SoftBank Group Corp. reported a surge in quarterly profit due to valuation gains on its OpenAI investment, boosting confidence at the Japanese company to bet even more on the ChatGPT maker.

The crypto industry, after pouring millions of dollars into recent lobbying and political mobilization campaigns, faces a crucial test of its influence apparatus this week.

Cerebras Systems Inc. is guiding prospective investors that it expects to price its initial public offering above the top of its marketed range, according to people familiar with the matter, as demand soars for the chipmaker’s stock.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman testified that he was “extremely uncomfortable” with Elon Musk’s insistence that he have complete control over a proposed for-profit subsidiary of the startup back in 2017.

ServiceNow Inc.’s first US dollar bond sale since 2020 attracted demand nearly 10 times the deal’s size, defying concerns about the software firm’s vulnerability to artificial intelligence disruption.

A tribal nation is likely to succeed in blocking Kalshi from offering sports contracts on its land, a federal judge said in what appears to be the first ruling of its kind against the prediction market operator.

Equinox Gold Corp. agreed to acquire Orla Mining Ltd. in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the Canadian miner at about $5.1 billion, the latest in a wave of mining deals as producers seek to grow output after a massive price rally in bullion over the past year.

SoftBank Group Corp. reported a surge in quarterly profit due to valuation gains on its OpenAI investment, boosting confidence at the Japanese company to bet even more on the ChatGPT maker.

Surprisingly healthy demand for container shipping will help underpin ocean freight rates into the second half of 2026 as carriers try to adapt to the 10-week closure of the Strait of Hormuz and soaring energy costs.

A Chinese oil supertanker appears to have exited the Strait of Hormuz as it sails toward an area where the US has enforced a blockade, ahead of talks between US President Donald Trump and counterpart Xi Jinping.

At White House urging, Securities and Exchange Commission regulators have proposed ending a 56-year-old requirement endured by US-listed companies: the filing of quarterly reports. The change isn’t just unnecessary — it also risks undermining the world’s largest and most dynamic equity market.

Renewable energy manufacturer Jinko Solar Co.’s recent decision to sell control of its Florida facility extends a multi-billion retreat from the US by China’s clean technology firms, as they contend with an increasingly hostile policy environment and the potential loss of Biden-era incentives.

The Defense Department would be barred from using point-of-sale technology owned and operated by companies connected to “foreign adversaries” under a bill Rep. Ben Cline is introducing Wednesday.

Nvidia Corp. was sued by award-winning journalists and podcasters accusing the trillion-dollar tech giant of using their voices without permission to train its AI products.

Securitas AB units and Expedia Inc. were hit with a lawsuit from an Allianz SE insurer seeking to limit coverage for litigation alleging hidden cameras recorded people in workplace restrooms at an Expedia campus in Seattle.

More than a dozen Republican state attorneys general are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to set up guardrails around a federal database about US chemical facilities which they say hackers could use for cyberattacks.

An Illinois office handling the estates of insolvent or troubled insurance companies urged a federal appeals court to revive its case against a Hartford Insurance Group Inc. unit seeking coverage for a hack that resulted in a nearly $7 million transfer.

Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. asked two dozen retailers, including Amazon.com Inc., CVS Health Corp., and Target Corp., about their use of individuals’ data to set personalized prices.

Four Trump-targeted law firms aim to set up their next victory on Thursday by arguing White House executive orders attacked the legal system and weren’t just about security clearances.

A key Democratic senator moved to expand an inquiry into the government’s treatment of migrant children, who have faced ballooning time in custody following a Trump administration policy enhancing sponsorship vetting requirements.

The EPA formally proposed amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for commercial sterilization facilities that use ethylene oxide. The proposed rule would reduce regulatory burdens on sterilization facilities that use EtO, resulting in significant savings for regulated parties over the next two decades, explain Alston & Bird attorneys.

Recent accusations that a JPMorgan Chase executive forced a junior employee to be her “sex slave” that were later removed from the public docket should serve as a warning to resist the temptation to latch onto allegations that aren’t proven, says Mark Lee Greenblatt.

AI changes work itself: who stays employed longer, who exits earlier, which employers can spread costs and governance through pooling, and which collectively bargained industries see their contribution base strengthened or weakened, says Hall Benefits’ Samuel Krause in the second of a two-part article.

ICE officers in Colorado must adhere to comprehensive training and reporting requirements after a district court found Tuesday the agency materially violated a preliminary injunction governing warrantless arrests.