It may be a holiday-shortened week of trading on Wall Street. But the four days are filled with updates on some of the market’s biggest debates: Is AI eating software? Is the American consumer OK? And what’s happening with inflation? Let’s get into it. 1. Earnings: Salesforce reports on Wednesday night. Unfortunately, the stock has…
Apollo Global Management‘s David Sambur told CNBC on Thursday that the selloff in software stocks from fears of artificial intelligence disruption is far from over. “I unfortunately think it’s very early,” Sambur, who is co-head of private equity, told CNBC’s “Money Movers.” Some Wall Street analysts have been comforted by the recent rebound in the…
Dylan Field, co-founder and CEO of Figma, appears on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Figma’s downward slide this year, driven by concerns about artificial intelligence, intensified over the past two days after Google intoduced an AI-powered design product. On Tuesday, Google…
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Block, listens during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, June 4, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images The tech industry has spent the last couple years debating whether artificial intelligence will actually eliminate jobs at scale or simply be used as an excuse for companies to…
An aerial view of Singapore’s skyline. Tong Thi Viet Phuong | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly lower Friday, tracking Wall Street declines, as fears over artificial intelligence disruption drove the S&P 500 to a third straight day of losses. Certain pockets of the U.S. stock market have been hit this year by…
Bill Ready, CEO of Pinterest, speaks at the 28th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on May 5, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Pinterest CEO Bill Ready rebuked staffers who created an internal tool to track layoffs at the company, and fired those involved….
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Microsoft Build AI Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Adek Berry | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft said Wednesday that it will lay off about 9,000 employees. The move will affect less than 4% of its global workforce across different teams, geographies and levels of experience, a…
