Oracle, Broadcom and SpaceX Seek Blockbuster Debt Deals to Pay for AI Chips
Apollo, Blackstone and Goldman Sachs are among the lenders in talks to finance megadeals worth tens of billions of dollars apiece.
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Samsung Sees Operating Profit Topping $80 Billion Amid AI Boom
The staggering preliminary estimate-more than twice what Samsung made for the whole of 2025-comes as the memory giant remains a key beneficiary of global demand for advanced chips.
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The AI Price War Is Heating Up-and OpenAI Is Gaining Ground on Anthropic
Both companies need to show Wall Street they have sustainable businesses ahead of planned IPOs.
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Fired OpenAI Researchers Ask Company to Preserve Visibility Into AI Reasoning
In a letter to the board, recently terminated employees ask the industry not to move forward with work that would degrade the ability to monitor AI.
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Wolfspeed Stock Soars on Financing Deal with Pentagon
The Pentagon is providing more capital to ensure strong domestic supply of key materials.
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Applied Digital's Earnings Show Its Data Center Bet Is Starting to Pay Off
Applied Digital reported a 322% year-over-year jump in revenue.
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Pepsi Earnings Are All About the Turnaround Plan
PepsiCo's plan includes cutting nearly 20% of its U.S. products and reviewing its North American supply chain and distribution network.
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How Mattel Blew Its Barbie Moment and What Comes Next for the Stock
The toy maker faces a falling stock, a departed CEO, and shareholder activists pushing for a sale.
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Ripple, Crypto's Payments Giant, Breaks Into Wall Street
The crypto firm is emerging as a serious player in financing leveraged ETFs, a lucrative business long dominated by big banks.
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Levi Strauss Uses Tariff Refunds to Rekindle Consumer Business
Levi's direct-to-consumer business fell short of internal expectations in the third quarter due to lower sales in the U.S. and Europe, Chief Executive Michelle Gass said.
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OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens Poses 'Unacceptable Risk,' Nonprofit Says
Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute called on the artificial-intelligence lab to restrict usage of ChatGPT after its guardrails for underage users fell short of commitments.
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Regulators Investigate Potential Anticompetitive Conduct in Agricultural Equipment Markets
Shares for farming machine makers fell after the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Agriculture launched the joint probe.
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Disney+ to Stream 2027 Super Bowl
All Disney+ subscribers in the U.S. will be able to stream the traditional game presentation airing on ESPN and ABC, the company said.
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Zuckerberg's Biohub Partners With DOE, NIH to Invest $1.8 Billion in Biological Data for AI Models
Biohub said the investment aims to help provide datasets that allow researchers to use AI models to find new ways of preventing and treating diseases.
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Wells Fargo Faces Regulator Probe Over Efforts to Boost Black Homeownership
Trump's Housing and Urban Development is seeking to crack down on race-based lending, calling it a potential violation of the Fair Housing Act.
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Canada's Weston Family to Buy British Pharmacy Chain Boots for $8.9 Billion
The move will see Wittington buy Boots' retail operations in the U.K. and Ireland; the Boots Opticians chain, No7 Beauty Co., and its Thailand and franchised businesses.
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Google and Unity's New Gaming Platform Is a Threat to Roblox. Why It Could Lure Creators Away.
Google and Unity Software's new artificial-intelligence-powered game platform could pose a threat to Roblox.
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Frasers Nets Stake in Under Armour in Latest Push Into Sportswear
The group-founded by billionaire Mike Ashley-bought 8.8% of the U.S. brand following a series of deals that are part of the British retailer's expansion strategy.