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Nvidia’s market capitalization gain on Thursday is bigger than all of Disney, Netflix, Boeing or Nike
The graphic-chip maker’s stock market jump was greater than the entire market capitalization of Wall Street titans Goldman Sachs or Blackstone Group.
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity makes fully crewed return to space
The Unity 25 mission marked an important milestone for Virgin Galactic ahead of the company's first commercial spaceflight, planned for late June.
As DeSantis officially launches his presidential campaign, Trump has a big lead in the polls
Here's how the polling is looking in the 2024 Republican presidential primary.
Lockheed Martin is latest U.S. issuer to tap corporate-bond market ahead of potential debt-ceiling turmoil
Lockheed Martin sold $2 billion of bonds this week, split between 5-year, 10-year and 30-year bonds.
Rocket Lab agrees to pay $16 million for portion of Virgin Orbit assets
Rocket Lab USA said Tuesday it is finalizing an asset purchase agreement to buy certain aerospace production and manufacturing assets as part of Virgin Orbit Holdings's chapter 11 bankruptcy auction.
Virgin Orbit starts to wind down operations, sell assets
Bankrupt satellite-launch company Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc. VORWQ is winding down operations after a “comprehensive sale process and competitive auction” under bankruptcy rules. The company said late Tuesday will sell its...
F-16 characterized as ‘Swiss Army knife of the battlefield’ — and a game changer for Ukraine in its bid to oust Russian invaders
Biden is asked at Hiroshima press conference whether the U.S. and its allies are, as the Kremlin claims, taking on "colossal risk" in providing F-16 fighters to Ukraine.
Biden says in Hiroshima press conference that Republicans must ‘move from their extreme positions’ on debt limit
President Joe Biden makes remarks on the U.S. debt limit Sunday as he wraps up a visit to Japan for a G-7 summit and prepares to fly back to Washington, D.C.
Opinion China has its own reasons to pressure Russia to end its war in Ukraine
If Biden gives China leverage to broker peace for Ukraine, he can then defuse the cold war over Taiwan.
GE stock slips after CFO Dybeck Happe to step down in September, after 3 1/2-years in the role
Shares of General Electric Co. GE fell 0.3% in premarket trading Thursday, after the aerospace and renewable energy company said Chief Financial Officer Carolina Dybeck Happe will step down from the role, effective Sept. 1...
United Launch Alliance eyes first Vulcan rocket launch later this year
The new Vulcan rocket will be the successor to ULA’s Delta IV and Atlas V rockets.
Attacker with baseball bat injures 2 staffers for Democratic Virginia congressman
Police in Fairfax, Va., said they’re investigating the assault of two staff members in the district office of Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, adding that the staffers are being treated for injuries that aren’t life-threate...
Heico to buy aircraft aftermarket company Wencor in $2.1 billion deal
Heico Corp. HEI announced Monday an agreement to buy commercial and military aircraft aftermarket company Wencor Group in a deal valued at $2.05 billion from affiliates of investor Warburg Pincus and Wencor’s management. U...
Victims of Communism Museum’s CEO talks about its first year in business, his boycott of China and how Putin is ‘Stalin Light’
Highlights from the museum’s first year range from hosting a new House China committee’s inaugural event to welcoming Ukraine’s first lady, CEO says in Q&A.
Here’s why people are still worried about regional banks and commercial real estate
Bank stocks have taken it on the chin because of investor fears tied to the decline in market values for the institutions' bond portfolios as interest rates have risen.
U.S. could run out of cash ‘at some point in the first two weeks of June,’ CBO says
The U.S. risks becoming unable to pay all of its obligations in June's first two weeks if there isn't a debt-limit hike, the Congressional Budget Office says.
Embraer to sell up to 250 jets to NetJets in $5 billion deal
Embraer said Thursday that it signed a $5 billion deal to sell up to 250 of its Praetor 500 jets to the operator of private aircraft NetJets.
Elon Musk joins long list of billionaires who’ve said giving away money is hard — including Andrew Carnegie
The Tesla CEO is currently worth an estimated $179.5 billion.
Breaking Biden describes debt-ceiling meeting as ‘productive,’ doesn’t rule out short-term fix
President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he had a “productive meeting with the congressional leadership about the path forward to make sure America does not default,” as he assessed how a much-anticipated meeting on the debt ce...
Virgin Galactic says first commercial flight still ‘on track’ for late June
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. SPCE, the space-travel company founded by Richard Branson, reported a deeper loss than expected during its first quarter and sales that came up shy of expectations, but said its first planned ...
