Michael Selig, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission speaks during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Nov. 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Six Democratic senators told the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in a previously unreported letter that they have…
Rowdy fans, superstars, late-inning drama and a competitive vibe that feels more like October than March. The 2026 World Baseball Classic will have it all. Played across two continents and composed of 20 nations, the WBC begins on March 3 and culminates with the Championship Game on March 17 in Miami. Will we see Team…
John Collison, president and co-founder of Stripe. Christophe Morin | IP3 | Getty Images Fintech startup Stripe is now valued at $159 billion after a secondary stock sale for employees and shareholders, the company announced Tuesday. The valuation shows blistering growth from a year ago, when it was valued at $91.5 billion. Stripe’s valuation nearly…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Feb. 23, 2026. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters S&P 500 futures were relatively unchanged on Tuesday after a rough start to the final week of February’s trading. Futures tied to the broad market index hovered around the flatline, while…
The Anthropic logo displayed on the stage during the company’s Builder Summit in Bengaluru, India, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. Photographer: Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic on Monday accused three Chinese AI enterprises of engaging in coordinated campaigns to extract information from its model, making it the latest…
Ahead of the 2026 Indianapolis 500, a driver that cannot be overlooked is Pato O’Ward. Coming off of a heartbreaking stretch of past races, a well-deserved win could be on the horizon for the No. 5 Arrow McLaren driver. O’Ward spoke with confidence regarding his preparation and ability to win this upcoming race. “I know…
Morgan Stanley believes that immediate concerns about artificial intelligence look premature when it comes to Booking Holdings . The bank upgraded the travel technology company to overweight from equal weight. Analyst Brian Nowak lowered his price target to $5,500 from $6,150, though the new forecast still signals a gain of 42%. Shares of Booking have…
Home Depot on Tuesday posted a roughly 4% quarterly sales decline, as a sluggish real estate market and selective spending by homeowners continued to weigh on home improvement demand. The company also stuck by the current fiscal year forecast that it shared in December at an investor day. It said it expects full-year total sales…
SambaNova Systems Welcomes Semiconductor Industry Veteran, Lip-Bu Tan, in an Operational Role as Executive Chairman Source: Business Wire In addition to running Intel, Lip-Bu Tan is chairman of artificial intelligence chipmaker SambaNova, which he first invested in eight years ago. Now Intel is pumping money into the startup as it tries to take on industry…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts and ranking member of Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, speaks during a roundtable on housing affordability in Washington, Jan. 7, 2026. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Both congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump both want to limit how many homes major corporations can own,…
