Key Takeaways Microsoft, Meta, and IBM all highlighted healthy growth in their AI businesses in the last three months of 2024.Microsoft and Meta, which cumulatively expect to invest nearly $150 billion in infrastructure in their respective 2025 fiscal years,

Stocks rose Tuesday, led by tech. AI fears loom as Meta, Microsoft report earnings. Tesla faces policy risks. Fed decision, major earnings, and government cuts ahead.

Cut to Microsoft and Meta 's earnings calls Wednesday night and things were hunky dory. The CEOs of both companies, while acknowledging the efficiency improvements DeepSeek introduced to its AI models,

Social media giant Meta Platforms (META) has reported fourth-quarter 2024 financial results that beat Wall Street forecasts on both the top and

Wall Street's main indexes rose on Thursday, driven by post-earnings advances in Meta and Tesla, although Microsoft's weak cloud forecast and downbeat results from Cigna dampened investor enthusiasm. Microsoft MSFT.O dropped 4.7% after forecasting disappointing growth in its cloud computing business.

Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms helped lead most U.S. stocks higher on Thursday following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.5%, as four out of every five stocks in the index climbed.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the company's rollback of DEI programs and its community-notes model in a leaked recording of an all-hands meeting.

Tensions were high inside Meta ahead of Mark Zuckerberg’s first all-hands meeting of the year. With a lot of the rank and file clearly on edge, Zuckerberg made sure there would be fewer opportunities for drama during today’s Q&A.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to be losing control of the company behind the scenes, as leaked footage of a company meeting obtained by 404 Media appears to show him complaining — about leaks. This comes as Zuckerberg has drawn heavy fire for his increasingly stark attempts to ingratiate himself to the Trump administration,