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Hotter-than-expected consumer and wholesale price readings this week have rattled investors, who were already fretting about the war in the Middle East driving up fuel costs. President Donald Trump said overnight that the U.S. doesn’t need the Strait of Hormuz open “at all,” adding to worries that the stalemate between the U.S. and Iran could drag on.

Brookfield merges with its insurance business as it moves toward a simpler investment-led insurer structure.

Wall Street braces for what could be the largest stock market debut in history, but the most cited academic on US IPO performance is warning buyers to sit on their hands. SpaceX is reportedly targeting a valuation of roughly $1.75 trillion in its planned offering, and Reuters this morning lined the deal up against three ... The Professor Who Tracks Every US IPO Just Issued a Warning on SpaceX: “Most of the Time, Things Don’t Go According to Plan.”

Global semiconductor stocks skidded after a summit between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping concluded without major chip deals or a breakthrough on Nvidia’s sales to the country.

Global semiconductor stocks skidded after a summit between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping concluded without major chip deals or a breakthrough on Nvidia’s sales to the country.

Figma (NYSE: FIG) has had one of the wildest post-IPO rides in recent memory. After debuting at $33 in July 2025, the stock soared to nearly $143 before crashing to around $20. That’s an 88% collapse from peak levels, despite the business itself continuing to grow rapidly.

As it gets easier to create artificial-intelligence agents with platforms like Anthropic’s Claude Cowork , some businesses are dealing with ‘AI agent sprawl.’

By Anna Szymanski May 15 (Reuters) - Everything Mike Dolan and the ROI team are excited to read, watch and listen to over the weekend. From the Editor Hello Morning Bid readers!

(Bloomberg) -- The dollar is heading for its best week in two months after US data showed price pressures that could push the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates over the next year.Most Read from BloombergHormuz Oil Flows Creep Higher as More Supertankers ExitIran’s Kharg Island Oil Jetties Empty Again Yesterday, Satellite ShowsWhat Is The Thucydides Trap and Why Did Xi Raise It With Trump?Xi Tells US CEOs on Trump Visit That China Will Open Up MoreTrump Says China Offered Help on Iran as Sh

FEATURE Cerebras Systems was falling early Friday after recording huge gains on its first day of trading. Investors might want to think twice before backing the chip company at current levels.  Cerebras shares were down 2.

A looming 18-day strike at South Korean chip giant Samsung that has triggered worries within the government, rattled foreign investors and threatened global supply chains rests on one crucial question: who should share in the spoils of the AI boom? More than 45,000 workers are threatening to stage the largest strike in the conglomerate's history from May 21, reducing production of memory chips that are crucial components in AI data centres, smartphones and ‌laptops, as Samsung and its union struggle to find a compromise over bonus payouts. Samsung Electronics, which has reaped huge profits from a global memory shortage, has offered to pay generous bonuses to staff.

By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, May 15 (Reuters) - A looming 18-day strike at South Korean chip giant Samsung that has triggered worries within the government, rattled foreign investors and threatened global

(Bloomberg) -- Bullish calls on US stocks will be challenged if benchmark Treasury yields hit 5%, a level that usually depresses price-to-earnings ratios, according to Lori Calvasina, head of US equity strategy at RBC Capital Markets LLC. Most Read from BloombergHormuz Oil Flows Creep Higher as More Supertankers ExitIran’s Kharg Island Oil Jetties Empty Again Yesterday, Satellite ShowsWhat Is The Thucydides Trap and Why Did Xi Raise It With Trump?Xi Tells US CEOs on Trump Visit That China Will O

Bill Ackman announced on social media that his hedge fund Pershing Square will disclose a new position in Microsoft in a 13F filing with regulators today. Microsoft has been an outlier in the tech trade that has carried markets higher this year. "We began building our position in MSFT in February following a meaningful share price decline after the company reported its fiscal Q2 2026 results," Ackman wrote in a post on X. "We were able to establish our position at a valuation of 21 times forward earnings, broadly in line with the market multiple and well below Microsoft's trading average over the last few years."

Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) reported first-quarter 2026 results that exceeded its own guidance for revenue and adjusted EBITDA, while management reiterated its full-year outlook and said the company’s growth plan remains weighted toward the second half of the year. Chief Executive Officer Theresa Cond

Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) said it remains on schedule to begin flight testing its first new Delta-class spaceship in the third quarter of 2026 and conduct rocket-powered spaceflight in the fourth quarter, as the company works through the final stages of its pre-revenue development phase. On the c

Argentum AI has signed a deal worth around $2.5 billion with ‌cloud gaming firm Boosteroid and real ‌estate company DL Invest Group for a 300-megawatt data ​center in Europe, the artificial intelligence infrastructure provider told Reuters on Friday. Under the deal, Argentum said it will deploy graphics processing unit ‌infrastructure in a ⁠data center, with the company expected to use tens of thousands of ⁠next-generation GPUs, including Nvidia's Blackwell systems in the future. The deal will be one of ​the largest ​independent AI infrastructure ​projects in the region. ‌It comes as the tech industry rushes to secure compute capacity to meet soaring demand, leading to the emergence of independent infrastructure providers such as Argentum.

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - Two themes critical to the U.S. stock market -- the artificial intelligence boom and inflation-pressured consumer spending -- will come under the

Walmart (WMT) has asked Flipkart to delay its initial public offering plans to focus on achieving EB

SpaceX is targeting a valuation of roughly $1.75 trillion in its upcoming ‌initial public offering, in what could be the ‌biggest-ever stock market debut by a U.S. company on Wall Street. The ​listing of Elon Musk-led SpaceX could easily dwarf many of the biggest U.S. IPOs on record, including those of Alibaba, Visa and Facebook, now Meta Platforms, which analysts ‌say reflects high growth ⁠expectations from the rocket and satellite company that it may struggle to meet. Analysts ‌say SpaceX's proposed valuation reflects in part how much investors are being asked to pay for future growth.

May 15 (Reuters) - Futures tracking the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 tumbled more than 1% on Friday, with an AI-driven rally in U.S. stocks poised to stall, as Treasury yields jumped on concerns about

By Laurie Chen and Casey Hall BEIJING/SHANGHAI, May 15 (Reuters) - With red-carpet treatment, selfies and culinary diplomacy, America's richest and most powerful executives - from Tesla's Elon Musk to

A new standalone FedEx Freight may resemble a start-up, but the LTL carrier is far from it, experts say.

The investor says the tech company is underpriced, and he will disclose the stake in regulatory filings later Friday.

The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield is rising toward its highest level in nearly a year, as rising oil prices fan fears about inflation again. The yield topped 4.54% in early trading this morning, as Brent crude futures rose above $109 barrel. President Trump's summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping concluded this morning, and while Trump said both he and Xi want the war to end, the meeting publicly yielded little in the way of concrete steps toward a resolution.

By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, May 15 (Reuters) - India's JioStar, the TV and online entertainment venture of Reliance and Walt Disney, has initiated legal measures against rival Zee Entertainment for

Toast, Inc. (NYSE:TOST) is one of the Best 52-Week Low Stocks to Buy According to Hedge Funds. Toast, Inc. (NYSE:TOST) announced its Q1 2026 earnings report on May 8. The company reported a revenue of $1.63 billion, matching the Wall Street consensus. Management believes the company is off to a good start, with gross profit […]

Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square will disclose a ‌new position in Microsoft later in ‌the day, the billionaire investor said on Friday, arguing ​that the tech giant sits at a "highly compelling valuation". Ackman's new closed-end fund Pershing Square USA, which debuted on the NYSE ‌last month, has ⁠also recently made Microsoft a core holding, he said in a ⁠post on social media platform X. Pershing's bet on Microsoft comes amid Ackman's growing ​appetite for ​tech holdings.

Sony (NYSE:SONY) reported record annual sales and operating profit for fiscal 2025 while outlining a corporate strategy centered on entertainment, intellectual property, creation technology and artificial intelligence. Hiroki Totoki, Sony Group Corporation’s president and CEO, said the company had

The title of Morgan Stanley's midyear US economic outlook, published May 12, is four words: "Capex Over Consumption." It is the bank's clearest possible signal about what is holding the American economy together heading into the second half of 2026, and what is beginning to buckle beneath the ...