Anthropic secures $61.5 billion valuation after funding round
The company behind the AI chatbot Claude ...
The company behind the AI chatbot Claude raised $3.5 billion from investors including Salesforce, Cisco, Jane Street, and Fidelity. With the new funds, Anthropic wants to expand its computational capacity and its presence in Asia and Europe. Also included in the funding update was confirmation that Amazon’s new Alexa+ personal assistant is powered by Claude. Amazon’s stake in Anthropic is currently worth approximately $8 billion.
DOGE erased or altered 40% of the contracts listed on its website. The...
DOGE erased or altered 40% of the contracts listed on its website. The “wall of receipts” maintained by the government efficiency initiative removed or changed a significant amount of its claims of taxpayer savings, according to the New York Times, including “five of the seven largest savings that it had claimed credit for just last week.” DOGE first posted on Feb. 19 that it had clawed back $16 billion. Since then, the total has been revised to less than $9 billion. But the wall is not a complete reckoning. The DOGE website now includes language putting responsibility for the reported dollar amounts on federal agencies, saying the figures “originate directly from agency contracting officials.”
Honor, a Chinese smartphone manufacturer, rolled out a device with deepfake detection technology ahead of the Mobile World Congress.
James Harrison, a blood donor from Australia who had a rare antibody that saved 2.4 million babies, died at age 88.
RFK Jr. voiced support for the measles vaccine amid the deadly outbreak in Texas.
Kroger Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen stepped down following a board investigation into his personal conduct, which the supermarket giant said was unrelated to the company’s business.
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the Trump administration “largely aligns with our vision.”
Oil prices end lower on plans for OPEC+ output hike and Trump’s tariffs
Oil futures ended lower Monday after the major producers known as OPEC+...
Oil futures ended lower Monday after the major producers known as OPEC+ said they will boost output starting in April, and as President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico threatened to slow demand for energy.
Traders also weighed prospects for a Ukraine peace deal after Friday’s public clash between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. Prices for oil, meanwhile, failed to find support from an improvement in Chinese economic data.
West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery fell $1.39, or 2%, to settle at $68.37 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after posting a sixth straight weekly decline on Friday.
May Brent crude the global benchmark, lost $1.19, or 1.6%, at $71.62 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
April gasoline shed 1.6% to $2.19 a gallon, while April heating oil fell 2.4% to $2.26 a gallon.
Natural gas for April delivery settled at $4.12 per million British thermal units, up 7.5% after last week’s 7.1% loss.
Dow ends 650 points lower as Trump says Mexico, Canada tariffs ‘all set’ to hit
Stocks finished sharply lower after President Donald...
Stocks finished sharply lower after President Donald Trump said that Mexico and Canada wouldn't avoid 25% tariffs on imports due to go into effect on Tuesday.
Stocks saw a positive start to the week and month quickly erode Monday morning after a weaker-than-expected reading from the closely followed ISM manufacturing index. Details of the reading showed a large rise in prices paid and a slump in new orders, underscoring fears that tariff fears were having an effect on activity.
Stocks then accelerated the drop, with the Dow down more than 900 points at its session low, after Trump affirmed the tariff plans.
At the closing bell, the Dow Jones finished down 649 points, or 1.5%
The S&P 500 finished with a loss of 1.8%, leaving the large-cap benchmark down 0.5% for the year to date.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slumped 2.6%, with Nvidia Corp. dropping 8.8% on the day.
Chord Energy is moving to expand its 4-mile lateral drilling...
Chord Energy is moving to expand its 4-mile lateral drilling program in North Dakota's Williston Basin this year after completing its first such well, which surpassed 30,400 feet in total depth. The company also plans to bring 130 to 150 gross operated wells online this year and is considering selling non-operated Marcellus Shale gas assets acquired from Enerplus.
