1+ week, 5+ day ago   (305+ words) US airstrikes hit Iranian targets on Tuesday, a fresh escalation that ended hopes the weekend’s exchange of fire would not widen into a renewed conflict. The strikes followed the first direct attacks between the two countries since July. Financial markets…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (278+ words) USI Insurance is currently backed by private equity firm KKR, which took a majority stake in the company in 2017. A completed sale at the reported valuation would give KKR and other investors an exit from a business that has expanded…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (374+ words) Okta shares climbed roughly 20% and CrowdStrike advanced about 15% on August 27, leading a broad cybersecurity rally after both companies posted quarterly earnings that beat expectations and lifted technology stocks heading into the new trading session. The gains came as customers accelerate…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (356+ words) Affirm Holdings drew a fresh vote of confidence from Bank of America on Thursday, with analysts arguing the buy now, pay later lender could climb even after issuing only a slight upgrade to its near-term growth outlook. The endorsement followed…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (311+ words) A former White House teleprompter operator has agreed to forfeit more than $100,000 in trading profits and pay a $65,000 civil penalty over bets placed on the words President Donald Trump would use in speeches, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced on…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (393+ words) Stanley Druckenmiller, the billionaire investor who mentored Scott Bessent during their years together at George Soros’s fund in the 1990s, warned on August 25 that his former pupil is courting danger by trying to hold down America’s borrowing costs. The rebuke lands…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (364+ words) Even after handing over daily control of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett appears to remain the driving force behind the conglomerate’s equity portfolio, according to trading patterns disclosed on August 22. New chief executive Greg Abel, who took over the top job,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (255+ words) The company stated the placement aims to “extend the company’s global AI leadership” and fund its “full-stack AI capabilities,” including the expansion and enhancement of its AI infrastructure. The share sale ranks among the largest recent equity raises by a…...