Trade deal progress dominated last week’s stock market and promises to be influential in the week ahead. In Switzerland this weekend, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent started a dialogue over tariffs with Chinese officials. On Sunday, Bessent said the talks were productive and more details would be forthcoming at a Monday …
I challenged myself to a two-day “vibe coding” bootcamp. Courtesy of Ernestine Siu As someone who chats with startup founders for a living, I’ve always admired the “builders.” I have a lot of respect for their technical ability to dream up an idea and code it into existence, but it’s …
Hinge Health co-founders Gabriel Mecklenburg (left) and Daniel Perez (right). Courtesy of Hinge Health At digital physical therapy startup Hinge Health, CEO Daniel Perez used to recognize hard-working employees with the “Cockroach Award,” a distinction that brought with it a “cockroach squad” t-shirt and a cash payout. References to the …
Microsoft delivered a strong quarter Wednesday evening, with beats nearly across the board. The biggest standout was Azure’s accelerating revenue growth, which caught the market by surprise. Revenue increased 13% year over year to about $70 billion in its fiscal 2025 third quarter, beating the Street consensus estimate of $68.4 …
Meta Platforms shares jumped Wednesday after the social media giant delivered a strong first quarter and signaled its intentions to keep spending on artificial intelligence. Revenue in the three months ended March 31 climbed 16.1% year over year to $42.31 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $41.39 billion, according to …
Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the U.S. Julia Demaree Nikhinson | …
The stock market heads into Monday on a streak of volatility it just can’t seem to shake. What had been shaping up as a positive holiday-shortened week turned on a dime Wednesday when Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled concern that President Donald Trump ‘s tariffs could increase inflation and …
When the facts change, I have to change my mind, lest be caught in some sort of homegrown dogma that will hurt us all. That’s how I feel about a phrase that has withstood all sorts of markets but I fear may have finally lost its usefulness: “own it, don’t …
AUSTIN — On a Friday morning last spring, Mark Suman called out sick from his job as a senior engineering project manager at Apple and made his way downtown to a place called the Bitcoin Commons, a sort of clubhouse for enthusiasts of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, situated a few …
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 1, 2024. Kent Nishimura | Getty Images Following the massive cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare unit last year, the company launched a temporary funding assistance program to help medical practices with their short-term …