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“I don’t expect equities to do as well over the next decade as they have in the past, but I still think they will outperform other options.”

“The probate attorney says I could ask the court to remove sister No. 3 as co-executor, since she has acted unethically and illegally.”

Andrew Feldman leads Cerebras Systems, a company whose eventual IPO could pave the way for more AI chip companies to go public

The federal budget deficit for fiscal 2024 was $1.8 trillion, up 8% from a year ago, as the government’s spending continued to swamp revenue.

Grayscale Investments’ Digital Large Cap Fund and Bitwise Asset Management’s Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund could provide attractive opportunities to bet on Donald Trump’s victory in next month’s U.S. presidential election, according to Fundstrat. 

The combined cost in new debt of former President Donald Trump’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’s tax and spending proposals would dwarf those put forward in previous election cycles, according to a recent analysis by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Microsoft and other tech giants including Oracle, Amazon.com, Apple and Alphabet need more electricity to energize their AI future.

Shares of Expedia Group Inc. jumped more than 7% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the Financial Times reported Uber Technologies Inc. was considering a bid to buy the online travel company.

Shares of Lucid Group Inc. fall 12% in the extended session Wednesday after the EV maker called for larger-than-expected operational losses and quarterly revenue that would be slightly ahead of forecast.

Amid slumping share prices and electric-vehicle demand, Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk has reportedly shaken things up at the company’s business in North America and Europe.

Companies want to extract every dollar they can from customers, say experts. But many consumers welcome the opportunity to feel like big shots.

Shares of CSX Corp. fell after hours on Wednesday after the railroad operator said the fourth quarter would be “more challenging” in the wake of falling fuel prices, weaker coal demand and two massive hurricanes in the Southeast.

Chinese stocks are under pressure lately, with declines this month eroding gains from the massive rally sparked by China’s stimulus announcement in September.

U.S. holiday-season spending is likely to hit another record, a major retail-industry group said Tuesday, but it added that sales growth is likely to slow as consumers continue to grapple with higher prices and spending habits settle into pre-pandemic patterns.

Shares of the Container Store Group Inc. surged after hours on Tuesday after the struggling storage retail chain said it had secured the backing of home-goods seller Beyond Inc., the company that owns Bed Bath & Beyond and Overstock.

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. and mobile-advertising software company Phunware Inc. were both halted for volatility Tuesday on an eventful day for both stocks.