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Shareholders of Activision Blizzard ‌reached a $250 million settlement ‌over allegations that the company's former executives ​and Microsoft shortchanged them when Microsoft acquired the game maker for $75.4 billion in 2023, according to a ‌late Thursday court ⁠filing in a Delaware state court. Shareholders in the maker ⁠of the "Call of Duty" video game, led by Swedish pension fund ​Sjunde AP-Fonden, ​accused former ​Activision Blizzard executives ‌including Chief Executive Bobby Kotick of breaching their fiduciary duties to investors by agreeing to a $95 per share takeover price. The shareholders said ‌Kotick rushed into the ​merger so he ​could keep ​his job and $400 million ‌of change-of-control benefits.

Trillion dollar companies are typically profitable. SpaceX lost about $5 billion in 2025, according to its IPO registration statement.

Retirees evaluating dividend funds tend to anchor on current yield, which is exactly why Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG) often gets overlooked. The fund pays a distribution yield of roughly 1.6%, which looks unimpressive next to higher-yielding alternatives. Morningstar analysts have repeatedly flagged VIG as a quiet winner for retirees precisely because of that misread. ... Vanguard’s VIG Quietly Returned 247% While Investors Chased Higher Yields

Microsoft's Maia AI chip talks with Anthropic spotlight tech ETFs as a diversified way to tap the AI-driven custom silicon boom.

Private markets are in focus, with initial public offerings (IPOs) from Anthropic (ANTH.PVT), OpenAI (OPAI.PVT), and SpaceX (SPAX.PVT) on the horizon. Powers Advisory Group managing partner Matt Powers joins Yahoo Finance to explain why he says investors should wait to buy into these names.

DocuSign's (DOCU) AI-backed platform IAM, initially targeted at mid-market clients, is increasingly

Morningstar warned, “‘Financials Look Reckless’: Lifting xAI’s Hood in the SpaceX IPO”. Its AI division, xAI, lost $2.47 billion on $818 million in the first quarter of this year. “If you compare xAI to a traditional SaaS company, the financials look reckless,” Harrison Rolfes, a senior research analyst at PitchBook, wrote. That may be a ... Grok Could Undermine SpaceX IPO

IBM (NYSE: IBM) surged 12.4% to close at $252.97 on May 21, 2026, after the Commerce Department announced $2.0 billion in quantum computing grants to nine companies. The headline? IBM secures $1 billion in government funding for a new quantum chip foundry called Anderon, with IBM matching the investment dollar-for-dollar. The stock's reaction was swift and decisive.

SOUN's "massive pipeline" is swelling as Q1 revenue jumps 52%, with OASYS and the planned LivePerson deal targeting faster enterprise AI growth.

Our IREN (NASDAQ:IREN) call is constructive. Shares closed at $47.74 on May 19, 2026, well off the post-earnings high near $60.80 but still up 459% over the past year. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for IREN is $64.62, implying 35.36% upside over the next 12 months. Our model carries a constructive rating on IREN ... IREN’s $3.4 Billion NVIDIA Deal Points To Something Big Around The Corner

Iran Optimism

Microsoft (MSFT) blocked a new feature created by Databricks, a longtime partner, that makes it easi

Both CoreWeave and Nebius power AI giants with critical infrastructure, but one looks like the superior investment.

Marvell Technology (MRVL) stock jumps 2.7% to $195.95 as Wall Street hikes price targets up to $215. See how Amazon Trainium and Microsoft Maia chips fuel Marvell's massive custom AI silicon boom ahead of May 27 earnings in 2026.

Anthropic is seeking more compute capacity as demand for Claude grows.

Both stocks are trading well below their usual valuation ranges by a key metric.

Nvidia Teams Up With Kawasaki and Microsoft to Accelerate Physical AI

META slid more than 10% in a month as heavy AI spending and valuation concerns offset strong engagement and ad tool adoption.

Nvidia supplies GPUs for 52% of tracked sovereign AI projects worldwide, highlighting the company's growing role in government-backed AI infrastructure initiatives.

Apple (AAPL) stock trades at $304.99 per share, a market cap of $4.5T, and 36.5 times trailing earnings. Is that a fair price, or is there more going on here.

Multiple public companies have stakes in Anthropic. One smaller stock could be the big winner from Anthropic's rising valuation and potential IPO.

CAI, a global services firm, has announced strategic partnerships with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft to enhance multicloud integration, aiming to support public sector and enterprise clients in modernizing their IT infrastructure. By collaborating with Anthropic, Databricks, and LMNTRIX, CAI seeks to deliver a comprehensive cloud solution that integrates security and AI capabilities across AWS and Azure environments. This multicloud strategy is designed to help organizations avoid...

Micron Technology, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, and Broadcom are all major players in the AI realm.

- Reuters Citing Court Filing

Microsoft and EY announced a $1b partnership to accelerate enterprise AI adoption and move projects from pilots into scaled production. The alliance includes deep engineering collaboration and aims to build sector specific AI solutions for large global clients. Separately, Microsoft is in talks with Anthropic to supply its custom Maia AI chips, expanding the reach of its in house AI hardware. Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT) is trading at $419.09, with the stock up 2.4% over the past week and up...

What's better: paying $2 trillion for SpaceX, with under $20 billion in revenue, or $5 trillion for Google (GOOG), generating $400 billion in revenue and $100 billion in profits.

A new Fortune feature takes readers inside Microsoft's plan for a comeback.

The initiative strengthens the existing EY-Microsoft partnership across tax, assurance, consulting and EY-Parthenon.

Dell, Qualcomm and HP power an AI-fueled rally to send the Dow to record highs. Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 eyes eighth straight week of gains.

Wall Street firms raised price targets after strong cloud growth and expanding AI demand.