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A Fanatics advertisement on the sideline billboard during the NWSL match between Houston Dash and Washington Spirit at Shell Energy Stadium on March 14, 2025 in Houston, Texas. Aaron M. Sprecher | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Fanatics has struck a deal to run retail and merchandising for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the…
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, Dec. 4 1. Stocks were little changed ahead of this morning’s open following bad news/good news for the job market. Layoff announcements for the year topped 1.1 million, the most since 2020, according to consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas . Initial jobless claims, however, retreated and came…
General views of the Warner Bros water tower on the Warner Brothers studio lot on June 24, 2022 in Burbank, California. Aaronp/bauer-griffin | Gc Images | Getty Images With more than a century of some of the most popular film and television content, it’s no wonder why Paramount Skydance, Comcast and Netflix are bidding for…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Salesforce — The software company raised its fourth-quarter revenue guidance, sending shares nearly 2% higher. Salesforce now expects revenue between $41.45 billion and $41.55 billion. Its third-quarter results were mixed. Snowflake — The cloud-based data storage company tumbled 8.6% after its outlook for product…
Salesforce on Wednesday reported mixed third-quarter results — a small sales miss and a huge earnings beat. Still, shares jumped higher in after-hours trading after the enterprise software giant raised its full-year outlook for both headline numbers. Revenue in its fiscal 2026 third quarter rose 8.6% year over year to $10.26 billion, missing expectations of…
Key Points Family office dealmakers have yet to pick up the pace even as the end of the year draws near. But investment firms of billionaires, including those of Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault, are still banking on AI health-care startups. For family offices looking to tap into the AI boom and make an impact,…
The market has been consumed in recent weeks by concerns about tech stock valuations and an AI bubble in the making. But for former U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Goldman Sachs co-chairman Robert Rubin, market complacency runs much deeper than any current debate over whether record market highs can be sustained by a handful of…
Meta has been hit with an EU antitrust investigation over its use of AI features in WhatsApp, as the European bloc continues to ramp up challenges to US big tech giants. The probe will examine whether Meta’s new policy on allowing AI providers’ access to WhatsApp may breach EU competition rules, Brussels said in a…
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on as he attends a press conference to discuss health insurance reform, at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 23, 2025. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine committee…
