Stock market today: S&P 500 in record close as Trump says he'll demand lower rates
At 4:00 p.m. ET (21:00 GMT), the S&P 500 index closed 0.5% higher to a record of 6,118.72, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 408 points, or 0.9%, and the NASDAQ Composite added 0.2%.
Explainer-Trump says corporate diversity efforts are illegal - but are they?
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump has issued an executive order designed to eradicate workforce diversity, equity and ...
OpenAI unveils tool to automate web tasks as AI agents take center-stage
(Reuters) - Generative artificial intelligence heavyweight OpenAI on Thursday previewed an AI agent that can carry out tasks on the web for users, as it seeks to enhance its chatbot amid intensifying ...
Booking Holdings shares rise after court victory
Investing.com -- Shares of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) climbed 3% following the news that a federal court overturned a jury verdict that had previously held the company liable for violating a ...
Booz Allen, SAIC shares fall on CACI bookings drop
CACI International reported a 45% decrease in contract awards for the second quarter, totaling $1.2 billion, down from $2.2 billion in the same period last year. This significant drop has investors ...
Parsons Corp shares fall on contract concerns
Investing.com -- Parsons Corp . (NYSE: PSN) shares tumbled 9.5% as the market reacted to a downgrade from analysts at William Blair. The firm altered its rating on the defense and intelligence ...
Inactive lifestyle linked to brain health decline, Mizzou study finds
The study found that just 10 days of physical inactivity can lead to insulin resistance and an increase in reactive oxygen species production in the hippocampus, the brain region involved in memory ...
Trump says US will guarantee LNG supplies for Europe
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would guarantee supplies of liquefied natural gas to Europe, even amid worries that the booming export industry could boost prices ...
US Supreme Court allows anti-money laundering law to take effect
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for the enforcement of an anti-money laundering federal law that requires corporate entities to disclose the identities of their real ...
Behind $500 billion AI data center plan, US startups jockey with tech giants
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - - This week's announcement by President Donald Trump of a massive private-sector investment to build more AI data centers casts a spotlight on a relatively small and nimble ...
Fed axed diversity section from website around time of Trump's executive order
While Trump's executive order refers to what it called the Biden administration's "forced illegal and immoral discrimination programs," the diversity standards removed from the Fed's website dated to ...
Nigeria needs to double economic growth within a year or two, finance minister says
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Nigeria needs to double economic growth within the next year or two from an annualized rate of 3.5% in the third quarter to lift its population out of poverty, its ...