A Best Buy logo sign is seen in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on July 29, 2026. Marcin Golba | Nurphoto | Getty Images Best Buy on Thursday reported better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results and raised its full-year outlook as the company’s recovery showed more signs of taking hold. The consumer electronics retailer said it saw comparable…
Jeanie Buss during the unveiling of a statue of former Lakers coach Pat Riley in Star Plaza in front of Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Feb. 22, 2026. Keith Birmingham | MediaNews Group | Pasadena Star-News | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a…
The tanker LNG ENTERPRISE unloads liquefied natural gas from the Lake Freeport LNG terminal in the United States at the Revithoussa terminal near Athens, Greece, on May 2, 2026. With the conflict in Iran causing disruptions to global gas supplies, US LNG deliveries to Europe have become significant. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Europe…
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Ratcliffe speaks to the press during the press conference held by the United States President Donald Trump in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington DC, United States. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu |…
Nvidia shares rose on Thursday after the chip giant’s revenue guidance reassured investors that AI demand will remain strong. Shares were last up 7.2% in premarket trading. Investor bullishness suggests Nvidia could buck the trend of its stock dropping the day after reporting earnings in all of the previous four quarters, despite meeting or beating…
Nvidia has agreed to buy open-source platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing a person with knowledge of the deal. Deal talks began after Hugging Face, an open-source AI platform developers use to collaborate, test and share tools, received acquisition interest from another suitor, according to The Information. Business Insider…
Qantas and Jet Star aircrafts at Sydney Airport. April 10th, 2026, (Photo by Wolter Peeters / The Sydney Morning Herald via Getty Images) Fairfax Media | Fairfax Media | Getty Images Shares of Australian carrier Qantas Airways jumped 4% on Thursday after the airline reported full-year earnings and unveiled new business-class suites amid growing demand…
The Zhipu or Z.ai logo is pictured on a smartphone on Aug. 14, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese artificial intelligence company Z.ai released a new model Wednesday that the company claims uses entirely homegrown semiconductors to operate. Called GLM-5.3-Flash, the low-cost version of Z.ai’s flagship model ranks 10th on…
Children swim as ships are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on August 10, 2026 off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran. Ali Saeedi | Getty Images An oil tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said in a post Thursday, the latest…
An investor gazes at a share price board showing various stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on August 25, 2015. Japan’s share prices dropped 733.98 points, or nearly 4.0 percent, to close at 17,806.70 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, erasing a morning rebound as Hong Kong and Shanghai extended losses on worries over…
