Trump tariffs are helping India-China ties but aren’t resetting them
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi wrapped up his two-day trip to India on Tuesday — the latest sign of warming ties between Beijing and New Delhi. During his visit, Wang said India and China should “view each other as partners…
Epic touts new AI tools
Visitors attend UGM 2025. Courtesy of Epic Space travelers, robots and, of course, artificial intelligence. They were all on display on Tuesday at Epic Systems’ annual Users Group Meeting, held at the health software giant’s 1,670-acre campus in Verona, Wisconsin….
Lowe’s (LOW) Q2 2025 earnings
An exterior view of a Lowe’s home improvement store in Selinsgrove. Paul Weaver | Lightrocket | Getty Images Lowe’s beat Wall Street’s earning expectations on Wednesday as demand for home projects picked up during the quarter. The retailer also announced…
JPMorgan upgrades this online lender thanks to ‘favorable’ macroenvironment
An improved macroeconomic outlook could boost Upstart Holdings shares, JPMorgan said on Wednesday. The firm upgraded the online lender to overweight from neutral but cut its price target on the name to $88 from $93. That updated target still implies…
Target (TGT) Q2 2025 earnings
In an aerial view, a Target store is seen on August 11, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Target beat Wall Street’s earnings and sales expectations and reaffirmed its outlook on Wednesday, even as the discounter’s sales…
Stock market today: Live updates
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on August 19, 2025. NYSE S&P 500 futures slipped early Wednesday as investors weighed a mixed batch of retail earnings and looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes release. Futures…
American money pours into European soccer as club valuations soar
Kobbie Mainoo of Manchester United during the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Aston Villa FC at Old Trafford on May 25, 2025 in Manchester, England. Alex Livesey | Getty Images European soccer is a bigger business than…
Sam Altman on GPT-6: ‘People want memory’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, pictured, speaks with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty Images GPT-5 just launched. GPT-6 is already on the way. That’s…
Viking Therapeutics falls 40% on drug data
Shares of Viking Therapeutics plunged Tuesday after the company released midstage trial data on its obesity pill that disappointed investors. The biotech company’s stock price dropped to about $23.80 as of Tuesday morning, from $42.09 at Monday’s close, a roughly…
Trump administration weighs 10% stake in Intel via CHIPS Act grants
Lip-Bu Tan, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., departs following a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Alex Wroblewski | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump administration is discussing taking a 10%…
West Virginia governor deploys hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington
Versant to rename MSNBC, drop peacock logos
Weekly mortgage demand stalls again with just miniscule increase in interest rates
Novo Nordisk offers diabetes drug Ozempic for steep cash discount
Musk’s Starlink suffers apparent outage as SpaceX launches satellites