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OpenAI has disclosed six new cases of model misbehavior and offered a framework for disclosing future instances, as the debate over AI model safety intensifies.

Arm Holdings CEO Rene Haas said Wednesday he is increasingly confident the chip designer can secure enough supply to meet $2 billion in customer demand.

The Fed on Wednesday delivered a much-expected interest rate hike.

Amazon was granted warrants to buy up to $340 million worth of Generac stock as part of a deal to supply backup power generators for its data centers.

President Donald Trump demanded the Federal Reserve slash interest rates to 1% "or less," hours after the central bank announced its first rate hike since 2023.

The Federal Reserve unanimously raised interest rates by a quarter point despite repeated calls from President Donald Trump for lower rates.

President Donald Trump says renovations at the Kennedy Center will not occur until the courts allow his name to be restored on the performing arts center.

The Fed should have hiked rates by half percentage point rather than a quarter, the investor told CNBC.

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said wing production at its Renton, Washington, factory is a hold up, adding the company has plans to address it.

Susie Wiles oversaw Trump’s winning 2024 presidential campaign and has wielded major influence in his second administration.

The Fed's quarter-point rate hike will impact a range of consumer borrowing and savings costs, including mortgages, credit cards, car loans and deposit rates.

Billionaire Leon Black is suing the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee seeking to block subpoenas it issued him in its probe of Jeffrey Epstein.

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

Sarah Heck, Anthropic's head of public policy, offered her perspectives on AI safety as the debate about how to regulate model development intensifies.

The House won't take a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after House leaders decided to leave Washington a day earlier than planned.

This is a comparison of Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed's previous policymaking meeting in July.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its first interest rate hike in more than three years and indicated another to come.

Quietly, the communications sector has started to claw back some of the year's underperformance.

The Trump administration argues that beating China in the race to AI dominance is an all-important goal.

Continental said it will develop and operate a patch in the Orinoco Belt that spans 126,000 acres and possesses an estimated 30 billion barrels of reserves.

Prices for diesel, the fuel type used to power trucks and trains, came in at an all-time high of $6.31 per gallon on Wednesday.

American says a minority of its seats now accounts for half of its revenue.

Credit default swaps for companies building data centers are getting pricier, and it's not because banks are hedging more of their bets.

We're selling half of our remaining position and downgrading the name to our sell-on-further-strength 3 rating.

President Donald Trump has angrily pushed back on the calls from industry and lawmakers for an AI slowdown or greater regulation.

The Investing Club holds its "Morning Meeting" every weekday at 10:20 a.m.

The Lindsey Graham Russia sanctions bill is on a path to become law after the House votes in favor.

Traders on both Kalshi and Polymarket see Democrats with one of their best chances to flip the U.S.

Uber and Costco announced an expansion of a partnership where Costco members can order delivery from the store on Uber Eats to 47 states, up from 17.

Anthropic and OpenAI are proposing embedded AI evaluators to help manage risk of models causing catastrophic harm to society, but the idea has some issues.

Alexis Ohanian said AI risks are more mundane than the "Terminator and Skynet" scenarios some fear.

Shares of J.B.

Employers are hoping that AI interviewers will streamline the hiring process.

OpenAI is gearing up for what is widely expected to be a blockbuster IPO next year, after it confidentially filed its prospectus in June.

Tropical Smoothie Cafe unveiled new branding as it grows rapidly under the ownership of private equity firm Blackstone.

New Zealand's $54 billion pension fund returned 14.2% in the year to June.

The biggest trade in options on the Cboe VIX Index Tuesday was an unusual $6 million purchase of deep, deep in-the-money-puts.

Rising oil prices and Treasury yields are lifting energy and borrowing costs for U.S. households, pushing consumers to draw more heavily on savings.

Americans living overseas may still face U.S. tax-filing and foreign-account reporting rules — even when they ultimately owe no U.S. income tax.

Mortgage rates have surged to the highest level since the start of 2025, causing a major pullback in mortgage demand.

Travelers gave higher ratings in part because of the newer gates and terminals many airports have opened in recent years, according to the study.

The deal could be a big win for Intel which has been looking to gain marquee customers for its manufacturing, or foundry, business.

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hike interest rates on Wednesday.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union is opening the door for Canada to become the first associate member of the 27-nation bloc.

Binance is opening its Capital Connect platform to qualified individual investors for the first time.

Ukraine's sanctions envoy said Russia could be forced to retreat from the war within six months if its oil revenues are halved.

The reading comes just hours before the Bank of England updates its monetary policy.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation condemned the strike as a "heinous" attack.

Rising Treasury yields, geopolitical risk and fresh AI safety concerns are hitting markets, but many investors remain bullish on AI spending and earnings.

The 10-year Treasury yield has hit its highest since 2007, pushing borrowing costs deeper into territory that could expose some of the financial system's weakest links.