The stock market turmoil unleashed by the artificial-intelligence industry reflects two fears that are increasingly at odds. One is that AI is poised to disrupt entire segments of the economy so dramatically that investors are dumping the stocks of any company seen at the slightest risk of being displaced by the technology. …
OpenAI has partnered with two defense technology companies that the Pentagon has selected to compete to develop voice-controlled, drone swarming software for the US military, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. OpenAI’s technology would only be used to translate voice commands from battlefield commanders to digital instructions for …
A much stronger-than-anticipated US jobs report spurred a slide in Treasuries as traders trimmed bets on Federal Reserve rate cuts this year. An initial rally in stocks sputtered amid a selloff in software companies. The yield on 10-year Treasuries climbed three basis points to 4.17%. Money markets priced in the …
It was at a rare global board meeting in New Delhi’s Taj Mahal Hotel that Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s India country head made the case for change. Sonjoy Chatterjee told directors — including CEO David Solomon — that it was time to stop treating India as a future growth story. Inflation had …
Wall Street traders drove stocks toward all-time highs while bond yields fell after weaker-than-estimated retail sales reinforced the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this year. Bitcoin tumbled. Benchmark 10-year yields dropped to the lowest in about a month, with money markets seeing slightly higher odds of …
Facebook, Google and other tech giants for more than a decade have rejected allegations that they build products deliberately to get kids addicted to social media.For the first time, company executives, including Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, will answer to these accusations in front of a jury …
Over 300 companies will declare results for Q3FY26 on Feb. 10. These include majors like Wockhardt, Titan Company, United Breweries, Oil India, Edelweiss Financial Services, Grasim Industries, Eicher Motors, and Britannia Industries. Many of these companies may also announce dividends. Some of them have also announced the schedule for their …
On February 3, 2026, tariffs on Indian pharmaceutical exports to the United States dropped from 50% to 18%. That’s a 32-percentage-point cut, which translates directly into higher profit margins for companies selling generic drugs to American consumers. The numbers tell a compelling story about why this matters. India supplies nearly …
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is poised for a historic election landslide, positioning her to become the nation’s strongest leader in years in an outcome that may fuel further market volatility. Her ruling Liberal Democratic Party is on track for the biggest post-war victory for a single-party in a general …
Investors and policymakers are gearing up for a busy week of US economic reports that includes arguably the two most consequential data snapshots — employment and inflation. The January jobs report on Wednesday and the consumer price index, due Friday, are unusually close together on the calendar after the partial …