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Key PointsToast's payments business continued to drive gross profits and overall net income last quarter. The company uses its payments business as the centerpiece of its growth en

The Fed raised rates by a quarter point to 3.75-4.00% on Wednesday, the first hike since 2023, and the vote was 12-0. The middle of the new range is 3.875%, which puts US rates above the UK's 3.75% for the first time this year.

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Key PointsAgilysys shows strong momentum as it successfully scales its recurring subscription-based hospitality software model.The company faces elevated valuation risks that deman

The House Ways and Means Committee moved forward a bill on tax for digital assets on Wednesday (September 16), which was designed to minimize the tax liability for small transactions involving cryptocurrencies, while subjecting digital assets to numerous anti-abuse regulations already used for traditional financial instruments. With a vote of 38-5, the committee passed the...

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Key PointsIntel's foundry business lies at the heart of its long-term expansion strategy. The Trump administration wants to boost U.S. semiconductor manufacturing.10 stocks we like

Key PointsThe CLARITY Act wasn't able to advance in the Senate yesterday after a failed vote.The bill would create a regulatory framework for crypto and digital assets.10 stocks we

The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its deposit rate to 2.50% on September 10, and the Euro has fallen every session since. The Fed raised its own rate to 3.75-4.00% on Wednesday, by the same quarter point, and the day's drop was the biggest of the run.

Key PointsReuters reported Wednesday that SK Hynix is in early talks with Intel about making memory chips in the U.S. for the first time.Intel's first Ohio factory isn't expected t

Key PointsShopify earned 43% of its 2025 operating income in the fourth quarter, the most holiday-concentrated of the three.Amazon's December quarter delivered about 31% of the com

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Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI (MAI), has published an essay that questions the way Anthropic trains its Claude model. According to Suleyman, treating or training a model as though it might be conscious could produce a system that is impossible to control. The essay, which was published on Wednesday, September 16, is the...

Key PointsXRP has shed more than half its value over the past 52 weeks despite a late-summer rebound.The rise of fiat-backed stablecoins such as RLUSD threatens to sideline XRP as

The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) slipped 0.01% to 25,978, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) fell 0.45% to 7,551, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) lost 1.21%

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Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), leading producer of advanced semiconductor chips and processors, closed at $101.05, up 4.03%. Reports of talks with SK Hynix (NASDAQ:SKHY) to manufacture its c

Key PointsOpera grew its Q2 2026 revenue by 25% through a high-value user strategy.The company relies heavily on search distribution agreements with major partners like Google.Oper

Key PointsRivian has attractive growth opportunities in the electric vehicle industry, but it faces stiff competition from the EV market leader.Robinhood is expanding its ecosystem

The Bank of Japan meets on Friday, and the market has a quarter-point hike to 1.25% priced at 100%. The Yen has been falling anyway. USD/JPY is up three sessions in a row, Wednesday's gain was the biggest of the three, and the pair is trading just under 156.50 after the Fed's hike to 3.75-4.00%.

Grab Holdings (NASDAQ:GRAB), a super-app for ride-hailing, deliveries, and digital financial services, closed at $2.87, down 1.37%. The stock moved after Grab announced a $1.49 bil

New Zealand reports second-quarter growth later on Wednesday, or early on Thursday depending on where you are relative to the international date line, and the forecast is 0.1% for the quarter, down from 0.8% in the first three months of the year.

Trump posted on Wednesday that US rates should be 1% or less and that the country has the strongest credit anywhere. He also wrote that cutting off trade with every nation the US runs a deficit with would earn at least $1.5 trillion a year.

Key PointsBerkshire Hathaway has tripled its position in Alphabet since Greg Abel became CEO, with purchases including a $10 billion private-placement deal.Warren Buffett has said