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Reddit Shares Jump 11% After Securing S&P 500 Inclusion
Reddit shares jumped 11% after S&P Dow Jones Indices announced the company will join the S&P 500 on August 18.
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Reddit shares jumped 11% after S&P Dow Jones Indices announced the company will join the S&P 500 on August 18.
Anthropic is reportedly negotiating a $6 billion acquisition of Israeli AI startup Decart to strengthen its AI infrastructure and chip optimization capabilities.
Bill Ackman added Netflix, Visa, Mastercard, S&P Global, Intercontinental Exchange, and Alcon in Pershing Square's biggest portfolio overhaul in years.
A Powerball ticket sold in Illinois won a $1.04 billion jackpot, with the winner able to choose between a $450.5 million lump sum or annuity payments over 29 years.
AI coding startup Lovable raised $400 million at a $13.3 billion valuation as its annual recurring revenue approaches $600 million.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has spent more than $100 million opposing California’s proposed 5% billionaire tax, which could cost him roughly $13.3 billion.
SpaceXAI and Cursor have launched Grok Bot, an AI agent with its own cloud computer that can independently use websites, applications, and user accounts to complete tasks.
Unitree's Shanghai IPO drew 9.8 million retail investors, leaving applicants with roughly a 1-in-5,500 chance of receiving shares.
The U.S. national debt has surpassed $40 trillion, while economists say a full repayment is unlikely in the modern era.
Shein's expected IPO valuation has fallen below $30 billion, well below earlier targets of $30–40 billion in Hong Kong and at least $50 billion for its previously planned London listing.
Standard Chartered projects Chainlink's LINK token could reach $200 by 2030 as tokenization and DeFi adoption accelerate.
Unitree Robotics plans to raise about $904 million in a Shanghai IPO that would value the Chinese humanoid robot maker at approximately $7.5 billion.