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- IBM acquiring Confluent in $11 billion all-cash deal - IBM will pay $31 per share in cash for all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Confluent.
- Berkshire Hathaway's Todd Combs, investment lieutenant to Buffett and Geico CEO, is leaving for JPMorgan - MarketsBerkshire Hathaway's Todd Combs, investment lieutenant to Buffett and Geico CEO, is leaving for JPMorganPublished Mon, Dec 8 20256:04 AM ESTJohn Melloy@j
- BlackRock bets on ‘pick and shovel’ trade, singling out clear winners in AI spending spree - Powell noted that leading tech firms have only begun to tap debt markets to fund the next phase of AI expansion, suggesting additional capital is on the way.
- Ray Dalio says Middle East is becoming a 'Silicon Valley of capitalists’ - The UAE and Saudi Arabia have this year launched multibillion-dollar initiatives to build cloud, data centers and other AI infrastructure.
- China's exports rebound in November, massively beating expectations after U.S. trade truce - China's exports jumped more than expected in November as manufacturers rushed to ship out inventory on the back of a trade deal Beijing struck with Washington.
- Asia-Pacific markets set for mostly higher open as investors look toward China trade data - Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mostly higher on Monday as investors look toward trade data coming out of China later in the day.
- Here are the 2 big things we're watching in the stock market in the week ahead - We're in the final stretch of 2025 and entering a deciding week on Wall Street.
- Bessent says U.S. will finish the year with 3% GDP growth, sees 'very strong' holiday season - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the economy will end the year on strong footing and said the president was disappointed in economic coverage in the media.
- Trump trade war shift away from Chinese manufacturing has reached tipping point - A long-term supply chain shift pulls the rest of Asia even with manufacturing giant China, but for importers, a short-term cash crunch from tariffs is looming.
- From the California gold rush to Sydney Sweeney: How denim became the most enduring garment in American fashion - The American blue jean was created in 1873 by tailor Jacob Davis, who patented the design with Levi Strauss, founder of the eponymous denim retailer