The late Shinzo Abe (L) and Sanae Takaichi (R) at a science and technology innovation conference in Tokyo on October 22, 2014. Toshifumi Kitamura | Afp | Getty Images For years, U.S. President Donald Trump has accused Japan of engaging in “unfair trade practices” — a criticism that dates back to his days as a…
Michael Intrator, co-founder and CEO of CoreWeave participates in an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Sept. 22, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images CoreWeave shares rose 8.7% Wednesday as the artificial intelligence cloud provider announced new tools to help programmers develop AI agents. With…
Roundhill Investments resurrected an exchange-traded fund focused on meme stocks on Wednesday, aiming to give everyday investors a simple way to play the new class of buzzy-yet-volatile stocks. But if history repeats itself, that could signal the trade — and broader market — is already losing its steam. Roundhill said the Meme Stock ETF, which…
Two HSBC bank logos are displayed on an office building in Mexico City, Mexico, July 25, 2025. Henry Romero | Reuters Hang Seng Bank shares jumped 29.5% Thursday after parent HSBC announced plans to take it private, valuing the lender at more than 290 billion Hong Kong dollars (over $37 billion). HSBC, Europe’s largest lender,…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable about “Antifa,” an anti-fascist movement he designated a domestic “terrorist organization” in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Oct. 8, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night stateside that Israel and Hamas had…
Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Thursday, tracking Wall Street gains as investors shrugged off concerns of an artificial intelligence bubble. Nvidia shares advanced Wednesday stateside after CEO Jensen Huang said that demand for AI computing is “substantially” up in the last six months. Stocks of CoreWeave also jumped after the AI cloud provider…
In a interview Wednesday with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator brushed off concerns that the company’s deals with other artificial intelligence giants are circular investments, saying such a narrative is “fundamentally flawed.” “The reality of the situation is, really large, really important technology companies across the space are buying infrastructure to deliver it…
The Hollywood Burbank Airport air traffic control tower stands in Burbank, California, on Oct. 6, 2025. Mario Tama | Getty Images A shortage of air traffic controllers are delaying flights, the Federal Aviation Administration warned on Wednesday, as concerns grow about the effect of the government shutdown on U.S. aviation. There were half-hour delays at…
Chimneys stand among the rubble after the passage of the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, on Jan. 8, 2025. Agustin Paullier | AFP | Getty Images Federal authorities announced Wednesday that they have arrested and charged a Florida man with maliciously starting the deadly Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive blazes in Los…
Lisa Su, chair and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), during a Bloomberg Television interview in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images AMD stock climbed 11% on Wednesday, continuing a massive run since OpenAI announced plans to buy billions of dollars…
