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Airbnb Chief Executive Brian Chesky is creating a new artificial intelligence lab, according to people familiar with the matter. The venture is reportedly in preliminary funding stages and may prioritize AI models aimed at user interaction and design. Chesky will remain CEO of Airbnb and is not expected to assume the chief executive role at the new…
Blackstone said investors sought to withdraw 10% of shares from its $79 billion Bcred private-credit fund in the second quarter, equal to $4.4 billion. The firm will cap redemptions at 5%, reversing a March decision to honor all requests. Redemption pressure across the private-credit sector has prompted withdrawal limits and moved stock prices at m…
Executives from Jefferies and JPMorgan are arranging visits to Caracas as investors press for firsthand details about Venezuela's economic reopening and potential debt restructuring. Jefferies leaders traveled to Venezuela this week and may return soon, while JPMorgan is coordinating a separate trip that could include clients. These would be among …
LS Power LLC is said to be in advanced negotiations to acquire Electricite de France SA’s North American renewable power business for more than €4 billion ($4.7 billion). The discussions, reported by Bloomberg News and attributed to people familiar with the matter, could lead to an announcement in the coming days or next week, but the talks remain …
United Airlines circulated a safety bulletin to pilots after a Boeing 767 struck a light pole adjacent to the New Jersey Turnpike during its approach to Newark on May 3. Debris from the pole struck a southbound tractor-trailer; no passengers or cabin crew were injured, though the truck driver suffered minor injuries and the aircraft sustained subst…
Keystone Acquisition Corp. completed a $287.5 million initial public offering of 28.75 million units at $10.00 each after underwriters exercised a 3.75 million-unit overallotment. The units, which began trading on Nasdaq under ticker KEYYU on June 3, consist of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of a redeemable warrant; whole warrants are exer…
Anthropic PBC's president, Daniela Amodei, said rising expenses for training large AI models are a primary reason the company has taken steps toward an initial public offering. The startup submitted confidential draft paperwork and recently closed a major funding round, while striking large computing agreements to support model development and depl…
Stocks across market-cap categories swung sharply on Thursday as individual company developments, analyst actions and corporate announcements pushed share prices in divergent directions. Mega-cap names such as Broadcom and Arista moved lower, while insurers, healthcare and some technology names posted notable gains. Large- and mid-cap issues also r…
A packed slate of U.S. economic releases on Friday, June 5, 2026, culminates in the monthly employment report at 7:30 AM ET, featuring nonfarm payrolls, the unemployment rate and average hourly earnings. Market participants will parse the data for insight into labor-market strength and wage pressures that inform monetary policy expectations. Additi…
Qantas is in confidential discussions with aircraft manufacturers about a potential order for roughly 20 wide-body aircraft, weighing further Boeing 787s against the main Airbus A350-900 variant. The carrier is mid-way through a large fleet renewal programme, with existing orders and options already in place and some deliveries delayed by supply ch…
Quantinuum began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker QNT, opening at $68 per share - 13.3% above its $60 IPO price - and achieving a market value of $17.63 billion. The company sold 28 million shares of Class A common stock at $60 apiece, raising $1.68 billion. Quantinuum adjusted both the size and price range of the offering prior to final pric…
Global battery electric vehicle (BEV) deliveries reached 1,228,773 units in April 2026, a 16% increase versus April 2025 but down 7% from March 2026, according to Morgan Stanley’s Global EV Tracker. BYD was the top-selling BEV manufacturer in April, followed by Tesla and Geely. Regional dynamics varied, with Europe and China outperforming the U.S. …
Covalent has partnered with Oxford Instruments to embed WITec360 Raman instrumentation into Covalent’s application environment, creating wafer-level Raman and photoluminescence workflows. The integrated system, configured with 355 nm and 532 nm laser excitation and capable of handling wafers up to 300 mm, is positioned to support defect detection, …
Sasol International Chemicals will invest €60 million at its Brunsbüttel, Germany site to expand capacity for advanced alumina products used in catalyst systems and other specialized applications. The company has obtained construction approvals, begun procurement, plans to select a general contractor in June, and aims to start operations around 202…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer publicly admonished Elon Musk on Thursday, saying the billionaire should cease intervening in British politics after Musk posted remarks on X about a murder case that has provoked protests and widespread anger. The case involves 18-year-old Henry Nowak, who was handcuffed by police as he died from stab wounds following a…
Major U.S. banks are staging prominent events for affluent clients as SpaceX prepares to launch a $75 billion IPO next week, a transaction that would value the company at $1.75 trillion. Bank of America, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are hosting presentations that include appearances by SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell and CFO Bret Johnsen, a…
The U.S. Supreme Court’s current term has addressed a wide-ranging set of disputes touching voting rights, presidential authority, trade policy, immigration protections, agency independence, free speech, firearms law, corporate liability and patent questions. Several decisions already issued this term have reshaped legal guardrails - most notably i…
UBS warns that a slowdown in App Store revenue growth, notably a roughly 7% decline in the U.S. in May, could limit upside for Apple’s Services segment. While the bank left its full-year Services growth forecast intact and maintained its $296 price target on Apple, it highlighted softening trends in generative AI-related App Store revenues and a ch…
Oppenheimer, citing the Sandhills report, found that used equipment inventories fell in May across agriculture, construction and medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Tractor inventories dropped both month-over-month and year-over-year, with varied declines by horsepower class. Asking and auction price trends diverged in places, and spreads between asking…
INNIO Group's stock opened at $31 on Thursday following an IPO priced at $27 per share. The offering was increased to 90,000,000 common shares, comprised entirely of secondary shares sold by the sole selling shareholder, and is expected to close on June 5, 2026, subject to customary conditions. Underwriters have been granted an option for up to 13,…
Anthropic reported internal and public data showing artificial intelligence systems are accelerating the creation of more capable AI. Company metrics show engineers are shipping substantially more code since 2021, with a surge in code authored by Anthropic's Claude models. Public benchmarks and internal demonstrations point to faster gains in the l…
Robinhood shares jumped 3.2% to $85.47 in mid-day trading as FINRA's removal of the Pattern Day Trader (PDT) rule took effect, eliminating the $25,000 minimum equity requirement and day-trade count thresholds. The regulatory shift, paired with an analyst price-target raise, conference visibility, a new prediction-markets revenue stream, and notable…
Databricks will not seek an initial public offering in the current year, CEO Ali Ghodsi said on Thursday. The company intends to go public eventually to create liquidity for employees but regards 2026 as an unattractive year for a listing because of a heavy slate of high-profile IPOs. In the meantime, Databricks has obtained large private financing…
Preliminary results from Walmart's annual shareholders meeting show investors voted down a proposal that would have required the company to report on how artificial intelligence affects employee well-being. The vote comes amid an aggressive push by Walmart to expand automation and AI across stores and distribution centers, drive fast delivery growt…
Partners Group reported a jump in repurchase requests at one of its large closed pools, prompting a cap on withdrawals as industry-wide volatility in open-ended evergreen funds spreads from private credit into private equity. Blackstone has likewise limited redemptions at its flagship private credit fund, underscoring growing stress in the private …
