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Hans Ibarra, a founder building an AI-voice startup, has found himself on the receiving end of a big opportunity: Top artificial-intelligence companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic and others desperate to win his business are ramping up discounts. Across Silicon Valley, startup founders like Ibarra are enjoying a wave of computing credits and fielding competing offers from AI-model makers racing to land new enterprise customers. The offers from growing AI-sales armies at companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic are so rich that some early-stage startup founders say they won’t need to raise money as soon as they expected, and others have been able to play AI companies off one another.

Yahoo Finance's Brooke DiPalma and Josh Lipton discuss 7-Eleven's federal trademark infringement lawsuit against Nike, which aims to block the unapproved release of an upcoming Air Max 95 sneaker featuring the convenience store's signature tri-color palette on July 11.

Wall Street's biggest banks reportedly held preliminary talks to acquire a Fiserv network that could help them bypass federal debit-card fee caps.

The deal values Crinetics at $85 per share in cash, representing a potential upside of about 100% from the stock’s closing price on Monday.

Oil was at $107 a barrel in May. Tankers were sailing thousands of miles out of their way. Refiners in Asia were bidding up whatever crude they could find that did not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. None of that is true anymore. Brent settled near $68 on July 6. The Strait is open. And ...

The strong results from the world’s largest memory chip maker are likely to help ease recent market concerns about the sustainability of AI computing-capacity spending.

Walt Disney World visitors planning a trip to Epcot later this year will soon lose access to one of the park's most iconic dining experiences. The restaurant is unlike any other at Disney World, allowing guests to dine beside a massive living coral reef aquarium through floor-to-ceiling windows ...

Tesla (TSLA) finally gave investors a delivery rebound. But BYD nevertheless claimed the crown back. That’s the painful part of the new worldwide electric-vehicle numbers. Tesla produced 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter, easily beating Wall Street estimates and indicating demand had bounced ...

A deal for a card network could allow bigger transaction fees, but some bank executives are worried about backlash.

(Bloomberg) -- Samsung Electronics Co.’s quarterly profit surged 19-fold, soaring past elevated expectations due to rocketing demand for memory chips needed in AI data centers.Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaMicrosoft’s Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Five Studios in Major OverhaulSaudis Slash Main Oil Price to Rare Discount as Market DivesOil, Gas Tankers Cross Hormuz Via Oman-Side Route After U-TurnsTwo Millennium Trading Pods Made About $

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday forecast a 19-fold jump in second-quarter operating profit ‌from a year earlier, its third consecutive quarter of record operating ‌profit, as AI-driven demand continued to boost memory chip prices. The world's largest memory chipmaker estimated ​April-June operating profit at 89.4 trillion won ($58.44 billion), beating an LSEG SmartEstimate of 87.3 trillion won, according to a regulatory filing. It reported a profit of 4.7 trillion won a year earlier.

Rivian, on Monday, announced its intent to sell 75 million shares in a public offering.

Walmart is cutting prices on thousands of items to help customers with affordability after years of inflation. The largest U.S. grocer said Monday it is lowering the price of ground beef by 12%. A 24-pack of Coca-Cola is falling by one-third to $9.97.

(Bloomberg) -- Syntiant Corp., a company making semiconductors and software for artificial intelligence, filed for an initial public offering to tap investors’ enthusiasm for the technology. Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaMicrosoft’s Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Five Studios in Major OverhaulOil, Gas Tankers Cross Hormuz Via Oman-Side Route After U-TurnsSaudis Slash Main Oil Price to Rare Discount as Market DivesTwo Millennium Trading Po

Semiconductor and AI-linked stocks led the advance, while earnings, Treasury yields, and inflation data will test whether the rally can move beyond a narrow group of technology leaders.

Nvidia (NVDA) investors were more or less expecting another clean step forward in the AI upgrade cycle. Rubin was expected to continue pushing the roadmap ahead, customers would keep chasing capacity, and rivals would remain stuck trying to close an insurmountable lead. That confidence, though, has ...

Dow Jones Futures: AI stocks rallied, with Astera, Bloom Energy and Tesla higher. But SpaceX stock dropped ahead of Nasdaq-100 inclusion.

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK, July 6 (Reuters) - Wall Street advanced on Monday as a rebound in semiconductors put the Nasdaq on top.

Alibaba’s reported ban on Anthropic’s Claude Code looks, on the surface, like an IT decision at a company. It’s probably bigger than that. A Chinese tech giant has warned staff not to use Anthropic’s AI coding helper at work and has directed them toward its own coding platform, Qoder, Reuters ...

The acquisition would add to Vertex’s pipeline and potentially grow its annual revenue by $5 billion with the addition of Crinetics-developed drugs Palsonify and Atumelnant, the company said.

Michael Saylor made another sale. But this time, it was huge. On July 6, Saylor's Bitcoin hoarding giant Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) revealed the sale of about 3,588 BTC for $216 million between June 29 and July 5. The sale proceeds went to fund distributions on its preferred stock STRC and ...

US Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, discusses the design and benefits of the Trump Accounts site and app on "Bloomberg The Close."

SK Hynix lowered its target for its huge U.S. share offering. The South Korean chip-maker now plans on raising $28 billion in a U.S. listing in the coming days. That is slightly less than originally sought, due to a recent share-price decline.

Tech stocks led the way higher, with Intel and Micron among the gainers. The advance comes ahead of a series of tests for the AI trade this week.

Investing.com -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced Monday it will acquire Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for $85.00 per share in cash, representing a total equity value of approximately $10.0 billion, or approximately $8.8 billion net of estimated cash acquired.

The listing will make it easier to invest in one of the world’s biggest chip companies. The sector helped the Nasdaq composite rise 1.1%.

July 6 (Reuters) - Vertex Pharmaceuticals will buy Crinetics Pharmaceuticals for a total equity value of about $10 billion, the companies said on Monday.

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The setup for iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) in 2026 only looks obvious in hindsight. Brazil’s central bank spent much of last year holding the Selic at 15%, one of the highest real rates in the world, and has now started cutting with a cautious 25-basis-point move. EWZ is up roughly 11% year to date ... EWZ Could Be 2026’s Sleeper Trade, If Brazil’s Rate Cuts Don’t Get Derailed