European stock market open: Stocks edge higher but oil and bond yields keep gains in check

Microsoft (MSFT +15.15%) stock is up 13% today on the strength of quarterly earnings that saw revenue increase 18% and cloud computing revenue exceed $100 billion for the first time. But I believe the most significant number in Microsoft’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report is $19.6 billion — the free cash flow the company generated despite…

Peter Thiel, one of Silicon Valley’s most prolific investors, co-founded Palantir (PLTR -1.75%) with Stephen Cohen, Joe Lonsdale, Alex Karp, and Nathan Gettings in 2003. Through his personal assets and venture capital fund, Thiel invested about $30 million in the new company. Before Palantir went public through a direct listing in 2020, Thiel owned nearly…

Industry and regional breakdown Employment declined in business, building and other support services (-20,000; -2.8%), public administration (-8,800; -0.7%), natural resources (-7,700; -2.3%) and utilities (-5,600; -3.5%) in August. Manufacturing was the only sector to record a significant increase, gaining 22,000 positions (+1.2%), with most of that increase (+14,000; +1.7%) in Ontario.  The number of…

At 6 a.m. on Sept. 5, 2025, Owen Akhibi Herrera realized his side hustle was in trouble. Akhibi, the founder of New York City-based social fitness group Peak and Pace, had spent weeks planning a 5K run and after-party on Governor’s Island, a former military base off the tip of Manhattan that’s only accessible by…

This article was written by Follow Chris Lau is an individual investor and economist with 30 years of experience covering life science, technology, and dividend-growth income stocks. He has degrees in Microbiology and Economics. Chris runs the investing group DIY Value Investing where he shares his top stock picks of undervalued stocks with catalysts for…

Last week, we heard from an experienced Money journalist who was fact-checking an online claim about American Express. He asked whether Javelin was aware of any strategic shift to close or reduce risk on credit card accounts, and whether concerns about a looming recession were driving the decision. Our first reaction was that American Express…