Shares of AstraZeneca fell as much as 9% after a late-stage clinical trial for a heart disease failed to meet its target. The medicine, Wainua, did not reach its main goal of reducing deaths and recurrent heart-related emergencies over 140 weeks compared to a placebo, the British drugmaker said in a press release early Thursday….
Currency dealers monitor exchange rates as an electronic screen (top) shows South Korea’s benchmark stock index (KOSPI) in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on June 23, 2026. Jade Gao | AFP | Getty Images South Korea’s stock benchmark, Kospi, has gone from being the world’s hottest equity market…
Earnings season is about to begin, and Delta Air Lines (DAL 1.51%) is one of the first big names up. The carrier reports second-quarter results Friday, July 10, before the market opens, among the earliest S&P 500 companies to do so. With the stock up about 35% this year as of this writing, is it…
Insufficient compensation was cited by 48% of respondents, followed by a desire for better balance between work and personal life at 40%, and limited opportunities for advancement at 34%. Randstad noted that the reasons vary by demographic: digital talent tends to leave over stalled career growth, while older employees are more likely to depart for…
Across five of the six provinces studied, small-scale individual investors, those owning five properties or fewer, held the largest share of assessed value among rental properties. Their share ranged from 35.9% in Nova Scotia to 57.1% in Prince Edward Island. Nova Scotia was the exception, where institutional investors, primarily real estate investment trusts, pension funds,…
Welcome to this week’s edition of 401(k) Real Talk, where Fred Barstein, contributing editor for Wealth Management’s RPA channel, reviews all of last week’s industry news and selects the five most important/interesting stories. Worth Reading: Read the full raw transcript below: Greetings & a warm welcome to this week’s edition of 401k Real Talk. This…
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth shed new light on the data leak that made the company pause its unpopular Model Capability Initiative. In an interview with The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson, released on Wednesday, Bosworth spoke about why Meta paused the AI training program that involved tracking employee keystrokes. The interview was filmed in late June….
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. For most ranchers, the hardest part isn’t raising the cattle, but what happens after they leave the farm. Once they’re loaded onto someone else’s truck, so is most of the control. Processing, distribution and, too often, the biggest share of the profit all belong to somebody else. Steven McBee…
Jensen Huang says his software engineers love how AI is changing their role. “These agentic systems are new skills, and now we have a lot of software engineers building agents,” the Nvidia CEO said in an interview published by the company on Wednesday. “If you ask me, every one of my software engineers prefers to…
Strong vendor relationships can help your business do more than keep shelves stocked or operations running. They can also create opportunities to reduce costs, improve cash flow and protect your bottom line. Vendor discounts are one of the benefits you could receive from building strong relationships. Some discounts are offered upfront, but others may only…