SoftBank Group has reopened talks with a consortium of lenders for a $10 billion loan backed by its stake in OpenAI, after earlier attempts to secure a loan stalled over concerns about the difficulty of valuing private companies, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Germany’s proposed pension reforms will ease pressure on younger workers struggling to accumulate wealth in the face of a weak economy and high housing costs, but analysts say the path to financial stability remains steeper than that of their parents.
JPMorgan Chase on Thursday shook up the race for the eventual successor to long-time CEO Jamie Dimon, elevating insiders Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh to co-presidents while announcing the retirement of senior executive Marianne Lake, who had been widely seen by Wall Street as a top contender for the job.
Some of the late former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan’s most noted attributes as a central banker as well as what proved his greatest blind spot are about to get a replay under new Chairman Kevin Warsh.
Investors are seeking signs that the U.S. stock market rally fueled by artificial intelligence has more life left in it, and the upcoming Micron Technology earnings will check the pulse of chip demand to see if it is still accelerating.
Pakistani mediators spent weeks juggling late-night calls and competing drafts before a Qatari push helped secure this week’s preliminary U.S.-Iran deal, but turning it into a permanent agreement will prove harder, sources said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new review of America’s troop deployments in Europe on Thursday and threatened to withhold some U.S. dues to NATO if “free riding” allies did not meet their defense spending commitments.
In the run-up to becoming leader of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh flagged as a cornerstone issue his belief that the central bank’s bond holdings must be reduced because they are too big and harmful to the U.S. economy.
A $300 billion private fund designed to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the U.S.-Iran framework agreement and more than half that sum has already been committed, a source with direct knowledge of the deal told Reuters.
The first day of SpaceX trading is over. Now, the parties begin.