Shares of Apple (AAPL +3.52%) climbed to near record highs on Friday, as investors applauded the iPhone maker’s relatively modest artificial intelligence (AI) investments. Image source: The Motley Fool. Apple’s conservative strategy is looking smarter by the minute Hyperscalers and other tech giants are spending staggering sums to build out their artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure…
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Consumers in euro area countries perceive and expect significant reductions in inflation, the European Central Bank (ECB) said in a Friday (July 24) press release. The ECB Consumer Expectations Survey for June found that compared with May, median consumer perceptions of inflation over the past 12 months decreased “significantly.” The figure dropped from 4.0% in…
Key Points Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) climbed to near record highs on Friday, as investors applauded the iPhone maker’s relatively modest artificial intelligence (AI) investments. Image source: The Motley Fool. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a “Double Down” signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For…
The Unicorn Frappuccino returns August 15 for one weekend only. Fans are celebrating, but memories of the chaos it created for Starbucks baristas haven’t faded.
Key Takeaways Mortgage delinquencies rose to 1.89% in the first quarter of 2026, up from 1.77% a year earlier but far below pandemic and mortgage crisis levels. Monthly mortgage payments can increase with property taxes or homeowners insurance premiums through escrow. Draining savings, carrying high credit card balances or struggling with an escrow increase may…
President Donald Trump’s plans for H-1B visas are running into legal roadblocks. A federal appeals court on Friday refused to revive Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B work visas, dealing another setback to the administration’s effort to dramatically raise the cost of hiring highly skilled foreign workers. The Boston-based 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals…
Stefanie Rock, an associate broker at JLL specializing in New York City commercial office leasing, died Friday morning after being struck by a vehicle while jogging in Water Mill. She was 29. The incident occurred Friday morning along Deerfield Road, north of Head of Pond Road, in Southampton Town, Newsday reported. Rock was running north…
Stablecoins spent years waiting for regulatory legitimacy. Now that legitimacy is creating a more complicated problem: almost everyone wants a piece of the business. As a result, the biggest stablecoin news this week didn’t come from crypto-native companies. Visa launched a new Visa Stablecoin Platform (VSP) that gives financial institutions, FinTechs and crypto companies a…
Poised to become the world’s most prominent “real humans’ network”, the project previously known as Worldcoin aims to establish an identity layer to distinguish unique individuals from automated bots. The protocol relies on custom hardware, known as an Orb, to issue credentials without compromising user privacy. “World’s technology and proof of human and variations are…