Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Fair Isaac, the creator of the FICO score, saw shares rally more than 20% on Thursday after it unveiled a new pricing model that will allow mortgage lenders to bypass credit bureaus for credit scores. The Montana-based data analytics company said it would license its credit scores directly…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks as he presents the new Meta Ray-Ban Display at the 2025 Meta Connect conference in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 17, 2025. Benjamin Legendre | AFP | Getty Images Meta‘s efforts to expand its core business from online advertising involves pitching companies AI-powered chat tools that they can use on…
President Donald Trump on Thursday said Democrats have given him an “unprecedented opportunity” to slash federal agencies, signaling plans to harm his political opponents during the two-day-old government shutdown while blaming them for causing it. Trump’s warning came a day after his administration froze about $18 billion for two major infrastructure projects in New York…
Tesla vehicles are parked outside of a dealership on July 24, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Tesla reported quarterly vehicle deliveries of 497,099 for the period ended Sept. 30, which coincided with the expiration of a key tax credit for buyers of electric vehicles in the U.S. Here are the key…
Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on development of ‘new regions’, annexed from Ukraine, at the Kremlin, June 30, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. Contributor | Getty Images Russia is set to hike taxes on businesses and consumers as the government looks for ways to support military spending while its war-focused economy creaks at the…
Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway announced Thursday it reached a deal to buy Occidental Petroleum’s petrochemical unit, OxyChem, for $9.7 billion in cash. The deal marks Berkshire’s largest since 2022, when it paid $11.6 billion for insurer Alleghany….
Vlad Tenev, chief executive officer of Robinhood Markets Inc., during the Token2049 conference in Singapore, on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The tokenization of real-world assets, from stocks to real estate, will spread to financial markets around the world, according to Robinhood Markets Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev. “Tokenization is…
LONDON — European stocks opened higher on Thursday, building on positive momentum in the previous session. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.5% higher by 9 a.m. in London (4 a.m. ET), with most sectors trading in positive territory. Autos and technology stocks led gains, with their respective indexes each trading around 2% higher. Shares of…
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell on October 1, 2025, in New York City. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images PIMCO President Christian Stracke is upbeat on the asset-based finance segment of the private credit market, but warns of “cracks” in corporate…
Donald Trump Jr. and Zach Wilkoff of World Liberty Financial at Token2049, a prominent crypto conference in Singapore, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. Wachsman Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday dismissed criticism that a crypto venture tied to his family had any potential conflicts of interest, as his firm, World Liberty Financial, seeks global investors. Concerns…
