Brain Tumor Survivors Are Forcing a Rethink of Cancer Care

By studying patients who outlive their prognosis, scientists are learning how glioblastoma spreads, adapts and might finally be contained. When Kyle Donohue was diagnosed with glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer, in spring 2021, she was given about...

Trump Agenda Needs Allies to Stick by US Debt as Others Flee

The US is becoming ever more dependent on its closest allies to fund its swollen debt burden, exposing a vulnerability in the $30 trillion Treasuries market. Countries that are aligned with Washington bought $463.9 billion of Treasuries in 2025, the biggest annual net...

Drone Maker Kratos Defense Seeks $1 Billion in Share Sale

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. is seeking to raise $1 billion in a share sale, as government spending on defense ramps up. The San Diego-based firm is offering shares for $83 to $85 each in a share sale marketed overnight, according to people familiar...

Pay Gap Complicates Global Hunt for Australian Pension Chiefs

For executive leaders or investment chiefs tempted by a move to Australia, some of the country’s most influential finance roles are up for grabs. The catch: the lifestyle upgrade may come with a slimmer pay packet. AustralianSuper, the country’s top pension fund, is...

Housing Stocks Hit Hard by Gloomy Outlooks, Trump’s Snub

Stocks exposed to the US housing market plummeted Wednesday as investors assessed grim outlooks from companies like home improvement retailer Lowe’s Cos Inc., and weighed the lack of a housing policy update during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech....

Bitcoin Heads for Worst Month Since Crypto Collapse of June 2022

Bitcoin remained tethered near the the lower end of its recent trading range even as global financial markets showed signs of a renewal of risk appetite, keeping the token on course for its steepest monthly decline since 2022. The original cryptocurrency fell as much...

Home Depot Warns Homeowners Have Rising Economic Concerns

Home Depot Inc. reported a key sales metric that beat expectations in the latest quarter on steady demand, though the retailer cautioned that macroeconomic challenges remain. Comparable sales, which track performance at locations open at least a year, rose 0.4% in the...

Dimon Sees Pre-Crisis Parallels as Rivals Do ‘Dumb Things’

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon, asked about fierce competition across the financial industry, said he’s starting to see parallels to the era before the 2008 financial crisis, when a rush to make loans ended disastrously. “Unfortunately,...

IBM Sinks Most Since 2000 as Anthropic Touts Cobol Tool

International Business Machines Corp. shares had their worst day in more than 25 years on Monday, after AI startup Anthropic PBC said its Claude Code tool can help modernize Cobol, a dated programming language that’s run on IBM computers. The stock plunged 13% in its...

Bitcoin’s $1 Trillion Identity Crisis Hits From Every Direction

It wouldn’t have seemed possible a year ago. But Bitcoin has gotten caught in one of its deepest struggles yet, with no obvious way out. The world’s largest cryptocurrency has plunged more than 40% from its peak, and the usual playbook isn’t working — dip buyers have...