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GOOGL
Google, Blackstone plan AI cloud venture with $5 billion backing, WSJ reports
Alphabet's Google and Blackstone plans to launch an artificial-intelligence cloud company using Google's specialized chips, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing sources. Blackstone, the world's largest alternative asset manager, is expected to contribute $5 billion in equity and hold a majority stake in the unnamed U.S. venture, with a deal expected to be announced in a few hours, the report said. Google will supply hardware, including its specialized chips known as Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs, as well as software and services to the venture, the WSJ reported.
GOOGL
Google, Blackstone to create new AI cloud company, WSJ reports
May 18 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google and Blackstone plan to launch an artificial-intelligence cloud company using Google's specialized chips, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing sources
TSLA
Planet Fitness, Gray Television, and Smith & Wesson Shares Skyrocket, What You Need To Know
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after April retail sales matched expectations with a 0.5% monthly gain, confirming that the U.S. consumer is absorbing higher costs without a total pullback.
AMZN
Planet Fitness, Gray Television, and Smith & Wesson Shares Skyrocket, What You Need To Know
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after April retail sales matched expectations with a 0.5% monthly gain, confirming that the U.S. consumer is absorbing higher costs without a total pullback.
SOLUSDT
Caleb and Brown CCO says wealthy crypto clients are going back to basics
The clients at Caleb and Brown have owned blue-chip NFTs, farmed airdrop hype cycles, and tried most of what crypto had to offer over the last decade. Right now, according to Chief Commercial Officer Jake Boyle, most of them have simplified. They want to stake their Solana, dollar-cost average into ...
AMZN
Steven Madden, Lindblad Expeditions, Lucky Strike, Polaris, and Clarus Shares Skyrocket, What You Need To Know
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after April retail sales matched expectations with a 0.5% monthly gain, confirming that the U.S. consumer is absorbing higher costs without a total pullback.
TSLA
Steven Madden, Lindblad Expeditions, Lucky Strike, Polaris, and Clarus Shares Skyrocket, What You Need To Know
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after April retail sales matched expectations with a 0.5% monthly gain, confirming that the U.S. consumer is absorbing higher costs without a total pullback.
BAC
Bank of America resets ServiceNow stock price target sharply
Wall Street sometimes loves to misread particular kinds of stocks. And it is always the ones that look disrupted from the outside but are actually getting more deeply embedded on the inside. ServiceNow (NOW) has spent much of 2026 carrying that misread. The stock fell roughly 38% year to date the ...
HD
Home Depot, CAVA earnings, Housing data top Tuesday watchlist
Asking for a Trend, host Josh Lipton breaks down the top stories investors will be watching on Tuesday, May 19.On the earnings front, Home Depot (HD) reports quarterly results before the bell, followed by Toll Brothers (TOL) and CAVA (CAVA) after the close.Investors will also be watching fresh housing data with the release of the latest Pending Home Sales report.
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Energy Experts Discuss Implications, and Intrigue, of NextEra/Dominion Deal
NextEra's purchase of Dominion Energy, if approved, would have an impact on many areas of the electricity sector. Some analysts told POWER they're concerned about how it would affect customers' power bills. Others wonder whether the $67-billion deal s part of a trend that will lead to more mergers and acquisitions in the power space.
NEE
Energy Experts Discuss Implications, and Intrigue, of NextEra/Dominion Deal
NextEra's purchase of Dominion Energy, if approved, would have an impact on many areas of the electricity sector. Some analysts told POWER they're concerned about how it would affect customers' power bills. Others wonder whether the $67-billion deal s part of a trend that will lead to more mergers and acquisitions in the power space.
BAC
Citi Trims Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) Target as BofA Highlights Margin Improvement
Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (NYSE:AMBP) is included among the 11 Best Dividend Penny Stocks to Buy Right Now. On April 24, Citi analyst Anthony Pettinari lowered the firm’s price recommendation on Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (NYSE:AMBP) to $5 from $6. The analyst reiterated a Buy rating on the shares. The same day, BofA analyst George […]