U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to reporters during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Congressional Democrats held the line on their health-care demands just hours before meeting Monday with President Donald Trump and Republican leadership to discuss avoiding…
Stock-picking hedge funds climbed modestly in July, in line with the broader market, but their positioning has turned more cautious with the S & P 500 sitting near a record high. Global fundamental long-short hedge funds returned 1.5% in July on an asset-weighted basis, bringing their year-to-date gains to 7.8%, according to data from Goldman…
Wells Fargo is betting that under-the-radar tech stock Synaptics is a rising force in artificial intelligence. Analyst Joe Quatrochi initiated Synaptics with an overweight rating and $95 price target, implying about 29% potential upside from the stock’s Friday close price. Shares of Synaptics are down nearly 4% year to date. Quatrochi said that shares of…
CHONGQING, CHINA – JULY 17: In this photo illustration, a person holds a physical representation of a Bitcoin (BTC) coin in front of a screen displaying a candlestick chart of Bitcoin’s latest price movements on July 17, 2025 in Chongqing, China. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images) Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty…
A Goldman Sachs logo is displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, on Wednesday, August 11, 2010. Ramin Talaie | Corbis Historical | Getty Images The global mergers and acquisitions boom that defined 2025 is carrying into 2026, as companies reassess their portfolios and artificial intelligence-led demand fuels…
A day after his official release from the Arizona Cardinals, Kyler Murray has found a new team. Murray has agreed to a one-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings, NFL Media reported Thursday. Minnesota had been widely viewed as the team most likely to sign Murray following his release, as teams like the Miami Dolphins and…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L), and Tesla CEO Elon Musk Reuters Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has sued a former engineer at the company for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to its Grok chatbot and taking them to rival OpenAI. Musk’s company said in the complaint filed on Thursday in California federal court that Xuechen Li stole…
Sherrone Moore’s time as Michigan’s head coach is over. Michigan has fired Moore after two seasons as head coach, citing cause, the school announced Wednesday. “U-M head football coach Sherrone Moore has been terminated, with cause, effective immediately,” athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement, via NBC Sports. “Following a University investigation, credible evidence…
A series of iPhone 16s on display inside the Apple store at Tun Razak Exchange in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sept. 20, 2024. Annice Lyn | Getty Images News | Getty Images Britain’s competition regulators on Wednesday took aim at the mobile ecosystems of Apple and Google, pushing the two companies to make changes to…
The Tokyo Tower stands amid buildings at dusk in Tokyo, Japan. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s economy expanded 0.3% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the first three months of the year, beating forecasts despite tariff headwinds out of the United States. This was compared to the revised 0.1% growth seen…
