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Barclays has published its most recent rankings of U.S. internet stocks, placing Amazon first and Meta Platforms second among four companies the firm favors in the sector. The list also includes MercadoLibre and Chewy, with each company noted for recent strategic developments cited within Barclays' assessment.
A U.S. Geological Survey assessment estimates the Appalachian region stretching from Maine through the Carolinas contains about 2.3 million metric tons of undiscovered, economically recoverable lithium. The agency says the deposit could substitute hundreds of years of current U.S. lithium imports and support large-scale battery and electric vehicle…
Top U.S. companies from automakers to beverage makers are conveying confidence that they can absorb or offset the financial stress from the Iran war, even as rising oil and packaging costs and U.S. tariffs lift input prices. A Reuters review found dozens of companies cutting guidance, warning of hits or planning price increases, while several execu…
Joby Aviation is running a week of point-to-point electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) demonstration flights across New York City under a Federal Aviation Administration pilot program. The flights, which include departures from JFK Airport to several existing Manhattan heliports, are intended to validate acoustics and performance in a dens…
Rising crude oil has driven soybean oil to its highest level in over three years, lifting North American soy crush margins to levels not seen since early 2022. That strength is supporting profit expectations for oilseed processors Bunge and Archer Daniels Midland, even as both face higher energy and shipping costs and ongoing trade disruptions.
Google has modified its agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense to permit the Pentagon to connect to the company’s commercial artificial intelligence models via application programming interface (API) access. The amendment, confirmed by a Google spokesperson, expressly excludes custom work or the creation of bespoke models. The move comes as …
A US Army special forces master sergeant pleaded not guilty to allegations he used classified information about the operation to capture former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro to place profitable bets on Polymarket, prosecutors say. The defendant faces claims he created an account in late December, placed multiple 'YES' wagers, and cashed out a…
Apple is working on a major update to its native photo editing tools that will use on-device artificial intelligence models to let users extend, enhance and reframe images on iPhone, iPad and Mac. The features are expected to be part of iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27, due this fall, according to people familiar with the plans.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched a pilot program to receive and review clinical trial signals in real time, a move intended to cut what the agency calls "dead time" in drug development. The program grants regulators access to aggregated Phase 1 data from sponsors to assess safety and efficacy without handling raw patient records. …
Tuesday's trading session featured pronounced shifts across market-cap segments. Large-cap technology and semiconductor names led declines among mega-caps, while healthcare and selected small- and mid-cap companies posted double-digit gains after earnings beats, analyst ratings and early-stage trial news. Rambus fell sharply on an analyst downgrade…
Financial markets enter a high-stakes session on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, with the Federal Reserve set to deliver its interest rate decision, policy statement and post-meeting press conference. Key economic releases arrive earlier in the day, including the durable goods orders report and building permits, while energy markets will react to weekly…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has initiated two proof-of-concept real-time clinical trials and issued a Request for Information on a pilot program slated to start this summer. AstraZeneca and Amgen will run the initial trials while the agency seeks public comment on the pilot design, evaluation metrics, and selection criteria.
Erasca Inc. saw its stock slide sharply after the company revealed that a 66-year-old trial participant experienced severe lung inflammation about a month into treatment, withdrew from the study, and later died after discontinuing the experimental therapy. The disclosure accompanied early-stage trial data that the company described as generally wel…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration unveiled plans to monitor clinical trials in near real time, tracking aggregated safety and efficacy signals as studies progress. The initiative - tested initially in cancer drug trials run by AstraZeneca and Amgen - aims to shorten drug development timelines and improve U.S. competitiveness for clinical resear…
An investor in Blue Owl Capital Corporation has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan alleging that Blue Owl Credit Advisors LLC breached its fiduciary duties by overstating fund asset values to justify outsized advisory fees. The complaint centers on the adviser's dual role in valuing illiquid investments and charging fees tied t…
Airlines have continued to alter schedules and suspend services in response to ongoing disruptions tied to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Middle Eastern carriers have increased capacity in recent weeks, while carriers based outside the Gulf continue rerouting or suspending flights that pass through major regional hubs. The following report, organi…
OpenAI has made its newest AI models and the Codex coding agent available on Amazon's Bedrock service and is launching a developer service to build production-ready AI agents on Amazon Web Services. The arrangement follows a renegotiation with Microsoft that removed exclusive cloud sales terms and accompanies major commercial and compute commitment…
Volkswagen is engaged in detailed discussions with defense contractors about converting its Osnabrueck plant in northern Germany after the automaker ceases production of Volkswagen Group vehicles there from 2027. Chief Executive Oliver Blume said the German government has signaled a clear mandate to bolster national defense, and the company is eval…
Google informed the U.S. government on Feb. 11 that it would not continue in a $100 million Pentagon effort to develop voice-controlled autonomous drone swarm technology. The withdrawal followed the company’s proposal being accepted and, according to records, came after an internal ethics review. Alphabet’s Google officially attributed the exit to …
OpenAI and Amazon Web Services on Tuesday announced an expanded collaboration that integrates OpenAI’s models directly into AWS infrastructure. The deal introduces three offerings in limited preview - OpenAI models on AWS, Codex on AWS, and Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI - with GPT-5.5 available on Amazon Bedrock and Codex able to …
Longi Green Energy Technology Co. posted a steeper net loss for the first quarter, even as module prices climbed. The company cited industry overcapacity, weak product pricing, low utilization and higher raw material costs as continuing headwinds, while its annual net loss narrowed versus the prior year.
The European Commission plans to broaden the scope of the Digital Markets Act to address competitive issues in cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Regulators say the DMA has already improved data portability and device interoperability since it became applicable in May 2023, and now they will examine whether some AI offerings should be des…
Shares of major U.S. semiconductor equipment suppliers fell after reports that the U.S. Department of Commerce has instructed firms to halt specified shipments of tools and materials destined for China’s second-largest chipmaker, Hua Hong. The guidance reportedly arrived in letters sent last week to multiple companies, and analysts warned the restr…
OpenAI pushed back against a report that it missed internal targets for new users and revenue and that leadership was worried about financing future data-center contracts. The company cited product and enterprise strength on social media and told Bloomberg that its business is "firing on all cylinders," with enterprise and advertising businesses ex…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched a pilot program to evaluate the use of artificial intelligence and data science in regulatory decision-making for drug and biologic development, focusing on preclinical and early clinical stages. The agency will publish the notice in the Federal Register on April 29 and is accepting applications th…
