Here are the opening calls for the day Good morning from Singapore and happy Friday. Investors are assessing the U.S.’s latest tariff developments. They will also be keeping a watch on Japan’s jobs data for June and manufacturing data points for July from several countries in the region. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 was set to open lower,…
Figma Inc. signage during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images You can almost smell the bubbly wafting across Silicon Valley. Following Figma’s blockbuster market debut on Thursday, four of the most iconic…
Terry McLaurin is taking his contract dispute with the Washington Commanders to the next level. The star wide receiver has requested a trade from the Commanders, FOX Sports’ Henry McKenna confirmed. However, the Commanders haven’t expressed an interest in moving McLaurin despite his request and interest from other teams, ESPN reported. McLaurin’s decision to request…
In a Thursday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Fair Isaac CEO Will Lansing pushed back against recent criticism of his company, saying FICO credit score pricing isn’t an issue for home owners. “We have been accused of raising our prices, and it’s true, we have, but they’re still very, very small relative to what we…
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 30, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters S&P 500 futures were little changed on Thursday night as traders digested the latest Big Tech earnings and awaited July’s jobs report. Futures tied to the broad market index were…
Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman speaks at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas on Dec. 4, 2024. Noah Berger | Reuters Amazon’s cloud group grew recorded revenue growth of 18% in the second quarter, slightly ahead of analysts’ estimates. Amazon Web Services continues to lead the cloud infrastructure market, but is facing intensifying…
Veteran producer Lynette Howell Taylor has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Taylor will succeed Janet Yang in the role, presiding over the organization that puts on the Oscars, film academy CEO Bill Kramer said Thursday. An academy member since 2014, Taylor has served the organization in several high-profile…
Eric Williams NFL Reporter The (unofficial) start of the 2025 NFL season has arrived. Two teams that have not played in the Hall of Fame Game in over three decades will face off when the Detroit Lions “host” the Los Angeles Chargers at Canton’s Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium on Thursday, officially kicking off…
Southwest Airlines has officially provided an end date for its well-known open seating policy: Starting July 29, 2025, customers booking flights for Jan. 27, 2026, or later will either have to choose their seat or be assigned one, if booking a standard fare. Along with this shift in Southwest’s seating arrangements, the airline is also…
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Apple — Shares of the megacap tech giant rose 1%. The company said sales of its iPhones grew 13% year over year and overall revenue grew 10%, marking Apple’s largest quarterly revenue growth since December 2021. Apple reported $94.04 billion in revenue for its third quarter,…
