Stocks Rally on Jobs Data, AI’s Trillion-Dollar Race and Meta’s Muse Gadget: What’s Going On Today
US stocks and bonds bounced on October 2 after September job growth slowed more than expected. Payrolls undershot forecasts and unemployment rose to…
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Revolut’s $115B Challenge, Stocks Brace for Fed Minutes and AI’s Trillion-Dollar Race: What’s Going On Today
Reuters reported on October 4 that Revolut has become Europe’s most valuable startup, with a $115 billion valuation, positioning the digital bank as…
AI’s Trillion-Dollar Race, Amazon Pledges $1B to Data Center Communities and Stocks Rebound: What’s Going On Today
Investors are weighing the scale and durability of the AI buildout. Reuters reported October 3 that global AI investment is reaching historic…
French Bond Yields Near 5%, Euro Zone Firms Self-Fund AI and South Korea Reviews Bank Hacks: What’s Going On Today
French markets faced fresh pressure on October 2 amid high public debt and political gridlock. Reuters reported French bond yields had reached a…
US Stocks Rebound, Oil Reserve Release Looms and OpenAI Fires Three Researchers: What's Going On Today
US stocks advanced on Friday, October 2, after September payrolls increased by just 29,000, far below the 84,000 forecast, while unemployment rose to…
US Adds 29,000 Jobs, Stocks Rally and Tesla Deliveries Beat Estimates: What's Going On Today
The US added 29,000 jobs in September, well below expectations, and unemployment rose to 4.2%, according to October 2 Labor Department data reported…
Treasury Yields Hit 24-Year Peak, Wall Street Edges Higher and AI Experts Targeted by Hackers: What’s Going On Today
A global bond selloff deepened on October 1, pushing US Treasury yields to a 24-year peak, Reuters reported. The pressure extended across bond…
Stocks Recover as Yields Ease, Broadcom Offers Anthropic $42B and Armadin Raises $255M: What’s Going On Today
US stocks recovered from early losses on Thursday, October 1, and closed slightly higher as Treasury yields retreated from multi-decade highs…
Micron’s AI Sales Surge, DoorDash Adds 3,000 Jobs and FTC Probes AI Labs: What’s Going On Today
Micron beat Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations and issued strong guidance, with data-center revenue increasing elevenfold as demand for AI…
US Inflation Cools, Micron’s AI Forecast Surges and Stocks Close Q3 Higher: What’s Going On Today
US inflation rose less than economists expected in August, offering the Federal Reserve some breathing room. The Personal Consumption Expenditures…
Stocks Slip as Yields Stay High, EliseAI Reaches $4B and Anthropic Details $518B AI Plan: What's Going On Today
US stocks ended slightly lower on Tuesday, September 29, as government bond yields continued to climb ahead of inflation and labor-market data…
Bond Yields Hit Multi-Decade Highs, Confidence Sinks and AI Firms Sign Voluntary Pact: What's Going On Today
US stocks ended modestly lower on Tuesday, September 29, as government bond yields continued to rise. Reuters reported that the 30-year Treasury…
Who Pays and Who Polices? The Fed's Waller on AI Agents as Reco Raises $55m
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. After a day of launches from OpenAI and Meta, the harder questions about AI agents are arriving: how they will pay for…
Fed's Williams Sees 'No Urgency' for Next Hike as Barr Says Inflation Is Too High
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Three Federal Reserve officials spoke today, and together they sketch a central bank that expects to raise rates again…
Gold Steadies Near 7-Week Low as Markets Bet on More Fed Hikes
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Gold is trying to bounce after its worst day in weeks, markets are now all but certain the Fed will raise rates again by…
UK Mortgage Approvals Hit 32-Month Low as BoE's Taylor Resists a Rate Rise
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. British home buyers are pulling back as mortgage costs climb, one Bank of England policymaker is pushing back against a…
US Consumer Confidence Hits 12-Year Low as Job Openings Slide
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Two fresh reports on the US economy landed at 10am New York time, and both point the same way: Americans are growing…
Bond Yields Hit Multi-Year Highs, Anthropic Bets $518B on AI and Tech Stocks Find Their Footing
Global stocks struggled on September 29 as oil prices rose and sovereign bond yields remained near multi-year highs, reviving fears that interest…
Fed's Cook Warns AI and Oil Will Keep Inflation Hot as CarMax Profits Jump 81%
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. A Federal Reserve governor has signalled that interest rates may have further to rise, while CarMax surprised with an 81%…
US Futures Edge Up, Anthropic’s $518B AI Buildout and OpenAI’s Safety Pause: What’s Going On Today
US stock-index futures inched higher on Tuesday, September 29, as technology shares found some footing, even as elevated crude prices and Treasury…
Stocks Juggle Oil and Yields, OpenAI Shelves Astra and AI Pricing Reaches McDonald's: What's Going On Today
Global shares faced pressure on Tuesday as oil prices rose and bond yields remained near multi-year highs, keeping investor rate concerns in focus…
Gold at 7-Week Low, Bitcoin Slips and Micron Earnings Loom: What's Going On Today
The bond market squeeze tightened further overnight and continued to drag on equities, Reuters reports. Elevated Treasury yields remain the dominant…
Oura Delays $2.2B IPO, Bond Yields Pressure Markets and AI Safety Warnings Escalate: What's Going On Today
Oura postponed its U.S. IPO on Tuesday, citing market uncertainty despite what the company described as strong demand. Reuters and CNBC reported the…
Yields Top 5.2%, Gold Slides and Nvidia Unveils AI Safety Platform: What's Going On Today
Wall Street closed lower on Monday, with the S&P 500 giving back 62 points to finish near 7,681 and all three major indexes in the red. The pressure…
Yields Near 19-Year High, Nvidia's $150B Buyback and AMD's $8.2B AI Deal: What's Going On Today
Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Bond yields near a 19-year high, oil above $90 and a wave of big AI deals are shaping markets today. Here is what is…