SoftBank sinks 12% as Asia tech rout tracks declines in the U.S.

SoftBank Group plunged, leading a broad selloff in Asian technology stocks amid mounting concerns over the rising cost of artificial intelligence infrastructure.
S&P 500 futures are little changed as index heads for losing week: Live updates

The technology-dominant Nasdaq Composite and broad S&P 500 index are both on pace to end the trading week in the red.
Ariel’s John Rogers likes these small-cap names as the market rally broadens

Ariel Investments’ John Rogers highlighted for-profit education company Covista as a small-cap stock he’s currently bullish on.
On Semiconductor strikes $7 billion deal for Synaptics in physical AI push

On Semiconductor said the deal bumps up its total addressable market by $30 billion to $243 billion by 2030.
Small caps are booming this year. Here are Wall Street’s top smaller picks

Small cap stocks are on pace to notch their best first half of the year since 1991, and TD Cowen and Bank of America have ideas about how to play the trend.
Democrats probe Trump’s troubled $16 million reflecting pool renovation

President Donald Trump has attempted to spruce up Washington in advance of the country’s 250th anniversary.
Why Micron Technology’s gain could be hyperscalers’ pain

Margin expansion for memory chip makers equals cost expansion for the sector’s customers.
Chicago Fed President Goolsbee says inflation is too high, calls Warsh ‘a serious guy’

In a live CNBC interview from his home district, the policymaker declined to speculate on where he thinks interest rates are headed.
Microsoft lifts price of Xbox consoles due to soaring component costs

Microsoft said it’s increasing the price of Xbox game consoles after Apple announced price hikes for MacBooks and iPads.
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: BlackBerry, Kymera Therapeutics, Apple, Wendy’s & more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves midday.