while Sandisk gained 8.1%. Consumers face...
Key Points: The global oil market lost 13.7 million barrels of daily supply due to the ongoing conflict in Iran. Desperate nations drained 7.1 million barrels per day from strategic storage tanks throughout April to manage prices. Physical oil costs reached extreme levels in Asia, with buyers in Sri Lanka paying $286 per barrel. Analysts...
Key Points: Qualcomm shares jumped 13% following reports of a new partnership with OpenAI to build a smartphone processor. Tech analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects the artificial intelligence device to enter mass production by 2028. OpenAI purchased Jony Ive's hardware startup for $6.5 billion last May to lead the design efforts. Apple and Samsung currently control...
Key Points: Major European media groups sent a letter to EU leaders on April 21, warning about a new digital law. Broadcasters want the Digital Fairness Act to target Big Tech monopolies instead of traditional media outlets. The proposed legislation aims to curb addictive app designs, confusing pricing, and tricky subscription traps. Media executives claim...
Key Points: Bayer asked the US Supreme Court to block tens of thousands of lawsuits claiming Roundup weedkiller causes cancer....
Key Points: Microsoft will roll out its Copilot 365 artificial intelligence software to all 743,000 Accenture workers. Barely 3 percent...
Key Points: Fewer than 1% of Blue Owl Capital Corp. II shareholders accepted a buyout offer from Saba Capital Management...
Key Points: Germany currently holds 3,350 tonnes of gold, valued at roughly €440 billion. A top economic researcher wants the...
Key Points: TotalEnergies is running its Gonfreville refinery at exactly 100% capacity to ensure steady fuel supplies. The facility processes...
Key Points: Shell agreed to purchase ARC Resources for $13.6 billion to boost its long-term energy production. The massive transaction...
Key Points: Bank of America created a financial screen featuring 67 stocks with a combined market capitalization of $5.5 trillion....
Key Points: Amazon signed a multi-year deal with Harpo Entertainment to grab exclusive advertising rights for The Oprah Podcast. The...
Key Points: Major technology companies successfully killed the Based Act in California in just over 30 days. State Senator Scott...
Key Points: Intel shares just broke a record high originally set back in August 2000. The S&P 500 index climbed...
Key Points: President Donald Trump ordered a naval blockade to force Iran to stop pumping oil. Analysts estimate that Iran...
Key Points: Prediction platforms Kalshi and Polymarket plan to offer perpetual futures to American cryptocurrency traders. Perpetual futures accounted for...
Key Points: German conservative leaders handed the EU Commission a list of 27 specific demands to reduce business regulations. EU...
Key Points: Salesforce and Slack filed a lawsuit against Microsoft in London on April 23. The legal team accuses Microsoft...
Key Points: U.S. crude prices climbed 2.85% to $97.05 a barrel due to restricted shipping in the Middle East. Major...
Key Points: David Silver secured a record $1.1 billion seed funding round to launch his new artificial intelligence company, Ineffable...
Key Points: Beijing issued a public warning against the European Union regarding its newly proposed Industrial Acceleration Act. The Chinese...
Key Points: Financial analysts expect General Motors to report $43.68 billion in first-quarter revenue, slightly trailing last year. The automaker...
Key Points: Microsoft announced a major contract update that ends its exclusive rights to use OpenAI technology and artificial intelligence...
Key Points: China abruptly canceled Meta Platforms' massive $2 billion deal to buy Manus, a fast-growing agentic artificial intelligence startup....
Key Points: Elon Musk takes Sam Altman to court over OpenAI's transition from a charity to a massive business. Microsoft...
Key Points: SpaceX sent a formal letter to the FCC on April 16 asking regulators to restrict foreign satellite competitors....
Key Points: Toyota sold 897,871 vehicles worldwide in March, down 7.3 percent from the same month last year. Dealerships in...
Key Points: Kia reduced the price gap between its vehicles and Chinese models in Europe from 20-25% down to just...
Key Points: Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek reduced the price of its input cache hits to just one-tenth of the...
Key Points: Fear of the "curse of 35" pushes young Chinese workers to start solo businesses powered by artificial intelligence....
Key Points: Japan plans to launch a joint public- and private-sector task force to combat cybersecurity threats posed by artificial...
Key Points: Auto China 2026 features more than 2,000 companies and 1,451 vehicles, including 181 global debuts. Horizon Robotics launched...
Key Points: A tanker holding 145,000 kiloliters of American crude oil arrived in Tokyo Bay on Sunday. The delivery marks...
Key Points: A coalition of United States budget airlines, including Frontier and Avelo, wants a $2.5 billion financial rescue package...
Key Points: U.S. President Donald Trump rated his October meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping a 12 out of 10,...
Key Points: Japanese chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron recently cut ties with its veteran executive Jay Chen following a shocking...
