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Mike Novogratz’s crypto firm Galaxy Digital began trading on the Nasdaq, completing a four-year effort to secure a U.S. listing despite regulatory hurdles.

Nvidia said it

Year-ahead inflation expectations rose to 7.3% from 6.5% last month, according to a University of Michigan survey.

The Danish pharmaceutical giant said Fruergaard Jørgensen would remain in his post "for a period to support a smooth transition to new leadership."

Microsoft offered to unbundle its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 software suites from its Teams workplace communication app to address competition concerns from European regulators.

Fortnite is now unavailable on iOS globally, Epic Games said Friday, after Apple blocked a bid to reinstate the popular game on the App Store in the U.S.

The U.S. and United Arab Emirates are working on a path to allow Abu Dhabi to purchase some of the most advanced American-made chips.

Trump has touted earlier this week that he might speak to Chinese leader Xi at the end of this week, while Beijing appeared tight-lipped on that prospect.

Alibaba, Tencent and JD.com reported earnings that showed better Chinese consumer spending — and the growing benefits of artificial intelligence in advertising.

"We appreciate those camels," Trump told the Qatari emir. "I haven't seen camels like that in a long time."

Tariffs are looking less thorny, for sure, as the U.S. negotiates agreements with other countries. But that's not to say it'll be a perfectly smooth path ahead.

TikTok is launching in-app guided meditation and other well-being features aimed at young users, amid concerns about the platforms impacts on mental health.

Cartier owner Richemont on Friday posted better-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter sales as the wealthiest spenders continued to shrug off global macroeconomic uncertainty.

Japan markets saw a record month of foreign purchases of its equities and bonds in April, but some market watchers believe this to be a one off occurrence.

Elon Musk's xAI said an "unauthorized modification" to its Grok chatbot led to unprompted responses about "white genocide" in South Africa.

China's lifting of export controls on 28 U.S. firms was part of a preliminary 90-day tariff pause.

Tariffs are looking less thorny, for sure, as the U.S. negotiates agreements with other countries. But that's not to say it'll be a perfectly smooth path ahead.

On an annualized basis, Japan's GDP contracted 0.7% in the first quarter, also more than the 0.2% fall expected by the Reuters poll.

Shares of Coinbase took another leg lower Thursday afternoon on a report the SEC is investigating whether the crypto exchange has misstated its user numbers.

The FBI has said that criminals are using generative artificial intelligence to carry out new financial fraud schemes on a larger scale than previously.

Investors have strong confidence in India's strong economic fundamentals, yet they may be overlooking the risk from political willingness to escalate conflict.