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Key insights: A group of six banks, including ASB Bank, Bank of America, Capital One, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ING Group and NatWest have teamed up to publish a set of principles for the development of agentic commerce.  What’s at stake: The paper — which highlights five key principles for the development of agentic AI,…

Key Points Wall Street expects Micron to report record earnings later this month. Several artificial intelligence (AI) hyperscalers have confirmed that the memory boom remains intact. Smart investors build positions in companies over a long-term horizon instead of timing their purchases around events. 10 stocks we like better than Micron Technology › Micron Technology (NASDAQ:…

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, CoStar Group, Inc. (Symbol: CSGP) has taken over the #452 spot from Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (Symbol: HII), according to The Online Investor. Market capitalization is an important data point for investors to keep an eye on, for…

It turns out that almost everything we’re taught about personal finance is completely backward if you try to use the same advice your entire life. What works perfectly when you have $10,000 in the bank will completely stall you out once you hit $1 million. Yet most money advice treats everyone exactly the same, whether…

The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board released guidance Tuesday on implementing the disclosure requirements for public-private partnerships with the federal government. Processing Content Technical Release 24: Implementation Guidance for SFFAS 49, Public-Private Partnerships, aims to help entities report in accordance with Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards  49, Public-Private Partnerships: Disclosure Requirements, which was issued…

Fielmann Group CFO Steffen Baetjer discusses global growth, digital transformation, and AI. This article appears in the September 2026 issue of Global Finance Magazine. Steffen Baetjer joined Fielmann Group in 2023. He previously worked as a strategy consultant at McKinsey and as CFO at several private equity-backed companies. At Fielmann, he is helping lead the…