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Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is famous for bold leaps. This week’s AI commitments may be his biggest yet.

Tracking site Downdetector said it received 2.3 million reports of outages in the 24-hours starting Wednesday at 11 a.m. Eastern time.

The narratives around retailers are often changing. The market judges them for both their track records and expectations for top- and bottom-line growth.

The state’s high court recommitted to the rules that underpin corporate America’s success, Zi “Nancy” Ning writes in a guest commentary.

Rival Paramount Skydance has repeatedly bid for Warner Bros., but the board has pressed shareholders to reject the offer.

Excluding the bank’s transaction to start issuing the Apple credit card, profit of $5.23 a share topped analysts’ estimates.

Deutsche Bank upgraded three lithium mining stocks to Buy from Hold on Tuesday.

Cat stock just passed the $300 billion mark. Here’s why.

There’s no guarantee quantum catches on once it moves beyond a research setting, UBS says. Here are four scenarios for the future.

Goldman Sachs reiterates a Sell rating for Super Micro stock and slashes its price target.

Pill versions of the successful GLP1 drugs from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly will likely be on the market in 2026’s first half.

Danish company Orsted can restart work on its Revolution Wind project near Rhode Island.

AI data centers are costly to build. Financing may be a bottleneck.

Morgan Stanley, who just double-upgraded Akamai, dubbed the tech company its ‘top value idea’ for 2026.

The building-supplies company has $3 billion in financing lined up to do more deals.

The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2026, pending approvals by regulatory agencies, shareholders, and other closing conditions.

We’ll also see earnings from Goldman Sachs, PNC, and Delta. The consumer price index will be the big economic data release of the week.

A pack of large private start-ups hungry for capital look ready to try a newly revived initial-public-offering market. SpaceX could be the largest, but AI companies could dominate the year.

Wall Street analysts report on Kamada, Universal Health Services, HubSpot, McGraw Hill, Portillo’s, and OneStream.

The S&P 500 posted a total return of 9.9% from mid-July through December 2025. Here is how Barron’s Roundtable panelists’ picks performed in the same period.

The S&P 500 index returned a total 16.5% in 2025. Here is how the Barron’s Roundtable members’ picks performed.

This year’s panelists offered plenty of reasons beyond AI to expect gains in 2026. Plus, 13 investment ideas.

The mining and minerals companies cautioned that there is no certainty that any transaction or offer will be made or agreed upon.

The mineral-rich island is also strategically well-located, but acquiring it may be more trouble than it’s worth.

American oil companies may find themselves stuck between an administration that needs their financial heft and expertise and investors who would rather they use them elsewhere.