The logo of Japanese company SoftBank Group is seen outside the company’s headquarters in Tokyo on January 22, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images SoftBank‘s continued push into AI with investments in ChatGPT maker OpenAI and PayPay helped the Japanese giant post a $19 billion gain on its Vision Fund in its fiscal…
The Sony Group Corp. logo displayed on a screen at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (Ceatec) in Chiba, Japan, on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sony Group on Tuesday reported an increase in its second-quarter operating profit that beat expectations, while announcing a share buyback of up to 100 billion Japanese yen ($648…
Michael Intrator, co-founder and CEO of CoreWeave, speaks at the Semafor World Economy Summit during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring meetings in Washington on April 25, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Bloomberg | Getty Images CoreWeave, a provider of infrastructure for artificial intelligence companies, reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue on Monday, but the company’s…
It’s no secret that buying a home is expensive. The average sales price for U.S. homes has hovered around $400,000 since the end of 2021, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Most homebuyers looking to cover that cost turn to mortgage lenders, who pore over financial details like salaries, bank balances and…
The Instacart logo is seen on a smartphone and on a PC screen. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Instacart‘s stock rose more than 8% before the bell Monday after the grocery delivery platform topped third-quarter earnings and issued upbeat guidance under new CEO Chris Rogers. Here’s how the company did…
Crystals of gallium are seen in a laboratory at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology in Saxony, Germany on 13 September 2023. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images China has rolled back a number of restrictions on its export of critical minerals and rare earth materials to the United States, in a sign…
Huge swathes of cash are flowing from Japan to European tech startups as risk-averse investors favor a more mature entrepreneurial ecosystem, helping to scale the continent’s booming deep tech cluster. While the European startup and venture capital ecosystem has long operated in the shadow of Silicon Valley, it has become fertile ground for Japanese corporates,…
It was a terrible start to November on Wall Street. The tech-heavy Nasdaq sank just over 3% in its worst weekly performance since early April. The S & P 500 fell 1.6% for the week. Both stock measures broke three-week winning streaks.This week’s market decline, which followed a strong October, can be chalked up to…
State Street is reiterating its bullish stance on the artificial intelligence trade despite the Nasdaq’s worst week since April. Chief Business Officer Anna Paglia said momentum stocks still have legs because investors are reluctant to step away from the growth story that’s driven gains all year. “How would you not want to participate in the…
Courtesy: Archer Aviation Archer Aviation‘s stock plummeted 8% after a share sale overshadowed a narrower-than-expected third-quarter loss. The company posted a net loss $129.9 million, narrower than the FactSet estimate of a $178.6 million loss. However, Archer disclosed a $650 million stock offering for 81.25 million shares to support its $126 million acquisition of Hawthorne…
