Sam Altman Washington meetings to focus on AI models and cyber risks
OpenAI’s CEO will brief U.S. officials as Washington weighs Chinese open-weight AI models and questions the company’s cyber safegu...
By Marcus V. Thorne 3 weeks agoSection
Markets
Fed July rate decision is set to keep consumer borrowing costs elevated
Markets expect the Fed to hold rates on July 29, leaving credit card, mortgage and auto borrowing costs high while savings yields...
By Marcus V. Thorne 3 weeks ago
Jim Cramer stock market Monday: Oil drops as AI spending stays in focus
U.S. futures rose and WTI crude fell after a U.S.-Iran pause, while CNBC's Jim Cramer highlighted AI, chips and telecom calls.
By Marcus V. Thorne 3 weeks agoBrent crude drops near $92 as Iran attack pause report hits oil
Brent and WTI fell about 5% after Reuters reported Iran would halt attacks if the U.S. keeps its pause in hostilities.
By Marcus V. Thorne 3 weeks ago
Singapore monetary policy tightens again as oil risks lift inflation concern
MAS raised the Singapore dollar band’s appreciation pace slightly, citing uncertainty as oil costs threaten to feed into consumer...
By Marcus V. Thorne 3 weeks ago
CXMT Shanghai IPO surges 470% in STAR Market debut
China’s largest DRAM maker raised $8.6 billion and jumped in early Shanghai trade as investors focused on memory-chip capacity.
By Sarah Jenkins 3 weeks ago
Spain France wildfires evacuation exceeds 300,000 as Macron convenes crisis meeting
Fires in southern France and Spain have burned tens of thousands of hectares, forcing mass evacuations and a French crisis cabinet...
By Marcus V. Thorne 3 weeks ago
Treasury yields fall as U.S.-Iran pause pushes oil lower
U.S. yields moved lower after Washington and Tehran paused hostilities, sending oil down ahead of the Fed’s Wednesday rate decisio...
By Sarah Jenkins 3 weeks ago
China industrial profits June growth slows as oil-driven price lift fades
China’s industrial profits rose 15.1% in June, but lower energy prices and weak domestic demand cooled a rebound in factory earnin...
By Sarah Jenkins 3 weeks ago
Europe wildfire burns across France and Spain, forcing mass evacuations
A rare pyrocumulonimbus fire has burned large areas around Bordeaux and near Madrid, forcing more than 300,000 people to evacuate.
By Marcus V. Thorne 3 weeks ago
Open Secure AI Alliance launches with Nvidia, Microsoft and SpaceX
Nvidia said the new AI safety group will build open tools after a Hugging Face cyber incident exposed limits in closed models.
By Amanda Ross 3 weeks ago
Trump tariffs 2026 put 10% to 12.5% duties on 60 partners
The Trump administration imposed new tariffs on 60 trading partners, adding a trade shock to oil, inflation and growth concerns.
By Marcus V. Thorne 3 weeks ago