Nasdaq Closes at Record High as Tech Giants Rally and Oil Prices Ease Ahead of Earnings Season
NEW YORK — Wall Street opened the week on a confident footing on Monday, with the Nasdaq Composite closing at a fresh record as the...
Month : October 2026
RBI Begins Policy Meeting With a Rate Hike in Focus: What It Could Mean for Borrowers and Savers
Millions of Indian households with loans, deposits or both will be watching Mumbai closely this week. The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee began...
Wall Street Heads Into a New Week Split Between Tech Gains and Rate-Sensitive Losses
Wall Street starts the new week with a market that looks healthy at the top and strained underneath. Technology shares are pushing indices to new...
Googlebook Laptops Go on Sale as Google Takes Aim at the Premium PC Market
Google’s push into premium laptops has moved from announcement to shop shelves. The first Googlebook models are now on sale, and the early pricing is...
Nvidia-Backed Firmus Prices Australian IPO at A$11 a Share in One of the Country’s Largest Listing
One of Australia’s biggest-ever stock market debuts is taking shape. Data centre operator Firmus has set its price and is pressing ahead with a listing...
Global Bond Yields Climb to Multi-Decade Highs as France Becomes the Market’s New Worry
Government bond markets are delivering the starkest warning in global finance this week. Borrowing costs in the United States, Britain and the euro area sit...
North Dakota’s State-Owned Bank Launches Roughrider Coin Stablecoin for More Than 90 Banks and Credit Unions
North Dakota has a digital dollar of its own. The state-owned Bank of North Dakota has put its Roughrider Coin stablecoin into live use, giving...
Nvidia’s Record $150 Billion Buyback Puts Shares at Their Highest Close Since May
Nvidia has handed investors one of the largest vote-of-confidence signals in corporate history, adding $150 billion to its share repurchase programme and sending its stock...
OpenAI Launches “Dots” to Take On Meta’s Muse as the Race for Personal AI Agents Heats Up
The contest to build the first mass-market personal artificial intelligence agent has a second serious contender. OpenAI introduced “Dots” this week, always-on assistants that carry...
Mattel Shares Jump Nearly 19% on Reported Takeover Interest From Authentic Brands
Shares of Mattel, the company behind Barbie and Hot Wheels, jumped almost 19% on Thursday after a report that the licensing group Authentic Brands has...