Yum Brands becomes latest fast food company to lean in to AI, and its stock gains

OpenAI struggles to price Microsoft stake in deal to become for-profit company

ChatGPT maker in complex talks over splitting from its non-profit arm in move opposed by Elon Musk

Financial Times - Jan. 24

Twilio stock surges after company issues optimistic 2027 profit forecast

Twilio wants to grow in conversational artificial intelligence while also becoming more profitable.

CNBC - Jan. 23

OpenAI Launches Operator, Its First AI Agent

Operator can search the web, move a cursor, click on webpages, and generally do much of what a human can do.

Inc. - Jan. 23

Costco Defends Its Diversity Policies as Other Companies Scale Back

The membership club chain may face a shareholder challenge to its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives as a conservative think tank readies for another fight.

Inc. - Jan. 23

Trump picks former fast-food chain CEO Andrew Puzder for EU ambassador

President Trump has selected Andrew Puzder, a former fast-food chain CEO who he attempted to install in his first White House Cabinet, as his pick for ambassador to the European Union. Trump ...

The Hill - Jan. 23

Retired Lego Technic Fast & Furious Dodge Charger Is In Stock At Walmart

Lego retired its Lego Technic model based on Dom's Dodge Charger from Fast & Furious last January, making it more difficult to find for a reasonable price. However, Walmart seems to have randomly ...

GameSpot - Jan. 22

As Nvidia’s stock gains, one analyst shows why Stargate could be so significant

Will Nvidia become part of the “Trump trade?” Melius Research says the new Stargate joint venture may signal more AI-friendly moves ahead and help the company’s long-term growth.

MarketWatch - Jan. 22

US equities gain as tech stocks add to Trump bump

Investors pour money into European equities as fears over tariffs eased

Financial Times - Jan. 22

Trump’s space ambitions ignite a rally in these stocks — an analyst sees more gains ahead

A Cantor Fitzgerald analyst says that he expects “future growth” in the space-exploration industry.

MarketWatch - Jan. 22

Adidas has ‘brand heat,’ analysts say. It’s a hot stock, too.

Adidas stock rallied on Wednesday as the apparel maker said its fourth-quarter results would come in ahead of estimates.

MarketWatch - Jan. 22

Why Trump may need big companies to spend less on stock buybacks

Tech companies have gone big on stock buybacks, but the industry may need to spend more on capital expenditures to realize the president’s economic goals.

MarketWatch - Jan. 22

3M’s stock rises as company targets growth this year

3M Co.’s stock rose 4.6% Tuesday after the maker of Post-it Notes, Scotch Tape and Command strips posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and guided for sales growth in 2025.

MarketWatch - Jan. 21

Food companies want to confuse consumers. The FDA must push back.

Food companies criticize the science supporting front-of-package labeling, delay public consultation periods, push for their own confusing label designs and emphasize the possible harms of a ...

The Hill - Jan. 21

Toast, the Low-Key Brand, Expands Its U.S. Presence

A low-key brand, founded by archaeologists in Wales, has quietly expanded in New York.

The New York Times - Jan. 20

Warren pushes for Hegseth's wife to divest from defense company stocks

Senator Elizabeth Warren has called on President-elect Trump's defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, to divest from thousands of dollars worth of defense company stocks held by his wife, Jennifer ...

The Hill - Jan. 17

NCAA adds women's wrestling as its 91st and latest championship sport

The NCAA has added women’s wrestling as a sport, bringing its total number of championships to 91

ABC News - Jan. 17

SLB Stock Gains on Topped Forecast, $2.3 Billion Buyback

Shares of SLB advanced after the oilfield services giant announced a $2.3 billion stock buyback, bumped dividend payouts higher and reported quarterly earnings that topped Wall Street views.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 17

Bundesbank becomes latest German institution to leave Elon Musk’s X

Germany’s central bank, the Bundesbank, on Friday became the latest of the country’s institutions to stop posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, the messaging platform owned by Elon Musk, after ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 17

CDC upgrades its advisory on bird flu. Will Moderna’s stock get a boost?

CDC officials say medical professionals are seeing more patients whose illness cannot be traced back to an infected animal or bird.

MarketWatch - Jan. 16

Weekly Quiz: Which fast food chain told people to pay up or get out?

How much attention did you pay to what has been going on in the world over the past seven days?

BBC News - Jan. 16

How food brands, drugmakers are responding to FDA's ban of food dye Red 3

Food manufacturers will have until 2027 to stop using the dye. Drugmakers have until 2028.

CBS News - Jan. 16

10 things to watch in the stock market Thursday after the best S&P 500 gain since the election

The S&P 500 was looking at a muted open.

CNBC - Jan. 16

Luma AI releases Ray2 generative video model with ‘fast, natural’ motion and better physics

Impressively, all the motions in the example videos appear lifelike and fluid — with subjects moving much faster and more naturally.

VentureBeat - Jan. 16

Building resilience with AI threat modeling: Lessons from the Rate Companies

Discover how AI threat modeling is helping CISOs redefine zero trust in 2025 by combating identity-based attacks.

VentureBeat - Jan. 16

Rising borrowing costs batter UK government and threaten to derail its left-leaning program

Britain’s new government, which is already facing anger over higher taxes, unpopular spending decisions and political scandals just six months after taking office, is now being battered by rising ...

ABC News - Jan. 15

UK companies plan to invest in AI instead of hiring staff as costs rise

A new poll says 51 per cent of business leaders aim to redirect investment this year

Financial Times - Jan. 13

The quantum computing stock craze echoes the GameStop saga — plus, a mea culpa on Constellation Brands

In his Sunday column for Investing Club subscribers, Jim Cramer writes about the quantum stock craze and the pitfalls of short-selling.

CNBC - Jan. 12

AI threatens companies with crippling cyberattacks. Here’s their best defense.

Cybersecurity threats are no longer occasional, isolated incidents but a relentless, daily battle.

MarketWatch - Jan. 11

Tilray’s stock slumps as cannabis and beer company plans to cut its drinks lineup

Tilray Brands’ stock fell Friday after the beer and cannabis company said it expects a $20 million impact on its full-year revenue as it embarks on a cost-cutting plan that will reduce the number ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 10

California wildfires send power company Edison International’s stock falling

The company will likely face questions over whether any of its power lines may have contributed to the fires. No officials have made any statements on this issue.

MarketWatch - Jan. 10

Trump's company unveils its ethics guidelines for his second term

The Trump Organization announced Friday that President-elect Trump will have no involvement with the management of his family’s business and the company will donate profits received from foreign ...

The Hill - Jan. 10

Stock market gain that followed Trump's election win is close to being wiped out

The S&P 500's gain since Election Day now sits at just around 0.5%.

CNBC - Jan. 10

Constellation’s stock soared on AI hopes. Now the energy company is using those gains to buy Calpine in $16 billion deal.

Constellation Energy Corp., an electricity provider whose stock has doubled over the last year on hopes it will help meet the voracious energy demand created by artificial-intelligence ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 10

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