Getty Images stock pops 19% on deal with Perplexity AI

The Perplexity application appears on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on October 2, 2025. Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Getty Images soared 19% on Friday after the company announced that it struck a multi‑year licensing agreement with Perplexity AI. Perplexity will be able to display creative…

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Microsoft (MSFT) Q1 2026 earnings report

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Axel Springer Neubau in Berlin on Oct. 17, 2023. Ben Kriemann | Getty Images Microsoft reported better-than-expected results for its fiscal first quarter as revenue in the company’s Azure cloud business jumped 40%. The stock slipped almost 4% in extended trading after finance chief Amy Hood said growth in…

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AI spending is boosting the economy, many businesses in survival mode

Cameron Pappas, owner of Norton’s Florist Norton’s For Cameron Pappas, owner of Norton’s Florist in Birmingham, Alabama, the artificial intelligence boom is a world away. While companies like Nvidia, Alphabet and Broadcom are lifting the stock market to fresh highs and bolstering GDP, Pappas is experiencing what’s happening in the real economy, one that’s far removed…

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IBM Q3 2025 earnings report

Chairman, President and CEO of IBM Arvind Krishna attends the 55th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2025. Yves Herman | Reuters IBM reported third-quarter results that topped Wall Street estimates and lifted its guidance, citing ongoing artificial intelligence tailwinds. Still, the stock dropped about 6% in extended trading. Here’s…

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Oracle stock rises as company confirms Meta cloud deal

Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, center, speaks on a media tour of the Stargate data center in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025. Stargate is a collaboration of OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank, with promotional support from President Donald Trump, to build data centers and other infrastructure for artificial intelligence throughout the US. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg…

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