Investors’ bullishness on emerging markets is at its highest in over two years, according to HSBC’s quarterly survey of 100 money managers. About 44% of respondents now have a bullish outlook on EM for the coming three months, according to the survey, which canvassed...

Uber Technologies Inc. on Tuesday will begin offering its customers driverless Waymo rides in Atlanta, making it the second market, after Austin, where the two companies are teaming up instead of competing against each other. Dozens of Waymo’s robotaxis will service...

The US added more than 1,000 new millionaires per day last year, with surging stocks driving the wealth increase, according to a new report from UBS. There were more than 684,000 millionaires created worldwide in 2024, including over 379,000 in the US. Overall, wealth...

Microsoft Corp. is planning to ax thousands of jobs, particularly in sales, as part of the company’s latest move to trim its workforce amid heavy spending on artificial intelligence. The cuts are expected to be announced early next month, following the end of...

German defence start-up Helsing has raised 600 million euros ($693.30 million) in its latest investment round, lead by Spotify founder Daniel Ek, the firm said on Tuesday. The latest investment round has raised Helsing's value to $12 billion, the Financial Times...

Cathie Wood’s flagship ETF has staged a powerful comeback from the depths of the trade war panic, rallying more than 50% since early April. But rather than restoring investor faith, the rebound has only been met with skepticism. Outflows are persistent. Short sellers...

The company raised $600 million from investors as it prepares for an eventual IPO. Applied Intuition Inc. — a startup developing technology for autonomous vehicles, drones and more — has raised $600 million from investors in a deal that more than doubles its valuation...

Global stocks will beat US equities over the next five years, according to Bank of America Corp.’s latest fund manager survey, adding evidence that investors increasingly see America’s market dominance as coming to an end. Some 54% of asset managers expect...

The financial technology startup has raised $130 million offering software to private investors.  Venture capitalists are betting on a product that’s close to their hearts: software for venture capitalists. Juniper Square Inc., a software provider for VCs and other...

The S&P 500 Index risks sinking 20% if inflation spikes on the back of higher oil prices, according to a report by RBC Capital Markets LLC strategists that laid out three possible pullbacks. The strategists, led by Lori Calvasina, said US equities are vulnerable...

Multiple central banks are set to keep interest rates frozen in the coming week while continuing to gauge the impact of trade disruptions instigated by US President Donald Trump. From Washington to London, wary officials in countries that account for two fifths of the...

Ashton Hall’s morning routine involves dunking his head in iced Saratoga Spring Water. For the company that sells the bottled water — Hall’s brand of choice for drinking, brushing his teeth and submerging himself — that’s fantastic news. “We’re so thankful to this...

Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc. are among large multinational companies which have recently discussed issuing their own stablecoins in the US, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people. A Walmart spokesperson declined to comment. Amazon...

Analysts at firms including Barclays Plc and JPMorgan Chase & Co. see further upside for US stocks, in part because they expect institutional investors to abandon their cautious stance and ramp up exposure to equities. While stocks have roared back from their...