A Lufthansa passenger plane lands at Frankfurt Airport The plane flies over the Messeturm. The airline presents its quarterly figures on Wednesday. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Germany’s largest airline, Lufthansa reported taking on 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) in additional fuel costs as the Middle East conflict poses “enormous challenges.”…
Michael Saylor, chairman of MicroStrategy, speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, US, on Friday, July 26, 2024. The conference is an annual event organized by BTC Media LLC for fans of the original cryptocurrency. Photographer: Liam Kennedy/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Strategy’s latest earnings release marks a…
BEIJING, CHINA – JULY 15: Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov (not seen) hold a meeting on the sidelines of the 2025 meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers in Beijing, China on July 15, 2025. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Anadolu |…
China’s artificial intelligence race has no finish line. DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba and even consumer electronics firm Xiaomi have all dropped new models in recent weeks, jostling for position on leaderboards. From native AI startups to platform giants, companies across the sector face growing pressure to innovate, expand their user base and find paths to…
Shares of Samsung Electronics surged more than 10% Wednesday, pushing the chip giant’s market capitalization past the $1 trillion mark as investors continued to pile into artificial intelligence-linked stocks. Samsung became the second Asian company to cross the $1 trillion mark, after TSMC. The company first crossed that $1 trillion market capitalization threshold on Feb….
This photo shows a view of LyondellBasell refinery near the Houston Ship Channel, part of the Port of Houston, on April 29, 2026. Ronaldo Schemidt | AFP | Getty Images Oil prices fell on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would pause its naval escort effort in the Strait of Hormuz, raising hopes…
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4, 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi | ISNA | WANA | Via Reuters President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is pausing “Project Freedom,” the U.S. military’s effort to guide commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, one day after the operation began. Trump, in a…
Lisa Su, chair and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), during the 2026 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Advanced Micro Devices reported first-quarter earnings Tuesday that topped expectations, while the company’s revenue forecast also exceeded estimates as demand…
Super Micro Computer shares jumped 18% in extended trading on Tuesday after the server maker issued strong guidance, although revenue for its fiscal third quarter came in below estimates. Here’s how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: 84 cents adjusted vs. 62 cents expected Revenue: $10.24 billion vs. $12.33 billion…
A can of Coors Light beer and a Ford F-150 pickup truck. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Brandon Bell | Getty Images Aluminum‘s surge to multiyear highs in the wake of the Iran war is creating cost pressures for the businesses that manufacture everything from cars to beer cans. Aluminum on the London Metal Exchange…
