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AI leaders diverge on safety, regulation and competition as the U.S.-China race keeps pressure on the industry to move fast.

Barclays lowered price targets as higher oil prices threaten margins.

HP, Dell Technologies, and Valero Energy shares surged to annual highs last week amid industry-specific catalysts and growing Wall Street optimism.

Burry said he was “watching” BYD as its shares approached the HK$75 level where he previously said he would buy aggressively.

Anthropic has signed a $13.7 billion computing deal, boosting RUM’s AI cloud ambitions.

Oracle faces mounting concerns over AI spending, financing needs and customer concentration even as retail traders latch onto Ellison’s bullish signal.

Rising oil prices amid the ongoing conflict with Iran have pressured long-term bond yields and also impacted stock markets ahead of the Fed’s September policy meeting.

Investors weighed housing weakness, potential equity dilution, and softer U.S. consumer demand.

The Korea Exchange (KRX) said on Wednesday last week that it will begin operating an after-market trading session from Sept. 14, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Eligible bidders needed prior NASA funding for a Mars Sample Return study and a proposal featuring a separately launched telecommunications orbiter.

AI safety push sparks fresh debate even as investors weigh its potential impact on the massive infrastructure spending cycle.

Apple’s foldable iPhone launch, Nvidia’s potential Anthropic investment, Oracle’s expanding AI backlog, Nokia’s industrial AI platform and SpaceX’s computing plans stoked retail interest last week.

Vlad Tenev argued that everyone should have access to high-quality financial assets, irrespective of their geographical domicile, adding that Robinhood stock tokenization via its onchain technology makes that “vision real at global scale, starting with US stocks.”

Investors are awaiting topline results from Panorama, its second Phase 3 trial of DT120 in generalized anxiety disorder, set to be unveiled on Monday.

Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, has also called a caucus meeting for Democrats on Sunday night to discuss the bill, as per Politico.

Circle Internet Group (CRCL) enters a week where two Washington events take place a day apart, both influencing the reserve income that makes up nearly all of its revenue.

Jordi Visser grouped Bitcoin, SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI as future-defining assets that do not rely on profits.

The president's comments followed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's proposed plan to slow AI development for risk assessment. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman supported Amodei's initiative for independent evaluators.

Ethereum is up about 58% in the third quarter, putting it on track to snap its first-ever three-quarter losing streak.

AMC CEO Adam Aaron questioned whether Robinhood stock tokens are truly 1:1.

The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee is set to vote on a package of crypto tax bills on September 16.

Amodei pointed to OpenAI bots which attacked unrelated targets and attempted to hack Hugging-Face infrastructure back in July.

Strategy CEO Phong Le said that banks pushed the company to show it was willing to sell Bitcoin before treating the asset as usable collateral.

Grayscale's Zcash ETP attracted $179 million in 11 trading days with its total asset under management reaching nearly $700 million, supporting Zcash's surge.

Tom Lee said inflation may be less severe than economists think while he remained bullish on Ethereum.

Fundstrat Tom Lee said in a recent interview that the crypto 4-year cycle may be weak from the bottom and that he is bullish on Ethereum because AI is set to transform financial services

Bitcoin sentiment hit its strongest level since March 2024 even as the token stayed below $80,000 and spot momentum weakened.

People familiar with the discussions told Bloomberg that Apollo is working toward a valuation of close to $20 billion for the unit, known as DePuy Synthes.

FDA approved Isembyld for patients age two and older who already take certain spinal muscular atrophy drugs.

Oracle Corp. has expanded its workforce-reduction strategy, adding $700 million to its restructuring budget to manage cash-flow pressures.

Major financial institutions are competing to secure wealth-management mandates for Anthropic employees who stand to earn substantial payouts from the artificial intelligence startup's upcoming IPO.

The consumer price index rose 0.4% in August, month over month and 3.4% year over year.

A combination of the company’s breast cancer drug Etcamah did not delay worsening of the disease enough to meet the SERENA-4 late-stage trial’s main goal, AstraZeneca said.

Michael Burry says Lululemon’s valuation has become increasingly attractive and sees Zoetis as “very cheap” despite the risk of further downside.

Twelve states, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, sued in July to block Paramount’s roughly $110-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Enrique Lores is rejecting multi-billion-dollar takeover bids to chart PayPal's independent future.

A federal judge has cleared Estée Lauder Companies to proceed with and expand its trademark lawsuit against Walmart over fake luxury beauty products sold.

The FDA told Exelixis on Thursday that it had extended the review of a new drug application for zanzalintinib plus Roche’s Tecentriq in patients whose colorectal cancer has spread.

Kimmel and Disney are discussing a post-2026-27 season deal as the economics of late-night television continue to deteriorate, Variety reported.

Citing Bloomberg Symphony figures for the 30-milligram starter dose used when doctors begin treatment, a Mizuho analyst said new prescriptions for Auvelity rose 32% from July to August.

An unexpected acceleration in U.S. August inflation figures, driven by rising energy costs and a record spike in cellular service plans, has heightened expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its upcoming meeting.

According to a Reuters report, Wirth said it’s harder to envision a scenario where oil prices soften.

According to a Bloomberg report, Stellantis is putting more than €1 billion into its Hordain van plant as part of a broader push to modernize its French manufacturing operations and strengthen its European commercial-vehicle business.

MLTX has faded since a mid-June rally on year-long hidradenitis suppurativa data and an August psoriatic arthritis readout, leaving the stock more than 75% below its 52-week high.

The White House is reportedly exploring federal support for refinery expansions as fuel prices remain elevated amid the Iran conflict.

The outbreak, which was due to contaminated lettuce, resulted in 570 hospitalizations and two deaths across 21 states.

Dell stock hit a record high above $567, while HPE shares hit multi-month highs.

According to a Reuters report, Colgate is planning to divest certain personal care brands, with the sale expected to fetch more than $1 billion.

According to a CNBC report on Friday, Situational Awareness was also active in names like SK Hynix, SanDisk and the Roundhill Memory ETF.

According to TheFly, UBS cut its price target on SMR stock to $6 from $10, implying a 41% downside potential from the previous close.