Japan November household spending unexpectedly rises, up 2.9% year/year

TOKYO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Japanese household spending unexpectedly grew in November from the year-earlier month, government data showed on Friday, rebounding from a sharp decline in October. Consumer ...

Lafayette Digital prices $250 million SPAC IPO on NASDAQ

Lafayette Digital Acquisition Corp. I priced its initial public offering of 25 million units at $10.00 per unit, raising $250 million. The special purpose acquisition company structured as a Cayman ...

Trump says Venezuela does not give China a Taiwan precedent, but ’it’s up to’ Xi

The United States has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, but Washington is the island’s most important international ...

GM to take $6 billion writedown on EV pullback

Most of GM’s writedown - a $4.2 billion cash charge - is related to contract cancellations and settlements with suppliers, ...

General Electric Aerospace wins $1.4 billion Navy contract for CH-53K engines

Investing.com -- General Electric Aerospace has been awarded a $1.4 billion contract modification to produce turboshaft engines for the U.S. Marine Corps’ CH-53K helicopters. The firm-fixed-price ...

Moody’s upgrades Micron’s senior unsecured ratings to Baa2

Investing.com -- Moody’s Ratings has upgraded Micron Technology ’s senior unsecured debt ratings to Baa2 from Baa3, ...

Apple CEO’s pay holds steady at $74.3 million

Investing.com -- Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook’s compensation remained relatively unchanged at $74.3 million in 2025, with most of his pay package coming in the form of stock awards, according ...

Blackstone seeks $2.6 billion debt package for power grid merger - Bloomberg

Investing.com -- Blackstone Inc. is looking to secure approximately $2.6 billion in debt financing to combine two of its power grid equipment suppliers, according to reporting from Bloomberg, citing ...

GM stock falls 2% after $6B EV-related charges announced

Investing.com -- General Motors (NYSE: GM) stock fell 2% in after-hours trading Thursday following the automaker’s disclosure of approximately $6 billion in fourth-quarter charges primarily related to ...

Intel stock rises after Trump touts meeting with CEO

Investing.com -- Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) stock rose 2.7% in after-hours trading on Thursday following positive comments from President Donald Trump on social media.

Revolution Medicines stock rises on Merck acquisition talks

Investing.com -- Revolution Medicines (NASDAQ:RVMD) stock rose 5% Thursday following a Financial Times report that Merck (NYSE:MRK) is in talks to acquire the biotech company.

Trump says there could be more US strikes in Nigeria, New York Times reports

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said there could be more strikes by the U.S. in Nigeria if Christians ...