In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 29: A Microsoft corporate logo hangs on the side of their office building on Eighth Avenue on April 29, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Japan's Fair Trade Commission raided Microsoft Japan's offices on Wednesday as part of an investigation into whether it improperly restricted customers of its Azure platform from using rival cloud services, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The person declined to be identified because the information is not public. The FTC declined to comment. A Microsoft Japan spokesperson said the company is "fully cooperating with the JFTC in their requests." The source said Japan's antitrust authorities would also be seeking clarification from Microsoft's parent company in the United States. Microsoft Japan is suspected of setting conditions that effectively shut out other services by limiting access to popular services on other cloud platforms, the source said. Regulators in Britain, Europe and the U.S. have separately been examining Microsoft and others' practices in relation to cloud computing. Brazil's antitrust body last month opened an administrative investigation into the software giant's local unit related to its cloud computing services.

One In Five California Home Sales Canceled Due To Unaffordable Insurance Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Ponder a $44,000 insurance bill. This does not count as inflation in the CPI. Dysfunction in California’s Insurance Market The Wall Street Journal reports A $44,000 Bill Shows the Dysfunction in California’s Home-Insurance Market Glenn and Lorraine Crawford paid about $500 a month to insure their home in Agoura Hills northwest of Los Angeles when they bought it in 2012. The Crawfords say they have little alternative but to pay the bill that arrived last month, which, at more than $44,000 a year, is almost as much as their mortgage bill. The only other insurer willing to cover their home, Lloyd’s of London, quoted them $80,000 a year. More than a year after infernos tore through Los Angeles County, millions of Californians like the Crawfords are suffering through a home-insurance crisis that has rolled on for years with eye-watering rate increases, canceled policies and rejected claims. Two of the biggest insurers, State Farm and Allstate, aren’t selling to new customers in the state, despite getting double-digit rate increases approved for their existing policyholders. A third, Farmers Insurance, has committed to cover more homes in fire-prone areas, but only a fraction compared with the drop in its overall number of policies since the crisis began. The insurance dysfunction has spread to California’s housing market, the country’s biggest and most expensive, with nearly one-in-five real-estate agents reporting a canceled sale last year because of clients unable to find affordable insurance, according to a survey by the trade body California Association of Realtors. The roots of California’s insurance crisis go back years. The state’s tough rate caps kept premiums low. But home insurers eventually balked, saying they couldn’t charge enough to cover rising wildfire and other losses, made worse by climate change and development. Insurers didn’t renew ten...

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SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images Introduction SES AI ( SES ) has been historically priced for its potential as an AI-driven materials discovery platform, not just as a developer of lithium-metal and lithium-ion batteries. However, its revenue used to be minimal to none, and the investment case mostly rested on optimism. In 2025, SES AI ( SES ) has demonstrated they can generate meaningful revenue. In Q3, they reported $7.1 million in third-quarter revenue and $16.4 million for the first nine months of 2025. Management guided to $20–25 million in full-year 2025 revenue. However, they are yet to show the kind of sustained scaling up they need to justify current multiples. That’s the first question. A second question is their ability to control operating losses. Given that the downside risk is minimized by the balance sheet, but the upside potential needs to be proven, a Hold rating is the most appropriate for SES AI as of now. Company Overview SES AI combines three aspects - one, its advanced battery chemistry; two, the AI-driven materials discovery through its “Molecular Universe” platform; and finally, the energy storage system ('ESS') integration following the acquisition of UZ Energy. Originally, SES used to build lithium-metal batteries for EVs. With the UZ Energy acquisition, they added a revenue-generating ESS business. Their hybrid model now also comprises proprietary battery health monitoring software and AI-driven diagnostics tools. The UZ Energy acquisition is pivotal for SES because its battery business required considerable frontloaded R&D costs. The new business gives them the ability to generate revenue quicker, on top of which they can embed their software and platform. That explains the Q3 gross margin improvement, where $3.6 million of gross profit was generated on $7.1 million of revenue. SES has a forward-looking market positioning, targeting EV OEMs, energy storage developers, and industrial customers. Their business now depends on scaling exi...

【有線新聞】AI技術日新月異，令世界充滿變數，有研究員設想經濟在兩年後受到衝擊的情景並強調這不是預測，但日前仍引起投資者的不安情緒，不但一度觸發美股下挫，白宮的經濟師也作出回應。 美國研究機構Citrini Research日前發布名為「2028年全球智能危機」的報告，開宗明義指出這只是思想實驗而非預測，模擬一下子來到2028年6月，回望AI危機演變過程，提到程式碼近乎每一行都由AI編寫，軟件公司的盈利大幅下跌，更可能出現貸款違約。消費者亦可透過AI代理，在各大平台比較價格，令商家減價。與AI產業相關的新職位雖然開始湧現，但不足以彌補被AI淘汰的工作崗位，加上企業在激烈競爭下，不但要通過裁員維持利潤，更會擴大投資AI，令AI能力提升，勞工需求則進一步減少，此消彼長下形成惡性循環。找不到工作的白領人士最終轉投藍領市場，令工資水平下跌，這場「逐底競爭」衝擊依賴消費的美國經濟。 雖然AI替代人類智能，國內生產總值名義上保持增長，營造繁榮景象，但收益未能流入大眾，形成「幽靈GDP」現象。原因在於機器可以生產，但不會消費。民間不滿情緒會升溫，發起「佔領矽谷」運動，在AI公司門口抗議。 這份華爾街眼中的「末日報告」一出，隨即加劇投資者對AI的焦慮，觸發美股下挫，被報告點名的美國運通及萬事達卡等公司同樣受拖累。有份撰寫報告的Citrini Research創辦人范基倫表示，如果早知報告會引發股市波動，便不會免費供人閱讀。 白宮經濟顧問委員會代理主席亞雷德形容報告為科幻小說，指AI因生產力高而摧毀就業的說法違反經濟學原則，強調華府仍會大力發展AI，取得國際領導地位。

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In trading on Wednesday, the ARK Fintech Innovation ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.1% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Circle Internet Group, up about 25.5% and shares of Bitmine Immersion Technologies, up about 12.1%

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In trading on Wednesday, general contractors & builders shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 3.8%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Dream Finders Homes, off about 6.1% and shares of D.R. Horton down about 5.5% on the day. Also lagging the marke

In trading on Wednesday, computer peripherals shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.4%. Leading the group were shares of Seagate Technology Holdings, up about 6.8% and shares of Corsair Gaming up about 4.5% on the day. Also showing relative strength are cigare

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The Deere Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $1.62 per share payable May 8, 2026, to stockholders of record on March 31, 2026. The UnitedHealth Group board of directors has authorized payment of a cash dividend of $2.21 per share, to be paid on March 17,

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Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which me

Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which me

Photronics (NASDAQ: PLAB) stock, which makes "photomasks" (a device for laying out circuit designs on a semiconductor wafer to guide where the circuits should go) for the semiconductor industry , delivered its third-in-a-row earnings beat for investors this morning. Expected to earn $0.53 per share, according to Yahoo! Finance estimates, Photronics instead earned $0.61 per share in its fiscal Q1 2026 report. Photronics shares are up 12% through 11:45 a.m. ET in response. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading

Bill Gates, chair of the Gates Foundation, speaks at the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2025 Global Business Forum in New York on Sept. 24, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bill Gates spoke about his association with Jeffrey Epstein in a town hall meeting with employees of the Gates Foundation , a spokesperson for the nonprofit said Wednesday, after recently released emails elaborated on the Microsoft co-founder's relationship with the sex offender. Gates said in a recording of the meeting that he "did nothing illicit" during his interactions with Epstein and did not stay overnight, although they met in several countries, The Wall Street Journal reported. Gates also told staff members at the Tuesday meeting that he had an affair with a Russian bridge player and a Russian nuclear physicist and that associate Boris Nikolic had discussed those relationships with Epstein, according to the Journal. He and Melinda French, who once were co-chairs of the foundation, divorced in 2021 . "In the conversation, Bill answered questions submitted by foundation staff on a range of issues, including the release of the Epstein files, the foundation's work in AI, and the future of global health," a Gates Foundation representative told CNBC in an email. "In the townhall, Bill spoke candidly, addressing several questions in detail, and took responsibility for his actions." Read more CNBC tech news Waymo opens robotaxi service to 'select riders' in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Orlando Meta strikes AI chip deal with AMD days after committing to deploy millions of Nvidia GPUs Uber acquiring parking app SpotHero as it moves beyond ride-hailing and food delivery Tesla sues California DMV to reverse ruling that company engaged in false advertising on FSD Politicians, academics and business executives have been implicated in the millions of pages of documents the U.S. Justice Department released in January, leading some to give up their roles. Earlier this week Dr. Peter Attia resi...

Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which me

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Company says Azure margins improving as investors debate AI spending pace.